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| dad in fancy writing: Rich Dad's Advisors®: The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans Garrett Sutton, 2008-11-15 Rich Dad Said, Business and investing are team sports. -Robert T. Kiyosaki, Author of the New York Times bestseller Rich Dad Poor Dad and the Rich DadTM series Robert's rich dad said, 'The first step to raising money is a great business plan! It needs to be a page-turner that hooks and holds potential investors' attention by selling them on the potential return on their investment, how quickly they'll get their initial investment back, and what the exit strategy is.' The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans reveals the strategies for preparing winning plans for both business and real estate ventures. Clearly written and featuring real life illustrative stories, The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans provides the necessary information to prepare a winning plan. -Garrett Sutton, Esq. Rich Dad's Advisor and author of the bestseller Own Your Own Corporation. The ABC's of Writing Winning Business Plans illustrates how to: * Focus your vision for the business * Format your plan to impress * Use your business plan as a tool * Deal with competition * Attract the funding you need * Identify strengths and weaknesses * Draft a plan for real estate * Understand your financials. |
| dad in fancy writing: Pieces of My Mother Melissa Cistaro, 2015-05-05 A story that lingers in the heart long after the last page is turned. —HOPE EDELMAN, bestselling author of Motherless Daughters and The Possibility of Everything This provocative, poignant memoir of a daughter whose mother left her behind by choice begs the question: Are we destined to make the same mistakes as our parents? One summer, Melissa Cistaro's mother drove off without explanation Devastated, Melissa and her brothers were left to pick up the pieces, always tormented by the thought: Why did their mother abandon them? Thirty-five years later, with children of her own, Melissa finds herself in Olympia, Washington, as her mother is dying. After decades of hiding her painful memories, she has just days to find out what happened that summer and confront the fear she could do the same to her kids. But Melissa never expects to stumble across a cache of letters her mother wrote to her but never sent, which could hold the answers she seeks. Haunting yet ultimately uplifting, Pieces of My Mother chronicles one woman's quest to discover what drives a mother to walk away from the children she loves. Alternating between Melissa's tumultuous coming-of-age and her mother's final days, this captivating memoir reveals how our parents' choices impact our own and how we can survive those to forge our own paths. |
| dad in fancy writing: Nothing Sweeter Laura Drake, 2014-01-28 A Love as Wild as the West . . . Aubrey Madison is starting over. Leaving Los Angeles and everything behind except the scars of her ruined past, Bree sets out for cowboy country. Now she has a new home, a new job-and a new worry: the ruggedly sexy rancher who makes her long for things she shouldn't . . . Rough and tumble cattleman Max Jameson has broken wild stallions and faced angry bulls. Yet the redheaded city cupcake who turned up at the High Heather Ranch might be his undoing. Bree has a plan to rescue the ranch from foreclosure that's just crazy enough to work. But will Max gamble his future on a beautiful stranger? Praise for Laura Drake and her novels: Touchingly real. Tender and timely. Laura Drake creates characters you know you've met and you have to root for. -- Pamela Morsi, USA Today bestselling author on The Sweet Spot An emotionally packed story that will pull all the heartstrings. -- Christie Craig, New York Times bestselling author on The Sweet Spot/DIV |
| dad in fancy writing: The Flower Who Bloomed Jada White, 2020-03-13 The Flower Who Bloomed is a book of poetry, containing four chapters. Each chapter describes my personal growth in four stages. Inside, you will find the recipe for a broken heart, self-love, moving on, facing difficult times, and overcoming obstacles. Here is the secret to my growing pains. Here is the outcome of growing, painfully. We are all flowers trying to bloom. |
| dad in fancy writing: Linda Orken Edward Michael Turrian, 2022-12-21 Linda Orken: A Novel By: Edward Michael Turrian Robby Birdsall is a near teen-ager growing up in Lower Brook in 1971. With some sass and ingenuity, Robby experiences his first feelings of sexual awareness, new found attraction, and a summer long endeavor of earning money to purchase sneakers to emulate his favorite basketball star, Clyde Frazier. With his cast of old friends, new friends, and antagonizing older sister Tammy, Robby's journey is at times lighthearted, at times comedic, and at times a heartfelt experience. |
| dad in fancy writing: Writing Power Adrienne Gear, 2011 Help young writers learn to engage and invite their reader's thinking with five key thinking strategies - connect, question, visualize, infer, and transform. |
| dad in fancy writing: Kiss the kids for dad, Don’t forget to write Y.A. Bennett, 2010-01-01 Between 1916 and 1918, Lance-Corporal George Timmins, a British-born soldier who served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, wrote faithfully to his wife and children. Sixty-three letters and four fragments survived. These letters tell the compelling story of a man who, while helping his fellow Canadians make history, used letters home to remain a presence in the lives of his wife and children, and who drew strength from his family to appreciate life's simple pleasures. Timmins's letters offer a rare glimpse into the experiences relationships, and quiet heroism, of ordinary soldiers on the Western Front. |
