A Thousand Miles

Author : Bridget Morrissey
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593201176

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A Thousand Miles by Bridget Morrissey Pdf

After a decade of silence, Dee and Ben reunite for a road trip they once promised to take. It’s going to be a bumpy ride. Dee Matthews is the cohost of the smash-hit podcast Did I Forget To Tell You?, where she interviews family, friends, and past lovers. Nothing is off limits, except for one man (known on the show only as Name Redacted) who happens to be her high school best friend Ben. During their senior year spring break, Dee and Ben took a road trip to visit Ben’s grandma. They buried a time capsule in her backyard, pledging to return in ten years to open it. Then their friendship fell apart in spectacular fashion. They haven’t spoken to each other since. Ben Porter’s life since that moment has been unexciting but comfortable, until his grandma reveals a family secret that flips his whole world upside down. Her dying wish is for him to stop doing what is safest and go after what he really wants. He starts by showing up on Dee’s doorstep with every intention of fulfilling their long-ago promise. Despite her reservations, Dee can’t say no. This trip could be her chance to give her listeners the Name Redacted interview they’ve been begging for—and finally put her unresolved feelings for Ben to rest. As the miles fly by, Dee and Ben's friendship reignites. But the closer they get to reaching their destination, the more apparent it becomes that their attraction to each other cannot be ignored. Their last adventure ended in disaster, and they’re about to find out if any hope of a future together is in the rear view mirror.

Author : Lang Lang,David Ritz
Publisher : Random House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385524575

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Journey of a Thousand Miles by Lang Lang,David Ritz Pdf

“Number One” was a phrase my father—and, for that matter, my mother—repeated time and time again. It was a phrase spoken by my parents’ friends and by their friends’ children. Whenever adults discussed the great Chinese painters and sculptors from the ancient dynasties, there was always a single artist named as Number One. There was the Number One leader of a manufacturing plant, the Number One worker, the Number One scientist, the Number One car mechanic. In the culture of my childhood, being best was everything. It was the goal that drove us, the motivation that gave life meaning. And if, by chance or fate or the blessings of the generous universe, you were a child in whom talent was evident, Number One became your mantra. It became mine. I never begged my parents to take off the pressure. I accepted it; I even enjoyed it. It was a game, this contest among aspiring pianists, and although I may have been shy, I was bold, even at age five, when faced with a field of rivals. Born in China to parents whose musical careers were interrupted by the Cultural Revolution, Lang Lang has emerged as one of the greatest pianists of our time. Yet despite his fame, few in the West know of the heart-wrenching journey from his early childhood as a prodigy in an industrial city in northern China to his difficult years in Beijing to his success today. Journey of a Thousand Miles documents the remarkable, dramatic story of a family who sacrificed almost everything—his parents’ marriage, financial security, Lang Lang’s childhood, and their reputation in China’s insular classical music world—for the belief in a young boy’s talent. And it reveals the devastating and intense relationship between a boy and his father, who was willing to go to any length to make his son a star. An engaging, informative cultural commentator who bridges East and West, Lang Lang has written more than an autobiography: his book opens a door to China, where Lang Lang is a cultural icon, at a time when the world’s attention will be on Beijing. Written with David Ritz, the coauthor of many bestselling autobiographies, Journey of a Thousand Miles is an inspiring story that will give readers an appreciation for the courage and sacrifice it takes to achieve greatness.

Author : Eunsun Kim,Sébastien Falletti
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781466870888

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A Thousand Miles to Freedom by Eunsun Kim,Sébastien Falletti Pdf

Eunsun Kim was born in North Korea, one of the most secretive and oppressive countries in the modern world. As a child Eunsun loved her country...despite her school field trips to public executions, daily self-criticism sessions, and the increasing gnaw of hunger as the country-wide famine escalated. By the time she was eleven years old, Eunsun's father and grandparents had died of starvation, and Eunsun was in danger of the same. Finally, her mother decided to escape North Korea with Eunsun and her sister, not knowing that they were embarking on a journey that would take them nine long years to complete. Before finally reaching South Korea and freedom, Eunsun and her family would live homeless, fall into the hands of Chinese human traffickers, survive a North Korean labor camp, and cross the deserts of Mongolia on foot. Now, Eunsun is sharing her remarkable story to give voice to the tens of millions of North Koreans still suffering in silence. Told with grace and courage, her memoir is a riveting exposé of North Korea's totalitarian regime and, ultimately, a testament to the strength and resilience of the human spirit.

