The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 1

The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 1
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 182
Release: 2007-04-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1430314303

The doing of good deeds is important. As a free person, you can choose to live your life as a good person or as a bad person. To be a good person, do good deeds. To be a bad person, do bad deeds. If you do good deeds, you will become good. If you do bad deeds, you will become bad. To become the person you want to be, act as if you already are that kind of person. Each of us chooses what kind of person we will become. To become a hero, do the things a hero does. To become a coward, do the things a coward does. The opportunity to take action to become the kind of person you want to be is yours. ; ;This book collects 250 stories of good deeds from the arts, from religion, and from life.

The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 2

The Kindest People Who Do Good Deeds: Volume 2
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2008-11-01
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1435701119

This book collects 250 stories about good deeds, including this one: When the great 19th-century actor Sir Henry Irving discovered an old woman who needed money to survive but who couldn't work, he would hire her to take care of the cats in his theater. Later, he was going to hire an old woman to take care of the cats, but then he discovered that he had already hired three old women to take care of the cats. Therefore, he hired this old woman to take care of the three old women who took care of the cats.

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed

Ordinary Mary's Extraordinary Deed
Author: Emily Pearson
Publisher: Gibbs Smith
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2002-04-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423614313

This illustrated children’s book celebrates the extraordinary potential of ordinary deeds—showing how one child’s act of kindness can change the world One ordinary day, Ordinary Mary stumbles upon some ordinary blueberries. When she decides to pick them for her neighbor, Mrs. Bishop, her thoughtful act starts a chain reaction that multiplies around the world. Mrs. Bishop makes blueberry muffins and gives them to her paperboy and four others—one of whom is Mr. Stevens, who then helps five different people with their luggage—one of whom is Maria, who then helps five other people—and so on, until the deed comes back to Mary.

John Ford's "The Broken Heart": A Retelling

John Ford's
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2018-03-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387559982

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's THE BROKEN HEART. According to Charles Lamb, ""Ford was of the first order of poets. He sought for sublimity, not by parcels in metaphors or visible images, but directly where she has her full residence in the heart of man; in the actions and sufferings of the greatest minds.""

The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling

The Famous Victories of Henry V: A Retelling
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2018-02
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387509292

This is an easy-to-retelling of "The Famous Victories of Henry V," which is an important source for William Shakespeare's "Henry IV" and "Henry V" plays.

John Ford's "'Tis Pity She's a Whore": A Retelling

John Ford's
Author: David Bruce
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1387445138

This is an easy-to-read retelling of John Ford's tragedy "'Tis Pity She's a Whore." In this tragedy, a brother and sister fall in love and commit incest.