This is a story about a beautiful girl from a small Mississippi town and her adventures through life. She was a caring, fun loving, and charismatic person who enjoyed life to its fullest. This book chronicles her many pursuits and adventures. She was a true joy and I had the pleasure of being with her for 20 years. She was my companion and friend. I hope by reading this book you can enjoy her as much as I did. This book was written in her final years of her life as she fought a courageous battle with cancer. This book is a tribute to her life. With all my love Kirk A. Stanley.
The author recounts how she became a movie actress, describes her childhood, marriages, and career, and shares anecdotes about the many actors and actresses with whom she has worked
When Eve Handel, one of the few women in Hollywood with the power to make or break a star, is hospitalized due to a life-threatening illness, those closest to her become concerned for their reputations, because Eve's journal full of dark secrets is missing.
IndieBRAG award-winning author Janet Leigh delivers an entertaining story that kept me flipping through the pages. Her amusing characters had me constantly laughing. A 5 star read. Amazon customer review. Jennifer Cloud is certain of three truths: Women are just as capable as men of catching a thief. Traveling back in time is not all fun, games, and vintage Italian leather grosgrain shoes. And saving the woman who turned your life upside down can get you killed. Secret agent for the World Travel Federation, Jennifer Cloud is determined to catch her mark, the smarmy Mitchell Mafuso. Arresting him will increase her status with her fellow time travelers, but Mitchell is picking up souvenirs from the infamous gangsters Bonnie and Clyde and has no intention of being caught by the female transporter. Orders from the top dog prevent Jen from following Mitchell to the year 1933. To make things worse, sexy Marco Ferrari has decided to sideline his racing career to pursue Jennifer. Marco
An unforgettable film star brings readers a compelling novel about the dynamic, seductive world of Hollywood. When the stars of Tinseltown crave adventure, they go to Sun Valley, Idaho, where Jude Abavas is a bellman at the famous ski resort. When Jude meets Wade Colby, the screen's hottest box-office star, a friendship that will forge an empire is born.
This new early literacy textbook (birth through age nine) focuses on creative literacy instruction through active participation of teachers, parents, and children -- providing preservice teachers with practical strategies and activities that can be adapted to meet the needs of diverse learners. It offers a comprehensive view of literacy development and instruction, including assessment, phonemic awareness, and emergent literacy, phonics, vocabulary, reading, writing, and arts integration in diverse classrooms. The authors' holistic approach explains why and how reading and language arts should be taught from the perspective of the whole child, with an emphasis on creativity in a nurturing learning environment. Their unique perspective integrates the arts, educational psychology, and literacy instruction, represented throughout the text by the incorporation of the cognitive, socio-emotional, and physical parts of the self into a visual Holistic Model of Literacy. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
The World Of The Adventist Teenager will give you a concise understanding of what today's teens are thinking about the church and offers practical advice that will help you effectively minister to their needs. Based on a survey completed by more then 1,500 baptized teenagers,this crucial book reveals eye-opening,startling information about their attitiudes and behavior.Discover what they're saying about their parents, their schools, role models, peers, church doctrines and standards. - Hemorrhage in the Church, There's No Place Like Home, Families That Pray Together, Love/Hate the Church, This Is the Way We Go to Church, Skewered on Standards, Young Disciples, A Multi-milllion Dollar Enterprise, Fallout From the Rat Race, Call Person to Person, One-on-One With God, One Year Later, Afterword, Methodology of the Study.
Love Inspired brings you three new titles for one great price, available now! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. This Love Inspired bundle includes Alaskan Sweethearts by USA TODAY bestselling author Janet Tronstad, The Forest Ranger’s Christmas by Leigh Bale and A Home for Her Family by Virginia Carmichael. Look for 6 new inspirational stories every month from Love Inspired!
