Phil's Big Day

2024-11-12 Juvenile Fiction

Author : Liza Woodruff
Release : 2024-11-12
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 871/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Phil's Big Day by : Liza Woodruff

Download or read book Phil's Big Day written by Liza Woodruff. This book was released on 2024-11-12. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone is excited for Punxsatawney Phil’s big day. . . except for him. It’s the night before Groundhog Day, and Phil can’t sleep. His family’s voices fill his head: It’s a family tradition! You’ll make us so proud! We’re all counting on you, you, you! Making pancakes usually sets Phil’s mind at ease, but before he can finish making this batch his little sister, Marla, joins him in the kitchen. She can’t wait for his big day and insists on helping him practice. She even teaches him a poem to help him keep things straight. But when Phil’s big (scary) day arrives, his nerves take over and his mind goes blank. What had Marla said? If you see your shadow does it mean an early spring? Or is that if you don’t see your shadow? His worries are all coming true until he has an idea that saves the day. In her picture book Phil’s Big Day, Liza Woodruff warmly and reassuringly addresses the common but consuming feelings anxiety brings up, and suggests coping mechanisms useful for grown-ups and kids alike. Readers who struggle to have fun in the face of their fears will resonate with Phil’s restless thoughts and find joy as Phil takes on his challenges with a supportive sister at his side.

There But for Fortune

2018-04-03 Biography & Autobiography

Author : Michael Schumacher
Release : 2018-04-03
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 169/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book There But for Fortune written by Michael Schumacher. This book was released on 2018-04-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The life and influence of singer Phil Ochs Phil Ochs burst onto the American music scene just as the popularity of folk music was breaking through on the national consciousness. Along with friend and rival Bob Dylan, Ochs wrote some of the most compelling topical music of his time. In There But for Fortune, Michael Schumacher explores the life and career of a singer, songwriter, and political activist whose music resonates today as much as it applied to a divided country a half-century ago. His politically charged songs were covered by Pete Seeger; Joan Baez; Gordon Lightfoot; Peter, Paul and Mary; and a host of others, and such songs as “I Ain’t Marching Anymore” and “The War Is Over” became anthems of the anti–Vietnam War movement. He seemed to be performing everywhere, from concerts on college campuses to huge demonstrations, culminating with an appearance at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1968. But as this biography illustrates in painstaking detail, Ochs suffered from a dark side that gravely affected his life and music. Diagnosed as manic depressive, he shifted between incredible highs and debilitating lows that ultimately drove him to suicide at age 36. To piece together his life story, Schumacher interviewed Ochs’s friends, family members, and fellow musicians; examined his journals and scrapbooks; and even scrutinized his FBI files. While Phil Ochs’s life might have been plagued by downturn and tragedies, his music is an enduring call to activism and fighting for a better future.

Tiger & Phil

2022-04-26 Sports & Recreation

Author : Bob Harig
Release : 2022-04-26
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 478/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Tiger & Phil written by Bob Harig. This book was released on 2022-04-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob Harig's Tiger & Phil provides an in-depth chronicle of the decades-long rivalry that drove the success of golf's two biggest stars, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. For more than two decades, there have been two golfers who have captivated, bemused, inspired, frustrated, fascinated, and entertained us, and in doing so have demanded our attention – Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Even with all the ink that has been spilled on Tiger, no one has ever written about his relationship with Phil and how their careers have been inextricably intertwined. Furthermore, very little has been written about Phil Mickelson, who is more than just an adversary. He is a fascinating Hall of Fame golfer in his own right. These two biggest names (and draws) in golf have, for better and for worse, been the ultimate rivals. But it is so much more complicated than that. Each player has pushed the other to be better. They have teased each other and fought. They have battled to the bitter end on the course making for some of the greatest moments in the game for the last 20 years. They have each gone through injury and health problems, legal problems, falling in and out of favor with the press. And over the course of their time together in the game they have gradually become not just rivals but friends. In the tradition of major bestsellers such as Arnie & Jack, When the Game Was Ours, The Rivals, and Brady vs. Manning, Tiger & Phil will change the way we look at these players and the game itself.

Posers

2021-02-22 Fiction

Author : J. Demetrio Nicolo
Release : 2021-02-22
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 336/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Posers written by J. Demetrio Nicolo. This book was released on 2021-02-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Phil Stanton the rise to the top of the corporate ladder was meteoric. He had accomplished in two years what it took others to achieve over many years of extensive effort and sacrifice. For Phil, the voyage seemed as though it was orchestrated by some sort of Karmic influence, one that guided him through every step of progression without a single glitch along the way. But now everything was about to collapse around him. As he gazed at the panoramic view outside his executive suite window, he couldn’t help but feel as though some supernatural negative force had taken over his life and plunged him into the depths of despair. Phil’s wife Taylor was his most ardent supporter, always pressing him to be more aggressive, more opportunistic for advancement. Taylor reveled in the sweet life Phil had provided and her thirst for status and a materialistic life style was one of the incentives that pushed Phil to reach the pinnacle of advancement for the corporation that employed him. His insatiable desire to become a senior vice president had finally been satisfied and now all may have been for naught. Things were changing dramatically as he began feeling a sense of vulnerability. For several months Phil had been plagued with an abdominal discomfort that eventually transformed into a nagging pain. This was the turning point in Phil’s career, his life, his marriage; his confidence and his self esteem were crushed. He hit rock bottom but a most unorthodox alliance formed during his medical treatments helped resurrect his life and lead to an attempt at committing one of the most infamous crimes in California history.

On the Rez and Other Stories

2015-08-21 Fiction

Author : Barbara Wyatt Olson
Release : 2015-08-21
Genre : Fiction
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 390/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book On the Rez and Other Stories written by Barbara Wyatt Olson. This book was released on 2015-08-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen stories of quiet longing and desire, of second chances, and no chance at all. In On the Rez, when youre broken down and abandoned in Indian territory, on the dusty back roads of Kansas, there are certain to be monsters and fiends. In Ask for Anything, a family escaped into the Blue Ridge Mountains learns you do not always get what you think you want. In Florida Blues, a former lover on a prison visit must face regret, heartache, and frustration. While in California Quarter, a lady friend has not agreed to starving on the trip home.

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