Sliding Into Home

Author : Dori Hillestad Butler
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480467081
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding into Home written by Dori Hillestad Butler and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-12-31 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVDIVAn adolescent girl learns that realizing a dream requires a good deal more than stubborn, steely resolve as she risks everything to follow her heart/divDIV It’s not fair! Thirteen-year-old Joelle Cunningham is passionate about baseball. She loves to watch it, read about it, and, most of all, play it. But when her family moves from Minneapolis to the small town of Greendale, Iowa, she quickly discovers that there are strict rules preventing her from playing on the school baseball team./divDIV At Hoover Middle School, only boys play baseball. Girls play softball. It’s not the same sport! Joelle tries to tell everyone. But no one is listening. Not Coach Carlyle—even though his baseball team is at the bottom of the league, he doesn’t want her on his team. Not Ms. Fenner, the softball coach—she wants Joelle to use her big-league swing to benefit the girls’ team. Not her new friend, Elizabeth, who is growing tired of her complaints. Not even Jason, her older brother, who is too busy at college to be of much help./divDIV But Joelle is determined to play baseball. And through some creative problem-solving and surprising alliances, she finds a solution to her dilemma that brings the disputing sides together . . . and baseball to the girls of Greendale. Author Dori Butler has created a high-spirited, indomitable character that young girls will admire and root for in this story of frustrated ambition and ultimate triumph./div/div

Author : Susan Cole Ross
Publisher : Piscataqua Press
ISBN 13 : 9781950381708
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding Home written by Susan Cole Ross and published by Piscataqua Press. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever, parents and teachers need ideas, encouragement, humor, and solace. "Life is either a daring adventure or it is nothing." So said the great Helen Keller. And so, Susan Cole Ross and her husband Jeff embarked on their greatest adventure as a family and their greatest challenge as educators: A year of homeschooling in the mountains of New Hampshire. Sliding Home chronicles Susan's thoughts as she and Jeff observe, coach, and teach their preteen sons - one with dyslexia who leapt four grade levels in reading that year. This is a mother's memoir, exquisitely caring and personal, but also academically astute. Jean Piaget understood student learning and motivation by watching his children, and so does Susan as her sons explore books, projects, nature, and national pastimes across America. With genuine prose, Susan offers rich insights into child development and education that will benefit teachers and parents supporting student-directed learning. Informed by research but accessible to the layperson, Sliding Home is a timely look at what our children need most to succeed. Susan Cole Ross is a national leader in providing professional development to learning specialists. She was president of the Northeast Association of Learning Specialists (NEALS), where, in 2019, members honored her with the Barbara A. Kenefick Award for Service. With forty years experience teaching students with learning disabilities and training novice teachers for the University Saint Joseph and the Capitol Region Education Council, she has improved countless schools' inclusivity, retention rates, and service to the greater good.

Author : William J. Ryczek
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 9780786405145
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Johnny Came Sliding Home written by William J. Ryczek and published by McFarland. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Civil War ended, the thoughts of many Northern soldiers turned to a game that some had learned about for the first time during the war--baseball. Their newfound interest in the sport, combined with the postwar economic boom and the resultant growth of many cities, took the game from one practiced by a few amateur clubs in New York City before the war to a professional sport covering almost the entire northeastern United States. Researched from primary sources, the game of the late 1860s is described season-by-season: the fields, the crowds, the strategy, the rules, the style of play, and the confusing struggles to crown a national champion, with all the chicanery and machinations of the contenders. Such landmark events as the Washington Nationals' pioneering 1867 tour and the Cincinnati Red Stockings' undefeated 1869 season are covered.

Author : Kendra Wilkinson
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062091182
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being Kendra written by Kendra Wilkinson and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kendra Wilkinson has revealed herself before—in the pages of Playboy and on her reality show, Kendra. Now she reveals her private side, sharing the ups and downs, the joys and challenges of motherhood, marriage, and life in the spotlight. In this intimate follow-up to her New York Times bestseller, Sliding into Home, Kendra confides her most candid thoughts and feelings on her experiences as a new mom, and she divulges her secrets on how to do it all and make it look easy, sexy, and fun—even when it’s not. Now with a husband and baby in her life, a booming brand to manage, and her own needs to think about too, Kendra is learning the art of balance, sometimes the hard way. Not wanting to pawn her child off to nannies like so many other stars, Kendra relishes the role of supermom—kissing boo-boos, making lunches, scheduling playdates—all while juggling appearances, workout videos, and even training for the ultra-competitive hit show Dancing with the Stars. While Being Kendra is full of humor and true stories that women can relate to, it’s also a heartrending look at Kendra’s very personal journey through some dark places, including a private struggle with postpartum depression and a very public tussle with post-baby weight loss. Kendra, who has always been known for her athletic (and enhanced) figure, opens up about her efforts to get her bikini body back and the difficulty of not looking sexy, which she believed was her most valuable quality. Her fight to lose weight at any cost, chronicled on the covers of countless magazines, has become yet another triumph for Kendra as she continues to succeed in the face of adversity. From dental assistant, to Playboy girlfriend and face of a franchise, to wife and new mother, Kendra has embraced what life has thrown at her with determination, fortitude, and a ready laugh. This daring and honest memoir captures Kendra and her family in their best and worst moments as she lives, loves, rebounds, and, ultimately, finds her place in her new world.

Author : Dori Weinstein
Publisher : Yaldah Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781592872015
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding Into the New Year written by Dori Weinstein and published by Yaldah Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrill-loving fifth grader Ellie (YaYa) Silver has been waiting all summer to visit the brand new water park in town. She is super excited when her best friend, Megan, invites her to go--that is until her twin brother, Joel (YoYo), points out that Megan is going on Rosh Hashanah. Sure, Rosh Hashanah is a big deal, but so is Splash World! What will Ellie do?

