At forty-three, unwed and no children, Simone is a Christian who is troubled due to her single status. As she elaborates her feelings to her buddies, Jasmine and Tanner, Simone opens a door to her past recapturing moments of happier times and specific events that changed her life. Intrigued by her stories, Jasmine pushes for more, while questions and suspicions arise during the process. Soon, odd behaviors begin to lurk out between their lives until hard-to-fight truths can no longer be hidden.
The day is June 22, 1941. The Soviet Union has just been attacked. Many unexpected events are about to change Katarina Nasenko's life forever. Can she still find things for which to thank God? Can she courageously persevere in spite of extreme odds? Will the Leningradites survive the lethal cold, lack of proper drinking water, filth, hunger and bombardment? When love comes Katarina's way, will she allow herself to respond, or will Katya guard her heart with a barrier just as unpenetrable as the siege of Leningrad?
For readers who loved Do You Think I’m Beautiful? Angela Thomas’s new book explores a woman’s need to be known and loved—just as she is. In her book Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas asks God if He knows her—and ultimately does He love her—as she is, right now, today. In each chapter, she names a different identity issue, such as: “I am invisible,” “I am worn out,” “I am undisciplined,” “I am ordinary,” and “I am afraid to dream.” With each honest admission, Angela teaches that God lovingly replies, “Yes, I know your heart. I see your struggle. Now…do you know who I AM?” Ultimately Angela reveals that the secret to being known and loved lies in an intimate understanding of who God is. Each identity struggle is answered with a short biblical study on the character of God that assures readers that their personal, spiritual, and eternal fulfillment is not dependent on getting themselves together. Rather, God has a purpose for them just as they are—broken, afraid, disappointed, disillusioned. Through vivid storytelling, biblical teaching, and practical application, readers will find the heartfelt answers they seek.
Former stay-at-home wife and mother, Beverly Mael, turns her life upside down in Out of Balance, a hilarious new novel about bank shenanigans and underground cyber societies. Caught between her husband, the ultimate prankster, and her boss, the charmingly seductive President and CEO of Vine Valley Bank, Beverly struggles to keep her husband's secret and help her boss's blind ambition without losing her marriage or her job. Floundering through dictation during the day and falling asleep in her dinner at night, Beverly needs to get away from it all. But a surprise date turns sour when Beverly discovers her unemployed husband has developed a computer program that can change the world—for better or worse. To complicate matters, the bank's president keeps lavishing praise on Beverly, giving her the attention she desperately craves from home. Armed only with a gift for numbers and a steadfast faith in God, Beverly must stop her husband's pact with the cyber underworld and uncover the truth before it's too late. Out of Balance was recently awarded the prestigious Editor's Choice recognition for writing excellence from iUniverse. The book was also nominated for the 2012 Indie Excellence Award for Chick Lit.
I wish I could tell you this story begins with once upon a time but my life was anything but a fairytale most little girls at the age of 3 were playing with dolls I was being tied to trees
This literature unit is based on the book Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary. It includes activities such as sample lesson plans, pre-reading activities, a pen sketch of the author, vocabulary lists, chapters grouped for study which contain quizzes, hands-on-projects and cooperative learning activities. Designed for primary/middle year students, they will be involved in fun activities including: longitude and latitude, business letters, cooking time, designing postcards and performing electricity experiments.
Imagine leaving all you know to come to a country where the majority of people are a different colour from you and have a different culture from yours. You aspire to create a better life for yourself and your family, but you are told you can’t work without “Canadian experience.” While some people accept and even welcome you, others refuse to sit next to you on the bus. Would you stay? Some of the 38 seniors featured in Our Lives, Our Heritage were part of a small wave of Caribbean immigrants who arrived in Canada in the late 50s and 60s under the West Indian Domestic Scheme. Others were able to immigrate to Canada when a family member sponsored them. Some came as visitors, stayed, and faced a life in the shadows until they became legal immigrants. Yet no matter how they arrived, all chose to stay in Canada. Here, they survived, thrived, and helped to build the communities they joined. Their stories are an important piece of Canada’s social history and serve as a reminder that immigrants have and still do build and strengthen our country.
