Author: Winona Guo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059333017X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An eye-opening exploration of race in America In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways. In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination of the seeds of racism and strategies for effecting change. This groundbreaking book will inspire readers to join Guo and Vulchi in imagining an America in which we can fully understand and appreciate who we are.
Tell Me Who You Are
Author: Winona Guo
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059333017X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An eye-opening exploration of race in America In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways. In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination of the seeds of racism and strategies for effecting change. This groundbreaking book will inspire readers to join Guo and Vulchi in imagining an America in which we can fully understand and appreciate who we are.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 059333017X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
An eye-opening exploration of race in America In this deeply inspiring book, Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi recount their experiences talking to people from all walks of life about race and identity on a cross-country tour of America. Spurred by the realization that they had nearly completed high school without hearing any substantive discussion about racism in school, the two young women deferred college admission for a year to collect first-person accounts of how racism plays out in this country every day--and often in unexpected ways. In Tell Me Who You Are, Guo and Vulchi reveal the lines that separate us based on race or other perceived differences and how telling our stories--and listening deeply to the stories of others--are the first and most crucial steps we can take towards negating racial inequity in our culture. Featuring interviews with over 150 Americans accompanied by their photographs, this intimate toolkit also offers a deep examination of the seeds of racism and strategies for effecting change. This groundbreaking book will inspire readers to join Guo and Vulchi in imagining an America in which we can fully understand and appreciate who we are.
Tell Us a Story
Author: Shirley Motley Portwood
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323142
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Supplemented by recollections from the present era, Tell Us a Story is a colorful mosaic of African American autobiography and family history set in Springfield, Illinois, and in rural southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323142
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Supplemented by recollections from the present era, Tell Us a Story is a colorful mosaic of African American autobiography and family history set in Springfield, Illinois, and in rural southern Illinois, Missouri, and Arkansas from the 1920s through the 1950s.
Grandma, Tell Us a Story
Author: Norene Forma Taylor
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450071821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In this heartwarming memoir spanning over 60 years, readers will meet the Polish family and lifelong friends of Norene Forma Taylor. The years fly by with humorous and embarrassing recollections of grade school, high school, and four years at the University of Michigan, as the author shares her heartaches and joys as a daughter, wife, mother, and elementary schoolteacher. Real adventure unfolds when her husband, Larry, begins his career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Over the years, they both learn that some prison inmates, who have made serious mistakes, are trying their best to return to their families and communities as responsible individuals -- and rash and unscrupulous people aren’t always the ones behind bars. This detailed and touching family history, with its many life lessons, may bring an occasional tear to your eye-- but it promises several unexpected warm smiles as well.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450071821
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
In this heartwarming memoir spanning over 60 years, readers will meet the Polish family and lifelong friends of Norene Forma Taylor. The years fly by with humorous and embarrassing recollections of grade school, high school, and four years at the University of Michigan, as the author shares her heartaches and joys as a daughter, wife, mother, and elementary schoolteacher. Real adventure unfolds when her husband, Larry, begins his career with the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Over the years, they both learn that some prison inmates, who have made serious mistakes, are trying their best to return to their families and communities as responsible individuals -- and rash and unscrupulous people aren’t always the ones behind bars. This detailed and touching family history, with its many life lessons, may bring an occasional tear to your eye-- but it promises several unexpected warm smiles as well.
What Doctors Didn't Tell Us
Author: Martha Falterman
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759670668
Category : Breast
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
There are times when even doctors don't understand what breast cancer patients go through or feel physically and emotionally. Written by three breast cancer survivors, this book is not about the cancer or cancer medication but about living with the disease. It is meant to help you understand the cancer patient as they search for some semblance of normalcy in their lives. It deals with love and laughter, marriage and separation, and the courage to live and to die. Martha, Neppie, and Loretta tell their stories as frankly as they can hoping others will benefit from their experiences. With family, friends, courage, and one's own faith, they have survived and are able to tell their stories.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759670668
Category : Breast
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
There are times when even doctors don't understand what breast cancer patients go through or feel physically and emotionally. Written by three breast cancer survivors, this book is not about the cancer or cancer medication but about living with the disease. It is meant to help you understand the cancer patient as they search for some semblance of normalcy in their lives. It deals with love and laughter, marriage and separation, and the courage to live and to die. Martha, Neppie, and Loretta tell their stories as frankly as they can hoping others will benefit from their experiences. With family, friends, courage, and one's own faith, they have survived and are able to tell their stories.
