A Biscuit For Your Shoe

Author : Beatrice Upshaw
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 1574418211
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Biscuit for Your Shoe written by Beatrice Upshaw and published by University of North Texas Press. This book was released on 2020-11-13 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In TFS Extra Book #28, Beatrice Upshaw shares her memories of growing up in County Line. A Biscuit for Your Shoe captures the lore of a community which began as a freedom colony west of Nacogdoches in East Texas. The book is a memoir, but it shares more than merely family memories of significant events. It tells of beliefs, home remedies, folk games, and customs, as well as the importance of religion and education to a community of like-minded people. The narrative is a rich source of colloquial language and proverbial sayings that help define a group of people and their strong sense of place. Richard Orton was first introduced to County Line by F. E. “Ab” Abernethy, the Secretary-Editor of the TFS for nearly four decades. Richard eventually did a photographic book on the people of the community, The Upshaws of County Line: An American Family, but he believed that Beatrice’s memoir should be developed into a separate work that could be shared with an audience larger than just family and friends. Richard’s introduction explains the value of the stories Beatrice Upshaw presents in A Biscuit for Your Shoe; they are personal, but the overall narrative speaks collectively about the perseverance and innovation of many people who found a way to not only survive, but to thrive in East Texas.

Author : Tali Edut
Publisher : Potter Style
ISBN 13 : 0770433308
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Shoestrology written by Tali Edut and published by Potter Style. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fashionistas, astrology-devotees, or anyone who is starry-eyed about shoes, this fabulous illustrated gift book reveals what your birthday shoe says about you. Combining astrology with the chic art of shoe design, Shoestrology offers a trendy interpretation of your personality as defined by your birthday shoe. Astrologers Tali and Ophira Edut have identified 366 gorgeous shoes--from the Chanel ballet flat, to the Alexander McQueen Armadillo--and paired them with the personality type associated with each day of the year. Featuring original watercolors by noted fashion illustrator Samantha Hahn along with descriptions of the birthday shoes (and why they are fitting), this book provides insight and visual delight on every page.

Author : Maribeth Boelts
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763691488
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Those Shoes written by Maribeth Boelts and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: But all the kids are wearing them! Any child who has ever craved something out of reach will relate to this warm, refreshingly realistic story. Features an audio read-along. "I have dreams about those shoes. Black high-tops. Two white stripes." All Jeremy wants is a pair of those shoes, the ones everyone at school seems to be wearing. But Jeremy’s grandma tells him they don’t have room for "want," just "need," and what Jeremy needs are new boots for winter. When Jeremy’s shoes fall apart at school, and the guidance counselor gives him a hand-me-down pair, the boy is more determined than ever to have those shoes, even a thrift-shop pair that are much too small. But sore feet aren’t much fun, and Jeremy comes to realize that the things he has -- warm boots, a loving grandma, and the chance to help a friend -- are worth more than the things he wants.

Author : Carolyn West Reaves EdD
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1796015237
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who’s the Girl in the Mirror? written by Carolyn West Reaves EdD and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sometimes we need to stop being so concerned about doing everything perfectly and learn to find things that make us smile. This book contains some very serious short stories dealing with such things as suicide, depression, death, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. But life is not all bad. We need to look for the beautiful things God has blessed us with and find ways to be servant leaders for others. We can turn a test into a testimony.

Author : David Masciotra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 183860426X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Am Somebody written by David Masciotra and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few figures and leaders of recent American history of greater social and political consequence than Jesse Jackson, and few more relevant for America's current political climate. In the 1960s, Jackson served as a close aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, meeting him on the notorious march to legitimate the American democratic system in Selma. He was there on the day of King's assassination, and continued his political legacy, inspiring a generation of black and Latino politicians and activists, founding the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, and helping to make the Democratic Party more multicultural and progressive with his historic runs for the presidency in the 1980s. In I Am Somebody, David Masciotra argues that Jackson's legacy must be rehabilitated in the history of American politics. Masciotra has had personal access to Jackson for several years, conducting over 100 interviews with the man himself, as well as interviews with a wide variety of elected officials and activists who Jackson has inspired and influenced. It also takes readers inside Jackson's negotiations for the release of hostages and political prisoners in Cuba, Iraq, and several other countries. As Democratic politics sees a return to radicalism and the rise of a new generation of committed advocates of racial and economic justice, I Am Somebody: Why Jesse Jackson Matters is a critical book for understanding where America in the 21st Century has come from and where it is going. Featuring a foreword by Michael Eric Dyson.

