Author: Chitoka Webb
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1934572861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Long before selling secondhand belongings on Ebay and Craigslist was the rage, a preteen Chitoka Webb sold what others saw as junk to the residents of her neighborhood and made a profit. At the age of thirteen, she talked her way into a job as the youngest checker at a local grocery store. Without a college degree, through tenacity, grit, and a healthy dose of faith in herself, Chitoka became the owner of several businesses before the age of thirty. In Something Inside of Me, Chitoka Webb shares her poignant, funny, and inspiring life story, from her humble beginnings in the Nashville housing projects to her rise as the CEO of several companies. Through stories of the many struggles she faced, from poverty to racism to the loss of her vision, Chitoka demonstrates the amazing human ability to triumph over extreme adversity through willpower, faith, and a constant love for oneself.
Something Inside of Me
Author: Chitoka Webb
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1934572861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Long before selling secondhand belongings on Ebay and Craigslist was the rage, a preteen Chitoka Webb sold what others saw as junk to the residents of her neighborhood and made a profit. At the age of thirteen, she talked her way into a job as the youngest checker at a local grocery store. Without a college degree, through tenacity, grit, and a healthy dose of faith in herself, Chitoka became the owner of several businesses before the age of thirty. In Something Inside of Me, Chitoka Webb shares her poignant, funny, and inspiring life story, from her humble beginnings in the Nashville housing projects to her rise as the CEO of several companies. Through stories of the many struggles she faced, from poverty to racism to the loss of her vision, Chitoka demonstrates the amazing human ability to triumph over extreme adversity through willpower, faith, and a constant love for oneself.
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1934572861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
Long before selling secondhand belongings on Ebay and Craigslist was the rage, a preteen Chitoka Webb sold what others saw as junk to the residents of her neighborhood and made a profit. At the age of thirteen, she talked her way into a job as the youngest checker at a local grocery store. Without a college degree, through tenacity, grit, and a healthy dose of faith in herself, Chitoka became the owner of several businesses before the age of thirty. In Something Inside of Me, Chitoka Webb shares her poignant, funny, and inspiring life story, from her humble beginnings in the Nashville housing projects to her rise as the CEO of several companies. Through stories of the many struggles she faced, from poverty to racism to the loss of her vision, Chitoka demonstrates the amazing human ability to triumph over extreme adversity through willpower, faith, and a constant love for oneself.
Something Inside
Author: Philip Gambone
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299161347
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In the last twenty years, gay literature has earned a place at the American and British literary tables, spawning its own constellation of important writers and winning a dedicated audience. No one, though, until Philip Gambone, has attempted to offer a collective portrait of our most important gay fiction writers. This selection of interviews attempts just that and is notable both for the depth of Gambone's probing conversations and for the sheer range of important authors included. Allen Barnett Christopher Bram Peter Cameron Bernard Cooper Dennis Cooper Michael Cunningham Brad Gooch Joseph Hansen Scott Heim Andrew Holleran Alan Hollinghurst Brian Keith Jackson Randall Kenan David Leavitt Michael Lowenthal Paul Monette Michael Nava David Plante John Preston Lev Raphael Edmund White
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299161347
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
In the last twenty years, gay literature has earned a place at the American and British literary tables, spawning its own constellation of important writers and winning a dedicated audience. No one, though, until Philip Gambone, has attempted to offer a collective portrait of our most important gay fiction writers. This selection of interviews attempts just that and is notable both for the depth of Gambone's probing conversations and for the sheer range of important authors included. Allen Barnett Christopher Bram Peter Cameron Bernard Cooper Dennis Cooper Michael Cunningham Brad Gooch Joseph Hansen Scott Heim Andrew Holleran Alan Hollinghurst Brian Keith Jackson Randall Kenan David Leavitt Michael Lowenthal Paul Monette Michael Nava David Plante John Preston Lev Raphael Edmund White
Something Inside So Strong
Author: Mildred Pitts Walter
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496825845
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. After being encouraged by a publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children's literature. Most notably, she wrote Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, which bent preconceptions with tales of black cowboys and men doing “women’s work.” She was also a contributing book reviewer to the Los Angeles Times. In Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change, Walter recollects major touchstones in her life. The autobiography, divided into three parts, “Choice,” “Courage,” and “Change,” covers Walter’s life beginning with her childhood in the 1920s and moving to the present day. In “Choice,” Walter describes growing up in a deeply segregated Louisiana and includes memories of school, rural home life, World War II, and participating in neighborhood activities like hog killing and church revivals. “Courage” documents her adjustment to living away from family, her experiences teaching in Los Angeles, and her extensive work with her husband for the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. The final section, “Change,” shows how Walter’s writing and activism merged, detailing her work as an education consultant and as an advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism. It also reveals how her world travels expanded her personal inquiry into Christianity and African spirituality. Something Inside So Strong is one woman’s journey to self-discovery.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496825845
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 151
Book Description
In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. After being encouraged by a publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children's literature. Most notably, she wrote Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, which bent preconceptions with tales of black cowboys and men doing “women’s work.” She was also a contributing book reviewer to the Los Angeles Times. In Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change, Walter recollects major touchstones in her life. The autobiography, divided into three parts, “Choice,” “Courage,” and “Change,” covers Walter’s life beginning with her childhood in the 1920s and moving to the present day. In “Choice,” Walter describes growing up in a deeply segregated Louisiana and includes memories of school, rural home life, World War II, and participating in neighborhood activities like hog killing and church revivals. “Courage” documents her adjustment to living away from family, her experiences teaching in Los Angeles, and her extensive work with her husband for the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. The final section, “Change,” shows how Walter’s writing and activism merged, detailing her work as an education consultant and as an advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism. It also reveals how her world travels expanded her personal inquiry into Christianity and African spirituality. Something Inside So Strong is one woman’s journey to self-discovery.
