Stardust Dads

Author : Josephine C. George
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595618154
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stardust Dads written by Josephine C. George and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-10-17 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The e-mail Danny and Allison read on their new computer in 1996 looks no different from the millions of others received by Web users around the world, with one glaring exception--it was sent by their dads who died during the 1970s. While residing in the afterworld at an amenity-laden paradise called Midway Manor, guitar-strumming Mickey Parks and piano-playing Lloyd Wallace monitor and manipulate the lives of their adult children on earth from the mid-'70s through the 1990s. Tampering with the facility's sophisticated computer, the dads thrust Mickey's daughter Allison and Lloyd's son Danny into a passionate but sometimes stormy relationship-a relationship steeped in Danny's heavy drinking and entangled in the often-zany world of men's adventure magazine publishing. After carefully implementing a plan to send their son and daughter a gift of knowledge that could enrich their lives forever, the dads' brief contact is cut short. They are banished to another destination in the afterworld, but not before they impart indisputable proof of life after death--and unwittingly put Danny's and Allison's earthbound lives on the line.

Author : James Brandon
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525517669
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ziggy, Stardust and Me written by James Brandon and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-09-13 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tender-hearted debut, set against the tumultuous backdrop of life in 1973, when homosexuality is still considered a mental illness, two boys defy all the odds and fall in love. Now in paperback. The year is 1973. The Watergate hearings are in full swing. The Vietnam War is still raging. And homosexuality is still officially considered a mental illness. In the midst of these trying times is sixteen-year-old Jonathan Collins, a bullied, anxious, asthmatic kid, who aside from an alcoholic father and his sympathetic neighbor and friend Starla, is completely alone. To cope, Jonathan escapes to the safe haven of his imagination, where his hero David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and dead relatives, including his mother, guide him through the rough terrain of his life. In his alternate reality, Jonathan can be anything: a superhero, an astronaut, Ziggy Stardust, himself, or completely "normal" and not a boy who likes other boys. When he completes his treatments, he will be normal—at least he hopes. But before that can happen, Web stumbles into his life. Web is everything Jonathan wishes he could be: fearless, fearsome and, most importantly, not ashamed of being gay. Jonathan doesn't want to like brooding Web, who has secrets all his own. Jonathan wants nothing more than to be "fixed" once and for all. But he's drawn to Web anyway. Web is the first person in the real world to see Jonathan completely and think he's perfect. Web is a kind of escape Jonathan has never known. For the first time in his life, he may finally feel free enough to love and accept himself as he is.

Author : Jamie K. Schmidt
Publisher : Tule Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1964418941
Total Pages : 1160 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Celebrating Fathers written by Jamie K. Schmidt and published by Tule Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-03 with total page 1160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready for six heartwarming romances that celebrate men becoming dads. Where helping out a single mom turns into stepping up and finding a family. Where single dads find help in unexpected places and stumble into love. Where found family is a gift and open hearts follow, and dreams really do come true. We’ve got you covered! The Cowboy’s Daughter by Jamie K. Schmidt Professional bull rider Trent Campbell’s one-night-stand with Kelly Sullivan brings unexpected consequences, a secret baby, and star-crossed lovers longing for what might have been. Five years later, single mom Kelly and rodeo school cowboy Trent finally meet again... Matilda Next Door by Kelly Hunter When a baby in a basket appears on Henry Church’s doorstep—and he isn’t even home to collect—it’s up to Aussie farm girl Matilda Moore to step in and help Henry the astonished become the best single dad he can be. But what if the baby isn’t even his? The Stardust Cowboy by Anne McAllister Wyoming rancher Riley Stratton has nothing in common with his newly discovered young nephew Jake’s imaginary “stardust cowboy”—the one who makes dreams come true. Riley’s dreams died long ago, and he’s definitely no one’s hero. Jake and his mother, Dori, disagree. Nothing But Cowboy by Justine Davis Duty, family, and deep roots guide Keller Rafferty as he runs his family’s Texas cattle ranch and cares for his new, grieving foster son. He’s not ready for globetrotting Sydney Brock’s determination to provide for the teenaged nephew she never knew she had. What if she’s not worthy? Worse, what happens if she is? Reunion in the Outback by Nicole Flockton Juggling marriage, fatherhood and a demanding career has never been easy for chef Michael Watson. But his wife Yolanda is his heart and his daughter is his light and he’ll do whatever it takes to make things right again. Even if it means facing his deepest fears and risking everything. A Homecoming Mantra Newly single dad Shaan Sood knows how important it is to surround his young daughter with family, so he moves back to his Washington hometown to make it happen. Their new neighbour and riding instructor, Claire Wellington, is a sparkling treasure, but will Shaan risk two weary hearts all over again? And what will they gain?

