Practically every member of the Peale family contributed to America's early art and culture and Sarah Peale was the first woman artist to have made a living from her work. Having learned to paint from her renowned father, she painted several famous people, including Lafayette, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Hart Benson, and Daniel Webster.<br> Sarah was a passionate woman bent on being successful as an artist. She was also a woman of stron ...
Teen Money 101, a timely educational book on teen financing and money management. A compelling, teen friendly, informative book, Teen Money 101 teaches practical every day money management skills to young people in a manner that is easy to understand and at the same time very engaging. <br><br>Teen Money 101 was written by Stacia Morris, a former IBM employee, financial advisor, youth volunteer and motivational speaker. Focus groups ...
This book is the memoirs of "A Driven Class American." The author uses his own life to characterize the after "Boomers" generation (X, Y, and Millennial's) and their traditional middle class aspirations. He shares a story about the trade-offs necessary to elevate himself and his family economically. He weaves the external factors of boom and bust activity into decision making for home ownership, higher ...
Master hair stylist Barry Fletcher is in a unique position. Women and men from all walks of life have been confiding in him for years. Too often when we have relational issues, we seek counsel from those without relevant insight. Women talk to their girlfriends; men talk to the fellas. Wouldn't it make sense to seek information from closer to the source? Barry has heard the uncut, uncensored versions from both sides.<br><br>I ...
Stories I'd Tell My Children (but maybe not until they're adults) is mostly hysterically funny, sometimes poignant and profound, often bawdy and always delightful.<br><br>The book includes more than 100 stories that span 55 years: pre-school, in school, and after the author had enough school. There's lots of sex, drugs and rock & roll. Even the sex and drug stories are funny.<br><br>Some storie ...
Can a mother's love heal the deepest wounds of a daughter's heart? <br> <br>That's the challenge for Dolly Devereaux, a thirty-something divorced mother from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Dolly has spent twenty years fighting tooth and nail to break free from the grasping tentacles of her poor, rural origins and work her way into the middle class. But can Dolly save April, her rebellious 18-year-old daughter, ...
Until very recently, no society had seen marriage as anything other than a conjugal partnership: a male-female union. What Is Marriage? identifies and defends the reasons for this historic consensus and shows why redefining civil marriage as something other than the conjugal union of husband and wife is a mistake. Sherif Girgis, Ryan T. Anderson, and Robert P. George offer a devastating critique of the idea that equality requires redefining mar ...
A shadowy form moved in a crouch along the creek bank, a stout club upraised and silhouetted against the sparkling surface of the stream. It approached the forms of the man and the woman as they lay quietly on the rug in the moonlight near the water's edge. The woman's head rested on the man's chest as he lay on his back, as if in a deep sleep. The blows from the club came quickly and viciously, crushing the flesh and bon ...
Tim is the youngest son of Irish American immigrants growing up in Chicago in the 1950's and 60's. Follow his memories of Chicago in short stories that recall the sights, sounds, vigor and tensions that were the Windy City.<br><br>Share in Tim's joys, sadness, successes and failures as he navigates through life in his Chicago neighborhood. Meet the varied, interesting, and intriguing people – both good and bad ...
