Spaldeen Dreams: A Boy Comes of Age in 1950's Brooklyn, Paperback - James Pantaleno

Reducere. As a kid in Brooklyn, the Spaldeen was a big part of my childhood. My friends and I spent endless hours playing with this little pink ball while dr...

DescriptionA Lumberman's Daughter Comes of Age in Michigan's Upper Peninsula: A Memoir by Patricia Schaut McMartin is a firsthand account of growin...

Reducere. Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an...

Reducere. It's June 1953 and ten-year-old Marc Straus is in his mother's car, getting sick from her cigarette smoke on his way to a Hebrew lesson. He and his...

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Reducere. The book contains a detailed history of the first twenty years of the existence of AA.

Reducere. DescriptionMartin Luther King Jr. was a cautious nineteen-year-old rookie preacher when he left Atlanta, Georgia, to attend divinity school up nort...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Patrick MastersonNumber of pages: 331Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 130 x 199 x 27Cover...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Bob BrodyNew York City essayist Bob Brody only recently reached a milestone long overdue -- he's shown signs of finally res...

Reducere. William Powell wrote The Anarchist Cookbook in 1969 at the age of nineteen. It included everything from making bombs to brewing LSD in the bathroom...

Reducere. In Hippie Chick, a rebellious teenager finds her mother dead in the bathroom. To save her from living alone with a difficult father, her older sist...

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Samuel Roskelley's autobiography, written for the benefit of his family, shows that he could tell a story--his story--and make it live in words and...

For every person who reads this text on the printed page, many more will read it on a computer screen or mobile device. It's a situation that we in...

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Reducere. The Last Gentleman Adventurer: Coming of Age in the Arctic, Paperback

Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness - Ruby Lal

`Among the most moving documents I have read in years ... You will not forget it' Elie Wiesel

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdAuthor(s): James S. GrotsteinNumber of pages: 384Collection: Relational Perspectives Book SeriesPublication date: 20...

Reducere. Moody's famous autobiography is a classic work on growing up poor and Black in the rural South. Her searing account of life before the Civil Rights...

Reducere. Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Coming of Age in America and Coming of Age Around the World, this new anthology of fiction and ...

Reducere. Written without a trace of sentimentality or apology, this is an unforgettable personal story--the truth as a remarkable young woman named Anne Moo...

Reducere. DESCRIPTION This unique volume contains twenty-eight fascinating life stories of people -- many of whom went on to become famous -- who grew up in ...

Reducere. The Army of the Potomac s mounted units suffered early in the Civil War at the hands of the horsemen of the South. However, by 1863, the Federal ca...

Reducere. On September 15, 1963, a Klan-planted bomb went off in the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Fourteen-year-old Carolyn Maull was j...

Publisher: Mortons Media GroupAuthor(s): Graham H.E. TwidaleIllustration(s): 135 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 96Collection: The nostalgia coll...

The essays contained in this volume illustrate the work of Fr. James A. Weisheipl, whose writing and teaching have resulted in important additions ...

Reducere. DescriptionWith his trademark exploration of the meaning of adult faith in an age marked by new understandings of cosmology, anthropology, quantum ...

Reducere. Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors--some eminent, some less well known--who grew u...

Seen through the eyes of an intellectually ambitious son of immigrant parents, Concrete Steps is the story of a boy growing up in the 1940s and '50...

Reducere. DescriptionThirteen-year-old Allison Zellers loved to sleep in on Sunday mornings. But one Sunday, she awoke with a twinge of pain in the back of h...

Reducere. This picture book presents the set number concept through pictures of everyday objects. A good choice for pre-school storytime as well as for class...

Reducere. DescriptionNamed to Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2015 The Newspaper Boy is a remarkable collection of memories and personal reflections of the deep...

A darkly funny, big-hearted and moving memoir about growing up in New York City's legendary Chelsea Hotel.

Reducere. A touching and nostalgic look at a childhood in Toronto's Beach District... The world of young people growing up in Toronto in the 1950's and 60's ...

DescriptionHow much video gaming is too much?At what age do you give a child a cell phone?How do you teach responsible use of texting and social me...

Reducere. DescriptionThe voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the colonies' transformation to an independent nation have seldom been heard. Thi...

Description"Corn-Fed" is a nostalgic romp through growing up in the Midwest. Poignant, humorous, and honest, "Corn-Fed" will take you from childhoo...

Much of what we know about life in the medieval Islamic Middle East comes from texts written to impart religious ideals or to chronicle the movemen...

"James Whiteside is an electrifying performer, an incredible athlete, and an artist, through and through. To know James is to love him; with Center...

Ideologies influence not only our politics, but also our basic societal values, our socialization as individuals, and the way we communicate. As th...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionVintage Doilies to CrochetA collection of vintage doilies, runners, chair set covers, place mats, runners, and more to crochet. A compil...

The baby boomers and postwar suburbia remain a touchstone. For many, there is a belief that it has never been as good for youngsters and their fami...