Poet Phyllis Hotch has given us a collection of poetry that is mesmerizing in its beauty and extraordinary in its poetical imagination. Each poem is written in langaugage that is both melodic and enchanting. Hotch is able to address the complexity of human emotions, the passing of time, and the questions about the meaning of a life well lived.
Guidelines for achieving your life's purpose, greater passion, power and significance in your relationships and work and overall success by manifesting God's true destiny for your life.
For those who are searching for more meaning and happiness in life, who seek a closer relationship with the Lord and greater fulfillment through His design for their lives.
FIND MEANING, FULFILLMENT AND GREATER HAPPINESS THROUGH LIVING YOUR FAITH--DEVOTION AND DEDICATION TO THE LORD'S PRECEPTS AND PURPOSE FOR YOU AND YOUR LIFE.
You think I'm overdressed? This is my slip No, I'm going to tell you the truth about what I'm wearing. I used to work as a lampshade in a whorehouse. I couldn't get one of the good jobs. From housewife to humorist, Phyllis Diller made millions laugh for over five decades with her groundbreaking comedy. Boasting unique material, a raucous laugh, wild hair, the trademark cigarette holder, and garish clothes, this pioneer blazed a trail for comediennes during the fifties and sixties, leading them out of small dives into the kinds of top venues that had previously played host only to their male counterparts. While her routine broke new ground and opened doors to subsequent generations of female standups, it also served as a form of self-therapy amid a life steeped in tragedy and turmoil. Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse is Phyllis Diller's own story about the struggle and the pain behind the comedy and the success: her Depression-era adolescence; her marriage to the chronically unemployed husband who inspired her most famous comic character, Fang; her desperate attempts to stave off poverty as a professional comic while raising five children; the disastrous club engagements that coincided with homelessness and separation from her young family; and the problems that clouded her stage and screen success when a second marriage unraveled because of her new spouse's alcoholism and inner demons. Over fifty years after Diller's professional debut as a standup comic, Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse describes her separate careers as an artist and as a piano soloist with symphony orchestras; her failed attempts to become a Playboy centerfold; and her outspoken attitude toward her extensive plastic surgery that earned her a special award from the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. It's quite a story.
This is a childhood memoir of Phyllis, who left England for Argentina with her parents in 1937. She was three months old. The Second World War started soon after their departure and, the family were unable to return until 1947 and, eventually for good in 1949. The stories are cameos of the ups and downs in a child's life. Tears and sorrows, smiles and happiness all combine in Phyllis' charmed life.
It is said that you do not really know someone - including yourself - until that person encounters a profound crisis in life. This book is a remarkable first-person account of one woman's survival and ultimate triumph over cruel conditions of USA-orchestrated imprisonment, character-assassination, and kangaroo justice. The reader is taken on an extraordinarily rich journey of Phyllis Coard's battles to survive her capture, isolation, psychological and physical torture. By the end of her sixteen-and-a-half years of incarceration, character assassination, judicial malpractice, and five years on death row, her increasing personal discoveries and insights lead to remarkable self-mastery.
When children lose someone they love, they lose part of their very identity. Life, as they knew it, will never be quite the same. The world that once felt dependable and safe may suddenly seem a frightening, uncertain place, where nobody understands what they're feeling. In this deeply sympathetic book, Phyllis R. Silverman and Madelyn Kelly offer wise guidance on virtually every aspect of childhood loss, from living with someone who's dying to preparing the funeral; from explaining death to a two year old to managing the moods of a grieving teenager; from dealing with people who don't understand to learning how and where to get help from friends, therapists, and bereavement groups; from developing a new sense of self to continuing a relationship with the person who died. Throughout, the authors advocate an open, honest approach, suggesting that our instinctive desire to "protect" children from the reality of death may be more harmful than helpful. "Children want you to acknowledge what is happening, to help them understand it," the authors suggest. "In this way, they learn to trust their own ability to make sense out of what they see." Drawing on groundbreaking research into what bereaved children are really experiencing, and quoting real conversations with parents and children who have walked that road, the book allows readers to see what others have learned from mourning and surviving the death of a loved one. In a culture where grief is so often invisible and misunderstood, the wisdom derived from such first-hand experience is invaluable. Filled with compassion and common sense, A Parent's Guide to Raising Grieving Children: Rebuilding Your Family after the Loss of a Loved One offers readers a wealth of solace and sound advice, and even--where one might least expect it--a measure of hope.
The relationship of the United States and Great Britain has been the subject of numerous studies with a particular emphasis on the idea of a special relationship based on traditional common ties of language, history, and political affinity. Although certainly special, Anglo-American cooperation arose from mutual necessity. Soybel examines the special relationship through a new lens—that of the most intimate of wartime collaborations, the naval intelligence relationship. Rather than looking at the uses of intelligence and espionage, Soybel explores how the cooperation was established and maintained, particularly through the creation of administrative bureaucracies, as well as how World War I and pre-war efforts helped pave the way towards wartime cooperation.The development of the wartime cooperation in naval intelligence between 1939 and 1943 highlights the best and worst of the alliance and shows both its advantages and its limitations. It demonstrates that the Anglo-American partnership during World War II was a necessary one, and its intimacy demanded by the exigencies of the total war then being fought. Its problems were the result of traditional conflicts based on economics, imperial concerns, and national interests. Its successes found their bases in individual partnerships formed during the war, not in the overall one given mythical status by men like Winston Churchill. While still giving credit to the unique alliance that has survived in the last fifty years, this study shows that the close ties were necessary, not special.
"Fans of the series and newcomers alike will enjoy this entertaining read and the mischievous pranks the two groups play on one another." -- School Library JournalAfter all the trouble at Christmas, the Hatford boys make a New Year's resolution to treat the Malloy girls like sisters. But who says you can't play tricks on sisters? The girls will need to stay one step ahead of the boys, and are willing to pay big-time for advance information. Homemade cookies should be all it takes to make a traitor spill the beans. But which boy has loose lips?Caroline's horrified about sharing her birthday with her enemy Wally, but is thrilled with her role in the town play. Don't ask how Beth, Josh, and Wally get roped into it -- just wait until showtime, when Caroline pulls her wildest stunt yet! As each side wonders how far the other will go, they unexpectedly find themselves facing a blizzard and worrying about their parents' safety. That's when the lights go out. "The high-flying humor is juxtaposed with . . . the way the children pull together during a blizzard." -- Booklist
When Catherine Wilmershire ran away from her London home in the middle of the night with a plan to establish her own life in America, she had not taken into consideration that the world was a dangerous place for a beautiful, young woman and that plans could go awry. But she learned the next morning when she awoke in a brothel snuggly wrapped in the arms of a handsome stranger. Was she going home to her bleak future? Or was she going to follow her plan of independence-even if it led her straight into the arms of danger?Join Cathy and Ray as they live their romantasy against the backdrop of the lush 1859 Texas landscape. Desire, mystery and adventure await.
Author Phyllis Owens deftly pieces together the puzzle and extraordinary life of Manuel Velasquez, whose military career included the dangers at the 1968 massacre at Zocalo Square at Mexico City. Later, he was appointed bodyguard of Mexico's Presidente. During his rich and intriguing life, he was irresistible to beautiful women and a chosen few shared his life. This military and police career is emotionally charged, astonishingly powerful and surprising.
