Humility narrates two beautiful stories: The Emperor’s New Clothes There was once a king who liked nothing more than dressing up. He spent a lot of money getting new clothes for himself. Soon, his minister got worried. He devised a plan and invited two weavers who would weave the most beautiful clothes for him. The only catch was that the clothes that the weavers weaved could be seen only by the intelligent. Did the King come to know about the intelligent people in his kingdom? Did the weavers fool him? Written in the form of a poem, this story gets across its point in a humorous way. Emerald and the Gems Emerald was the most stunning mermaid in the ocean. Though she was very pretty, she was also very vain. The other mermaids did not like Emerald at all. One day, Emerald overheard the other mermaids talking about a shipwreck in the deep parts of the ocean. On board the ship was a treasure chest full of gems, albeit cursed. Tempted by the sparkle of the gems, Emerald decided to find the shipwreck and get the gems for herself. Was she able to get the gems? Did she come back safely? The book on the Value Humility will be followed by 7 other books based on values of Gratitude, Love, Courage, Respect, Trust, Commitment, Focus and Integrity.
I, LaWanda Blue was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1965. I lived and survived the low income areas of Atlanta. I endured a life of constant moving and changing schools. The story of my life is about heart felt and touching incidents that gives feelings of love, hurt, pain, and laughter. From the time of innocence, when life seemed to be worry free to maturity, I understood that I would have to face and learn how to overcome the circumstances of my life. I never expected to be an author at the age of fourty-five, but over the years of dedication to the Lord, He has brought some unexpected and amazing blessing in my life. Without God, I can do nothing.
These stylish princesses keep busy, from breakfast at the palace to a royal wedding. Two reversible dolls, more than 70 press-out outfits and accessories, stickers, and a play scene provide hours of fashionable fun.
Conversations began as a column for the Huffington Post where it initially featured fashion designers. Author Blue Carreon would ask his subjects to answer a fill-in-the-blanks type of questionnaire on topics that touch on many different aspects of our lives—from personal rituals to alternative careers to thoughts on Botox. Discover the fascinating truth on who has resisted and succumbed to Botox, and those who wouldn’t admit to using it by their twist of words or vague replies. From Tory Burch, Carreon went on to ask a great mix of personalities to be part of the Conversations series. Among these include the style icons Ines de la Fressange and Olivia Chantecaille; fashion designers Diane Von Furstenberg, Rachel Roy, and Michael Bastian; decorators Charlotte Moss, Vicente Wolf, and Mary McDonald; and artists James Nares and Polly Apfelbaum. Through sixty selected interviews, Conversations stretches over the fields of fashion, interior design, and art. Delve into the fascinating lives of some of the world’s most creative minds and see just how many turns of phrase can be added to a single open-ended word like Happiness… Read their answers and you’ll be surprised at how the subjects jump so quickly from clever to funny to philosophical—or all of the above—with each question.
Since the early 2000s, Disney Channel has been dominated by original live-action programming popular among tween girls. The shows’ successes rely not only on their popularity among girl audiences, but also on the development of star personae by girl performers, such as Raven-Symoné, Miley Cyrus, and Selena Gomez. In addition, these programs and their performers have spawned lucrative media and merchandising franchises for the Walt Disney Company. This book includes analyses of this Disney Channel programming, as well as Disney corporate reports and executive statements, together with Disney Channel stars’ performances, promotional appearances, media production, philanthropic efforts, and entrepreneurism. Analyzing these texts, performances, activities, and personae, it considers the ways in which they reproduce celebrity, visibility, and feminine performativity as central to successful twenty-first century girlhood.
