The Shade Of My Own Tree

Author : Sheila Williams
Publisher : One World
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307545688

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The Shade of My Own Tree by Sheila Williams Pdf

Beloved author Sheila Williams beautifully captures the bittersweet humor and vivid adventures of women who survive the worst life can toss at them—and fight back to claim their right to be free, to be themselves, and to live in . . . The courage to change doesn’t come easy. When Opal Sullivan walks out on an abusive husband after fifteen years, she has only her dreams in her pocket. Her new beginning starts in Appalachian River country, where she sees a bit of herself in a graceful but dilapidated house. Like Opal, the house is worn-out and somewhat beaten up, but it still stands proudly and deserves a second chance. So Opal opens her doors—and her heart—to a parade of unforgettable characters. There’s sassy Bette Smith with her cantaloupe-colored hair and four-inch heels; short-tempered Gloria and her devilish son, Troy; the mysterious Dana, who dresses in black and keeps exclusively nocturnal hours; a dog named “Bear” who is afraid of his own shadow; and Jack, who doesn’t mind hanging out with an OBBWA (old black broad with an attitude). It is Jack who helps Opal understand a funny thing about life: You can’t move forward if you keep looking back. . . .

Author : Sheila Williams
Publisher : One World
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345465177

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The Shade of My Own Tree by Sheila Williams Pdf

Beloved author Sheila Williams beautifully captures the bittersweet humor and vivid adventures of women who survive the worst life can toss at them—and fight back to claim their right to be free, to be themselves, and to live in . . . The courage to change doesn’t come easy. When Opal Sullivan walks out on an abusive husband after fifteen years, she has only her dreams in her pocket. Her new beginning starts in Appalachian River country, where she sees a bit of herself in a graceful but dilapidated house. Like Opal, the house is worn-out and somewhat beaten up, but it still stands proudly and deserves a second chance. So Opal opens her doors—and her heart—to a parade of unforgettable characters. There’s sassy Bette Smith with her cantaloupe-colored hair and four-inch heels; short-tempered Gloria and her devilish son, Troy; the mysterious Dana, who dresses in black and keeps exclusively nocturnal hours; a dog named “Bear” who is afraid of his own shadow; and Jack, who doesn’t mind hanging out with an OBBWA (old black broad with an attitude). It is Jack who helps Opal understand a funny thing about life: You can’t move forward if you keep looking back. . . .

Author : Simi K. Rao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-31
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1951375076

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Under the Shade of the Banyan Tree by Simi K. Rao Pdf

Poems are fragments of life. In this contemporary poetry collection for women by Simi K. Rao, there are blissful moments; cries for help; declarations of defiance and philosophical observations. These inspirational poems are fragments of life elucidating the different phases of the human condition and will have an impact on women of all ages.

Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780061965104

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The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein Pdf

As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!

Author : Sheila Williams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Abused wives
ISBN : 0345448758

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The Shade of My Own Tree by Sheila Williams Pdf

Starting over in the Appalachian river country after leaving her abusive husband, Opal Sullivan takes refuge in a dilapidated but proud old house while befriending a parade of locals.

Author : Olivier Tallec
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781525305740

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It's MY Tree by Olivier Tallec Pdf

Can a squirrel ever get what a squirrel wants most? The squirrel loves a particular tree (“MY tree”) and is happiest sitting in its shade eating pinecones (“MY pinecones”). But then the squirrel starts worrying. What if someone else wants to claim this tree, to call it THEIRs? So, the squirrel builds a massive wall around the tree. One that no one can get over. Perfect! Only, now the squirrel can’t see what’s beyond the wall. There may be a better tree out there, full of pinecones. Maybe even a whole forest of better trees … Believe every squirrel ever: the never-ending quest for MINE is sure to drive you nuts!

Author : Piers Anthony
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1987-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0812531035

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Shade of the Tree by Piers Anthony Pdf

The estate was Joshua Pinson's inheritance from his oddball uncle Elijah: isolated in the deep Florida woods, with a half-built solar house stocked with enough supplies to weather a siege. Josh decided it was time to take his two young children away from New York and the memories of their murdered mother. Time to make a new life in sunny Florida. There was just one thing that Josh hadn't counted on. The place was haunted.

