My Father in Dreams

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Antoinette Gibbons: The Little Train That Would Not Die (Hardcover) U.S.A. AuthorHouse 2005 ; fester Einband / hard cover; Schutzumschlag / dust cover ISBN: 1420873113
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Very good condition. No interior writing or highlighting. The Little Train That Would Not Die (Hardcover) By Antoinette Gibbons Product Description Starting with a little known Indian Battle on top of the Cumbres, and moving rapidly forward in history, the story of "The Little Train That Would Not Die" creates a tale of the West seldom told today. While some of it was lived out in the 1800s, the major portion of this book centers around the heroic efforts of ordinary men accomplishing the impossible through ordinary means in the 1960s and 1970s. It is a story packed with action, adventure and passion that interweaves with the lives of General William J. Palmer, Bat Masterson, and singing star, Gene Autry. But most of all it is a passionate tale of the lives of men who dared to dream big and found success even when the deck was stacked against them. They were train buffs, steam fans, senators, family men. They were men who saw a piece of Americana slipping away and they were damned if they were going to let that happen. Like my father said, "they were the most over enthusiastic, unbusiness-like fools that ever set foot in shoe leather", but they got the job done and the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad is their living monument of hope to future generations. This is their story, but it's also mine. As a 9 year old girl, I rode on the Cumbres & Toltec when it first started out. By the time I was 14 years old, I was drummed into Engine 463's "boiler maker corps" working along side my dad and three other guys, forever losing my heart to that little engine. I remember the blisters and aching muscles, the heart ache and joy. It is my hope that a piece of that has been capture on these pages and that this train will go to future generations forever being "The Little Train That Would Not Die". About the Author My writing career started when I joined the Longmont Writer's Club in Longmont, Colorado in 1991. The encouragement of those wise men and women made me grow in my writing and within two years, I was given the honor of presidency. In 1993 I was hired by the Berthoud Recorder to cover local events, human interest stories and high school games and completed over 60 articles. From there I became a field interviewer and manager with the University of Michigan's Social Research Institution, where for seven years I talked with hundreds of people from every walk of life in America on just about every subject imaginable. When I met Engine 463 again in June 1994, I found myself on a whole new journey of discovery, searching for both the triumphs and the tragedies that had surrounded the years of the C&TS, resulting in this book. With every dream there is a price to be paid. As my father paid his, I have paid mine. My father died three years after the first publishing of a portion of this story in a book called "The Story of the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad and Engine 463". The rewriting of the book has been a five year process: A process that has helped me to find the heart behind the stories, the dreams, the disappointments, the truth of life. Every story is a reminder that dreams are the passions that drive us and that dreams are worth living. Today I live on a 100 acre ranch on the eastern plains of Colorado with my husband, three sons and a plethora of animals, already making plans for my next book. Product Details Hardcover: 168 pages Publisher: AuthorHouse (September 8, 2005) Language: English ISBN-10: 1420873113 ISBN-13: 978-1420873115 Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches Very Good Hard Cover

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Barack,Obama: The Essential Barack Obama The Audacity of Hope / Dreams from My Father, Random House Inc., März 2008 ISBN: 0739375946
A CD collection featuring the best-selling audiobooks, The Audacity of Hope and Dreams from My Father from Grammy(R) award-winning author, Barack Obama. The Audacity of Hope In July 2004, Barack Obama electrified the Democratic National Convention with an address that spoke to Americans across the political spectrum. One phrase in particular anchored itself in listeners' minds, a reminder that for all the discord and struggle to be found in our history as a nation, we have always been guided by a dogged optimism in the future, or what Senator Obama called the audacity of hope. Now, in The Audacity of Hope, Senator Obama calls for a different brand of politics-a politics for those weary of bitter partisanship and alienated by the endless clash of armies we see in congress and on the campaign trail; a politics rooted in the faith, inclusiveness, and nobility of spirit at the heart of our improbable experiment in democracy. He explores those forces-from the fear of losing to the perpetual need to raise money to the power of the media-that can stifle even the best-intentioned politician. He also writes, with surprising intimacy and self-deprecating humor, about settling in as a senator, seeking to balance the demands of public service and family life, and his own deepening religious commitment. At the heart of this book is Senator Obama's vision of how we can move beyond our divisions to tackle concrete problems. He examines the growing economic insecurity of American families, the racial and religious tensions within the body politic, and the transnational threats-from terrorism to pandemic-that gather beyond our shores. And he grapples with the role that faith plays in a democracy-where it is vital and where it must never intrude. Underlying his stories about family, friends, members of the Senate, even the president, is a vigorous search for connection: the foundation for a radically hopeful political consensus. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a skeptic, and above all a student of history and human nature, Senator Obama has written a book of transforming power. Only by returning to the principles that gave birth to our Constitution, he says, can Americans repair a political process that is broken, and restore to working order a government that has fallen dangerously out of touch with millions of ordinary Americans. Those Americans are out there, he writes-waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them. Dreams from My FatherIn this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, the son of a black African father and a white American mother searches for a workable meaning to his life as a black American. It begins in New York, where Barack Obama learns that his father--a figure he knows more as a myth than as a man--has been killed in a car accident. This sudden death inspires an emotional odyssey--first to a small town in Kansas, from which he retraces the migration of his mother's family to Hawaii, and then to Kenya, where he meets the African side of his family, confronts the bitter truth of his father's life, and at last reconciles his divided inheritance.<

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V.C. Andrews. Gates of Paradise. Pocket, 19890601
0671670646 Product Description Stunned by tragedy, desperate and alone, Heaven's daughter clung to the frailest of dreams! The car crash that killed Heaven and Logan left Annie Casteel Stonewall orphaned and crippled. Whisked off to Farthinggale Manor by the possessive Tony Tatterton, Annie pines for her lost family, but especially for Luke, her half-brother. Friend of her childhood, her fantasy prince, her loving confidante...without the warm glow of Luke's love, she is lost in the shadows of despair. When Annie discovers Troy's cottage hidden in Farthinggale's woods, the mystery of her past deepens. And even as she yearns to see Luke again, her hopes and dreams are darkened by the sinister Casteel spell...treacherous, powerful and evil! --This text refers to the Mass Market Paperback edition. Excerpt. ? Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Prologue For as long as I could remember, the only person I could share my deepest secrets with was Luke Casteel, Jr. It was as if I were truly alive only when he was with me, and in my secret putaway heart, I knew he felt the same way, even though he had never dared say anything about it. I wanted to look at him, look into his soft dark sapphire eyes forever and ever and tell him what I really felt, but the words were forbidden. He was my half brother. But there was one way I could look continually at him and he at me without either of us being self-conscious about it or feeling someone would discover our secret, and that was whenever I painted him. He was always a willing subject: With the easel between us and my world of art serving as a window, I could stare closely at his perfectly shaped, high-cheeked, bronze face and I could capture the way those unruly, jet-black strands of hair always fell over his forehead. Luke had my aunt Fanny's hair, but my father's deep blue eyes and perfect nose. There was strength in the lines of his mouth and in his sharp, smooth jawline. I couldn't help seeing the clear resemblances to my father, and even to myself. He had the same tall, lean build Daddy had and kept his shoulders back the same way. The resemblances always saddened me because they reminded me that Luke wasn't simply my half brother, he was my illegitimate half brother, born out of a passionate indiscretion between Daddy and my aunt Fanny, my mother's sister, something we all understood was best kept unmentioned. We tried to leave it behind us, stuffed away in the shadows, even though we both knew people whispered and gossiped about us in Winnerrow. Although my family was the most prominent in Winnerrow, we were a very odd family indeed. Luke, Jr. lived with his mother, who had been married twice: once to a man much older who had died, and once to a man much younger, who had divorced her. Everyone in Winnerrow remembered the court hearing over who would win custody of Mommy's and Aunt Fanny's half brother Drake, after their father Luke and his new wife Stacie were killed in a car accident. Drake was only about five at the time. The argument was settled out of court, with Mommy getting custody and Aunt Fanny getting a lot of money. Drake hated to hear about it, and more than once got into a fight at school when some boy teased him about "being bought and paid for." Mother said Drake had her father's temper anyway. He was handsome, muscular, and very athletic, as well as very bright and determined. Now he was a student getting his M.B.A. at Harvard Business College. Even though he was really my uncle, I always thought of him as a big brother. Mommy and Daddy raised him as they would raise a son. Most everyone in Winnerrow knew about Mommy, how she was born and raised in the Willies, how her mother had died giving birth to her, how she had lived in a shack most of her young life, and then gone off to live with her mother's rich family, the Tattertons. She lived at Farthinggale Manor, or "Farthy," as she often called it whenever I could get her to talk about it, which wasn't very often. But Luke and I talked about it. Farthinggale Manor...it loomed high in our i.

