Author: Chitoka Webb
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN: 1934572861
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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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.
Author: Philip Gambone
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
ISBN: 9780299161347
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 364
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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
Author: E. Lockhart
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 030751479X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242
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From E. Lockhart, author of the highly acclaimed, New York Times bestseller We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes The Boyfriend List, the first book in the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver novels. Ruby Oliver is 15 and has a shrink. She knows it’s unusual, but give her a break—she’s had a rough 10 days. In the past 10 days she: lost her boyfriend (#13 on the list), lost her best friend (Kim), lost all her other friends (Nora, Cricket), did something suspicious with a boy (#10), did something advanced with a boy (#15), had an argument with a boy (#14), drank her first beer (someone handed it to her), got caught by her mom (ag!), had a panic attack (scary), lost a lacrosse game (she’s the goalie), failed a math test (she’ll make it up), hurt Meghan’s feelings (even though they aren’t really friends), became a social outcast (no one to sit with at lunch) and had graffiti written about her in the girls’ bathroom (who knows what was in the boys’!?!). But don’t worry—Ruby lives to tell the tale. And make more lists.
Author: Jay Parini
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1405525363
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
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An intimate yet frank biography of Gore Vidal, one of the most accomplished, visible and controversial American novelists and cultural figures of the past century. The product of thirty years of friendship and conversation, Jay Parini's biography probes behind the glittering surface of Vidal's colourful life to reveal the complex emotional and sexual truth underlying his celebrity-strewn life. But there is plenty of glittering surface as well - a virtual Who's Who of the American Century, from Eleanor Roosevelt on down. The life of Gore Vidal was an amazingly full one; a life of colourful incident, famous people and lasting achievements that calls out for careful evocation and examination. Through Jay Parini's eyes and words comes an accessible, entertaining story that puts the life and times of one of the great American figures of the post-war era into context, that introduces the author to a generation who didn't know him before and looks behind-the-scenes at the man and his work in frank ways never possible before his death. Parini, provided with unique access to Vidal's life and his papers, excavates buried skeletons, but never loses sight of his deep respect for Vidal and his astounding gifts.
Author: Sally Rooney
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 1984822195
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305
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NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED HULU ORIGINAL SERIES • NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A stunning novel about the transformative power of relationships” (People) from the author of Conversations with Friends, “a master of the literary page-turner” (J. Courtney Sullivan). “[A] novel that demands to be read compulsively, in one sitting.”—The Washington Post ONE OF ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY’S TEN BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People, Slate, The New York Public Library, Harvard Crimson Connell and Marianne grew up in the same small town, but the similarities end there. At school, Connell is popular and well liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation—awkward but electrifying—something life changing begins. A year later, they’re both studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Marianne has found her feet in a new social world while Connell hangs at the sidelines, shy and uncertain. Throughout their years at university, Marianne and Connell circle one another, straying toward other people and possibilities but always magnetically, irresistibly drawn back together. And as she veers into self-destruction and he begins to search for meaning elsewhere, each must confront how far they are willing to go to save the other. Normal People is the story of mutual fascination, friendship, and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find that they can’t. WINNER: The British Book Award, The Costa Book Award, The An Post Irish Novel of the Year, Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post, Vogue, Esquire, Glamour, Elle, Marie Claire, Vox, The Paris Review, Good Housekeeping, Town & Country
Author: R.K.Malek
Publisher: R.K.Malek
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
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How are you ? In these times that have come for a generation that has never survived either a war or a great famine, the situation is not like that anymore. Today was a hard trip for me. My life is killing me. Normal time for us humans who live on this planet. I’m a normal person like others like to live a normal life, but in the country when I leave my sexual orientation is a problem. All because I’m bisexual. For you another human in western civilization all this should be simple, nothing new for me, a person born in LGBT free zone, it's not nice to live between them. Now that's what they call this region. A person who is not normal for them is kind of weird. In this way, I run over every day. My life is full of pain. I am a person different from them and this is the story of my life. Sometimes, I think it is sick to see the point of my Vue. Try to explain what is going on in the nation. I’m bisexual what is now a crime. I was born in NO LGBT zone in Poland. No one knows who I’m inside my head. How can this change my life and their life’s forever? In this part of the country, homophobic behaviour and racist crime versus another person, it’s normal. The Polish lifestyle shown to other kinds of people is only for show-up. They always hide inside everything. Some of us are afraid that people soon will win. Next Poland will fall into the darkness of medieval rules. In this time of significant disease. Fight versus COVID-19 changed all of us. Hard times for all humanity, not only for Poland. This disease came from China and ran over our world in 2019 and ran over 2020 that same. This pandemic helped to cover the government's plan to start a repression of LGBT+ people. Who is that same like me? People of all backgrounds will fight to regain freedom from our souls, bodies, and survive that change. On The Streets, we hear only one word PEDAL. Which means one great insult to all people different from the rest. Right-wing freedom fighters who are part of Catholic Church at all times, they keep repeating. -GOD BLESS YOU ALL!! But wait, not me, not women after abortion, not LGBT+ and all atheists - agnostics. -WE ARE TOLERANT! - they said -GOD SAID TO US WE SHOULD LOVE YOU!