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1. To the Land of Opportunity: A Grandfather's Journey: Memories from the homeland in India and the heartland of America
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A youthful dream of becoming a doctor carried George Varghese from a village in India to regional and national prominence as a medical specialist, diagnostician, educator and visionary.2. My Pal, My Grandpa: The story of a child's journey with a grandfather suffering from Alzheimer's Disease
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My Pal My Grandpa The Story of a Child s Journey with a Grandfather Suffering from Alzheimer s DiseaseDescription
This is a true and poignant story of the relationship between a young boy and his beloved grandfather who develops Alzheimer's Disease. It details the grandsons thoughts, feelings and actions with guidance from his parents as they all undergo a journey of love.3. Grandfather's Journal: A Grandson's Journey into His Grandfather's Life
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Grandfather s Journal A Grandson s Journey into His Grandfather s LifeDescription
In 2012, after sharing a number of sea stories with my only grandson, I was told I needed to write a life journal to include my years as a child in the Philippine Islands just following World War II. The journal, which addressed a time from June 7, 1935 to December 28, 2013, includes the important events of my life, including my twenty-seven years in the US Navy. As could be expected, there are more reflections from my years as a naval aviator, flying combat missions in Vietnam and numerous secret missions against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Not as exciting, but just as important, was my journal following my naval service after my retirement in December 1982. Most importantly, I have shared what took place in my life on June 9, 1977, two days after my 42nd birthday and two days before my oldest son graduated from high school, when I accepted Jesus Christ as the Lord and Savior of my life. This event radically changed my life and immediately healed a broken family. It also addressed the thirty-plus years in which I was called as a volunteer to serve the least of these in our prison systems. If I have a desire for the journal, it would be that it encourage others to address the importance of their spiritual needs before age forty-two and that it would challenge my grandchildren in their walk with Christ.4. Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box
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Granddaddy s Turn A Journey to the Ballot BoxDescription
Based on the true story of one familys struggle for voting rights in the civil rightsera South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on a dark facet of U.S. history.Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isnt a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get whats coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening??and sure enough, everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the very first time, Granddaddy is allowed to vote, and he couldnt be more proud. But can Michael be patient when it seems that justice just cant come soon enough? This powerful and touching true-life story shares one boys perspective of growing up in the segregated South, while beautiful illustrations depict the rural setting in tender detail.
5. Journey Into Poland: My Roots in Grandfather's Village
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Journey Into Poland My Roots in Grandfather s VillageDescription
Journey Into Poland is a memoir about family and the search for my roots, but its more than that. I wanted to introduce you to its enchanting beauty; its friendly, obliging people; and sprinkle in some of its history one must know in order to understand the Polish character. Americans typically have little exposure to Warsaw and Krakow, and none to the smaller villages and pure farmlands which are a world away from city life. I wanted to share that flawless simplicity which I feel is the real Poland, hidden from the world and often from the descendants of those daring early adventurers who crossed the ocean in life threatening conditions aboard overloaded boats. The story of Polish immigrants doesnt end with startling statistics or the intake center at Ellis Island. It continues for decades, and sometimes we are lucky enough to discover who we really are.6. The Adventures of Grandfather Frog (Dover Children's Thrift Classics)
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The Adventures of Grandfather FrogDescription
Woven into Grandfather Frog's adventures are the daring pranks of Jerry Muskrat, Little Joe Otter, and Billy Mink, the hunting exploits of Longlegs the Blue Heron and Whitetail the Marsh Hawk, and the brave deeds of Danny Meadow Mouse and Striped Chipmunk. Their interwoven stories, newly reset here in large, easy-to-read type, will delight children as they discover, one by one, the many good reasons why Grandfather Frog came to wish he had never, never thought of leaving the Smiling Pool to see the Great World.
7. Grandfather's Journey
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Houghton MifflinDescription
Lyrical, breathtaking, splendidwords used to describe Allen Says Grandfathers Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one mans love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers attention and hearts. Winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.8. Grandfather's Journey
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Grandfather s Journey 20th AnniversaryDescription
9. Grandad's Island
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Grandad s IslandDescription
With subtlety and grace, Benji Davies paints a poignant and ultimately uplifting picture of loss.At the bottom of Syds garden, through the gate and past the tree, is Grandads house. Syd can let himself in any time he likes. But one day when Syd comes to call, Grandad isnt in any of the usual places. Hes in the attic, where he ushers Syd through a door, and the two of them journey to a wild, beautiful island awash in color where Grandad decides he will remain. So Syd hugs Grandad one last time and sets sail for home. Visiting Grandads house at the bottom of the garden again, he finds it just the same as its always been except that Grandad isnt there anymore. Sure to provide comfort to young children struggling to understand loss, Benji Daviess tale is a sensitive and beautiful reminder that our loved ones live on in our memories long after theyre gone.
