The Velvet Marigold Couch

Author : Tasha Pedersen
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 150288674X

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The Velvet Marigold Couch by Tasha Pedersen Pdf

The Velvet Marigold Couch is a chilling look into the hellish torture of bipolar psychosis and alcohol and drug addiction. When Tasha Pedersen was six years old she watched as the walls of her safe suburban bedroom were engulfed in flames. Running down the hall, followed by the heat of the raging fire, she burst into her parents' bedroom screaming. By the time her father picked her up and comforted her, the fire was gone. As real as it was to her, it had actually only existed in her mind. Growing up in the shadow of an abusive and alcoholic older sister, Tasha takes her first drink at age 15 and quickly gets lost in a life of vodka, pot, cocaine, LSD and non-stop addiction. As she spins further out of control, she begins to hear voices, hallucinate and have delusions. Everything continues to spiral into chaos until she completely loses all sense of reality. The voices convince her that she must kill her father and tell her that the only way to save the world is by cutting off her own hand. Thankfully she is hospitalized before she can harm anyone else or herself. She then begins the long and rocky path towards wholeness. With a diagnosis of Bipolar I, she bravely recovers from both her mental illness and alcoholism and winds up finding deep faith in Native American ceremonies that completely turn her life around. The Velvet Marigold Couch: My Private Waltz Into Madness, is a story of the true horror of bipolar disorder, the destructive power of addiction and the strength and courage it takes to heal from them both. It ultimately shows how anyone can triumph over severe adversity and come out spirited and whole.

Author : Jenny Xie
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593539729

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Holding Pattern by Jenny Xie Pdf

A NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION "5 UNDER 35" HONOREE “There is so much heart in these pages, so much wisdom on how we love. This book had me in its orbit, from beginning to end.” – Weike Wang, author of Joan is Okay Holding Pattern. Noun. 1. A state of suspended progress. 2. The awkward way your mother tries to hug you now that you live with her. Again. Kathleen Cheng has blown up her life. She’s gone through a humiliating breakup, dropped out of her graduate program, and left everything behind. Now she’s back in her childhood home in Oakland, wondering what’s next. To her surprise, her mother isn’t the same person Kathleen remembers. No longer depressed or desperate to return to China, the new Marissa Cheng is sporty, perky, and has been transformed by love. Kathleen thought she’d be planning her own wedding, but instead finds herself helping her mother plan hers—to a Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur. Grasping for direction, Kathleen takes a job at a start-up that specializes in an unconventional form of therapy based on touch. While she negotiates new ideas about intimacy and connection, an unforeseen attachment to someone at work pushes her to rethink her relationships—especially the one with Marissa. Will they succeed in seeing each other anew, adult to adult? As they peel back the layers of their history—the old wounds, cultural barriers, and complex affection—they must come to a new understanding of how they can propel each other forward, and what they’ve done to hold each other back. Brilliantly observant, tender, and warm, Holding Pattern is a hopeful novel about immigration and belonging, mother-daughter relationships, and the many ways we learn to hold each other.

Author : Halley Sutton
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593421901

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The Hurricane Blonde by Halley Sutton Pdf

AN INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER A former child starlet is plunged back into the dangerous glitter of Hollywood after discovering the body of a young actress. Salma Lowe, progeny of Hollywood royalty and a once-promising child actor, now spends her days as a guide for the Stars Six Feet Under tour, leading tourists through Los Angeles’s star-studded avenues to haunting sites where actresses of the past met untimely ends. Salma knows better than anyone that a tragic death is the surest path to stardom. Her sister, Tawney, viciously dubbed the "Hurricane Blonde," was murdered in the nineties, the case never solved and, to Salma’s ire, indefinitely closed . . . until she stumbles upon a dead body mid-tour, on the property where her sister once lived, at the precise scene of her sister’s demise. Even more uncanny: the deceased woman also looks like Tawney. The police are convinced this woman’s death was an accident—but Salma is haunted by the investigation’s echoes of her own past. What if this woman’s murder points to Tawney’s killer? Desperate to track down the culprit once and for all, Salma launches her own investigation, plunging back into the salacious but seductive world of Hollywood. And what she’ll find is that old secrets may just be worth killing for.

Author : Nathan Turner
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-10
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781683352297

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Nathan Turner's I Love California by Nathan Turner Pdf

Enjoy the California lifestyle with recipes, stylish interiors, and entertaining tips: “A must-have for locals and visitors alike.” —Architectural Digest Designer Nathan Turner’s style is synonymous with the easy glam of California living. His first book introduced readers to his casual American style and chic design sense. Now, he’s written a love letter to his home state in I Love California. This book is a journey up and down Highway 1 that takes you from the redwoods of northern San Francisco to the mountains of the Sierra Nevada to the beaches of Southern California. Simple recipes and tips for entertaining are featured alongside never-before-seen interiors. Lavish photographs capture the homes, people, and food of each unique location in glorious, sun-drenched detail. This book even includes Turner’s signature recipes for California comfort food, like his family’s Cioppino, Marinated Tri-tip Steak, Mexican Chocolate Cake, and more. I Love California is a celebration of the Golden State of Mind—for those interested in cooking, entertaining, décor, or just a little getaway to the sun-dappled coast.