For readers who loved Do You Think I’m Beautiful? Angela Thomas’s new book explores a woman’s need to be known and loved—just as she is. In her book Do You Know Who I Am? Angela Thomas asks God if He knows her—and ultimately does He love her—as she is, right now, today. In each chapter, she names a different identity issue, such as: “I am invisible,” “I am worn out,” “I am undisciplined,” “I am ordinary,” and “I am afraid to dream.” With each honest admission, Angela teaches that God lovingly replies, “Yes, I know your heart. I see your struggle. Now…do you know who I AM?” Ultimately Angela reveals that the secret to being known and loved lies in an intimate understanding of who God is. Each identity struggle is answered with a short biblical study on the character of God that assures readers that their personal, spiritual, and eternal fulfillment is not dependent on getting themselves together. Rather, God has a purpose for them just as they are—broken, afraid, disappointed, disillusioned. Through vivid storytelling, biblical teaching, and practical application, readers will find the heartfelt answers they seek.
This poignant collection is about a journey of self-discovery, childhood innocence and experience. Aleta's stories offer a rare window into the thoughts and actions of a little girl growing up in Boston's inner city in the 1940's and 50's. Her stories are unflinching, unpredictable, timeless and universal. Unique and important addition to literature and fiction for young adults, women, African American Studies, Women's Studies, Gay and Lesbian Studies, Ethnic Studies, American Studies. REVIEWS Angela Bowen's extraordinary collection of short fiction, captures the complexity, poignancy, joys, and sorrows of growing up Black and female and poor in Boston during the '40s. Remarkably wise, resilient, spunky, and mature, Aleta defies stereotypes about race, gender, and class during the Jim Crow era. You will love Aleta, marvel at her character, and know she will triumph!! -BEVERLY GUY-SHEFTALL Director, Women's Research & Resource Center Professor of Women's Studies, Spelman College Aleta's coming of age stories are vividly drawn and intensely cinematic. I found myself reflecting about my own childhood, and how I would deal as an adult with the issues that arise in Aleta's intriguing stories. -VIVIAN PRICE Associate Professor, California State University, Dominguez Hills These deeply moving stories of Aleta's childhood are extraordinary for the immediacy and authenticity of one smart, brave little girl's efforts to interpret and negotiate her way in the world. - CYNTHIA RICH Author, Desert Years: Undreaming the American Dream PREFACE Dear Reader, Aleta's Stories are based in both fact and fiction. I grew up in Roxbury in the 1940's and 50's, and vividly remember the different neighborhoods where my family lived. These characters represent a combination of people I have known, although some are pure fiction. Growing up, I considered my life boring until I discovered dancing; as an adult, I came to appreciate those growing up years, despite how poor we were. My household was rich in conversations, political perspectives, life lessons, and culture, which I enjoyed weaving into the stories. I have lived with Aleta's Stories for a long time, and over the years I have shared them with friends and family. The comment that delights me the most is that they remind people of their own lives. I hope this is true for you. Angela Bowen For a signed copy of this book, by author Angela Bowen, and more information about her, visit www.jenniferabod.com
Deeds, wills, divorce decrees, and other evidence of the public lives of nineteenth-century women belie the long-held beliefs of their public invisibility. Angela Boswell's Her Act and Deed: Women's Lives in a Rural Southern County, 1837-1873 follows the threads of Southern women's lives as they weave through the public records of one Texas county during the middle of the nineteenth century. Her unique approach to exploring women's roles in a South that spanned the frontier, antebellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction eras illuminates the truths of the feminine world of those periods, and her analysis of this set of complete public records for those years challenges the theory of men's and women's separate spheres of influence, as advanced by many scholars. The world Boswell reconstructs allows readers a more egalitarian, multicultural look at life: working class and poor women, both black and white, join their more affluent sisters in the pages of the Colorado County, Texas, courthouse records. Those same records reveal that the men of that world--most of them planters or farmers, the majority of them owning at least a few slaves--are a force for women to reckon with, both in public and at home. The almost constant presence of men in the home and their need to uphold the dominant, slave-holding hierarchy produced a patriarchy more pervasive than that experienced by women in the urban north. Eminently readable and accessible to scholars and general readers alike, Her Act and Deed represents a welcome addition to the classroom, to the scholar's library, and to Texas history collections.