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| dad in fancy writing: Writing Sonnets for Your Friends and Soul Mates Vee Bdosa, 2011 Writing Sonnets For Your Friends and Soul Mates is a casual how-to book on writing sonnets that will impress your friends, amaze your teachers, WOW your family, and convince your soul mates that you really mean business! |
| dad in fancy writing: A Suitable Vengeance Elizabeth George, 2007-05-01 “Ms. George proves that the classiest crime writers are true novelists.”—The New York Times Award-winning author Elizabeth George gives us an early glimpse into the lives of Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley, forensic scientist Simon Allcourt-St. James, and Lady Helen Clyde in a superlative mystery that is also a fascinating inquiry into the crimes of the heart. Lynley, the eighth earl of Asherton, has brought to Howenstow, his family home, the young woman he has asked to be his bride. But the savage murder of a local journalist is the catalyst for a lethal series of events that shatters the calm of a picturesque Cornwall village and embroils Lynley and St. James in a case far outside their jurisdiction—and a little too close to home. When a second death follows closely on the heels of the first, Lynley finds he can't help taking the investigation personally—because the evidence points to a killer within his own family. Praise for A Suitable Vengeance “Elizabeth George reigns as queen of the mystery genre. The Lynley books constitute the smartest, most gratifying complex and impassioned mystery series now being published.”—Entertainment Weekly “Ms. George can do it all, with style to spare.”—The Wall Street Journal “George goes to the head of the genre, with class.”—People |
| dad in fancy writing: The Phoenix Philosophy Mikeal R. Morgan, 2011-10-25 This book will only take you a few hours to read, but it could change your life forever! Throughout life, everyone faces challenges, setbacks and temporary failures. Those who learn to rise from these ashes of defeat are the ones who become truly successful. The word phoenix has three primary meanings: 1. A mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself up from its own fire, and later to rise from its ashes in the freshness of youth and live through another cycle of years: often an emblem of immortality or of reborn idealism or hope, 2. A person or thing of peerless beauty or excellence; paragon. 3. A person or thing that has become renewed or restored after suffering calamity or apparent annihilation. Using these three definitions as the driving force for The Phoenix Philosophy, Author Mikeal R. Morgan clearly articulates the proven principles that have allowed him to rise from a poor, uneducated, depressed youth, to a successful husband, father, sales professional, business leader, motivational speaker and President of Phoenix Training Innovations. Mikeal has dedicated years to observing, learning and collecting stories from other successful individuals who have also overcome tough challenges and devastating failures, in order to rise renewed by the will, faith, and strength that resides in each of us. Throughout this book, you will be forced to think and answer tough questions about yourself. Learn to improve, love, and appreciate your life. Learn to rise to success, even from the ashes of defeat, to a smarter, stronger and better you! Please also visit www.phoenixphilosophy.com for information on corporate programs that will allow your entire organization to rise to success. |
| dad in fancy writing: Peter Lee's Notes from the Field Angela Ahn, 2022-05-03 Eleven-year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. But in one summer, that all falls apart. Told in short, accessible journal entries and combining the humor of Timmy Failure with the poignant family dynamics of Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Peter Lee will win readers' hearts. Eleven year-old Peter Lee has one goal in life: to become a paleontologist. Okay, maybe two: to get his genius kid-sister, L.B., to leave him alone. But his summer falls apart when his real-life dinosaur expedition turns out to be a bust, and he watches his dreams go up in a cloud of asthma-inducing dust. Even worse, his grandmother, Hammy, is sick, and no one will talk to Peter or L.B. about it. Perhaps his days as a scientist aren't quite behind him yet. Armed with notebooks and pens, Peter puts his observation and experimental skills to the test to see what he can do for Hammy. If only he can get his sister to be quiet for once -- he needs time to sketch out a plan. |
| dad in fancy writing: Unforgettable Camping Trip Seth Lawrence Watson, 2021-08-04 Chuckie is a young 9 year old and an only child living with his parents in a small town. Today is the dreaded day Chuckie wished would never come which is going on a camping trip in the mountains with his parents and favorite uncle. He is uncertain about the trip and prefers visiting his grandparents’ farm in another state because he feels the camping trip will be totally boring and certainly a waste of his one day off for fall break. Will the camping trip prove to be fun and filled with excitement and possibly change Chuckie’s mind about camping overnight? There are many exciting activities planned that sound like fun including fishing and rewarding the one catching the first fish. Will Chuckie win even though he has never gone fishing in his life? Read this novel to find out if Chuckie has a different idea about camping at the conclusion of the story. |