- they said, but not for all. The difference in perception of the word tolerance is perceived differently for them, as it is for me. Not everyone thinks properly, but for me it is hard to see behaviour like this. Then the choice is always the same, you are a PEDAL. Part of the bike who we should push outside our community. We never accept you and never take care of you. It gives us the right to choose what your faith is, your future, your community path. That all is without asking you for permission. Their way of thinking shows all what they wish to share with the world. They hide everything in that community, that's why I hide inside them. I see what they see.They are afraid of what may change. How painful they can be for all of us Poles. This story shows all the colors from deep grey to pure white and how I receive them. My life with these people has been unbearable at times, now they have total power in their hands and they decide my life. They want to force all Poles to the path they choose and to turn them into slaves in the future . We can follow and do the same as Brits, who learn to live with Poles and change our view on Does consumerism destroy our souls? The ability to fight off stress and fear is limited. As a human being, you have your limits to accept negative feelings. Can you handle it like the hero of this story? Everything that happens in the world during the coronavirus pandemic is happening before your eyes. History is written in real time. The dramas miss you everyday on public transport. Can you cope with what awaits you? Life is hard especially during the COVID-19 harvest. Feel these problems with the deep heart held by each of us. Whether it's a distant country or central London...
Author: Kerry Clancey
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 150431672X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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This book is about enlightenment, spiritual wisdom, and transformation. It is a tool to help you heal to live. Unhappiness, fear, anxiety, depression, and grief are all cries from the soul looking for remedy and solace. Learn how to build self-love, eradicate negative behaviours, and find path to spiritual awakening, with context to holistic healing; science aligning with spirituality; healing with affirmations; chakra balancing and clearing; Ayurvedic body, mind, and spirit balance; and diet of the three doshas—Pitta, Vata, and Kapha. Learn to use your inner wisdom and the laws of the universe to create whatever you desire. Align with your purpose in life ‘to go within and let the healing begin’.
Author: Nicolai Eärendil Gunge
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1496981820
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 321
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When Milo discovers that his late father was murdered on a journey to France, he decides to investigate the matter. The father left clues to ancient secrets of religious and mystic traditions. On his quest to find the truth, Milo follows in his fathers footsteps. Soon, supported by an ancient brotherhood of light, Milo finds himself on a spiritual journey taking him through a process of initiation and enlightenment. Guided onto a spiritual path of Christian mysticism called THE WAY, he moves towards THE PYRAMID OF LIFE. New mind blowing ideas of the true message of Jesus Christ and the ancient mysticism are revealed to him. In his attempt to find his fathers murderers, Milo end up in the middle of an old conflict with hidden secrets, ancient orders and religious & ideological power battles. An order representing THE PYRAMID OF DEATH called the Black Nobility believe that they have the right to rule the world, pursue Milo on his journey, subjecting him to psychological and lethal games.
Author: J.C. Diem
Publisher: Seize The Night Publishing Agency
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Raised by a malevolent witch in an isolated cabin in the woods, Alex is being kept prisoner for her own good. A monster is trapped inside her and it desperately wants out. The enchantments that are tattooed on her body keep it contained, for now. As her eighteenth birthday approaches, Alex feels the beast growing stronger. So does the witch. They both know the spells won’t be enough to control her inner evil. Her captor plans to ensure the creature will never be free, but the teen finally rebels. Escaping from captivity, Alex meets a wounded vampire and the girls decide to band together. They head to Denver and run into a team who work for the Shifter Squad. As the truth comes out about her origins, Alex wishes she could control her own life, but the spells are too insidious. Until she can find a way to dispel them, she’ll have to stay with the squad. She’ll be working with twin werewolves, a werecougar, a wereconstrictor and the extremely sexy new recruit, Jaxon Remington. Jax seems strangely familiar from the first moment they meet. How can she possibly know him when she’s never seen him before? Is it possible he’s the mate she’s been dreaming about? If so, things are bound to be awkward, since it seems they’ll be working closely together.
Author: Elaine Martens Hamilton
Publisher: Zondervan
ISBN: 0310314267
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 156
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Though most church leaders crave authenticity in their congregations, most also know it is an elusive goal. People by nature are self-protective. And although the gospel message that we are all sinners saved by grace ought to make people more real, the truth is many of our churches are plagued by fakeness. This inauthenticity hinders spiritual and emotional health and maturity. So what’s a church leader to do?The key, says Elaine Hamilton, is to go beyond talking about doing things differently. We have to act and live differently. It begins with leaders; the people will follow. We need to tell the truth about who we really are, and then provide forums for others to do the same. Church on the Couch helps you take practical steps toward changing the culture of your church. As the masks come off, the healing and growth will begin.
