Unlikely Angel

Author : Lydia R. Hamessley
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780252052408

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Unlikely Angel by Lydia R. Hamessley Pdf

Dolly Parton's success as a performer and pop culture phenomenon has overshadowed her achievements as a songwriter. But she sees herself as a songwriter first, and with good reason. Parton's compositions like "I Will Always Love You" and "Jolene" have become American standards with an impact far beyond country music. Lydia R. Hamessley's expert analysis and Parton’s characteristically straightforward input inform this comprehensive look at the process, influences, and themes that have shaped the superstar's songwriting artistry. Hamessley reveals how Parton’s loving, hardscrabble childhood in the Smoky Mountains provided the musical language, rhythms, and memories of old-time music that resonate in so many of her songs. Hamessley further provides an understanding of how Parton combines her cultural and musical heritage with an artisan’s sense of craft and design to compose eloquent, painfully honest, and gripping songs about women's lives, poverty, heartbreak, inspiration, and love. Filled with insights on hit songs and less familiar gems, Unlikely Angel covers the full arc of Dolly Parton's career and offers an unprecedented look at the creative force behind the image.

Author : Betina Krahn
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2011-03-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307785381

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The Unlikely Angel by Betina Krahn Pdf

With her soft heart and angelic face, Madeline Duncan is no one's idea of a hardheaded businessman. So when the lovely spinster comes into am unexpected inheritance and uses her newfound wealth to start a business, she causes quite a stir...especially with Lord Cole Mandeville, who has been appointed by the courts to keep Madeline from frittering away her fortune. Handsome, worldly, and arrogant, Cole knows just how ruthless the world can be--and that an innocent like Miss Duncan is heading straight for heartbreak, bankruptcy, or worse. But when he sets out to show Madeline the error of her ways, Cole is in for the surprise of his life...as he finds himself falling under the spell of a woman who won't believe the worst about anyone...even a jaded rogue like him.

Author : Ashley Smith,Stacy Mattingly
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062034977

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Unlikely Angel by Ashley Smith,Stacy Mattingly Pdf

In April 2005, Ashley Smith made headlines around the globe when she miraculously talked her way out of the hands of alleged courthouse killer Brian Nichols after he took her hostage for seven hours in her suburban Atlanta apartment. In this moving, inspirational memoir, the 26-year-old widowed mother of a six-year-old girl shares for the first time the little-known details of her traumatic ordeal, and expands on how her faith and the bestselling book The Purpose-Driven« Life helped her survive and bring the killer's murderous rampage to a peaceful end. Just as she told her 6'1", 210-pound captor that his ultimate "purpose" in life was to end up spending the rest of his life in prison, preaching the teachings of Jesus Christ to his fellow inmates, Smith believes her own purpose is to spread that message of love to the rest of us. Juxtaposing the minute-by-minute tale of her experience with the never-before-told tragedies and triumphs of her own life, Unlikely Angel is a gripping tale of downfall and redemption, involving addiction, violence, death, loss, faith, and love. It is a story that will leave no reader untouched.

Author : Jerry Langton
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-12-17
Category : True Crime
ISBN : 9780470739945

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Fallen Angel by Jerry Langton Pdf

Walter Stadnick is not an imposing man. At five-foot-four, his face and arms scarred by fire in a motorcycle accident, he would not spring to mind as a leader of Canada's most notorious biker gang, the Hells Angels. yet through sheer guts and determination, intelligence and luck, this Hamilton-born youth who had the nickname of "Nurget" rose in the Hells Angels ranks to become national president. Not only did he lead the Angels through the violent war with their rivals the rock machine in Montreal in the Nineties, Stadnick saw opportunity to grow the Hells Angels into a national criminal gang. he was a visionary--and a highly successful one. Bikers are not known for their fondness for rival gangs. Stadnick and the Angels fought and defeated rival gangs, or used power of persuasion to patch them over. As Stadnick's influence spread, law enforcement took notice of the growing presence of the Angels in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia. However, Stadnick's success did not come without a price. Arrested and charged with 13 counts of first-degree murder, stadnick beat the murder charges but was convicted of gangsterism and is currently serving time. Fallen Angel details one man's improbable rise to power in one of the world's most violent organizations, while shedding light on how this enigmatic and dangerous biker gang operated and why it remains so powerful.

Author : Dolly Parton,Robert K. Oermann
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781797208381

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Dolly Parton, Songteller by Dolly Parton,Robert K. Oermann Pdf

Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics is a landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend. As told by Dolly Parton in her own inimitable words, explore the songs that have defined her journey. Illustrated throughout with previously unpublished images from Dolly Parton's personal and business archives. Mining over 60 years of songwriting, Dolly Parton highlights 175 of her songs and brings readers behind the lyrics. • Packed with never-before-seen photographs and classic memorabilia • Explores personal stories, candid insights, and myriad memories behind the songs Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics reveals the stories and memories that have made Dolly a beloved icon across generations, genders, and social and international boundaries. Containing rare photos and memorabilia from Parton's archives, this book is a show-stopping must-have for every Dolly Parton fan. • Learn the history behind classic Parton songs like "Jolene," "9 to 5," "I Will Always Love You," and more. • The perfect gift for Dolly Parton fans (everyone loves Dolly!) as well as lovers of music history and country Add it to the shelf with books like Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton, The Beatles Anthology by The Beatles, and Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen.

Author : Nadine Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : London (England)
ISBN : 0451194675

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The Unlikely Angel by Nadine Miller Pdf

The daughter of a wealthy merchant devotes her life to London's orphans, many of whom are the result of society's rakes and their conquests. Considered an old maid at twenty-five, she has no use for anything except donations. But when a handsome Viscount becomes her landlord and doubles her rent, she readies herself for battle. When they eventually meet she is caught off-guard by his disarming charm, and suddenly feels the long-ago stirring of innocent young charges....