| dad in fancy writing: Moments on Mute Meagan Gibson, 2023-01-28 Based on a true story and written in free verse poetry… Maggie Harris is a small-town girl with a unique imagination. When Maggie’s teacher notices her creativity and curiosity, she is placed in the Talented and Gifted program at school. In Maggie’s imagination, amazing things are always happening. In her reality, Maggie has a serious problem. She can’t read like the other kids her age and has no idea why. She’s smart, and smart kids can read, right? Maggie tries her best to keep people from finding out her secret, hoping that her problem will go away on its own. She doesn’t want to tell her mom, who is always reminding her to make good grades and do her best. And she definitely doesn’t want to tell her annoying older brother, who’d just find a way to embarrass her. What if Maggie’s best still isn’t good enough? Would her friends understand? Would anybody understand? With each year bringing new challenges, Maggie tries harder and harder to hide her secret. But what happens when someone finds out? |
| dad in fancy writing: Energy Healing Kris Ferraro, 2019-04-30 A Beginners guide to healing body and mind with energy Energy Healing is a practical guide to the unique and powerful art of restoring energy through the body to promote physical health, healing, and wellness. Designed for absolute beginners, the book provides an overview of the history and benefits of Energy Healing and various methods including muscle testing, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), and Shielding. Readers will learn how to tune into their own bodies and begin their own energy healing practice. An experienced practitioner with a thriving practice, Kris Ferraro provides the perfect introduction to energy healing, including quick and easy techniques that anyone can incorporate into their lives along with common pitfalls and how to resolve them. A rich resources section will help readers further explore the world of energy healing and develop their practice. Anyone looking to understand and practice energy healing in their own life should Start Here! Other books in the Start Here Guide Series: Forest Bathing: Discovering Health and Happiness Through the Japanese Practice of Shinrin Yoku Meditation: The Simple and Practical Way to Begin Meditating Chakras: An Introduction to Using the Chakras for Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Well-Being |
| dad in fancy writing: How to Design and Report Experiments Andy Field, Graham Hole, 2002-12-20 How to Design and Report Experiments is the perfect textbook and guide to the often bewildering world of experimental design and statistics. It provides a complete map of the entire process beginning with how to get ideas about research, how to refine your research question and the actual design of the experiment, leading on to statistical procedure and assistance with writing up of results. While many books look at the fundamentals of doing successful experiments and include good coverage of statistical techniques, this book very importantly considers the process in chronological order with specific attention given to effective design in the context of likely methods needed and expected results. Without full assessment of these aspects, the experience and results may not end up being as positive as one might have hoped. Ample coverage is then also provided of statistical data analysis, a hazardous journey in itself, and the reporting of findings, with numerous examples and helpful tips of common downfalls throughout. Combining light humour, empathy with solid practical guidance to ensure a positive experience overall, How to Design and Report Experiments will be essential reading for students in psychology and those in cognate disciplines with an experimental focus or content in research methods courses. |
| dad in fancy writing: Jim Reaper 1: Son of Grim Rachel Delahaye, 2016-02-04 You might have heard how the universe began with the Big Bang? Well, the universe as Jim Wimple knows it is about to end. With a Bazoom! Not only are Bazoom! scooters super fast and deadly cool, but fierce (and swoonsome) older girl Fiona has just started riding hers to and from school, and possibly out of Jim's life forever. Disaster! Jim Wimple needs a Bazoom!, and fast. So he and his best friend Will devise a clever scheme, which involves having to sneak into Dad's workplace. But when the boys break into the Mallet & Mullet 'accountancy' office they find that the walls are lined with ancient portraits, the staff are highly secretive, and Jim's dad's office bears the sign 'G Reaper'. . . And then all hell really breaks loose. What would YOU do if you thought your dad might be . . . Death?! Illustrated with cool art by artist Jamie Littler. |
