My Days

Author : R. K. Narayan
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780062307378

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My Days by R. K. Narayan Pdf

"I am inclined to call this the last chapter, but how can an autobiography have a final chapter? At best, it can only be a penultimate one; nor can it be given a rounded-off conclusion, as is possible in a work of fiction." So begins the last chapter of My Days, the only memoir from R. K. Narayan, hailed as "India's most notable novelist and short-story writer" by the New York Times Book Review. In his usual winning, humorous style, R. K. Narayan shares his life story, beginning in his grandmother's garden in Madras with his ferocious pet peacock. As a young boy with no interest in school, he trains grasshoppers, scouts, and generally takes part in life's excitements. Against the advice of all, especially his commanding headmaster father, the dreaming Narayan takes to writing fiction, and one of his pieces is accepted by Punch magazine (his "first prestige publication"). Soon his life includes bumbling British diplomats, curious movie moguls, evasive Indian officials, eccentric journalists, and "the blind urge" to fall in love. R. K. Narayan's larger-than-life perception of the human comedy is at once acute and forgiving, and always true to it.

Author : Florida Scott-Maxwell
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307828347

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Measure of My Days by Florida Scott-Maxwell Pdf

At eighty-two, Florida Scott-Maxwell felt impelled to write about her strong reactions to being old, and to the time in which we live. Until almost the end this document was not intended for anyone to see, but the author finally decided that she wanted her thoughts and feelings to reach others. Mrs. Scott-Maxwell writes: “I was astonished to find how intensely one lives in one’s eighties. The last years seemed a culmination and by concentrating on them one became more truly oneself. Though old, I felt full of potential life. It pulsed in me even as I was conscious of shrinking into a final form which it was my task and stimulus to complete.” The territory of the old is not Scott-Maxwell’s only concern. In taking the measure of the sum of her days as a woman of the twentieth century, she confronts some of the most disturbing conflicts of human nature—the need for differentiation as against equality, the recognition of the evil forces in our nature—and her insights are challenging and illuminating. The vision that emerges from her accumulated experience of life makes this a remarkable document that speaks to all ages.

Author : Marion Ross
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496715173

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My Days by Marion Ross Pdf

For eleven seasons, she was head of one of America's favorite television households. Now meet the lovable real-life woman behind the Happy Days mom. Before she was affectionately known to millions as “Mrs. C.,” Marion Ross began her career as a Paramount starlet who went on to appear in nearly every major TV series of the 1950s and 1960s—including Love, American Style, in which she donned an apron that would cinch her career. Soon after came the phone call that changed her life . . . In this warm and candid memoir, filled with recollections from the award-winning Happy Days team—from break-out star Henry Winkler to Cunningham “wild child” Erin Moran—Ross shares what it was like to be a starry-eyed young girl with dreams in poor, rural Minnesota, and the resilience it took to make them come true. She recalls her early years in the business, being in the company of such luminaries as Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, yet always feeling the Hollywood outsider—an invisibility that mirrored her own childhood. She reveals the joys of playing a wife and mother on TV, and the struggles of maintaining those roles in real life. But among Ross's most heart-rending recollections are those of finally finding a soulmate—another hope made true beyond her expectations. Featuring producer Garry Marshall's final interview—as well as a touching foreword from her “TV son” Ron Howard, and a conversation with her real-life son and daughter, Marion Ross's inspiring story is also a glowing tribute to all those who fulfilled her dreams—and in turn, gave us some of the happiest days of our own lives.

Author : R. F. Delderfield
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781444719147

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To Serve Them All My Days by R. F. Delderfield Pdf

Miner's son David Powlett-Jones returns from the carnage of the Western Front in 1918, shell-shocked and bitterly hardened by the violence of war. He begins life again as a master at a remote Devon school, controlling the destiny of boys barely his junior. As the years pass David becomes a teacher of rare talent, begins to find peace, and is able to adjust to the changes which are overwhelming society. But soon he will have to face up to the prospect of another terrible war...

Author : Sennah Yee
Publisher : Annick Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781773214306

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My Day with Gong Gong by Sennah Yee Pdf

A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa. May isn't having fun on her trip through Chinatown with her grandfather. Gong Gong doesn't speak much English, and May can't understand Chinese. She's hungry, and bored with Gong Gong's errands. Plus, it seems like Gong Gong's friends are making fun of her! But just when May can’t take any more, Gong Gong surprises her with a gift that reveals he’s been paying more attention than she thought. With lighthearted, expressive illustrations by Elaine Chen, this charming debut expertly captures life in the city and shows how small, shared moments of patience and care—and a dumpling or two—can help a child and grandparent bridge the generational and cultural gaps between them. A glossary at the end of the book features translations of the Chinese words from the story into Chinese characters and English. *A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

Author : Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4064066133764

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My Days of Adventure by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly Pdf

This is an absorbing autobiographical work by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly. He was present with his father at the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71 and wrote this memoir of his unusual experiences during that tumultuous period.

