The book is as much about nourishment as it is food. Barnes' affection for the fraternity brothers carries the narrative. . . . A heartening memoir of good food and tough love." --Kirkus Reviews Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad for a cook at the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity on the University of Washington campus, a prospect most serious food professionals would automatically reject. But Barnes envisions something other than kegs and corn dogs; she sees an opportunity to bring fresh, real food to an audience accustomed to "Asian Surprise" and other unidentifiable casseroles dropped off by a catering service. And she also sees a chance to reinvent herself, by turning a maligned job into meaningful work of her own creation: "I was the new girl and didn't know or care about the rules." Naively expecting a universally appreciative audience, Barnes finds a more exasperatingly challenging environment: The kitchen is nasty, the basement is scary, and the customers are not always cooperative. Undaunted, she gives as good as she gets with these foul-mouthed and irreverent--but also funny and sensitive--guys. Her passion for real food and her sharp tongue make her kitchen a magnet for the brothers, new recruits, and sorority girls tired of frozen dinners. Laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, Hungry offers a female perspective on the real lives of young men, tells a tale of a woman's determined struggle to find purpose, and explores the many ways that food feeds us.
Determined to sow good deeds into the lives of needy people, the four youngest members of the 1876 Calico, Kansas, sewing circle reap romance. Gladys Polson, designing to aid a crotchety widower, falls for a stranger. Annie Bliss, knitting for soldiers, has a fort chaplain on pins and needles. Birdy Landry, sewing dresses for saloon girls looking for a new life, has her feathers ruffled by a beneficent shopkeeper. Schoolteacher Ruth Fairfield is about to teach a new guardian a few lessons in life and love. Will God stitch forever-after romances into the lives of these four women?
On the eve of the Civil War, slavery is a volatile issue in American society. But for Jenny, a slave girl from Tennessee, it is simply a question of survival. As circumstances conspire to bring her to despair, she must flee to the North. Following the "drinking gourd in the sky," she sets out on her quest, about to face the greatest challenge of her life. To Benjamin Walters, helping others to realize the liberty he has known all his life is a passion. Meeting Jenny is an event that will have far greater consequences than either of them could imagine. As they travel the Underground Railroad together, Ben and Jenny forge a bond even greater than the iron bands of slavery.
This is a true story that will enlighten you on the intense fighting that went on in Vietnam. My brother wrote to me every time he got some time off from going up in his helicopter and fighting for hours at a time. He had trouble finding time to get enough sleep. I was grateful for all the letters that he wrote to me while there. I tried to get him to come home and not re-enlist like he did. He wanted to stay with his group and fight to the end, not knowing how long it would really take to end this cold war. They called it a cold war, but after reading all of Jerrys letters, I would call it a hot war. It lasted 20 years and we lost 58,267 service men. What a horrible price we had to pay for that war. I could never have the words enough to express my thanks for all these men who gave their lives for our country and for those that died in wars around the world.
Before she can let up and enjoy some holiday cheer, real estate agent Alana Drake has work to do. With Christmas moving in fast, she has clients to meet with, houses to show, and cookies to bake. Every open house deserves her special touch—homemade and hand-decorated sugar cookies for a warm welcome. And she needs several dozen for upcoming holiday events and open houses. But a poorly timed stop at the grocery store could upend more than her bag of groceries. Running into Doctor Justin Teague—literally—shakes up Alana's tidy world. The chance encounter leaves her with a bum ankle, forces her to reconsider some dating ideals, and reveals new information about a longtime nemesis. When all she wanted was to bake some cookies…
Something in Chara's incredible eyes convinced Decimus that he had to do anything to free her from the bitter life of slavery from which he himself had recently been freed. But being tied to a slave will make his flight from Rome that much more difficult. Christians in A. D 63 were already being persecuted by Emperor Nero and escape would require every ounce of strength, determination, and faith. Allied with Roman centurion, will Decimus be able to find his family in Britania and share the Gospel with them? Will he and Chara admit that their destiny is more that a convenient friendship... that is love, eternal? Fall in love with this inspiring love story and our entire collection of Christian romance novels from Heartsong Presents!