| dad in fancy writing: Home Sweet Gnome Sandra George Allen, 2022-07-22 Home Sweet Gnome is a whimsical story that takes place in the mid-1900s in a small community called Oak Grove. Life is simple there. Family and friends visit often. Ma’s home cooking and sitting on the front porch with Pa are part of the daily routine. The story begins as the main character, Rosie, is going to visit her grandparents. She and her dad travel by bus to meet a friend named Miss Ruby. Rosie and Miss Ruby travel on to the place known as Oak Grove while enjoying the scenery along the way. While at Oak Grove, Rosie and her cousins enjoy being together and become part of some extraordinary adventures. During their visit, the cousins meet a special friend name Thaddeus. He and the children become very good friends. As the story continues, an uninvited guest visits Oak Grove. The trespasser comes with ill intentions but is met with resistance. The plot intensifies as the children work with Thaddeus to protect the garden. At the end of the story, the adventure continues as the story takes an unexpected twist. The ending leaves the reader believing that anything is possible in the garden at Oak Grove! |
| dad in fancy writing: Before I Go Jim Walker, 2003-10-30 Before I Go is unique in the memoir genre. Not only is it a book about growing up in Ohio in the 1950s and coming of age in the 1960s, it recounts the authors decade-long struggle against Creationists as a public school science teacher. Before I Go also presents jim walkers astonishing theological perspective which melds the worlds religious traditions with late 20th-century physics and it briefly outlines his radical ideas about educational reform. Quite simply, Before I Go is a book that will be talked about for years and, in many respects, marks a quantum leap in the realm of autobiography. |
| dad in fancy writing: Merryweather Lodge - Malevolent Spirit Pauline Holyoak, 2011-11-01 It's Christmastime at Merryweather Lodge. Emily has returned to the cottage from her home in Canada; after the untimely death of someone she loved. Will she be able to celebrate a traditional English Christmas in her aunts enchanting little cottage or will she be tormented by the hideous creature, again? Was Emily's attempt to banish her unearthly adversary successful? Will her aunt disclose the secrets she has been concealing for so many years? What will happen when Emily's best friend comes to visit her? What secrets will she reveal? Will Emily ever get to make love to the man of her dreams? A chilling tale of love, passion, sorcery and sacrifice; laced with mystery and tied with humor. Inspired by the authors own experiences in a remote little cottage near Stonehenge |
| dad in fancy writing: Writing That Gets Noticed Estelle Erasmus, 2023-06-13 Successful essayist, columnist, writing instructor, and editor Estelle Erasmus will show you how to find your voice, write stellar pieces, and get published. In real-world, experience-based chapters, she coaches you to: • mine your life for ideas and incubate those ideas • choose the perfect format — essay, op-ed, feature article, and more • research publications and follow editor etiquette • craft a perfect pitch • protect your psyche from rejection • revise your work for maximum impact • deliver what you promise, protect your work, and get paid |
| dad in fancy writing: To Vietnam and Back 1967 - 1968 Dolores Cook Raisch, 2022-10-03 The war in Vietnam was a turbulent time in our nation’s history that stirred strong feelings and deep emotions as America changed in ways that could not have been anticipated or avoided. To Vietnam and Back is an intimate family memoir that, through a lifeline of letters, offers a unique and warmly told story about one soldier’s year in Vietnam and one family anxiously awaiting his return. Readers will take a step back in time to a pivotal period of the Vietnam War, 1967-1968, and glimpse what it was like to not only leave home for the uncertainty of an increasingly controversial conflict, but also to be the parents, siblings and friends left at home to provide support the only way they knew how... through heartfelt words of everyday life. The pages are filled with emotion, humor, family and neighborhood news, while also depicting the uncertainty, fear and division caused by the war in Vietnam. It is a year of back and forth letters that brought encouragement and hope to the writers and recipients of those letters. In essence, To Vietnam and Back is a journey of the written kind that revisits and illustrates the timeless value of family, friends, faith and love. |
| dad in fancy writing: The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition) The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell, 2007-04-24 #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The twentieth anniversary edition of the classic story of an incredible group of students and the teacher who inspired them, featuring updates on the students’ lives, new journal entries, and an introduction by Erin Gruwell Now a public television documentary, Freedom Writers: Stories from the Heart In 1994, an idealistic first-year teacher in Long Beach, California, named Erin Gruwell confronted a room of “unteachable, at-risk” students. She had intercepted a note with an ugly racial caricature and angrily declared that this was precisely the sort of thing that led to the Holocaust. She was met by uncomprehending looks—none of her students had heard of one of the defining moments of the twentieth century. So she rebooted her entire curriculum, using treasured books such as Anne Frank’s diary as her guide to combat intolerance and misunderstanding. Her students began recording their thoughts and feelings in their own diaries, eventually dubbing themselves the “Freedom Writers.” Consisting of powerful entries from the students’ diaries and narrative text by Erin Gruwell, The Freedom Writers Diary is an unforgettable story of how hard work, courage, and determination changed the lives of a teacher and her students. In the two decades since its original publication, the book has sold more than one million copies and inspired a major motion picture Freedom Writers. And now, with this twentieth-anniversary edition, readers are brought up to date on the lives of the Freedom Writers, as they blend indispensable takes on social issues with uplifting stories of attending college—and watch their own children follow in their footsteps. The Freedom Writers Diary remains a vital read for anyone who believes in second chances. |