Author : John Gregory Brown
Publisher : Lee Boudreaux Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316302821

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A Thousand Miles from Nowhere by John Gregory Brown Pdf

"You have lost everything, yes?" Everything? Henry thought; he considered the word. Had he lost everything? Fleeing New Orleans as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Henry Garrett is haunted by the ruins of his marriage, a squandered inheritance, and the teaching job he inexplicably quit. He pulls into a small Virginia town after three days on the road, hoping to silence the ceaseless clamor in his head. But this quest for peace and quiet as the only guest at a roadside motel is destroyed when Henry finds himself at the center of a bizarre and violent tragedy. As a result, Henry winds up stranded at the ramshackle motel just outside the small town of Marimore, and it's there that he is pulled into the lives of those around him: Latangi, the motel's recently widowed proprietor, who seems to have a plan for Henry; Marge, a local secretary who marshals the collective energy of her women's church group; and the family of an old man, a prisoner, who dies in a desperate effort to provide for his infirm wife. For his previous novels John Gregory Brown has been lauded for his "compassionate vision of human destiny" as well as his "melodic, haunting, and rhythmic prose." With A Thousand Miles From Nowhere, he assumes his place in the tradition of such masterful storytellers as Flannery O'Connor and Walker Percy, offering to readers a tragicomic tour de force about the power of art and compassion and one man's search for faith, love, and redemption. "John Gregory Brown is a writer I've long admired, and this new novel is his best book yet. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere is a marvelous depiction of one man's stumbling journey from despair toward a hard-won redemption."-Ron Rash

Author : Donald Miller
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418585877

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A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller Pdf

After writing a successful memoir, Donald Miller's life stalled. During what should have been the height of his success, he found himself unwilling to get out of bed, avoiding responsibility, even questioning the meaning of life. But when two movie producers proposed turning his memoir into a movie, he found himself launched into a new story filled with risk, possibility, beauty, and meaning. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years chronicles Miller's rare opportunity to edit his life into a great story, to reinvent himself so nobody shrugs their shoulders when the credits roll. Through heart-wrenching honesty and hilarious self-inspection, Donald Miller takes readers through the life that emerges when it turns from boring reality into meaningful narrative. Miller goes from sleeping all day to riding his bike across America, from living in romantic daydreams to fearful encounters with love, from wasting his money to founding a nonprofit with a passionate cause. Guided by a host of outlandish but very real characters, Miller shows us how to get a second chance at life the first time around. A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is a rare celebration of the beauty of life.

Author : Nadia Nichols
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459243606

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Across a Thousand Miles by Nadia Nichols Pdf

Heart-stopping action…and heartwarming romance! Rebecca Reed and Bill (Mac) MacKenzie have nothing in common…except their desire to run the Yukon Quest. She's an experienced musher who knows only too well how humbling the northern landscape can be. She understands that the Quest—from Whitehorse, in the Yukon, to Fairbanks, Alaska, across a thousand miles of frozen trails—will take every ounce of strength and skill. He's a cheechako, who doesn't know a dog harness from a doghouse. He's come north for a year to take care of his brother's dog team—and to escape his past. To Rebecca, his decision to run the Quest is not only arrogant, it's dangerous. Race day arrives, and Mac and Rebecca struggle against the harsh elements. One night, in a fierce snowstorm, Rebecca and her team are blown over the mountain, and only the courage of the cheechako—the man she's beginning to love—can save her.

Author : Ellen Craft,William Craft
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : EAN:8596547681939

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Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom by Ellen Craft,William Craft Pdf

This eBook edition of "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom" is a written account by Ellen Craft and William Craft first published in 1860. Their book reached wide audiences in Great Britain and the United States and it represents one of the most compelling of the many slave narratives published before the American Civil War. Ellen (1826–1891) and William Craft (1824 - 1900) were slaves from Macon, Georgia in the United States who escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling openly by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day.

Author : Don McLeese
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780292723818

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Dwight Yoakam by Don McLeese Pdf

Chronicles the musical life of the country star who has made a career of blending disparate influences, drawing on interviews to explore his authenticity and success as an artist.

