Author: Mr. Xavier Tobias Thornton
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469168057
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 155
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The Main Thing: The relationship between family structure and crime is so strong that controlling for family configuration erases the relationship between race and crime and between poverty and crime. This conclusion shows up time and again in the literature. Fatherlessness in America and most pervasively among young African American Males is devastatingly genocidal to the health and sustainability of the Black Family. I HAD GAVE UP, a poignant true story told in his own vernacular unfortunately is the death chant of millions of people of a darker hue across this nation. Xavier Tobias Thornton's depiction of himself as a toddler watching his father loading his truck with his stuff, but mostly taking away with him Xavier's only chance at transcending the tragedy of being born black, male and poor in America. It is my prayer that through this biographical account of a bright, "uneasily broken" child of God's horrendous ascension toward wholeness, an epiphany of humanity is realized. It is my hope that this book and other literary documentaries will serve as cadence in the march of a time when collectively we faced and conquered a plaque on our nation and reaped the fruits of restored families. "I'D Had Gave Up- Is about this author who spent almost 11 years of his life behind Bars, by the age of 28 years old he'd existed almost half of his life in prison." It is also about the 65 million fatherless incarcerated males like him and the millions to follow, if we don't find the social antidote to end the social travesty of fatherlessness.
Author: Ashleigh Brilliant
Publisher: Woodbridge Press Publishing Company
ISBN:
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Author: Brennan Manning
Publisher: David C Cook
ISBN: 0781407850
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 244
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It has been over twenty years since the publication of The Ragamuffin Gospel, a book many claim as the shattering of God’s grace into their lives. Since that time, Brennan Manning has been dazzingly faithful in preaching and writing variations on that singular theme – “Yes, Abba is very fond of you!” But today the crowds are gone and the lights are dim, the patches on his knees have faded. If he ever was a ragamuffin, truly it is now. In this his final book, Brennan roves back his past, honoring the lives of the people closest to him, family and friends who’ve known the saint and the sinner, the boy and the man. Far from some chronological timeline, these memories are witness to the truth of life by one who has lived it – All Is Grace.
Author: ROLF. DOBELLI
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781529342710
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Jonathan Fraser Light
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476617449
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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More than any other sport, baseball has developed its own niche in America's culture and psyche. Some researchers spend years on detailed statistical analyses of minute parts of the game, while others wax poetic about its players and plays. Many trace the beginnings of the civil rights movement in part to the Major Leagues' decision to integrate, and the words and phrases of the game (for example, pinch-hitter and out in left field) have become common in our everyday language. From AARON, HENRY onward, this book covers all of what might be called the cultural aspects of baseball (as opposed to the number-rich statistical information so widely available elsewhere). Biographical sketches of all Hall of Fame players, owners, executives and umpires, as well as many of the sportswriters and broadcasters who have won the Spink and Frick awards, join entries for teams, owners, commissioners and league presidents. Advertising, agents, drafts, illegal substances, minor leagues, oldest players, perfect games, retired uniform numbers, superstitions, tripleheaders, and youngest players are among the thousands of entries herein. Most entries open with a topical quote and conclude with a brief bibliography of sources for further research. The whole work is exhaustively indexed and includes 119 photographs.
Author: Joshua Harris
Publisher: Multnomah
ISBN: 1588601579
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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Joshua Harris's first book, written when he was only 21, turned the Christian singles scene upside down...and people are still talking. More than 800,000 copies later, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, with its inspiring call to sincere love, real purity, and purposeful singleness, remains the benchmark for books on Christian dating. Now, for the first time since its release, the national #1 bestseller has been expanded with new content and updated for new readers. Honest and practical, it challenges cultural assumptions about relationships and provides solid, biblical alternatives to society's norm.Clear, stylish typeset, with user-friendly links to referenced Scripture.
Author: Mark Manson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 006245773X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 197
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#1 New York Times Bestseller Over 10 million copies sold In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek. There are only so many things we can give a f**k about so we need to figure out which ones really matter, Manson makes clear. While money is nice, caring about what you do with your life is better, because true wealth is about experience. A much-needed grab-you-by-the-shoulders-and-look-you-in-the-eye moment of real-talk, filled with entertaining stories and profane, ruthless humor, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is a refreshing slap for a generation to help them lead contented, grounded lives.
