Letters to Lisa

Letters to Lisa
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Publisher : Dordt Coll Press
Total Pages : 197
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0932914373
ISBN-13 : 9780932914378
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Synopsis Letters to Lisa by : John Van Dyk

Letters to Lisa is a practical book intended to stimulate Christian teachers to reflect on their practice as teachers. Its purpose is to help teachers see that everyday classroom practice is determined by our fundamental beliefs about education and about the Christian life, and to suggest ways of teaching in the biblical way.

Letters to Live By

Letters to Live By
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Publisher : Running Press Kids
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 9780762473069
ISBN-13 : 0762473061
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Letters to Live By by : Lisa Frenkel Riddiough

A social-emotional concept picture book that teaches readers the power of setting intentions and embracing mindfulness in our everyday. Appreciate art, become brave, and choose compassion. Pairing big ideas like generosity, respect, and joy with the letters of the alphabet, Letters to Live By is a beautiful picture book that encourages children to make the most of each day and leave their mark on the world.

Women's Letters

Women's Letters
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Publisher : Dial Press Trade Paperback
Total Pages : 833
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ISBN-10 : 9780307493330
ISBN-13 : 0307493334
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Synopsis Women's Letters by : Lisa Grunwald

Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington’s portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK’s assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy pens a heartfelt letter to Nikita Khrushchev; and on September 12, 2001, a schoolgirl writes a note of thanks to a New York City firefighter, asking him, “Were you afraid?” The letters gathered here also offer fresh insight into the personal milestones in women’s lives. Here is a mid-nineteenth-century missionary describing a mastectomy performed without anesthesia; Marilyn Monroe asking her doctor to spare her ovaries in a handwritten note she taped to her stomach before appendix surgery; an eighteen-year-old telling her mother about her decision to have an abortion the year after Roe v. Wade; and a woman writing to her parents and in-laws about adopting a Chinese baby. With more than 400 letters and over 100 stunning photographs, Women’s Letters is a work of astonishing breadth and scope, and a remarkable testament to the women who lived–and made–history. From the Hardcover edition.

The Letters are Lost!

The Letters are Lost!
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Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 067086336X
ISBN-13 : 9780670863365
Rating : 4/5 (6X Downloads)

Synopsis The Letters are Lost! by : Lisa Campbell Ernst

When a set of alphabet blocks disappears, the hunt is on to put them back in order.

A Letter to My Mom

A Letter to My Mom
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Publisher : Crown/Archetype
Total Pages : 162
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780804139687
ISBN-13 : 0804139687
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis A Letter to My Mom by : Lisa Erspamer

Including letters from Melissa Rivers, Shania Twain, will.i.am, Christy Turlington, and Kristin Chenoweth Just in time for Mother's Day, the next book in the A Letter to My series (after A Letter to My Dog and A Letter to My Cat) takes on mothers, with celebrities and civilians writing letters of gratitude and admiration to the women who raised them, alongside gorgeous, intimate photos.

Letters to Virginia Woolf

Letters to Virginia Woolf
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 96
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ISBN-10 : UCSC:32106018276151
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (51 Downloads)

Synopsis Letters to Virginia Woolf by : Lisa Williams

Letters to Virginia Woolf is both a lyrical memoir and meditation on Woolf's life and writing. Starting with the events of 9/11, Williams examines Woolf's anti-war views and their relevance to our present time. In her pacifist manifesto, Three Guineas, Woolf wrote, "A common interest unites us; it is one world, one life." This book explores the events of 9/11 within the context of Woolf's passionate cry for a world without war. In six concise parts, Lisa Williams writes letters to Virginia Woolf that reflect on Woolf's ideas about war, memory, and childhood as well as her own experiences with these very issues.

Dear Denise

Dear Denise
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Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Total Pages : 216
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780817321352
ISBN-13 : 0817321357
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Dear Denise by : Lisa McNair

Poignant, honest, and heartfelt letters to a sister who perished in the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing Lisa McNair was born in 1964, one year after her older sister, Denise, was murdered in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Dear Denise is a collection of forty letters from Lisa addressed to the sister she never knew, but in whose shadow of sacrifice and lost youth she was raised. These letters offer an intimate look into the life of a family touched by one of the most heinous tragedies of the Civil Rights Movement. Written in a genuine, accessible, familiar, and easy-to-read voice, Lisa’s letters apprise her late sister of all that has come to pass in the years since her death. Lisa considers her own challenges and accomplishments as a student in remarkably different—and very racially complex—schools; the birth of their baby sister, Kim; their father’s election to the Alabama legislature; her evolving sense of faith and place, and sometimes lack thereof, within the Black church; her college experiences; and her own sense of self as she’s matured into adulthood. She reveals some of the family’s difficulties and health challenges, and shares some of their joys and celebrations. The letters are accompanied by 29 black-and-white photographs, most of them from the McNair family collection, many of them taken by her father, a professional photographer who documented the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama both before and after Denise’s murder. An unswervingly candid, gentle, and nuanced book, Dear Denise is a testament to one singular life lived bravely and truthfully (if sometimes confusedly or awkwardly), during decades of bewildering social change and in the shadow of one life never fully lived.

How to Write Irresistible Query Letters

How to Write Irresistible Query Letters
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Publisher : Writer's Digest Books
Total Pages : 148
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1582971552
ISBN-13 : 9781582971551
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis How to Write Irresistible Query Letters by : Lisa Collier Cool

Original publication and copyright date: 1987.

Elvis and the World As It Stands

Elvis and the World As It Stands
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Publisher : Abrams
Total Pages : 188
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781647002015
ISBN-13 : 164700201X
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Elvis and the World As It Stands by : Lisa Frenkel Riddiough

A poignant middle-grade story about loss and finding family from the point of view of a newly adopted kitten "An absolute delight, from beginning to end." —Anne Ursu, author of National Book Award nominee The Real Boy "Elvis's journey is sweet and funny and profound." —Eliot Schrefer, National Book Award finalist Most shelter animals dream of going home with a forever family. But for Elvis, being chosen by Mrs. Pemberton is a nightmare. He’s been separated from his sister, Etta, and is determined to get back to the shelter to find her. In spite of himself, Elvis becomes curious about ten-year-old Georgina Pemberton, who builds LEGO skyscrapers in her bedroom while navigating her parents’ separation. The longer he’s in his new home, the more he starts recognizing new feelings: admiration for Georgina’s creations, affection for the other pets, and even empathy for the Pembertons—despite their inability to listen. As Georgina sets out to build her most important skyscrapers yet—the Twin Towers—Elvis realizes that maybe both humans and animals can take a page from Georgina’s Big Book of American Architecture and “build a world of their own choosing,” even if the choices aren’t what they’d initially expected.

Small Fry

Small Fry
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Publisher : Grove Press
Total Pages : 356
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780802146519
ISBN-13 : 0802146511
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis Small Fry by : Lisa Brennan-Jobs

The New York Times–bestselling memoir by Steve Jobs’ daughter: “This sincere and disquieting portrait reveals a complex father-daughter relationship.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents—artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs—Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa’s father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, vacations, and private schools. Lisa found her father’s attention thrilling, but he could also be cold, critical and unpredictable. When her relationship with her mother grew strained in high school, Lisa decided to move in with her father, hoping he’d become the parent she’d always wanted him to be. Small Fry is Lisa Brennan-Jobs’s poignant story of childhood and growing up. Scrappy, wise, and funny, Lisa offers an intimate window into the peculiar world of this family, and the strange magic of Silicon Valley in the seventies and eighties.