An Extraordinary Year Of Ordinary Days

Author : Susan Wittig Albert
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292723061

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"In An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days, best-selling mystery novelist Susan Wittig Albert invites us to revisit one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, 2008, through the lens of 365 ordinary days in which her reading, writing, and thinkingabout issues in the wider world--from wars and economic recession to climate change--caused her to reconsider and reshape daily practices in her personal life. Albert's journal provides an engaging account of how the business of being a successful working writer blends with her rural life in the Texas Hill Country and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. As her eclectic daily reading ranges across topics from economics, food production, and oil and energy policy to poetry, place, and the writinglife, Albert becomes increasingly concerned about the natural world and the threats facing it, especially climate change and resource depletion. Asking herself, 'What does it mean? And what should I do about it",' she determines practical steps to take, such as growing more food in her garden, and also helps us to readers make sense of these issues and consider what our own responses might be. A thoughtful and thought-provoking 'book of days,' amplified with reading lists and quotations from a wide diversity of writers, An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days is a must-have addition for everyone's collection of writers' journals"--Cover, p. 4.

Author : Susan Wittig Albert
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-06-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292784383

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An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days by Susan Wittig Albert Pdf

From Eudora Welty's memoir of childhood to May Sarton's reflections on her seventieth year, writers' journals offer an irresistible opportunity to join a creative thinker in musing on the events—whether in daily life or on a global scale—that shape our lives. In An Extraordinary Year of Ordinary Days, best-selling mystery novelist Susan Wittig Albert invites us to revisit one of the most tumultuous years in recent memory, 2008, through the lens of 365 ordinary days in which her reading, writing, and thinking about issues in the wider world—from wars and economic recession to climate change—caused her to reconsider and reshape daily practices in her personal life. Albert's journal provides an engaging account of how the business of being a successful working writer blends with her rural life in the Texas Hill Country and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico. As her eclectic daily reading ranges across topics from economics, food production, and oil and energy policy to poetry, place, and the writing life, Albert becomes increasingly concerned about the natural world and the threats facing it, especially climate change and resource depletion. Asking herself, "What does it mean? And what ought I do about it?", she determines practical steps to take, such as growing more food in her garden, and also helps us as readers make sense of these issues and consider what our own responses might be.

Author : Ann Howard Creel
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101126967

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The Magic of Ordinary Days by Ann Howard Creel Pdf

Olivia Dunne, a studious minister's daughter who dreams of being an archaeologist, never thought that the drama of World War II would affect her quiet life in Denver. An exhilarating flirtation reshapes her life, though, and she finds herself banished to a rural Colorado outpost, married to a man she hardly knows. Overwhelmed by loneliness, Olivia tentatively tries to establish a new life, finding much-needed friendship and solace in two Japanese American sisters who are living at a nearby internment camp. When Olivia unwittingly becomes an accomplice to a crime and is faced with betrayal, she finally confronts her own desires. Beautifully written and filled with memorable characters, Creel's novel is a powerful exploration of the nature of trust and love.

Author : Tish Harrison Warren,Katy Bowser Hutson,Flo Paris Oakes
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781514003404

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Little Prayers for Ordinary Days by Tish Harrison Warren,Katy Bowser Hutson,Flo Paris Oakes Pdf

From the moment we wake until we go back to bed, every day is filled with ordinary moments that allow us to connect with God. This collection of short prayers for children to pray throughout their days—on the way to school, when noticing a bird in a tree, or looking at the stars—will bring delight, and help them begin to recognize the nearness of God.

Author : Terri Anderson
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781982263935

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Make the Ordinary Extraordinary by Terri Anderson Pdf

How do you feel about decisions you make? Do you know how to manage anxiety? Are you getting the results you want in life? You have everything you need within your grasp to change and achieve whatever you set your mind to. The verses in this book present the power of God’s word to unleash surprising and exciting results in your life. Use them as a guide to Make the Ordinary Extraordinary.

Author : Gene Weingarten
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780698135598

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One Day by Gene Weingarten Pdf

“One of the 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 Years”—Slate On New Year’s Day 2013, two-time Pulitzer Prize–winner Gene Weingarten asked three strangers to, literally, pluck a day, month, and year from a hat. That day—chosen completely at random—turned out to be Sunday, December 28, 1986, by any conventional measure a most ordinary day. Weingarten spent the next six years proving that there is no such thing. That Sunday between Christmas and New Year’s turned out to be filled with comedy, tragedy, implausible irony, cosmic comeuppances, kindness, cruelty, heroism, cowardice, genius, idiocy, prejudice, selflessness, coincidence, and startling moments of human connection, along with evocative foreshadowing of momentous events yet to come. Lives were lost. Lives were saved. Lives were altered in overwhelming ways. Many of these events never made it into the news; they were private dramas in the lives of private people. They were utterly compelling. One Day asks and answers the question of whether there is even such a thing as “ordinary” when we are talking about how we all lurch and stumble our way through the daily, daunting challenge of being human.

