Childhood Memories

When a Partridge Family like band came to perform at my elementary school in March of 1974, it provided an epic moment in my life. A funny and nostalgic coming of age short story, My Encounter with The Partridge Family is another entertaining true tale from the pen of James J. Caterino, the author of Method Acting, To Meghan, and How Not to Become a Hollywood Screenwriter.

As a genealogist, what would you give to spend one day with one of your ancestors? To witness everyday details of his or her life, whether it involved a favorite recipe, cooking methods, gardening, transportation or how children spent their day? Genealogy and stories related to major life events are often found in journals and other sources, but what about activities such as holiday celebrations or games children played on balmy summer evenings? Wouldn't you like to go one step beyond vague stories about walking four miles to school through two feet of snow or canning peaches on a woodstove...

Alberta Scaglione's spinster aunt had some secrets - like the fortune she squirreled away and a secret lake house in Tranquility, New Jersey. More surprising: She's left it all to Alberta. Alberta, a widow, is no spring chicken, and she's gotten used to disappointment. So having a beautiful view, surrounded by hydrangeas, honeysuckle, and her cat, Lola, sounds blissful after years of yelling and bickering and cooking countless lasagnas. But Tranquility isn't as peaceful as it sounds. There's a body in the water - and it belongs to Alberta's childhood nemesis.

Beginning their annual camping trip on the Metolius River in scenic Central Oregon, Anne and her family shockingly discover a body lying in the picturesque, crystal clear headwaters of the river. Step back in to the '60s as deputies from the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department identify the victim, discover clues from Alberta to California, and attempt to unravel this cozy who-done-it, revealing multiple suspects, twists and turns all without the assistance of modern-day technology. In the meantime, Anne's family and camping pals climb Black Butte, feed the trout at Wizard Falls Fish ...

Were you a kid in the 60s and 70s? Then you’ll love this book. It’s chock full of short stories about growing up during that period in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A time when life was about playing outside, exploring the woods, riding bikes, and playing games in the street. There were no cell phones, internet, or social media. The news came wrapped in a rubber band and landed on your doorstep thrown by a kid on a bicycle. Nobody wore helmets when they rode their bikes and nobody used seatbelts. You could disappear all day and your parents didn’t even know where you were. Just as long ...

In Spirit of a Hummingbird, Felicia Thai Heath, the daughter of Vietnamese and Chinese immigrants who met in the United States, gives us a disquieting, eventful memoir based on her early childhood on the run with her father—a notorious Vietnamese kingpin and escaped convict—and her conflicted mother. Clever and mature beyond her age, young Felicia experienced poverty and witnessed abuse as her dysfunctional family bounced around in the United States and Canada. Amid all the tumult and terror, she found ways to love her family, educate herself, navigate her world, and discover her potential.

Over 70 years of Memories Of a life well lived Come on a journey with me through my childhood, mariage and life in general.

What secrets does a photograph hold? The dusty old photograph of Megan Forrester and a little boy in a pink Barbie car sparks a nostalgic feeling within her. But as she cleans out her late parents' home, the image begins to consume her thoughts. Why can't she find someone who looks at her with the same adoration as the little boy in the photo? Lost and unsure of her future now that she's no longer a caretaker, Megan becomes fixated on finding the boy from the photo. With the help of a private detective, she uncovers five possible candidates scattered across the country. But as she travels ...

A short bittersweet tale of childhood remembrance. "Laughter, Pathos & Muscles" is also available in paperback, hardback and e-book form as part of the collection Easy Money & Other Stories. When his work happened to lead him through the cafeteria during lunchtime, tables of boys and girls would shout, “Hey, Muscles, show us your muscles!” He’d oblige us and weave among the tables flexing his arms, making crazy faces, and rattling off one-liners. Even the crabby, old lunch ladies had to laugh when Muscles put on a show. When he was in an especially good mood, he’d add the much-loved...

Azar Nafisi, author of the beloved international best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, now gives us a stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, memories of her life lived in thrall to a powerful and complex mother, against the background of a country's political revolution.

An old man, realizing cherished memories of the past are quickly fading, decides to run away in search of his youth. This creative memoir is about “going home again”, reliving early-life experiences, and re-establishing childhood friendships. He and old friends, the “boys in the band”, recall early tales of youth from their world during the late ’40s and early 1950s.

What was the daily life of children like in the 50s? Although we strive to complicate it, life is originally simple, and looking at it through the eyes of some girls may remind us, or teach us, that we should see everything in an easier way. This novel takes us to a microcosm of a city, not very large in size but rich in history, in which the little protagonists are immersed in their particular stories and with these they have fun, play, suffer, cry, laugh, go out and they enter, take us back to a world that no longer exists, and makes us meditate on universal concepts: friendship, family, ...

Bill Bryson's hilarious memoir of growing up in middle America in the Fifties, complete, unabridged and read by the author. Born in 1951 in the middle of the United States, Des Moines, Iowa, Bill Bryson is perfectly positioned to mine his memories of a totally all-American childhood for 24 carat memoir gold.

An ideal gift for a gentle reader of any age, this first volume of the series, The Essence of Emily Evans includes a symphony of intensely descriptive pieces. The settings range from the author's childhood years on an Ohioan farm through her time in Buffalo, Brooklyn, Greenwich Village, Cocoa Beach, and more. Filled with lyric poems of nature, and thrilling, delightful, and sometimes wrenching images of her personal experiences, it was awarded five stars by Literary Titan, who declared it "a very promising start to a series." Volumes II and III will be released in 2024. Excerpts from Volume...

If you'd like to improve your ability to learn Latin vocabulary by as much as 100%, 200%, even 300% (or more)...using simple memory techniques that you can learn in 15-20 minutes (or less), then this may be the most important audiobook that you will ever hear. Believe it or not, it really doesn't matter if you think you have a good memory or not.

Combining neuroscience, psychology, and personal experiences, Change What Happened to You shares Odille and Steve Remmert’s unique, proven memory-editing process with the power to transform your mind, behavior, and happiness. With step-by-step techniques for foundational self-love, this guide will help you change your implicit memories so you can heal from the negativity of your childhood and reroute your life toward the positive destination you desire.

A touching literary discovery, 402 Avalon follows a boy's journey during the 1950s through one of San Francisco's most mysterious houses that was built during the 1880s. This curious true story about a neglected boy, his uncommon family, the gushing growth of San Francisco and the infamous house is part intrigue, part innocence and part discovery. 402 Avalon is a stunning portrait of a child wanting guidance, living in the haunted three-story wooden structure that was dangerous.

Uri Shulevitz, one of FSG BYR’s most acclaimed picture-book creators, details the eight-year odyssey of how he and his Jewish family escaped the terrors of the Nazis by fleeing Warsaw for the Soviet Union in Chance. It was during those years, with threats at every turn, that the young Uri experienced his awakening as an artist, an experience that played a key role during this difficult time. By turns dreamlike and nightmarish, this account of determination, courage, family loyalty, and the luck of coincidence is a true publishing event.

Welcome to clean, babbling streams, emerald meadows, sun-dappled corn, wheat and bean fields, windswept weeping willows, rustic red and white barns, pine-scented woods and other hidden nooks and crannies alongside America’s back roads. The warm-hearted country folk and critters, friendly and threatening alike, know sweet secrets of life and love that you’ll likely never discover in the city. In Country Memories, a collection of 50 rural recollections, find a comfortable old chair, inhale the fresh air that whispers of wild roses while you read about: Introduction 1. Broadway At The Barn...

This book is about one of my childhood friends; it is a tribute to him.