Author: Sandra Young Kolbuc
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039104045
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Mother’s Love Story Tragedy Courage Resilience Hope “One cold winter’s day, my life’s trajectory tragically and unimaginably changed in an instant... forever!” - Tracy Stark, Mother of Radek and Ryder Early on a Monday morning in December 2016, Tracy Stark and her husband Brent discover that Tracy’s sons, Ryder, 13, and Radek, 11, are absent from school and are not answering their phones. When Tracy and Brent go to the home of her ex-husband to investigate, they are met by a life-shattering scene. Ryder and Radek have been murdered... by their biological father, who then shot and killed himself. Surrounded by the love and support of her shocked community and grieving friends and family, Tracy enlists the assistance of trauma therapist Sandra Young Kolbuc to help process her post-traumatic stress responses, her bottomless grief and learn to manage her devastating new reality. In April of 2019, Tracy asked her therapist for guidance to recount her story and that of her two precious sons to bring awareness for the need to change societal attitudes and systems that she believes failed them all. These radiant boys were full of life and passionately loved not only hockey, but their Mama as well. Gross Misconduct – Hitting from Behind, chronicles a mother’s journey from utter devastation to finding a measure of peace and purpose, meaning and mastery in the days, months and years following the death of her children.
Gross Misconduct
Author: Sandra Young Kolbuc
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039104045
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Mother’s Love Story Tragedy Courage Resilience Hope “One cold winter’s day, my life’s trajectory tragically and unimaginably changed in an instant... forever!” - Tracy Stark, Mother of Radek and Ryder Early on a Monday morning in December 2016, Tracy Stark and her husband Brent discover that Tracy’s sons, Ryder, 13, and Radek, 11, are absent from school and are not answering their phones. When Tracy and Brent go to the home of her ex-husband to investigate, they are met by a life-shattering scene. Ryder and Radek have been murdered... by their biological father, who then shot and killed himself. Surrounded by the love and support of her shocked community and grieving friends and family, Tracy enlists the assistance of trauma therapist Sandra Young Kolbuc to help process her post-traumatic stress responses, her bottomless grief and learn to manage her devastating new reality. In April of 2019, Tracy asked her therapist for guidance to recount her story and that of her two precious sons to bring awareness for the need to change societal attitudes and systems that she believes failed them all. These radiant boys were full of life and passionately loved not only hockey, but their Mama as well. Gross Misconduct – Hitting from Behind, chronicles a mother’s journey from utter devastation to finding a measure of peace and purpose, meaning and mastery in the days, months and years following the death of her children.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039104045
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Mother’s Love Story Tragedy Courage Resilience Hope “One cold winter’s day, my life’s trajectory tragically and unimaginably changed in an instant... forever!” - Tracy Stark, Mother of Radek and Ryder Early on a Monday morning in December 2016, Tracy Stark and her husband Brent discover that Tracy’s sons, Ryder, 13, and Radek, 11, are absent from school and are not answering their phones. When Tracy and Brent go to the home of her ex-husband to investigate, they are met by a life-shattering scene. Ryder and Radek have been murdered... by their biological father, who then shot and killed himself. Surrounded by the love and support of her shocked community and grieving friends and family, Tracy enlists the assistance of trauma therapist Sandra Young Kolbuc to help process her post-traumatic stress responses, her bottomless grief and learn to manage her devastating new reality. In April of 2019, Tracy asked her therapist for guidance to recount her story and that of her two precious sons to bring awareness for the need to change societal attitudes and systems that she believes failed them all. These radiant boys were full of life and passionately loved not only hockey, but their Mama as well. Gross Misconduct – Hitting from Behind, chronicles a mother’s journey from utter devastation to finding a measure of peace and purpose, meaning and mastery in the days, months and years following the death of her children.
Faso, ¿tenés?
