Download or read book Breathe written by Imani Perry and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist 2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee - Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction) Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus Reviews) · 25 Can't-Miss Books of 2019 (The Undefeated) Explores the terror, grace, and beauty of coming of age as a Black person in contemporary America and what it means to parent our children in a persistently unjust world. Emotionally raw and deeply reflective, Imani Perry issues an unflinching challenge to society to see Black children as deserving of humanity. She admits fear and frustration for her African American sons in a society that is increasingly racist and at times seems irredeemable. However, as a mother, feminist, writer, and intellectual, Perry offers an unfettered expression of love—finding beauty and possibility in life—and she exhorts her children and their peers to find the courage to chart their own paths and find steady footing and inspiration in Black tradition. Perry draws upon the ideas of figures such as James Baldwin, W. E. B. DuBois, Emily Dickinson, Toni Morrison, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Ida B. Wells. She shares vulnerabilities and insight from her own life and from encounters in places as varied as the West Side of Chicago; Birmingham, Alabama; and New England prep schools. With original art for the cover by Ekua Holmes, Breathe offers a broader meditation on race, gender, and the meaning of a life well lived and is also an unforgettable lesson in Black resistance and resilience.
Download or read book Grown and Flown written by Lisa Heffernan and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PARENTING NEVER ENDS. From the founders of the #1 site for parents of teens and young adults comes an essential guide for building strong relationships with your teens and preparing them to successfully launch into adulthood The high school and college years: an extended roller coaster of academics, friends, first loves, first break-ups, driver’s ed, jobs, and everything in between. Kids are constantly changing and how we parent them must change, too. But how do we stay close as a family as our lives move apart? Enter the co-founders of Grown and Flown, Lisa Heffernan and Mary Dell Harrington. In the midst of guiding their own kids through this transition, they launched what has become the largest website and online community for parents of fifteen to twenty-five year olds. Now they’ve compiled new takeaways and fresh insights from all that they’ve learned into this handy, must-have guide. Grown and Flown is a one-stop resource for parenting teenagers, leading up to—and through—high school and those first years of independence. It covers everything from the monumental (how to let your kids go) to the mundane (how to shop for a dorm room). Organized by topic—such as academics, anxiety and mental health, college life—it features a combination of stories, advice from professionals, and practical sidebars. Consider this your parenting lifeline: an easy-to-use manual that offers support and perspective. Grown and Flown is required reading for anyone looking to raise an adult with whom you have an enduring, profound connection.
Download or read book Letters to My Son written by Lea Redmond and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Share memories, love, and words of wisdom with a son of any age. Write now. Read later. Treasure forever: Letters to My Son will inspire you remind your son how important he is to you and your family. The 12, fold-and-mail-style envelopes invite moms and dads to share their favorite memories and hopes for a bright future for their son. Seal your letters with the included stickers, postdate, and gift this book to your remarkable son. When he opens the letters in the future, he will receive an invaluable gift: a tangible reflection of his parents' love. • Each letter is printed with a unique prompt like "In the future, I hope we.," "I love that our family.," "I'm proud of you because.," and "I love being your parent because.," plus two blank letters to write your own • Makes a great graduation or wedding-day gift • Created by Lea Redmond, the author of the bestselling Letters to My. book series that has sold more than 2 million copies worldwide Fans of Letters to My Daughter, Letters to My Grandchild, and Letters to My Baby will love Letters to My Son. A great way to remind your son how important he is to your family. Letters to My Son includes 12 prompted letters that will inspire moms and dads to tell their son how much he means to the family. Each letter has a space to write when it was sealed and when it should be opened (will it be tomorrow or in 20 years?). Seal letters with the included stickers before giving this time capsule to your son!
Download or read book A Letter to Our Son written by Peter Carey and published by University of Queensland Press(Australia). This book was released on 1994 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing the Game written by John O'Sullivan and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The modern day youth sports environment has taken the enjoyment out of athletics for our children. Currently, 70% of kids drop out of organized sports by the age of 13, which has given rise to a generation of overweight, unhealthy young adults. There is a solution. John O’Sullivan shares the secrets of the coaches and parents who have not only raised elite athletes, but have done so by creating an environment that promotes positive core values and teaches life lessons instead of focusing on wins and losses, scholarships, and professional aspirations. Changing the Game gives adults a new paradigm and a game plan for raising happy, high performing children, and provides a national call to action to return youth sports to our kids.
Download or read book Letter to My Son Words of wisdom advice and lessons on life from parents written by Felix Cheong and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every boy goes through several rites of passage as he grows up to become a man. He learns from siblings, peers, teachers and other adults. But perhaps no one has as much influence over him as his parents. This is not surprising as they look after their son from a young age and build bonds of trust and love. In this collection edited by award-winning author Felix Cheong, parents (both fathers and mothers) write letters to their sons about the different roles they will go through as son, brother, husband and father. Here are life lessons about etiquette, manners, school life, courtship, marriage, work, responsibilities and everything else you can think of in-between. These mini-essays will show you, through the eyes of writers from all walks of life, the trial and trails of bringing up boys. Contributors include: P N Balji, Nizam Ismail, Darren Soh, Clement Mesenas, Kenny Chan, Olivier Castaignède, Mark Laudi, Anitha Devi Pillai, Lester Kok, Dinesh Rai, Gilbert Koh, Roland Koh, Christopher Ng, Vicky Chong, Sanjay C Kuttan, Chris Henson, Bernard Harrison, Lee Ee Wurn and Anthony Goh
Download or read book What the Valley Knows written by Heather Christie and published by Black Rose Writing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A taut, compelling family tale." –Kirkus Reviews Millington Valley is a quintessential small Pennsylvania town: families go back generations. Football rules. Kids drink while adults look the other way. High school is a whirlwind of aspiration and rivalry, friendship and jealousy. When smart and pretty Molly Hanover moves to town and attracts the attention of the football team’s hero, Wade Thornton—a nice guy with a bad drinking habit—longtime friendships are threatened and a popular cheerleader tries to turn the school against Molly. The young couple’s future is shattered when Wade, drunk, wrecks his truck and Molly is thrown through the windshield. She wakes from a coma to find her beauty marred and her memory full of holes. As she struggles to heal, she becomes sure that something terrible happened before the accident. And there is somebody in the valley who doesn’t want her to remember.
Download or read book Letters to You written by Miriam Hathaway and published by Compendium Publishing & Communications. This book was released on 2015-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Write a Letter to Your Child Each Year. A keepsake book of moments, memories, and messages of love, written in your own words. Inside you'll find prompts, questions, and space to write a letter to your child each year of their childhood, from ages 1 to 18. Read these pages together through the years, or wait to present this book on a graduation or wedding day for a beautifully personal gift that can only be given by you.
Download or read book A Letter to My Son on Why I Hate His Mother written by Ringo Mandingo and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-26 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Do I Hate Your Mother? Let Me Count the Ways...There comes a day in every young boy's life when he asks, "Hey, where's Dad? Why aren't him and Mom together? Was it something Mom did? Did that numbskull completely poop the bed on this one?"This account is a letter to my son, for all sons. written as a father, for all fathers. It is a universal chronicle for the voiceless men out there who hate the mother of their children. The daddies, papas, and padres who feel such blistering rancor and malice toward the women who birthed their little boys that their eyes feel like they're literally about to explode inside their heads, like bratwurst in a malfunctioning microwave.If you're in the market for obscene, offensive, madcap, hilariously heartbreaking and scatological tales of one man's descent into the hellish world of romance, pregnancy, and parenting with a woman he loves to hate and hates to love, then look no further. Let Ringo Mandingo take your greasy palm and lead you Willy-Wonka-style into a world of pulverized hopes and devastated dreams.
Download or read book A Letter to My Sons written by Chablis Dandridge and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A belief is all that stands between a person and success. Self-belief is all that stands between you and your own success. This book is designed to challenge your beliefs in self and success. Challenging limiting beliefs and shaping the ones that encourage that anything is possible, this book will help you break out of the mental prison that keeps you from being who you need to be, to do the things you get to do, to have the things you want in life!
Download or read book The Heart of a Military Mom written by Army Mom Strong and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you need someone encouraging you, especially when you are learning to let go of your child to military service? How about when they are difficult places or in harm's way? Do you feel stressed or worried? You are not alone. Elaine Brye and Army Mom Strong have combined their efforts to create a powerful, emotional and inspirational pictorial book of encouragement and support for military moms of all branches. The authors are veteran military moms who have supported many moms through the challenges that come with sending a child into harm's way. "The Heart of a Military Mom" gives you valuable insights to help you to stand strong in the face of fear and on the home front. It is the first in a series of supportive books to inspire you to create a more fulfilling journey as a military mom.
Download or read book A Letter To My Son A Memoir written by Endale Edith and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a chronicle of the journey of a woman who strode from anticipation, joy, loss, pain, shame, and finally healing and strength in her quest to become a mother. This memoir is full of hope and strength which opens eyes and hearts to the fact that the world has to come to the realization that childless women are not outcast, they are our sisters, our neighbors, our cousins, our aunties, our daughters and our friends, so they need our love and support each step of the way.
Download or read book A Letter to My Son written by Kim S and published by Polished Publishing Group. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Letter to My Son copyright (c) 2004, 2009 by Kim S. All rights reserved. A few people have asked me, "Is this book an autobiography? It sure sounds like you." The answer to that question is: "Yes and no." A Letter to My Son is based on some of my life experiences; but, many of the characters inside are fictional, and some of the story ideas were sparked by nothing more than a telephone conversation. In retrospect, this book is more a reflection of my mindset, at that time, than my whole reality. I saw myself as a victim in life, stemming from a family tragedy that occurred when I was a teenager; and, this is the vantage point from which I continued to view the world around me for many years to come. The stories in A Letter to My Son are the snippets of my life experience that I chose to focus on back then. Evidently, the more I dwelled upon this notion that I was a casualty of unfair circumstance, the more I attracted people and situations that proved me right. I believe we always prove ourselves right. We all receive what we expect to receive from life, and we attract the circumstances that match our personal vibrations at any given time. This is a natural, impartial law of our universe-just as gravity is-and I believe this book demonstrates it very clearly. At the time I wrote A Letter to My Son, I had no idea why I was so compelled to purge these pessimistic thoughts from my system in such a public way. But, several years later, I know. It's as though it was meant to be, all along, and my second and third books bring it all full circle. I was saying "good-bye" to that troubled phase in my life and opening myself up to something new. Two and a half years later, "something new" arrived-a more optimistic viewpoint that changed the path I was on and spawned the creation of my second book titled A Letter to My Daughter. About the Author When Kim S. published her first book, A Letter to My Son, in 2004, she had no idea why she was compelled to purge her negativity in such a public way. But several years later, she knows. It's as though it was meant to be all along, and her second and third books bring it all full circle. A Letter to My Son was based on some of Kim's life experiences, but many of the characters were fictional and some of the story ideas were sparked by nothing more than a telephone conversation. The book, which stemmed from a family tragedy that happened when she was a teenager, was a reflection of her mindset at the time. She saw herself as a victim of circumstance, and this was the vantage point she viewed the world from for many years to come. After being introduced to the Law of Attraction in early 2007, Kim S. was so inspired that she wrote and published her second book, A Letter to My Daughter, in record speed. It expressed a joyful time in her life, and it communicated a message of being true to yourself while respecting other people's choices. Kim resolved to put this theory to the test-to determine, for herself, if it is true that we get what we focus on. After nearly three years of consciously and deliberately applying the principles of the Law of Attraction in her life, she is proud to present her third book, titled 11:11. Kim S. believes we always prove ourselves right. We all receive what we expect to receive from life, and we attract the circumstances that match our personal vibrations at any given time. This is a natural, impartial law of our universe-just as gravity is-and each of her books demonstrates it very clearly in its own way.
Download or read book A Letter To My Son written by Tahsinur Chowdhury and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2023-08-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humans have an insatiable yearning for remembrance. Somehow, the idea of going down without a last shot—the idea of losing to life and to time—unsettles us. Hence, a yearning to leave a mark is born, along with our desire to be remembered by our children and grandchildren. We find comfort that some part of us will live even after we are called for, and so this memoir, A Letter to My Son was inspired.
Download or read book A Letter to My Son written by Keyia Banner and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm writing this book to remind myself and other mothers that loosing a child is the hardest thing I've ever had to deal with. I'm dedicating this book to his daughter Shamiya and every mother that is going to the suffering I'm going through. I love you Dymere and your always in my heart. This is a letter to my son.
Download or read book A Letter from a Gentleman N Torriano to his Son abroad occasioned by his having married a Roman Catholic To which are added a few moral letters with the Protestant s Universal Prayer written by Nathanael TORRIANO (the Elder.) and published by . This book was released on 1753 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book My Dear Son Garabed I Read Your Letter I Cried I Laughed Sevg l O lum Garabed Mekdubun Okudum A lad m G ld m written by H. Şükrü Ilıcak and published by Histor Press. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Garabed and his father, Haroutiun Kojaian, left their beloved village of Efkere/Kayseri to immigrate to America in 1912 and 1913, they had no idea that it would be the last time that they would see their family, or their village. By the end of the First World War, still living in the United States, they were left with nothing but their memories, and a stack of letters that had been written to them from their loved ones in Efkere between the years 1912 and 1915. More than 100 years later, these letters have been painstakingly translated, and are presented here for the first time. Written primarily in the provincial Turkish of the Ottoman countryside using the Armenian alphabet, the letters also contain passages written in the now-extinct Armenian dialect of Efkere. They provide a fascinating glimpse into pre-World War I village life in Ottoman Anatolia in this pivotal time for both the Armenian and Turkish peoples. For details please visit https://www.facebook.com/historpress/ *** Garabed Kocayan in his Harutyun bir sene arayla 1912 in 1913'te çok sevdikleri köyleri Efkere'den (Kayseri) Amerika'ya göç etmek için ayrıldıklarında, ailelerini in köylerini bir daha görmeyecekleri hiç akıllarına gelmemişti. Birinci Dünya Savaşı'nın sonuna doğru hala ABD’de yaşıyorlardı ve geride hatıraları ve 1912 ile 1915 arasında Efkere’de bıraktıkları sevdikleri tarafından yazılmış bir deste mektuptan başka hiçbir şey kalmamıştı. Yüz seneden fazla bir süre sonra, özenle çevrilen bu mektuplar okuyucularla ilk defa buluşuyorlar. Büyük bölümü dönemin ve bölgenin Türkçesinde Ermeni harfleriyle yazılmış olan bu mektuplar, artık yok olmuş olan Efkere Ermenice diyalektinde de pasajlar içeriyorlar. Mektuplar, Ermeni ve Türk halkları için bir dönüm noktası olan Birinci Dünya Savaşı’nın hemen öncesinde Anadolu’daki köy yaşamının eşsiz bir görüntüsünü sunuyorlar. Ayrıntılar için: https://www.facebook.com/historpress/
