Gizelle's Bucket List

Gizelle's Bucket List
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 9781501123658
ISBN-13 : 1501123653
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Gizelle's Bucket List by : Lauren Fern Watt

Download or read book Gizelle's Bucket List written by Lauren Fern Watt and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ... adventure of a 160-pound English mastiff and the twenty-something girl who grew up alongside her"--Amazon.com.

My Word

My Word
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Publisher : Brown Girls Publishing
Total Pages : 203
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ISBN-10 : 9781944359799
ISBN-13 : 1944359796
Rating : 4/5 (99 Downloads)

Book Synopsis My Word by : Gizelle Bryant

Download or read book My Word written by Gizelle Bryant and published by Brown Girls Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After marrying her college sweetheart, Ginger Williams gave up her own professional dreams to help her husband follow his dream of building a megachurch. It’s not long before Ginger and her husband, Jeremy, turn a small D.C. church into a burgeoning empire....catapulting the couple into a popular powerhouse. But with a bigger spotlight comes more temptation...and the power is corrupting Jeremy in ways Ginger never imagined. When she seeks the advice of her peers on the First Ladies’ Council, she’s shocked when they tell her to accept Jeremy’s infidelities so she doesn’t damage the church and affect the many business opportunities coming their way. With every part of her life—family faith, and finances—hanging in the balance, Ginger must decide if she will continue to live in the shadow of the sins of her husband...or face life on the other side of the pulpit.

"Gizelle, Save the Children!"

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Publisher :
Total Pages : 328
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015008855200
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (00 Downloads)

Book Synopsis "Gizelle, Save the Children!" by : Gizelle Hersh

Download or read book "Gizelle, Save the Children!" written by Gizelle Hersh and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gizelle Hersh, inspired by her mother's parting words, attempts to save her three younger sisters and a brother from death in the Auschwitz concentration camp at the close of World War II.

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club

Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club
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Publisher : House of Anansi
Total Pages : 326
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ISBN-10 : 9781487001728
ISBN-13 : 148700172X
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club by : Megan Gail Coles

Download or read book Small Game Hunting at the Local Coward Gun Club written by Megan Gail Coles and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 National Bestseller Finalist, CBC Canada Reads Finalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize By turns savage, biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Gail Coles’s debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, exposing class, gender, and racial tensions over the course of one Valentine’s Day in the dead of a winter storm. Valentine’s Day, the longest day of the year. A fierce blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off the city, while inside The Hazel restaurant a storm system of sex, betrayal, addiction, and hurt is breaking overhead. Iris, a young hostess, is forced to pull a double despite resolving to avoid the charming chef and his wealthy restaurateur wife. Just tables over, Damian, a hungover and self-loathing server, is trying to navigate a potential punch-up with a pair of lit customers who remain oblivious to the rising temperature in the dining room. Meanwhile Olive, a young woman far from her northern home, watches it all unfurl from the fast and frozen street. Through rolling blackouts, we glimpse the truth behind the shroud of scathing lies and unrelenting abuse, and discover that resilience proves most enduring in the dead of this winter’s tale.

Always By My Side

Always By My Side
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781501156380
ISBN-13 : 1501156381
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Always By My Side by : Edward Grinnan

Download or read book Always By My Side written by Edward Grinnan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editor-in-chief of Guideposts magazine shares the “heartfelt, honest, lovely” (New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz) story of Millie, his beloved golden retriever, and how she taught him to be a more compassionate person, deepened his faith, and inspired him on his long-term path of recovery from addiction—with a foreword by Debbie Macomber. From the moment his new golden retriever puppy jumped into his arms, Edward Grinnan and his wife, Julee, were in love with her. Edward didn’t know it yet, but Millie would change his life. In this moving memoir, Edward Grinnan writes about his life with Millie—from their first joyous meeting, through her struggle with cancer, and eventual heartbreaking death. Edward shares how her sensitivity, unconditional love, and innate goodness helped him discover those qualities in himself and put his complicated past in perspective. Edward also shares the lessons he has learned from other dogs he’s loved—like Pete, a poodle his father bought him in the wake of his brother’s death; Rudy, who introduced him to his wife; Sally Browne, a mischievous cocker spaniel who befriended the homeless in his neighborhood; and Marty, a hundred-pound Labrador whose behavioral issues challenged his and Julee’s marriage—as well as lessons he’s learned from the celebrated dog stories in Guideposts magazine. Poignant and insightful, Always By My Side is an inspiring book that explores the unbreakable bond between man and dog, revealing how faith shapes our love for our dogs, and how our dogs shape our faith.

