Meet Me At The Riverside

Author : Rocky F. Catman
Publisher : LULU
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781483412245

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Meet Me at the Riverside by Rocky F. Catman Pdf

Shaun Collins and Clarissa Alba are hometown sweethearts who have been separated by life. Clarissa moved east to pursue a career in advertising, while Shaun headed to Los Angeles to record music at the behest of his musical mentor. For five years, they have had no contact-and a lot can change in five years. Shaun is now a multi-platinum musician, international celebrity, and world-class womanizer who carefully hides the hole in his heart left by Clarissa. Meanwhile, she is an advertising executive in New York City who just ended a relationship with her substitute for Shaun. Much to her dismay, no one can replace her first love. Circumstances bring them both home at the same time, and when their eyes meet on the Riverside dance floor, old feelings rekindle. But they are no longer the same couple that fell in love years before. They've both changed dramatically, and as Shaun prepares to go back on tour, it becomes apparent those differences could tear them apart.

Author : Nan Reinhardt
Publisher : Tule Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781959988656

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Meet Me in River’s Edge by Nan Reinhardt Pdf

He ticks every one of her “never again” boxes… Jo Weaver loves her job as a boat mechanic for her family’s marina in River’s Edge, Indiana. But when she’s pulled away from her high school reunion with her sisters to fix a stranded yacht, she can’t restrain her irritation. Jo doesn’t like wealthy men who think they can have whatever they want, and she has no intention of falling for rich and charming again. Born into the international Briggs Hotels empire, Alex Briggs has never felt comfortable with his life of privilege. Abandoning his family’s business to pursue medical research, he’s far more at home in his lab. When the yacht he restored himself breaks down on the way to an important conference, Alex begrudgingly goes in search of a boat mechanic and falls, literally, into Jo Weaver’s arms. The fireworks he feels are impossible to ignore. Jo does her best to keep Alex in the business zone, but he keeps slipping into something more. Can she trust her fragile heart, especially when Alex and his life-altering research are so far from River’s Edge?

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1352 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498439

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Alexandra Lange
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781635576030

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Meet Me by the Fountain by Alexandra Lange Pdf

Longlisted for the Porchlight Business Book Awards “A smart and accessible cultural history.”-Los Angeles Times A portrait--by turns celebratory, skeptical, and surprisingly moving--of one of America's most iconic institutions, from an author who “might be the most influential design critic writing now” (LARB). Few places have been as nostalgized, or as maligned, as malls. Since their birth in the 1950s, they have loomed large as temples of commerce, the agora of the suburbs. In their prime, they proved a powerful draw for creative thinkers such as Joan Didion, Ray Bradbury, and George Romero, who understood the mall's appeal as both critics and consumers. Yet today, amid the aftershocks of financial crises and a global pandemic, as well as the rise of online retail, the dystopian husk of an abandoned shopping center has become one of our era's defining images. Conventional wisdom holds that the mall is dead. But what was the mall, really? And have rumors of its demise been greatly exaggerated? In her acclaimed The Design of Childhood, Alexandra Lange uncovered the histories of toys, classrooms, and playgrounds. She now turns her sharp eye to another subject we only think we know. She chronicles postwar architects' and merchants' invention of the mall, revealing how the design of these marketplaces played an integral role in their cultural ascent. In Lange's perceptive account, the mall becomes newly strange and rich with contradiction: Malls are environments of both freedom and exclusion--of consumerism, but also of community. Meet Me by the Fountain is a highly entertaining and evocative promenade through the mall's rise, fall, and ongoing reinvention, for readers of any generation.

Author : Jerry Apps
Publisher : Wisconsin Historical Society
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9780870209840

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Meet Me on the Midway by Jerry Apps Pdf

Jerry Apps explores the history of county and state fairs in Wisconsin, from their earliest incarnations as livestock exhibitions to today’s multitude of exhibits and demonstrations, grandstand entertainment, games and rides, and competitions of all sorts. Drawing on his extensive research, interviews, and personal experience as a 4-H leader, county extension agent, fair judge, and lifelong fairgoer, Apps takes readers back through 178 years of Wisconsin fair history, covering everything from horsepulling and calf-showing contests to exhibit judging to the roar of gasoline engines powering the midway rides. He evokes the sights and sounds of fairs through the ages while digging in to the political and social forces that shaped the fair into an icon of our rural heritage. Illustrated with vintage and modern photos and featuring the voices of exhibitors, judges, volunteers, and visitors, Meet Me on the Midway vividly captures the thrills and cherished memories of these beloved annual gatherings.

