Daddy Doesn T Want To Dance Anymore

Author : Christopher Bennett
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557085521

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Daddy Doesn't Want To Dance Anymore by Christopher Bennett Pdf

This is a book composed to shed some light on the two worlds that are currently at war within the African American Conmmunity. A war that is wage between the highly educated and the less sophisicated African American. Who's right or who's wrong is not the question, for both sides raises valid points in the defense to justify its existance. Instead the question is how can the two come together to ensure a possibility of survival as one. This is a compelling fictional story that takes its reader on a historical journey through the judical, educational, and political disparities that has played a profound impact in the destruction of the African American family. This story touches upon the importances of family structure no matter whether it's inside or outside of the home by emphazing the dire need of having both parents being actively involved during the crucial early stages of their childrens' development.

Author : Claris Fraley
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781449744472

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Dance With Me Daddy by Claris Fraley Pdf

NOW AND THEN I’ve played in summer sunshine and I’ve been left out in the rain. I’ve known moments of sweet ecstasy and I’ve lived with fear and pain. I’ve run barefoot through meadow and nearly drowned in tear-filled streams; but even in the worst of times I’ve clung by faith to dreams. And so, my friend, I thank the Lord for all He’s brought me through. If I hadn’t been where I was then I couldn’t be here now with you. “I will never forget your commandments, for you have used them to restore my joy and health.” Psalms 119:93

Author : Jutta Goetze
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 102 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2010-05-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781458754943

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Dolphin's Dance by Jutta Goetze Pdf

Ali describes what it's like to have a younger brother who is autistic. Although she always protects Max and puts a good face on her embrarrassment at her brother's irrational behaviour, she is afraid that he will never learn to behave properly.

Author : Sandra Windsor
Publisher : Abbott Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781458223050

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Fractured by Sandra Windsor Pdf

“It’s just a move,” her father said. Her mother shrugged. Sarah cried. Fourteen and her dream country club life shattered. It’s not just a move, it’s a move to a farm with fields and animals and miles of dusty roads between farmhouses. She isn’t even part of a town. Neither is her mother. These two lives move in parallel as each negotiates change within the confines of the 1950s Midwest mores. A perfect family: executive father, trophy wife, two daughters until this move rips the scabs off the marriage and fractures the family structure. “Readers will be swept away by FRACTURED, a timeless coming-of-age novel with an unforgettable heroine. Set in the 1950s, the novel evokes a more innocent time, but Sandra Windsor has a few plot twists up her sleeve that show the darkness hiding behind even the most perfect-seeming family. Windsor is a masterful storyteller with remarkable insight into the human condition. This novel is full of heart.”

Author : Jennifer Faye
Publisher : Lazy Dazy Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781942680147

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Harvest Dance: A Single Dad Small Town Romance by Jennifer Faye Pdf

A single dad, who's in over his head, and an event planner running from her past, are drawn together on charming Bluestar Island by a determined seven-year-old and her escape-artist goat. Event planner, Charlotte "Aster" Smith, has fled the only life she has ever known. The situation has left her questioning her own judgment as she cautiously tries to create a new life for herself on Bluestar Island. Taking the job of event coordinator for the small town is a step in the right direction. The only problem is it's currently a part-time position, but the mayor suggests with additional funding the position could transform into a full-time job. In the meantime, she needs a second job in order to stay financially afloat. Farmer and single father, Sam Bell, is struggling to keep his aging farm from going bankrupt while raising his young daughter. And now that his daughter's babysitter is heading off to college, he needs help. So when he finds Aster is in need of work, he thinks his problems are solved. But things aren't always what they seem. And he can't help wondering what Aster is keeping from him. In the lingering rays of a Bluestar Island sunset, Sam and Aster find themselves dancing upon the sand. As they help each other heal, the possibility of a future together becomes tangible. But will the ghosts from their pasts extinguish this budding romance? Includes a delicious recipe for Aster's Amazing Apple Cobbler!

Author : Ralph Buck,Nicholas Rowe,Toni Shapiro-Phim
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780857727459

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Talking Dance: Contemporary Histories from the South China Sea by Ralph Buck,Nicholas Rowe,Toni Shapiro-Phim Pdf

The South China Sea has a rich and turbulent history. Today territorial disputes in the region including China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Philippines and Indonesia make it potentially one of the most dangerous points of conflict in Asia and millions of people have crossed its waters in search of safer shores. This new book reveals the ways in which the peoples of the South China Sea region have used dance as a means of contending with the immense political, economic and cultural rifts that have affected their lives. Drawing on the stories of indigenous dancers in southern China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, it offers unique insights into the ways in which people have used creative movement as a means of understanding the divisions and alienation that conflict, diaspora and globalization have brought and as a first step towards reclaiming their identities and their worlds."

Author : Ariel Allison,Shelby Rawson
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614583011

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Daddy Do You Love Me? by Ariel Allison,Shelby Rawson Pdf

The United States is the world's leader in fatherless families. Marginalized by society into a distant and unemotional role as the family's bread winner, we are only now beginning to understand the devestating effect of emotionally distant fathers on their daughters' health and well-being-- and for some, even on their spirituality. Millions of women have suffered physical and emotional scars due to absent fathers, and have experienced the painful void not having this vital connection has created. Both authors write from personal experience overcoming emotionally distant fathers, offering practical solutions and hope for healing this emotional and spiritual rift. From how to forgive an abusive father, coping with loneliness, to nuturing healthy relationships, and much more-- this book is a tremendously empowering and enriching journey for women out of sadness and pain, breaking a legacy of loneliness and regret, to a renewed hope for their lives. Included are chapter questions, pages for journaling, and a list of counseling resources.