What the Prayers of Jesus Tell Us About the Heart of God
Author: Rev. Shane Stanford
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501808338
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
More than any other part of his ministry, Jesus’ prayers inform and engage his intentions for how the gospel would change lives and affect the world. When we take time to review the moments when Jesus prayed with his disciples or went away to pray alone, we engage both a story and a set of lessons. Jesus doesn’t just pray as a means to be with the Father; he uses prayer as an instructional. Discover Jesus’ own hopes and desires when he prayed for us to Have a relationship with the Father Be shaped by God’s wisdom and guidance Be united with one another Bring glory to God Have consistency in our spiritual life What the Prayers of Jesus Tell Us About the Heart of God refines our understanding of Jesus’ plans for his disciples (both in that first century and for every century to follow). By witnessing even the most intimate moments between the Father and the Son, we can learn something about the big plan God has for our lives.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1501808338
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
More than any other part of his ministry, Jesus’ prayers inform and engage his intentions for how the gospel would change lives and affect the world. When we take time to review the moments when Jesus prayed with his disciples or went away to pray alone, we engage both a story and a set of lessons. Jesus doesn’t just pray as a means to be with the Father; he uses prayer as an instructional. Discover Jesus’ own hopes and desires when he prayed for us to Have a relationship with the Father Be shaped by God’s wisdom and guidance Be united with one another Bring glory to God Have consistency in our spiritual life What the Prayers of Jesus Tell Us About the Heart of God refines our understanding of Jesus’ plans for his disciples (both in that first century and for every century to follow). By witnessing even the most intimate moments between the Father and the Son, we can learn something about the big plan God has for our lives.
What the Angels Need to Tell Us Now
Author: Irene Johanson
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN: 9781902636306
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"When an angel wants to be perceived he fixes his eyes on me. It feels the same as when a person stares at you. You look up from your book or your work and look in the direction from which the stare is coming. I am aware there is someone in the room, but I do not know, before I turn round, whether it is an angel, three angels, my dead father, my son's teacher or someone else. The presence can be felt, like the presence of a bodily human being... Once, an archangel was present. The air gets so dense, so full, it makes you afraid. You have the feeling you are being overwhelmed, you are not able to breathe any more" (from the book). The first part of this unique book focuses on the author's own experiences of being attentive to angelic guidance during her many years as a priest. The second part consists of messages and information received through a friend whose ability to communicate with the angelic world, unlike many mediumistic or channeling methods, does not entail a dimming of consciousness. The messages she receives contain important guidance from the angels to humanity, including advice on how to relate to angels and how to receive clear messages from them. The book also includes answers to questions asked by Irene Johanson on the Archangel Michael, the Apocalypse, Jesus Christ, and much more.
Publisher: Temple Lodge Publishing
ISBN: 9781902636306
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
"When an angel wants to be perceived he fixes his eyes on me. It feels the same as when a person stares at you. You look up from your book or your work and look in the direction from which the stare is coming. I am aware there is someone in the room, but I do not know, before I turn round, whether it is an angel, three angels, my dead father, my son's teacher or someone else. The presence can be felt, like the presence of a bodily human being... Once, an archangel was present. The air gets so dense, so full, it makes you afraid. You have the feeling you are being overwhelmed, you are not able to breathe any more" (from the book). The first part of this unique book focuses on the author's own experiences of being attentive to angelic guidance during her many years as a priest. The second part consists of messages and information received through a friend whose ability to communicate with the angelic world, unlike many mediumistic or channeling methods, does not entail a dimming of consciousness. The messages she receives contain important guidance from the angels to humanity, including advice on how to relate to angels and how to receive clear messages from them. The book also includes answers to questions asked by Irene Johanson on the Archangel Michael, the Apocalypse, Jesus Christ, and much more.
Who Said No One Has Ever Come Back to Tell Us?
Author: Catherine Kennedy
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504350545
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Catherine Kennedy writes with candor and humor about her and her husbands experiences over the years communicating with the spirit world in English and Italian through the medium of automatic writingthe process by which either Catherine or her husband holds a pen poised over paper and waits for spirit persons to take over and begin writing. She describes how she and her friends have often been amazed at the way in which people in spirit let their presence be known, bringing evidence for life after death. Sometimes its relatives who come through, and on other occasions friends or the relatives of friends. Catherine offers convincing evidence that life continues on the other side and that we do not die. Anyone with a fear of death or grieving over a loved one will find inspiration, hope, and comfort within these pages.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1504350545
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Catherine Kennedy writes with candor and humor about her and her husbands experiences over the years communicating with the spirit world in English and Italian through the medium of automatic writingthe process by which either Catherine or her husband holds a pen poised over paper and waits for spirit persons to take over and begin writing. She describes how she and her friends have often been amazed at the way in which people in spirit let their presence be known, bringing evidence for life after death. Sometimes its relatives who come through, and on other occasions friends or the relatives of friends. Catherine offers convincing evidence that life continues on the other side and that we do not die. Anyone with a fear of death or grieving over a loved one will find inspiration, hope, and comfort within these pages.
