Download or read book Better Not Bitter written by Yusef Salaam and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2021-05-18 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a Best Book of 2021 by NPR This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial justice. They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam telling his story. No one's life is the sum of the worst things that happened to them, and during Yusef Salaam's seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, he grew from child to man, and gained a spiritual perspective on life. Yusef learned that we're all "born on purpose, with a purpose." Despite having confronted the racist heart of America while being "run over by the spiked wheels of injustice," Yusef channeled his energy and pain into something positive, not just for himself but for other marginalized people and communities. Better Not Bitter is the first time that one of the now Exonerated Five is telling his individual story, in his own words. Yusef writes his narrative: growing up Black in central Harlem in the '80s, being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother, his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons and principles he learned that gave him the power to survive through the worst of life's experiences. He inspires readers to accept their own path, to understand their own sense of purpose. With his intimate personal insights, Yusef unpacks the systems built and designed for profit and the oppression of Black and Brown people. He inspires readers to channel their fury into action, and through the spiritual, to turn that anger and trauma into a constructive force that lives alongside accountability and mobilizes change. This memoir is an inspiring story that grew out of one of the gravest miscarriages of justice, one that not only speaks to a moment in time or the rage-filled present, but reflects a 400-year history of a nation's inability to be held accountable for its sins. Yusef Salaam's message is vital for our times, a motivating resource for enacting change. Better, Not Bitter has the power to soothe, inspire and transform. It is a galvanizing call to action.
Download or read book Better Not Bitter written by Yusef Salaam and published by . This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This inspirational memoir serves as a call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that will inspire us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial justice. They didn't know who they had. So begins Yusef Salaam, telling his whole story for the first time: of resilience in the face of one of the gravest miscarriages of justice. Despite having confronted the racist heart of America, Yusef channeled his energy and pain into self-determination and positivity. During his seven years of wrongful incarceration as one of the Central Park Five, Yusef gained a spiritual perspective on life, realizing that we are all "born on purpose, with a purpose." Better, Not Bitter is the inspirational story of a young man growing up in central Harlem in the '80s, the failure of America's criminal justice system, of being vilified by a nation. But during his years of incarceration, Yusef discovered the power of art and faith, and of holding on to the person you know you are, which gave him the strength to survive, and helped him through reentry and exoneration. Yusef's journey inspires us to accept our own path, to discover our own sense of purpose. His intimate insights help unpack the racist design of systems built for profit and oppression of Black and Brown people. This motivational memoir urges us to channel fury into action, and to turn anger and trauma into a constructive force to enact change in one's own life and for a better future.
Download or read book It s Not That I m Bitter written by Regina Barreca and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2009-05-12 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of hilarious essays that mull everything from the horror of chin hairs to why the "glass ceiling" is better described as a thick layer of men, Barreca tells women to stop believing the lies and conquer the world.
Download or read book Making Teachers Better Not Bitter written by Tony Frontier and published by ASCD. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In too many districts, evaluation of teachers ensures competence but does little or nothing to encourage and support expertise. In this thought-provoking and groundbreaking book, Tony Frontier and Paul Mielke address this issue head-on, combining the conceptual and the practical by offering a compelling vision of teacher growth, along with nearly three dozen step-by-step protocols for working with teachers. They present a powerful rationale for reconceptualizing teacher evaluation by creating a balanced system of three equally important components: * Reliable and valid evaluation. * Empowering and focused supervision. * Meaningful and purposeful reflection. Each component is discussed in terms of its purpose, premise, processes, practices, and payoffs. Revealing examples based on the authors’ experiences in classrooms across the country show what evaluation, supervision, and reflection look like when they’re not done well--and what they could look like if done more effectively. Providing insight and inspiration, Making Teachers Better, Not Bitter paves a clear path to better teaching and helps you acknowledge and support the hard work that teachers do every day to make learning come alive for their students.
Download or read book I m Not Bitter I m Better written by Cattina C. Coleman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was written to shine light on the many devastating situations people face on a daily basis. On average, every 40 seconds someone somewhere has committed suicide because they couldnt find a reason to go on. The stories in this book are non fiction and allow readers to understand that things happen, people go through hardships, and situations that lead them to a dead end road. People lose relationships, friends, jobs, and loved ones on a daily basis. Everyone has a story; thus everyone has a past which ultimately hinders their future due to ones inability to let go of past problems. Its not easy; nor is it hard to let go. One must find the courage to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel and it isnt death; it is HOPE. Finding reasons to continue striving and believingis finding strength within yourselves that you never knew existed. Never allow your past to hinder your futures because the people and (or) things that have brought you to a halt, will not stop functioning because you chose to shut down. Never allow anyone to make you BITTER; but allow those situations to be the reason you are BITTER then yesterday.
