Download or read book America s Forgotten Holiday written by Donna T. Haverty-Stacke and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though now a largely forgotten holiday in the United States, May Day was founded here in 1886 by an energized labor movement as a part of its struggle for the eight-hour day. In ensuing years, May Day took on new meaning, and by the early 1900s had become an annual rallying point for anarchists, socialists, and communists around the world. Yet American workers and radicals also used May Day to advance alternative definitions of what it meant to be an American and what America should be as a nation. Mining contemporary newspapers, party and union records, oral histories, photographs, and rare film footage, America’s Forgotten Holiday explains how May Days celebrants, through their colorful parades and mass meetings, both contributed to the construction of their own radical American identities and publicized alternative social and political models for the nation. This fascinating story of May Day in America reveals how many contours of American nationalism developed in dialogue with political radicals and workers, and uncovers the cultural history of those who considered themselves both patriotic and dissenting Americans.
Download or read book The Forgotten Holiday written by Chuck Tedder and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there were three close holidays - Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. They occupied the last quarter of the year and together they were the golden trinity of holidays. But as time passed, something began to happen that would change this close bond. As one holiday became more popular, and then another, one holiday found itself shrinking from the limelight, threatened with being overshadowed. Follow the Thanksgiving turkey as he navigates the explosive commercialism of Halloween and Christmas while his own treasured holiday is squeezed out with barely any recognition. Can it survive? This picture book for children young and old offers suggestions on how to honor the season, to give thanks for all that we have and to find ways to help others during their time of need. You can make a difference!
Download or read book Forgotten Christmas written by Ash Gilpin and published by Bookbaby. This book was released on 2018-07-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Forgotten Christmas" is a wonderfully illustrated children's book that tells of a time when Christmas had long been forgotten. It wasn't until three closest of friends discovered the magical holiday that they made a pact, and set out on an adventure, to bring the holiday back.
Download or read book Emily Windsnap and the Falls of Forgotten Island written by Liz Kessler and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While on vacation, Emily Windsnap finds herself swept up in an ancient prophecy as the New York Times best-selling series continues. Emily is headed to a tropical island for a relaxing vacation with friends and family. And this time, Emily promises her best friend, Shona, there will be absolutely no adventure — just plenty of fun. But somehow excitement always seems to find Emily, and before she knows it, she ends up on the other side of a powerful waterfall on a forgotten island no one else can get to. Well, no one that isn’t a half-mer like Emily and her boyfriend, Aaron. The people who live on the island believe in a prophecy that foretells how they can be saved from an imminent, devastating earthquake — and this prophecy seems to revolve around Emily and Aaron, as well as a mysterious, mythic giant. Will they be able to find the giant — and fulfill the prophecy — before it’s too late?
Download or read book The Forgotten Carols written by Michael McLean and published by Deseret Book. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An extraordinary visitor brings a miracle to the Christmas season of Isaac and Eliza Rose, two young children who lost their father the year before.
Download or read book Forgotten written by Cat Patrick and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each night at precisely 4:33 am, while sixteen-year-old London Lane is asleep, her memory of that day is erased. In the morning, all she can "remember" are events from her future. London is used to relying on reminder notes and a trusted friend to get through the day, but things get complicated when a new boy at school enters the picture. Luke Henry is not someone you'd easily forget, yet try as she might, London can't find him in her memories of things to come. When London starts experiencing disturbing flashbacks, or flash-forwards, as the case may be, she realizes it's time to learn about the past she keeps forgetting-before it destroys her future.
Download or read book The Rotarian written by and published by . This book was released on 1929-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1911, The Rotarian is the official magazine of Rotary International and is circulated worldwide. Each issue contains feature articles, columns, and departments about, or of interest to, Rotarians. Seventeen Nobel Prize winners and 19 Pulitzer Prize winners – from Mahatma Ghandi to Kurt Vonnegut Jr. – have written for the magazine.