Author: J. Guzmán
Publisher: J. Guzmán
ISBN: 1957210184
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Faso, ¿tenés? is volume 7 of the series On Being, and the second bilingual book of the series. It spans year two of the protagonist Ana’s adventures in South America and her trip back home to the States. On Being is a psychological, metaphysical, self-referential, astrological, diary case history, serving as a qualitative, longitudinal research project investigating what it means to be. Basically, I, J. Guzmán (as the protagonist Ana) psychoanalyze myself throughout Time, document meticulously everything that happens to me and how I feel about it, and connect it to astrological theories and timing techniques. If astrology truly works, if it can be considered a legitimate system with rules and internal coherence, you’d have to see it working in relation to somebody’s real-life, autobiographical narrative. I named this volume Faso, ¿tenés? porque por el año entero estaba buscando faso, y la mayoría del tiempo solo pude encontrar el paraguayo de mierda que me daba un dolor de cabeza. Más que una persona me dijo que la gente hace pis en las plantas en la creación del paraguayo, e incluso agregan cosas aún peores. I was so immersed in that almost-drug-addiction vibe, where all you can think about is how much you want to smoke. I wouldn’t necessarily consider an addiction to marijuana a legitimate addiction, at least in my own case, sino un deseo fuerte de fumar, una fijación intensa. ¡Quería quemar tanto! Quería estar volada para poder analizar mi conciencia de forma diferente, pero es re difícil encontrar flores reales en sudamérica, a menos que conozcas a las personas correctas. It was all I could think about. ¡Ya! Eso es todo. Now you can open the book.
Publisher: J. Guzmán
ISBN: 1957210184
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Faso, ¿tenés? is volume 7 of the series On Being, and the second bilingual book of the series. It spans year two of the protagonist Ana’s adventures in South America and her trip back home to the States. On Being is a psychological, metaphysical, self-referential, astrological, diary case history, serving as a qualitative, longitudinal research project investigating what it means to be. Basically, I, J. Guzmán (as the protagonist Ana) psychoanalyze myself throughout Time, document meticulously everything that happens to me and how I feel about it, and connect it to astrological theories and timing techniques. If astrology truly works, if it can be considered a legitimate system with rules and internal coherence, you’d have to see it working in relation to somebody’s real-life, autobiographical narrative. I named this volume Faso, ¿tenés? porque por el año entero estaba buscando faso, y la mayoría del tiempo solo pude encontrar el paraguayo de mierda que me daba un dolor de cabeza. Más que una persona me dijo que la gente hace pis en las plantas en la creación del paraguayo, e incluso agregan cosas aún peores. I was so immersed in that almost-drug-addiction vibe, where all you can think about is how much you want to smoke. I wouldn’t necessarily consider an addiction to marijuana a legitimate addiction, at least in my own case, sino un deseo fuerte de fumar, una fijación intensa. ¡Quería quemar tanto! Quería estar volada para poder analizar mi conciencia de forma diferente, pero es re difícil encontrar flores reales en sudamérica, a menos que conozcas a las personas correctas. It was all I could think about. ¡Ya! Eso es todo. Now you can open the book.
OMG!: Oh My God!
Author: Alexander Rutherford
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1634101812
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
OMG!, the second installment of the unforgettable ALEX’S DREAMS trilogy, is a page-turner that picks up where the first novel, BFFs, left off. This eye-catching story delves further into the complex circle of an ethnically color cast, who live by the credo, “A family of friends is friends of family.” The group’s young members provide unwavering and unyielding support for one another through thick and thin, in good times and bad. From triumph to tragedy, this snapshot into the lives of the book’s extraordinary characters will leave readers wanting more. And its shocking climax creates suspense for the final book in the series. Alexander Rutherford once again wows readers with his gift to enthrall, owing to his meticulous descriptions and attention to detail, suspending disbelief, and making readers become part of the story because of the author’s passion for the written word. His masterful storytelling contains explicit material intended to be read by mature teens to young adults, and is not recommended for younger audiences.
