Grandfather and I, Paperback

Everybody is in such a hurry these days--mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers. About the only people who aren't in a hurry are grandfathers...

My great grandfather and grandfather sailed the Horn, in steam and diesel, out of Liverpool. I was the first generation not to sail the Horn or fig...

I sat there divided. Though my grandfather was visibly shaken by the force of this memory, and I knew I was seeing him more vulnerable than I had e...

Reducere. "You have come, "he said, and I knewthere and thenthat I was home.I never went backto my father's house, and he never cameto look for me.And I knew...

Reducere. Before owning Willie, I had another West Highland Terrier. His name was Howie. Jokingly, I said Howie's real name was Howard, but he didn't like th...

Reducere. A small child imagines a future when he will be old with his Grandaddy. . . . The African-American child and grandfather are distinct individuals, ...

Jonathan Dean traces the migration story of his great-grandfather, who became the first Austrian lawyer to train using braille, and his grandfather...

Reducere. DescriptionRazia is excited when her grandfather tells her there's a school for girls being built in their Afghan village. At last, girls will have...

DescriptionWhen God gives you a talent, are you using that talent to help further his kingdom, or are you using those talents for personal pleasure...

Reducere. Moonbeam Children's Book AwardWinner of the Moonbeam Award Bronze Medal for comics and graphic novels Martial Arts Moves Aren t Just for Practice A...

A grandfather sits in front of a warm fire as the flames rekindle memories of times long gone - the next generation needs to know the truth.

Reducere. Create a heartfelt keepsake with this guided journal all about grandpaAwesome grandfathers deserve to know how amazing and appreciated they are. A ...

Reducere. Grandpa is the heart and soul of the family and every child gains wisdom, knowledge, and fond memories. In the circle of life, grandchildren build ...

Reducere. [Genoa] invites us to pass our minds down a new but ancient track, to become, ourselves, both fact and fiction, and to discover something true abou...

Reducere. From the pen that brought us Am I a Hindu?, which received rave reviews from magazines and newspapers all over the world, another captivating, thou...

Reducere. Each Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love. Rancid rat hairsI'd been spending so ...

Reducere. DescriptionTogether we are alive in a city of destiny. I am still alive in Los Angeles The poems and essays in Letters to My City combine two decad...

Reducere. The Fig Tree is a novel composed of the intertwining stories of the family of Jadran, a 30-something who tries to piece together the story of his r...

Reducere. With the wicked humor and imagination that made readers fall in love with his novel I Am God, Giacomo Sartori brings us a madcap story of family dy...

Reducere. Off the coast of Cape Cod, a Japanese bluefin tuna buyer is found dead on another man's boat, a harpoon shot through his chest. The dead man's gran...

The PI business is sluggish during the frigid winter months. When a young woman hires Wells/Collins Investigations to poke around at her grandfathe...

"I was hungry, seeing myself starving for want of something I could not define. I sought it constantly, sought it at every turn, searched every fac...

Reducere. My first view of Colorado was from the arms of my maternal grandmother, Mary Clarissa Cade, when I was eight months old. She brought me to Pueblo w...

Reducere. The foundation of this story is the struggle of my family to survive and give a greater life to their future generations. My family were share crop...

Reducere. It is my dream and hope that this baking book will be for all readersto enjoy. A guide for you to create the perfect sweet treat that you are tryin...

The now of me is all you need to know and will be evident in all that follows. The particulars of my story are profiled elsewhere. (see...) I am a ...

Reducere. "I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, I h...

Reducere. DescriptionMy father and paternal grandfather were both ministers; when I was very young, I spent a lot of time listening to them and others discus...

Reducere. In Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters, Elie Wiesel reenters, like an impassioned pilgrim, the universe of Hasidism. "When I am...

Reducere. I was born in Memphis, TN. September 27th, 1987 to Azuree Bobo and Damon Perkins. My story is quite distinctive because my mother conceived me at t...

My children, and children of my children, and children of children of my children, it is so important not to waste even one second of your life. Sh...

Reducere. DescriptionWritten by a loving grandfather for his two grandsons, Things I Wanted My Grandsons to Know Before I Leave presents a collection of quot...

Powerful life lessons in a funny and moving portrait of family, community and spiritual discovery in America.Hilarious and heartfelt, Ron Wolfson's...

Reducere. THE Minqār-i Mūsīqār is of rare interest both for its contents and for its distinguished author, Hazrat Inayat Khan. Its sections on theory are bas...

Reducere. 'It was never my dream to become a Springbok rugby player. I wanted to become a designer of Formula 1 racing cars.'In Just a Moment, Schalk Burger ...