Download or read book Better Not Bitter written by De Anna Komppa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-08-05 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a little girl named Tiffany and angel sent from above. This is an enthralling, heatbreaking story of the love between a mother and child. A fight for life. This story peers into a rare illness, a rare coming together of a community and a special bond between mother and child. An illness that required a rare liver/bowel transplant and a medical system that failed to help and how this little girl became a pioneer. The community rasied over seven hundred thousand dollars in just a few months. This is a story of the media not knowing where the line between helping and invading privacy is drawn. This story reaches beyond life, even in the unfortunate untimely death of a little girl her mission continues. It continues through a mother whose life and heart was forever changed through this event. It's about about a mother reconciling her feelings and own meaning of life, and how she persevered through this trajic line of events. It is not what happens to you but how you deal with it. Taking the good from the bad and making your life, "Better not Bitter."
Download or read book Getting Better Not Bitter written by Brenda Ladun and published by New Hope Publishers (AL). This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ladun honestly shares why cancer is the best thing that ever happened to her, her new perspective on her hectic schedule, how she learned to support her kids when she couldn't be there, how she dealt with cancer's effects of her body, and more. This survivor shares how to find peace that passes all understanding and how to truly live the life we're given to the fullest.
Download or read book Don t Get Bitter Get Better written by Tammy T. Bussey and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-01-17 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saundra Boston has finally accomplished a lifetime goal and dream. She is a Senior Partner in a very reputable and prestigious law firm. However, it has not come without a price. Saundra has come through a tough childhood in the projects, dysfunctional family life, broken heart more than once, fake co-workers, envious friends, marriage and divorced. But the one thing she could not do was give up on her children. In spite of all the bitterness, she had to make it for them. She had to become better, not bitter. Now that it seems like she has it all, there is still one thing missing.....
Download or read book Bitter written by Akwaeke Emezi and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi comes a companion novel to PET that explores both the importance and cost of social revolution--and how youth lead the way. Bitter is an aspiring artist who has been invited to cultivate her talents at a special school in the town of Lucille. Surrounded by other creative teens, she can focus on her painting--though she hides a secret from everyone around her. Meanwhile, the streets of Lucille are filled with social unrest. This is Lucille before the Revolution. A place of darkness and injustice. A place where a few ruling elites control the fates of the many. The young people of Lucille know they deserve better--they aren't willing to settle for this world that the adults say is "just the way things are." They are protesting, leading a much-needed push for social change. But Bitter isn't sure where she belongs--in the art studio or in the streets. And if she does find a way to help the Revolution while being true to who she is, she must also ask: what are the costs? Acclaimed novelist Akwaeke Emezi looks at the power of youth, protest, and art in this timely and provocative novel, a companion to National Book Award Finalist Pet. Praise for PET: "The word hype was invented to describe books like this." --Refinery29 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST "[A] beautiful, genre-expanding debut. . . . Pet is a nesting doll of creative possibilities." --The New York Times "Like [Madeleine] L'Engle, Akwaeke Emezi asks questions of good and evil and agency, all wrapped up in the terrifying and glorious spectacle of fantastical theology." --NPR
Download or read book Bitter Or Better written by Caryn Sullivan and published by RockPaperStar Press. This book was released on 2015-06-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Portions of this book appeared in, or were adapted from, the author's column in the opinion page of the St. Paul Pioneer Press and the Huffington Post between 2007 and 2014." -- Title page verso.
Download or read book Better Decisions Fewer Regrets written by Andy Stanley and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set yourself up for success in every season of life, for the rest of your life. Discover five game-changing questions to ask every time you make a major decision regarding your finances, relationships, career, and more. Good questions lead to better decisions. And your decisions determine the direction and quality of your life—they create the story of your life. And while nobody plans to complicate their life with bad decisions, far too many people have no plan to make good decisions. In Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets, Andy Stanley—pastor and bestselling author of Irresistible and Not In It To Win It—will help you learn from experience and stop making bad decisions by integrating five questions into every decision you make, big or small. This book will help you live differently by showing you how to: Develop a decision-making filter that reveals which choices will likely lead to positive results. Avoid selling yourself on bad ideas and making quick decisions when time is short. Find truth and clarity in any tricky decision. Improve relationships and heal division through better decisions. Discover the reasons behind your decisions so you can move forward with positive changes. Consider the long-term impact of your choices so you can write a life story worth celebrating. Easily identify any red flags that signal which decisions may result in future regrets.
Download or read book Bitter is the New Black written by Jen Lancaster and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-03-07 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Jen Lancaster takes you from sorority house to penthouse to poorhouse in her hilarious memoir of living the sweet life—until real life kicked her to the curb. She had the perfect man, the perfect job—hell, she had the perfect life—and there was no reason to think it wouldn't last. Or maybe there was, but Jen Lancaster was too busy being manicured, pedicured, highlighted, and generally adored to notice. This is the smart-mouthed, soul-searching story of a woman trying to figure out what happens next when she's gone from six figures to unemployment checks and she stops to reconsider some of the less-than-rosy attitudes and values she thought she'd never have to answer for when times were good. Filled with caustic wit and unusual insight, it's a rollicking read as speedy and unpredictable as the trajectory of a burst balloon.
Download or read book Not Bitter But Better written by Joyce Rose and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: So many people live their lives being stuck in repeated cycles in life and potentially growing bitter because of past or present hurts and pains, living with regrets, unforgiveness, blaming others for not moving forward and feel justified to do so. Joyce Rose shares insights from her own experience addressing the story millions of people have been a victim or perpetrator of Domestic abuse. She addresses the issue of bereavement and loss where countless people have become stuck and unable to move on. Not bitter but better will allow you to identify where you may have become stuck and more importantly offers hope and answers that can set you free. After reading this book you will have no excuses not to be better.
