The Bronxville Book Club

Author : Pamela Hackett Hobson
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595283519
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Bronxville Book Club written by Pamela Hackett Hobson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bronxville Book Club takes you beyond the manicured lawns of some of the most elegant mansions in Bronxville, an affluent suburb in Westchester that is "endlessly copied, but never matched." As club members prepare for their monthly meeting, you'll meet... Kathryn, a divorcée forced to (gasp!) get a job to supplement her substantial alimony payments; Anne, owner of an upscale boutique, Annetiques, whose home renovation is prompting cries of outrage from her neighbors; Giselle, former Vogue model who now designs the lingerie she once modeled; Madison, high-powered investment banker and School Board Trustee; Lizbet, Yale graduate and über volunteer caught up in the college admissions game for her daughter, a senior in the Bronxville High School; ...and their friends Hillary, Carole, Francesca, Sarah and Chelsea. Eavesdrop on the lively discussion of I Don't Know How She Does It: The Life of Kate Reddy, Working Mother, and then follow each of the women home at the end of a highly entertaining evening. A must read for every book club!

Author : Carol Edgarian
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501157531
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vera written by Carol Edgarian and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Meet Vera Johnson, fifteen-year-old illegitimate daughter of Rose, notorious proprietor of San Francisco's most legendary bordello. Vera has grown up straddling two worlds-the madam's alluring sphere, replete with tickets to the opera, surly henchmen, and scant morality, and the quiet domestic life of the family paid to raise her. On the morning of the great quake, Vera's worlds collide. As the city burns and looters vie with the injured, orphaned, and starving, Vera and her guileless sister, Pie, are cast adrift. Disregarding societal norms and prejudices, Vera begins to imagine a new kind of life. She collaborates with Tan, her former rival, and forges an unlikely family of survivors, navigating through the disaster together. In Vera, Carol Edgarian creates a cinematic, deeply entertaining world, in which honor and fates are tested; notions of sex, class, and justice are turned upside down; and love is hard-won. A ravishing, heartbreaking, and profound affirmation of youth and tenacity, Vera's story brings to life legendary characters-tenor Enrico Caruso, indicted mayor Eugene Schmitz and boss Abe Ruef, tabloid celebrity Alma Spreckels. This richly imagined, timely tale of improbable outcomes and alliances takes hold from the first page, with remarkable scenes of devastation, renewal, and joy. Vera celebrates the audacious fortitude of its young heroine, who discovers an unexpected strength in unprecedented times"--

Author : Marilynn Wood Hill
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738562223
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Around Bronxville written by Marilynn Wood Hill and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 1997-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the time the railroad arrived in 1844, the small rural community of Underhill's Crossing--soon to be renamed Bronxville--was already attracting prominent New York City families. Some came seeking permanent homes; others a summer retreat. Half a century later, believing that the future of their charming hamlet would be best served by organizing as a village, a handful of local taxpayers voted to incorporate. This community along the New York and Harlem Railroad, 15 miles from New York City, was about to become one of the most desirable residential suburbs in the metropolitan area. Around Bronxville brings to life more than one hundred years of carefully planned community and architectural development, including fine homes, apartments, houses of worship, and the once famous Hotel Gramatan that was demolished in 1972. The book offers a visual tour of Bronxville's early "downtown"; William Van Duzer Lawrence's art colony, Lawrence Park; and neighboring Lawrence Park West, the home of Sarah Lawrence College. Over 200 photographs, combined with explanatory text, recapture the ambiance of people, places, and events of a past era and offer a glimpse into the private lives of some of the community's more notable residents, such as Elizabeth Custer, widow of General Custer, and the families of Jerome Kern and Joseph P. Kennedy.

Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1611591511
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul: Living Catholic Faith is relevant to all Catholics, from the once-a-year attendee at Christmas Mass, to the devout church volunteer and daily worshipper. A great gift for Confirmation, RCIA, graduations, weddings, new parents, and holidays! With 101 poignant and spirit-filled stories, this book covers the gamut, from fun stories about growing up Catholic to serious stories about sacraments and miracles. Whether a cradle Catholic, a convert, simply curious or struggling, these stories describe what it means to be a Catholic and provide happiness, hope, and healing.