| dad in fancy writing: Comical Vacations Book 3 Maureen Reil, 2017-01-22 Comical Vacations 3 Three-Book Bundle Contents The Finch Family Easter Holiday 6 Let the good times roll since Kitty is excited to be going away for four fun filled days on their first (of many and hopefully not the last) Finch family holidays, together with her boyfriend for a short stay in a quaint B&B in Scotland. Where she hopes they will get to spend some time alone as well as with the rest of the clan. Well, she would be more excited if she could shake the damn stomach bug she seems to have picked up, probably from work. Only it will not stop her going for the Easter celebration up in the Highlands, where real men wear kilts and women wear a shoe size twelve if Moira is anything to go by. Whether it is a haunting by a ghost in the guesthouse or hunting for Nessie and the lost buried gold coins connected to Bonnie Prince Charlie or seeking the precious playing card belonging to her brother, then you can be sure that Kitty will give it her all even if it costs her more than her dignity in the end. There is also a secret to keep, a secret to reveal and a secret admirer to deal with. Not to forget there is also a beast on the prowl. As this mini vacation has plenty of cringe-worthy situations and surprises galore to cope with but Kitty has survived worse, believe you me. The Finch Family Bank Holiday 7 Now normally Kitty Finch loves a good wedding so she was happy to head down to Berkshire with the rest of the Finches to stay at a farm over the long bank holiday weekend. She saw it as a chance to be in a famously posh romantic setting with her ex, since Kitty wants to rekindle their relationship. I mean who does not fall in love with love when surrounded by so much joy, sentiment and happiness but not when she finds out he is bringing a ‘plus one’ and she is feeling fat or should that state be fatter than usual because of her pregnancy. If Kitty was under the impression that she could hide at the back to avoid not just the camera lens but also her exes then she had better think again. When an accident occurs and Kitty has to step into someone else’s shoes but not with her swollen feet so thankfully she gets to wear her own footwear in the end, however, it still doesn’t help her walk down that aisle any better. Joining Kitty and company in this hilarious mix of mayhem and merriment are a baby doll, naked butlers and a male escort. There are also a whole lot of laughs along the way so what more can anyone ask for from a British bank holiday. The Finch Family Christmas Holiday 8 This is it folks, the final Finch family holiday in the Comical Vacations series (nine books in total). It finds Kitty Finch heading off for a Christmas break with some of her family, past and present, plus picking up a friend or two along the way. This time they are going on a Nordic liner for a mini Christmas cruise, so they are all looking forward to this trip as long as it does not sink. Well knowing her luck, they could all end up at the bottom of the sea if this were any other kind of novel. Only that is not a very ‘happy ending’ so she feels confident that they will make it back to dry land and they do. Not before there is upset all round of course and a stupid bet to win first, whilst the pranks soon become the bane of her life. After which they embark on the next leg of their journey to travel up to the north of Norway for an ice-filled fun treat. When staying at the snow hotel and getting to see and try things that they have never tried or seen before. Will Kitty ever get the love she deserves? Should she even have attempted to win a silly wager? Can this British family ever have at least one lousy holiday without everything going tits-up for Kitty Finch? Would Kitty be able to claim she truly had the time of her life, or would she be lying through her gritted teeth? |
| dad in fancy writing: Ready or Not Laura Segal Stegman, 2023-08-28 How do you learn to be brave? With his summer headed downhill fast, thirteen-year-old Justin faces a tricky choice—stand up to bigotry or let fear hold him back. When he’s targeted by a bully, and a good friend stops speaking to him, Justin counts on help from Leroy Usher, the ghost whose magical carnival helped transform Justin’s life after his father died last year. So this should be a breeze, right? His expectations rise further when a mysterious message from Mr. Usher invites him and pals Darby and Naz for a midnight visit. Instead of a reunion, though, the kids find themselves transported through time to unravel a mystery that tore Mr. Usher’s family apart. As Justin digs for the truth, he discovers that Mr. Usher faced challenges during his lifetime with courage… and without magic. But if courage is what it takes, Justin must learn to do what’s right when everything’s wrong. |