Author : A.E. Copenhaver
Publisher : Ashland Creek Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618220981

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My Days of Dark Green Euphoria by A.E. Copenhaver Pdf

Thirtysomething Cara Foster is, one might say, eco-anxious—perhaps even eco-neurotic. She eats out of dumpsters (not because she wants to but because it’s the right thing to do), does laundry as seldom as possible, takes navy showers every couple of days, and is reevaluating her boyfriend for killing a spider instead of saving a life. Cara has never met her six (soon to be seven) nephews and nieces because she doesn’t fly domestic (unless it’s an emergency) or international (ever). She longs for a carbon footprint so light you’d hardly know she exists. Then, during a mimosa-soaked Sunday brunch, she meets her boyfriend’s alluring mother, Millie, and Cara finds herself mesmerized. Millie represents everything Cara’s against: She eats meat, has cowhide rugs, drives a car the size of a small yacht, and blithely travels the world by boat, plane, and train—without any guilt whatsoever. In fact, Cara soon admits this may be why she finds herself so drawn to Millie. As they begin spending time together, getting pedicures and drinking sixteen-olive martinis, Cara becomes hooked on Millie and this new freedom from the harsh realities of life in the twenty-first century. Yet before long, Cara risks losing everything to be close to the mundane extravagance of Millie’s world—her career, her best friend, and her identity all hang in the balance as she struggles to disentangle from this intoxicating muse. Irreverent, witty, and provocative, My Days of Dark Green Euphoria is a satirical novel of how a life on the edge of eco-anxiety can spiral wildly out of control, as well as how promising and inspiring a commitment to saving our planet can be.

Author : Charles Carleton Coffin
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066191726

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My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field by Charles Carleton Coffin Pdf

My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field is a war biography by Charles Carleton Coffin. Coffin was a politician and one of the best-known newspaper correspondents of the American Civil War.

Author : Ernest Alfred Vizetelly
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387333343

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My Days of Adventure; The Fall of France, 1870-71 by Ernest Alfred Vizetelly Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Ellie Kemper
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-02
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781501163357

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My Squirrel Days by Ellie Kemper Pdf

Comedian and star of The Office and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Ellie Kemper delivers a hilarious, refreshing, and inspiring collection of essays “teeming with energy and full of laugh-out-loud moments” (Associated Press). “A pleasure. Ellie Kemper is the kind of stable, intelligent, funny, healthy woman that usually only exists in yogurt commercials. But she’s real and she’s all ours!” —Tina Fey “Ellie is a hilarious and talented writer, although we’ll never know how much of this book the squirrel wrote.”—Mindy Kaling Meet Ellie, the best-intentioned redhead next door. You’ll laugh right alongside her as she shares tales of her childhood in St. Louis, whether directing and also starring in her family holiday pageant, washing her dad’s car with a Brillo pad, failing to become friends with a plump squirrel in her backyard, eating her feelings while watching PG-13 movies, or becoming a “sports monster” who ends up warming the bench of her Division 1 field hockey team in college. You’ll learn how she found her comedic calling in the world of improv, became a wife, mother and New Yorker, and landed the role of a bridesmaid (while simultaneously being a bridesmaid) in Bridesmaids. You’ll get to know and love the comic, upbeat, perpetually polite actress playing Erin Hannon on The Office, and the exuberant, pink-pants-wearing star of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. If you’ve ever been curious about what happens behind the scenes of your favorite shows, what it really takes to be a soul cycle “warrior,” how to recover if you accidentally fall on Doris Kearns Goodwin or tell Tina Fey on meeting her for the first time that she has “great hair—really strong and thick,” this is your chance to find out. But it’s also a laugh-out-loud primer on how to keep a positive outlook in a world gone mad and how not to give up on your dreams. Ellie “dives fully into each role—as actor, comedian, writer, and also wife and new mom—with an electric dedication, by which one learns to reframe the picture, and if not exactly become a glass-half-full sort of person, at least become able to appreciate them” (Vogue.com).

Author : Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 527 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Austin (Tex.)
ISBN : 9781465615619

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All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr Pdf

Author : Ben Utecht,Mark Tabb
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501136603

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Counting the Days While My Mind Slips Away by Ben Utecht,Mark Tabb Pdf

Football player "Ben Utecht has accumulated a vast treasure of memories: tossing a football in the yard with his father, meeting his wife, ... writing and performing music, catching touchdown passes from quarterback Peyton Manning, and playing a Super Bowl Championship watched by ninety-three million people. But the game he has built his living on, the game he fell in love with as a child, is taking its toll in a devastating way. After at least five major concussions--and an untold number of micro-concussions--Ben suffered multiple mild traumatic brain injuries that have erased important memories"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Alison Sweeney
Publisher : Kensington Books
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0758206100

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All The Days Of My Life So Far by Alison Sweeney Pdf

A memoir by the actress describes her life and career, including her start as a child actress, her successful weight loss, and her portrayal of Sami on the soap opera "Days of Our Lives."

Author : P.R. Beaudoin
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525530715

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Those were the days of my life by P.R. Beaudoin Pdf

"Those were the days of my life" is a book that relates stories to the reader, in a thoughtful, humorous and conversational way. The author colorfully communicates his life's adventures from a boy to a pilot, firefighter, father, entrepreneur and more. This book encompasses his life's tales, both good and bad. Some of his stories are not unlike those which you or your friends may have experienced. The author has written this book so as to offer you a different outlook on life. By reading this book, you may find alternative ways to deal with life's journey.

Author : Iris Delgado
Publisher : Charisma Media
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621369752

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Satan, You Can't Have My Day by Iris Delgado Pdf

Declare your authority over the devil every day of the year!