Author: Kristi Collier
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429923342
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Set in 1957, Jericho Walls is an unforgettable and inspiring novel about the power of friendship for a young girl growing up amid racism. "I woke early that first Sunday in Jericho. The sun was barely a stain in the sky, but the air was hot and clammy. My nightgown stuck to my skin. I padded to the bathroom and splashed my face with cold water. My stomach clenched in a queasy ball . . . I'd keep myself out of trouble in Jericho, I promised myself. I'd do all the right things and make lots of good friends and no one would care a whit about my being a preacher's daughter." Jo Clawson isn't the boy her father wanted, and she's not the "young lady" her neighbors expect of the preacher's daughter, either. But even though Jo doesn't always meet the expectations of the people around her, she still longs to fit in. When she and her family leave their northern home for the small southern town of Jericho, Alabama, Jo might finally stop picking fights and settle in right. But when Jo befriends a young black boy, she discovers that "fitting in" is about a lot more than proper manners or a smart outfit. Suddenly she's faced with a new set of questions that call up her own values. Maybe some fights are worth picking, after all.
Jericho Walls
Author: Kristi Collier
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429923342
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Set in 1957, Jericho Walls is an unforgettable and inspiring novel about the power of friendship for a young girl growing up amid racism. "I woke early that first Sunday in Jericho. The sun was barely a stain in the sky, but the air was hot and clammy. My nightgown stuck to my skin. I padded to the bathroom and splashed my face with cold water. My stomach clenched in a queasy ball . . . I'd keep myself out of trouble in Jericho, I promised myself. I'd do all the right things and make lots of good friends and no one would care a whit about my being a preacher's daughter." Jo Clawson isn't the boy her father wanted, and she's not the "young lady" her neighbors expect of the preacher's daughter, either. But even though Jo doesn't always meet the expectations of the people around her, she still longs to fit in. When she and her family leave their northern home for the small southern town of Jericho, Alabama, Jo might finally stop picking fights and settle in right. But when Jo befriends a young black boy, she discovers that "fitting in" is about a lot more than proper manners or a smart outfit. Suddenly she's faced with a new set of questions that call up her own values. Maybe some fights are worth picking, after all.
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN: 1429923342
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Set in 1957, Jericho Walls is an unforgettable and inspiring novel about the power of friendship for a young girl growing up amid racism. "I woke early that first Sunday in Jericho. The sun was barely a stain in the sky, but the air was hot and clammy. My nightgown stuck to my skin. I padded to the bathroom and splashed my face with cold water. My stomach clenched in a queasy ball . . . I'd keep myself out of trouble in Jericho, I promised myself. I'd do all the right things and make lots of good friends and no one would care a whit about my being a preacher's daughter." Jo Clawson isn't the boy her father wanted, and she's not the "young lady" her neighbors expect of the preacher's daughter, either. But even though Jo doesn't always meet the expectations of the people around her, she still longs to fit in. When she and her family leave their northern home for the small southern town of Jericho, Alabama, Jo might finally stop picking fights and settle in right. But when Jo befriends a young black boy, she discovers that "fitting in" is about a lot more than proper manners or a smart outfit. Suddenly she's faced with a new set of questions that call up her own values. Maybe some fights are worth picking, after all.
The Walls of Jericho
Author: Rudolph Fisher
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, Fisher's characters—including the prejudiced Miss Cramp, who "takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint," Merrit's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover—provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical milieu of the times. Thematically, Fisher focuses on the idea of black unity and the discovery of the self. The biblical tale of Joshua is evoked to illustrate his concern for the black person's search for a "true nature." it is in this spiritual battle that the divergent segments of Harlem are drawn together in order to battle the "establishment" inside the walls of Jericho"--Publisher's description (a later edition).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
"Lawyer Ralph Merritt buys a house in a white neighborhood bordering Harlem. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, Fisher's characters—including the prejudiced Miss Cramp, who "takes on causes the way sticky tape picks up lint," Merrit's housekeeper Linda, and Shine, his piano mover—provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical milieu of the times. Thematically, Fisher focuses on the idea of black unity and the discovery of the self. The biblical tale of Joshua is evoked to illustrate his concern for the black person's search for a "true nature." it is in this spiritual battle that the divergent segments of Harlem are drawn together in order to battle the "establishment" inside the walls of Jericho"--Publisher's description (a later edition).