Author : Jeanne Willis
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 1536202657
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stardust written by Jeanne Willis and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect story for anyone who’s ever felt overshadowed. One little girl dreams of being a star. But whether it's finding Mom's lost wedding ring or winning the costume prize, her big sister always shines brighter. In her grandfather’s eyes, though, she is a star. As he dries her tears and they both gaze up at the night sky, he tells a story about how everything and everyone is made of stardust and we all shine in different ways. With illustrations from new talent Briony May Smith, this is a touching story about being true to yourself from award-winning author Jeanne Willis.

Author : Richard M. Sudhalter
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190290749
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stardust Melody written by Richard M. Sudhalter and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2003-10-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgia on My Mind, Rockin' Chair, Skylark, Lazybones, and of course the incomparable Star Dust--who else could have composed these classic American songs but Hoagy Carmichael? He remains, for millions, the voice of heartland America, eternal counterpoint to the urban sensibility of Cole Porter and George Gershwin. Now, trumpeter and historian Richard M. Sudhalter has penned the first book-length biography of the man Alec Wilder hailed as "the most talented, inventive, sophisticated and jazz-oriented of all the great songwriters--the greatest of the great craftsmen." Stardust Melody follows Carmichael from his roaring-twenties Indiana youth to bandstands and recording studios across the nation, playing piano and singing alongside jazz greats Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, and close friends Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong. It illuminates his peak Hollywood years, starring in such films as To Have and Have Not and The Best Years of Our Lives, and on radio, records and TV. With compassionate insight Sudhalter depicts Hoagy's triumphs and tragedies, and his mounting despair as rock-and-roll drowns out and lays waste to the last days of a brilliant career. With an insider's clarity Sudhalter explores the songs themselves, still fresh and appealing while reminding us of our innocent American yesterdays. Drawing on Carmichael's private papers and on interviews with family, friends and colleagues, he reveals that "The Old Music Master" was almost as gifted a wordsmith as a shaper of melodies. In all, Stardust Melody offers a richly textured portrait of one of our greatest musical figures, an inspiring American icon.

Author : Bill Mathis
Publisher : Rogue Phoenix Press
ISBN 13 : 1624205968
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memory Tree written by Bill Mathis and published by Rogue Phoenix Press. This book was released on 2021-05-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eula’s stardust—spirit—has been waiting for her father to return to their old farmhouse so she can learn why he didn’t rescue her, her brother, and their mother. Dying of cancer, her father Duane, finally returns. He wants to pass away with his guilt and remorse of not being able to rescue his family and, more importantly, his secret shame over the way he dealt with his mixed race relationship. Retha, a nurse specializing in end of life care, works to help him overcome his regrets. In the process, each realize their secrets and their families are intertwined. In this touching and deeply layered story of race, prejudice and love, an Eastern white pine tree—named Memory—presides over the front yard and proves to be a generational refuge.