Josie is determined to bring vengeance to Kennedy foe Leslie’s death, so she decides to marry him in order to cash out on a life insurance policy when he meets an untimely death. Meanwhile, Russell is waiting in the wings, but is struggling to keep his cool, because he wants to possess Josie and make her his wife. Besides, he can’t understand why she agreed to marry Kennedy if she’s still deeply involved with him. As a distraction, Josie decides to take a trip to New York to buy her wedding dress, and is joined by a surprise visit from Russell, who in turn buys her wedding dress, then whisks her off to a romantic get-a-way for just the two of them. Raven over hears Tiffany’s phone conversation with Ashley, then rushes to tell Kennedy that Russell is in New York with Josie. But, Kennedy’s reaction to the news is not quite what Raven expected. Upon Josie’s return from New York, she gets terribly sick and finds out that she’s pregnant. She’s unhappy with this revelation because she’s determined to go through with her plans of revenge. Kennedy could be the father of her baby, but in the back of her mind, she knows its Russell’s. Will Josie be able to go through with the wedding and marry Kennedy? Or, will she have a change of heart and run to Russell, so they can raise their child together?
Buzz is interested in Sharon and tells her to ask her mother what a separation means. It wasnt until later when Sharon learns what a separation meant between two people (who had been married but were no longer living together), that Sharon accepted a second date. It was at that point that Sharon made up her mind to take a chance and she begins dating Buzz who definitely wants to date her.
Looking at the surface, it appears that everything is going as planned for Tiffany and Diego. With the blessing of Juan Carlos and Javier, they feel that everything will fall into place when the time comes for Diego to graduate from college. On the other hand, Sophia is still unaware of the secret marriage between Diego and Tiffany, and she’s working her magic to make sure that the odds are in her favor. However, when the time comes for the moment of truth, everyone will discover that everything is not quite what it seems. The tide is always changing when it comes to Josie and Levi. One minute they’re together and in love, and the next minute something always happens to tear them apart. Josie is always on the fence with her feelings for both Levi and Kennedy, but will her obligation to her family push her towards a decision that she doesn’t necessarily want to make? Will Levi decide to take matters into his own hands in order to show everyone that he’s not to be taken lightly? Love, Marriage and Infidelity.
&‘The Darkness at Fall's Creek' by K.V. Rose Sometimes it's not the dead who haunt us. Terrify us. Torment us. It's the living. Dante I've been watching her for two years. Two years I've dominated this college, on and off the court, and she hasn't looked my way once. But tonight it's Halloween. And tonight, she's the one who's getting haunted. Tonight, she's going to find out that she's mine. &‘Hot Off the Press' by Kori Blue College reporter Jax North hates working with arrogant rich boy Lucas Hargrove, but there's an arsonist on the loose, and the sparks are already flying. Journalism major Jax North has her eye on a scoop that could launch her career, but getting stuck working with arrogant rich boy Lucas Hargrove wasn't part of the plan. Lucas is stubborn, sarcastic, privileged... all the things Jax can't stand. Unfortunately, he's also the hottest guy on campus. He drives Jax crazy in more ways than she could ever have imagined—despite her better judgment—and, when the unlikely duo's investigation wanders off the beaten track, Jax finds herself in serious trouble. A series of blazes have broken out across the small college town of Dalesburg, and Jax is trapped with Lucas in a burning building, with more than one fire to put out. As the heady mix of lust and danger rises higher, the prickling tension between Jax and Lucas reaches fever pitch, and the flames aren't going to be easy to extinguish. &‘Chasing Charlie' by Raven McAllan He's never had to chase a girl before. Jake Bannerman, aka Jake the Rake, cock of the sixth form, isn't used to doing the running, it's usually the other way round. He hasn't been give that sobriquet for nothing. Charlotte—Charlie—Allsop, newly arrived in Scotland is in for a culture shock. She has no time for his attitude and no intention of making his life easy. If he wants her it's up to him to make the first move. Which he does, just not in the way anyone expects. He teases, she retaliates, he discovers her middle name, she enlists his sister's help. As they continue the most unconventional courtship, where neither will give way, sparks fly. It's amusing to watch, not so much to be part of it. Until the cookery contest. When they both give way and the cookery contest takes second place to their one-upmanship contest. Or does it? Will Jake be Jake the no longer rake? Will he have no need to be Chasing Charlie? Only time will tell.
