Angel Without Wings is the amazing true story of a Dominican nun, blessed with the Stigmata, who was removed from her position and later married.
Up until now, no book has ever revealed how one goes about living with Stigmata. The story of Mary Alice Mason Weil unfolds that mystery.
Saints and laity have been blessed with the Stigmata, but the story of how Stigmata dictated their lives is unknown.
Father Gillespie describes in vivid details the effects the Stigmata had on Mary Alice's body and spirit. Her friends, priests and nuns tell us the difficulties she encountered while living in a cloistered environment, then throughout her public life.
Her diary tells of suffering and describes her visions back to the time of Jesus' birth and Crucifixion, revealing the conversations she had with Baby Jesus and the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Mary Alice, an intensely private person, only allowed her story to be told after her death. This thoroughly documented and photographed story will change your life.
When nineteen-year-old Anthony asks seventeen-year-old Felicia on a date, he knows she is pretty, personable, funny, and has a great smile. He also knows she has cystic fibrosis. This couple is no different than other young people who discover a fondness for one another as they date and map out possible futures together-except Anthony and Felicia have no idea how long that future will last.
In this memoir, Felicia and Anthony open their hearts and candidly discuss Felicia's cystic fibrosis and its effect on their relationship which includes fun, romantic dinners; walks on the beach; parties; amusement parks; bonfires and pig roasts; and little love notes and texts. It also consists of respirators, emergency department visits, incessant coughing, medications, trepidation, and uncertainty represented by two words-cystic fibrosis.
Taking My Breath Away narrates a mixture of poignant moments and humorous anecdotes that combine the fun-filled experiences of Felicia and Anthony's romantic relationship with Felicia's more serious medical situation. Through these stories, the authors deliver equally important inspirational and universal messages about responsibility, commitments to living in the now, and being truthful to oneself and to others.
It was in Paris, in 1983, that I first met Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou. We were introduced at the Kurdish Institute, where I was attending an art exhibition with the fi lmmaker Yilmaz Güney and his wife, Fatosh. I had met Güney at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982. Th at year he had won the Golden Palm Award, and the publicity that followed brought worldwide attention to the plight of the Kurdish nation. As a Venezuelan journalist, my limited impression of the Kurds was that they were fierce warriors who lived amongst distant mountains somewhere in the Middle East. Yilmaz Güney taught me about the free-spirited Kurdish people, opening my eyes to the oppression they had endured for centuries. Their situation touched me deeply and I began to write articles on the Kurds for Venezuelan newspapers and magazines.
One year later in Paris, I found myself standing face-to-face with this sophisticated, charming, and charismatic Middle Eastern leader of millions of Kurds in Iran.
With her Unsinkable Molly Brown attitude, Meg wondered, "Where are all the other white middle-class cocaine addicts who turn themselves into Rehab?" There weren't any—just court ordered people were there...so that's why Meg wrote "CONFESSIONS OF A SOUTHERN BABY-BOOMER—How I Survived Crack Cocaine Addiction, the Mafia & Other Totally True Tales". She knew that there were other Baby-Boomers who had this secret too and as AA and NA say, "You're only as sick as your secrets."
So that's why Meg Speaks today—to tell her story so others know that you can overcome addiction and come out of the dark. By telling her deepest secret, Meg learned they can't hurt her anymore.
Like one of his gothic stories, Poe has been brought to life in the pages of Coffee with Poe as he never has before. Orphaned at the age of two, Poe is raised by John Allan—his abusive foster father—who refuses to adopt him until he becomes straight-laced and businesslike. Poe, however, fancies poetry and young women. He becomes engaged to Elmira Royster as a teenager, but the engagement is broken after her father intercepts Poe’s letters. The contentious relationship with John Allan culminates in a violent altercation, which causes Poe to leave his wealthy foster father’s home to make it as a writer. Poe tries desperately to get established as a writer but is ridiculed by the "Literati of New York." The Raven subsequently gains Poe renown in America yet he slips deeper into poverty without the support of John Allan, only making $15 off the poem’s entire publication history. Desperate for a motherly figure in his life, Poe marries his first cousin who is only thirteen. John Allan has remarried by this time and when Poe visits him on his deathbed, he is refused an interview because his second wife believes Poe is after an inheritance. Thereafter, Poe lives his last years in abject poverty while suffering through the deaths of his foster mother, grandmother, and young wife. Poe’s health begins failing and he has bouts of paranoid delusions. In a cemetery Poe becomes engaged to Helen Whitman, a dark poet who is addicted to ether, wears a small coffin about her neck, and conducts séances in her home. Her mother thinks the impoverished poet is after her money and demands that Poe sign a rare prenuptial agreement. The engagement is soon broken off because of Poe’s drinking. In his final months Poe is again engaged to Elmira Royster after a joyful reunion, yet his health is in a downward spiral. Just before their marriage Poe disappears and is later found delirious and wearing another person’s begrimed clothes. He dies a few days later, whispering his final words: "God help my poor soul."