| dad in fancy writing: They Told Me I Had to Write This Kim Miller, 2009-07-01 Clem is a boy in strife. Blamed for the death of his mother, carrying a terrible secret from Grade 5 and in trouble with the police, he’s now in a school for toxic teenagers. And that rev-head school counsellor wants him to write letters. Through his writing Clem goes deep into the trauma that has defined his life. Then he comes face to face with his mother’s death. In a rush of bush bike racing, the death of one student and the consequent arrest of another, an unexpected first girlfriend, and some surprising friendships, Clem's story is the celebration of a boy who finds an unexpected future. |
| dad in fancy writing: The Fire in Your Eyes Martine Daniel, 2009-08 Description 'There is fire in your eyes, and it frightens me.' At the age of twelve, Luci cannot possibly comprehend what her mother means by those words - and her mother's suicide just hours later means she cannot ask. But the words will come to haunt Luci in the years to come as she battles with the highs and lows of undiagnosed manic-depression. The tragic death of her twin brother at the age of seventeen marks the beginning of a rollercoaster ride of intense emotion that pushes Luci to the very limits of her endurance. Her manic recklessness has far-reaching consequences, for both Luci and her extended family, and the accompanying episodes of depression leave Luci teetering on the thin line between life and death. When Luci meets Ben, she actually dares to hope that he might be the one person who can keep her on an almost even keel. But when tragedy steals Ben from her just weeks before their wedding day, Luci is left despairing of ever being happy as her tempestuous moods spiral once again out of control. Luci's hopes of happiness are rekindled when she finds love in an unexpected quarter, but as the rollercoaster ride becomes ever more extreme, an episode of psychotic mania threatens everything Luci holds dear, culminating in her hospitalisation and diagnosis with bipolar affective disorder (manic depression). By turns funny and tragic, The Fire in Your Eyes thrusts the reader deep into the tumult that is untreated manic-depression, a real rollercoaster of a ride. About the Author Martine Lara Daniel was born in York in 1981. From a young age, she knew she wanted to be a writer, and whilst at secondary school she would often be caught scribbling stories in the back of exercise books during lessons. Her dreams of seeing her name in print never dimmed, despite her life being turned upside down by episodes of mania, depression and brief psychosis during her late teens and early twenties. In 2003 the pressures of a stressful job brought on an episode of psychotic mania, which led to the breakdown that ended her hopes of a career in bookselling, following which Martine was finally forced into contact with local mental health services. With the help of medication and the support of her family, she began to pick up the pieces of her life and started work on The Fire in Your Eyes, juggling work on the novel with her studies with The Open University. She hopes to graduate with a BA (Hons) in Humanities with English Language in 2010. |
| dad in fancy writing: Closer by Sea Perry Chafe, 2023-05-23 In 1991, on a small, isolated island off the coast of Newfoundland, twelve-year-old Pierce Jacobs struggles to come to terms with the death of his father. It's been three years since his dad, a fisherman, disappeared in the cold, unforgiving Atlantic, his body never recovered. Pierce is determined to save enough money to fix his father's old boat and take it out to sea. But life on the island is quiet and hard. The local fishing industry is on the brink of collapse, threatening to take an ages-old way of life with it. The community is hit even harder when a young teen named Anna Tessier goes missing. With the help of his three friends, Pierce sets out to find Anna, with whom he shared an unusual but special bond. They soon cross paths with Solomon Vickers, a mysterious, hermetic fisherman who may have something to do with the missing girl. Their search brings them into contact with unrelenting bullies, magnificent sea creatures, fierce storms, and glacial giants. But most of all, it brings them closer to the brutal reality of both the natural and the modern world. |
| dad in fancy writing: The Plane Crash Hasara Samayawardhena, 2011-03-01 A mind blobbing thriller in a never ending journey through mind gets you into deep thoughts, lively action and fascinating imagination David Crash, experiencing his plane gets destroyed in a middle of nowhere started looking for help. He has lost everything, but his spirit saved. Finding help from a pack of wolves, David become a group member. The pack meets many challenging tasks to take David through the journey. At times, David and the pack meet dangers deep in the forest in South Western Australia, as the story narrated. Fights, disasters and misunderstandings are common. Changing of the spirit into a white tiger becomes more challenging leading into worst battles. The leader of the pack, Shark Tooth is a spirit of special nature and has special powers in thinking and frightening. He guides the pack out of danger on many occasions, otherwise would have been complete action packed dangers. Davids never ending tiring journey is picturesque, takes reader through an unseen path into spells of spirits. Masquerading spirits make significant contributions in Davids ultimate journey. |