Author: Patricia McLinn
Publisher: Craig Place Books
ISBN: 1939215099
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 235
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❤ She's a perfect stranger . . . The perfect stranger to change his heart? ❤ As a single parent, cowboy Dax will do anything for his teenage son -- even become a role model at dating. Which is the last thing he’d do on his own. Enter the perfect stranger: an Easterner, visiting small town Bardville, Wyoming, for just two weeks. No way could he fall for this woman who’s his opposite in so many ways – yes, including being sunshiney to his grumpy, according to his matchmaking circle of friends. They’ve finagled things to make sure Hannah’s no longer a stranger. Their attraction is growing. Fast. That makes her the greatest danger of all to this rancher's stubbornly solitary heart. Emotion and romantic comedy blend in the tale of a single father whose desire to help his son turns his heart inside out in Book 3 of the contemporary western romance Bardville, Wyoming trilogy by USA Today bestselling author Patricia McLinn. ~ ~ ~ Three strangers arrive in rugged Bardville, Wyoming. They're never the same ... And neither are the people of Bardville. ~ ~ ~ "In Book 1 Bodie stole my heart, in Book 2 Cully took my breath away, and in Book 3 I fell in love with Dax." – 5* Praise for The Rancher Meets His Match: "It's great to get involved in the characters' lives and want to hit them over the head or have that moment that makes you go "Yes! Finally." The characters become friends of mine that I want to see happy." --5* “Very much like a going home feeling.”—5* "This is one cute, sexy story" -- Bell, Book and Candle “I am now on Book 3 of the trilogy and wishing there were more books to come.”—5* “"Very hot ... Dax and Hannah literally sizzle every time they're in the same room. ... highly recommend"—5* "This is the last of the Bardville trilogy and I am sad, I don't want it to be the last." -- 5* "More please." --5* Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie Award finalist Praise for the Bardville Wyoming, series "This is quite the trilogy. . . . I strongly recommend (Patricia McLinn) to romance readers who like a good storyline, a hot romance between strong men and women, family life, and hometown echoes." --5* "As I finished one book of the series couldn't wait to get next book!" --5* "From Cambria to Jessa to Hannah.... I loved them all! Awesome and I am so glad that I found this author." --5* "Had fantastic week reading this trilogy by Patricia McLinn. Wonderful read. Wonderful!" --5* "A spectacular read. This series is on my list to read again and again." --5* "I was so involved with the citizens of Bardville I hated to turn the last page of book 3. I wanted to know more about the next generation, because I felt part of their lives." --5* “I strongly recommend [McLinn] to romance readers who like a good storyline, a hot romance between strong men and women, family life, and hometown echoes.”—5* Bardville, Wyoming series A Stranger in the Family A Stranger to Love The Rancher Meets His Match Helping love find a way Characters from A Place Called Home, Bardville, and Wyoming Wildflowers series, join forces to bring together people they hope will find love and happiness as they have. The Wyoming Marriage Association First Date: Divorce Second Start: Family A Place Called Home series Lost and Found Groom At the Heart's Command Hidden in a Heartbeat Wyoming Wildflowers series Wyoming Wildflowers: The Beginning (Snowberry) Almost a Bride (Indian Paintbrush) Match Made in Wyoming (Fireweed) My Heart Remembers (Bur Marigold) A New World Jack's Heart (Yellow Monkeyflower) Rodeo Nights Where Love Lives (Threadleaf Phacelia) A Cowboy Wedding (Mixed bouquet) Making Christmas (Pasque Flower)
Author: William James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Conversion
Languages : en
Pages : 562
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Author: Felicia Allen
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387050923
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
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Gentry is stabbed int he back by her sister, literally. Eighteen times as a matter of fact. The attack left her in a wheelchair and blind. Talk show host, Rachael, asks Gentry to come on the show and relive those horrific events. Is she ready to go through it all again?
