Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
For the first time, rock music icon Gregg Allman, one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, tells the full story of his life and career in My Cross to Bear. No subject is taboo, as one of the true giants of rock 'n' roll opens up about his Georgia youth, his long struggle with substance abuse, his string of bad marriages (including his brief union with superstar Cher), the tragic death of brother Duane Allman, and life on the road...
Author
Language
English
Description
Creating Your World Through Your Words
"No one commits to divorce just like that. No one becomes an alcoholic just like that. No one kills someone just like that. No one commits suicide just like that. They've been set up throughout the course of their life to act in error by what they said.
"They started early on by saying, 'Boy, life is the pits. This is hell. I guess that's my cross to bear.' Some people talk about the cross more than the resurrection....
Author
Language
English
Description
And I did as I was told. I closed my eyes and felt Hollis take my hand and raise it to his lips. He placed a chaste kiss there that spoke so much to me that I didn't know I was crying until the warm tears slipped down my cheeks. I would not ever see either one of them again. And that was my cross to bear.
Determined to get back to normal, Ivy throws herself back into her work. But Hollis nor Winslow will allow her to forget the heat of their passionate...
Author
Language
English
Description
I've learned through the school of hard knocks that life's journey is planned by God and not our own.
My nuclear family, friends, and Christian exposure influenced the person that I became. I've learned that God's plans are not thwarted by our self-determination and direction. Eventually, I saw life through God's lens and gained a spiritual perspective over time. Through my life's journey of free will, undesirable outcomes emerged. In retrospect,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Born into poverty in Hammond, Indiana, not much was expected from Irvin Acie Cross. But with much hard work and dedication, he put together one of the most incredible life stories imaginable.
After being drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1961 out of Northwestern University, Cross went on to have a nine-year career in the NFL, appearing in two Pro Bowls. After retiring, he joined the Eagles as a coach, and did so until 1971 when a rare opportunity...
Author
Language
English
Description
"What happens when you swap the nine-to-five for two wheels and a journey of a lifetime? Terrified of the prospect of a life spent behind a desk, without challenge or excitement, Leon takes off to cross America on an overloaded bicycle packed with everything but common sense. Over five months and 6000 miles, he cycled from New York to Seattle and then on to the Mexican border, facing tornados, swollen river crossings, wild roaming buffalo and one...
7) Walt Whitman
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
An illustrated collection of twenty-six poems and excerpts from longer poems by the renowned nineteenth-century poet.