Thoughtless: Think Less, Be More
Author: William Sharkey
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493198807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
We as humans experience much stress and suffering, yet we aren't really sure why this is so. We guess that our stress and suffering comes from a lack of money, security, loving relationships, a difficult childhood, lack of religious faith, because we suffer from depression or some other sort of chemical deficiency in the brain or a variety of other reasons. But there is another explanation. We suffer because we think too much. We have stress because we are too attached to our thought. Thoughtless will show you why thoughts are the reason behind the stress and suffering that is common to almost all humans and how to do something about it, how to end it. William illustrates how it is possible to allow joy and inner peace to fill your experience of life, by becoming thoughtless.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1493198807
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
We as humans experience much stress and suffering, yet we aren't really sure why this is so. We guess that our stress and suffering comes from a lack of money, security, loving relationships, a difficult childhood, lack of religious faith, because we suffer from depression or some other sort of chemical deficiency in the brain or a variety of other reasons. But there is another explanation. We suffer because we think too much. We have stress because we are too attached to our thought. Thoughtless will show you why thoughts are the reason behind the stress and suffering that is common to almost all humans and how to do something about it, how to end it. William illustrates how it is possible to allow joy and inner peace to fill your experience of life, by becoming thoughtless.
The Story Inside the Heart
Author: Abigail Martinez
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662415001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Casy Strum is the great-granddaughter of the famous Henry Strum. Tragedy had started to follow her since she was a child. Every person in her family was picked off one by one until it was only her and her mother. But it wouldn’t stop there. After her mother was kidnapped, Casy found out something that no fourteen-year-old should ever have to find out. After finding Avery and Slade, she realized that the fate of the universe rested in her hands. The Freidmans were the danger, and Casy was the one in danger. Can she save the universe from destruction in time?
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662415001
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Casy Strum is the great-granddaughter of the famous Henry Strum. Tragedy had started to follow her since she was a child. Every person in her family was picked off one by one until it was only her and her mother. But it wouldn’t stop there. After her mother was kidnapped, Casy found out something that no fourteen-year-old should ever have to find out. After finding Avery and Slade, she realized that the fate of the universe rested in her hands. The Freidmans were the danger, and Casy was the one in danger. Can she save the universe from destruction in time?
Something Inside So Strong
Author: Labi Siffre
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 9781849381871
Category : Choruses, Secular (Women's voices, 3 parts) with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Publisher: Omnibus Press
ISBN: 9781849381871
Category : Choruses, Secular (Women's voices, 3 parts) with piano
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Trapped Inside Myself
Author: Diane Doherty
Publisher: Diane Doherty
ISBN: 1463609612
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Karma was only a baby when Margret and Edward Lea adopted her from the Children's Aid Adoption Agency in 1967. She would have no idea how difficult her future was going to be. Her parents knew that Karma would be faced with many challenges from her peers. However they had no idea of the deep rooted hatred that was alive in the community they called home for many years. Margret and Edward Lea loved Karma at first sight and they knew that this little girl would fit into their family even if they were different. Because to them "love" had no colour.
Publisher: Diane Doherty
ISBN: 1463609612
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Karma was only a baby when Margret and Edward Lea adopted her from the Children's Aid Adoption Agency in 1967. She would have no idea how difficult her future was going to be. Her parents knew that Karma would be faced with many challenges from her peers. However they had no idea of the deep rooted hatred that was alive in the community they called home for many years. Margret and Edward Lea loved Karma at first sight and they knew that this little girl would fit into their family even if they were different. Because to them "love" had no colour.