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Kurland, Lynn. Smith-MacLeod & dePiaget set (19 stories in 17 books) : Stardust of Yesterday / Gift of Christmas Past / Dance Through Time / This Is All I Ask / Three Wise Ghosts / Very Thought of You / Another Chance to Dream / And the Groom Wore Tulle / More I See You / If I Had You / Traveller / My Heart Stood Still / To Kiss in the Shadows / From this Moment on / Garden in the Rain / Dreams of Stardust / Much Ado in the Moonlight / When I Fall in Love / With Every Breath. Jove, 1996-2008.
Most of the books have no spine creases, a few have some light spine creasing and may have some tilt. This set includes the books in the combined and overlapping Smith-MacLeod & diPiagets of Artane series'. STARDUST OF YESTERDAY - (Ghost) Daydreaming of her wonderful castle, she imagined that it contained a handsome, brave knight... Suddenly, her eyes flew open. She scrambled over her chair, looking with alarm at what was quivering in front of her, only an inch away from where her toes had dangled off the edge.... It was a sword. "I'll not miss my mark a second time." A deep voice grated from behind her. She whirled around. It was her knight. It was also her ghost. THE GIFT OF CHRISTMAS PAST in anthology Love Came Just in Time - (Time Travel) A feline guardian angel has to pull his mistress back in time to a Christmas Eve long ago where she finds her own true love.... A DANCE THROUGH TIME - (Time Travel) Elizabeth longed for the man of her dreams. But she knew she was overworked when she began hearing his voice - when she was awake. To clear her mind, she took a walk in Gramercy Park. She dozed off on a bench - and woke up in a lush forest in fourteenth-century Scotland. THIS IS ALL I ASK - (England, 1249) Feared warrior Christopher of Blackmour had promised her brother he would keep Lady Gillian safe from her abusive father. The best way to do that was to marry her. She'd be better off with him despite his secret handicap. THREE WISE GHOSTS in anthology Love Came Just in Time - (Ghosts) The English countryside. A quaint inn at Christmastime. Three matchmaking ghosts have found the perfect setting for a modern day romance between a free-spirited American and a single-minded British executive. THE VERY THOUGHT OF YOU - (Time Travel) Alexander Smith had found success in the world of corporate takeovers - but not happiness. That had always escaped him... along with true love. Then, at the MacLeod Keep in Scotland, he found a pirate map that miraculously answered his yearnings - with a journey to another time. And when he was captured in Medieval England by Margaret of Falconberg, a fierce beauty hidden in knight's armor, he rediscovered his own chivalrous -- and passionate -- heart. ANOTHER CHANCE TO DREAM - (England, 1200) With neither title nor land, Rhys could not win the hand of Gwennelyn of Segrave. But he would always have her heart. The two are kindred souls... Rhys, a knight with far too many notions of chivalry for his own good. And Gwen, a lover of minstral tales, waiting to be swept away. But Gwen is betrothed to another man, and Rhys fears he would lose her forever. Until a surprise offer came his way - bringing Rhys and Gwen a second chance at love. AND THE GROOM WORE TULLE in anthology Love Came Just in Time - (Time Travel) A Scottish nobleman drifts off to sleep in a 13th century dungeon, only to awaken in a 20th century Manhattan bridal salon, and the arms of a beautiful designer. THE MORE I SEE YOU - (Time travel to England, 1260) A wish upon a star transports the luckless-in-love Jessica Blakely back in time to the thirteenth century. But her desire for a fair and gallant knight yields the fearsome Richard De