Reducere. Jack leans back on Grandfather's shoulder. Aunt Mattie's knitting needles click in the dark. The moon rises. The candle flickers in the gentle prai...

Reducere. Odyssey is defined as a long and eventful or adventurous journey or experience, hence my whirlwind of a life. Not the kind of whirlwind that leaves...

Reducere. HOW MANY DAYS UNTIL TOMORROW? 2001 Parents' Choice Award Josh is a twelve-year-old with dyslexia who spends the summer on a remote island in Maine ...

Reducere. DescriptionCountry music star Brad Paisley salutes others in the music world in this funny, personal, and fascinating portrait of what it's like to...

Reducere. Recommendations for Book "This book is a fair and accurate examination of the origins of Freemasonry. I learned a lot of things about Freemasonry I...

Reducere. "I was in free fall the moment we met, and I just keep falling." Small town police officer Silas Sloane knows every resident of O'Leary, New York. ...

Reducere. Description"But I didn't get to say good-bye" were Truman's first words when his Momma told him his "Pop Pop" had died. In this tender story, Truma...

Reducere. Cousin Fred leaned forward in his chair and stage-whispered, "She left the babies in the bed and ran off with a salesman." So many questions went t...

Reducere. At the Back of the North Wind tells the story of Diamond and his magical friendship with North Wind, who comes to him at night and carries him into...

Reducere. Mercy has a voice it really does And it spoke on my behalf May 30, 2013, it said "I shall live and not die and declare the works of the lord". This...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Frank SchaefferWHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD How to Create Beauty, Give Love and Find Peace By Frank Schaeffer **...

DescriptionAccording to Richard Krassen, "I owe my life to the city of Philadelphia." Breadcrumbs on My Journey is set in the City of Brotherly Lov...

Reducere. What is life like for a child who has a parent in prison? This book, by two nationally recognized experts in the practice of restorative justice, b...

Reducere. It's the return of the Colorado High Country series! Come back to Scarlet Springs with members of the Rocky Mountain Search & Rescue Team. Featurin...

Fiction. "What is it to be poor? Discovering an ATM's smallest withdrawal is more than the little left in your account? Counting out food stamps or...

Native Americans use storytelling to get to know one another, as well as, passing history and messages on to newer generations. These stories are a...

Reducere. DIRTY MINES is a story about coal mining in Pennsylvania. The reader experiences what the mystery of coal mining. It's a great read, I grew up in n...

Reducere. Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elzae Warrick, when she was six years old. No one k...

Reducere. By all standards of success, James Templeton seemed to have it all. He was a highly successful businessman, had a beautiful wife and daughter, and,...

Reducere. DescriptionNative Americans use storytelling to get to know one another, as well as, passing history and messages on to newer generations. These st...

Reducere. There, on the dusty floorboards, was a piece of paper, folded neatly. A newspaper article, written in German, alongside a faded picture of two men ...

Reducere. What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why, I have forgotten* One hundred years ago, Bohemian author and editor of the radical Masses magazi...

Reducere. The Stonewall Book Award-winning novel from the author of The Bridge, Openly Straight, and Honestly BenWords like 'brilliant' are so overused when ...

Reducere. My mother, a ghost child like myself, was born in the shadow of my grandmother's devastating and consuming grief, not unlike the pool of despair an...

Reducere. "I am a work in progress, just like everyone else."Although the Dea Vitae cult has been evicted from Thalia Island, Lara J. Clarke and her grandfat...

You can lose yourself in repetition--quiet your thoughts; I learned the value of this at a very young age. Basketball has always been an escape for...

Reducere. A family secret revealed 40 years ago by a grandmother to her grandson is now an acclaimed Russian historical fiction novel. "A Hundred Sweet Promi...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: George Ella LyonBorn in the small, eastern Kentucky coal-mining town of Harlan, George Ella Lyon began her career with Moun...

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Reducere. Set in 1968, before the passage of the Marine Mammal Act, Dolphin Sky is about a dyslexic girl who takes huge risks to befriend a pair of captive d...

Reducere. How to write your story by putting on your writer's hat, then your editor's hat, then digging down to bring out the vital details of the story, and...

Experience the wonder of the moon following you home with a Coretta Scott King Award-winning illustratorGreat for Father's Day and Grandparent's Da...

"Retain your loyalty, preserve your rights." Such was the motto of Lady Anne Clifford, the woman who defied King James I and risked everything by o...

fire / and water surging on the screen - / since children, metros, planets, beds, and lovers are / so lightly swept away - I must not even breathe....

Reducere. DescriptionLiving in the shadow of the mighty Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, miles from the village, Ellie, Luke and Blake exist in a world of spirits, ...