Author : Keith Leon S
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,19 MB
Release : 2019-08-20
Category :
ISBN : 9781945446757
Thirty years ago, Keith Leon S. received a message from angels. He was told that he would write a book that would change lives. Anyone who held this book in their hands would be raised to their next level of vibration. This is the true story of a man who has witnessed miracles. Now, Keith is on a mission to introduce you to your heavenly helpers.
Author : Jennifer De Leon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 10,13 MB
Release : 2020-08-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1534438262
“A funny, perceptive, and much-needed book telling a much-needed story.” —Celeste Ng, author of the New York Times bestseller Little Fires Everywhere First-generation American LatinX Liliana Cruz does what it takes to fit in at her new nearly all-white school. But when family secrets spill out and racism at school ramps up, she must decide what she believes in and take a stand. Liliana Cruz is a hitting a wall—or rather, walls. There’s the wall her mom has put up ever since Liliana’s dad left—again. There’s the wall that delineates Liliana’s diverse inner-city Boston neighborhood from Westburg, the wealthy—and white—suburban high school she’s just been accepted into. And there’s the wall Liliana creates within herself, because to survive at Westburg, she can’t just lighten up, she has to whiten up. So what if she changes her name? So what if she changes the way she talks? So what if she’s seeing her neighborhood in a different way? But then light is shed on some hard truths: It isn’t that her father doesn’t want to come home—he can’t…and her whole family is in jeopardy. And when racial tensions at school reach a fever pitch, the walls that divide feel insurmountable. But a wall isn’t always a barrier. It can be a foundation for something better. And Liliana must choose: Use this foundation as a platform to speak her truth, or risk crumbling under its weight.
Author : Evans J. Casso
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 28,82 MB
Release : 1999-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781455607792
From the militia of colonial days to the National Guard of modern times, America�s citizen soldiers have symbolized the preparedness, the unselfish service, and the devotion to duty that have sustained the nation in war and peace. In times of grave national crisis, including wars, civil disorders, and natural disasters, these often unheralded patriots have served willingly, faithfully, and well. And, having contributed their special abilities to the task at hand, they returned to their citizen roles to await the next summons to duty. Here, for the first time, is the complete, detailed, documented history of the Louisiana National Guard, a facet of the state�s rich and colorful history that has never before been treated in depth. Author Evans J. Casso has woven an intricate tapestry of this continuing chronicle, drawing heavily upon extensive research from official state papers, archives, journals, narrative reports, and numerous personal interviews. With a disciplined historian�s eye, he traces the evolution of the Guard, from its forerunners of the frontier days to the highly trained, well-equipped organization of modern times. This work places in perspective the growth of the National Guard and the vital role it has played in the development of the Louisiana Territory, and later of both the state and the nation.
Author : Dewei Wang
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0520238737
In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations.
Author : George C. Rosenwald
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 37,2 MB
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780300054552
"The stories people tell about themselves are interesting not only for the events and characters they describe but for something in the construction of the stories themselves. The ways in which individuals recount their histories--what they emphasize and omit, their stance as protagonists or victims, the relationship the story establishes between teller and audience--all shape what individuals can claim of their own lives. Personal stories are not merely a way of telling someone (or oneself) about one's life; they are the means by which identities may be fashioned."--from the Introduction In this provocative book, psychologists, anthropologists, and sociologists analyze interviews with a range of subjects--a minister who uses the death of his son to reaffirm his identity as a man of God, women who have given up their children at birth for adoption and who blame society for their action, Holocaust survivors, a victim of marital rape, and many others. Together these studies suggest a new way of thinking about autobiographical narratives: that these life stories play a significant role in the formation of identity, that the way they are told is shaped (and at times curtailed) by prevalent cultural norms, and that the stories--and at times the lives to which they relate--may be liberated from their psychic and social constraints if the social conditions of story telling can be critically engaged. Presenting a wide range of life stories, these studies demonstrate how "telling one's life" has the potential to clarify or mystify one's commitments and to animate or encumber one's future development.
