Just A Boy From Home

Author : Catherine Bourke Chambers
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434367907

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Just a Boy from Home by Catherine Bourke Chambers Pdf

Just a Boy from Home With songs, stories and recipes Bill Bourke shared this entire book from memory. It contains stories and historical facts about the Catholic Church, the striping of the land after the South gained independence and the words to an IRA song, The Dublin Trials that his father sang. There are many more songs of Mayo, poems and expressions that otherwise could possibly be forgotten or lost if he had not agreed to sit for many hours reminiscing. You will read about Patrick Shannon, a Mayo man who was a hero in World War I. Also, how his good friend Michael Fitzpatrick received his American citizenship 52 years after his untimely death in Korea. Bill tells of the Irish camaraderie that was already present in Chicago upon his arrival and how he got a job being Just a Boy from Home. The singing and dancing that was found in the neighborhood pubs and said, "Oh, the fun we had!" But, still the innate loneliness that could be felt in a room full of people for the mother he left behind in the tiny cottage, at the end of the road, in the Village of Ballymacredmond, near the town of Ballina, in the County of Mayo, Ireland. Bill married Kitty Morley, a young girl form County Mayo and continues his trai

Author : Richard McCann
Publisher : Random House
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781473502857

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Just A Boy by Richard McCann Pdf

One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. It was 3am and their mother hadn't come home yet. Next morning, the police arrived to take the children away. Their mother had become the first victim of a serial killer soon to become known as the 'Yorkshire Ripper'. Passed from one violent home to another, the children were forgotten by all except the press. As the salacious headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to recover from their mother's murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror of his violent upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of sexual abuse. Without love or support they spiralled away from help or happiness. Then one day Richard McCann, having reached suicidal rock bottom, decided no one was going to rescue their lives but him. It was the beginning of an inspirational transformation. Now he is able to tell the story of how the forgotten children of violence suffer, and how they can heal. A heartbreaking, uplifting story of survival and hope.

Author : Maja Kastelic
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1773210548

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A Boy and a House by Maja Kastelic Pdf

What will the little boy find at the top of the stairs?

Author : Charles Mashburn
Publisher : Outskirts Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-10-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781977205971

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Just a Boy by Charles Mashburn Pdf

Actually, I wasn't just a boy. I was every boy in the good old USA who had the good fortune to grow up in a small town in the 1950s and 1960s. I didn't have an extraordinary childhood, but rather, I had an extraordinarily ordinary childhood. There were tears and laughter, good times and bad times, friends and enemies, but most of all, there was a freedom that seems to have vanished from this land we live in. We were free to be kids in a way that generations to come will look back on with envy, and this book will take you back to those days when the living was easy, but sometimes the wrath of Dad wasn't. It will take you back to that first fight, that first kiss, and all the glorious (often inglorious) times that came after all the firsts of your childhood. I dare say there will be times as you read these (sometimes slightly embellished) accounts of my youth, when you will say, "Hey! That's me! He's writing about me!" And you know what? You might be right. Right, that is, if, back in the day, you were just a boy.

Author : William R. Mitchell
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781638746034

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A Home for Now by William R. Mitchell Pdf

This story, though fiction, draws on details of the author’s long life and his intimate experiences from his careers as salesman, teacher, small-church pastor, and landlord. Names of characters and settings have been changed to protect the innocent, but what it meant to them to be “at home” was taken as real. What “home” means may be persistent or temporary but, in either case, will have impact on who the self is and who one understands “self” to be. That was certainly the case with Bill Trenton, at least, and how he related to those he came to know. How one changes may be affected by circumstance and opportunity and by changes in others and may bring happiness or pain or both. How it is encountered may affect one’s content or discontent, hopes or sense of failure, one’s life agenda, one’s impact on others, one’s certainties or confusions, even one’s sense of what an eternal home may be, and—finally—what one hopes home to mean and what then to do.

