Stories that Words Tell Us
Author : Elizabeth O'Neill
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Elizabeth O'Neill
Publisher :
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 35,28 MB
Release : 1918
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Thomas King
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 35,71 MB
Release : 2003
Category : American literature
ISBN : 0887846963
Winner of the 2003 Trillium Book Award "Stories are wondrous things," award-winning author and scholar Thomas King declares in his 2003 CBC Massey Lectures. "And they are dangerous." Beginning with a traditional Native oral story, King weaves his way through literature and history, religion and politics, popular culture and social protest, gracefully elucidating North America's relationship with its Native peoples. Native culture has deep ties to storytelling, and yet no other North American culture has been the subject of more erroneous stories. The Indian of fact, as King says, bears little resemblance to the literary Indian, the dying Indian, the construct so powerfully and often destructively projected by White North America. With keen perception and wit, King illustrates that stories are the key to, and only hope for, human understanding. He compels us to listen well.
Author : Joel Schwartzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 11,97 MB
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1523094125
In this indispensable guide for anyone who must communicate in speech or writing, Schwartzberg shows that most of us fail to convince because we don't have a point-a concrete contention that we can argue, defend, illustrate, and prove. He lays out, step-by-step, how to develop one. In Joel's Schwartzberg's ten-plus years as a strategic communications trainer, the biggest obstacle he's come across-one that connects directly to nervousness, stammering, rambling, and epic fail-is that most speakers and writers don't have a point. They typically have just a title, a theme, a topic, an idea, an assertion, a catchphrase, or even something much less. A point is something more. It's a contention you can propose, argue, defend, illustrate, and prove. A point offers a position of potential value. Global warming is real is not a point. Scientific evidence shows that global warming is a real, human-generated problem that will have a devastating environmental and financial impact is a point. When we have a point, our influence snaps into place. We communicate belief, conviction, and urgency. This book shows you how to identify your point, leverage it, stick to it, and sell it and how to train others to identify and successfully make their own points.
Author : Stacey Abrams
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 39,40 MB
Release : 2021-12-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0063209497
#1 New York Times bestseller and NAACP Image Award winner! The debut picture book from iconic voting rights advocate and bestselling author Stacey Abrams is an inspiring tale of determination, based on her own childhood. Stacey is a little girl who loves words more than anything. She loves reading them, sounding them out, and finding comfort in them when things are hard. But when her teacher chooses her to compete in the local spelling bee, she isn’t as excited as she thought she’d be. What if she messes up? Or worse, if she can’t bring herself to speak up, like sometimes happens when facing bullies at school? Stacey will learn that win or lose . . . her words are powerful, and sometimes perseverance is the most important word of all. Plus don't miss the follow-up from the same team, Stacey's Remarkable Books!
Author : Pat Zietlow Miller
Publisher :
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 43,20 MB
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1626723214
A thoughtful picture book illustrating the power of small acts of kindness, from the award-winning author of Sophie's Squash.
Author : Jasmine Warga
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 16,73 MB
Release : 2019-05-28
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0062747827
New York Times bestseller and Newbery Honor Book! A gorgeously written, hopeful middle grade novel in verse about a young girl who must leave Syria to move to the United States, perfect for fans of Jason Reynolds and Aisha Saeed. Jude never thought she’d be leaving her beloved older brother and father behind, all the way across the ocean in Syria. But when things in her hometown start becoming volatile, Jude and her mother are sent to live in Cincinnati with relatives. At first, everything in America seems too fast and too loud. The American movies that Jude has always loved haven’t quite prepared her for starting school in the US—and her new label of “Middle Eastern,” an identity she’s never known before. But this life also brings unexpected surprises—there are new friends, a whole new family, and a school musical that Jude might just try out for. Maybe America, too, is a place where Jude can be seen as she really is. This lyrical, life-affirming story is about losing and finding home and, most importantly, finding yourself.
Author : Elizabeth Verdick
Publisher : Free Spirit Publishing
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 36,14 MB
Release : 2009-04-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1575428318
With gentle encouragement, this book teaches children that they can think before speaking, choose what to say and how to say it, and find positive ways to respond when others use unkind words. The importance of saying “I’m sorry” is reinforced. Includes tips for parents and caregivers.
Author : Elizabeth O'Neill
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 2016-07-12
Category :
ISBN : 9781535215039
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Author : Elizabeth (Speakman) 1877 O'Neill
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 17,64 MB
Release : 1918
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Robert Swartwood
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 25,88 MB
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0393338460
Collects more than one hundred short stories, each with no more than twenty-five words.