Author : Shivaun Plozza
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702267821
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Meet Me at the Moon Tree written by Shivaun Plozza and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dad said everything is magic ... and science is just figuring out how magic works. For Carina Sugden, nothing is more special than a moon tree – a tree grown from the seeds taken on the Apollo 14 mission into space. Her father taught her everything she knows about them. But he passed away before they found one together. When Mum relocates the family to the Otway Ranges, Carina becomes determined to find a moon tree on her own. Like a scientist, she carefully searches the forest behind her new house. But after a mysterious encounter with a black cockatoo, Carina realises there's magic in this forest. And if magic exists, anything is possible, like seeing her dad one last time...

Author : Leonard Wittine
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782222642
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brain Arrest or Doomsday Countdown written by Leonard Wittine and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is inevitable that humankind will become extinct. Nowadays, the advance of technology has overtaken the human capacity to control the possible consequences of any kind of progress. Extinction is always multifactorial. Double-faced Janus Meerkater, a reborn Neanderthal and leading nanotechnologist, has created EMULATOR, an unexcelled thinking machine and technological singularity. Thus Murphy’s law and the Dürrenmatt principle are put in motion. Leo Lobeck the Trojan, Jason Stardust and Xixi Bruneau are fighting the technocalypse. Brain emulation in combination with wormhole physics could create an escape route for mankind. That way reality is broken and reveals itself as an illusion in the empirical dimensions of human experience. The world events turn out to be pure satire. In the end all human minds will be uploaded to EMULATOR and Friedrich Nietzsche, the great but unfortunately insane philosopher, will be God. “Perhaps we are all part of an experiment. Maybe to be human is just a test of what animate creatures would do given by nature limited intelligence and maximum ignorance.”

Author : Sean Murray
Publisher : Bonnier Books UK
ISBN 13 : 180418506X
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Disco written by Sean Murray and published by Bonnier Books UK. This book was released on 2024-08-08 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tragic fire at the Stardust nightclub on Valentine's Day, 1981 in a working-class suburb of Dublin caused the deaths of 48 young people, with an average age of just 19 years. After years of families and survivors fighting to find out what really happened, new inquests held in 2024 finally revealed the full story. In 1981, the Stardust nightclub in Dublin was a beacon for the city's nightlife - until it became a nightmare. On that fateful Valentine's Day the dance floor became a scene of horror, as flames engulfed the venue, claiming the lives of 48 young people and leaving the survivors scarred forever. In this gripping account the harrowing true story is revealed, citing new evidence brought forward during recent inquests in the relentless pursuit of justice. Through the eyes of the survivors, the families and investigators, compiled with meticulous research and compassionate portrayals of their voices, this poignant book honours the memories of those who were lost, while shedding light on the tragedy that still shocks the nation to this day.

Author : Marshall Chapman
Publisher : Vanderbilt University Press
ISBN 13 : 082650325X
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book They Came to Nashville written by Marshall Chapman and published by Vanderbilt University Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Chapman knows Nashville. A musician, songwriter, and author with nearly a dozen albums and a bestselling memoir under her belt, Chapman has lived and breathed Music City for over forty years. Her friendships with those who helped make Nashville one of the major forces in American music culture are genuine and heartfelt, her insights unsurpassed. In her new book, They Came to Nashville, the reader is invited to see Marshall Chapman as never before: as music journalist extraordinaire. Here Chapman captures the personal stories of musicians who have shaped the modern history of music in Nashville, from the mouths of the artists themselves. Their tribulations and triumphs are revealed against the backdrop of a forever-evolving Music City, as Chapman sits down with icons like Kris Kristofferson and Emmylou Harris, new stars like Miranda Lambert, and a dozen other top names to ask what brought each of them to Nashville and what inspired them to persevere. The book culminates with Chapman's heroic and hilarious attempt to schedule a proper interview with original Outlaw Willie Nelson. Instead, she's brought along on Willie's raucous 2008 tour and winds up on stage with him in Beaumont, Texas, singing "Good Hearted Woman." They Came to Nashville reveals the daily struggles facing newcomers to the music business—and the promise awaiting those willing to fight for their dream.