Author : Claire Thomas
Publisher : Atria/Emily Bestler Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 1476710740

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The Kitchy Kitchen by Claire Thomas Pdf

A playful and delicious cookbook from the host of ABC’s Food for Thought with Claire Thomas and creator of the much loved food blog The Kitchy Kitchen. Every cook needs an arsenal of staples, whether for the perfect dinner party entrée to wow a crowd, or throw-it-together lunches for lazy afternoons…but we all know that the real fun comes in making basic recipes your own. The Kitchy Kitchen is tastemaker Claire Thomas’s solution for amping up your everyday culinary routine, introducing her approach to her own kitchen: loose, personal, unfussy, and most of all, fun. With new takes on classic favorites—think adding farmer’s market peaches to upgrade a BLT, spicing up tempura cauliflower with a zesty harissa sauce, or transforming basic red velvet cupcakes into decadent pancakes—this cookbook is filled with fresh, produce-driven recipes for every skill set and occasion. It’s your best friend and personal chef, all rolled into one. Gorgeously illustrated and peppered with stylish entertaining tips and quirky essays that will inspire you to take the recipes you love and make them new, The Kitchy Kitchen will make your life in the kitchen a little easier, a little more fabulous, and positively delicious.

Author : Thomas Henry White
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1849
Category : English literature
ISBN : NLS:B900279104

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The Marigold Window, Or, Pictures of Thought by Thomas Henry White Pdf

Author : Erin Gleeson
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-15
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781613126035

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The Forest Feast by Erin Gleeson Pdf

This beautifully illustrated vegetarian cookbook features 100 simple yet delicious recipes inspired by the author’s rustic California home. Erin Gleeson made her dream a reality when she left New York City and moved into a tiny cabin in a California forest. Inspired by the natural beauty of her surroundings and the abundance of local produce, she began writing her popular blog, The Forest Feast. This volume collects 100 of Erin’s best vegetarian recipes, most of which call for only three or four ingredients and require very few steps, resulting in dishes that are fresh, wholesome, delicious, and stunning. Among the delightful recipes are eggplant tacos with brie and cilantro, rosemary shortbread, and blackberry negroni. Vibrant photographs, complemented by Erin’s own fanciful watercolor illustrations and hand lettering, showcase the rustic simplicity of the dishes. Part cookbook, part art book, The Forest Feast will be as comfortable in the kitchen as on the coffee table.

Author : George W. S. Nicholson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : American poetry
ISBN : BL:A0026823658

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Poems of the Heart by George W. S. Nicholson Pdf

Author : Sarah Mlynowski,Lauren Myracle,Emily Jenkins
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338221541

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The Big Shrink (Upside-Down Magic #6) by Sarah Mlynowski,Lauren Myracle,Emily Jenkins Pdf

The Upside-Down Magic kids are back in another topsy-turvy adventure in the next installment of this New York Times bestselling series, now a Disney Channel Original Movie! Marigold Ramos can magically make things small - sometimes very, very small. The only problem? She can't figure out how to make them big again. Maybe a new tutor can help Marigold manage her magic. And maybe her magic will come in handy as she and her friends in the Upside-Down Magic class band together to protest a new rule by their principal, a super unfair rule that bans them from bringing their amazing new toy dragons to school.But when Marigold starts shrinking her friends and the class bunny, it's a humongous problem! It's time to figure out how Marigold and her friends can make a big statement... without disappearing entirely!

Author : Sarah Mlynowski,Lauren Myracle,Emily Jenkins
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338722550

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The Upside-Down Magic Collection (Books 1-6) by Sarah Mlynowski,Lauren Myracle,Emily Jenkins Pdf

The first six books in the New York Times bestselling series -- soon to be a Disney Channel movie! What do you do when you try to turn into a dragon or a kitten, but you accidentally turn into a dritten instead? Or you try to conjure fire but can only make flurries? Or maybe you get to fly, but you can't come back down? For Nory and her friends in Dunwiddle Magic School's Upside-Down Magic class, magic is amazing, unpredictable, and out of control!This collection includes the first six hilarious, upside-down magical adventures! Upside-Down Magic #1: Upside-Down Magic, Upside-Down Magic #2: Showing Off, Upside-Down Magic #3: Sticks & Stones, Upside-Down Magic #4: Dragon Overnight, Upside-Down Magic #5: Weather or Not, and Upside-Down Magic #6: The Big Shrink

Author : Miriam Toews
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571268504

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A Complicated Kindness by Miriam Toews Pdf

