On his way to visit some friends he met on his last trip, Boone gets word that his sister Hannah is in trouble. He turns around, but without a job or a place to live he knows he can’t be much help. On the way back he sees a small house for rent and decides to move into it, figuring there’s nothing for him in his old home town anyway. Making a fresh start gives Boone a chance to become known as more than just his father’s son, and meeting Molly teaches him that obstacles, whether family history or current limitations, do not have to define them. Boone begins to realize that letting go of the past becomes possible when he is creating something in the present, and that family can be much more than the one he was born into.
When Sam Reston answers his phone and Harry, his best friend from college, tells him he’s in town, Sam agrees to meet him for drinks and a chance to catch up. Harry’s unexpected visit sets in motion a chain of events tha eventually reveals the real story of how Lawrence, the third member of their trio, died that night in Memphis sixteen years ago. their reunion also leaves //sam literally holding the bag, a satchel that threatens to involve Sam in one of Harry’s shady deals. Sam works at a bookstore and the local public radio station, and has a secret - he’s learning the tango. The lessons are an hour long exercise in sensuality and a welcome contrast to his weekly routine. When his friend Rochelle finds out about the dance lessons, Sam’s life gets even more complicated. The revelation of Rochelle’s secret from her past and Harry’s bombshell about Lawrence’s death leave Sam wishing he could escape to the mysterious valley he had discovered during a late night drive.
The final book in the series finds Boone coming to terms with changes in his life as well as those of both his birth family and the family he is creating. Figures from his past reappear, trying to pull him back into his previous life, while his mother, his best friend, his first love, and his girlfriend's family all face major changes of their own. The decisions Boone must make take him into unfamiliar landscapes and provide him with both opportunity and the reality of severing ties with his past.
Still on his own, Boone has a place to stay and plenty to eat, but Gamaliel is back in the hospital and Boone's getting more pressure from Jerry the longer he stays in Gamaliel's house. Jerry wants him out, Carrie isn't fighting for him as hard as she should, and the thought that a chance encounter with a rabid raccoon might take Frankie away from him devastates Boone. As Gamaliel's health worsens and Jerry gets bolder in his attempts to run Boone off, the revelation of just how far Jerry is willing to go to get rid of him reminds Boone that he's not the only person bearing scars from the past.
When Melissa suggests a game of rock, paper, scissors at the end of their first eat-in dinner at Edward’s apartment, he has no idea what kind of night he’s about to have. His uneventful life as a part time college student and occasional math tutor is upended by their roller coaster relationship. During one of their rocky periods Joey, one of his math students, begins interfering in Edward’s personal life. The intrusion leads to an unexpected and shattering climax, and the fallout irrevocably changes Edward. A subsequent tragedy in Melissa’s life, and his response to it, transforms his understanding of where the two of them are headed, bringing them closer than he had ever thought possible.
From the uplifting experience of a friend’s confirmation service to a first-hand account of the church shooting in 2008, from the narrow world of small town life to the unexpected diagnostic techniques of a new doctor, these eleven short pieces - ten stories and one poem - sometimes funny, sometimes touching, sometimes horrific, sometimes inspiring, offer brief looks into my life and the lives of those around me. Drawn from the past half century or so, these vignettes illustrate some of the breadth and depth of what can be seen and experienced in an ordinary life’s journey. Of course the beauty and mystery of it all is that there is so much more, it is so wide and so deep, that what we can see and hear and feel are only glimpses.
He's got a new place to live and a little money coming in, and things are looking pretty good for Boone and Frankie when he glimpses a figure at the corner of the main building that looks a lot like Jerry. It turns out to be true, and with Jerry back in the picture and Aunt Claire making impossible demands on him, things are starting to get complicated. When Tiny shows up at Boone's door exhausted, smelling of smoke, and needing his help to get a wildfire under control, Boone's first question is whether he and tiny had something to do with starting the blaze.The discovery of a dead body in the woods calls up memories Boone had hoped were successfully buried, and things get worse when he finds out he knows the man. It seems like sooner or later all his secrets are going to come out, and Boone is getting worried.