Download or read book Christmas with Ed Sullivan written by Ed Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors Include Bing Crosby, Jack Benny, Pearl Buck, Walter Cronkite, Clark Gable And Many Others.
Download or read book Holiday Fantasy and Science Fiction Stories written by Mikkell K Khan and published by Mind of Khan Studios. This book was released on 2021-12-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mikkell K. Khan has put together a fantastic collection of holiday-themed science fiction and fantasy stories. If you're looking for a break from the everyday, this is the perfect book for you! Step into a world of adventure, mystery, and magic. Over 20 different stories to read and experience which include, The Secret of the Wreath The Blessed Bell of Gerig The Canes of Shifter Hills A Blue Dove’s Birdsong The Eve of Fire A Gift The Day After Christmas Strike of the Sabien Lights Lantern of Clementine Old Queen’s Ornaments Gift of the Great Wolf Lucilla’s Gift of Christmas The Christmas Robot Claus Attack on Christmas The Last Evergreen Tree Last of the Feygas A Mutant Christmas One Peculiar Christmas Training Day Gift of the Mythril Core Kindness for Third Christmas Last Temple’s Fall The Race That Keeps on Giving Scroll up to get your copy today!
Download or read book Berlin s Forgotten Future written by Matt Erlin and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through an analysis of the works of the Berlin Aufklarer Friedrich Gedike, Friedrich Nicolai, G. E. Lessing, and Moses Mendelssohn, Matt Erlin shows how the rapid changes occurring in Prussia's newly minted metropolis challenged these intellectuals to engage in precisely the kind of nuanced thinking about history that has come to be seen as characteristic of the German Enlightenment. The author's demonstration of Berlin's historical-theoretical significance also provides perspective on the larger question of the city's impact on eighteenth-century German culture. Challenging the widespread idea that German intellectuals were anti-urban, the study reveals the extent to which urban sociability came to be seen by some as a problematic but crucial factor in the realization of their Enlightenment aims.
Download or read book The Forgotten Christmas Saint written by Susan Peek and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-04 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet Saint Anastasia, one of the greatest Christmas saints and the Patroness of Martyrs. Take her hand and let her lead you to the Crib! When people think of saints that remind them of Christmas, Saint Anastasia is almost always forgotten. For centuries, this humble and unassuming martyr has remained hidden in the shadows of the stable. Yet of all the saints in Heaven, she is the only one whose feast day falls on Christmas itself! It's about time she stepped forward and made some new friends! Join Saint Anastasia and her best friend, Saint Theodota, as they bravely prove their love for God and neighbor, even unto the sacrifice of their own lives. With charming full-color illustrations and easy-to-read text, this third book in Susan Peek's new series for children (companion to her series for teens, "God's Forgotten Friends: Lives of Little-known Saints") is sure not only to capture the hearts of Catholic children everywhere, but to inspire and inflame them with a greater love for their Holy Faith and the saints who lived and died for it.
Download or read book The Forgotten Carols written by Michael McLean and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Forgotten Carols is an innovative storybook/CD about a nurse whose empty life is changed by her patient, John. As the story moves along, the characters in the novel break into song, which are included on the compact disc. Line drawings.