Author : Sissy Spacek
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781401304270

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My Extraordinary Ordinary Life by Sissy Spacek Pdf

In her delightful and moving memoir, Sissy Spacek writes about her idyllic, barefoot childhood in a small East Texas town, with the clarity and wisdom that comes from never losing sight of her roots. Descended from industrious Czech immigrants and threadbare southern gentility, she grew up a tomboy, tagging along with two older brothers and absorbing grace and grit from her remarkable parents, who taught her that she could do anything. She also learned fearlessness in the wake of a family tragedy, the grief propelling her "like rocket fuel" to follow her dreams of becoming a performer. With a keen sense of humor and a big-hearted voice, she describes how she arrived in New York City one star-struck summer as a seventeen-year-old carrying a suitcase and two guitars; and how she built a career that has spanned four decades with films such as Carrie, Coal Miner's Daughter, 3 Women, and The Help. She details working with some of the great directors of our time, including Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, David Lynch, and Brian De Palma-who thought of her as a no-talent set decorator until he cast her as the lead in Carrie. She also reveals why, at the height of her fame, she and her family moved away from Los Angeles to a farm in rural Virginia. Whether she's describing the terrors and joys of raising two talented, independent daughters, taking readers behind the scenes on Oscar night, or meditating on the thrill of watching a pair of otters frolicking in her pond, Sissy Spacek's memoir is poignant and laugh-out-loud funny, plainspoken and utterly honest. My Extraordinary Ordinary Life is about what matters most: the exquisite worth of ordinary things, the simple pleasures of home and family, and the honest job of being right with the world. "If I get hit by a truck tomorrow," she writes, "I want to know I've returned my neighbor's cake pan."

Author : Katrina Kenison
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-07
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780446558099

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The Gift of an Ordinary Day by Katrina Kenison Pdf

The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition, with boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, and an attempt to find a deeper sense of place—and a slower pace—in a small New England town. This is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers—holding on, letting go. Poised on the threshold between family life as she's always known it and her older son's departure for college, Kenison is surprised to find that the times she treasures most are the ordinary, unremarkable moments of everyday life, the very moments that she once took for granted, or rushed right through without noticing at all. The relationships, hopes, and dreams that Kenison illuminates will touch women's hearts, and her words will inspire mothers everywhere as they try to make peace with the inevitable changes in store.

Author : Cassie Anderson
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781506710280

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Extraordinary: A Story of an Ordinary Princess by Cassie Anderson Pdf

While her sisters were blessed at birth with exceptional skills, Princess Basil's "gift" is to be ordinary. But can a princess be ordinary? After escaping an unconventional kidnapping, Princess Basil finds herself far from her castle and must take fate into her own hands. She tracks down the fairy godmother who "blessed" her, and learns the solution to her ordinariness might be as simple as finding a magic ring. With an unlikely ally in tow, she takes on gnomes, a badger, and a couple of snarky foxes in her quest for a less ordinary life. Portland comics artist Cassie Anderson (Lifeformed) takes her webcomic to print in this tale of magical adventure, full of soul and humor for readers of all ages.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:B3040521

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League of Nations Publications by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul C. Bussard
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1100 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1944
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112100070710

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Catholic Digest by Paul C. Bussard Pdf

Includes section "Catholic books of current interest."

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012541228

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The Catholic Digest by Anonim Pdf

Includes section "Catholic books of current interest."

Author : Gloria Gaither,Shirley Dobson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0849935172

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Let's Make a Memory by Gloria Gaither,Shirley Dobson Pdf

Gloria Gaither and Shirley Dobson team to help families create a bank of happy memories, a shared heritage that will bind families together over the years. The book contains a wealth of ideas for holidays, special occasions, vacations, and impromptu activities.

Author : League of Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OSU:32435066480039

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Publications by League of Nations Pdf

Author : League of Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Calendar
ISBN : UOM:39015073168018

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Advisory and Technical Committee for Communications and Transit by League of Nations Pdf