Jericho's Walls
Author: Cathy Jackson
Publisher: Cathy Jackson
ISBN: 0463019350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Jericho Buchanan has been riding hard trying to distract herself from her past, but she can’t get away from the ghosts that haunt her. When she rolls into a new town, thinking she might stay awhile, she finds herself attracted to one particular resident. One she should stay away from at all costs. Joshua Nun has a bad attitude and a past he shares with no one. When he meets the newest town visitor, he loses control. She evokes feelings of anger, rage, and most dangerous of all, passion. Could the woman he despises be everything he needs? The same forces that are pushing them apart seem to draw Joshua and Jericho together. Will they give in to their desires, or will he let her ride out of his life forever? Publisher’s Note: Jericho's Walls is a Christian Romance with adult themes. It includes a few spankings, slightly intense chastisements, and a light D/s theme.
Publisher: Cathy Jackson
ISBN: 0463019350
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 135
Book Description
Jericho Buchanan has been riding hard trying to distract herself from her past, but she can’t get away from the ghosts that haunt her. When she rolls into a new town, thinking she might stay awhile, she finds herself attracted to one particular resident. One she should stay away from at all costs. Joshua Nun has a bad attitude and a past he shares with no one. When he meets the newest town visitor, he loses control. She evokes feelings of anger, rage, and most dangerous of all, passion. Could the woman he despises be everything he needs? The same forces that are pushing them apart seem to draw Joshua and Jericho together. Will they give in to their desires, or will he let her ride out of his life forever? Publisher’s Note: Jericho's Walls is a Christian Romance with adult themes. It includes a few spankings, slightly intense chastisements, and a light D/s theme.
Breaching Jericho's Walls
Author: Allen B. Ballard
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438436246
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A rich narrative recounting the life story of award-winning African American historian and novelist Allen B. Ballard, Breaching Jericho's Walls takes its readers on an exciting journey from a segregated Philadelphia community in the 1930s to mid-century Paris, Moscow, Cambridge, and Manhattan. The author reflects on his own pioneering role as he expands his horizons, as one of the first African American students at Ohio's Kenyon College, studying abroad in France and sharing a café table with Richard Wright and James Baldwin, serving in the military in the American South and attending graduate school at Harvard University. Becoming one of the nation's first black Russian specialists, Ballard studies in post-Stalinist Russia for a year, where, among other adventures, he spends a month with Michael Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, on a Soviet farm. Though he tells his own personal story within Breaching Jericho's Walls, Ballard also portrays the experiences of those northern African-Americans whose generations bridged the gap from the legacy of slavery to the breakdown of the segregated system in the 1950s and 1960s while revealing the crucial role that individuals like civil rights leader Paul Robeson, Olympic athletes Jesse Owens and Long John Woodruff, and scholar Alain Locke played in inspiring the hopes of an oppressed and downtrodden race. A memoir filled with entertaining anecdotes and insightful reflection, Breaching Jericho's Walls offers Ballard's compelling personal story and reveals how, brick by brick, African Americans built the road that led to the election of President Obama in 2008.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438436246
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
A rich narrative recounting the life story of award-winning African American historian and novelist Allen B. Ballard, Breaching Jericho's Walls takes its readers on an exciting journey from a segregated Philadelphia community in the 1930s to mid-century Paris, Moscow, Cambridge, and Manhattan. The author reflects on his own pioneering role as he expands his horizons, as one of the first African American students at Ohio's Kenyon College, studying abroad in France and sharing a café table with Richard Wright and James Baldwin, serving in the military in the American South and attending graduate school at Harvard University. Becoming one of the nation's first black Russian specialists, Ballard studies in post-Stalinist Russia for a year, where, among other adventures, he spends a month with Michael Gorbachev and his wife, Raisa, on a Soviet farm. Though he tells his own personal story within Breaching Jericho's Walls, Ballard also portrays the experiences of those northern African-Americans whose generations bridged the gap from the legacy of slavery to the breakdown of the segregated system in the 1950s and 1960s while revealing the crucial role that individuals like civil rights leader Paul Robeson, Olympic athletes Jesse Owens and Long John Woodruff, and scholar Alain Locke played in inspiring the hopes of an oppressed and downtrodden race. A memoir filled with entertaining anecdotes and insightful reflection, Breaching Jericho's Walls offers Ballard's compelling personal story and reveals how, brick by brick, African Americans built the road that led to the election of President Obama in 2008.
Digging Up Jericho
Author: Kathleen M. Kenyon
Publisher: London, Benn
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher: London, Benn
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Excavations at Jericho: The tombs excavated in 1952-4
Author: Kathleen M. Kenyon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 618
Book Description
The Walls of Jericho
Author: Jack Ford
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1626523258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The book is a mystery/thriller that tells the story of a brutal, unsolved civil rights murder in 1960 that is resurrected in the present, leading to the explosive trial of a powerful political figure. The search for the truth about the decades old murder is led by an Ole Miss law professor and a NY Times reporter who stumble upon a source who reveals the long-buried secrets of the case. Their discovery leads them down a path of murder and betrayal that ultimately ends in a shocking and surprising climax.--Amazon.com.