Remote Viewers is a tale of the Pentagon's attempts to develop the perfect tool for espionage: psychic spies. These psychic spies, or "remote viewers," were able to infiltrate any target, elude any form of security, and never risk scratch. For twenty years, the government selected civilian and military personnel for psychic ability, trained them, and put them to work, full-time, at taxpayers' expense, against real intelligence targets. The results were so astonishing that the program soon involved more than a dozen separate agencies, including the CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Security Council, the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Secret Service, the Navy, the Army, the Air Force, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the US Customs Service, the US Special Forces Command, and at least one Pentagon drug-interaction task force. Most of this material is still officially classified. After three years of research, with access to numerous sources in the intelligence community--including the remote viewers themselves--science writer Jim Schnabel reveals the secret details of the strangest chapter in the history of espionage.
For nearly a century Columbus, Ohio pizza parlors have served up delicious meals by the tray and by the slice. This history goes back to the 1930s, when TAT Ristorante began serving pizza. Today, it is the oldest family-owned restaurant in the city. Over the years, a specific style evolved guided by the experiences and culinary interpretations of local pizza pioneers like Jimmy Massey, Romeo Sirij, Tommy Iacono, Joe Gatto, Cosmo Leonardo, Pat Orecchio, Reuben Cohen, Guido Casa and Richie DiPaolo. The years of experimentation and refinement culminated in Columbus being crowned the pizza capital of the USA in the 1990s. Author and founder of the city's first pizza tour Jim Ellison chronicles one of the city's favorite foods.
Most people would like to change the world for the better, and World-Changing Generosity is the book that will show you how to do it. Through amazing stories of people just like you—with jobs and other commitments—you can find your place as part of a global movement of caring, generous people who are changing the world for the better every day. World-Changing Generosity: How You Can Join the Movement of Ordinary People Making an Extraordinary Difference for Those in Need examines the amazing opportunity we have to eliminate the deepest poverty, hunger, and health issues in the world today. Authors Jim and Nancy Cotterill share how people can make a difference sometimes without donating money, and they give guidance on how to get started, when you need professional advice, how the big givers give, and how science is proving that living generously affects our happiness throughout life. This book is not about what you have to give away. Rather, it is a book that will help you to reap the most impressive and powerful personal benefit of your life. Loaded with inspiration, you’ll also get the hard facts through relevant statistics and a serious look at where our country’s largest religious and non-religious thought groups come down on the subject of generosity. Don’t put this book down.
From the mid-18th century, Mount Holly was known as Woodlawn, for Capt. Robert Alexander's farm. Alexander was a power in military and state affairs. When European settlers arrived, they found Catawba Indian settlements along the river. The historic Tuckaseegee Ford and Trail became a pathway west across the Catawba River for pioneers and for famous French botanist André Michaux in the late 18th century. Gaston County's first two textile mills, Mountain Island Mill (1848) and Woodlawn Mill (1852), bordered the Woodlawn community and started a textile revolution. The Mount Holly Cotton Mill (1874), the fourth Gaston County mill built in Woodlawn, became the name of the town in 1879. Capt. Wash Holland formed the acclaimed Euterpean Band in the early 1890s and was selected to play at the inauguration of Pres. William McKinley in 1897. American & Efird, Inc., a global thread company, has been headquartered in Mount Holly since 1891. Now, the river that drew early industry attracts boaters and kayakers from across the nation.
This long awaited textbook, and its companion texts, from The Ola Grimsby Institute provide decades of clinical experience and reasoning, with both historical and current evidence, with rationale for active treatments in orthopaedic manual therapy. Practical guidelines for exercise rehabilitation are presented with this logical and exciting work. Incorporating experience and science, this book provides new approaches and treatment principles to make what you already do more effective. Extensive Content: Over 388 pages and 725 illustrations, photographs and tables Ola Grimsby and his co-authors have compiled a significant resource for the practicing physical therapist and manual therapist. Ideal for both the classroom and clinic.
