A Visit from the Goon Squad

A Visit from the Goon Squad
Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2010-06-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0307593622

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption “features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. “Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart.” —The New York Times Book Review

For A Visit

For A Visit
Author: Merri Maywether
Publisher: Merri Maywether
Total Pages: 100
Release:
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Annie Duncan will learn about the power of secrets and promises and the depths of a shared history. Annie, Jessie, and Noah were a trio of inseparable friends, their bond serving as a timeless symbol of their past adventures. Unbeknownst to Annie, Jessie and Noah harbored a hidden secret, one that would change their lives forever. Shortly after Annie and Jessie exchanged their vows, Noah embarked on a thrilling journey as a wandering physician, leaving behind their idyllic hometown of Ashbrook. But destiny has a way of bringing people back together, especially in the face of tragedy. When Jessie's life is unexpectedly cut short, Noah resurfaces, driven by the commitment of a promise made long ago. As Annie and Jessie's teenage son, J.R., finds solace and guidance in Noah's presence, Annie grapples with uncertainties. Can the simplicity and warmth of Ashbrook be enough to captivate a man who has experienced the world's grandeur, from sipping champagne at the Eiffel Tower to traversing distant lands? Yet, as J.R. and Noah unite forces, a remarkable journey of rediscovery unfolds for Annie. In this tale of second chances, she learns that love knows no bounds and that the bonds forged in a small town can possess a magic of their own.

Goin' Back in Time For a Visit With Ancestors

Goin' Back in Time For a Visit With Ancestors
Author: David Halsey
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2014-03-24
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1304962946

Stories in this book should make it easier to virtually travel back in time to a past where we can imagine what emotions were experienced by our ancestors during some of their life events. These stories provide a small window into some of those experiences that formed who they were to a small degree. They acted as we would have acted under similar circumstances but by a different set of values that defined their "time", not ours. Maybe when reading some of these stories, it might remind you of a family member that you know. For example at my age when I look into a mirror I see my father. I'm sure I have inherited many of his characteristics since he was my first and most important teacher/mentor. My ancestors, who are the subjects of these stories, discovered, as we have, that the world of our youth expands quickly as we mature and leave the nest.

Only Here For A Visit

Only Here For A Visit
Author: Alan Brazil
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2020-10-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1473584434

'The only book that will give you a hangover' Chris Evans Breakfast Show --- The hilarious, no holds barred autobiography from sporting legend and broadcaster Alan Brazil. As Alan recounts tales from his extraordinary life, he relives the sporting occasions, radio broadcasts and famously long drinking sessions that have defined his career. He takes readers inside the talkSPORT studio for a behind-the-scenes view of his most memorable interviews, and talks for the first time about the on-pitch rivalries and dressing room debriefs of his footballing career. With his typically outspoken and irreverent delivery, Alan shares everything from his thoughts on how the sports he loves have changed to his top tips for picking winners (and many losers) at Cheltenham. And he revels in wine-soaked jaunts in the South of France and late-night supermarket sweeps with Ray Parlour - if you can keep up. Packed full of never-before-told stories, refreshing appraisals, sporting controversy and a cast of larger-than-life characters, this is a brutally honesty and wickedly funny insight into an extraordinary life.

when God came down for a visit

when God came down for a visit
Author: cm taylor
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 21
Release: 2012-09-07
Genre:
ISBN: 1365533611

And the sheepherders couldn't believe their ears. God? The One Who made the universe and everything in it? Down here? And the great angel said, "Yes, and unbelievable as it seems, tonight God is a baby. And He's lying in a trough in a place where the animals stay. And He's come here to give everyone in the world a gift. And after tonight the world will never be the same again."

Visit for a Week

Visit for a Week
Author: Lucy Peacock
Publisher:
Total Pages: 294
Release: 1796
Genre: Aunts
ISBN:

Two spoiled children visit their aunt for a week. They learn there are more interesting things to do than play games and the aunt, who has been in seclusion, is drawn out into the world.