| dad in fancy writing: The Link: The Betrayal Makala Thomas, 2016-01-31 Indulge yourself in book five of The Link series! Colette and Rudisha Gibson are back in a tale of more magic, fun, shocks and of course drama! Maurice Blackwell returns, desperate for Colette to be his.... and his attempts to get her are utter madness! Colette reveals her magical powers to the town, shocking Rudi but not surprising anyone else, as rumours about Colette being a witch had always been hot on everyone's tongue! Someone from Colette's past returns in full swing, joining Maurice Blackwell in his crazy advances and completely betraying Colette! Who is this person and why would they help Mad Maurice Who else betrays Colette and how does Rudi find out? Find out now in this fun, drama-prone, magical tale by Makala Thomas! |
| dad in fancy writing: So Not Okay Nancy N. Rue, 2014-05-20 There is no such thing as neutral. According to the Ambassadors 4 Kids Club, one out of every four students is bullied—and 85% of these situations never receive intervention. Parents, students, and teachers alike have amped up the discussion of how to solve the bullying problem for a networked generation of kids. Written by bestselling author, Nancy Rue, each book in the Mean Girl Makeover trilogy focuses on a different character’s point of view: the bully, the victim, and the bystander. Each girl has a different personality so that every reader can find a character she relates to. The books, based on Scripture, show solid biblical solutions to the bullying problem set in a story for kids. So Not Okay, the first book in the series, tells the story of Tori Taylor, a quiet sixth grader at Gold Country Middle School in Grass Valley, California. Tori knows to stay out of the way of Kylie, the queen bee of GCMS. When an awkward new student named Ginger becomes Kylie's new target, Tori whispers a prayer of thanks that it’s not her. But as Kylie’s bullying of Ginger continues to build, Tori feels guilty and tries to be kind to Ginger. Pretty soon, the bullying line of fire directed toward Ginger starts deflecting onto Tori, who must decide if she and her friends can befriend Ginger and withstand Kylie’s taunts, or do nothing and resume their status quo. Tori’s decision dramatically changes her trajectory for the rest of the school year. |
| dad in fancy writing: Framed Frank Cottrell-Boyce, 2008-09-04 The perfect crime – it's a work of art, in Frank Cottrell Boyce's ingenious story, Framed. Dylan is the only boy living in the tiny Welsh town of Manod. His parents run the Snowdonia Oasis Auto Marvel garage – and when he's not trying to persuade his sisters to play football, Dylan is in charge of the petrol log. And that means he gets to keep track of everyone coming in and out of Manod – what car they drive, what they're called, even their favourite flavour of crisps. But when a mysterious convoy of lorries trundles up the misty mountainside towards an old, disused mine, even Dylan is confounded. Who are these people – and what have they got to hide? A story inspired by a press cutting describing how, during World War II, the treasured contents of London's National Gallery were stored in Welsh slate mines. Once a month, a morale-boosting masterpiece would be unveiled in the village and then returned to London for viewing. This is a funny and touching exploration of how art – its beauty and its value – touches the life of one little boy and his big family in a very small town. This edition of Framed includes bonus material and discussion questions from Frank Cottrell Boyce, and illustrations by Steven Lenton. |
| dad in fancy writing: The Wishing Jar Linda S Rice, 2024-02-29 Write a wish. Place it in the jar. Speak the wish out loud. Hide the jar in a safe and secret place. Your wish will come true at midnight. 27-year-old attorney Julia Lynton, fed up with uncouth and immature men, wants to meet a proper gentleman like the ones in her grandmother’s Regency romance novels. After discovering a mysterious jar in a secret compartment of an antique desk, she travels to Linwood Park in Surrey, England, to discover the jar’s origin. Shortly after arriving, she begins having dreams of things that happened over 200 years in the past. Using the wishing jar, she travels back to 1815 Regency England, where she meets Matthew, the perfect gentleman of her dreams. Viscount Matthew Linwood, trapped in an arranged betrothal to cold and haughty Miss Caroline Lambert by his Grandmother Linwood and Uncle Devon, meets Julia, and the two are instantly smitten with each other. But little does Matthew know that Devon is also enamored with Julia and is plotting with his grandmother to compromise her and force her into marriage. Will Julia be able to stay in the past and find her happily ever after with Matthew, or will her remaining result only in heartbreak and disaster for them both? |