In 1964 writer Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of The Loved One. He was enjoying his success from co-writing the risqué novel Candy and the movie comedy , and she had just co-starred with Elvis Presley in Girl Happy. Despite the fact that they were both married, there was an instant connection and they stayed a couple until his death over thirty years later.
In her Independent Publisher Book award winning memoir, Gail recalls what life was like with “the hippest guy on the planet” as they traveled from LA to New York to Europe and back again. She reveals what went on behind the scenes of her movies including The Girls on the Beach and Village of the Giants and Southern’s movies including The Cincinnati Kid, Barbarella, Casino Royale, The Magic Christian, and Easy Rider. And she relives the “highs” hanging out with The Rolling Stones, Peter Sellers, and Anita Pallenberg in Swinging ‘60s London to the lows barely scraping by on a Berkshires farm during the ‘70s & ‘80s as the talented satirist, now abusing drugs and alcohol and in debt to the IRS, found himself scrambling to support two households by writing spec screenplays with friends and wannabe movie producers.
This book is about a young American Arab woman's journey to sexual freedom.The writer was born and raised in an Arab country without sexual education. The book is her candid personal memoir. It is told in snippets. This memoir brings you up close and personal with Arabic culture and Islamic forbidden sexual practices. The book contains seventeen stories from her sex life detailing the difference between Arabic and American cultures. The book also contains five of her poems written in Arabic and translated in English.
In the Lelewer Legacy, Nancy Lelewer (married name Sonnabend) describes a childhood filled with laughter, love, and family stories of her great-grandfather‘s arrival in New York in 1861, her grandfather‘s entry into the hat business, and her father‘s prowess in sports, business, and friendships. Surrounded by warm and caring grandparents, a beautiful and loving mother, and a nurturing, charismatic father--“the best father who ever lived“-- Nancy Lelewer grew up in Highland Park, Illinois, attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York, spent a year in Spain, then began married life in Boston, Massachusetts.
As she examines the exciting events during her busy years of raising four children, researching learning differences, helping to establish the computerized wheelchair company, USA Permobil, Inc. and becoming the grandmother of eight, she pays tribute to her great-grandfather, David Lelewer, her grandfather, Selig Seward Lelewer, and her father, Joseph David Lelewer. The Lelewer men, she notes, were charismatic men of business, who combined intuition, resilience, a willingness to experiment, zeal, and quirky problem solving with camaraderie and deep devotion to one another and their families. They knew right from wrong, gave help without expectation of return, radiated goodness, got satisfaction from seeing others happy, and gave back to society. They were beloved by their children and passed on to each generation a family code of helping others and building for the future.
Finally, in the Afterword, “Traditions Continue,” Nancy incorporates photos of her grandchildren following the family tradition of achievement in sports, indeed, surpassing the successes of previous generations.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, was home to the greatest high school football rivalry in the state. There was Central Bucks West, captained by senior fullback/ linebacker Bryan Buckley. And there was Central Bucks East, led by senior lineman Colby Umbrell.
Bryan and Colby would meet each other as opponents in a game played on a grass field, but their dreams and devotion to their country after the horrific events of September 11, 2001 would lead each of them to the conflict in the Middle East. Only one would return.
This slice of small-town American life is the compelling chronicle of two outstanding athletes: their lives, the game they loved, and the separate journeys they would undergo from the football field to the battlefield. But it is also a chronicle of those who helped shape them into the men they became, and the community that watched and cheered as they grew from game-playing boys into fighting men—and witnessed a sacrifice it would never forget.
The compelling story of a teenage girl caught up in the throes of the McCarthy era. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the U.S. government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Eventually he named names, and subsequently lost his job as a law professor at American University, and was blacklisted from teaching ever again. Legacy of a False Promise also details the author's quest as an adult to learn whether or not her parents ever spied for the Soviet Union. Based on eight years of research using family records, FBI files, American University archives, personal interviews, and the recently declassified Venona cables, Legacy of a False Promise offers unique insights into the McCarthy Era. Most "red-diaper babies" who have written on the subject had parents who refused to give in to HUAC's demands. Singer's work instead recounts the shame and series of betrayals that her father's decision to name names brought to her family. Furthermore, it explores the campaign of the liberal anti-Communist movement to publicize its political position while defending a fired ex-Communist professor, the nature and activities of secret Communist underground cells, and the motivation of New Deal government workers who spied for the Soviets. This is a poignant meditation on family secrets, father-daughter relationships in times of crisis, teenage loneliness in the midst of trauma, and the effects of parents' actions on the lives of their children. It also serves as a timely reminder of the dangers of sacrificing civil liberties in the name of national security.