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing
ISBN: 1634101812
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
OMG!, the second installment of the unforgettable ALEX’S DREAMS trilogy, is a page-turner that picks up where the first novel, BFFs, left off. This eye-catching story delves further into the complex circle of an ethnically color cast, who live by the credo, “A family of friends is friends of family.” The group’s young members provide unwavering and unyielding support for one another through thick and thin, in good times and bad. From triumph to tragedy, this snapshot into the lives of the book’s extraordinary characters will leave readers wanting more. And its shocking climax creates suspense for the final book in the series. Alexander Rutherford once again wows readers with his gift to enthrall, owing to his meticulous descriptions and attention to detail, suspending disbelief, and making readers become part of the story because of the author’s passion for the written word. His masterful storytelling contains explicit material intended to be read by mature teens to young adults, and is not recommended for younger audiences.
OMG UR A Teenager
Author: Leslie. E Young
Publisher: BQB Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
OMG UR a Teenager is a coming-of-age novel for the Me-Too generation. Full of Gen Z angst and humor and heart, it’s a revision of the classic story to highlight personal growth in a more feminist age. Poised on the brink of becoming a teenager, Kat Cruz rides waves of excitement and worry. Life’s possibilities are on the horizon: her first bra, perhaps a boyfriend, maybe a job as a journalist. It all seems so close but just out of reach, until her family moves to a ramshackle fixer-upper and Kat meets the neighbor’s son, Will Morris. Despite the sad state of the house and a rash of burglaries in the area, one look into Will’s golden-brown eyes makes Kat think that perhaps the move won’t be so bad. Kat relies on her best friend Jen to help her navigate their new adolescent world, including surviving her little brother Max’s superhero antics and catching Will’s attention. Kat’s parents are distracted by their floundering gym business and her grandmother’s advancing Alzheimer’s, leaving Kat to fend for herself against school bully Maria. Then Kat’s editorials in the school paper offend Will’s mother. Worse, her dance at the school talent show shocks her, and she turns her frosty back on the entire Cruz family. With life unraveling at the seams, Kat must grow more quickly than expected—and in more ways than simply filling out a bra.
Publisher: BQB Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
OMG UR a Teenager is a coming-of-age novel for the Me-Too generation. Full of Gen Z angst and humor and heart, it’s a revision of the classic story to highlight personal growth in a more feminist age. Poised on the brink of becoming a teenager, Kat Cruz rides waves of excitement and worry. Life’s possibilities are on the horizon: her first bra, perhaps a boyfriend, maybe a job as a journalist. It all seems so close but just out of reach, until her family moves to a ramshackle fixer-upper and Kat meets the neighbor’s son, Will Morris. Despite the sad state of the house and a rash of burglaries in the area, one look into Will’s golden-brown eyes makes Kat think that perhaps the move won’t be so bad. Kat relies on her best friend Jen to help her navigate their new adolescent world, including surviving her little brother Max’s superhero antics and catching Will’s attention. Kat’s parents are distracted by their floundering gym business and her grandmother’s advancing Alzheimer’s, leaving Kat to fend for herself against school bully Maria. Then Kat’s editorials in the school paper offend Will’s mother. Worse, her dance at the school talent show shocks her, and she turns her frosty back on the entire Cruz family. With life unraveling at the seams, Kat must grow more quickly than expected—and in more ways than simply filling out a bra.
Getting My Freak On
Author: Ray Bussard
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359811671
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ray covers a wide spectrum of our world, with categories such as Life, Romance, Culture, Art, Language, Medicine & Self-Medication, Creatures, Politics, Sports and Religion & the Unexplained. He runs the gamut in his styles of humor, and all lovers of comedy may warm themselves at the fires of his gifted imagination. Along the same lines as Seinlanguage, this is a collection of the comic's standup routines he did in Manhattan and those that never made to the stage. A very funny book!
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0359811671
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Ray covers a wide spectrum of our world, with categories such as Life, Romance, Culture, Art, Language, Medicine & Self-Medication, Creatures, Politics, Sports and Religion & the Unexplained. He runs the gamut in his styles of humor, and all lovers of comedy may warm themselves at the fires of his gifted imagination. Along the same lines as Seinlanguage, this is a collection of the comic's standup routines he did in Manhattan and those that never made to the stage. A very funny book!
