Author : Judy Thomson
Publisher : Aboriginal Studies Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Aboriginal Australians
ISBN : 0855752076
Recalling the Yarrabah Mission, two generations of Aboriginal people relive the days in Queensland under the Act--they recall dormitory and school life, marriage and work at the mission, the struggle for survival during the Depression years, and the loss of their language and culture.
Author : Linda DePass-Creque
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 45,68 MB
Release : 2007-07-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 1490706658
In, Reaching Back to Touch My Soul: Thoughts on Love, Laughter and Living, everyone has a chance to read about the parts of life that matter most: love, laughter, and living a meaningful life. In today's world, which is filled with so much nonessential data that clings to our mind like tissue paper to a shoe. Reaching Back to Touch My Soul gives us a chance to reconnect not only to each other but also to the often forgotten parts of ourselves. The stories and essays in the book came into the world as op-ed pieces for The Virgin Islands Daily News. From different times, places and themes they have emerged as a family of ideas and grown as one. There are three major themes in the book. The first is Love, the second, Laughter, and the last Living Choosing Love as the starting point was easy, according to author Linda DePass-Creque, "Love breathes life into everything else. It is from love that everything else flows" The theme Laughter is a potpourri of topics and commentary written to make you smile as you take in its message. The last theme in this delightful book, Living, explores many of life's "basic skills", including coping, understanding, tolerance, friendship and sometimes making sense out of nonsense! With the wonderful illustrations of each theme , its humor, and its wise, down- to- earth philosophy, this book is well worth reading.
Author : Ron Hershberger
Publisher : Gatekeeper Press
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 35,81 MB
Release : 2022-10-31
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1662931425
Full of whimsical memories, life’s challenges, and uplifting encouragements, Reaching Back, Looking Forward is a collection of poems that reflects on one man’s journey through life and his hope for his future. Ron Hershberger brings philosophical thoughts and beautiful language to the page as he offers insights into readers’ childhoods through his own, peeling back the complexities of life to reveal who he is—who we are as humans—on the inside. The poems in Reaching Back, Looking Forward are arranged into four categories: Encouragement and Faith, Memories, Challenging Times, and Tributes. Each is different yet similar, and each holds kernels of truth for all of our lives. So, find a quiet place. Sit back, relax, and join one man’s quest for meaning in life through his musical poetry.
Author : Nea Anna Simone
Publisher : Gravel Road Publishing
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,43 MB
Release : 2013-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780985883300
National Bestseller - REACHING BACK succeeds in creating lives that are memorable - they will draw you in and not let you go! This is a work that is both great literature & entertainment. An aging leather bound journal provides a glimpse into the captivating family history of Mignon Samuels, shedding light on the struggles of several generations of African-American women - reaching back in time to her maternal great grandmother to her own mother, and the circumstances endured by each woman in their lives. Fueled by their legacy, Mignon decides to make daring changes of her own, and forge ahead - out of her marriage - to a new future with her three daughters. Mignon feels betrayed by the dream of a fairytale tale life that everyone thought her wealthy husband had given to her - in truth, he had only given her pain. Author Nea Anna Simone crafts a multi-generational tale that takes the reader along a difficult journey with a woman who finds the courage and inspiration to break the bonds and strict codes of the African-American elite. Simone forces the reader to face questions of family secrets, difficult relationships and struggles of skin color. Does it still matter? Fast-paced and gripping, Reaching Back is for all people seeking the courage to face the future and unknown. Nea Anna Simone is a powerful literary voice!
Author : T.M. Luhrmann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 26,66 MB
Release : 2012-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0307277275
A New York Times Notable Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2012 A bold approach to understanding the American evangelical experience from an anthropological and psychological perspective by one of the country's most prominent anthropologists. Through a series of intimate, illuminating interviews with various members of the Vineyard, an evangelical church with hundreds of congregations across the country, Tanya Luhrmann leaps into the heart of evangelical faith. Combined with scientific research that studies the effect that intensely practiced prayer can have on the mind, When God Talks Back examines how normal, sensible people—from college students to accountants to housewives, all functioning perfectly well within our society—can attest to having the signs and wonders of the supernatural become as quotidian and as ordinary as laundry. Astute, sensitive, and extraordinarily measured in its approach to the interface between science and religion, Luhrmann's book is sure to generate as much conversation as it will praise.
Author : John Rotche
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 30,66 MB
Release : 2019-03-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781943290956
Author : Brenda Wolfe
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 46,50 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category :
ISBN : 9780578118949
Author : Noel Carroll
Publisher : Allen-Ayers Books
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 12,63 MB
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466002468
What we refer to as “modern man” sprang into existence some forty thousand years ago. These ancestors of ours entered a world dominated by Neanderthals, a hardy bunch, stronger than we and equally as smart. How we managed to survive and the Neanderthals did not is a story that has never been told. Until now. An ancient astronaut awakening from a 40-thousand-year sleep has no idea who he is or why he is floating naked in the middle of an empty ocean. Chance brings him to combine forces with a young woman on a passing sailboat about to be murdered by Bahamian drug runners. Driven by separate goals but increasingly attracted to one another, the two plot to turn the tables on a confused but determined mob. As the astronaut slowly recalls his ancient past, the gripping story of how he (and we) got here unfolds.
Author : Rebecca Stead
Publisher : Wendy Lamb Books
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 26,1 MB
Release : 2009-07-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0375892699
"Like A Wrinkle in Time (Miranda's favorite book), When You Reach Me far surpasses the usual whodunit or sci-fi adventure to become an incandescent exploration of 'life, death, and the beauty of it all.'" —The Washington Post This Newbery Medal winner that has been called "smart and mesmerizing," (The New York Times) and "superb" (The Wall Street Journal) will appeal to readers of all types, especially those who are looking for a thought-provoking mystery with a mind-blowing twist. Shortly after a fall-out with her best friend, sixth grader Miranda starts receiving mysterious notes, and she doesn’t know what to do. The notes tell her that she must write a letter—a true story, and that she can’t share her mission with anyone. It would be easy to ignore the strange messages, except that whoever is leaving them has an uncanny ability to predict the future. If that is the case, then Miranda has a big problem—because the notes tell her that someone is going to die, and she might be too late to stop it. Winner of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award for Fiction A New York Times Bestseller and Notable Book Five Starred Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection "Absorbing." —People "Readers ... are likely to find themselves chewing over the details of this superb and intricate tale long afterward." —The Wall Street Journal "Lovely and almost impossibly clever." —The Philadelphia Inquirer "It's easy to imagine readers studying Miranda's story as many times as she's read L'Engle's, and spending hours pondering the provocative questions it raises." —Publishers Weekly, Starred review
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Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 46,25 MB
Release : 1906
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