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Claudia’S Embrace

Author : Joe Chopko

Publisher : LifeRich Publishing

Page : 250 pages

File Size : 16,77 MB

Release : 2016-05-18

Category : Family & Relationships

ISBN : 1489707778

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An emotionally raw, truthful, and compelling story that invites you along for the ride, as an ordinary man faced with extraordinary circumstances, shares his most intimate thoughts and feelings, as he attempts to guide his wife and their two young children through the turbulent waters of their mothers cancer diagnosis. By demonstrating unimaginable courage, strength, grace, humility, and acceptance when faced with the unfathomable, one woman will forever inspire and profoundly alter the lives of countless people who were privileged to know and love her. She, like only a mother could, gives a most precious gift to her children-instilling in them that even in deatha mothers love endures. While helping his wife deepen her spirituality and come to terms with her own death, one man discovers the face of God, and one woman experiences the healing power of Gods promised, eternal, and unconditional love. From the perspective of a life-long educator, lessons learned and helpful tips are sprinkled throughout the book, in hopes of inspiring, encouraging, and equipping you and your family, with essential tools to illuminate your path as you encounter your own trials along lifes journey.



Claudia Silver to the Rescue

Author : Kathy Ebel

Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Page : 259 pages

File Size : 40,88 MB

Release : 2013

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0547985576

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In this gutsy debut novel, flawed but unsinkable Claudia Silver cuts a wide comic swath in her misguided attempts to find love and security in 1990s New York City.



Citizen

Author : Claudia Rankine

Publisher : Graywolf Press

Page : 165 pages

File Size : 25,96 MB

Release : 2014-10-07

Category : Literary Collections

ISBN : 1555973485

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* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry * * Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award * ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Boston Globe, The Atlantic, BuzzFeed, NPR. Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, Slate, Time Out New York, Vulture, Refinery 29, and many more . . . A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric. Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV-everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay, image, and poetry, Citizen is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named "post-race" society.



Claudia

Author : Pamela Hendricks Frautschi

Publisher : iUniverse

Page : 149 pages

File Size : 43,10 MB

Release : 2014-11-18

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1491748745

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Every family has one, the person whose very existence often perplexes and challenges. In this family, Claudia serves that role. A self-proclaimed spirit on the path to enlightenment and joy, her eager dismissal of her more mundane human element has caused no small amount of tension for spectators on the sidelines. On the surface, her journey to Nirvana should be charming, but in reality, its been a profoundly disruptive roadblock to family harmony and her relationship with her siblings. Frustrated by her own familys inability to embrace her needs, Claudia lashes out again and again. Claudia considers realism an evasion and reality a lie that serves no purpose other than to disrupt the pursuits of her spiritual dreams. This is not the easiest mind-set to grow up with, but its what the narrator and her family experience. The narrators own quest for understanding, purpose, and compassion for her inscrutable older sister inspire her own internal explorations. In sharing these tales, she finds strength and comfort, humor and empathy, and, most importantly, solutions and closure. An emotional account of the impact a decision can have on a family, Claudia is the story of an older sisters ironically self-centered quest for Nirvana at all costs.



The Birthday Lunch

Author : Joan Clark

Publisher : Knopf Canada

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 13,90 MB

Release : 2015-06-09

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0345809580

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From the bestselling author of Latitudes of Melt and An Audience of Chairs: The Birthday Lunch is the story of one pivotal week in the life of a family facing a tragic loss, rich with dramatic tension and beautifully rendered. Free-spirited Lily has always played the peacemaker between her fierce, doting sister, Laverne, and her own loving, garrulous husband, Hal, as they competed for her attention. The competition has only grown worse since the three of them moved into a large house in the town of Sussex, New Brunswick. On Lily’s 58th birthday, a steamy day in late June, Laverne feels she has bested Hal by winning her sister’s company for a gourmet lunch, but it becomes a bitter and short-lived victory when the day’s events take an unexpected and tragic turn. In The Birthday Lunch, Joan Clark explores the different ways each member of Lily's family confronts her shocking death: Hal's open sorrow, her daughter Claudia's reappraisal of her own life, her son Matt's determination to assign blame. And unforgettably, Laverne's eccentricity and isolation, her intensifying conflict with Hal, illuminates the brutal territory of accusation and regret. Compassionate and engrossing with a powerful sense of place, The Birthday Lunch is an extraordinary new novel from one of our most gifted storytellers.



