My Heart Goes Swimming
My Heart Goes Swimming

Author: Jenny Bornholdt

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9780908877812

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The poems in My Heart Goes Swimming attest to the enduring nature of love and reflect the many ways in which it is written about. This collection is a celebration of love, but also of life, language and place. From delicate narratives to ecstatic lyrics, from Katherine Mansfield to Dinah Hawken, from R. A. K. Mason's 'Our love was a grim citadel' to Sam Hunt's 'Singing for you now', the poems bring to life a variety of emotions and situations. They also span the traditional and the modern in the forms they use and the attitudes they contain, making up a lively, companionable book, one fitting to its subject - pleasing to both mind and ear, and capable of reaching the heart. Jenny Bornholdt and Gregory O'Brien live in Wellington and have published their own poetry widely.

Swimming Lessons
Swimming Lessons

Author: Lili Reinhart

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Published: 2020-09-29

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1250261767

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Instant New York Times Bestseller The debut collection of poetry from Lili Reinhart, the actress and outspoken advocate for mental health awareness and body positivity. I seem to be your new favorite novel. One that keeps you up at night, turning my pages. Fingers lingering on me so you don’t lose your place. Swimming Lessons explores the euphoric beginnings of young love, battling anxiety and depression in the face of fame, and the inevitable heartbreak that stems from passion. Relatable yet deeply intimate, provocative yet comforting, bite-sized yet profound, Lili's poems reflect her trademark honesty and unique perspective. Accompanied by striking and evocative illustrations, Swimming Lessons reveals the depths of female experience, and is the work of a storyteller who is coming into her own.

You Know Where My Heart Is
You Know Where My Heart Is

Author: Angela Vail

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-06

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1499027109

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Matthew Stevenson and Kayty Oakley met at the tender age of seven. They quickly became best friends and loyal confidants. They experienced many endeavors together in their childhood, in the 1970's. As they rolled into their teenage years amid the 1980's, even more ventures fell into their lives; some of which included everyday common occurrences that were surrounded by goodness and excitement. Some of their adventures contained trauma and struggle. the love between Kayty's and Matthew's hearts was destined to be interlaced throughout the infinity of time, so they tied the knot. Their strongest emotions are tested by the trauma that threatens to sever their heartstrings. Will this pending threat take one of them out of the equation of life? Will their love be strong enough to make them hold on?

Your Heart is your purpose
Your Heart is your purpose

Author: Kai Pfrommer

Publisher: tredition

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 151

ISBN-13: 3347306023

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It is not always easy to find the right path of life in order to avoid some of the obstacles. Often we blindly and unconsciously steer through the difficult-to-digest everyday life - with both its good and bad moments. Forget the compass, however, and listen to your heart! This book not only tells the story from the stimulating point of view of the aspiring author in childhood and adulthood, but also puts the deep bond with his stepson on the stage of life. A strong bond that has had to grow and will continue to grow. The emotional facets of the hidden happiness are yet to be found. Join in this quest and become aware of how beautifully life can "sing".

My Heart Is a Drunken Compass
My Heart Is a Drunken Compass

Author: Domingo Martinez

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2014-11-18

Total Pages: 325

ISBN-13: 1493015974

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With his trademark tragic-comical voice and arresting storytelling, Domingo Martinez once again delivers a deeply personal memoir full of wry asides and poignant, thoughtful reflections in his new book My Heart Is a Drunken Compass. His first book shockingly ended with his fiancé Stephanie plummeting off the side of an overpass in Seattle, after having a seizure while driving. He now chronicles this painful episode in his life, with flashbacks to their tenuous romantic relationship, and how her accident and subsequent coma ultimately causes him to unravel emotionally. This pivotal moment, which began with an alarming call in the middle of the night, parallels another gut-wrenching experience from the past when his youngest brother’s life hangs in the balance. Martinez once again brilliantly examines the complicated connections between family, friends, and loved ones. Feeling estranged from his family in Texas over the years, isolated and alone in Seattle, he turns to writing as a therapeutic tool. The underlying themes of addiction and recovery and their powerful impact on family dynamics also emerge within the narrative, as he struggles with his inner demons. These two traumatic life events actually bring Martinez closer to the family that he has in many ways spend years trying to deny, strengthening their bonds and healing old wounds. When Martinez falls apart completely, he finds his family, his redemption, and a new beginning with the love of his life, who encourages him to write his way out of the pain in order to save his own life.

Swimming in the Sink
Swimming in the Sink

Author: Lynne Cox

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2017-06-13

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1101971835

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In this stunning memoir of life after loss, the open-water swimming legend and bestselling author tells of facing the one challenge that no amount of training could prepare her for. A celebrated athlete who set swimming records around the world, Lynne Cox achieved astonishing feats of strength and endurance. She was the first to swim the frigid waters of the Bering Strait, the Strait of Magellan, and the coast of Antarctica, and she was the fastest to swim the English Channel. But it is a different kind of struggle that pushes her to the brink. In a short period of time, Lynne loses her father, and then her mother, and then Cody, her beloved Labrador retriever. Soon after, Lynne herself is diagnosed with a life-threatening heart condition that leaves her unable to swim and barely able to walk. But against all odds, and with the support of her friends and family, Lynne begins the slow pull toward recovery, reaching always for the open waters that give her the freedom and mastery that mean everything to her. What follows is a beautifully poignant meditation on loss and an exhilarating celebration of life as, to Lynne’s surprise, she begins to find, within the unfamiliar space of vulnerability, the greatest treasures—like falling in love.

Small Bodies of Water
Small Bodies of Water

Author: Nina Mingya Powles

Publisher: Canongate Books

Published: 2021-08-05

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1838852166

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'Remarkable' Robert Macfarlane 'Gorgeous' Amy Liptrot 'Urgent and nourishing' Jessica J. Lee Nina Mingya Powles first learned to swim in Borneo – where her mother was born and her grandfather studied freshwater fish. There, the local swimming pool became her first body of water. Through her life there have been others that have meant different things, but have still been, in their own way, home: from the wild coastline of New Zealand to a pond in northwest London. In lyrical, powerful prose, Small Bodies of Water weaves together memories, dreams and nature writing. Exploring everything from migration, food, family, earthquakes and the ancient lunisolar calendar, Nina reflects on a girlhood spent growing up between two cultures, and what it means to belong.

I wish I'd said Vol iv
I wish I'd said Vol iv

Author: Johann de Lange

Publisher: Digital on Demand

Published: 2021-08-01

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1928530753

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Six specially commisioned poems in each official language (66 poems with English translations). To round out the collection, those 99 poems are completed by 4 comtemporary Khoikhoi poems.

Where the Heart Is
Where the Heart Is

Author: Jo Knowles

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 1536206849

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If home is where the heart is, what would happen if you lost it? Compassion and humor infuse the story of a family caught in financial crisis and a girl struggling to form her own identity. It’s the first day of summer and Rachel's thirteenth birthday. She can't wait to head to the lake with her best friend, Micah. But as summer unfolds, every day seems to get more complicated. Her “fun” new job taking care of the neighbors’ farm animals quickly becomes a challenge, whether she’s being pecked by chickens or having to dodge a charging pig at feeding time. At home, her parents are more worried about money than usual, and their arguments over bills intensify. Fortunately, Rachel can count on Micah to help her cope with all the stress. But Micah seems to want their relationship to go beyond friendship, and though Rachel almost wishes for that, too, she can’t force herself to feel “that way” about him. In fact, she isn’t sure she can feel that way about any boy — or what that means. With all the heart of her award-winning novel See You At Harry's, Jo Knowles brings us the story of a girl who must discover where her heart is and what that means for her future.