Bridges

Bridges
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Publisher : Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages : 278
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ISBN-10 : 1479336246
ISBN-13 : 9781479336241
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Bridges by : Gizelle Studevent

Download or read book Bridges written by Gizelle Studevent and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridges is an incredible journey through the fascinating mind of an impressive young writer. Only The Table of Contents and a couple of excerpts are needed to showcase the book's brilliance.The Preface bypasses the customary fluff and immediately snatches the reader into this remarkable collection of thought provoking letters. Written while playing basketball at Penn State, Studevent candidly discusses a myriad of gaps in society that she feels need bridging. Gaps such as those between; Generation Y-previous generations, God-man, teachers-students, gay-straight, coaches-players, males-females, Black-White and good and bad. She tackles polarizing issues such as race, politics, religion and sexual orientation. After a couple of eyebrow raising letters, chapter 3 shifts into overdrive and Bridges never slows down. Amid a host of colorful metaphors, she shows how her generation has lost its way due to a misguided sense of self entitlement. She suggests that they must have emerged from the womb hands first, and not head first, as customary with most babies. If her generation could talk while breastfeeding, they would not only ask, but demand an explanation as to why Mom isn't able to provide chocolate milk in one breast and strawberry in the other. She suggests that maybe too many modern day mothers have 'spoiled' milk because so many of her peers, including herself, are spoiled. She feels today's "hybrid" (parent/friend) parents are partly responsible for this self entitlement epidemic that has struck Generation Y with a vengeance. Next, she unloads with a raw lambasting of absentee fathers, "it's your presence, not your presents that matters, and as long as you fathers continue to bail; strip clubs, pimps, prostitution and the porn industry will continue to thrive." To females, she explains how they have become enslaved to society's cruel '1-10' beauty scale and its 100 lb weight scale. In a twist of creative genius, her letter to the emasculated modern day male is full of comedic brilliance. Her use of cartoon characters in order to establish common ground with the men of her generation is hilarious. She helps them to recognize that women desire a man with character and not one who tries to be a character. She reminds them that Vicki Vale fell in love with Bruce Wayne before she knew he was Batman. Mary Jane was smitten by Peter Parker before there was a hint that he was Spiderman and Clark Kent stole Lois Lane's heart before she discovered he was 'The Man of Steel.' These gals fell in love with the man's character and not the costumed character. Her letter to teachers and coaches jumps off the pages as if it were written in 3-D. “Critical times call for critical measures, therefore teachers need to go beyond the syllabus and coaches need to rise above the playbook and prepare kids for the game of life.” In a show of compassion, she pens a letter to Phoebe Prince, the bullying victim who committed suicide and whose story motivated her to write Bridges. How did this college student develop such an in depth perspective on life? Her life has been an epic tale of tragedy and triumph, one that rivals Hollywood's most inspirational sagas. After a drunk driver left her with a fractured skull, no front teeth and a shattered jaw, she would encounter an emotional head on collision that would prove to be far more horrific than being in a car that flipped three times down a California freeway. She would become the victim of a horrific case of psycho-cyberbullying. While a teenager named Gizelle may have begun writing Bridges, by book's end it becomes evident that she emerges as a grown woman named Ms.Studevent. From an impoverished childhood along the California-Mexico border, to one of the most elite high schools in the nation, her travels took her to South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, France, Italy, China, CBS, NBC and ESPN. However, her travels pale in comparison to the incredible journey across this literary jewel known as Bridges. WOW!!

Untwine

Untwine
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9780545843317
ISBN-13 : 0545843316
Rating : 4/5 (17 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Untwine by : Edwidge Danticat

Download or read book Untwine written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A genuinely moving exploration of the pain of separation” from the New York Times-bestselling author and National Book Award finalist (The New York Times Book Review). NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Literary Work 2015 VOYA Magazine Perfect Ten CCBC Choices List Selection Bank Street College of Education Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2016 New York Public Library Best Books for Teens Selection Giselle Boyer and her identical twin, Isabelle, are as close as sisters can be, even as their family seems to be unraveling. Then the Boyers have a tragic encounter that will shatter everyone’s world forever. Giselle wakes up in the hospital, injured and unable to speak or move. Trapped in the prison of her own body, Giselle must revisit her past in order to understand how the people closest to her—her friends, her parents, and above all, Isabelle, her twin—have shaped and defined her. Will she allow her love for her family and friends to lead her to recovery? Or will she remain lost in a spiral of longing and regret? Untwine is a spellbinding tale, lyrical and filled with love, mystery, humor, and heartbreak. Award-winning author Edwidge Danticat brings her extraordinary talent to this graceful and unflinching examination of the bonds of friendship, romance, family, the horrors of loss, and the strength we must discover in ourselves when all seems hopeless. “While Danticat fully grounds Giselle in her identity as a Haitian-American teen in Miami, this gentle young artist could speak to any teen anywhere coping with a major loss.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer