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The Book That Changed My Life

71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

By: Roxanne J. Coady,Joy Johannessen

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The Book That Changed My Life

71 Remarkable Writers Celebrate the Books That Matter Most to Them

By: Roxanne J. Coady,Joy Johannessen

Now in paperback, a delightful collection of essays on the transformative power of reading In The Book That Changed My Life, our most admired writers, doctors, professors, religious leaders, politicians, chefs, and CEO s share the books that mean the most to them. For Doris Kearns Goodwin it was Barbara Tuchman's The Guns of August, which inspired her to enter a field, history writing, traditionally reserved for men. For Jacques Pépin it was The Myth of Sisyphus, which taught him the importance of personal responsibility, dignity, and goodness in the midst of existentialist France. A testament to the life-altering importance of literature, this book inspires us to return to old favorites and seek out new treasures. All proceeds go to The Read to Grow Foundation, which partners with urban hospitals to provide books and literacy information to newborns and their families.

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Penguin

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1101043466

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9781101043462

Mystery of the Bewitched Bookmobile

By: Florence Parry Heide,Roxanne Heide Pierce

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Mystery of the Bewitched Bookmobile

By: Florence Parry Heide,Roxanne Heide Pierce

Why would anyone break into a bookmobile and take nothing? The Spotlight Club investigates.

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Albert Whitman & Company

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0807576867

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The Network Nation

Human Communication Via Computer

By: Starr Roxanne Hiltz,Murray Turoff

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The Network Nation

Human Communication Via Computer

By: Starr Roxanne Hiltz,Murray Turoff

The defining document and standard reference for the field of computer mediated communication (CMC)

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MIT Press

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0262581205

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9780262581202

Imperial Encounters

The Politics of Representation in North-South Relations

By: Roxanne Lynn Doty

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Imperial Encounters

The Politics of Representation in North-South Relations

By: Roxanne Lynn Doty

Developed/underdeveloped, " "first world/third world, " "modern/traditional" - although there is nothing inevitable, natural, or arguably even useful about such divisions, they are widely accepted as legitimate ways to categorize regions and peoples of the world. In Imperial Encounters, Roxanne Lynn Doty looks at the way these kinds of labels influence North-South relations, reflecting a history of colonialism and shaping the way national identity is constructed today. Employing a critical, poststructuralist perspective, Doty examines two "imperial encounters" over time: between the United States and the Philippines and between Great Britain and Kenya. The history of these two relationships demonstrates that not only is the more powerful member allowed to construct "reality, " but this construction of reality bears an important relationship to actual practice. Doty considers the persistence of representational practices, particularly with regard to Northern views of human rights in the South and contemporary social science discourses on North-South relations. Important and timely, Imperial Encounters brings a fresh perspective to the debate over the past - and the future - of global politics.

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U of Minnesota Press

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0816627630

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9780816627639

Social Change

An Anthology

By: Roxanne Friedenfels

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Social Change

An Anthology

By: Roxanne Friedenfels

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1882289595

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9781882289592

Rethinking Your Unit Council Structure

By: Gilbert Fuentes,Roxanne Holm,Beth Browder,Deborah Macy,Jacqui Middlemiss

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Rethinking Your Unit Council Structure

By: Gilbert Fuentes,Roxanne Holm,Beth Browder,Deborah Macy,Jacqui Middlemiss

Rapid change is constant in the healthcare industry, leaving hospitals—and the units within—to react and adapt. Unfortunately, the typical shared (professional) governance structure fails to address the challenges of modern healthcare systems, both in efficiency and ability to maintain long-term change. As a result, change in healthcare is often met with roadblocks and resistance. Rethinking Your Unit Council Structure applies the innovative FLIGHT Model of risk and change to: · Determine your unit’s immediate needs · Empower team members to identify problems and initiate solutions · Transcend elements of traditional unit council structures that hinder progress · Improve staff engagement and satisfaction This book provides a solutions-based approach to determining and addressing the unique needs of your unit, hospital, or system so that your change initiatives can succeed.

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Sigma

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1945157941

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9781945157943

Rail and the City

Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space

By: Roxanne Warren

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Rail and the City

Shrinking Our Carbon Footprint While Reimagining Urban Space

By: Roxanne Warren

An architect makes the case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society. The United States has evolved into a nation of twenty densely populated megaregions. Yet despite the environmental advantages of urban density, urban sprawl and reliance on the private car still set the pattern for most new development. Cars guzzle not only gas but also space, as massive acreage is dedicated to roadways and parking. Even more pressing, the replication of this pattern throughout the fast-developing world makes it doubtful that we will achieve the reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid climate catastrophe. In Rail and the City, architect Roxanne Warren makes the case for compact urban development that is supported by rail transit. Calling the automobile a relic of the twentieth century, Warren envisions a release from the tyrannies of traffic congestion, petroleum dependence, and an oppressively paved environment. Technical features of rail are key to its high capacities, safety at high speeds, and compactness—uniquely qualifying it to serve as ideal infrastructure within and between cities. Ultimately, mobility could be achieved through extensive networks of public transit, particularly rail, supplemented by buses, cycling, walking, car-sharing, and small, flexible vehicles. High-speed rail, fed by local transit, could eliminate the need for petroleum-intensive plane trips of less than 500 miles. Warren considers issues of access to transit, citing examples from Europe, Japan, and North America, and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design. Rail transit, she argues, is the essential infrastructure for a fluidly functioning urban society.

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MIT Press

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0262325632

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9780262325639

American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

By: Roxanne Kuter Williamson

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American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

By: Roxanne Kuter Williamson

Why does one talented individual win lasting recognition in a particular field, while another equally talented person does not? While there are many possible reasons, one obvious answer is that something more than talent is requisite to produce fame. The "something more" in the field of architecture, asserts Roxanne Williamson, is the association with a "famous" architect at the moment he or she first receives major publicity or designs the building for which he or she will eventually be celebrated. In this study of more than six hundred American architects who have achieved a place in architectural histories, Williamson finds that only a small minority do not fit the "right person–right time" pattern. She traces the apprenticeship connection in case studies of Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henry Hobson Richardson, the firm of McKim, Mead & White, Latrobe and his descendants, the Bulfinch and Renwick Lines, the European immigrant masters, and Louis Kahn. Although she acknowledges and discusses the importance of family connections, the right schools, self-promotion, scholarships, design competition awards, and promotion by important journals, Williamson maintains that the apprenticeship connection is the single most important predictor of architectural fame. She offers the intriguing hypothesis that what is transferred in the relationship is not a particular style or approach but rather the courage and self-confidence to be true to one's own vision. Perhaps, she says, this is the case in all the arts. American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame is sure to provoke thought and comment in architecture and other creative fields.

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University of Texas Press

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0292762909

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9780292762909

Nature Child

The Journey Continues... Step Forward, and Let Faith Open the Window

By: Roxanne R. Mead

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Nature Child

The Journey Continues... Step Forward, and Let Faith Open the Window

By: Roxanne R. Mead

In a collection of inspired nature essays written in her young walk of faith in God, Roxanne R Mead relies on her pen name Nature Child to help others develop their faith in God and encourage them to step forward with hope that strengthen them and would empower their destiny for life.

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WestBow Press

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ISBN 13

9798385016518

Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture

By: Roxanne Hovland,Joyce M. Wolburg

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Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture

By: Roxanne Hovland,Joyce M. Wolburg

Designed as a core textbook for courses in Advertising and Society, "Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture" develops an integrated perspective that gives students a framework for understanding past, present, and future issues in advertising communications. Chapter contents cover the entire range of social, political, cultural, regulatory, and economic issues that surround advertising and its role in modern society. The many social issues addressed include advertising and gender stereotyping, advertising to vulnerable audiences, and the distribution of wealth in consumer society. "Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture" intertwines the development of the consumer culture with its coverage of the historical, political, regulatory, and ethical issues of advertising. It includes clear, comprehensive tables that chronicle historical developments and key legal cases. The text is readable for undergraduates but provides enough depth to serve as a graduate-level text. Including extensive notes and a bibliography, it can be adopted independently, or alongside its companion volume, "Readings in Advertising, Society, and Consumer Culture".

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Routledge

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1317477529

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9781317477525

A Montana Family

By: Roxanne Rustand

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A Montana Family

By: Roxanne Rustand

Set against the magnificent background of Montana comes the saga of the Maxwells—one of the state's most influential ranching families. Dr. Jolie Maxwell—oldest of the Maxwell sisters—doesn't expect a royal welcome from her family when she finally comes home. But her brother's in serious trouble with the law, and her father's health is failing. They need Jolie. The townsfolk also need Jolie—they haven't had a local doctor in years. However, they're not happy about having another Maxwell in their midst. In fact, one of them will do anything to drive her away. Coolness from her family, hostility from the townspeople and the very real threat of danger make Jolie appreciate the friendship of her new neighbor, Matt Dawson—and his two young children. Although, when it comes to Matt, friendship is only part of what Jolie wants.

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Harlequin

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1459224221

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Murder at Granite Falls

By: Roxanne Rustand

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Murder at Granite Falls

By: Roxanne Rustand

Just let it go…" Everyone in Granite Falls tells Carrie Randall the same thing. Is it a threat, or a warning? Yet even if it endangers her fresh start, Carrie needs to know what secret the town's hiding. There's her troubled student and his disturbing drawings. His fiercely protective father, and the mysterious death of his mother. And Carrie definitely has to find out more about the bad reputation of her standoffish new landlord, Logan Bradley. She wants to trust him, but she's been fooled by charm before. Is the town wrong about him—or is she?

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Steeple Hill

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1426889860

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The Great Sioux Nation

Sitting in Judgment on America

By: Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz

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The Great Sioux Nation

Sitting in Judgment on America

By: Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz

If the moral issues raised by the Sioux people in the federal courtroom that cold month of December 1974 spark a recognition among the readers of a common destiny of humanity over and above the rules and regulations, the codes and statutes, and the power of the establishment to enforce its will, then the sacrifice of the Sioux people will not have been in vain."--Vine Deloria Jr. The Great Sioux Nation: Sitting in Judgment on America is the story of the Sioux Nation's fight to regain its land and sovereignty, highlighting the events of 1973-74, including the protest at Wounded Knee. It features pieces by some of the most prominent scholars and Indian activists of the twentieth century, including Vine Deloria Jr., Simon Ortiz, Dennis Banks, Father Peter J. Powell, Russell Means, Raymond DeMallie, and Henry Crow Dog. It also features primary documents and firsthand accounts of the activists' work and of the trial. New to this Bison Books edition is a foreword by Philip J. Deloria and an introduction by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz.

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U of Nebraska Press

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1496210751

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9781496210753

Olga

The O.K. Way to a Healthy, Happy Life

By: Olga Kotelko,Roxanne Davies

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Olga

The O.K. Way to a Healthy, Happy Life

By: Olga Kotelko,Roxanne Davies

Of Ukrainian descent, Olga was born in a small Saskatchewan town on March 2, 1919. She became a teacher in 1941 and, over the next 34 years, she taught her students the importance of developing good health and fitness habits to ensure they maintain a balanced life ... At 77, she decided to try track and field. Her dedication to the sport helped her win gold ... As of 2014, Olga has broken 26 world records in track and field and earned over 700 medals. -- [p.4] of cover.

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FriesenPress

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1460229444

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9781460229446

The Unexpected Leader

Gerald Ford and the Fall of Richard Nixon

By: Robinson Roxanne

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The Unexpected Leader

Gerald Ford and the Fall of Richard Nixon

By: Robinson Roxanne

In this book, Roxanne Robinson offered a careful and engaging narrative of how Gerald Ford became the 38th President of the United States of America during one of the most turbulent times in the American history. Through the pages of this book, you will uncover how Watergate Scandal forced Richard Nixon out of office and how Gerald Ford's decision and eventual pardon to Nixon affected public perception of government even unto this present day. By reading this book, you will discover: How a man devoid of presidential aspirations turned into the leader of a country facing crisis. From his Michigan roots to his years in Congress to his surprising appointment as vice president following Spiro Agnew's resignation. The Impact of Watergate: The book offers a thorough examination of the Watergate scandal and its terrible consequences for the Nixon government. It shows how Ford's relationship with Nixon changed as the scandal deepens and how he finally brought stability to the turbulent state of the nation. Controversy Regarding the Pardon: Great detqail is examined on one of Ford's most divisive choices: Richard Nixon's pardon. You will certainly judge for yourself; Ford’s reasoning that led to the pardon and it's aftermath effect on his presidency. The book uncovers the long-term impact of the pardon on his presidency and American politics. Rebuilding Trust in Government: the author also highlights Ford’s efforts to restore faith in the executive arm of government after the corruption and scandals of the Nixon years. Through his transparency and commitment to democratic principles, Ford sought to heal a divided nation, but not without challenges. Ford’s Leadership Style: The book paints a vivid picture of Ford’s calm, pragmatic leadership during a time of immense uncertainty. Unlike Nixon’s secretive and paranoid approach, Ford’s presidency was defined by openness, honesty, and a strong belief in the rule of law. The 1976 Election and Ford’s Legacy: The final chapters examine Ford’s fight for election in 1976, his narrow loss to Jimmy Carter, and how history has judged his presidency. Despite his short time in office, this book makes a compelling case for Ford as a figure of integrity whose steady hand helped guide the country through one of its darkest moments. Through these key points, the Unexpected Leader offers readers a deep understanding of Gerald Ford’s role in shaping modern American history. It sheds light on the personal and political complexities of Ford’s presidency, showing how an unexpected leader can rise to meet the demands of a crisis with quiet determination and moral clarity. This is a must-read for anyone interested in American politics, presidential history, or the legacy of leadership in times of crisis.

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BookRix

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3755486407

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9783755486404

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (10th Anniversary Edition)

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (10th Anniversary Edition)

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

New York Times Bestseller Now part of the HBO docuseries "Exterminate All the Brutes," written and directed by Raoul Peck Recipient of the American Book Award The first history of the United States told from the perspective of indigenous peoples Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once inhabited this land. The centuries-long genocidal program of the US settler-colonial regimen has largely been omitted from history. Now, for the first time, acclaimed historian and activist Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz offers a history of the United States told from the perspective of Indigenous peoples and reveals how Native Americans, for centuries, actively resisted expansion of the US empire. With growing support for movements such as the campaign to abolish Columbus Day and replace it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day and the Dakota Access Pipeline protest led by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States is an essential resource providing historical threads that are crucial for understanding the present. In An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Dunbar-Ortiz adroitly challenges the founding myth of the United States and shows how policy against the Indigenous peoples was colonialist and designed to seize the territories of the original inhabitants, displacing or eliminating them. And as Dunbar-Ortiz reveals, this policy was praised in popular culture, through writers like James Fenimore Cooper and Walt Whitman, and in the highest offices of government and the military. Shockingly, as the genocidal policy reached its zenith under President Andrew Jackson, its ruthlessness was best articulated by US Army general Thomas S. Jesup, who, in 1836, wrote of the Seminoles: “The country can be rid of them only by exterminating them.” Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples’ history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States is a 2015 PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Award for Excellence in Literature.

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Beacon Press

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0807013145

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9780807013144

Three Doctors

Molding and Developing Exceptional Children

By: Roxanne Dawn Pawluk-Frost

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Three Doctors

Molding and Developing Exceptional Children

By: Roxanne Dawn Pawluk-Frost

Three Doctors teaches parents how to raise successful, godly children. Each stage of childhood and into the teenage years is discussed. Many topics of child rearing are covered including godliness, homeschooling, discipline, and learning to read. Three Doctors teaches parents how to encourage their children to become all that they can be. University education is stressed and encouraged. Parents are given useful guidance to enable their children to become professional members of society who are intelligent, caring human beings. The importance of allowing God to guide and direct the parents lives and the lives of their children is stressed. People who have not yet become parents should read this book in preparation for their future roles. Parents of teenagers need to read how to have young people who are confident and content with who they are. Grandparents can also learn how to be a tremendous help in the training of their grandchildren. Three Doctors can change the future lives of many of our young people. In todays world we see so many young children living wild and disobedient lives. We see teenagers making grave errors that remain with them for their entire lives. Godly children need to be raised to become useful and contributing members of society. Parents can learn how they can have a vital role in seeing their children become all that God wants them to be as they teach and mold the children God has given into their care.

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WestBow Press

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1490873635

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9781490873633

Seasons; Finding God Wherever You Find Yourself

By: Roxanne, MA Meeuwsen

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Seasons; Finding God Wherever You Find Yourself

By: Roxanne, MA Meeuwsen

Life is full of different seasons, paths that we are delighted to walk upon and roads we would just as soon be free from as soon as possible. There are lessons to learn and praises to give in every season we face. We can discover joy in the Lord and can experience abundant blessings and miracles, especially when we are looking for them and truly believe that we serve a God who can do anything. God is with us wherever we find ourselves. Sometimes we don't see Him because our eyes are fixed on the mountains in our lives, mountains He can move. He's there and He longs to have a relationship with us, to walk with us in whatever seasons we are in. Come embark on a new season for your soul.

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Lulu.com

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0557166454

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9780557166459

No More Beggars and Slaves

Embracing Our Identity in Christ

By: Roxanne Miles

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No More Beggars and Slaves

Embracing Our Identity in Christ

By: Roxanne Miles

While we may always be a work in progress, there are no beggars and slaves in the kingdom of God. When God brings us into the kingdom, we come in as sons and daughters and partakers of rights and promises that are reserved for those of royal lineage. As royalty, members of the leading class, we are joint heirs in the work to be done and the victories won. In an inspirational guide that includes reflection questions and biblical insights, Roxanne Miles leads believers on a courageous journey to challenge beggarly thoughts of weakness and shame that hold them in bondage to old habits and ways. While empowering believers to live boldly in the spiritual identity and inheritance that God provides, Roxanne encourages us to embrace who we are in Christ, grow as spiritual children, be stronger and bolder in times of need, shun negative thoughts, build faith, and seek, learn, and pursue God’s will. No More Beggars and Slaves offers wisdom, scripture, and questions that lead believers down an introspective path to explore thought processes and behaviors that hold them back from becoming who God wants them to be.

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WestBow Press

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9798385007400

Audaciously Alive

Choosing to Live Well on Purpose

By: Roxanne Harris

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Audaciously Alive

Choosing to Live Well on Purpose

By: Roxanne Harris

In Audaciously Alive: Choosing to Live Well on Purpose, Roxanne Harris helps readers see where they are in their own struggle with autoimmune or chronic disease—and the pitfalls, confusion, and torment that goes with it—to find the path back to freedom and true living. After a devastating diagnosis of an autoimmune disease, ankylosing spondylitis, just two weeks after the birth of her fourth child, Roxanne Harris refused to submit to life in a wheelchair and began the fight of her life—to create beauty from the ashes of disease, broken relationships, and the crippling of her body. In Audaciously Alive, she shares her pain, the many trials she faced, and her most audacious moments of standing firm and not giving up. She highlights keys to living well and gives insight and wisdom so that you can better see the traps and speed bumps that could derail you in your own path to recovery. Packed with practical tools, Roxanne will help you turn the freight train of your health and life around and get back on track physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. You no longer have to live in panic, confusion, or fear after a diagnosis. Instead, you can choose to be audacious and live on purpose every day. Say “no” to sickness and the label of disease and choose to live audaciously.

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Simon and Schuster

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1637630891

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9781637630891

Roots of Resistance

A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Roots of Resistance

A History of Land Tenure in New Mexico

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

In New Mexico—once a Spanish colony, then part of Mexico—Pueblo Indians and descendants of Spanish- and Mexican-era settlers still think of themselves as distinct peoples, each with a dynamic history. At the core of these persistent cultural identities is each group's historical relationship to the others and to the land, a connection that changed dramatically when the United States wrested control of the region from Mexico in 1848.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806138335

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9780806138336

We're Here Because We're Here

Growing Up in Mid-20th Century Los Angeles

By: Roxanne Davis

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We're Here Because We're Here

Growing Up in Mid-20th Century Los Angeles

By: Roxanne Davis

A step-and-ex chronicle about growing up in Los Angeles, California, during the tumultuous transition from the placid fifties to the raucous sixties, with the omnipresence of Disneyland and Hollywood making personal memories feel like remembering a ride or a movie. Popular songs from the radio, show tunes and ballads create an inadvertent soundtrack to a sometimes troubling and often quirky coming-of-age story.

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0557635276

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9780557635276

God Is Not Zeus!

By: Roxanne Meshar

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God Is Not Zeus!

By: Roxanne Meshar

God Is Not Zeus! explores the dysfunctional thinking of heresies today, offering instead the promise of Christianity - healing and wholeness (salvation) and a meaningful life as fully human persons.

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0557087392

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9780557087396

Venus and Serena Williams

The Smashing Sisters

By: Roxanne Dorrie

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Venus and Serena Williams

The Smashing Sisters

By: Roxanne Dorrie

Traces the lives and tennis careers of Venus and Serena Williams, sisters who turned professional at age fourteen and rose to the top of women's tennis while maintaining a strong family bond.

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Capstone Classroom

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0736828273

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9780736828277

Outlaw Woman

A Memoir of the War Years, 1960–1975, Revised Edition

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Outlaw Woman

A Memoir of the War Years, 1960–1975, Revised Edition

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

In 1968, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz helped found the Women’s Liberation Movement, part of what has been called the second wave of feminism in the United States. Along with a small group of dedicated women in Boston, she produced the first women’s liberation journal, No More Fun and Games. Dunbar-Ortiz was also an antiwar and anti-racist activist and organizer throughout the 1960s and early 1970s and a fiery, tireless public speaker on issues of patriarchy, capitalism, imperialism, and racism. She worked in Cuba with the Venceremos Brigade and formed associations with other revolutionaries across the spectrum of radical politics, including the Civil Rights Movement, Students for a Democratic Society, the Revolutionary Union, the African National Congress, and the American Indian Movement. Unlike most of those involved in the New Left, Dunbar-Ortiz grew up poor, female, and part–Native American in rural Oklahoma, and she often found herself at odds not only with the ruling class but also with the Left and with the women’s movement. Dunbar-Ortiz’s odyssey from Oklahoma poverty to the urban New Left gives a working-class, feminist perspective on a time and a movement that forever changed American society. In a new afterword, the author reflects on her fast-paced life fifty years ago, in particular as a movement activist and in relationships with men.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806145374

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9780806145372

Remnants of Nation

On Poverty Narratives by Women

By: Roxanne Rimstead

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Remnants of Nation

On Poverty Narratives by Women

By: Roxanne Rimstead

Treating poverty not simply as a theme in literature but as a force that in fact shapes the texts themselves, Rimstead adopts the notion of a common culture to include ordinary voices in national culture, in this case the national culture of Canada.

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Heightened Chaos

Based on a True Story.

By: Roxanne Lyons

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Heightened Chaos

Based on a True Story.

By: Roxanne Lyons

Heightened Chaos will change the way you look at the streets forever. The year was 1979, as the oldest girl of eleven kids that Tomasina bared, gave birth to a baby boy, Johan Garcia at Belleview Hospital, New York City. And like all kids that are born, he possessed a pure heart, mind, body and soul By the time Johan turned four, the innocence he was blessed with at birth, slowly started to fade. One morning as he woke up in one of the most notorious neighborhoods of New York City, Washington Heights, Uptown Manhattan, home of the brave, Dominican land; without his intentions, Johan found himself a member of one of the most powerful secret societies to ever exist in Americas history. His low key gangster Uncle, Jose Eduardo Liriano, got together with a childhood friend, Santiago Rodriguez, A.K.A Yayo, whom later on would be recognized worldwide as one of the smartest gangsters to walk the streets of New York! Robert Jackall, a Williams College sociologist, who has researched the crack trade, once said, One has to recognize Yayos particular and peculiar genius even if one doesnt honor it. So like two kids in a science lab, Mr. Liriano and Mr. Rodriguez, were mixing chemicals together, and a very destructive drug was born. Crack! The drug leeched out from New York to Miami and Los Angeles into the American interior. The crack epidemic led Congress to adopt mandatory-minimum laws, which hit inner-city crack users with penalties as severe as those levied on Wall Street possessing a hundred times more powder cocaine. Over the next decade hundreds of thousands of Americans would be locked up for drug offenses. So many people were smoking crack throughout America, and the violence that it brought to the streets was so severe that President Reagan was forced to declare war on the epidemic. When the crack epidemic exploded, Washington Heights had seemed as if a nuclear bomb had detonated in it. Everyone felt the effects. Dr. Randall D. Marshall at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital treated hundreds of residents; many with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, an illness common among Vietnam veterans. When Johan turned five, he was in the middle of a war that completely over powered him psychologically. Watching the gangsters make millions, murders, and Based heads smoking crack right in front of his door step; by then, his thoughts were covered with darkness. In this fact-inspired tale, narrated by Johan Garcia and written by Roxanne Lyons, you will witness the rise of crack in the United States. And how Mr. Liriano and Mr. Rodriguez were destined to introduce the new drug to the world!

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Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights

1800s to the Present

By: Matthew Daniels,Roxanne King

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Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights

1800s to the Present

By: Matthew Daniels,Roxanne King

This inspiring work profiles sixteen heroic Catholic men and women who defied the odds to advance civil and human rights around the world. Spanning from the birth of the United States to World War II Germany to the current Latin American immigration crisis, this book features people whose faith drove them to courageously defend the dignity of the children of God, especially the most vulnerable, transforming many lives and paving the way for a more equitable society. To understand human rights, however, we need theology. Supported by official Church documents, each chapter is themed on one of the pillars of Catholic social teaching—freedom, perseverance, hope, justice, and conscience. These short, compelling biographies of figures who exemplify each pillar demonstrate how the teachings of Christ, through his Church, can drive ordinary believers to do extraordinary deeds. Among the heroes are former slave Venerable Father Augustine Tolton, Austrian farmer Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, Native American catechist Nicholas Black Elk, Servant of God Dorothy Day, Saint Katharine Drexel, Saint Teresa of Calcutta, and Saint Oscar Romero.

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Scripture Therapy and Choice Theory

By: Bishop Les Trich',Scripture Therapy Minister RoxAnne Trich'

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Scripture Therapy and Choice Theory

By: Bishop Les Trich',Scripture Therapy Minister RoxAnne Trich'

Scripture Therapy offers solutions to challenges individuals face every day. It connects careful teaching of the Bible with proven strategies from Choice Theory, to empower individuals to yield to God, follow His calling, and live a happy and meaningful life. Scripture Therapy combines faith, psychology, and life experiences to reach those seeking more in their daily walk with God and the impact they have on reaching those seeking more in their daily walk with God and the impact they have on the world around them. "Finally, the world is blessed with the publication of a wonderful new book combining Scripture Therapy and Glasser's concepts of Choice Theory and Reality Therapy. The authors, Lester and RoxAnne TrichA(c), have blended their skills to produce a powerful book that has the potential of helping people from all kinds of backgrounds and systems of belief.I saw, firsthand, how the authors work with people to help empower them to literally change their lives for the better. I saw the warmth and humor they use in their teaching of these ideas. The TrichA(c)s are a dynamic duo, and their book is a must-read for anyone who wants to enhance their Spirituality and improve their happiness quotient on day one. Scripture Therapy helps people see their real purpose in live and how they can contribute to mankind now and for generations to come.The TrichA(c)s are Glasser-trained experts at teaching Choice Theory, which explains human behavior, and Reality Therapy, which provides a method for solving some of life's most pressing problems. Combined with Scripture Therapy, relationships will improve and a whole new world of people at peace with each other can become a reality." -Carleen Glasser

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After Anne

By: Roxanne Henke

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After Anne

By: Roxanne Henke

When Anne Abbot moves to Brewster, Olivia Marsden takes an immediate dislike to the newcomer. Anne's perkiness really rankles, and Olivia finds the open way she talks about her faith very annoying. Overwhelmed with the prospect of making a good impression in this, her fifth town in eight years of not-so-happy marriage, Anne prays for a deep friendship and finds herself drawn to cool, aloof Olivia. One day, Olivia faces a family emergency and turns to Anne for help. In one evening, the two become fast friends. The fledgling friendship deepens when Anne is diagnosed with breast cancer. Misunderstandings, the shadow of death, and a beautiful new life play out in the alternating voices of the main characters. After Anne marks the first of an exceptional new novel series. Readers will be drawn to the intimacy of Libby and Anne's narratives and inspired by their story of friendship, forged by fire and inspired by God.

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0736909672

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Tropical Getaway

By: Roxanne St. Claire

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Tropical Getaway

By: Roxanne St. Claire

Roxanne St. Claire brings to life the beauty and danger of the Caribbean in her stunning debut novel, blending intrigue with white-hot passion for a suspenseful, sultry read. Ava Santori is cooking up a storm in the family restaurant in Boston's North End when a call from the Coast Guard brings shattering news: her beloved brother was lost in a shipwreck. Determined to find out why the ship was steered into a hurricane, Ava packs her bags for the lush isle of St. Barts -- where she puts the blame squarely on the broad shoulders of the ship's owner. Dane Erikson built the luxurious Utopia Adventures cruise line from the ground up and he's not about to let it sink. Enlisting Ava to help discover the truth about the doomed Paradisio, he finds himself unbearably tempted by this fiery, impetuous woman. And as their investigation causes danger to close in, he and Ava find their hearts leading them to the same place...straight into each other's arms.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743478851

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Christmas at Shadow Creek

By: Roxanne Rustand

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Christmas at Shadow Creek

By: Roxanne Rustand

Nothing is more rewarding than bringing a new life into the world. Share the joy with the dedicated staff of The Birth Place and the women who choose to have their babies here. Pediatrician Joanna Weston's looking forward to caring for the infants at The Birth Place. But one of her first patients is a baby girl—not born at the birth center, but abandoned on the porch of the ranch next door. Joanna is outraged when she finds out her handsome neighbor is the child's deadbeat dad. Until she sees the tender concern he shows the daughter he didn't know he had. The daughter he'll now do anything to keep.

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1459224213

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Remember

Divine Healings, Unassisted Childbirths, Victory over Demons, a Live Liver Donation, and More—Discover God’S Powerful Love Through These Inspiring Lessons and Miracles.

By: Roxanne Munsen

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Remember

Divine Healings, Unassisted Childbirths, Victory over Demons, a Live Liver Donation, and More—Discover God’S Powerful Love Through These Inspiring Lessons and Miracles.

By: Roxanne Munsen

We love that we don't have to live an average life. Living as God's children is every bit an adventure! One highlight was when my husband became a self-employed daddy. A long period ensued without income, a mortgage, bills, and God. But, God was enough. The miracles beganincluding divine money depositsand we never paid a bill late! In fact, God has continued to bless our lives as we put Him first. He taught us about commandments, tithing, and attitudes. He usurped the doctor's plan to remove gills from our baby, guided us away from professional boxing, showed us what marriage and parenting are really about, demonstrated the power in Jesus' blood, and much more. It's a great blessing to have these wonderful memories. I have no doubt He craves an intimate relationship with you, too. Remember, God loves youright nowand wants to do great things through you! "I would highly recommend this book to anyone that feels there is no hope in their lives or just to help them find their own paths." Sue, Mullan, Idaho (excerpt from the foreword) "Thank you so much for sharing your lives with us. It has encouraged us to keep faith during our trial." Bill and Cheryl, Mayo Clinic, Arizona "Remember is an amazing story that increases your faith in God's love, His provisions, and His blessings for your life!" Sharon, St. Maries, Idaho

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149081261X

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Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Roxanne Rustand,Jolene Navarro

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Harlequin Love Inspired June 2019 - Box Set 1 of 2

An Anthology

By: Rebecca Kertz,Roxanne Rustand,Jolene Navarro

Love Inspired brings you three new titles! Enjoy these uplifting contemporary romances of faith, forgiveness and hope. HIS SUITABLE AMISH WIFE Women of Lancaster County by Rebecca Kertz Helping widower Reuben Miller care for his baby was just supposed to be a favor for a friend. But when Ellie Stoltzfus falls for father and son, can she win Reuben’s heart, despite his vow that he’ll marry again only to give his child a mother—not for love? HIGH COUNTRY HOMECOMING Rocky Mountain Ranch by Roxanne Rustand When he starts his life over after a medical discharge from the marines, the last thing Devlin Langford wants is for his childhood nemesis to rent a cabin on his ranch. But pretty Chloe Kenner and her sunny smile might be just what he needs to begin healing. THE TEXAN’S SECRET DAUGHTER Cowboys of Diamondback Ranch by Jolene Navarro When Elijah De La Rosa runs into his ex-wife—the one person he hasn’t apologized to for his youthful mistakes—he’s shocked to discover they have a five-year-old daughter. But can he convince her he’s a changed man worthy of the title daddy…and, possibly, husband?

