This collection in celebration of Canada150 was written by eight authors:Bonnie Rose: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bugsy27C.G. Mann: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/cgmannNancy Larsen: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/nangralar62Carolyn MacIsaac: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/MacicarHeather MacKenzie: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/globalgoddessRay Burns: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/LukeWarm...

"How are you today, Thelma?" asked Linda."Good dear, good," she answered. "How's yourselfs?""We're good too," answered Linda. "Isn't it a beautiful day!""They're all good days if we're here to see them," answered the older woman with a smile.Like the tides that have washed her shores forever, the story of Cape Breton has always been one of comings and goings. Native peoples came here while Europeans were still living in caves. In 1820, the fiery Presbyterian mi...

Eveline sits in her room thinking about the people she has lost—her mother and her brother. Her other brother is traveling for work and she is afraid that her alcoholic father will beat her with no one else to turn on. She plans to run away with a sailor with whom she has fallen in love, but will a promise made to her mother keep her at home?Critically acclaimed author James Joyce’s Dubliners is a collection of short stories depicting middle-class life in Dublin in the ear...

This collection of light verse, written by Iowa native Beth LaBuff, will delight anyone who has lived on, visited, or even seen a picture of a farm. You'll laugh as you read about a corn crib that was repurposed by fowl society in "Barred Plymouth Rock Band," and learn what made a catfish sweat in "Catfish on a Hot Tin Roof." Perfect for family reading, each poem gives a nod to a Bible phrase.

Gravy Bones Johnson is one of the most important and greatest bluesmen who ever lived. Found on the side of railroad tracks by a blind sharecropper who raised him as his own, Gravy Bones embodies the Mississippi Delta Blues in a way no one ever did before or since.With an astonishing song catalog numbering in the thousands, he is also one of the most prolific songwriters in history.Leadbelly referred to Gravy Bones as "the fertilizer on which the Blues fed".Now, for...

This book is about shit. Not the shit you have in your closet or those lying around the house or the shit in your car, but it is about shit. The stuff that comes out of your body when you have to go to the bathroom. Not the stuff that comes out the front side but the stuff that comes out of your butt. It doesnt matter how poor you are, how rich you are, how ugly you are, or how beautiful you are. It doesnt matter if you are skinny or overweight. And no matter what you may think, your shit ...

If you're tired of hearing your children say, "I'm bored," then check out Boredom Busters! Organized by categories that include Indoor, Outdoor, Game, Solitaire and Silly, these ideas will spur your elementary-school children to entertain themselves with minimal adult assistance.

Within this book is a collection of my mothers poems written for her lost loves, her love of her country, living in a new country, her love for her children, her grandchildren, great grandchildren and all who came into her world. Before she died, she gave me some of her poetry, written in books but mostly scribbled on scraps of paper, old envelopes and clothing labels. She wrote the words as they occurred on whatever she could quickly find so as not to forget the words and inspiration. Thi...

When someone said to me how far back can you remember it really started me thinking. Every village knows its sadness and its happiness. Close communities share both. That is the way it is in my village Ballachulish.

Bush verse by Majella Stapleton, a bush poet from the south west outback region of Queensland, Australia. These stories in verse are snippets of life on a local level in Charleville - a typical small outback town, remote from the services and value systems of the bustling cities on the eastern seaboard.Majella's wry humour flavours her stories of "the country further out" (another term for the Australian Outback)as she tells of the local cricket team, the dentist,, friendship, lands...

It is Sunday and Miss Brill is sitting on her special bench in the public gardens. She likes to watch the crowd and listen to their conversations, especially now that the Season has started and the band in its rotunda is making a greater effort. Week after week she sees the same faces. There is something funny about almost all of them, she thinks…HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production ...

Cautionary Tales is a collection of 25 poems with a message in mind: if you're not careful, bad things can happen to you. The poems take a dark look at such varied subjects as picking your nose, baking bread, and touch-typing while wearing your girlfriend's basque. I hope you enjoy reading this collection as much as I enjoyed writing it.