Author : Ernie McBroom Jr.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496968999

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An Unlikely Angel by Ernie McBroom Jr. Pdf

Juel Jones could play a guitar the first time she picked one up, but nobody ever knew. A beautiful girl from a troubled family, she gets lost in the world at an early age and sells herself for money. Living in a dingy motel, barely nineteen years old, she writes the first two verses of a song that will one day be heard by the world. Her audience, a stray yellow cat. Working in a massage parlor a thousand miles from home, Juel sets out hitchhiking in a fit of anger when along comes Sammy Reed. Twenty-one the day the story begins, Sammy is drifting through life in the aftermath of an unthinkable family tragedy, California bound from North Carolina in a windowless 69 Camaro. Over the next six months and several thousand miles, ‘things happen’ in the lives of these two beautiful losers that can’t be logically explained. Things such as the song and its incredible, mysterious journey from the back of a brown paper sack to a number one hit. As the writer of this story I attempt to raise a number of interesting possibilities. The characters I use and the things they do, and say, will offend some people, I know. In their defense I’d simply say that I personally believe God meant everybody to matter. Everybody.

Author : Elizabeth Felicetti
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467465250

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Unexpected Abundance by Elizabeth Felicetti Pdf

Meet 25 women who generated life without giving birth. In many Christian communities today, women are expected to have children—to “be fruitful and multiply.” To be childless is to be less of a woman, less of a Christian, or so it can feel. Elizabeth Felicetti is deeply familiar with this pressure as an Episcopal priest who never had the children she imagined would be part of her life. But in the landscape of her childhood in Arizona Felicetti found fresh eyes. If she’s “barren,” so is the desert—and if you look closely, the desert teems with unexpected life. This is also true of women throughout history. Biblical women like Mary Magdalene, medieval mystics like Julian of Norwich, and modern activists like Rosa Parks did not have children, yet their lives bore fruit in their communities and in the church at large. In reflecting on her own experience alongside those of these remarkable women, Felicetti deepens our understanding of the many ways to be fruitful. Women without children—by choice or chance—who have felt frustrated or voiceless in the church will find solidarity and inspiration in the pages of Unexpected Abundance.

Author : Monica Hall,Kathleen McGhee-Anderson
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Angels
ISBN : 0849958016

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Unlikely Friends by Monica Hall,Kathleen McGhee-Anderson Pdf

With the guidance of an angel, fifteen-year-old juvenile offender Jason discovers the rewards of working with and helping Kelly, who is in a wheelchair.

Author : Kevin West,Frederick Edwards
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476794013

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Angel in Aisle 3 by Kevin West,Frederick Edwards Pdf

In the tradition of An Invisible Thread and Same Kind of Different as Me, Angel in Aisle 3 is the “heartwrenching yet hopeful” (Publishers Weekly) true story of an unlikely friendship that began with a chance meeting in a grocery store between a bank executive bound for prison and an elderly stranger. When Kevin West resigned from his job as vice president of a bank after making fraudulent loans, he spent the time before his trial managing a family-owned, small grocery store in Ironton, Ohio. Dealing with serious marriage problems and with a prison sentence almost certainly in his future, Kevin was overcome with remorse and without a scrap of hope. It was at his lowest moment that Kevin called out to a power beyond himself for help, and God answered his prayer in the form of an elderly vagrant named Don. What began as a chance meeting between two individuals whose lives seemed headed for certain ruin turns into an unlikely friendship that saved them both. It was this friendship that helped Kevin thrive in prison, restore his failed marriage, and gave Don a chance at a new life that went beyond anyone’s imagination. Moving and awe-inspiring, this story of a pure friendship sheds light on the redemption and hope that can grow out of relationships based in faith.

Author : Betina M. Krahn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : OCLC:809698686

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The Unlikely Angel by Betina M. Krahn Pdf

Author : Ruth Riddle
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595479771

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Demented Angels by Ruth Riddle Pdf

She was a misfit, but her parents loved her more than life itself. Could the physical tie between parents and children last beyond the grave? She was always getting herself into trouble. She was lucky to have her guardian angel watching over her. But she was shocked when she discovered who her angel was. It just couldn't be possible. When she fell into a coma did she just lay there trapped and unaware? Or was she capable of willing her spirit to visit friends and loved ones? Could she travel to another space in time and live another existence outside of her listless body? Demented Angels is a haunting novel of demons and angels plus many other spirits of the dark. It is not a bedtime story. It keeps your mind busy from beginning to end. A real page turner unlike anything you have ever read before.

Author : Sheila Newberry
Publisher : Bonnier Zaffre Ltd.
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781804180976

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Angel's Wish by Sheila Newberry Pdf

Author : Steven Pinker
Publisher : Penguin Books
Page : 834 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-25
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780143122012

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The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker Pdf

Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.

Author : Christine Holmlund
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-11-05
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781136284434

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Impossible Bodies by Christine Holmlund Pdf

Impossible Bodies investigates issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Hollywood. Examining stars from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, to Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez, Holmlund focuses on actors whose physique or appearance marks them as unusual or exceptional, and yet who occupy key and revealing positions in today's mainstream cinema. Exploring a range of genres and considering both stars and their sidekicks, Holmlund examines ways in which Hollywood accommodates - or doesn't - a variety of 'impossible' bodies, from the 'outrageous' physiques of Dolph Lundgren and Dolly Parton, to the almost-invisible bodies of Asian-Americans, Latinas and older actors.