A true story of an ill-fated relationship marked by indifference, adversity, deceit, betrayal, and endurance. The author takes you into her marriage with her ex-foreign national spouse, who goes from charming, alarming to harming. During this insidious union with nefarious intent, the American wife discovers that her marriage was one-sided and only for the purpose of securing a United States visa, then a green card. The Twilight Zone is a place in time where you have never been, where you will learn to overcome the obstacles of unimaginable adversity by finding your inner strength so that you can rise above the shitstorm of controlling and manipulative individuals who seek to only do you harm. It is this very place where you find your inner voice and self-love that has resided within you all along.
Webs of Power is a raw, unsentimental portrayal of greed, manipulation, and relationships set in the excessive, insatiable retail industry of the 1980s. When a hostile takeover of the retail giant Consolidated is announced, the lives of three determined women, each linked to the corporate upheaval, are unexpectedly thrown off course: Paige Toddman's marriage to Consolidated's West Coast Division CEO is threatened when she decides to step out of her fast-paced lifestyle to raise the unwanted child she is carrying, a choice driven by her secret past. The fabric of Ashleigh McDowell's life begins to fray when her fianc, the president of Consolidated's West Coast Division, moves away and her father figure faces a lawsuit that could wipe out his controlling shares of the company's stock. Vain and power hungry, Viviana De Mornay will stop at nothing to become the wife of the man leading the takeover. Webs of Power is a thrilling real-world drama with dynamic characters who find the coura
Insightful Encouraging Inspirational The Human Kaleidoscope is a book of understanding of the energetic and human experience, embracing the miracle and purpose of our human-ness, peeling away the layers of social conditioning, and revealing our authentic nature as we uncover our own unique gift through self-awareness.
They’ve been waiting their entire lives to land on their new planet, they have to survive two months in space first. But it isn’t just strange space phenomenon that want them dead this time. Zellendine and Troylus have to navigate the uncomfortable new reality of having the entire ship awake at once, and more people’s eyes are turning silver. Every pair of silver eyes poses a new threat and a new source of rage toward Zellendine. Two months stretches into a treacherous eternity after a voyage that took a millennia. Will everyone survive the descent to their new home planet?
Fans of Debbie Macomber will adore the fifth installment in Darlene Panzera's sweet Cupcake Diaries series … a tale of sand, sun, and summer love! Stacey McIntyre thinks she'll pay off her debt in no time when Andi, Rachel, and Kim ask her to manage Creative Cupcakes' stand on the beach. But selling cupcakes isn't as easy as it seems. Especially when Dave Wright, the handsome owner of an ice cream truck, proves he's as determined as the dive-bombing seagulls to take away her sales. Dave's done with dating and done with beautiful, headstrong women like Stacey. Then the refrigeration system in his truck breaks, and instead of gloating, Stacey helps him out of a tight spot … and is rewarded with a kiss. Now Stacey isn't sure where they stand. Will Dave push her back into the role of rival? Or can she convince Mr. Wright that working together will lead to sweeter rewards?
HOW DO I GET TO KNOW THE REAL ME? ARE THERE ANY RED FLAGS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP? IS HE/SHE "THE ONE"? I'M A SINGLE CHRISTIAN, AND I DON'T KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT BEING MARRIED! Life can be tough, and at times it benefits us to receive encouragement along the way. We live in a day where taking a stand as Christians can be challenging. No matter where you are in life, having support will give you confidence that you're not alone. God has given every individual a purpose and a plan for his/her life. If you are looking to get instruction before or while you're facing your destiny, this book will act as a teaching tool for skill development. Getting to Know You Before Saying "I Do" will discuss: The Single Life Dating Premarital Life Marriage Dr. Darlene Turner founded the Christian Counseling Center, Inc., in 2006 in West Des Moines, Iowa. She has counseling experience with children, teens, adults, couples, and families. She has also spoken at Christian marriage conferences, women's conferences, and to general audiences on the topics of health, marriage relationships, family relationships, and encouragement for women. In addition to being a counselor, she has presented at Christian Marriage Conferences, Women's Conferences and to general audiences speaking on the topics of Marriage Relationships, Family Relationships, and Encouragement for Women. She is a member of the American Association of Christian Therapists and is ordained to minister the gospel. She has her masters in Social Work and a doctorate in Nouthetic Counseling.
