Author: Daniel J. O'BrienPublisher:
ISBN: 9780996056502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
No Ordinary Son
Author: Daniel J. O'BrienPublisher:
ISBN: 9780996056502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
No Ordinary Boy
Author: Jennifer JohannesenPublisher: Low to the Ground
ISBN: 9780987736703
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Twelve-year-old Owen Turney died on October 24th, 2010, of unknown causes. No Ordinary Boy is Jennifer Johannesen's extraordinary story of her profoundly disabled son, his family, his caregivers and his doctors. It is a sharply evocative, sometimes humorous, never sentimental chronicle-not only of perpetual crisis management, crushing disappointments and dashed hopes, but also one of love, spiritual growth, self-understanding, acceptance and maturity.
No Ordinary Child
Author: Jacqueline LeyPublisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1849522553
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
When Jacqueline Ley's 23-year-old son told her that he was gay, she was shocked and hurt. Her fundamentalist Christian background told her that homosexuality was sinful and that her son had placed himself beyond the pale. But she underwent a remarkable transformation of attitude. A mother's journey from craving 'normality' for her child to celebrating him as a blessedly extraordinary creature of God.
No Ordinary Apple
Author: Sara MarlowePublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1614290954
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
On an otherwise ordinary day, Elliot discovers something extraordinary: the power of mindfulness. When he asks his neighbor Carmen for a snack, he's at first disappointed when she hands him an apple - he wanted candy! But when encouraged to carefully and attentively look, feel, smell, taste, and even listen to the apple, Elliot discovers that this apple is not ordinary at all. Lushly and humorously illustrated, No Ordinary Apple makes a traditional technique for training mindfulness a fun and enjoyable way for children to learn to slow down and appreciate even the simplest things.
No Ordinary Child
Author: Jacqueline LeyPublisher: Wild Goose Publications
ISBN: 1849522545
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
When Jacqueline Ley's 23-year-old son told her that he was gay, she was shocked and hurt. Her fundamentalist Christian background told her that homosexuality was sinful and that her son had placed himself beyond the pale. But she underwent a remarkable transformation of attitude. A mother's journey from craving 'normality' for her child to celebrating him as a blessedly extraordinary creature of God.
No Ordinary Marriage
Author: Tim SavagePublisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433530368
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
One of the greatest social tragedies of our day is the underperformance of marriage—not only marriages that end in divorce, but also those which, while remaining “intact,” become painfully strained and emotionally scarred. Surely there must be hope for something better, for something more. With profound insight and vivid illustrations, marriage counselor Tim Savage helps us to realize the unlimited potential of marriage—to discover how the glory of God can infuse our unions, increase our joy, and make us bright lights in a troubled world.
No Ordinary Thing
Author: G. Z. SchmidtPublisher: Holiday House
ISBN: 0823444228
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
An imaginative time travel mystery about a boy whose life is upeneded with the arrival of a stranger and a magical promise. Twelve-year-old Adam doesn't mind living at his uncle's bakery, the Biscuit Basket, on the Lower East Side in New York City. The warm, delicious smells of freshly baked breads and chocolate croissants make every day feel cozy, even if Adam doesn't have many friends and he misses his long dead parents very much. When a mysterious but cheerful customer tells Adam that adventures await him, it's too strange to be true. But days later, an unbelievable, incredible thing happens. Adam travels back in time, first to Times Square in 1935, then a candle factory fire in 1967. But how are these moments related? What do they have to do with his parents' death? And why is a tall man with long eyebrows and a thin mustache following Adam's every move? In her debut novel G. Z. Schmidt has crafted a world filled with serendipity, mystery, and adventure for readers of Roald Dahl and Lemony Snicket.
No Ordinary Being
Author: Llewellyn Howland (III.)Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567925265
Category : Aeronautical engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book tells the life story of Boston-born aviation pioneer and yacht designer W. Starling Burgess.
No Ordinary Sun: Poems
Author: Hone TuwhareNo Ordinary Son
Author: Daniel J. O'BrienPublisher:
ISBN: 9780996056526
Category : Bereavement
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description