Join two grandmothers as they team up for their chosen second careers, one as a writer and the other as a photographer. Their job is to find adventure, live that adventure, and then tell their stories in leading travel magazines and newspapers. Now these stories are retold in "Grandma Needs a Four-Wheel Drive," a book brimming with amazing images of the places they've visited, the lessons they've learned, plus information on how you can experience the same comical adventures on safer turf. Read of their misadventures and fumbling, bumbling mishaps, which add great humor to their tales. Fortunately there are no casualities . . . close, but not quite. See their website for galleries filled with more than one hundred full-color images of the places they've visited: GrandmaNeedsaFour-WheelDrive.com
Grandma has run the town's garbage business, and her three sons drive the trucks. But what happens when her sons are all too sick to work-and it's the 4th of July, the day of the Big Parade? Leave it to Grandma to get the town clean, with the help of her young grandson, Billy, as she embarks on a hilarious romp through town-and creates nearly as much mess as she cleans up.
A comprehensive guide to creating dynamic, successful, and innovative library programs that cater to the specialized needs of older adults—an important and growing user group. Crash Course in Library Services for Seniors provides a refreshingly positive approach to working with older adults—one that focuses on the positive effects of aging on patrons, and the many opportunities that libraries can create for themselves by offering top-notch services delivered with a concierge mindset. The book offers page after page of great programming ideas specifically for reaching out to Baby Boomers and older customers—a population that is predicted to double over the next 20 years. Organized in only six chapters, this easy-to-read book provides practical suggestions for making any library a welcoming place for older adults, covering topics such as assessment, planning, programming, services, marketing, and evaluation. This title will be invaluable to public librarians interested in expanding and improving their current programming for older adults within their community, and for those looking to create entirely new programming for seniors.
For the Piper girls, returning to Spinning Hills, Ohio, is a chance to rebuild their lives. And in the process, each of them will welcome the promise of a whole new love . . . For Hope Piper—aka Heartless Hope—career is everything. Requesting a transfer from her tony California office back to the Dayton regional headquarters where she got her start is a sacrifice she would make only for her sisters. There are good reasons she left Spinning Hills behind years ago—and once she’s back, her subconscious mind decides to replay them, leading a sleepwalking Hannah back to the scene of her young heartbreak. And as luck would have it, the man living in that house is currently her fiercest opponent . . . and a distractingly good-looking one. Matt Williams has one job—to keep industry in Ohio. When he learns that one of the region’s most important employers has secret plans to close their local headquarters, he takes action . . . and finds himself up against the woman who keeps showing up at his house in the middle of the night. In those moments, when Hope is grieving and vulnerable, Matt would give anything to ease her pain. But romance isn’t realistic for two people with completely different goals—unless working together gives them both the chance to vanquish ghosts, heal old wounds, and start living for love . . .
Discover Sarah A. Denzil's page-turning domestic thrillers and psychological fiction. From secrets to lies to murder, you'll find an emotional rollercoaster of suspenseful drama within these pages. BOOK ONE: THE HOUSEMAID When I was six months old, my mother left to work as a maid at Highwood Hall. She never came back for me. I retrace her steps, lying my way into the same job she held over twenty years ago. I slip through the old corridors of this stately home—uncovering secret tunnels and peepholes hidden behind the gloomy portraits—I'm desperate to uncover the truth. But it won't be easy. No one knows why I'm really here. BOOK TWO: FIND HER It's Christmas Day at Wilder House, and three magical winter weddings are set to begin. But as the tables are arranged, and the food is prepared, a perfect storm hits, cutting every guest from the rest of the world. A bride stumbles alone into the snow, her silk train dragging through dirt, her hands bloody from the murder she just committed… BOOK THREE: SAVING APRIL Hannah Abbott is afraid of the world. She rarely leaves her house, but when the Mason family moves in across the street, Hannah's quiet life is changed forever. They seem like the perfect family until one day, Hannah sees April place an unsettling sign in the window and has to make a choice. BOOK FOUR: LITTLE ONE Fran finds a little girl, Esther, no older than seven years old, by herself in the dead of night, her pretty but old-fashioned yellow dress covered in grass stains and her hair dishevelled. After Esther is reunited with her family, Fran can't stop thinking about this pious child whose imaginary friend is God. Fran's instincts tell her something is very wrong. But her husband warns her not to get too close. BOOK FIVE: THE BROKEN ONES "You will know me." The hoarse whisper comes from a room in the house during the dead of the night. A stranger's voice is recorded by equipment Sophie set up because Sophie is paranoid that someone is out to get her. With few people in her life, Sophie spends all of her time either teaching at a primary school or caring for her ailing mother. Suffering from early-onset Alzheimer's disease, Sophie's mother is a difficult patient, leaving her little time to herself. Strange things begin to happen. She finds a discarded button in the garden. A handprint on the outside of the window. Her confused mother blames new bruises on a 'shadow.' Who is following her and why? BOOK SIX: YOU ARE INVITED When Cath receives her invitation to The Event, a monetised retreat for social media influencers, she can't believe her luck. Irene Jobert is the most famous influencer in the world, and now Cath will be one of the five participants chosen to stay with Irene in a renovated Transylvanian monastery.