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN: 1626523258
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The book is a mystery/thriller that tells the story of a brutal, unsolved civil rights murder in 1960 that is resurrected in the present, leading to the explosive trial of a powerful political figure. The search for the truth about the decades old murder is led by an Ole Miss law professor and a NY Times reporter who stumble upon a source who reveals the long-buried secrets of the case. Their discovery leads them down a path of murder and betrayal that ultimately ends in a shocking and surprising climax.--Amazon.com.
Joshua and the Walls of Jericho
Author: Joy Melissa Jensen
Publisher: Scandinavia Publishing House
ISBN: 8771327304
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
The Famous People of the Bible is a series for children ages 2-5 that tells the story of some of the most well-known people from the Bible. With simple words and colourful illustrations, these books show the smallest kids why these biblical characters are indeed famous.
Publisher: Scandinavia Publishing House
ISBN: 8771327304
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
The Famous People of the Bible is a series for children ages 2-5 that tells the story of some of the most well-known people from the Bible. With simple words and colourful illustrations, these books show the smallest kids why these biblical characters are indeed famous.
The Jericho Fast
Author: Rhoda Faye Diehl
Publisher: Called Writers Christian Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Do you feel stuck? Is there one area of your life that just won’t change, no matter how hard you work, believe, and cry out to the Lord? When the enemy holds ground in one part of our life, it tends to consume most of our thoughts. That one area can cost us emotional health, quality relationships, and even the ability to enjoy life. But we don’t have to put up with it. It’s time to fight back! Fasting is God’s secret weapon against the enemy’s strongholds. Jesus even said that some evil spirits cannot be cast out except by prayer and fasting. That should tell us a lot about the power of this weapon—it’s basically God’s nuclear option. The Jericho Fast guides readers through a 7-day fast to achieve breakthrough for the stubborn areas of their lives. Minister and author Rhoda Faye Diehl expertly imparts wisdom and biblical truth throughout the book to help you overcome lies used by the enemy to erect walls in your life. She also provides strong encouragement and exhortation to help readers complete the fast and make it through to their victory. Are you ready for breakthrough? Are you ready for the walls to come down? Let’s go!
Publisher: Called Writers Christian Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 67
Book Description
Do you feel stuck? Is there one area of your life that just won’t change, no matter how hard you work, believe, and cry out to the Lord? When the enemy holds ground in one part of our life, it tends to consume most of our thoughts. That one area can cost us emotional health, quality relationships, and even the ability to enjoy life. But we don’t have to put up with it. It’s time to fight back! Fasting is God’s secret weapon against the enemy’s strongholds. Jesus even said that some evil spirits cannot be cast out except by prayer and fasting. That should tell us a lot about the power of this weapon—it’s basically God’s nuclear option. The Jericho Fast guides readers through a 7-day fast to achieve breakthrough for the stubborn areas of their lives. Minister and author Rhoda Faye Diehl expertly imparts wisdom and biblical truth throughout the book to help you overcome lies used by the enemy to erect walls in your life. She also provides strong encouragement and exhortation to help readers complete the fast and make it through to their victory. Are you ready for breakthrough? Are you ready for the walls to come down? Let’s go!
Dancing Around Jericho's Walls
Author: Kenneth Clifton
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557099242
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Every reader can connect to the themes of this book. In Dancing Around Jericho's Walls, I present three phases we face, when we deal with a crisis. First, there is Sunset, when hope is lost. Then, there is The Darkest Hour, when our senses see the darkness but our faith knows light is coming. Finally, there is Sunrise. In this book, I study each phase through the eyes of 10 Bible examples, such as Moses facing Pharaoh, Joshua facing Jericho, Jonah facing the whale, the hungry facing Christ, the apostles facing threats to their lives, and more. In each phase, you will feel their struggle and identify with their conflict, as you step with them toward Sunrise. Included is also MANY quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Hellen Keller, J. P. Morgan, Charles Schwab, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F Kennedy.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557099242
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
Every reader can connect to the themes of this book. In Dancing Around Jericho's Walls, I present three phases we face, when we deal with a crisis. First, there is Sunset, when hope is lost. Then, there is The Darkest Hour, when our senses see the darkness but our faith knows light is coming. Finally, there is Sunrise. In this book, I study each phase through the eyes of 10 Bible examples, such as Moses facing Pharaoh, Joshua facing Jericho, Jonah facing the whale, the hungry facing Christ, the apostles facing threats to their lives, and more. In each phase, you will feel their struggle and identify with their conflict, as you step with them toward Sunrise. Included is also MANY quotes from Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Hellen Keller, J. P. Morgan, Charles Schwab, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and John F Kennedy.