Criswell Freeman Libros

Old-time country wisdom is as timely and fresh today as it was a hundred years ago. This book is a collection of sayings and quotations that celebrate the old-fashioned common sense of rural America. Enjoy a message of humor, hope and inspiration from patriots, philosophers, humorists, and of course the founding father of American practicality, Ben Franklin. Other sources quoted include Thomas Jefferson, Josh Billings, Will Rogers, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Grandma Moses, and many more

Friends are among our most treasured possessions. But unlike a bank account or a stock certificate, the value of a true friendship is beyond measure. This book celebrates the joys of building and preserving your personal estate of lifelong friends. On these pages are friendly advice from a collection of experts on laughter, loyalty, sharing, and trust. There is the reminder to aid an ally, to back a backer, or console a comrade. In the pages of this book may be found the inspiration to pick up the telephone and reconnect with a long lost pal. Those providing this inspiration include Emily Dickinson, Maya Angelo, Bennett Cerf, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and numerous other "friends."

Every tennis match is a contest not just of skill, but of will. Thus, the game's greatest players are more than finely-tuned athletes; they are also grand masters in the venerable art of gamesmanship. This book of tennis quotations unlocks their secrets. Great players share their insights on serves, stokes, strategies-and life.

A treasury of quotations and verses celebrating the joys of Christmas