Author : C. Lee Mckenzie
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781482022780
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding on the Edge written by C. Lee Mckenzie and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-04-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarred. Scared. Alone. Can sixteen-year-old Shawna Stone overcome her inner suffering and transcend the past? Shawna has spent the first sixteen years of her life in Las Vegas and learned to handle anything from a Las Vegas hustle to skipping out on the rent. Damaged inside and out, she's survived with a tough, hardened attitude. When her mother abandons her, with only a bus ticket and the name and number of stranger to call, this troubled , desperate teen finds herself on a California horse ranch with Kay Stone, the steely, youngish grandmother she's never known. Kay overwhelms Shawna with rules and daily barn chores, and Shawna baffles Kay with her foul-mouthed anger and shrugging indifference to everything--except the maltreated horse on the ranch next door. But it's worse than even Kay suspects: Shawna's driven to cut herself by Monster, that strange voice inside her head. Kay struggles to keep the ranch going and fears that unless she helps this girl, she could lose her last living family member.As this unlikely pair struggles to co-exist, will they overcome their suffering and transcend the past? Blurbs from authors:"Sliding on the Edge is the compelling, courageous chronicle of one girl-destined to be a no one-who fights back against her secret grief and pain and finds her life." Judy Gregerson, author of Bad Girls Club"C. Lee McKenzie's extraordinarily moving novel accomplishes a rare feat: It manages to be a coming -of-age story for both its troubled teen protagonist and the grandmother who takes her in. But Sliding on the Edge's beating heart is Shawna Stone: a girl you can't help rooting for, even when she doesn't see much point in rooting for herself. Readers won't likely forget her."Dan Ehrenhaft, author of The Afterlife and Tell It to Naomi

Author : Kendra Wilkinson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439180938
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding Into Home written by Kendra Wilkinson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-06-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The star of the E! hit shows The Girls Next Door and Kendra opens up about life, love, and living with Hugh Hefner in this New York Times–bestselling memoir. Kendra Wilkinson wasn’t always the quintessential girl next door. Before she was a reality television superstar, Hugh Hefner’s girlfriend, or one of the most popular Playboy cover models ever, she was an athletic tomboy who grew into a rebellious teenager with a serious drug habit. She quit cold turkey and beat the odds to graduate from a high school. Then, an out-of-the-blue phone call from Hugh Hefner changed everything. Kendra dishes candidly about life in the Playboy Mansion: the sex, the parties, the show, and even her relationships with her Girls Next Door costars—Hef, Holly, and Bridget. She tells the true story about how she and NFL star Hank Baskett met and built a relationship in secret and reflects on the slew of unexpected changes that have brought her sliding into home from Playboy party girl to wife and mother with a blooming Hollywood career. If you think you’ve seen all of Kendra, think again. She’s only warming up. . . .

Author : Peter Howitt
Publisher : ScreenPress Books
ISBN 13 : 9781901680133
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding Doors written by Peter Howitt and published by ScreenPress Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in comptemporary London, this is the screenplay for British writer/director Peter Howitt's film Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow as Helen and John Hannah as James.

Author : Anne Lange
Publisher : hotRom publishing
ISBN 13 : 0995869588
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding Into Home written by Anne Lange and published by hotRom publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-31 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can an injured ex-baseball player convince the woman he wakes up married to in Las Vegas to take a second chance on him? After spending the last six months drowning his sorrows over the end of his baseball career, Jack Bishop finds himself on a coerced trip to Las Vegas, to spend the weekend with some woman his best friend set him up with. He expects a paid escort. What he gets is the woman he walked away from ten years ago, and she’s not very happy to see him. Devyn Tate is no longer looking for a lifelong promise. Yet her friends have managed to talk her into spending the weekend in Las Vegas, on a blind date of all things. They promise the guy is trustworthy. They insist that she have fun. Unfortunately, fun is not what she envisions when she discovers the guy who left her high and dry years ago lying on the floor of her suite in nothing but his underwear, and she has a wedding ring on her finger. Author’s Note : This book was first published under another cover and publisher in 2014. It has since been thoroughly re-edited but the revisions are not substantive with respect to content or storyline. It is now being republished directly through the author’s publishing company hotRom publishing. This book is written for a mature audience. It contains sexually explicit content and some profanity. It contains drunken episodes and a few funny ones too.

Author : Lauren Fraser
Publisher : Lauren Fraser
ISBN 13 : 1778229360
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sliding into Home written by Lauren Fraser and published by Lauren Fraser. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sliding into home isn’t easy, sometimes it’s a fight to stay on the bag. Single mom, and tattoo artist, Kia Kamen finally has her act together. Sure, it might be an illusion, but it feels like a pretty good one. Until a chance encounter with Jeff Smith proves it was all a lie. She’s not even close to having it all together. But what’s a girl supposed to do when her one-night stand from six years ago shows up as her son’s T-ball coach? Blurt out he’s the father, of course. As centerfielder for the San Diego Hawks, Jeff ‘Smitty’ Smith is used to being put in pressure situations. He just never expected that to mean needing to come in clutch as a father. Being a single dad, he could figure out, getting Kia to take a chance on them is proving to be a little more challenging. Thank god, he’s a competitive guy, who doesn’t know the meaning of the word quit. But how does he convince Kia it’s not a game to him? This professional athlete is ready to play for keeps. Sliding into Home is the third book in the Playing for Keeps Series. Each book in the Playing for Keeps series can be read as a stand-alone, with no cliffhangers and a happily ever after. If you secret babies, single mom, slow burn, sports romance with a dirty-talking professional athlete you'll love Sliding into Home.