OMG!
Author: Deborah Baer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440506795
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
You are mistaken for a prostitute... You fart during yoga class ... Your boyfriend has been posting pictures of his penis online ... ...And all you can say is OMG! But then what? In this laugh-out-loud funny guide, gossip queen Deborah Baer gives you the wildest, wittiest, even witchiest solutions to the dramas and traumas that make you say, "Oh my God!" So the next time your boyfriend asks you what you think about getting a boob job, or your former BFF hits "reply all" and "accidentally" spills your deepest, darkest secret to the entire world, don't cry out for divine intervention. Just consult your OMG! advisor and you'll know just what to do—any place, anywhere, any time!
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440506795
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
You are mistaken for a prostitute... You fart during yoga class ... Your boyfriend has been posting pictures of his penis online ... ...And all you can say is OMG! But then what? In this laugh-out-loud funny guide, gossip queen Deborah Baer gives you the wildest, wittiest, even witchiest solutions to the dramas and traumas that make you say, "Oh my God!" So the next time your boyfriend asks you what you think about getting a boob job, or your former BFF hits "reply all" and "accidentally" spills your deepest, darkest secret to the entire world, don't cry out for divine intervention. Just consult your OMG! advisor and you'll know just what to do—any place, anywhere, any time!
Grosslumps
Author: P. F. Chills
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1942099142
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Here lie nine spooktacular, hauntifying, and ghouleriffic tales by horror mega-maestro P. F. Chills! A high school where human sacrifices are the illest. A magic button that delivers killer pizza. An aging rock band who turns fans into demons. A kid who discovers his parents' divorce lawyers are aliens. These stories and more will give you a nasty, highly contagious case of the grosslumps.
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1942099142
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Here lie nine spooktacular, hauntifying, and ghouleriffic tales by horror mega-maestro P. F. Chills! A high school where human sacrifices are the illest. A magic button that delivers killer pizza. An aging rock band who turns fans into demons. A kid who discovers his parents' divorce lawyers are aliens. These stories and more will give you a nasty, highly contagious case of the grosslumps.
OMG Queer
Author: Katherine E. Lynch, PhD.
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1602827230
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Hope. Fear. Desire. Despair. Promises. Betrayals. Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Questioning. Intersex. This anthology of short stories gives voice to the rising generation as they define what it means to grow up queer in the twenty-first century. What is it like to grow up in a society that embraces you in certain ways but discriminates against you in others? How do you choose a label from the alphabet soup, and should you even have to? By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, comical and caustic, these stories, imagined and told by youth across America, provide a snapshot of queerness at the dawn of the new millennium. Will Valentine be able to control her thirst—for blood and for vengeance? And can Valentine and Alexa's relationship endure against seemingly impossible odds?
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books Inc
ISBN: 1602827230
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Hope. Fear. Desire. Despair. Promises. Betrayals. Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Transgender. Questioning. Intersex. This anthology of short stories gives voice to the rising generation as they define what it means to grow up queer in the twenty-first century. What is it like to grow up in a society that embraces you in certain ways but discriminates against you in others? How do you choose a label from the alphabet soup, and should you even have to? By turns heartwarming and heartbreaking, comical and caustic, these stories, imagined and told by youth across America, provide a snapshot of queerness at the dawn of the new millennium. Will Valentine be able to control her thirst—for blood and for vengeance? And can Valentine and Alexa's relationship endure against seemingly impossible odds?