Author : Isabel Sun Chao
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781954854055
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remembering Shanghai written by Isabel Sun Chao and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A volume that demands to be held." --Los Angeles Review of Books True stories of glamour, drama, and tragedy told through five generations of a Shanghai family, from the last days of imperial rule to the Cultural Revolution. A high position bestowed by China's empress dowager grants power and wealth to the Sun family. For Isabel, growing up in glamorous 1930s and '40s Shanghai, it is a life of utmost privilege. But while her scholar father and fashionable mother shelter her from civil war and Japanese occupation, they cannot shield the family forever. When Mao comes to power, eighteen-year-old Isabel journeys to Hong Kong, not realizing that she will make it her home--and that she will never see her father again. She returns to Shanghai fifty years later with her daughter, Claire, to confront their family's past--one they discover is filled with love and betrayal, kidnappers and concubines, glittering palaces and underworld crime bosses. Lavishly illustrated and meticulously researched, Remembering Shanghai follows five generations from a hardscrabble village to the bright lights of Hong Kong. By turns harrowing and heartwarming, this vivid memoir explores identity, loss, and redemption against an epic backdrop. WINNER OF 20 LITERARY AND DESIGN AWARDS, INCLUDING: Writer's Digest GRAND PRIZE Rubery Book Award BOOK OF THE YEAR IAN Independent Author Network OUTSTANDING MEMOIR IPPY Independent Publisher Book Awards BEST FIRST BOOK Reader Views GLOBAL AWARD

Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1453274871
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Sister's Soul 2 written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrate the sister-to-sister bond in all its wild, wacky, poignant and inspirational glory.

Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1453276203
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Soul Celebrating People Who Make a Difference written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chicken Soup for the Soul® Celebrating People Who Make a Difference reveals a side of humanity we rarely see heralded on the evening news. This inspiring collection of stories chronicles the small kindnesses that make a huge difference, the ordinary experiences that have profound impact, and the defining moments that change the lives of everyday people.

Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 145327491X
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul written by Jack Canfield and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Any man can be a father, but it takes a special person to be a dad. Chicken Soup for the Father and Son Soul takes a peak into the lives of fathers and sons, sharing the important male milestones from birth through childhood, adolescence, young adulthood, the senior years, and every step in between. This is a celebration of how fathers and sons carry each other along life's journey. Share the story of one man who didn't think much of becoming a father until the day he laid eyes on his son, and how in a matter of moments his perspective on life and being a dad had profoundly changed forever, and the touching story of a young boy who finds the father he always longed for in a special stepdad, as well as the story of the love and respect between a father-in-law and son-in-law that appears when least expected. Readers will be inspired by the stories of sons looking up to their fathers and learning by example, and fathers recollecting their own childhoods and relationships with their own dads. These insightful stories show men and boys working through the ups and downs of life, learning as they go and becoming better because of their relationship with each other. These powerful and poignant stories are written from every point of view—fathers, sons, grandfathers, mothers, and wives—everyone who has been deeply touched by the father and son relationship.

Author : Eileen Palma
Publisher : Diversion Books
ISBN 13 : 1626812780
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Worth the Weight written by Eileen Palma and published by Diversion Books. This book was released on 2014-04-27 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One woman discovers that her professional rival’s bark is worse than his bite in this charming debut romantic comedy for fans of You’ve Got Mail. When Kate Richards, the effervescent TV host and the author of kid-friendly cookbooks, runs into Jack Moskowitz at a dog park, sparks fly. He’s attractive, charming, and single. She has no idea that he’s also the one man who could cost Kate her career . . . Jack knows exactly who Kate is, though. She tore his company apart on television only the day before! Seeing an opportunity, Jack starts digging up dirt on his nemesis, to put her crusade on ice once and for all. But the more time the two spend together, the more his lie—and his feelings for Kate—spiral out of control. When Jack and Kate try to tip the scales of romance it brings chaos, heartbreak, and hilarity and more than a few laps around love’s track.

Author : Eileen Moskowitz-Palma
Publisher : Running Press Kids
ISBN 13 : 0762467460
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Popularity Pact: Camp Clique written by Eileen Moskowitz-Palma and published by Running Press Kids. This book was released on 2020-04-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the blink of a summer, Bea goes from having a best friend and a place she belongs to being dropped and invisible, eating lunch alone and only talking to teachers. The end of sixth grade and the start of Camp Amelia can't come soon enough. But then the worst part of school, ex-best friend Maisy, shows up in Bea's safe place and ruins it all. Maisy lands in the same bunk as Bea and summer suddenly seems dire. Never having camped a day in her life, Maisy agrees: it's hopeless. She should be at home, spending time with her little sister and hanging out with her super popular crew of friends--not at this stupid adventure camp failing everything and being hated by everyone. In a desperate bid to belong, Maisy offers Bea a deal: if Bea helps her fit in at the camp, she will get Bea into the M & M's, their town's popular clique, when they enter seventh grade in the fall. The Popularity Pact is born.