Author : Burle Pettit
Publisher : Texas Folklore Society Extra B
ISBN 13 : 9781574418149
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Boyhood Dream Realized, Volume 27: Half a Century of Texas Culture, One Newspaper Column at a Time written by Burle Pettit and published by Texas Folklore Society Extra B. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of columns from the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal is Texas Folklore Society Extra Book #27. The editorial columns included herein tell stories, and tell about telling stories. They also reflect boyhood dreams . . . and foolishness, fears, beliefs, customs, traditions, and sometimes things that are no longer part of our culture but we wish were. All reflect what was--and for many, still is--important. If "the traditional knowledge of a culture" is how we define what folklore is, this volume provides an intimate look at the folklore of Lubbock, Texas, and the greater area of the South Plains. You don't have to be an avid reader of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, or even be from Lubbock or know where Moran is to relate to the issues covered in these pieces.

Author : Donna Gephart
Publisher : Yearling
ISBN 13 : 1524713767
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Your Shoes written by Donna Gephart and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A unique and compelling novel from a master storyteller." —School Library Journal, starred review The critically acclaimed author of Lily and Dunkin delivers another heartfelt story that will remind readers you never know who needs a friend the most. Miles is an anxious boy who loves his family's bowling center—even though he could be killed by a bolt of lightning or a wild animal that escaped from the Philadelphia Zoo on the way there. Amy is the new girl at school who wishes she didn't have to live above her uncle's funeral home and tries to write her way to her own happily-ever-after. Then Miles and Amy meet in the most unexpected way . . . and that's when it all begins. . . .

Author : Rev. Delores Perry-Pearson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1477149945
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Real Yester Years written by Rev. Delores Perry-Pearson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-24 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Real Yester Years by Rev. Delores Perry-Pearson

Author : Keith Waterhouse
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849432570
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Keith Waterhouse: Collected Plays written by Keith Waterhouse and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-02 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keith Waterhouse is one of Britain’s most popular writers in nearly every field. This collection brings together for the first time his most celebrated plays from a career spanning more than forty years. Our Song is a warm, tender, romantic drama, infused with moments of great humour. Pulling himself out of the rut of his middle-aged executive lifestyle, Roger Piper stumbles into a sixteen-month tempestuous affair. Billy Liar tells the story of a funeral parlour worker with a humdrum life, who spends most of his time dreaming of ways to escape his drab existence in Yorkshire. Adapted from his celebrated novel. Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell Gambler, journalist, fervent alcoholic, four-times married Jeffrey Bernard writes the‘Low Life’ column for the Spectator magazine. Locked in The Coach and Horses in Soho overnight, he has time to reflect on a dissolute life. Good Grief is a sensitive, wryly humorous study of a middle-aged widow, coming to terms with bereavement, who finds the courage to break with the past. Mr and Mrs Nobody is an adaptation of George and Weedon Grossmith’s comic novel The Diary Of A Nobody and Mrs Pooter’s Diary. A respectable Victorian clerk has lofty social aspirations.

Author : Eliza Evans
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593544579
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Christmas Café written by Eliza Evans and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jingle all the way to Silver Bells, Wyoming, where love is a treat! Clumsy, earnest baker Sylvie West has worked at the Christmas Café in Silver Bells, Wyoming, ever since her boozy eggnog fruitcake won the town’s annual holiday bake-off. Her forever happy place, the café complements her sweet, well-ordered life with her roommates: recently widowed Gramps and her yappy chihuahua-pug, Crumpet. So, when Sylvie learns the café might be sold, she’s determined to save it the only way she can: by getting the Holiday Channel crew to set a scene at the café. She’s even met the film’s charming lead actor, Royce, thanks to Crumpet’s meddling. Between an unexpected acting gig, a booth at the Christmas festival, an appearance at the Christmas parade, and a budding romance with Royce, Sylvie has a lot on her plate. Good thing her old friend, gruff yet reliable Abe, has just come home to manage his parents’ goat farm—until she catches herself feeling a little too merry and bright in his presence. With some help from family, friends, Crumpet, and the goat farmer down the way, Sylvie’s plate might just be full of the sweetest treats she’s ever had . . .