A work of fierce originality and brilliance, Miriam Toews' novel explores the ties that bind families together and the forces that tear them apart. It is the world according to Nomi Nickel, a heartbreakingly bewildered and wry young woman trapped in a small Mennonite town that seeks to set her on the path to righteousness and smother her at the same time.'Half of our family, the better-looking half, is missing,' Nomi tells us at the beginning of A Complicated Kindness. Left alone with her father Ray, her days are spent piecing together the reasons her mother Trudie and her sister Tash have gone missing, and trying to figure out what she can do to avoid a career at Happy Family Farms, a chicken abattoir on the outskirts of East Village - not the neighbourhood in Manhattan where Nomi most wants to live but the small town in southern Manitoba. East Village is ministered by Hans, Nomi's pious uncle, otherwise known as The Mouth.As Nomi gets to the bottom of the truth behind her mother's and sister's disappearances, she finds herself on a direct collision course with her uncle and the only community she has ever known. In this funny, compassionate and moving novel, Miriam Toews has created a character who will stay in the hearts of readers long after they've put the book down.

Author : Cassie Colton
Publisher : mystic marigold publishing LLC
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798988600749

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Keeping Kassie by Cassie Colton Pdf

In this gripping conclusion to Chase and Kassie's tumultuous journey, Kassie finds herself facing the ultimate test of faith. When devastating news of a helicopter crash claims the lives of the special ops team, including her beloved fiancé Chase Winters, Kassie's world changes. Her family and friends urge her to accept the team's tragic fate, but she's determined to hold onto hope. Haunted by the looming threat of James Stanton, a dangerous enemy with a score to settle, Kassie must dig deep within herself to protect both her heart and her daughter, Emma. Will Kassie find the strength to carry on without Chase by her side? Can she shield Emma from the malevolent forces that have already brought their family to its knees? “Keeping Kassie” explores the resilience of the human spirit, the enduring power of love, and the lengths a mother will go to keep her family safe. Will Kassie's unwavering faith be enough to bring Chase back from the brink? Only time will tell in this heart-pounding, unforgettable conclusion to a story of love and perseverance in the face of unimaginable adversity.

Author : Ann Claire
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-10-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780593496381

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Last Word to the Wise by Ann Claire Pdf

The Christie sisters and their bookshop cat, Agatha, flirt with coldhearted crime when bookish matchmaking turns into a date with death. Sisters Ellie and Meg Christie share a love of books, reading, and their new roles as co-caretakers of the Book Chalet, their family’s historic bookshop tucked midway up a scenic Colorado mountain. But romance? That’s another story. Ellie and Meg joke that they’re in sisterly competition for worst relationships. So when their cousin signs them up for her newest business endeavor—matchmaking based on bookish tastes—the sisters approach their blind double dates with foot-dragging dread. While Ellie’s date meets her low expectations, Meg’s match, a book-loving romantic straight out of classic literature, charms her over a lovely dinner. The next morning, Meg is giddy with anticipation of a second date—until she’s stood up without a word. She fumes that she should have known better. However, her date had a good reason for ghosting her: He’s dead. Murdered, the police later confirm. As the last known person to see the victim alive, Meg becomes a prime suspect in his death. She grimly quips that at least her dating record can’t get any worse. But it does. A thorn from Meg’s romantic past returns to their little town of Last Word, espousing motives too sweet to believe. To sleuth out the truth, the sisters must sift through secrets deeper than the February snowfall. Clues accumulate, but so do suspects, crimes, and betrayals. Ellie and Meg can’t afford to leave any page unturned. Romance may not be their forte, but hearts and lives are on the line, and the Christies know how to solve a mystery—especially when murder is involved.

Author : Katelyn Detweiler
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780823443178

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The Undoing of Thistle Tate by Katelyn Detweiler Pdf

Thistle Tate is only seventeen, and a bestselling author. It's too bad she's also a liar. It seems like Thistle has everything. Her Lemonade Skies series is wildly popular, with droves of diehard fans waiting for the next--and final--book. She's even started dating her best friend, Liam, the one person who knows everything about her. Including Thistle's deepest secret: she's not really the author of the books. But as she gets to know one of her super-fans--and her handsome, charming brother Oliver--Thistle's guilt starts to weigh on her. How can she build friendships when her life is built on lies? All Thistle wants is for the last book to be written, so she can leave this ruse behind her for good. But as the book's deadline looms, a dramatic turn of events puts everything in jeopardy--Lemonade Skies, Thistle's relationships, and even her own identity. Is she a victim, a fraudster, or both? Lies, jealousy, secrets. . . It's only a matter of time before something gives--and Thistle's world comes undone. For fans of Rainbow Rowell and E. Lockhart, this suspenseful novel is a perfect read for teen bookworms everywhere. With an insider's look at the publishing world and a thrilling love triangle, The Undoing of Thistle Tate will keep you turning pages until the very end.

Author : American Jersey Cattle Club
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1366 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Cattle
ISBN : UGA:32108026108814

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Herd Register by American Jersey Cattle Club Pdf