Literary Coffee Break
Author: Kias Emmanuel Creech
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452567301
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The number 100 has always represented perfection, a circle and fullness. Having 101 pieces in this book represents a completed cycle and the beginning of a new one. The 101st piece truly is the mark of a new beginning. Look around you. Don't lose an instant of your life and grieve over it. Live each moment, be proud of the ones that are gone, but keep your eyes on the prize that lies ahead on your path.
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452567301
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
The number 100 has always represented perfection, a circle and fullness. Having 101 pieces in this book represents a completed cycle and the beginning of a new one. The 101st piece truly is the mark of a new beginning. Look around you. Don't lose an instant of your life and grieve over it. Live each moment, be proud of the ones that are gone, but keep your eyes on the prize that lies ahead on your path.
Hunting The Hunter
Author: Shiloh Walker
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
THE HUNTER After two years, Kane Winter still doesn’t know what really happened the night his bounty hunting partner was murdered. What he does know is that there was a mysterious woman at the scene, and he won’t rest until he finds her... THE PREY Kendall is accustomed to vampire games. After all, she is one herself—part of an elite group of warriors who keep the other vamps in line by destroying the ones who prey on the weak and innocent. But now she’s the one being stalked... THE PASSION When all trails lead to Kendall, Kane is consumed by a desire greater than vengeance—a hunger to possess this woman for himself. Together, they will travel down a dangerous path of seduction and surrender, until there are no rules left to break—and nowhere left to hide...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651016
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
THE HUNTER After two years, Kane Winter still doesn’t know what really happened the night his bounty hunting partner was murdered. What he does know is that there was a mysterious woman at the scene, and he won’t rest until he finds her... THE PREY Kendall is accustomed to vampire games. After all, she is one herself—part of an elite group of warriors who keep the other vamps in line by destroying the ones who prey on the weak and innocent. But now she’s the one being stalked... THE PASSION When all trails lead to Kendall, Kane is consumed by a desire greater than vengeance—a hunger to possess this woman for himself. Together, they will travel down a dangerous path of seduction and surrender, until there are no rules left to break—and nowhere left to hide...
New Russian Drama
Author: Maksim Hanukai
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231545843
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
New Russian Drama took shape at the turn of the new millennium—a time of turbulent social change in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Emerging from small playwriting festivals, provincial theaters, and converted basements, it evolved into a major artistic movement that startled audiences with hypernaturalistic portrayals of sex and violence, daring use of non-normative language, and thrilling experiments with genre and form. The movement’s commitment to investigating contemporary reality helped revitalize Russian theater. It also provoked confrontations with traditionalists in society and places of power, making theater once again Russia’s most politicized art form. This anthology offers an introduction to New Russian Drama through plays that illustrate the versatility and global relevance of this exciting movement. Many of them address pressing social issues, such as ethnic tensions and political disillusionment; others engage with Russia’s rich cultural legacy by reimagining traditional genres and canons. Among them are a family drama about Anton Chekhov, a modern production play in which factory workers compose haiku, and a satirical verse play about the treatment of migrant workers, as well a documentary play about a terrorist school siege and a postdramatic “text” that is only two sentences long. Both politically and aesthetically uncompromising, they chart new paths for performance in the twenty-first century. Acquainting English-language readers with these vital works, New Russian Drama challenges us to reflect on the status and mission of the theater.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231545843
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
New Russian Drama took shape at the turn of the new millennium—a time of turbulent social change in Russia and the former Soviet republics. Emerging from small playwriting festivals, provincial theaters, and converted basements, it evolved into a major artistic movement that startled audiences with hypernaturalistic portrayals of sex and violence, daring use of non-normative language, and thrilling experiments with genre and form. The movement’s commitment to investigating contemporary reality helped revitalize Russian theater. It also provoked confrontations with traditionalists in society and places of power, making theater once again Russia’s most politicized art form. This anthology offers an introduction to New Russian Drama through plays that illustrate the versatility and global relevance of this exciting movement. Many of them address pressing social issues, such as ethnic tensions and political disillusionment; others engage with Russia’s rich cultural legacy by reimagining traditional genres and canons. Among them are a family drama about Anton Chekhov, a modern production play in which factory workers compose haiku, and a satirical verse play about the treatment of migrant workers, as well a documentary play about a terrorist school siege and a postdramatic “text” that is only two sentences long. Both politically and aesthetically uncompromising, they chart new paths for performance in the twenty-first century. Acquainting English-language readers with these vital works, New Russian Drama challenges us to reflect on the status and mission of the theater.