Beginnings, Middles, & Ends

Beginnings, Middles, & Ends

Author: Ogden Willis Rogers

Publisher: White Hat Communications

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1929109350

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A sideways story is some moment in life when you thought you were doing one thing, but you ended up learning another. A sideways story can also be a poem, or prose, that, because of the way it is written, may not be all that direct in its meaning. What’s nice about both clouds, and art, is that you can look at them and just resonate. That can be good for both the heart and the mind. Many of the moments of this book have grown from experiences the author has had or stories he used in his lectures with students or told in his office with clients. Some of them have grown from essays written for others, for personal or professional reasons. They are moments on a path through the discovery of social work, a journey of beginnings, middles, and ends. With just the right blend of humor and candor, each of these stories contains nuggets of wisdom that you will not find in a traditional textbook. They capture the essence and the art and soul of social work. In a world rushed with the illusion of technique and rank empiricism, it is the author’s hope that some of the things here might make some moment in your thinking or feeling grow as a social worker. If they provoke a smile, or a tear, or a critical question, it’s worth it. Everyone makes a different journey in a life of social work. These stories are one social worker’s travelogue along the way.


The Towers of Trebizond

The Towers of Trebizond

Author: Rose Macaulay

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 1956

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781590170588

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Serio-comic novel about English eccentrics who travel in Turkey.


The Book of Story Beginnings

The Book of Story Beginnings

Author: Kristin Kladstrup

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780763626099

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After moving with her parents to Iowa, twelve-year-old Lucy discovers a mysterious notebook that can bring stories to life and which has a link to the 1914 disappearance of her great uncle.


Endings & Beginnings

Endings & Beginnings

Author: Redi Tlhabi

Publisher: Jacana Media

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 293

ISBN-13: 1431404616

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"When Redi Tlhabi is eleven years old, two years after her father's death, she meets the handsome, charming and smooth, Mabegzo. A rumoured gangster, murderer and rapist, he is a veritable 'jack roller' of the neighbourhood. Against her family's wishes, she develops a strong connection to him. Tlhabi herself doesn't understand why she is drawn to Mabegzo and why, at eleven, she feels a brokenness that only Mabegzo can fix. 'Endings & Beginnings' is Tlhabi's emotional journey back into her past to finally humanise this man whose hollowness mirrored her own and who was hated and abhorred by so many when he was alive. Through interviews and deep emotional conversations with his family, friends and those who knew him, Redi finally gets to fit together the pieces of the puzzle that was Mabegzo. Her revelations do not in any way excuse who and what he was, but they go a long way in shedding light on the scourge that is violence in our societies and why young black men are consumed by anger." -- Back cover.


Beginnings, Middles and Endings: Stories

Beginnings, Middles and Endings: Stories

Author: S. D. Turner

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-03-25

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 1483498336

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While growing up privileged in 1950s upstate New York, young Lippa Broadbent struggles with all that accompanies having a mentally ill parent. As her mother battles inner demons, Lippa must find a way to see a brighter future while trapped within the confines of her uncertain world. It is 1978 as Lippa approaches mid-life. Now a trial attorney in an era unaccustomed to female lawyers, she feels sullied by a recent case, resigns, withdraws to a life of domesticity among Manhattan's professional elite, and begins to write. Throughout her intertwined stories, Lippa sometimes disappears from the surface but reappears in the subtext. As she enters her third act, Lippa forms her alter ego Katie, a California art historian who returns home to care for her ailing father. Now all she has to do is unravel her family's secrets before he dies. Beginnings, Middles and Endings shares a collection of tales that follow a girl into womanhood as she courageously faces each stage of life and learns her true identity.


Creating Stories - Beginnings, Middles, Endings

Creating Stories - Beginnings, Middles, Endings

Author: Deborah Tiersch-Allen

Publisher: EDCON Publishing Group

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 155576102X

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ZIM'S World of Reading: Creating Stories. Expressing ideas, beginnings, middles and endings. In this exciting series of skill-related books, children join ZIM, the lovable space creature, Zal, his sister, and Zup, his three-legged dog, in fun outer space learning adventures. Children are encouraged to think about the world of today and the possibili- ties for the world of tomorrow. Themes of exploration, technolo- gy and computers are introduced.


Time Out of Mind

Time Out of Mind

Author: John R. Maxim

Publisher: Avon

Published: 1999-07-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780380730063

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Manhattan executive Corbin is haunted by memories of another time -- memories that do not belong to him. Then, in the midst of a raging New York City snowstorm, the inexplicable images become more vivid and real. And before he knows it, Jonathan Corbin has stepped into a bygone world of gaslit streets and horsedrawn carriages -- and into the center of a nineteenth-century maelstrom of love, revenge, obsession...and death. Through the swirling snow, he can make out the figure of a woman-someone he can't possibly recognize, but does; someone he knows he is destined to kill.


The Book of Dragons

The Book of Dragons

Author: Jonathan Strahan

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2020-07-07

Total Pages: 625

ISBN-13: 0062877178

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R. F. Kuang, Kate Elliott, Todd McCaffrey, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and other fantasy and science fiction masters take on the greatest mythical beast. From China to Europe, Africa to North America, dragons have long captured our imagination in myth and legend. Whether they are rampaging beasts awaiting a brave hero to slay or benevolent sages who have much to teach humanity, dragons are intrinsically connected to stories of creation, adventure, and struggle beloved for generations. Bringing together nearly thirty stories and poems from some of the greatest science fiction and fantasy writers working today— Garth Nix, Scott Lynch, R. F. Kuang, Ann Leckie & Rachel Swirsky, Daniel Abraham, Peter S. Beagle, Beth Cato, Zen Cho, C. S. E Cooney, Aliette de Bodard, Amal El-Mohtar, Kate Elliott, Theodora Goss, Ellen Klages, Ken Liu, Seanan Maguire, Patricia A McKillip, K. J. Parker, Kelly Robson, Michael Swanwick, Jo Walton, Elle Katharine White, Jane Yolen, Kelly Barnhill, Brooke Bolander, Sarah Gailey, and J. Y. Yang—and illustrated by award-nominated artist Rovina Cai with black-and-white line drawings specific to each entry throughout, this extraordinary collection vividly breathes fire and life into one of our most captivating and feared magical creatures as never before and is sure to become a treasured keepsake for fans of fantasy, science fiction, and fairy tales. “A treasure trove of wonder.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review) “A heaping hoard of literary gems that fans of dragon-powered stories will surely treasure.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Seems almost certain to be the most significant fantasy anthology of 2020.” —Locus