Author : Precious McKenzie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08
Category : Cherokee Indians
ISBN : 1681916754

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A Thousand Miles by Precious McKenzie Pdf

When the Indian Removal Act is enforced, Dustu is forced to leave his Georgia home. But he learns courage can be found in the most unexpected places. Includes historical background information. Paired to the nonfiction title Great Plains Region.

Author : John MacGregor
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1015655785

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A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe by John MacGregor Pdf

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Amelia B. Edwards
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 654 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Egypt
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023555340

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A Thousand Miles Up the Nile by Amelia B. Edwards Pdf

Author : Beth Jusino
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 168051203X

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Walking to the End of the World by Beth Jusino Pdf

'Walking to the End of the World' keeps us turning its pages--an elegant story woven in the seasoned voice of writer Beth Jusino, who shares great insight into her own strengths and weaknesses, relationships of all sorts, and a world view we'd all do well to consider. -Steven Watkins, author of Pilgrim Strong: Rewriting My Story on the Way of St. James

Author : Maves Lindsay
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0692896163

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A Thousand Miles by Maves Lindsay Pdf

Eleanor, let's play a game of hide and seek. Those words have haunted Eleanor Welsh all her life. Neglected and abused, Eleanor had to grow up fast and fend for herself. The times she felt free was with her grandmother Claire. After a tragic turn of events, Eleanor had to leave the place she once called home. With what she could fit in her car, she left her hometown of Wesco, Wisconsin and headed east, all signs pointed to the small town of Hope Harbor, Maine. Andrew Monroe is a lobsterman in Hope Harbor and an older brother to Trevor, who was born with Down syndrome. He became the man of the house at an early age, raising his brother while his mother went in and out of hospitals. He believed he knew what love was, but nothing prepared him for the exotic gem that he would soon discover in his quaint small town. Eleanor and Andrew's lives crash together as the storms of their past collide. Eleanor's past, however, will try and destroy the fresh start she desperately needs to make. She will be put to the test in more ways than one, Andrew being her biggest challenge yet. Will Eleanor be able to conquer her demons of her past and have a future of true love?

Author : Sasha Su-Ling Welland
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2007-09-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781442210066

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A Thousand Miles of Dreams by Sasha Su-Ling Welland Pdf

A Thousand Miles of Dreams is an evocative and intimate biography of two Chinese sisters who took very different paths in their quests to be independent women. Ling Shuhao arrived in Cleveland in 1925 to study medicine in the middle of a U.S. crackdown on Chinese immigrant communities, and her effort to assimilate began. She became an American named Amy, while her sister Ling Shuhua burst onto the Beijing literary scene as a writer of short fiction. Shuhua's tumultuous affair with Virginia Woolf's nephew during his years in China eventually drew her into the orbit of the Bloomsbury group. The sisters were Chinese "modern girls" who sought to forge their own way in an era of social revolution that unsettled relations between men and women and among nations. Daughters of an imperial scholar-official and a concubine, they followed trajectories unimaginable to their parents' generation. Biographer Sasha Su-Ling Welland stumbled across their remarkable stories while recording her grandmother's oral history. She discovered the secret Amy had jealously hidden from family in the United States—her sister's fame as a Chinese woman writer—as well as intriguing discrepancies between the sisters' versions of the past. Shaped by the social history of their day, the journeys of these extraordinary women spanned the twentieth century and three continents in a saga of East-West cultural exchange and personal struggle. Visit the author's website for more information and upcoming events. http://www.sashawelland.com/index.html

Author : David Curfiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1734273100

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A Thousand Miles to Nowhere by David Curfiss Pdf

When a stranger shows up and infects almost everyone Matt Tanner knows with the zombie virus that destroyed the world fifteen years prior, he's forced to make a decision: flee with only a handful of survivors, or stay in the mountains and rebuild. But when Matt discovers the stranger was carrying a letter addressed to him from someone he thought he'd never hear from again, he's forced to reconcile demons from the past with the chance for a future with the brother he left behind. Avoiding the withered zombies that roam the wastelands and the flesh-eating humans that stalk the night, Matt struggles to find the balance necessary to keep everyone alive and his own mind sane. But when things go wrong and he watches friend after friend die, can he survive, or will the wastelands consume him, too?