| dad in fancy writing: Monkey Beach Eden Robinson, 2014-08-26 A young Native American woman remembers her volatile childhood as she searches for her lost brother in the Canadian wilds in an extraordinary, critically acclaimed debut novel As she races along Canada’s Douglas Channel in her speedboat—heading toward the place where her younger brother Jimmy, presumed drowned, was last seen—twenty-year-old Lisamarie Hill recalls her younger days. A volatile and precocious Native girl growing up in Kitamaat, the Haisla Indian reservation located five hundred miles north of Vancouver, Lisa came of age standing with her feet firmly planted in two different worlds: the spiritual realm of the Haisla and the sobering “real” world with its dangerous temptations of violence, drugs, and despair. From her beloved grandmother, Ma-ma-oo, she learned of tradition and magic; from her adored, Elvis-loving uncle Mick, a Native rights activist on a perilous course, she learned to see clearly, to speak her mind, and never to bow down. But the tragedies that have scarred her life and ultimately led her to these frigid waters cannot destroy her indomitable spirit, even though the ghosts that speak to her in the night warn her that the worst may be yet to come. Easily one of the most admired debut novels to appear in many a decade, Eden Robinson’s Monkey Beach was immediately greeted with universal acclaim—called “gripping” by the San Diego Union-Tribune, “wonderful” by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, and “glorious” by the Globe and Mail, earning nominations for numerous literary awards before receiving the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Evocative, moving, haunting, and devastatingly funny, it is an extraordinary read from a brilliant literary voice that must be heard. |
| dad in fancy writing: Rich Dad's Who Took My Money? Robert T. Kiyosaki, Sharon L. Lechter, 2004-05-01 Reveals how to actually speed up and maximize the return on investments to achieve total financial independence. |
| dad in fancy writing: Something in Between Melissa de la Cruz, 2016-10-04 The thought-provoking and timely new novel from Melissa de la Cruz, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Alex & Eliza: A Love Story, will have you crying with Jasmine as she finds out she’s undocumented – then cheering her on as she fights to stay in the country she loves. She had her whole life planned. She knew who she was and where she was going. Until the truth changed everything. Jasmine de los Santos has always done what’s expected of her. She’s studied hard, made her Filipino immigrant parents proud and is ready to reap the rewards in the form of a full college scholarship to the school of her dreams. And then everything shatters. Her parents are forced to reveal the truth: their visas expired years ago. Her entire family is illegal. That means no scholarships, maybe no college at all and the very real threat of deportation. As she’s trying to make sense of this new reality, her world is turned upside down again by Royce Blakely. He’s funny, caring and spontaneous—basically everything she’s been looking for at the worst possible time—and now he’s something else she may lose. Jasmine will stop at nothing to protect her relationships, family and future, all while fighting the hard truths of being undocumented. ***** “A great read!” —Rachel Cohn, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist “We’re obsessed—and you will be too.” —The Editors of Seventeen magazine “Heartbreaking and bursting with hope, this is the book we all need.” —Marie Lu, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Young Elites and Legend series “This book will change you. A must-read.” —Dhonielle Clayton, coauthor of Tiny Pretty Things and Shiny Broken Pieces, and the forthcoming The Belles “A must-read!” —Ally Condie, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Matched trilogy “An immigrant herself, de la Cruz succeeds in presenting a complicated and multifaceted topic in a manner that is light enough to keep readers engaged.” —Kirkus Reviews “De la Cruz presents a timely and thought-provoking look at the complex reality of being young and undocumented in the United States…Readers will root for Jasmine as she fights for her future and finds the power of her own voice.” —Publishers Weekly |
| dad in fancy writing: Intentions Susan Biggs, 2006-04-10 Megan Roberts, a stunning young elementary school teacher, arrives in town to make a new life after an unexpected breakup. The last thing she is looking for is a new love. The green-eyed darling catches the attention of the infamous, small town wild man, Shane Cash. His striking looks attract the attention of all the women in town, but his eye has turned in a new direction. He's torn between his reputation and his feelings. After an unforgettable night together turns into a nightmare, these two find themselves on the run. The situation is compounded when they realize they are falling in love with one another. Will this teacher be able to tame him or will he teach the quiet, lovely Megan to walk on the wild side? As a web of deceit is woven and one is led away in handcuffs, can the other untangle the mystery and learn to forgive? |
| dad in fancy writing: The Twinkling Tutu Gwyneth Rees, 2011-05-06 What could be better than a magic dress shop, where each gorgeous outfit takes you on an adventure through time and imagination . . .?! In this second book in the series, Ava puts on a beautiful twinkling tutu and finds herself magically whisked away to Victorian times – where she has an important part to play in an extravagant ballet show . . . and making a girl’s dreams come true! |
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| dad in fancy writing: J.D. Robb The IN DEATH COLLECTION Books 16-20 J. D. Robb, 2011-08-02 Take a trip to futuristic New York City and experience the thrill of the chase as Lieutenant Eve Dallas captures the worst kinds of criminals in this collection that includes books 16-20 in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series from J. D. Robb... PORTRAIT IN DEATH IMITATION IN DEATH DIVIDED IN DEATH VISIONS IN DEATH SURVIVOR IN DEATH |
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