A Book of Middle Eastern Food

Author : Claudia Roden

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 21,12 MB

Release : 1974

Category : Cookery, Middle Eastern

ISBN : 9780394719481

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More than 500 recipes from the subtle, spicy, varied cuisines of the Middle East, ranging from inexpensive but tasty peasant fare to elaborate banquet dishes.



Inspiriting Influences

Author : Michael Awkward

Publisher : Columbia University Press

Page : 192 pages

File Size : 11,89 MB

Release : 1989

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 0231068077

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A critical look at works from this emerging body of literature. Examines Their eyes were watching God, The bluest eye, The women of Brewster Place, and The color purple. Provides insight to the aesthetically complex and ideologically challenging novels of Afro- American women. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Writing Organization

Author : Carl Rhodes

Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing

Page : 156 pages

File Size : 24,91 MB

Release : 2001-01-01

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 9789027233042

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Carl Rhodes examines the implicit power of writing and authorship that is at play when people and organisations are (re)presented in research. To explore this, the book reports a research project in the area of organisational storytelling that investigates how people in one organisation used stories to (re)present their own learning experiences from the implementation of a quality management program. This research is written in three principal genres: autobiography, ethnography and a fictional short story. These (re)presentational strategies are reviewed to examine how different genres effect authority in different ways. Drawing extensively on the work of Mikhail Bakhtin and on writers associated with postmodernism and poststructuralism, the book offers a challenging discussion of what organisational research might be when the notion of the equivalence of reality and representation is radically questioned.



Phantom Kangaroo

Author : Claudia Dawson

Publisher :

Page : 296 pages

File Size : 27,63 MB

Release : 2021-03-16

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ISBN :