Mauly Basterville is a sophisticated architect who is contemplating calling-off his engagement to a beautiful woman, because he fears the company she keeps. Zemoria Charnes, an old, eccentric woman who was chased-out of the South because-it is believed-she was connected to an occult mass-suicide. However, Mauly suspects Zemoria coerced his fiancée to believe: she could maintain her relationships with the dead. To get the facts about Zemoria and her strange dealings-with hope that his fiancée will disassociate herself, Mauly hires a "hard-nosed" South Philly investigator-Pete Perrell. And what Pete unravels is beyond belief- the final phase of Satanism...Passing the Veil.
Peaches the Piglet is based on a true story about a little girl piglet who escapes from a truck going to market and ends up living at Mrs. Brown's house in Port Credit. Mrs. Brown rescued animals in need and her home was brimming with them. Suddenly the little piglet has a whole new family with a dog, 6 cats and a bunny named Clover.
Out of love and desperation a good, religious man takes fate into his own hands and commits an unthinkable crime, which pulls at two worlds until they finally collide. Ashleigh Taylor gives birth to identical baby girls. Hours later, a parent's worst nightmare occurs: one of her daughters is kidnapped. Twisted Webs unravels the mystery of the abduction of Callie's identical twin, Cassie, who is never to be called by her real name. In the eight traumatic years that follow, tightly woven webs of deception encase two families. With candor and sensitivity, Darlene Quinn probes the shock and despair, the anger and frustration of parents suddenly missing a child and the long-term effects on a family wrestling with these emotions. Each of the novel's complementary storylines--Paige Toddman's reunion with her mother, Viviana De Mornay's secret, and others--ties to the redemptive theme of motherhood. Suspense electrifies the pages of every short, fast-paced chapter of each book in the standalone Webs series! Webs of Fate Webs of Power Twisted Webs Unpredictable Webs Conflicting Webs
In 1994 on a hot Indian summer's day, I was eight months pregnant with my son Robbie sitting on the Lock Heart Beach in the kootenay's skipping rocks across the water. I felt the warm sunshine on my face with a breath taking breeze that blew through my hair. The water's waves flowed in rhythm, splashing against my feet. I'm captured later that evening by pink violet yellow sunset, with huge fluffy clouds that look like marsh mellows in the sky. I gaze over Kootenay Lake and think my family will always have a paradise vacation spot . The most beautiful place in the whole wide world. Four years later and my second child Ginger is born. The following year our family buys our first home in Mission, B.C. Mission has a nice community. There's a Real Canadian Superstore and that's were I work part time. I also volunteer at the my children's elementary school and I sing in the Serenata's choir. My birthday is in December and I'll be 39 this year in 2006. The first person in our family to go to the kootneny's was Pat's grandfather Doug Carpenter after world war 2. Doug and his Wife Hilda fell in love with the land and lived there for some time. They had two sons, one named Doug Jr. and other son Rob Carpenter who's Pats father. It has been one generation to the next, where now Pat Carpenter brings us to the Kootenay's. Hope you enjoy reading my story.
Recipes and instructions for drying foods and making your own trays. For seven years they tested foods for the time table to make it easy to do your own drying.