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1488043388

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Journeys to the Other Shore

Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge

By: Roxanne L. Euben

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Journeys to the Other Shore

Muslim and Western Travelers in Search of Knowledge

By: Roxanne L. Euben

The contemporary world is increasingly defined by dizzying flows of people and ideas. But while Western travel is associated with a pioneering spirit of discovery, the dominant image of Muslim mobility is the jihadi who travels not to learn but to destroy. Journeys to the Other Shore challenges these stereotypes by charting the common ways in which Muslim and Western travelers negotiate the dislocation of travel to unfamiliar and strange worlds. In Roxanne Euben's groundbreaking excursion across cultures, geography, history, genre, and genders, travel signifies not only a physical movement across lands and cultures, but also an imaginative journey in which wonder about those who live differently makes it possible to see the world differently. In the book we meet not only Herodotus but also Ibn Battuta, the fourteenth-century Moroccan traveler. Tocqueville's journeys are set against a five-year sojourn in nineteenth-century Paris by the Egyptian writer and translator Rifa'a Rafi' al-Tahtawi, and Montesquieu's novel Persian Letters meets with the memoir of an East African princess, Sayyida Salme. This extraordinary book shows that curiosity about the unknown, the quest to understand foreign cultures, critical distance from one's own world, and the desire to remake the foreign into the familiar are not the monopoly of any single civilization or epoch. Euben demonstrates that the fluidity of identities, cultures, and borders associated with our postcolonial, globalized world has a long history--one shaped not only by Western power but also by an Islamic ethos of travel in search of knowledge.

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Princeton University Press

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1400827493

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Blood on the Border

A Memoir of the Contra War

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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Blood on the Border

A Memoir of the Contra War

By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Human rights activist and historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz has been described as “a force of nature on the page and off.” That force is fully present in Blood on the Border, the third in her acclaimed series of memoirs. Seamlessly blending the personal and the political, Blood on the Border is Dunbar-Ortiz’s firsthand account of the decade-long dirty war pursued by the Contras and the United States against the people of Nicaragua. With the 1981 bombing of a Nicaraguan plane in Mexico City—a plane Dunbar-Ortiz herself would have been on if not for a delay—the US-backed Contras (short for los contrarrevolucionarios) launched a major offensive against Nicaragua’s Sandinista regime, which the Reagan administration labeled as communist. While her rich political analysis of the US-Nicaraguan relationship bears the mark of a trained historian, Dunbar-Ortiz also writes from her perspective as an intrepid activist who spent months at a time throughout the 1980s in the war-torn country, especially in the remote northeastern region, where the Indigenous Miskitu people were relentlessly assailed and nearly wiped out by CIA-trained Contra mercenaries. She makes painfully clear the connections between what many US Americans today remember only vaguely as the Iran-Contra “affair” and ongoing US aggression in the Americas, the Middle East, and around the world—connections made even more explicit in a new afterword written for this edition. A compelling, important, and sobering story on its own, Blood on the Border offers a deeply informed, closely observed, and heartfelt view of history in the making.

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University of Oklahoma Press

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0806156449

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My Grandfather's Gift of Psalm 1

By: Roxanne West-Johnson

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My Grandfather's Gift of Psalm 1

By: Roxanne West-Johnson

This book is a collection of stories encompassing the ups and downs I have faced in this walk called life. God has shown me how He has been guiding me all along, leading me to have a deeper faith in Him in all that I do and encounter. God’s Word and love has given me the hope and encouragement I have needed. I know that He is always with me especially when I may not realize it at the time. The stories in this book display the steppingstones I have crossed and how God has led me through good, bad, sad and even funny times. He leads me to the next steppingstone I must cross. My Grandfather Reverend Elmer West gave me the gift of Psalm 1 in 1999. Since then I have learned how much grander God’s plans are verses my own... I will not wither. I hope my book will give you inspiration, deepen your faith, and maybe even give you a laugh or two as you let God guide you through your own journey of steppingstones.

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Black Oot Here

Black Lives in Scotland

By: Francesca Sobande,layla-roxanne hill

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Black Oot Here

Black Lives in Scotland

By: Francesca Sobande,layla-roxanne hill

What does it mean to be Black in Scotland today? How are notions of nationhood, Scottishness, and Britishness implicated in this? Why is it important to archive and understand Black Scottish history? Reflecting on the past to make sense of the present, Francesca Sobande and layla-roxanne hill explore the history and contemporary lives of Black people in Scotland. Based on intergenerational interviews, survey responses, photography, and analysis of media and archived material, this book offers a unique snapshot of Black Scottish history and recent 21st century realities. Focusing on a wide range of experiences of education, work, activism, media, creativity, public life, and politics, Black Oot Here presents a vital account of Black lives in Scotland, while carefully considering the future that may lie ahead.

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1913441369

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