Author : Julius Sterling Morton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 742 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Social sciences
ISBN : UOM:39015013746592

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The Conservative by Julius Sterling Morton Pdf

Author : Marylou Kelly Streznewski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1950462528

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Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree by Marylou Kelly Streznewski Pdf

As we read Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree, we feel the fullness of time, a life lived in the close company of others. Here are the poems of strong woman, a poet who brings grace and beauty to open our hearts to the familiar; the voices of family members, the importance of friendships, the pleasure of literary connection and the gravity of politics. "Death is such a sneak," Streznewski tells us, just before she writes, "I sit in the driver's seat." In her amazing poem Granddaughter's Moon, we are taken "far inside" a new-born child, a home, a neighborhood, the universe. What gifts! -Myra Shapiro, author of Twelve Floors Above the Earth What peaceful pleasure Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree gives me. Marylou Kelly Streznewski writes with the gentle wisdom of family love and ripe old age. As one of her speakers reflects, "I have bargained with the Hag / bartered with the Old Man and / earned the right to stand here in the sun." These are poems to savor and return to. They cast a glow on the soul. -Lynn Levin author of Miss Plastique These poems chronicle a disappearing America, and the hope and heartache of having lived through the Twentieth Century. Simultaneously nostalgic and forward-looking, Sitting in the Shade of My Own Tree looks unflinchingly at the world with a mix of humor and pathos and explores the possibilities of language to get it right. These are poems of human frailty and human hope. -Gerry LaFemina author of Little Heretic

Author : Dianne M. Henderson,Lana Wegeng,William Carr Lane,Kelly J. Applegate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1996-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1889463124

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In the Shade of My Own Apple Tree by Dianne M. Henderson,Lana Wegeng,William Carr Lane,Kelly J. Applegate Pdf

Author : Evy Journey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0996247483

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The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey Pdf

After two heartbreaking losses, Luna wants adventure. Something and somewhere very different from the affluent, sheltered home in California and Hawaii where she grew up. An adventure in which she can also make some difference. She ends up in place where she gets more than she bargained for.Lucien, a worldly, well-traveled young architect, finds a stranger's journal at a café. He has qualms and pangs of guilt about reading it. But they don't stop him. His decision to go on reading changes his life.Months later, Luna and Lucien meet at a bookstore where Luna works and which Lucien frequents. Fascinated by his stories and adventurous spirit, Luna goes to a rural rice-growing village in a country steeped in an ancient culture and a deadly history. What she finds there defies anything she could have imagined. Will she leave this world unscathed?An epistolary tale of courage, resilience of the human spirit, and the bonds that bring diverse people together.

Author : Edward Dube
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1629729191

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Beyond the Shade of the Mango Tree by Edward Dube Pdf

Author : Jim Robbins
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2013-05-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781847659033

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The Man Who Plants Trees by Jim Robbins Pdf

This is an extraordinary book about trees. It's an account by a veteran science journalist that ranges to the limits of scientific understanding: how trees produce aerosols for protection and 'warnings'; the curative effects of 'forest bathing' in Japan; or the impact of trees in fertilizing ocean plankton. There is even science to show that trees are connected to the stars. Trees and forests are far more than just plants: they have myriad functions that help maintain the atmosphere and biosphere. As climate change increases, they will become even more critical to buffer the effects of warmer temperatures, clean our water and air and provide food. If they remain standing. The global forest is also in crisis, and when the oldest trees in the world suddenly start dying - across North America, Europe, the Amazon - it's time to pay attention. At the heart of this remarkable exploration of the power of trees is the amazing story of one man, a shade tree farmer named David Milarch, and his quest to clone the oldest and largest trees - from the California redwoods to the oaks of Ireland - to protect the ancient genetics and use them to reforest the planet.

Author : Ken Druse
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 625 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Gardening
ISBN : 9781613126042

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The New Shade Garden by Ken Druse Pdf

The author of The Natural Shade Garden offers a comprehensive new guide to climate-conscious gardening—beautifully illustrated with 400 photos. There is a new generation of gardeners who are planting gardens not only for their visual beauty but also for their ability to reduce carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In The New Shade Garden, Ken Druse provides expert advice on creating a shade garden with an emphasis on the adjustments necessary for our changing climate. Druse examines common problems facing today's gardeners, from addressing the deer situation to watering plants without stressing limited resources. Detailing all aspects of the gardening process, The New Shade Garden covers basic topics such as designing your own garden, pruning trees, preparing soil for planting, and the vast array of flowers and greenery that grow best in the shade. Perfect for new and seasoned gardeners alike, this encyclopedic manual provides all the information you need to start or improve upon your own shade garden.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1904
Category : Adventure stories, English
ISBN : UCAL:C2723996

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The Boy's Own Annual by Anonim Pdf