Galtres. Though wary of Jessica's mysterious ways, Richard protectively harbors her in his castle by the sea. IF I HAD YOU - (England, 1225) Warring had kept Robin far from home for so long, Anne had all but given up hope he would ever return. But now Robin has returned to Artane - to the enchanting young woman who leaves him breathless with longing... and to a treachery that places them both in terrible danger. Then as the past threatens their future, he realizes that he wants nothing more than to have her - forever.... THE TRAVELLER in anthology A Knight's Vow - (Time Travel) A modern-day woman is tossed back into the life of a 13th-century knight who needs to reclaim his inheritance. MY HEART STOOD STILL - (Time Travel) In a bleak, landlocked keep on the English moors, ghostly Iolanthe MacLeod dreams of the sea - and of a darkly handsome man to come rescue her. Centuries have passed and she feels she has waited in vain. Until now. TO KISS IN THE SHADOWS in anthology Tapestry - (Medieval) Jason of Artane has his heart set on a noble quest - but his plans change when he meets a mysterious young woman who hides behind her tapestry frame yet manages to capture his heart. FROM THIS MOMENT ON - (Medieval England) Colin of Berkhamshire knows two things - the pleasures of warring and that brides do not want him. Two years ago his bride-to-be, Alienore, fled and hasn't been seen since. Yet his father keeps foisting prospects on him. The latest seems to do nothing but faint. Alienore of Solonge knows two things as well - that fleeing not only Colin but also her scheming stepmother was the right thing to do. A GARDEN IN THE RAIN - (Time Travel) For Madelyn Phillips, Scotland is the land of dreams, filled with magic, romance, and handsome Highland lords. Unfortunately, the reality of her dream vacation is no car, no luggage, and a pesky ex-fiance determined to shadow her every move. She thinks her dreams are in vain... until she sees a man standing on a windswept moor, a Highlander full of secrets and longing, and Madelyn knows she has seen her destiny. But the past isn't through with either of them, and it will take all the love each possesses to make their dreams come true.... DREAMS OF STARDUST - (Time Travel) In the 1200s, Amanda of Artane has one summer to choose from her suitors - and find love forever. Jake Kilchurn travels the world to unearth exquisite stones for this one-of-a-kind creations, but it is during an unexpected side trip to Seakirk castle that he meets a cadre of ghosts discussing a timeless beauty who lived centuries ago. MUCH ADO IN THE MOONLIGHT - (Ghosts) When Victoria McKinnon's brother offers to finance her production of "Hamlet," she leaps at the chance. She can't imagine anything better than staging Shakespeare's masterpiece in an honest-to-goodness English castle. There's just one problem: the place is haunted - by a grumpy, gorgeous Highland warrior who's furious that anyone dares to invade his home. WHEN I FALL IN LOVE - (Time Travel) Nicholas de Piaget is finished with demoiselles more interested in his riches than his heart. He is certain he'll spend the rest of his life in his leaky castle, watching others enjoy wedded bliss, until he stumbles upon a flame-haired maiden in distress. His honor demands that he help her return home - if only his heart would allow it. WITH EVERY BREATH - (Time Travel) When medieval laird Robert Cameron pounds on Sunny Phillips's door, he isn't paying a social call. He's braved a trip onto enemy soil to fetch the MacLeod witch, a crone renowned for her healing powers. But the woman who opens her door to him is enchanting and young... and not from his century..

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