Daddy, Tell Us About When You Were A Little Boy
Author: E. Snyder
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595254284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Working alone, to start with, I filled three pages of legal pads with two columns per page with notes on events in my life. The title of the book came from the incessant questioning by my daughters for stories of my life, and of the lives of those near and dear to me. In retirement since 1988, my wife and I have spent the winters in a deluxe country club complex in Florida and our summers on our 11-acre farm in Connecticut. I played golf, spent afternoons in the condominium pool, and, following advice given to me by my dad's brother, a doctor, I have a three-ounce martini every night to keep the blood thin and the heart relaxed.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595254284
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Working alone, to start with, I filled three pages of legal pads with two columns per page with notes on events in my life. The title of the book came from the incessant questioning by my daughters for stories of my life, and of the lives of those near and dear to me. In retirement since 1988, my wife and I have spent the winters in a deluxe country club complex in Florida and our summers on our 11-acre farm in Connecticut. I played golf, spent afternoons in the condominium pool, and, following advice given to me by my dad's brother, a doctor, I have a three-ounce martini every night to keep the blood thin and the heart relaxed.
What Voltaire Tries to Tell Us
Author: Denise Bonhomme
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595142117
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The main focus of this daring study is the veiled message concealed in the trilogy consisting of Zadig, Candide and L’Ingénu. Micromégas, Le Mondain and the Poem on the Disaster of Lisbon are also examined esoterically. The Voltairian “contraband” which is the core of those writings was too explosive for overt publication during the lifetime of the author. More dangerous to reveal than his well-known, subversive socio-political views was the spiritual source of his militancy. Accordingly, his veiled message was meant for the general reading public of the future. But it never went unnoticed by other literary “smugglers.” Hints and clues to the presence of hidden material are many. Zadig, for instance, is described by its author as “a story that says more than it seems to say,” a massive understatement. Voltaire is “only” one star in a spectacular constellation of similarly inspired writers. Among such luminaries are Rabelais, Vigny, Ibsen, Proust, Sinclair Lewis and Saint-Exupéry. In the words of Marcel Proust, “the great writers have never done but one work…” Leads are given to encourage the esoteric exploration of the vast domain of esoteric literature. An esoteric Glossary is included in this book.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595142117
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
The main focus of this daring study is the veiled message concealed in the trilogy consisting of Zadig, Candide and L’Ingénu. Micromégas, Le Mondain and the Poem on the Disaster of Lisbon are also examined esoterically. The Voltairian “contraband” which is the core of those writings was too explosive for overt publication during the lifetime of the author. More dangerous to reveal than his well-known, subversive socio-political views was the spiritual source of his militancy. Accordingly, his veiled message was meant for the general reading public of the future. But it never went unnoticed by other literary “smugglers.” Hints and clues to the presence of hidden material are many. Zadig, for instance, is described by its author as “a story that says more than it seems to say,” a massive understatement. Voltaire is “only” one star in a spectacular constellation of similarly inspired writers. Among such luminaries are Rabelais, Vigny, Ibsen, Proust, Sinclair Lewis and Saint-Exupéry. In the words of Marcel Proust, “the great writers have never done but one work…” Leads are given to encourage the esoteric exploration of the vast domain of esoteric literature. An esoteric Glossary is included in this book.
Your First Page: First Pages and What They Tell Us about the Pages that Follow Them
Author: Peter Selgin
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770487174
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Your First Page is unlike any other craft book on writing. It is based on the premise that practically everything that can go right or wrong in a work of fiction or memoir goes wrong or right on the first page. Those first 300 or so words function like canaries in coal mines, forecasting success or predicting trouble. They establish the crucial bond between writer and reader, setting them off together on a path toward the heart or climax of a story—or they fail to do so. From first pages we stand to learn most of what we need to know to succeed as authors. This new workshop and classroom edition of Your First Page has been revised to better fit the needs of creative writing classrooms and workshops.
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770487174
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Your First Page is unlike any other craft book on writing. It is based on the premise that practically everything that can go right or wrong in a work of fiction or memoir goes wrong or right on the first page. Those first 300 or so words function like canaries in coal mines, forecasting success or predicting trouble. They establish the crucial bond between writer and reader, setting them off together on a path toward the heart or climax of a story—or they fail to do so. From first pages we stand to learn most of what we need to know to succeed as authors. This new workshop and classroom edition of Your First Page has been revised to better fit the needs of creative writing classrooms and workshops.