A comprehensive handbook that helps you get started in the entertainment industry. It includes how to join the unions and avoid the scams, legitimate casting companies, photo and resume tips, how to get started as an extra, how to get your kids started, and tips on finding principal work.
In the United States, older populations exhibit the highest levels of economic inequality of all age groups. Across all advanced societies, the inequalities observed in older populations stem from structural and individual processes that differentiate the life courses of women and men and yield distinctive patterns of economic inequality in adulthood and old age.
A compassionate look at 42 battered women who felt "locked in with danger and so desperate that they killed a man they loved"; scholarly and compelling.
A tropical beach-themed party. All the mango ice cream guests can eat. Cheerful party-goers. What could possibly go wrong? It has been a frigid winter in the coastal town of Seagull Cove, Massachusetts, so Anna hosts a tropical-themed party in her ice cream shop to help residents beat the winter blues. When one of her guests is murdered shortly after the festivities, Anna and a brand new friend with a mysterious past set out to find the killer. Meanwhile, Anna begins the most important investigation of her life – one she hopes will finally bring her sister home. Grab your copy of Mango Murder and join the party today!
A major collection of essays and speeches from pioneering freedom fighter Angela Y. Davis For over fifty years, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for abolition and feminism and the fight against state violence and oppression. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis’s essays, and speeches over the years, showing how her thinking has sharpened and evolved even as she has remained uncompromising in her commitment to collective liberation. In pieces that address the history of abolitionist practice and thought in the United States and globally, the unique contributions of women to abolitionist struggles, and stories and lessons of organizing inside and beyond the prison walls, Davis is always curious, always incisive, and always learning. Rich and rewarding, Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises will appeal to fans of Davis, to students and scholars reflecting on her life and work, and to readers new to feminism, abolition, and struggles for liberation.
In this humorous and touching novella, a couple makes it to their first anniversary and discovers that marriage is not all they expected it would be. With grace and insight, with honesty and charm, the couple comes to the realization they must take a close look at their union and what their marriage is truly about.
`In a cogent and easily accessible style, it provides superb guidelines for observing, interpreting, and understanding the subtle and complex nuances of an organization′s culture. The integration of qualitative research methods with cultural analyses makes this text distinctive and valuable addition to any organizational communication class′ - Linda Putnam, Texas A&M University `The authors skillfully weave together theory, application, and their professional experiences to create a wonderfully useful book that meets the needs of students and practitioners. Anyone who takes cultural analysis seriously should read this book′ - Phillip G Clampitt, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and Metacomm `Organizational Culture in Action fills a real resource gap. It is a "workbook" in the most positive sense of the word. It offers enough step-by-step guidance to give students the confidence they need to move forward independently. At the same time, it does not sidestep the theoretical complexities, conflicts, and confusions surrounding the world of organizational culture and cultural analysis. The book is well conceived, usefully structured, and filled with application exercises that really make sense and are pedagogically justified. My students found it to be both accessible and stimulating′ - John Gribas, Idaho State University What is organizational culture? And how might knowledge of culture improve our organizational performances? This stimulating workbook guides students through data collection, analysis, interpretation, and application of organizational culture data using a practical five-step process. It begins by explaining theories on which organizational culture is based. It then provides guides for gathering information to help improve organizational performance. Based on more than 20 years of experience in using this approach with hundreds of students, the authors help students apply cultural insights to fostering diversity, supporting organizational change, making leadership more dynamic, exploring the link between ethics and culture, and making organizations more effective overall.
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