Author: Lord Dunsany
Publisher: Wildside Press
Keywords: year
Number of Pages: 188
Published: 2009-05-19
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 1434456757
ISBN-13: 9781434456755
Originally published in 1944, "The Year" is an epic poem about Ireland and World War II, filled with the magical imagery that makes Lord Dunsany’s work so memorable.
Author: Claire Zulkey
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Keywords: year
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2009-09-03
List price: $17.99
ISBN-10: 0525421599
ISBN-13: 9780525421597
Cecily has always done everything as she was supposed to: taken the right classes, gotten the right grades, applied to the right colleges. But after a lifetime of following the rules, she surprises everyone by arriving for her freshman year of college . . . and turning around. There are infinite possibilities for Cecily’s unexpected gap year. She could volunteer, or travel around the world - but, for now, Cecily is content to do absolutely nothing. What follows is a year of snarkily observed self-doubt and selfdiscovery during which Cecily must ask herself, for the first time, what does
Author: John Irving
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Keywords: novel, year, one, widow
Number of Pages: 576
Published: 2004-06-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 0345469011
ISBN-13: 9780345469014
Ruth Cole is a complex, often self-contradictory character--a "difficult" woman. By no means is she conventionally "nice," but she will never be forgotten.Ruth’s story is told in three parts, each focusing on a crucial time in her life. When we first meet her--on Long Island, in the summer of 1958--Ruth is only four.The second window into Ruth’s life opens in the fall of 1990, when Ruth is an unmarried woman whose personal life is not nearly as successful as her literary career. She distrusts her judgment in men, for good reason.A Widow for One Year closes in the autumn of 1995, wh
Author: Heidi Murkoff
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Keywords: year, first
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2003-10-16
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0761152121
ISBN-13: 9780761152125
Is our baby eating enough? Is this much crying normal? How do I know when she is really sick? This hefty, 671-page guide to your baby’s first year is brought to you by the creators of the bestselling What to Expect When You’re Expecting. The three authors, all mothers themselves, are calm, clear, and encouraging as they tackle the first year of child-rearing, month by month. The easy-to-absorb, chronological format includes sections such as "What Your Baby May Be Doing," "What You Can Expect at This Month’s Checkups," "Feeding Your Baby This Month," "What You May Be Concerned
Author: Mark Perlmutter
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: wasted, year
Number of Pages: 308
Published: 2004-05-27
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0595318495
ISBN-13: 9780595318490
Steve Aldman and his friend Mike have just graduated from college and board a plane to Thailand. They plan to teach English for one year at a university in Bangkok. Steve is a strong, austere young man who believes he can only depend on himself. Thailand is about to be the shock of his life. From the moment he lands, Steve feels conflicted. Can he apply his well-honed defenses in Thailand? Even with this struggle towards maturity, Steve’s deep and humorous narrative carries the reader throughout Thailand. Through him, we learn the Thai language and culture, taste its many delicacies and
Author: Paul Turner
Publisher: Liturgy Training Publicatio
Keywords: year, lent, doing
Number of Pages: 23
Published: 2010-05-12
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1568540930
ISBN-13: 9781568540931
Here is the retreat and catechesis parishes would love to give everyone in the assembly. What Am I Doing for Lent This Year? is a serious work-booklet that presents Lent as a powerful opportunity for renewal. By making notes in the spaces that are provided throughout, individuals will conduct a self-assessment; make resolutions about prayer, fasting, and almsgiving; translate the resolutions into commitments; reflect on their process in a scripture journal; and prepare for the sacrament of reconciliation. Special quantity pricing makes What Am I Doing for Lent This Year? affordable enough to g
Author: Charles Graham
Publisher: Xulon Pre
Keywords: encouragement, year
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2006-11-22
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 1600348203
ISBN-13: 9781600348204
Another Year of Encouragement.Chuck Graham delights us with this second edition of Notes of Encouragement - "real life" writings providing inspiration, laughter, comfort and reflection to millions around the world.