Written from the unique vantage point of the US Embassy in Afghanistan, this book reveals the true story of the United States' Army building efforts. As the first comptroller responsible for funding the Afghanistan National Army, Mick earned the Bronze Star Medal while spending $400 million taxpayer dollars and planning the spending for $2.1 billion more.
Set in the Progressive Era so dominated by President Theodore Roosevelt, The Scouting Party tells the story of the strong-minded and at times conflicting individuals – including Roosevelt – who shaped the Boy Scouts of America as it was founded a century ago in 1910 and took shape within a few years.
The Scouting Party examines in particular the role of British-Canadian naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton, whose trailblazing Woodcraft Indians strongly influenced the British founder of Scouting, General Robert Baden-Powell. Seton became the intellectual mainspring of the Boy Scouts of America in its formative years. But BSA organizers preferred Baden-Powell’s more conventional model to Seton’s vision of a youth movement based on the culture and values of the American Indian.
Seton, well known to Americans for his best-selling book, Wild Animals I Have Known, and his vivid lectures on wildlife, found himself increasingly at odds with BSA management between 1910 and 1915 over issues of organizational philosophy. He also clashed frequently with Daniel C. Beard, an illustrator for Mark Twain and founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, a rival to Seton’s Indians, over precedence in the field. Seton and Beard both wrangled with BSA Executive Secretary James E. West, who arbitrated their frequent wrangles while keeping BSA solvent as the organization rapidly expanded.
Wait until dark, when the mood is right. The night is about possibilities. Invite a hooker to the blackjack table. Drop an extra hundred bucks on your bet. Order more drinks than you can handle. The forbidden makes Vegas unforgettable… When you think of Las Vegas, chances are you picture slot machines, card tables, casinos, showgirls, and maybe even Elvis. Yes, those things can all be found in abundance on the Strip, but take it from someone who’s lived and worked in Sin City: that’s just the tip of the iceberg. In his riveting debut, Jay Rankin presents the true story of a Vegas few people know exists.
Award-winning author and journalist Karen Patterson brings to life her most personal account to date: the true story of her family, whose lives were forever altered by Hitler's war.
Abandoned to foster homes during the Great Depression, Gladys grew to be a strong woman with an independent spirit. Then she met Red, a gentle man of great humor. Red was seventeen when America entered WWII. Eager to do his part, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, but not wanting to lose Gladys, the two married as soon as he completed his training. Red was shipped overseas to Great Britain, and Gladys began married life alone and pregnant.
On Christmas Day in 1944, Red and the rest of the flight crew were ordered on a bombing mission. Caught in a battle with the Luftwaffe, his plane was severely damaged, and Red was forced to bail out over German territory. Captured and wounded, he endured a ninety-mile march before reaching the prisoner-of-war camp. Daily life became a miserable combination of intense cold and starvation.
Stateside, Gladys gave birth to a healthy baby boy. For two years she was self-sufficient- taking care of her child, working, and saving money for the future. But when Red returned, he was resentful, angry, restless, and showed little interest in his son. The war may have been over, but for Gladys and Red, their greatest challenges lay before them.
At a very young age, Marcia Breece came face to face with a disconcerting truth that would haunt her for decades. Because she was a girl, she would be molded to fulfill a role that had long been defined for her: to be obedient, coy, and self-effacing--and forever secondary to men. The free-spirited, independent nature Marcia demonstrated as a child slowly eroded, unable to overcome the powerful influence of societal expectations and the autocratic rule of the men in her life. Like most women of the time, Marcia dutifully succumbed to what she came to think of as Training to be just a girl. She married, had two children, and became the typical helpmate to a patriarchal husband. And yet...she could never quite silence a nagging inner voice that said life could offer her so much more than a supporting role. Finding This Place beautifully recounts Marcia's remarkable journey as she breaks the chains of Training and struggle to find the person within. It is a story that will inspire both women and men to follow one's own path--no matter how bumpy--and inevitably arrive at that place that is uniquely their own.
Increase Your Child s Confidence, Focus and Attention Span
Six-year-old Sebastian was what some teachers might thoughtlessly call a troublemaker. His classroom disruptions became so intolerable, school officials suggested transferring him to a special facility for defiant children. It seemed no one could get through to the boy until his family discovered a highly effective way to literally transform his brain. Now, Bianca Tora in Dear Sebastian: Reclaiming the Power of Metaphor shares the remarkable techniques that helped Sebastian overcome his anger and lack of self control techniques that can help your child too.