10. Walking with Grandfather: A Skeptic's Journey Toward Spirituality
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Walking with Grandfather A Skeptic s Journey Toward SpiritualityDescription
Integrating Christian theology and aboriginal spirituality, this book tells the story of Michael Hardin's journey from seminary to ministerial burnout and finally to redemption discovering the shamanic path of Stalking Wolf (Grandfather). It details his experiences at The Tracker school led by world renowned tracker Tom Brown Jr., his skepticism and eventual coming to terms with the wholeness of life. Hardin is an internationally known author, speaker and theologian.11. The Tale of the Mandarin Ducks (Picture Puffins)
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9780140557398Description
In a tale illustrated by paintings in the style of eighteenth-century Japanese woodcuts, servants of a greedy lord are sentenced to death after they release a mandarin duck that the lord had captured. Reprint. H. AB. PW.Book Details:
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 11/1/1995
- Pages: 40
- Reading Level: Age 5 and Up
12. Where the Dead Pause, and the Japanese Say Goodbye: A Journey
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Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye A JourneyDescription
Read it. You will be uplifted.Ruth Ozeki, Zen priest, author of A Tale for the Time Being
Marie Mutsuki Mockett's family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March 2011, after the earthquake and tsunami, radiation levels prohibited the burial of her Japanese grandfather's bones. As Japan mourned thousands of people lost in the disaster, Mockett also grieved for her American father, who had died unexpectedly.
Seeking consolation, Mockett is guided by a colorful cast of Zen priests and ordinary Japanese who perform rituals that disturb, haunt, and finally uplift her. Her journey leads her into the radiation zone in an intricate white hazmat suit; to Eiheiji, a school for Zen Buddhist monks; on a visit to a Crab Lady and Fuzzy-Headed Priests temple on Mount Doom; and into the "thick dark" of the subterranean labyrinth under Kiyomizu temple, among other twists and turns. From the ecstasy of a cherry blossom festival in the radiation zone to the ghosts inhabiting chopsticks, Mockett writes of both the earthly and the sublime with extraordinary sensitivity. Her unpretentious and engaging voice makes her the kind of companion a reader wants to stay with wherever she goes, even into the heart of grief itself.
13. The Ultimate Journey: A Novel (Ultimate Gift)
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14. Journey's End (Gilded Promises)
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Having grown up on the mean streets of nineteenth-century London, Caroline St. James is used to fighting to survive.
So when her beloved motherabandoned and ignored by her wealthy familysuddenly dies, the scrappy twenty-two-year-old devises a plan to right this terrible wrong. With nothing to lose, she sails to New York to find the man who turned a cold shoulder to her mothers suffering: Carolines grandfather. To settle the family score, Caroline infiltrates her grandfathers privileged world, hoping to sabotage his business from the inside. But as she sets her plot in motion, she meets Jackson Montgomery, a virtuous man who is struggling to recover from a family scandal of his own. As their friendship grows, and Caroline begins to piece together the motives that led her family to turn its back, she is forced to make a decision: Should she risk everything in the name of justice? Or can she look toward the future and let love and forgiveness guide her instead?
15. National Theatre Connections 2012: Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me; Journey to X; Little Foot; Prince of Denmark; Socialism is Great; The Grandfathers; ... a Superhero?; The Ritual (Play Anthologies)
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Used Book in Good ConditionDescription
This brilliant new collection of ten plays for young people will prove indispensable to schools, colleges and youth theatre groups. Specially commissioned by the National Theatre for the Connections Festival 2012 involving 200 schools and youth theatre groups across the UK and Ireland, each play is accompanied by production notes and exercises.
Power struggles, rites of passage, love and forbidden relationships are some of the rich themes that run through the 2012 cycle of plays. Some are deeply funny, some are provocative and some reflective; and one has really catchy songs!
For the 2012 Festival, the anthology has an international feel and offers a window on the world. It includes from Australia a play based on a nineteenth century court case in which a teenage girl was falsely convicted; from Brazil a drama about young lovers doomed to tragedy; set in Russia, a play exploring differing attitudes to National Service and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991; a drama about students' rights to an education and the Cultural Revolution of 1966 in China; and a comedy involving a group of Irish country girls travelling to London to audition for the X-Factor.