Some people get knocked down to the point they never knew what hit them. This book will open the eyes to those who have felt hurt, rejected, abused, slander, in grief and at the point of despair or loss. You may have talked yourself in believing No one cares, no one really needs to know what you are going through. The truth is, God has never taken a nap and is concerned about you! Hes looking. Know Down Long Enough to Pray is a book about one woman who found the strength to overcome deformity, sexual abuse, gain and domestic violence, addiction, sickness, denial, hurt, grief, shattered dreams and the ultimate betrayal. She is still standing. Her story has swept the world as a Keynote speaker in Conferences, Seminars, Church Services, Television, Radio and Newspapers from the United States to Africa. When you listen to her story or read about it, you will find the encouragement to find your place of purpose and passion to fulfill your destiny and watch dreams come to pass. Some may say, When life deals you lemons, make lemonade. But this author sees it quite differently; She says, When Life deals you lemons, take the seeds out and plant you an orchard and sale the lemons and prosper. The inspiration the author finds out of lifes situations, wont keep you down, but you can find your way to a special place and have time alone with a loving Heavenly Father. Its in that place you learn whats really important and how important your existence in the earth realm truly is. You will never live another day without having your prayers answered. When you are knocked down, there may be times you have to fight your way back up. Yes, so while youre down, you may as well stay Knocked Down, Long Enough to Pray. There is victory on the other side.
Hannah Blue Heron's story of her childhood begins with the imagined thoughts of the infant in her mother's womb. Even though she is born with painfully twisted feet and a severe allergy to milk, Anna Georgette becomes a happy, busy child. She, her railroader father, her amazingly understanding mother and her much older sister moved twelve times in as many years, but with her violin, her beloved bike, Cap'n Henry and her devotion to the Girl Scouts, Georgette was always busy organizing circuses, puppet shows, a sports club and a "kid's" newspaper. However, The future Hannah Blue Heron developed into a deeply caring person for the concerns of others. Her own pains, coming first with her father's retirement as the family "learned to be poor", and later, with the realization that high school boys disdained girls who were five feet ten inches tall. Blue Heron's detailed and straight forward manner of telling her story, makes her like a Depression-era Laura Ingalls Wilder. Here is a childhood, that produced a professional violinist, a nun for seventeen years, a hippie, a member of the women's back-to-the-land movement, and a proud lesbian/feminist/Buddhist writer.
Loving a hustler is one thing. But what happens when you love two...and can't choose? Josephine (Josie) Anderson is a hustling hair dresser that slangs hairdos and boosted clothes with her little sister, Ashley. She works at a hair salon with her transgendered godmother, Leslie, who takes being Josie’s godmother very serious. So much so, she’s always in Josie’s business trying to hook her up with random guys. What she doesn't know is that Josie is screwing Leslie's brother, Kennedy, behind everyone's back. Kennedy is in love with Josie and wants to be in a committed relationship, but there’s one problem...Kennedy’s long time bottom bitch, Moni, who’s been around for years helping him to build his empire. And she’s NOT going anywhere. Even after Kennedy chooses Josie over her, it doesn’t matter because her love for him runs deep. And her loyalty runs even deeper. One day Josie’s jealousy causes her to put another player in the game named Russell. Russell's a big time dope dealer that has a reputation for being a ladies' man. He charms Josie with his smooth talking, good looks, and arrogance which are all the qualities Josie likes in a man. However, is this new lover going to cause Josie to be caught up in a deadly love triangle that causes one of her loved ones to lose their life? With love hanging in the balance, Josie has a decision to make and hopefully she doesn't catch heat for messing with the hearts of two thugs.
The linked stories in Cara Blue Adams’s precise and observant collection offer elegantly constructed glimpses of the life of Kate, a young woman from rural New England, moving between her childhood in the countryside of Vermont and her twenties and thirties in the northeast, southwest, and South in pursuit of a vocation, first as a research scientist and later as a writer. Place is a palpable presence: Boston in winter, Maine in summer, Virginia’s lush hillsides, the open New Mexico sky. Along the way, we meet Kate’s difficult bohemian mother and younger sister, her privileged college roommate, and the various men Kate dates as she struggles to define what she wants from the world on her own terms. Wryly funny and shot through with surprising flashes of anger, these smart, dreamy, searching stories show us a young woman grappling with social class, gender, ambition, violence, and the distance between longing and having.