Download or read book Get Better Not Bitter written by Ceci Nelson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get Better - Not Bitter is a self help book for those who have suffered or are suffering due to the tragic pains and pangs of life, family, health and relationships. This book is designed to help you not only recognize the bitterness in you but, it will also help you to move past the bitterness to a better, more rewarding, more fulfilling life. Life happens to each of us but, it is not life happening that makes the difference in the end, it's how we handle life when it happens that sets the tone, changes the tides. We have a responsibility and duty to ourselves and others to be the best us that we can be and to have the best life that God promised; unfortunately, sometimes life can take its toll on us leaving us empty, sad, lonely, mad, angry, pissed off, outraged, hurt, devastated and yes, even bitter. The key to success beyond life's issues and complications is being able to root out the things that cause your bitterness and being able to deflect those things before they become a problem. If we are to have a life worth living and enjoying, we must first release ourselves from the bondage of bitterness. What lies beneath within the internal is far more detrimental to our well-being than what others may see on the outside. We owe it to ourselves to have the latter that God promised us even if our former didn't reflect such a possibility. With the help of Get Better - Not Bitter, you will began to take back control of your life, your health, your happiness, your strength, your joy, your peace and more. Enclosed you will find daily lessons to help you along your way. You will also find poems, scriptures, stories and many other resources that will assist you with starting over the right way. Welcome to Get Better - Not Bitter, our prayer is that with every page read and scripture imparted, you will see your life transformed brick by brick, bit by bit. In no time soon, we expect you to be able to recognize the difference made in your life based on the positive, honest, pure and realistic steps taken by you to get better and not bitter. It's not enough to wish for a better life, you must be willing to do your part and the first step is reading this book and applying what you have learned to your everyday life. Now is the time for you to take a stand. If you can stand for others surely, you can stand for yourself. If you are still breathing, then there is still time to change your life and renew your world. You can go from bitter to better, no matter what your current situation is. Now is the time. Strike while the iron is still hot. Make the choice TODAY to GET BETTER - NOT BITTER - the choice is yours and the time is now. Thank you for your purchase. We would like to Welcome you again to Get Better - Not Bitter and Welcome to your New Life.....We look forward to hearing your great testimony about the transformation God made in your life through GET BETTER - NOT BITTER. Be Blessed.
Download or read book Bitter Or Better Your Choice After Divorce written by Deborah Kidd Leporowski and published by Wellness Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 2002-09 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leave Bitterness Behind And Make You Life Better For the millions who are struggling with the aftermath of divorce, Dr. Leporowshi's insights provide a private, economical program that will challenge you to use your divorce as the perfect opportunity to re-examine all aspects of your life and will convince you to leave bitterness, anger, and resentment behind. Make superior, conscious life-choices with the aid of the insight and knowledge of an experienced clinical psychologist. You Will Discover: 7How to be personally responsible and accountable for your own happiness. 7Relationship Lessons and the "red flags" you must be aware of 7How to manage all of those emotions and discover from that blow to your self-esteem. 7How to manage the inevitable challenge of raising children after divorce. 7How to take charge of your health after divorce. 7How to design a healthy lifestyle with superior relationships. 7The Better Life is a conscious choice you can make. Dr. Deborah Kidd Leporowski is a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist with a practice in Juno Beach, Florida. A successful speaker and seminar presenter, Dr. Leporowski has successfully gone through a divorce herself. She has appeared on local t.v. And radio talk shows and her commentary is regularly sought by the media.
Download or read book Don t Be Bitter Be Better written by Yolanda L. Robinson and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10-25 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Don't Be Bitter, Be Better, Yolanda L. Robinson, an experienced speaker, youth mentor, and professional life coach, shares some of what she has witnessed and learned over the years about self-empowerment. Her guide is not about taking shortcuts, but learning how to work hard in order to be successful, get what you want, and fulfill your dreams. Encouraging you to believe that you are worthy of God's gifts, she teaches you how to recognize obstacles, overcome them, and celebrate life whether your achievements are big or small. Providing tips, suggestions, exercises, and creative solutions, her little book is guaranteed to lead you towards improved performance, enhanced relationships, increased satisfaction, and most important of all, self-confidence. Are family, career, business, financial, and relationship issues holding you back? Stop being bitter, be better, and move on! If you yearn for an empowered life grounded in passion and purpose, it's entirely up to you to make the effort. It's all about treating time as a precious commodity, seeing the big picture, and defining a realistic plan. This invaluable resource is sure to help you along the way.
Download or read book A Better Not Bitter Divorce written by Bj Mann and published by Hopehill Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divorce does not have to be a bitter ordeal-and no one knows this better than BJ Mann, a leading divorce mediator in Upstate New York. In A Better, Not Bitter Divorce: The Fair and Affordable Way to End Your Marriage, BJ brings you the wealth of information she has put to use in her work with thousands of divorcing couples.
