Sarah is having a bad day! At 37½ life is going nowhere fast. She’s been dumped by her latest boyfriend, again! She’s lost her latest job, again! And her mother’s driving her mad, again! To top it all, she can’t even have a moan in peace without Clarabell piping up every two minutes trying to cheer her up, again! Clarabell is of course, Sarah’s ‘Guardian Angel’, whose job it is to constantly keep Sarah’s spirits up – an annoying distraction to say the least! Clarabell certainly has her work cut out! Having reached rock bottom, Sarah reluctantly accepts Clarabell’s help, growing gradually from a chaotic, lost young woman into the person she always wanted to be. With the angels help she is ready at last for her soul-mate Simon to enter her life. Throughout her journey a team of angels have regular ‘inter-angel-cy’ meetings, mapping out and planning Sarah’s life for her, often getting it very wrong with hilarious results! Sarah’s story brings hope, magic and inspiration from the beginning right through to its uplifting conclusion; drawing the reader into an emotional roller coaster that will make you laugh, cry and ultimately leave you with a smile on your face and quite possibly with an empty box of tissues!
Lovely, small and uncomplicated, this book is the perfect soul-cleaner for today's troubled times. Everyone from Mickey Rooney to the boy next door may have experienced an angel encounter. There's an Angel on Your Shoulder spreads a little of that light to the rest of us.
Jolene writes with great heart and passion about a dog breed disenfranchised not because of what they are, but because of what we imagine them to be. I love stories that support the underdog, and Jolene's tale of her beloved pit bull terrier is exactly that. It is also a delight to read, and a worthy story to ponder. And you will fall in love with Rumer, I'll promise you that. Susan Knilans McElroy, author of Animals As Teachers and Healers and Animals as Guides for the Soul Jolene has truly captured the ways animals enrich and bless our lives in profound ways. Not only is Angel On My Shoulder a story of an exceptional, loving pit bull named Rumer, it is on a larger scale the defense of a gentle, loyal breed that has been much maligned and misunderstood. May it help everyone understand both the true nature of the American Pit Bull as well as the true nature of love. Katrina Kittle, author of The Kindness of strangers and The Blessings of the Animals Far more than any other breed, the American pit bull represents different things to different people. Badly managed dogs grab headlines because their behavior is atypical; Jolene's experience represents the far less shocking though no less fascinating reality of life with a peaceful, loving, comedic pit bull as best friend'. If you enjoy tales of true love, you will value this story. Diane Jessup, author of The Working Pit Bull and The Dog Who Spoke With Gods On a bitterly cold February day in 1992, a woman named Jolene found herself with a choice to make: the brindle puppy in a kindly stranger's left palm or the red puppy in his right? For Jolene Mercadante, a librarian and lifelong animal advocate, this was the first tentative step on a journey that would impact the way she lived the rest of her life. She had no way of knowing how Rumer, a single little soul the size of a sausage, was about to change her life. Through all of life's great adventures the perfect five-week-old baby; the lanky, rebellious teenager; the extraordinary, splendid adult Rumer was a creature of humor and love. She joyfully shattered the unjust pit bull stereotypes. She might not have been a heroic rescue dog, a therapy dog, or a war hero; there are other pit bulls who can claim this fame. But Rumer did touch the lives of everyone who knew her, and that made her heroic in her own way. She did save us, she did rescue us, and she was our hero in so many ways. Rumer was an ordinary dog who lived an ordinary life, but that's what made her extraordinary. This memoir is an unforgettable love story and an uplifting journey brought about by the life of a truly pure and beautiful soul.
With one of the decade's most enduring singles and videos, "No Rain," a quadruple platinum 1992 debut album, and touring alongside rock's biggest names, Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon could not overcome a dangerous drug addiction. Only two records into a promising career, Hoon was dead from an overdose at 28. This is the first book to tell the group's story, culled from over 50 interviews, including the surviving band members and those closest to the band. Includes 20 pages of photographs.
Join Greg Laurie, pastor and bestselling author of Steve McQueen: The Salvation of an American Icon, as he takes you on a personal journey into the life and legend of Johnny Cash. At the peak of his career, Cash had done it all—living the ultimate rags-to-riches story of growing up on a cotton farm in the Deep South to becoming a Nashville and Hollywood sensation, singing alongside heroes like Elvis Presley and performing for several American presidents. But through all of this, Cash was troubled. By the time he released the iconic Man in Black album in 1971, the middle-aged icon was broken down, hollow-eyed, and wrung out. In his search for peace, Cash became embroiled in controversy. He was arrested five times in seven years. His drug- and alcohol-induced escapades led to car accidents and a forest fire that devastated 508 acres. His time was divided between Jesus and jail, gospel tunes and the “Cocaine Blues.” But by the end of his life, Cash was speaking openly about his “unshakeable faith.” What caused the superstar to turn from his conflicting passions to embrace a life in Christ? Johnny Cash: The Redemption of an American Icon dives deep into the singer’s inner demons, triumphs, and gradual return to faith. Laurie interviews Cash’s family, friends, and business associates to reveal how the singer’s true success came through finding the only Person whose star was bigger than his own.
Dear boys and girls, parents and teachers, ladies and gentlemen: In spite of Professor Mina's past achievements, today he feels some uneasiness. He strongly regrets going to grade school without anyone teaching him to learn by heart the "two string of symbols of the Mina's phonetic alphabet." And equally bad, without anybody being "accountable enough" to explain to him the inseparable recommendations that "must go with the alphabet." Here they are: 1st Recommendation: To buy this book. 2nd Recommendation: To make a continuous effort to realize and to explain to yourself, and later on to your child or pupil, that this book has nothing to do with math. It is not a math book! The numbers are used only to name the vowel sounds because they are known to everybody. They are easy to write and easy to remember. No additions, no subtractions, no operations of any kind would be done with those numbers. 3rd Recommendation: Memorize the following string of vowel symbols, preferably from "top to bottom": (Y1) (46) (55) (75) (78) (82) (86) (88) (98) (9R) (1) (2 (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (y) (w). It helps to remember that thumbs, toes, and fingers in hands and feet match the vowel symbols if semivowels (y), (w) are taken as one vowel. Now, memorize the following pairs of consonants, preferably from let to right. D/T B/P V/F G/K WH/H J/CH L/R M/N Z/S ZH/SH Y/W (TH)/THE It also helps to remember that the pairs of consonant sounds match the pairs of ribs in humans. The 3rd recommendation like the 2nd may require a change of attitude in some adults that may not consider memorization a process worth doing. If this is your thought, think again and remember computers: the more memory, the more power. 4th Recommendation: After completing the 3rd recommendat