Author : Elana K. Arnold
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780062445841

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A Boy Called Bat by Elana K. Arnold Pdf

The first book in a funny, heartfelt, and irresistible young middle grade series starring an unforgettable young boy on the autism spectrum. For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises—some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat’s mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he’s got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet. "This sweet and thoughtful novel chronicles Bat’s experiences and challenges at school with friends and teachers and at home with his sister and divorced parents. Approachable for younger or reluctant readers while still delivering a powerful and thoughtful story" (from the review by Brightly, which named A Boy Called Bat a best book of the year). Elana K. Arnold's Bat trilogy is a proven winner in the home and classroom—kids love these short illustrated young middle grade books. The trilogy is A Boy Called Bat, Bat and the Waiting Game, and Bat and the End of Everything.

Author : N. A. Nelson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061957260

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Bringing the Boy Home by N. A. Nelson Pdf

"I've seen what the world does to the weak. It'll eat you alive." Tirio was cast out of the Takunami tribe at a very young age because of his disabled foot. But an American woman named Sara adopted him, and his life has only gotten better since. Now, as his thirteenth birthday approaches, things are nearly perfect. So why is he having visions and hearing voices calling him back to the Amazon? Luka has spent his whole life preparing for his soche seche tente, a sixth-sense test all Takunami boys must endure just before their thirteenth birthday. His family's future depends on whether or not he passes this perilous test. His mother has dedicated herself to making sure that no aspect of his training is overlooked . . . but fate has a way of disturbing even the most carefully laid plans. Two young boys. An unforgiving jungle. One shared destiny.

Author : Phil Cummings
Publisher : Scholastic Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1743812523

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A Boy and a Ball by Phil Cummings Pdf

The cloudless sky suddenly roared like thunder. Shadows, swift and frightening, descended. The boys brother grabbed him by the arm. Run, quickly, But my ball. Leave it. From the Prime Ministers Literary Award-shortlisted creators of Feathers, comes this compassionate tale of a familys search for a safe place to call home.

Author : Caroline Cox
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469627540

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Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution by Caroline Cox Pdf

Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically. Drawing creatively on sources, such as diaries, letters, and memoirs, Caroline Cox offers a vivid account of what life was like for these boys both on and off the battlefield, telling the story of a generation of soldiers caught between old and new notions of boyhood.

Author : Mrs. Molesworth
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 117 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2023-10-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547563228

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"Carrots:" Just a Little Boy by Mrs. Molesworth Pdf

""Carrots:" Just a Little Boy" by Mrs. Molesworth. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : John Harvey Kellogg,James Thomas Case
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Hygiene
ISBN : UOM:39015076976193

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Health Reformer by John Harvey Kellogg,James Thomas Case Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Children's periodicals, English
ISBN : OXFORD:590109290

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The Boy's Own Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gerry Spence
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2007-04-01
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781429980982

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A Boy's Summer by Gerry Spence Pdf

Gerry Spence, father to six, grandfather to ten, is a man who knows intimately the joys of fatherhood and who writes beautifully and lyrically about how fatherhood allows a man to rediscover the boy within himself, while simultaneously assuming true adult responsibility for the first time. This is a man who truly understands boys and how boys grow up to become men. No school teaches us how to become successful human beings; there are no classes to teach boys how to become decent adult men. Boys grow up by imitating their father-if, that is, the father spends enough time with his son. A Boy's Summer is a book of short essays describing activities, adventures and experiments that fathers and sons can do together. These projects take from an hour to an afternoon to a weekend-time that a father and son can spend together discovering themselves and the world around them Illustrated with forty-five line drawings by Tom Spence, A Boy's Summer is written so it can be read by father to son or by son to father. "This book is for boys who, with their fathers, will share those precious moments that create the stuff of a lifetime from which successful sons, and because of it, successful fathers, are made."

Author : Anthony Bateman,Jeffrey Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-03-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521761291

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The Cambridge Companion to Cricket by Anthony Bateman,Jeffrey Hill Pdf

Perfect for fans and scholars alike, this Companion explores cricket's origins, global reach, iconic personalities and enduring popularity.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1034 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NYPL:33433095211144

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Truth by Anonim Pdf