Author : Des Bishop
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780141972282

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My Dad Was Nearly James Bond by Des Bishop Pdf

For years acclaimed comedian Des Bishop wanted to write a show about his father. Mike Bishop was a model and actor who gave up that life to become a hard-working man of the suburbs - a good husband, a caring father, a responsible citizen. Still, he sometimes talked wistfully about the glamorous life he might have had. All that changed after Mike was diagnosed with terminal cancer in late 2009. His regrets about his fantasy other life crumbled. He cherished his family and they came together to surround him with love, laughter, tears and talk. Lots of talk. The insights that emerged during Mike Bishop's illness became the show Des always wanted to stage. He and his father collaborated on My Dad Was Nearly James Bond - a hilarious, outrageous and moving celebration of what Des calls 'the heroics of fatherhood'. The show has attracted rave reviews and sell-out audiences around the world. Mike Bishop died in February 2011. Now Des has written a memoir inspired by the stage show, by the startling discoveries he made about his father's background before he died, and by his own realisation of what it means to finally grow up. The book is a funny, wise and unforgettable story of a father, a son and what really matters.

Author : Ashleigh Smith
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466945609

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Just a Daddy's Girl by Ashleigh Smith Pdf

It's hard to be without someone who has been there through thick and thin, and when they're gone forever, what do you do? How do you feel? At the age of eighteen, how are you supposed to feel especially when the person you lost has made plans for you ahead of time and decided that you need someone to take care of you and to keep you on track? Would you ever have thought that by having that person around would actually be good for you and he might even be the one you fall for? Do we see that there are true people on this planet that can love and make you whole again even though your world fell from beneath you?

Author : Janie P. Bess
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1462832288

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Visions by Janie P. Bess Pdf

A revealing memoir of a young woman, mother and military wife who raised five children, including David, her eldest son who was born deaf and later was permanently blinded. She writes about the struggles they endured.

Author : Gene Andrew Jarrett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 1120 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-13
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781118559505

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The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature, Volume 2 by Gene Andrew Jarrett Pdf

The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiographies, and essays authored by African Americans from the eighteenth century until the present. Evenly divided into two volumes, it is also the first such anthology to be conceived and published for both classroom and online education in the new millennium. Reflects the current scholarly and pedagogic structure of African American literary studies Selects literary texts according to extensive research on classroom adoptions, scholarship, and the expert opinions of leading professors Organizes literary texts according to more appropriate periods of literary history, dividing them into seven sections that accurately depict intellectual, cultural, and political movements Includes more reprints of entire works and longer selections of major works than any other anthology of its kind This second volume contains a comprehensive collection of texts authored by African Americans from the 1920s to the present The two volumes of this landmark anthology can also be bought as a set, at over 20% savings.

Author : Juliette Hyland
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781488066665

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Falling Again for the Single Dad by Juliette Hyland Pdf

Fatherhood has changed him— But can she risk her heart? ER nurse Amara Patel is starting over. Running into her ex, physician Eli Collins, on her first day at Boston General throws a major wrench in the works! Because despite his still irrefutably sexy appearance, he’s not the Eli she remembers. He’s always put work first, but now that he’s bringing up his niece, everything’s changed—except his and Amara’s feelings for each other! Dare Amara allow herself a second chance at love?

Author : Tanya A Guinness
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781528995481

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Steph, Tears of Secrets by Tanya A Guinness Pdf

Steph’s life is thrown into turmoil when her past catches up with her. All the abuse she tried to hide, she is now forced to confront. Will she be mentally strong enough to survive a court case? Her heart is confused, unsure who to turn to and who to trust, doubting herself and her choices. How will Steph, with her ambition to further her career, manage to protect her family? Brett and Keith had always helped her in her past. Can her biker friends save Steph again, or will trouble just follow them? Elizabeth was growing up with questions about her father. All the secrets Steph had tried to protect her daughter from are they secrets no more? Can Elizabeth handle the truth? Or will losing her best friend push her over the edge? Brett and Steph share one last night before Brett disappears on the run from the law. Adrien and Steph’s friendship grows stronger as they raise Steph’s new daughter, Stacey. With more secrets, will Stacey ever know the identity of her birth father? Will Steph ever find her true love? Will she ever see Brett again?

Author : Dr Carol Langlois
Publisher : Christine F. Anderson
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780692294840

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Girl Talk by Dr Carol Langlois Pdf

Katie is dying to fit in. Literally. She’s a bulimic high school freshman who drinks and hangs out with the mean girls. Maybe you know someone like her? Or there’s Cindy, a high school junior who acts like everything is always OK. She plays three sports, earns straight A’s, and parties on the weekends, but also she struggles with depression, perfectionism, and addiction. Girl Talk: Boys, Bullies and Body Image is a book about teens designed specifically for a teen audience. It’s a compilation of 10 teen girls’ powerful and all-too-familiar stories. Dr. Carol also examines each girl’s situation and provides practical advice on how all teens can take control of their life and RAISE (Resilience, Attitude, Independence, Self-Respect and Empowerment) their self-esteem.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1074 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006281302

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