Here is the deep inner picture of the popular writer Hannah Blue Heron. Although a totally standalone book, this also serves as the third volume of Hannah's memoirs. Journal entries, short stories, poems, dreams, daydreams, past life experiences, and thoughtful essays all work together to give a far richer picture of her growth and development in later life than could the factual chronological style that she has used in earlier books. New readers will marvel at the almost universally applicable qualities of depth and perception in the variety of thoughts that are shared here by Blue Heron as she reaches her eightieth birthday. She has been a professional violinist, a nun for seventeen years, a hippie, a member of the women's back-to-the-land movement, and a prolific feminist writer. Readers of the stories of her childhood in Growing Tall in Colorado, and the both heartbreaking and beautiful account of her middle years in That Strange Intimacy will recognize the same open and honest sharing in Self Portraits in the Nude, but with a new intensity. Under six headings: Lesbian Love, Love and Healing, Past Lives, Vivid Dreams, Mystical Musings, and finally On Growing Old, we are given insights into one woman's progress in learning and loving and living joyously. One very special and practical gift in this book, is Hannah's story of learning and growing in the practice of meditation and the inclusion of a CD illustrating her creative use of music as an aid to that practice.
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A LOVE TO GIVE is a compelling Native American Love Story. A young man survives the trials and tribulations of a life without a mother and leaves the only home he has at age twelve. Sharon lives in Montana with her family until her parents divorce and she moves around quite a bit. Years later on a bright sun-kissed afternoon Buzzy meets Sharon on a busy Avenue in Seattle. After the first date Sharon tells Buzzy she cant see him again when she learns hes married. Their love deepens. If there ever was a love it was theirs.
Wicca is a term that was preferred since it is a neopagan form of witchcraft. Wiccans believe in the universal elements of air, fire, water, spirit and earth. These are elements that make up the Wiccan symbol of the pentacle. Wiccans have a belief that energies are both female and male and these energies are separate in their identities as well as powerful in their union. However these energies are honored equally. Many who practice Wicca usually identify with a particular deity, while there are other wiccans who will call on a God or Goddess who has the relevant powers for their particular spell only Many people follow Wicca because there are no rules. But the Wiccan rede states that "An ye harm none, do as you will". This is a simple message that states that you are free to do as you wish as long as you do not cause hurt or harm to anyone. In this book you will learn: An Introduction to Wiccan Religion The History of Wicca What Is Wicca How Do I Get Started? Wiccan Gods and Goddesses Wiccan Holidays and the Wheel of the Year The Five Elements (And 4 Classical Elements) The Wiccan Rede Wiccan Space, Altars, Tools, Clothing and Names Casting A Circle Clearing and Grounding Your Energies Facts about Wiccan Rituals Meditation for Wiccans How to Use Pre-Written Wiccan Spells Signs and Symbols in Wicca Divination; the Power to Predict the Future Facts about Natural Magic The Seasonal Spells in Wicca How to Use Protective Spells Candle Spells for Beginners Using Wiccan for a Better Life Conclusion Take advantage of this great opportunity to learn more about the Wiccan religion and get started on your magickal journey! For those of you who are not beginners, this book will also help you to refresh your knowledge of this timeless practice and you may even be surprised to find out tons of new information and facts you did not know about. BLESSED BE!
When Xiao Hong's hat met with wolves, when Cinderella met with demons, how would she choose? Of course I'm escaping! Why don't you send an angel down to save us! What if it was a sheep with wolf skin? What if this was a demon with two bizarre eyes, a handsome face, and a golden body with a cartoon Handsome Man figure, and also had a devilish history? However, God was fair and kind, and had actually sent a prince with an angelic smile to protect Cinderella. In the end, what was going on ...
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