Download or read book The Atlas of Forgotten Places written by Jenny D. Williams and published by Thomas Dunne Books. This book was released on 2017-07-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After a long career as an aid worker, Sabine Hardt has retreated to her native Germany for a quieter life. But when her American niece Lily disappears while volunteering in Uganda, Sabine must return to places and memories she once thought buried in order to find her. In Uganda, Rose Akulu--haunted by a troubled past with the Lord's Resistance Army--becomes distressed when her lover Ocen vanishes without a trace. Side by side, Sabine and Rose must unravel the tangled threads that tie Lily and Ocen's lives together--ultimately discovering that the truth of their loved ones' disappearance is inescapably entwined to the secrets the two women carry."--
Download or read book Unlikely written by Rick Renner and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 1618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A teacher nicknamed him Stupid for an entire school yearjob-placement counselors told him to steer clear of college due to his academic ineptitudefriends shied away from him because of his love for the artseven those closest to him were mystified by his early passion for the Bible and his lack of interest in sports. And the enemy used it all to torment him daily for years. But Rick Renner was no misfit, as his young mind had been told. He not only marched to the beat of a different drummer from a very young age he was marching to the rhythm of Gods unique calling on his life. It was a call to full-time ministry that drew him through the confusing mire of opposing voices and dream thieves to Soviet lands on the other side of the world to places where his love for the arts was normal, but most importantly, to places that had been spiritually dry and devoid of the Bible for decades, where the people welcomed him and his family with open arms. Ricks intellectual ineptitude was also refuted when he studied Greek in college and went on to become a foremost teacher of New Testament Greek in the international Christian community. Having begun the first Christian television network in the former Soviet Union; produced daily TV teaching programs that air around the world; and written more than 50 books on topics ranging from Church history and spiritual warfare to events concerning the last days, Ricks story is as unlikely as they come. Having grown up in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, Rick now lives in the metropolitan city of Moscow, Russia. In his autobiography, he writes about: the pain of suicide and multiple divorces in his extended family. his struggles against mind-bending spirits that tried to derail him from his youth. his close experience with the spirit of death. angelic encounters. saboteurs on the inside. threats against his life by a motorcycle gang, a madman, and the Russian mafia. a government confrontation when he and his team were building the first Protestant church in that former Soviet republic since it had become a part of the USSR decades earlier. You will laugh and cry and be encouraged and inspired as you read this authors vulnerable account of his unlikely calling and the many obstacles and personal challenges he had to overcome to fulfill it. And youll rejoice to read about his many happy endings, including his unlikely courtship and marriage to his wife Denise, who has accompanied him on the last almost four decades of his fascinating journey. Whether you realize it or not, you have an unlikely story too. And you dont have to be wise, powerful, or prestigious to live the dream of fulfilling your divine destiny. In fact, these arent the best characteristics for submitting your resum to God. Instead, give Him your weakness and your willingness and just watch your own story of unlikely unfold.
Download or read book Forgotten Fairy Tales of Brave and Brilliant Girls written by Usborne Publishing, Limited and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are eight forgotten fairy tales, with heroines who are not quiet and passive, but adventurous, intelligent and daring. Stories include a sleeping prince rescued by a princess, sisters who fight a goblin to rescue a bear, and a young girl who outwits a giant to save her family. A collection of feminist fairytales, forgotten over history, for the modern reader. Perfect for fans of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, Jessie Burton's The Restless Girls and Kiran Millwood Hargrave's The Way Past Winter. Featuring gorgeous illustrations in a beautiful hardback edition, this is a perfect Christmas gift.
Download or read book The Forgotten Gift written by Jacqui Wilson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a Christmas concert, members of a children's church choir gloat about how well they have done. Their attitudes reflect overall issues their choir director has started to notice in them. As they talk, they return to the choir room to pick up Christmas gifts left for them by Director Smith. However, the gifts she gives them are unexpected. In each gift box, the children find pieces of paper featuring the non-tangible aspects of Jesus, such as patience, hope, and courage. Angry at what they have received, the children vent, crumple the papers, and throw them to the floor. After throwing the papers on the floor, one child notices that there is more on the back of the papers and discovers why the choir director has chosen to give the gifts. Gaining understanding, the child reflects. The others follow suit. Finally, one of the children realizes that there is still one gift left on the table. On the box, it says, "To everyone." The children open the box to discover the final and most important gift -- the gift of Jesus.
Download or read book A Treasury of Christmas Stories written by Adams Media and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Treasury of Christmas Stories is an uplifting collection of holiday tales from people just like you. You can read about the special gift that made a family’s Christmas or a mall Santa who learned sign language in order to bring holiday cheer to a little boy and enjoy their stories as you reflect on Christmas memories of your own. This wonderful collection celebrates the spirit of the holiday with one story for each of the twelve days of Christmas. Enjoy and happy holidays!