Presented in a series of letters destined for the adult Sebastian, Bianca Tora shows how Sebastian s family learned to use love, belief and intention to achieve stunning behavioral improvements that amazed his teachers. Drawing on recent discoveries in brain neuroplasticity, child behavior and the power of thought, Tora demonstrates that children, like adults, can be empowered with the tools of self-management and self-transformation--tools that strengthen the executive functions of the brain and the resonance of belief. These tools include physical exercise, brain exercises as well as activities that tap into the psycho-energetic power of the mind such as thought, meditation, energetics therapy and Atlantean Healing sessions.
Central to the process is the recognition of the invisible within the visible, the formless within form and the creative and cohering power of metaphor. It is a journey that transforms Tora as well as Sebastian because her involvement with her grandson leads to the rediscovery of her own lost writing voice.
This story is a biography of William Kittredge "Bill Kitt" (1876-1958) and his mercurial rise from every day cowboy to one of the largest ranchers in the West. It also includes a history of the areas in Oregon, Nevada, and California where he operated; and the old methods, equipment, and jargon used in raising livestock. It's a look back into the lives of many people including Cowboy Hall of Fame and Rodeo Hall of Fame inductees, a movie star, All-American football player, Congressional Medal of Honor Ace, Hollywood stunt man, U.S. and state leaders, and the tragic deaths of Oregon's top three officials.
The book features over 500 historic Western photographs including 60 in full color!
The Real Animal House: In 1946, the "real" all male "Animal House" was born when Cloyne Court become a student co-op. In the 50 & 60s, the "beasts" waged war with the Berkeley Chapter of Beta Theta Pi, an athletically-oriented fraternity. That feud ended when Cloyne's archenemies moved across campus. However, the real story begins when Cloyne Court went co-ed in 1972 with the arrival of sixty-two women. Katague's sexy, reveal-all creative memoir takes place in the late 70s, soon after the women moved in. All it takes is one kiss to transform animals into horny princes.
An inside story of privilege, inherited wealth, and the bizarre values and customs of the American upper crust.
We Used to Own the Bronx tells the story of a woman born into the proprieties of an East Coast dynasty who nevertheless leaves her world of privilege for a career as an investigative reporter. Recounting her upbringing, Eve Pell offers an inside look at the bizarre values and customs of the American aristocracy, from debutante balls and the belowstairs hierarchy of the servant class to the fanatical pursuit of blood sports and private men’s clubs whose members were cared for like sultans. In the patriarchal world of the upper crust, girls were expected to flatter and defer to boys and men: her scholar-athlete sister was offered a racehorse if she would refuse to attend college. A parade of eccentrics populates the book, from the cockfighting stepfather who ran away from boarding school with a false beard and a stolen motorcycle to the Brahmin great-uncle who secretly organized the servants in Tuxedo Park to vote for Teddy Roosevelt.
First time sailors Buford, sixty-two years old, and Jerry Beach, fifty-four years old, took on the incredible challenge of building the sixty-foot trimaran, which they named Beachouse, then leaving Galveston, Texas, to sail the oceans of the world.
With the philosophy of "you have to get off the boat and go inland to meet the people," the Beaches describe, through letters and journals, life among the inhabitants of Kanton, a remote Pacific Island. They write of meeting South Pacific island chiefs and of listening to a well-known revolutionary for Vanuatu independence sing "Deep in the Heart of Texas."
Visit the miraculous time between the iron curtain and the rise of ethnic tensions when traveling around the world was safe and fun, except for rounding the Cape of Good Hope through hurricane force winds!
Written for non-sailors, Jerry's letters depict daily life on Beachouse, the gathering and happy hour place for cruisers, as well as the constant hard work of keeping the boat repaired, washing clothes by foot in a bucket, and the hunt for food and supplies in remote places.
Marvel at this courageous couple's commitment to their dream, and each other, in this entertaining and moving true-life story.
Part memoir and part anthology, this book is a spiritual autobiography. I describe vivid scenes along the road I have taken through a long life and the epiphanies that have come to me with turnings of that road. There are surprises, some disappointments, the ordinary stuff of life, made extraordinary by the poems studded along the way. These lyrics are what chronicle the struggles and achievements of my spirit, and I believe that they resonate with the common humanity of us all.
Patchwork & Ornament is simply an extraordinary collection of writings that not only honors the life of an artistic woman, wife, mother, grandmother and friend, but truly has the power to inspire the creativity in us all. Despite a not so perfect life, and a career in the art world that was sometimes wobbly, Jeanette persevered, and she has left us an everlasting legacy of her creations. Quill says: This work is a touching celebration and tribute of life in all its glory, from love, to family and children, to the heartaches of death and all other life struggles. No one should miss reading this book, and should consider it a privilege to be able to get a glance into the complex life of such a remarkably creative person.