Decolonizing Wealth
Author: Edgar Villanueva
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1523097914
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. Award-winning philanthropy executive Edgar Villanueva draws from the traditions from the Native way to prescribe the medicine for restoring balance and healing our divides. Though it seems counterintuitive, the philanthropic industry has evolved to mirror colonial structures and reproduces hierarchy, ultimately doing more harm than good. After 14 years in philanthropy, Edgar Villanueva has seen past the field's glamorous, altruistic façade, and into its shadows: the old boy networks, the savior complexes, and the internalized oppression among the “house slaves,” and those select few people of color who gain access. All these funders reflect and perpetuate the same underlying dynamics that divide Us from Them and the haves from have-nots. In equal measure, he denounces the reproduction of systems of oppression while also advocating for an orientation towards justice to open the floodgates for a rising tide that lifts all boats. In the third and final section, Villanueva offers radical provocations to funders and outlines his Seven Steps for Healing. With great compassion—because the Native way is to bring the oppressor into the circle of healing—Villanueva is able to both diagnose the fatal flaws in philanthropy and provide thoughtful solutions to these systemic imbalances. Decolonizing Wealth is a timely and critical book that preaches for mutually assured liberation in which we are all inter-connected.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN: 1523097914
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Decolonizing Wealth is a provocative analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance. Award-winning philanthropy executive Edgar Villanueva draws from the traditions from the Native way to prescribe the medicine for restoring balance and healing our divides. Though it seems counterintuitive, the philanthropic industry has evolved to mirror colonial structures and reproduces hierarchy, ultimately doing more harm than good. After 14 years in philanthropy, Edgar Villanueva has seen past the field's glamorous, altruistic façade, and into its shadows: the old boy networks, the savior complexes, and the internalized oppression among the “house slaves,” and those select few people of color who gain access. All these funders reflect and perpetuate the same underlying dynamics that divide Us from Them and the haves from have-nots. In equal measure, he denounces the reproduction of systems of oppression while also advocating for an orientation towards justice to open the floodgates for a rising tide that lifts all boats. In the third and final section, Villanueva offers radical provocations to funders and outlines his Seven Steps for Healing. With great compassion—because the Native way is to bring the oppressor into the circle of healing—Villanueva is able to both diagnose the fatal flaws in philanthropy and provide thoughtful solutions to these systemic imbalances. Decolonizing Wealth is a timely and critical book that preaches for mutually assured liberation in which we are all inter-connected.
In Solitary With Me
Author: Terry Putnam
Publisher: Terry Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Terry Putnam not only served his country in the United States Army for 10 years but he also served the communities in which he lived as a firefighter and police officer for over 20 years. In 2015 after being debt for years he stole from the police evidence room. You can call it a midlife crisis or just plain desperation but he made a poor decision. Some men commit crimes and other wall street types jump from windows but he stole. Terry was subsequently arrested in January 2016 and sentenced to 12 years in prison even though he never had been in trouble a day in his life. While in prison he spent over 10 months in solitary confinement where he lost not only his health but his sanity as well. You will be with him as he chronicles his time in solitary. This book is not a recollection of his time or his time in solitary but was actually written during the time he was isolated from all human contact. There were no windows to look out,no bars to see through, but instead a solid metal door with a flap only opened to give him food. A florescent light glared in his eyes 24/7 causing such agony it can only be described by him in this book. Mr. Putnam is not looking for fame or fortune. He doesn't want your sympathy. He simply wants to share his writings to put a spot light on the inhumanity of the justice system.
Publisher: Terry Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Terry Putnam not only served his country in the United States Army for 10 years but he also served the communities in which he lived as a firefighter and police officer for over 20 years. In 2015 after being debt for years he stole from the police evidence room. You can call it a midlife crisis or just plain desperation but he made a poor decision. Some men commit crimes and other wall street types jump from windows but he stole. Terry was subsequently arrested in January 2016 and sentenced to 12 years in prison even though he never had been in trouble a day in his life. While in prison he spent over 10 months in solitary confinement where he lost not only his health but his sanity as well. You will be with him as he chronicles his time in solitary. This book is not a recollection of his time or his time in solitary but was actually written during the time he was isolated from all human contact. There were no windows to look out,no bars to see through, but instead a solid metal door with a flap only opened to give him food. A florescent light glared in his eyes 24/7 causing such agony it can only be described by him in this book. Mr. Putnam is not looking for fame or fortune. He doesn't want your sympathy. He simply wants to share his writings to put a spot light on the inhumanity of the justice system.