Author : David Der-Wei Wang
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 39,41 MB
Release : 2004-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520937246
In ancient China a monster called Taowu was known for both its vicious nature and its power to see the past and the future. Over the centuries Taowu underwent many incarnations until it became identifiable with history itself. Since the seventeenth century, fictive accounts of history have accommodated themselves to the monstrous nature of Taowu. Moving effortlessly across the entire twentieth-century literary landscape, David Der-wei Wang delineates the many meanings of Chinese violence and its literary manifestations. Taking into account the campaigns of violence and brutality that have rocked generations of Chinese—often in the name of enlightenment, rationality, and utopian plenitude—this book places its arguments along two related axes: history and representation, modernity and monstrosity. Wang considers modern Chinese history as a complex of geopolitical, ethnic, gendered, and personal articulations of bygone and ongoing events. His discussion ranges from the politics of decapitation to the poetics of suicide, and from the typology of hunger and starvation to the technology of crime and punishment.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 12,60 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Kansas
ISBN :
Author : Jack Canfield
Publisher : Babypie Publishing
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2020-10-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781945446993
Additional "Navigating the Clickety-Clack" contributing authors are: Liz Acar, Marcus Bird, Maria Bradfield, Natalie Cook, Jeffrey Gignac, Karen Kan, Kate Moriah, Kelly Moser, Kim O'Neill, Angi Ponder Reid, Donna Riley, Deborah Robbins, Jani Roberts, Trisha Schmalhofer, Venetta Demos Stathis, Lea Williamson, and Ariel Yarger. What is "The Clickety-Clack"? Remember when you had a ten-speed bicycle, and you changed from one gear to another? There is that moment when the chain is jumping from one gear to the next gear, but it has not clicked in yet. What sound does it make? Clickety-clack. . . clickety-clack. You have faith it will catch eventually, so you keep pedaling the bike. Your faith pays off because the chain eventually catches, and when it does, you are off in a better gear! If you are in this uncomfortable space between gears-you are in "The Clickety-Clack". In this book, you will: - Receive Tips and Tools from a wide variety of "Experienced Voices" - Discover you have the "Power to Overcome" any-and-all Life Challenges - Learn how to make "Positive Changes" in your Emotional and Spiritual health - Open your eyes to "New Possibilities" hidden within Challenging Times - Become the One who can find "Peace and Calm" in the Chaos "This book is filled with practical insights, strategies, and tools, that when used, will make positive change in your life." - Bennie Fowler, Superbowl Champion, Motivational Speaker, and Author of "Silver Spoon: The Imperfect Guide to Success" "Learning about 'The Clickety-Clack' will put you at ease during uncertain times in your life." - Joe Vitale, Multiple Bestselling Author, Musician, and Featured Teacher from the Hit Movie, "The Secret" "This book is a welcome reprieve in a world that seems to have lost its mind." - Maury Eskenazi, KRKO Radio "If you are done living a life of anger and frustration, and you're looking for a way to build a life filled with peace and joy, this is the book for you." - Marie Diamond, Spiritual Teacher, Inspirational Speaker, Energy Master in "The Secret" We have brought together the finest group of people to share their Clickety-Clack stories-how they navigated out of "The Clickety-Clack" and how they are able to stay peaceful inside, no matter what is happening outside. May this book guide you to your next steps and to ultimately discover "the peace that passes all understanding".
Author : Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan & Randal Roark
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 39,70 MB
Release : 2021
Category : History
ISBN : 1467147249
"The summer of 1996. In nineteen days, six million visitors jostled about in a southern city grappling with white flight, urban decay and the stifling legacy of Jim Crow. Six years earlier, a bold, audacious partnership of a strong mayor, enlightened business leaders and Atlanta's Black political leadership dared to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympic Games. Unexpectedly, the city won, an achievement that ignited a loose but robust coalition that worked collectively, if sometimes contentiously, to prepare the city and push it forward. This is a story of how once-struggling Atlanta leveraged the benefits of the Centennial Games to become a city of international prominence. This improbable rise from the ashes is told by three urban planning professionals who were at the center of the story."--Back cover.
Author : Eamon Maher
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2017-04-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1526117207
This book traces the steady decline in Irish Catholicism from the visit of Pope John Paul II in 1979 up to the Cloyne report into clerical sex abuse in that diocese in 2011. The young people awaiting the Pope’s address in Galway were entertained by two of Ireland’s most charismatic clerics, Bishop Eamon Casey and Fr Michael Cleary, both of whom were subsequently revealed to have been engaged in romantic liaisons at the time. The decades that followed the Pope’s visit were characterised by the increasing secularisation of Irish society. Boasting an impressive array of contributors from various backgrounds and expertise, the essays in the book attempt to trace the exact reasons for the progressive dismantling of the cultural legacy of Catholicism and the consequences this has had on Irish society.