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Bindarra Creek is a rural romance series set in northern New South Wales, Australia. This small community is a treasure-trove of intrigue, adventure, buried secrets, drama, and challenges. Fate, destiny, and a twist or two conspire to ignite the long-standing rivalry between the Morgan and Sullivan men. Yet when faced with bushfires, armed robbers, outlaws, and the happiness and safety of the women they love, they will put aside their animosity to defend and protect.
Funny, fast paced and uplifting! First in a series following the antics and spiritual awakening of a young woman, The Cheerful Troublemaker is touching, spiritually uplifting at times wildly funny. This girl's thirst for fun and laughter is not easily quenched until a glimpse into the tragedy of others places a heavy burden on her conscience. Only then does she begin to see the power of gratitude in action. The truth is that she has always known how to have fun. Now she needs to learn how to give thanks. Carrie Elizabeth is wild, carefree and always, always and eternally in trouble. The fifth daughter in a gaggle of girls, she's able to find fault with her overly demanding parents, her accomplished sisters and her headmaster - you name it. Sassy, often downright cheeky, she has it all figured out. That is, until a tragedy gets her to start thinking about what is most important in life and how much she has to be thankful for. >From start to finish, Carrie is a fascinating character who walks an >incredibly thin line between creating more mayhem and being a better >person
A hidden bunker in the hilly community of Colorado Springs, Colorado, becomes a focal point of survival. It is buried in the ground, hidden from view of any watchful eyes. Bailey Simms feels right at home along the rough and undulating roads of the countryside of Colorado Springs. A seasoned distance runner ready to make a name for himself, the nineteen-year-old is stopped short when a summer storm hits the area, changing the surface of the earth. This sci-fi adventure is off and running, populated by a young woman named Betty and her new heart-throb Bailey, who find secrets hidden by an all-consuming government ready to change the face of the world. An unhinged scientist, a zookeeper, and a strangely formed group of misfits come in contact with a beast that gives new meaning to the word terror. Fighting for survival, this odd group finds a hiding place, the bunker buried deep inside the Rocky Mountains. Yet something has been left behind in cold storage for the past three years. Follow Bailey and his new friends and family as they quickly unravel a future that may not see a tomorrow. Do you know the way to Bailey’s Road?
When CASSIE BURNS' husband dies her children think she should move into a condo and act like a grandmother. Instead she plans her first solo trip to a resort in Eagle River, Wisconsin. In a chance encounter she meets mysterious Kurt Troy whose touch makes her "buzz" with excitement and Will Harley who introduces her to the beauty and wonders of farming. Cassie begins a dual existence of soul-affirming work with Will's caring family interspersed with spontaneous, intense romantic encounters with Kurt. When Will's ex-wife returns, Cassie reluctantly decides to head back to her safe and predictable future. On the way home, she unexpectedly encounters Kurt who invites her to move in with him and she impulsively agrees. Their time alone is intensely sexual but the reality of living in booze, sex and drug culture intrudes on their haven. Before a big awards presentation, in an effort to erase the affects of time, Cassie becomes fanatical about vanity surgeries, exercise, pills, and bulimia until she overdoses two days before the big night and ends up in the hospital. As she recovers, how does Cassie choose to play out her Second Act?