Author : Kenneth Newman DVM
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780557503858

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Meet Me at the Rainbow Bridge by Kenneth Newman DVM Pdf

Meet Me at the Rainbow Bridge begins with a tragic accident in which a careless driver backs up 25 yards without looking, pinning Dr. Newman and his beloved Labrador, Gracie, between his family station wagon and the driver's bumper. Dr. Newman's life story is narrated in retrospect, emphasizing the importance of the dogs that have shared his life. It is furthermore an appeal to the hearts and minds of pet owners that the legal status of pets must be elevated above the level of mere property, the status they are now granted in our legal system. Ninety percent of pet owners now consider their pets to be family members. The owner of a pet that is killed through an accidental act of negligence or a deliberate act of malice can only receive the cash value for their pet. Dr. Newman presents his view that the laws of the land are out of touch with the public's sentiment.

Author : Suzanne Ma
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-16
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781442239371

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Meet Me in Venice by Suzanne Ma Pdf

When Ye Pei dreamed of Venice as a girl, she imagined a magical floating city of canals and gondola rides. And she imagined her mother, successful in her new life and eager to embrace the daughter she had never forgotten. But when Ye Pei arrives in Italy, she learns her mother works on a farm far from the city. Her only connection, a mean-spirited Chinese auntie, puts Ye Pei to work in a small-town café. Rather than giving up and returning to China, a determined Ye Pei takes on a grueling schedule, resolving to save enough money to provide her family with a better future. A groundbreaking work of journalism, Meet Me in Venice provides a personal, intimate account of Chinese individuals in the very act ofmigration. Suzanne Ma spent years in China and Europe to understand why Chinese people choose to immigrate to nations where they endure hardship, suspicion, manual labor and separation from their loved ones. Today all eyes are on China and its explosive economic growth. With the rise of the Chinese middle class, Chinese communities around the world are growing in size and prosperity, a development many westerners find unsettling and even threatening. Following Ye Pei’s undaunted path, this inspiring book is an engrossing read for those eager to understand contemporary China and the enormous impact of Chinese emigrants around the world.

Author : Wallace Neal Briggs
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780813188355

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Riverside Remembered by Wallace Neal Briggs Pdf

A moving personal memoir of Mississippi in the 1920s and the bitter harvest of racial repression. As the story opens, six-year-old Buster Briggs boards a Pullman car headed south over the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and we embark with him on what will become his journey from childhood into adolescence. Bus Briggs is a white boy from Indiana who spends his summers and Christmases at his grandparents' Mississippi homeplace—Riverside. Travel with him on this journey of discovery. Join Bus and his cousins as they string popcorn and chinaberries for the yule tree, savor ice cream made from rare Mississippi snow, eat cornbread crumbled in buttermilk, enjoy all-day suckers and dill pickles at the general store. Meet the extended family that lives at Riverside—Buster's grandparents Mammy and Pappy, his aunt Allie and uncle Cally, and his cousins—as well as their black neighbor Mattie Riley and her son Leroy. At the heart of this story lies Buster's strong and sustaining friendship with Leroy. From his Pullman window, Buster first sees Leroy sitting on a stile near Riverside waving at the passing train. Leroy soon becomes Buster's fellow explorer, fishing instructor, and best friend. Before Leroy waves goodbye to Buster's departing train for the last time, an unbreakable bond is formed with the gift of a pocketknife—and what happens because of that gift. Even so, the racial prejudices of the time dictate that the paths of their lives diverge. Wallace Briggs set out to write a memoir of his family and of his own youth, but he has shaped a story that is far more than a personal recollection. Its themes are among the most powerful in literature—love and death, family dynamics, the innocence and selfishness of childhood, the struggle with cultural mores. What Briggs has produced is a work of great power and many pleasures, as finely constructed as a novel or stage play. His prose is crisp, cool, and sweet, like a slice of the watermelon chilling in the artesian well-water at Riverside.

Author : Chris Norbury
Publisher : BookLocker.com, Inc.
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781644384909

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Straight River (Matt Lanier, #1) by Chris Norbury Pdf

STRAIGHT RIVER, the prequel to the award-winning thriller CASTLE DANGER, is a mystery-thriller set during the emotional and financial aftermath of the Great Recession. After his estranged father dies in a farming accident, professional musician Matt Lanier returns to his hometown of Straight River, Minnesota. While he’s settling his father’s estate, an old family friend and neighbor asks Matt for help. Her husband's recent death was ruled a suicide. She insists it wasn’t. If she can’t disprove that ruling, she’ll lose her farm. The local authorities are uncooperative, so Matt turns to his ex-wife and a young computer prodigy for assistance. As he gets closer to the truth, Matt suspects both deaths are connected to a violent conspiracy with national implications. When the conspirators intensify their efforts to silence him, Matt must decide if it’s worth risking more lives—including his—to protect his friend and hundreds of other farmers from financial catastrophe.