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Phantom Kangaroo: The Anthology is a collection of 300 poems written about the paranormal, the occult, the mystical, and anything else that might be shrouded in mystery. It can be dark at times, but it is never bad. It is questions and glimpses and testimony. It is real and a hoax and theories. But in its earthly form, it is poetry and art and beauty. These poems were published over the course of a decade in Phantom Kangaroo (issues 1-23). Phantom Kangaroo is published online at phantomkangaroo.com and in print three times a year. Contributors: Alex Brown, Ali Znaidi, Alicia A. Curtis, Amber Decker, Amit Parmessur, Amy Elisabeth Olson, Anastasia Chew, Andrew Chmielowiec, Andrew J. Stone, Anna Sykora, Anne Butler, Annie Neugebauer, Anthony Jones, Anton Yakovlev, Becca Thorne, Ben John Smith, Bill Gainer, Bill Wolack, C.M. Humphries, Cameron Morse, Caroline Misner, Cassandra de Alba, Catherine Cimillo Cavallone, Catherine Owen, Chad Redden, Changming Yuan, Chloe N. Clark, Chris Knodel, Chris Kobylinsky, Christy Effinger, Cindy Rinne, Claire Joanne Huxham, Cynthia Linville, D.S. Jones, Daniel M. Shapiro, Daniel Romo, David McLean, David Russomano, David Spicer, David Tomaloff, Dawn Schout, Denny E. Marshall, Donal Mahoney, Dorene O'Brien, Drea Jane Kato, Drew Pisarra, Eamonn Lorigan, Ed Makowski, Elena Riley, Ellyn Touchette, Emily O'Neill, Emily Rose Cole, Emory Bell, Eric Roalson, Erin Croy, F.J. Bergmann, Faryn Black, Febe Moss, Felipe Rivera, Francis X. Altomare, Franklin Murdock, Gale Acuff, Georgie Delgado, Glenn W. Cooper, Gus Iversen, Hannah Rose Neuhauser, Harry Calhoun, Helen Vitoria, Hillary Lyon, Holly Day, Howie Good, Israel Wasserstein, Jack Hodil, Jackson Burgess, Jacob Luplow, James Dowell, Janann Dawkins, Jane Røken, Jason Brightwell, Jay Coral, Jean Brasseur, Jeanie Tomasko, Jeannine Geise, Jeffrey Park, Jennifer Tomaloff, Jennifer Lobaugh, Jennifer Phillips, Jeston Dulin, Jill Khoury, Jim Bronyaur, Joan McNerney, Joe Nicholas, John Grey, John Joe Loftus, John Roth, John Swain, Joseph Harms, Joseph M. Gant, Joshua Otto, Jude Cowan, Julia Rox, Justin Holliday, Kalen Rowe, Kara Synhorst, Kate Frank, Kevin Heaton, Kevin Ridgeway, KG Newman, Khadija Hussain, Khalym Kari Burke-Thomas, Kimberly Casey, Kirby Wright, Kristin Maffei, Kyla Cheung, Kyle Hemmings, Laura Grodin, Laura LeHew, Lawrence Gladeview, Lee Gillespie, Leila A. Fortier, Levi Gribbon, Linda Crate, Lisa M. Litrenta, Lisa Marie Basile, Lisa McCool-Grime, Lori Lamothe, Lucia Olga Ahrensdorf, Luis Cuauhtemoc Berriozabal, M. J. Luppa, M. Krochmalnik Grabois, Margaret Emma Brandl, Margaret Mary, Marina Rubin, Mark Bonica, Mary Elzabeth Lee, Matt Ryan, Matt Schumacher, Matthew Byrne, Matthew Harrison, Matthew Specht, Meaghan Ford, Megan Kennedy, Melanie Browne, Melissa Bobe, Meredith Weiers, Michael Bagwell, Michael Dwayne Smith, Michael Frissore, Michael Grover, Michael H. Brownstein, Midori Chen, Mike Meraz, Mike Salgado, Molly Hamilton, Mora Torres, Morgan Adams, Nancy Flynn, Natalie Angelone, Nate Maxson, Nathan Lipps, Nathan Logan, Nathan Savin Scott, Neil Weston, Nico Rico, Nicole Taylor, P.A.Levy, Paul Hellweg, Paul Strohm, Paul McQuade, Peter Marra, Peter Schwartz, Phoenix Bunke, R.D. Kimball, Rachel Marsom-Richmond, Richard Cody, Richard Peabody, Richard Peake, Rick Bailey, Ricky Garni, Robert E. Petras, Robert McDonald, Robert Vaughan, Ron Koppelberger, Rose Aiello Morales, Rose Arrowsmith DeCoux, Roxanne Broda-Blake, Roy Bentley, Sarah J. Sloat, Seth Jani, Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick, Sheila Hassell Hughes, Simon Perchik, Stephen Bunch, Steve Castro, Steve Isaak, Steve Toase, Tammy Ho Lai-Ming, Tannen Dell, Tanuj Solanki, Taylor Graham, Tess Joyce, Tess Pfeifle, Theodosia Henney, Thomas Piekarski, Tony Walton, Ty Russell, Tyler Burdwood, Veronica McDonald, Vivian Bird, Walt Garner, Walter Bjorkman, Walter Conley, Wayne F. Burke, Wendy Willis, Wesley Dylan Gray, William C. Blome, William Doreski, William Page, Willie Smith



Exploring Doubt

Author : Alex Wright

Publisher : Augsburg Books

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 22,78 MB

Release : 2020-04-28

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1506467377

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Christianity has often seemed impatient with the idea of doubt. Certainty, not irresolution, has been seen as the test of faith and key to unlocking participation in the supposed life to come. But when his marriage collapsed, Alex Wright knew that all his own certainties had been reduced to rubble. The future he had planned on the Norfolk coast disappeared as fast as a sea-fret burning up in the noonday sun. In this moving book, written out of his own disturbing experience of deep-rooted uncertainty about the future, the author suggests that it is actually doubt, not conviction, that expresses the most important insights about religion and the spiritual life and, indeed, about life itself.