Summer Vacation at My Grandparent's House
Summer Vacation at My Grandparent's House

Author: Regina L. McBride

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 19

ISBN-13: 1468539418

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Traveling to Mississippi during summer vacation was what a little girl who grew up in Michigan who looked forward to summer vacation . She enjoyed seeing her grandparents and took comfort in appreciating the southern life and hospitality. Her comfort came from spending time with family, enjoying home cooked meals and feeding farm animals. It was a time for fun and adventure, however, the life lessons were priceless.

In My Life
In My Life

Author: Jean Chery

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2018-06-21

Total Pages: 105

ISBN-13: 1532052669

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I had an incredible moment while I was living in my home country, and I lived, for a while, with my parents and grandparents in a suburb. I had some people in the family travel to a new country, and I used to play with young friends in my town and went to school from kindergarten to high school. I had extraordinary intelligence as a part of my talents, and my friends and I had a team of soccer players. I was in the choir at a church in the city. I had intimate relationships when I was a teenager, and I had some people pass away in my family. I was a Latino practice dancer at a club in the city, and I went to another high school in the city of my country. I had my life instantly changed when I had the opportunity to come to a new country to live a new life with my parents.

My Story to Yours
My Story to Yours

Author: Karen Casey

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-08-29

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1616491639

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In this beautifully written guided memoir, best-selling author Karen Casey invites us to write down our stories while engaging in hers. Reflecting on and telling our stories is a time-honored tradition in recovery circles--whether in silent meditation, speaking out at meetings, or between sponsors and their sponsees. Recounting our experience of moving from a life of addiction to one of sobriety helps us realize how far we've come and how grateful we are to the people and events that led us there.In this beautifully written guided memoir, best-selling author Karen Casey invites us to write down our stories while engaging in hers. We follow Casey from her childhood to a life of addiction. We struggle with her through the depths of destruction and despair, then experience her rebirth as she pulled herself out of the darkness and into the light of recovery. At key turning points in her narrative, Casey pauses her story to encourage us to face difficult memories, verbalize our feelings, or express our own stories through practical exercises, thought-provoking questions, and inspiring ideas.

40 Years to Clarity
40 Years to Clarity

Author: Jeff Wilcox

Publisher: LifeRich Publishing

Published: 2019-02-27

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1489721126

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The author has always remembered an incident that occurred during on of the many artillery swing operations. These operations involved two guns in fire support of Special Forces approximately 100 Montagnard positioned along the Cambodian border. The normal artillery battery comprised of six guns positioned in a group to produce overlapping explosive power. However, during these operations, only two guns would be sent out as fire support. The guns and crew along with the Special Forces Cadre would helicoptered out and dropped on a hill (Landing Zone) LZ and remain in place for weeks or months depending upon the situation. The incidences that most haunted the author occurred during the Siege of Special Forces Camp Bu Prang along the Cambodian border. It was these incidents that kept the author always wondering what the meaning of the situation, and how that applied in his life. The culmination to this quest for the meaning happened forty years after the events of that time and inspired the author to write down his experiences and the epiphany about that meaning. The book is a reflection on the author’s experiences with the realization that God has always been with him throughout his life.

The Perfect Gentleman
The Perfect Gentleman

Author: Imran Ahmad

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2012-04-03

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1455510459

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Both deliciously funny and deeply insightful, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN is a beguiling multi-layered memoir that has touched the hearts of readers all over the world. At the age of one, Imran Ahmad moved from Pakistan to London, growing up torn between his Islamic identity and his desire to embrace the West. Join Imran in his lifelong struggle against corruption and injustice, and as he grapples with some of Life's most profound questions. What does God do exactly? Do you automatically go to Hell for following the wrong religion? How do you persuade a beautiful woman to become your girlfriend (and would driving a Jaguar XJS help?) Can you maintain a James Bond persona without the vodka, cigarettes and women - even whilst your parents are trying to arrange your marriage? Imran's unimagined journey makes thoughtful, compelling, and downright delightful reading. With a unique style and unflinching honesty, THE PERFECT GENTLEMAN addresses serious issues in an extraordinarily light way, and will leave readers both thinking deeply and laughing out loud.

Grandma’S Cow
Grandma’S Cow

Author: Donna J. Spevack

Publisher: Archway Publishing

Published: 2017-04-25

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1480845299

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In her book, Grandmas Cow, author Donna Spevack introduces us to Sam. Spending summer vacation with his grandparents delights him more than anything else. He loves the farm and the animals, and especially the delicious treats Grandma makes for him. But theres something different about this visit. Sam notices the milk Grandma serves him is colored green and tastes like pistachios. The next day, the milk is blue and tastes like blueberries. As Sam helps Grandpa milk the cows, he notices each cows milk has a different color and flavor. There is chocolate, peppermint, banana, and other flavors. Although it may seem like fun, nobody wants to buy the farms milk anymore, and his grandparents may lose the farm. Sam decides to unlock the mystery behind the cows milk and save his grandparents farm. Grandmas Cow is a fun story about an ordinary boy in extraordinary circumstances. Readers of all ages will enjoy the story and the authors beautiful illustrations.

Tales Of Grannies
Tales Of Grannies

Author: Chaitanya Srivastava

Publisher: JEC PUBLICATION

Published:

Total Pages: 91

ISBN-13: 9361750364

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Tales of Grannies is a heartwarming compilation of testimonies from 27 numerous authors, each sharing unique and cherished recollections in their grandmothers. From humorous anecdotes to poignant training passed down via generations, those memories weave a rich tapestry of love, expertise, and own family traditions. Each story offers a glimpse into the lives of grandmothers from exceptional cultures and backgrounds, celebrating their enduring impact on their households and the valuable life lessons they communicate. This book is a touching tribute to the warm temperature, resilience, and timeless knowledge of grandmothers everywhere

Within the Warrior
Within the Warrior

Author: George Kakaletris

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 536

ISBN-13: 141209383X

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The book chronicles the events behind the breakdown of a marriage and how those events were based on a way of thinking founded on childhood tragedies and experiences. The work also chronicles the impact of those tragedies upon loved ones and friends, when the help necessary for liberation from a life of tragedy through proper counseling was not sought. Recorded within the book, is one man's struggle for redemption and reconciliation, of all that he lost or threw away, once the decision was reached and sought to bring an end to everything around him through a cycle of self-destruction. A cycle that was brought to a culminating point, on the modern day battlefields of Iraq.

It Was Fun While it Lasted
It Was Fun While it Lasted

Author: M H Major

Publisher: Major Press LLC

Published: 2022-09-20

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1942473346

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M H Major’s memoir and personal letters offer an insightful account of an ordinary man’s resilience, fear, hope, and mortality as he struggled to succeed as a wildcatter in South Texas during the fifties. One of four brothers ordered by their Depression-era father to become doctors, Millard was the only son to strike out as a geologist in a business he’d been taught to distrust. As World War II raged, finding new production was easy enough. But an oilman must discover new drilling prospects year after year. A long-time consultant geologist for the King Ranch, Major details his challenges to stay in the game long after production in South Texas began to play out and other geologists had left the field.