Author : James Crumley
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101971512

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The Mexican Tree Duck by James Crumley Pdf

WINNER OF THE DASHIELL HAMMETT AWARD One night up in Montana, C.W. Sughrue sets his seedy bar’s pricey jukebox in front of an oncoming freight train. When predictable results ensue, he needs to find a way to make some money and pay back the jukebox company. So even though Sughrue’s officially retired from P.I. work, he picks up one small-time case involving some kidnapped fish. That fishy trail leads to a much bigger case involving a Texas politician's kidnapped wife, a valuable piece of pre-Columbian pottery, and a single mother who packs guns and stolen goods in her infant son's diaper bag.

Author : Nan Reinhardt
Publisher : Tule Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781959988120

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Home to River's Edge by Nan Reinhardt Pdf

She’s determined to start a new chapter, so why is she still drawn to a man from her past? When Jasmine Weaver, the chief of staff to a powerful D.C. congresswoman, chose integrity, she didn’t anticipate ringing in the New Year disgraced, unemployed, and sleeping in her childhood bedroom. Now back in River’s Edge, Indiana, identical triplet Jazz has her sisters’ support while she plans her next steps. She agrees to lead the committee for their high school’s fifteenth reunion, never dreaming that her co-chair is the man who broke her teenage heart. As the new CEO of Walker Construction, Elias Walker has taken the family business to new levels of success. He’s buried himself in work to ease the grief of losing his fiancé several years earlier and wants nothing more than to be a carpenter again. Elias grudgingly agrees to co-chair the high school’s reunion committee, but when Jazz Weaver blows into town, suddenly anything seems possible. These high school sweethearts have lived half their lives apart. Can they reinvent themselves back in the town where it all began?

Author : Donald J. Richardson
Publisher : Author House
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781491828687

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The Complete Much Ado About Nothing by Donald J. Richardson Pdf

Much Ado About Nothing is a delightful play which pits two intelligent, thinking people against each other, both of whom protest against love (and each other), but who finally come to embrace the other both literally and emotionally. The contretemps between Beatrice and Benedick is emotionally and intellectually satisfying, partially because the audience is included on the joke but also because it is rewarding to see two strong, independent personalities realize they are incomplete. The sub-plot of Heros accusation and final denouement is less satisfying as the accusation is patently unfair. However, as Shakespeare reminded us another time, alls well that ends well.

Author : Peter Mills
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780826429766

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Hymns to the Silence by Peter Mills Pdf

A groundbreaking study of every aspect of Van Morrison's artistic career - his influences, lyrical themes, vocal performances, his relationship with America, and more.

Author : C. L. Bergh
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781411623866

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Old Town Books by C. L. Bergh Pdf

Who says old folks are boring? Not Kat. She spends every summer with her grandmother at Old Town Books. Grandma's bookstore, located on the ground floor of her grand Victorian, plays host to the town's gossipy residents. Grandma is always ready with her own brand of wit and freely voices her opinion even if it is not always polite. Between Tuesday Bingo Night and Sunday lunch at Luby's Grandma keeps Kat's summers busy and full of excitment. Grandma falls in love with her bookstore rival, someone dies and a conspiracy brews. Watch as Kat and Grandma discover the truth along with all of Old Town.

Author : Robert Earl Stewart
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459749078

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The Running-Shaped Hole by Robert Earl Stewart Pdf

A searching, self-deprecating memoir of a man on his way to eating himself to death before discovering the anxiety and fulfillment of distance running. “Uplifting, emotional, and just plain hilarious, The Running-Shaped Hole may even inspire you to put down your fork and pick up those running shoes.” — JAY ONRAIT, TSN host and broadcaster When Robert Earl Stewart sees his pants lying across the end of his bed, they remind him of a flag draped over a coffin — his coffin. At thirty-eight years old he weighs 368 pounds and is slowly eating himself to death. The only thing that helps him deal with the fear and shame is eating. But one day, following a terrifying doctor’s appointment, he goes for a walk — an act that sets The Running-Shaped Hole in motion. Within a year, he is running long distances, fulfilling his mother's dying wishes, reversing the disastrous course of his eating, losing 140 pounds, and, after several mishaps and jail time, eventually running the Detroit Free Press Half-Marathon. At turns philosophical and slapstick, this memoir examines the life-altering effects running has on a man who, left to his own devices, struggles to be a husband, a father, a son, and a writer.