In Replacement Parts, internationally recognized bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan and coeditors James J. McCartney and Daniel P. Reid assemble seminal writings from medicine, philosophy, economics, and religion that address the ethical challenges raised by organ transplantation. Caplan's new lead essay explains the shortfalls of present policies. From there, book sections take an interdisciplinary approach to fundamental issues like the determination of death and the dead donor rule; the divisive case of using anencephalic infants as organ donors; the sale of cadaveric or live organs; possible strategies for increasing the number of available organs, including market solutions and the idea of presumed consent; and questions surrounding transplant tourism and "gaming the system" by using the media to gain access to organs. Timely and balanced, Replacement Parts is a first-of-its-kind collection aimed at surgeons, physicians, nurses, and other professionals involved in this essential lifesaving activity that is often fraught with ethical controversy.
A true and compelling narrative of the abuse Janet Leigh suffers at the hands of her unpredictable and violent alcoholic father. As a child, her life is shaped by multiple levels of trauma - sexual, physical, verbal, and mental. Her father's rage also extends to her family's pets and farm animals, torturing them and killing them with unspeakable acts of cruelty and abuse. As an adult, Janet is forced to admit her own alcoholism and seeks professional help to stop drinking. She is shocked to hear her psychiatrist diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, dissociative disorder and obsessive-complulsive behaviors as a result of her childhood abuses. While this is a stark account of Janet's struggle to step out of the shadows of her childhood horrors and cope with the symptoms of her mental illnesses, it is also a story of how determination and courage can challenge the effects of childhood trauma.
Earth Angel is a wryly narrated nostalgia piece about the laughable but lovable 1950s in small town America. On movie dates then the hormonal honey pot was constantly stirred by the likes of such voluptuous Hollywood angels as Marilyn Monroe, Janet Leigh, Liz Taylor, Jane Russell, Sophia Loren, Brigette Bardot, Jayne Mansfield, and on and on. This was especially tormenting if you dated a girl who looked like Marilyn Monroe but whose angelic ambitions were only of the biblical sort. This is the fate of the novel's hero, "Reverend Steve," a young lad considering the ministry and with biblical ambitions of his own but struggling with an erotic imagination that is over-stimulated by the appearance in his Ohio town of so many gorgeous angels, both on screen and sitting right next to him at the drive-in movie. Well, where else could this lead but to out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy? The twist here is that the teen who gets "knocked up" is the virginal "Reverend Steve." And the baby he delivers, a charming and surprisingly philosophical girl named Toby, is a member of your family. But what does it mean that it was an angel who knocked him up? Or that this results in another virgin birth?
Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. RUNAWAY AMISH BRIDE Colorado Amish Courtships by Leigh Bale Abby Miller jumps at the opportunity to marry Jakob Fisher and start a new life. But when she arrives, she learns the widower didn’t know about the arrangement. As she stays on with Jakob’s family to help with his kids, can Abby still find a permanent place by his side? DRY CREEK DADDY Dry Creek by Janet Tronstad Four years ago, an accident put Mark Nelson into a coma—before Hannah Stelling could tell him she was pregnant with their child. Now she’s back in town and Mark’s recovered. While Hannah knows their little boy needs his father, will she dare to risk her heart again? A BABY FOR THE MINISTER by Laurel Blount Jilted at the altar, Natalie Davis has no one she can turn to. Then Jacob Stone steps in. The single minister is drawn to the beautiful mommy-to-be and wants to help. But when she refuses to accept charity, can he convince her she’s so much more than a ministry project?
Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. HER SECRET AMISH CHILD Pinecraft Homecomings by Cheryl Williford Returning to her Amish community, Lizbeth Mullet comes face-to-face with her teenage crush, Fredrik Lapp. As he builds a bond with her son and she falls for him all over again, will revealing the secret she holds turn out to be their undoing—or the key to their happily-ever-after? EASTER IN DRY CREEK Dry Creek by Janet Tronstad Clay West is back in Dry Creek, Montana, to prove he’s innocent of the crime he was convicted for. But when he reconnects with old friend Allie Nelson, his biggest challenge will be showing her not only that he’s a good man—but that he’s the perfect man for her. WILDFIRE SWEETHEARTS Men of Wildfire by Leigh Bale As a hotshot crew member, Tessa Carpenter is always ready to fight wildfire. Yet nothing could’ve prepared her for having her ex-fiancé as her boss. Sean Nash’s guilt over Tessa’s brother’s death caused him to end their engagement. Now he’s bent on getting back the love of his life.
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