Author: Rudine Sims Bishop
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780325071350
Category : African American children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Presents a history of African American literature for children from its beginnings in the oral culture of the slaves of the South to the initial church works of the nineteenth century and its full emergence as a literature following the Harlem Renaissance.
Author: Jewell Parker Rhodes
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0767910850
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 203
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In college and graduate school, Jewell Parker Rhodes never encountered a single reading assignment or exercise that featured a person of color. Now she has made it her mission to rectify the situation, gathering advice and inspiring tips tailored for African Americans seeking to express their life experiences. Comprehensive and totally energizing, the African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction bursts with supportive topics such as: ·Finding your voice ·Getting to know your literary ancestors ·Overcoming a bruised ego and finding the determination to pursue your dreams ·Gathering material and conducting research ·Tapping sweet, bittersweet, and joyful memories ·Knowing when to keep revising, and when to let go The guide also features unforgettable excerpts from luminaries such as Maya Angelou, Brent Staples, Houston Baker, and pointers from bestselling African American authors Patrice Gaines, E. Lynn Harris, James McBride, John Hope Franklin, Pearl Cleage, Edwidge Danticat, and many others. It is a uniquely nurturing and informative touchstone for affirming, bearing witness, leaving a legacy, and celebrating the remarkable journey of the self.
Author: Peter Forbes
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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Author: Stephanie Woolard
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 147595137X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 83
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Have Confidence within Yourself presents a collection of poems written to motivate and inspire people who have given up their dreams. Author Stephanie Woolard feels that we each have the ability to achieve success through hard work and believing in ourselves. She expresses her thoughts and emotions about life's ups and downs in her verse. She believes that God didn't give us the spirit of fear, but instead gave us the spirit of power and love, along with a sound mind so that we may find our true path in life. Once we discover our true selves and have the confidence within ourselves to achieve our goals, we can achieve true success in life. Has God Ever Promised You Something Whenever a storm comes in your life, don't give it death, but give it life. God's promise should always stay with you no matter what you are going through. The test may seem long, but if you hold on, God will bless with the love that belongs.
Author: Timothy D. Wilson
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674045211
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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"Know thyself," a precept as old as Socrates, is still good advice. But is introspection the best path to self-knowledge? Wilson makes the case for better ways of discovering our unconscious selves. If you want to know who you are or what you feel or what you're like, Wilson advises, pay attention to what you actually do and what other people think about you. Showing us an unconscious more powerful than Freud's, and even more pervasive in our daily life, Strangers to Ourselves marks a revolution in how we know ourselves.
Author: Tom Kelley
Publisher: Crown Currency
ISBN: 0385349378
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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IDEO founder and Stanford d.school creator David Kelley and his brother Tom Kelley, IDEO partner and the author of the bestselling The Art of Innovation, have written a powerful and compelling book on unleashing the creativity that lies within each and every one of us. Too often, companies and individuals assume that creativity and innovation are the domain of the "creative types." But two of the leading experts in innovation, design, and creativity on the planet show us that each and every one of us is creative. In an incredibly entertaining and inspiring narrative that draws on countless stories from their work at IDEO, the Stanford d.school, and with many of the world's top companies, David and Tom Kelley identify the principles and strategies that will allow us to tap into our creative potential in our work lives, and in our personal lives, and allow us to innovate in terms of how we approach and solve problems. It is a book that will help each of us be more productive and successful in our lives and in our careers.
Author: J. T. Ismael
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190269456
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 289
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In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision. Newton's physics also posed a profound challenge to our self-understanding, however, for the very same laws that keep airplanes in the air and rivers flowing downhill tell us that it is in principle possible to predict what each of us will do every second of our entire lives, given the early conditions of the universe. Can it really be that even while you toss and turn late at night in the throes of an important decision and it seems like the scales of fate hang in the balance, that your decision is a foregone conclusion? Can it really be that everything you have done and everything you ever will do is determined by facts that were in place long before you were born? This problem is one of the staples of philosophical discussion. It is discussed by everyone from freshman in their first philosophy class, to theoretical physicists in bars after conferences. And yet there is no topic that remains more unsettling, and less well understood. If you want to get behind the façade, past the bare statement of determinism, and really try to understand what physics is telling us in its own terms, read this book. The problem of free will raises all kinds of questions. What does it mean to make a decision, and what does it mean to say that our actions are determined? What are laws of nature? What are causes? What sorts of things are we, when viewed through the lenses of physics, and how do we fit into the natural order? Ismael provides a deeply informed account of what physics tells us about ourselves. The result is a vision that is abstract, alien, illuminating, and-Ismael argues-affirmative of most of what we all believe about our own freedom. Written in a jargon-free style, How Physics Makes Us Free provides an accessible and innovative take on a central question of human existence.
Author: Charlotte Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949759259
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: James Nestor
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547985525
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 285
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Our species is more profoundly connected to the sea than we ever realized, as an intrepid cadre of scientists, athletes, and explorers is now discovering. Deep follows these adventurers into the ocean to report on the latest findings about its wondrous biology -- and unimagined human abilities.
Author: David Williams
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107016495
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 277
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This book examines the many ways in which African Americans made the Civil War about ending slavery. Abraham Lincoln's primary goal was to save the Union rather than to absolve the institution of slavery, yet slaves who escaped to Union lines refused to fight for the Union while remaining enslaved, ultimately forcing Lincoln to disband the institution.