Follow Boone’s journey as he stumbles into adulthood in this ebook box set of the Boone Series (Books One through Five). From the disintegration of Boone’s family early in Book One, forcing him into an adult world he’s not at all ready for, through the next five years and the beginnings of his understanding the real meaning of family in Book Five, this first person account of an Appalachian teenager looks at the world through his eyes. A coming of age series that shows Boone struggling to move beyond his relationship with his abusive father and make his own way in a world that at first he doesn’t understand, “Stumbling Into Adulthood” is sometimes dark but ultimately hopeful as it shows a young man coming into his own. Included: The first five books in the series essays by Sandra Jessel, Tilmer Wright, Jr., Ann Hatmaker, and the author Bios and acknowledgements
The first-ever collection of interviews with this well-known, prolific writer whose books include twenty-two volumes of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction published over a period of thirty-six years
Snyder joins his old friend, novelist Harrison, to discuss their loves and lives. This book is a companion to the film "The Practice of the Wild" and comes with a DVD containing the film together with more than an hour of outtakes and expanded interviews.
Publishers Weekly called Jim Harrison "an untrammeled renegade genius," a poet who performed "absolutely brilliant and outrageous things with language.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jim Davidson is a Christian businessman and a native of Gould in Southeast Arkansas. His career as a public speaker, author, and motivational consultant has spanned more than forty-five years. Some of his many awards and achievements include: Arkansas Salesman of the Year, Chairman of the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce's Diamond Club sales organization, Justice of the Peace in Pulaski County, Chairman of Speakers Bureau of the Pulaski County United Way, Leadership Gavel recipient as voted by members of his Dale Carnegie Class, and honorary member of the DECA & GCE Clubs of Arkansas. He has also been presented with the "Good Neighbor Award" by the Conway Area Chamber of Commerce and is the 2010 "Distinguished Service Award" winner for Conway Public Schools. In November 2013, Jim was given a Senate Citation and the Conway Community Service Award by Senator Jason Rapert during a ceremony at the Faulkner County Library. In 1980, Jim began writing and producing a daily radio program titled "How to Plan Your Life." It has been broadcast by over 300 radio stations coast to coast and heard by thousands of people each weekday. Later, in 1995, he also began writing a weekly newspaper column for his hometown newspaper, the Log Cabin Democrat, in Conway, Arkansas. With over 375 newspapers in thirty-five states running his column since its inception, it is believed to be the most successful self-syndicated column in the history of American journalism. Jim was a staunch member of the Conway Noon Lions Club for over 20 years, holding every leadership position and winning all their awards, including twice being named a Melvin Jones Fellow, the highest award in Lionism. He also served as Chairman of the Annual Golf Tournament and the Harlem Ambassador Fundraiser Event. Publisher's website: http: //sbprabooks.com/JimDavidson
Compiled from the literary estate of the singer who brought a wildly lyrical poetry of the damned to the world of rock 'n' roll. Includes unpublished poems, drawings, photos, and a candid self-interview.
During a lifetime in professional sports, Jim Finks touched nearly every rung on the ladder. As a player during the National Football League's Golden Era of the 1950's, Finks suffered a broken neck making a tackle and later survived to become a Pro Bowl quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers. He coached Paul Hornung to a Heisman Trophy at Notre Dame in 1956 before cutting his teeth as general manager of the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League. From Canada, Finks headed south to help build Super Bowl teams as GM of the Minnesota Vikings and Chicago Bears. He even brought his winning touch to baseball as president of the Chicago Cubs in 1984 before rescuing the New Orleans Saints from pigskin purgatory and elevating them to playoff respectability. Finks spent 26 years as an NFL general manager and was a strong candidate to replace Pete Rozelle as commissioner in 1989 while earning NFL executive of the year awards in 1973 and 1987. Jim Finks was admired for his honesty and integrity in a business where the shafts and knives often fill the air. Finks was a unique individual, and "It's Been a Pleasure" will impart even more of that wisdom.
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