Shirley Shirley: 1496 books

To outsiders, Larry Owen Azlin was a drug-addicted criminal who defied societal rules and norms. But to authors Shirley Anne McMurray and Melinda Leigh Alkire, he was the man they called Daddy. In this memoir, these sisters paint a picture of their life with their father and mothera life marked by...

Cuba, 1961. Everything is in flux since the revolutionary government under Fidel Castro took control. People are either strongly for the Revolution or strongly, even violently, against it. Cuban teen, Anita Fonseca, volunteers to live in the rural countryside to teach adults how to read and write....

Live operatic performance was once part of popular culture, yet to the modern novice it can seem exclusive, overwhelming and, often, very very long. In 30-Second Opera, music journalist Hugo Shirley takes the reader through the many building blocks that combine to bring the medium alive: its...

A three year old girl heals her fear of boating and water, of losing her parents and more. Our subconscious can hold us back if not reprogrammed. See how in this short account of past life work dealing with present day challenges. People can heal themselves in this spiritual healing approach. Our lives are truly about soul growth and understanding reincarnation aids that growth.

This book is the second entry in the "Make Love Not Warts" trilogy. It contains over two hundred proverbs, insults and popular song titles turned into comedic sentences. Brian T shirley has made this follw up book in an attempt to match up to the success of " Make Love Not Warts"....

The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie schooners still stir the popular imagination. But this traditional narrative, no matter how alluring,...

As the Civil War unfolded, Murfreesboro became hotly contested by Confederate and Union forces. Both sides occupied the town for significant periods, with power changing hands as the fighting raged. Punctuated by events like Nathan Bedford Forrest�s raid on Union forces in July 1862, Jefferson Davis�s...

The mysterious murders of several prostitutes in Londons East End in 1888 still exist as some of the most famous unsolved crimes of all time. The purported villain was known as Jack the Ripper. Yet, Jack was never discovered. His identity was never brought to light, and authorities were left scratching...

Karen is a young lady who will soon find herself in a scary, emotional situation with a young man who doesn't care about her emotions or the way she feel about him at all. Her obsession with him will soon find her reacting in ways that she would have never dreamed possible. Karen can't seemed to release...

This book reveals one little girl’s struggle to maturity in a small town and in a large family, her parents and seven siblings. The times of 1930s and 1940s encompassed such disasters as the Great Depression and World War II.The small town of Rosebud, Texas, is described and serves as a backdrop...

The true story of the iconic teddy bear who became a beloved children’s book character and continues to inspire children around the world.   In this captivating biography, author Shirley Harrison follows the journey of Winnie-the-Pooh, the world’s most famous silly old bear, from his first appearance...

A classic that has been in print since its first publication in 1983, Womenfolks is both a personal memoir and a meditation on the often pernicious mythologies of southern cultural history. Shirley Abbott gives us the gritty, independent women of the backwoods, the South’s true heroines, whose hardscrabble...

Freelance Writing For Every Occasion This book covers all types of writing from standard hard copy advertising (including magazine ads to sales letters, sales brochure and operator’s manual) to today’s most important - Internet writing. It covers the various aspects of Search Engine Optimization...

The pages of The Diary of Jack the Ripper reveal the unimaginable-that more than a century ago, the legendary serial killer at work in London’s Whitechapel kept a record of his bestial mutilations of women. The writer of the horrific journal is James Maybrick, a depraved, drug-taking, womanizing,...