Married to Sin, a true story about hideous family secrets, redemption, and personal achievement, written by Darlene D. Collier with Meredith Coleman McGee was rated a five for relevance and selected for inclusion as a genealogical collection by the Library of Congress. Married to Sin reached back to slavery and its aftermath and resumes in the mid-twentieth century detailing decades of family dysfunction and abuse. Collier lost her mother at age three; a few years later, she and her siblings were removed from their home and ordered to live in a reform school. After being freed from reform school, Collier became a teenage bride - committed to a marriage of sinful degradation. Collier is a native of Heidelberg, Mississippi and a long-time resident of Brandon. McGee lives in Jackson and is the author of James Meredith: Warrior and the America that created him, which is a biography of her famous uncle. ORDER NOW! https: //www.createspace.com/3715678 (e-store) www.mosedpress.com (blog) www.heirsskymall.com (Amazon Reading List) Amazon Kindle Store by Amazon Nook Books by Barnes & Noble ISBN-13: 978-1467902465 ISBN-10: 1467902462 Library of Congress control # 2012429231
The book is as much about nourishment as it is food. Barnes' affection for the fraternity brothers carries the narrative. . . . A heartening memoir of good food and tough love." --Kirkus Reviews Newly arrived in Seattle, Darlene Barnes stumbles on a job ad for a cook at the Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity on the University of Washington campus, a prospect most serious food professionals would automatically reject. But Barnes envisions something other than kegs and corn dogs; she sees an opportunity to bring fresh, real food to an audience accustomed to "Asian Surprise" and other unidentifiable casseroles dropped off by a catering service. And she also sees a chance to reinvent herself, by turning a maligned job into meaningful work of her own creation: "I was the new girl and didn't know or care about the rules." Naively expecting a universally appreciative audience, Barnes finds a more exasperatingly challenging environment: The kitchen is nasty, the basement is scary, and the customers are not always cooperative. Undaunted, she gives as good as she gets with these foul-mouthed and irreverent--but also funny and sensitive--guys. Her passion for real food and her sharp tongue make her kitchen a magnet for the brothers, new recruits, and sorority girls tired of frozen dinners. Laugh-out-loud funny and poignant, Hungry offers a female perspective on the real lives of young men, tells a tale of a woman's determined struggle to find purpose, and explores the many ways that food feeds us.
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of Egyptian monastic archaeology. It is the first study in English to trace how scholars identified a space or site as monastic within the Egyptian landscape and how such identifications impacted perceptions of monasticism. Brooks Hedstrom then provides an ecohistory of Egypt's tripartite landscape to offer a reorientation of the perception of the physical landscape. She analyzes late-antique documentary evidence, early monastic literature, and ecclesiastical history before turning to the extensive archaeological evidence of Christian monastic settlements. In doing so, she illustrates the stark differences between idealized monastic landscape and the actual monastic landscape that was urbanized through monastic constructions. Drawing upon critical theories in landscape studies, materiality and phenomenology, Brooks Hedstrom looks at domestic settlements of non-monastic and monastic settlements to posit what features makes monastic settlements unique, thus offering a new history of monasticism in Egypt.
When Arizona was created as a U.S. territory in 1864, Prescott became its first capital. Accompanying the city's rich history is an equally dramatic heritage of supernatural manifestations. Visitors report a strange chill in the Palace Restaurant and taps on the shoulder at the Smoki Museum. Lingering spirits crowd famed hotels like the Vendome and the Hassayampa Inn, as well as theaters such as the Elks Opera House and Prescott Center for the Arts. Learn the secrets of Prescott's cemeteries and the truth about the hangings on the Courthouse Plaza as Darlene Wilson and Parker Anderson lead an excursion through the haunted sites of Arizona's mile-high city.
My stories are fragments of a larger plan, Katherine Anne Porter once wrote. And on another occasion she praised a critic who perceived that all her work, from the very beginning, was part of an "unbroken progression, all related." In Truth and Vision in Katherine Anne Porter's Fiction, Darlene Unrue examines the encompassing themes that underlie Porter's shorter fiction and that combined to create the haunting events of her complex metaphorical novel, Ship of Fools. Porter believed that men and women are compelled toward discovering the truth about their existence, but that the nature of our world makes those truths difficult to discern. In her writing, Unrue finds, Porter explored not only this basic human need to confront the truth, but also the bewilderment and suffering that are so often the results of failing to fulfill that need. Often in Porter's fiction the movement toward truth is obstructed by the hollow beliefs and illusions that abound in the world--by the seductions of ideology and dogmatic religion, by romantic love or the vision of a golden past. Clinging to such illusions, using them to lend a false coherence to their lives, Porter's characters are led away from the hard realization that truth requires accepting the existence of the unknowable at the center of life, and that what is knowable lies within themselves. Drawing on essays, reviews, letters, and notes, as well as on the intricate fabric of the fiction, this study traces Porter's pursuit of the truth through the creation of a body of fiction in which, from fragments of life, she could assemble an honest vision of the world.
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