Download or read book My Brothers Keeper written by Gloria Reuben and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a sibling is unlike any other. Gloria Reuben’s little brother died just before his twenty-second birthday. Two decades later, her oldest brother Denis died two weeks short of his sixtieth birthday. Just as Gloria felt like she was finally healing from David’s death, the shock of Denis’ unexpected death was almost too much to take. In My Brothers’ Keeper, Gloria bares her soul as she reveals the intimate details of her life at home as a young girl. How the death of her father when she was twelve shaped her view of love and life. How David’s death was the impetus for her move from Canada to the United States. And how her brother Denis was her heart’s twin in a multitude of ways. Gloria, most well known as an actress, debuts her talent as a writer in My Brothers’ Keeper, an intimate and honest tribute to David and Denis. Their lives. Their deaths. And the hope that awaits. “Gloria has written a truly wonderful and inspirational tribute to her brothers and to life. Helpful to all of us who have suffered losses.”—Pete Earley

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a captivating debut novel that is both humorous and heartwrenching, ReShonda Tate Billingsley -- winner of the Gold Pen Award for Best New Author -- spins an irresistible story that will touch every reader's heart. Aja James hasn't had it easy. She has kept a close watch over her siblings ever since tragedy robbed them of their parents. Tired of carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, Aja is ready for a change. Her best friend, Roxie, knows just what to do -- she sets Aja up on a date with one of the most sought after bachelors in town, handsome sportscaster Charles Clayton. Charles is everything Aja has ever dreamed of -- sensitive, sexy, and charming. But "happily ever after" isn't that simple. While Aja has rebounded from the loss of her parents, her sister and brother have not. Jada is lost in a world of silence with no way for Aja to reach her, and Eric's uncontrollable rage is wreaking havoc on his life. As Aja sees her brother heading down the same violent path that destroyed their family, she makes it her business to stop the cycle -- even if it means putting her own life, and her own chance at love, on hold. My Brother's Keeper is a poignant novel about a resilient family learning that sometimes you have to forgive in order to find the strength to move on.

Download or read book Cuba Winner of the Pulitzer Prize written by Ada Ferrer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama’s opening to the island, Donald Trump’s reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an “important” (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island’s past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; “readers will close [this] fascinating book with a sense of hope” (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author’s own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.

Download or read book Cut written by Patricia McCormick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Honesdale, Pa.: Front Street, 2000.

Download or read book My Brother s Finder My Brother s Keeper written by Wahletta Hale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Brother's Finder, My Brother's Keeper By Wahletta Hale In 1999, Macey Lee Baker is a real estate saleswoman in Capwater, Florida; happy in her Christian faith and in her marriage to her husband, Kyle. She's many miles and a lifetime away from her impoverished, rural upbringing in the farming community of Mountain Rose, Ohio. But when Macey Lee's sister Betsy suggests they go back to Ohio to visit siblings, a terrible memory surfaces...the death of their ten-year-old brother Jeremy back in 1954. And with that memory comes another long-buried thought...that their brother's death was no accident. In 1954, Macey Lee's missing brother was found in a neighbor's cattle pond, naked and lifeless, his clothes tidily folded up in a pile nearby. And though the authorities deemed it an accidental drowning, Macey Lee's devastated mother knew in her heart that her shy little boy, who couldn't swim, would never have stripped naked to go into the pond and that he certainly wouldn't have folded up his clothes so nicely. Even as she'd gone to her grave, years later, she'd been convinced that there was more to the story. And now that Macey Lee is back in Ohio, she becomes determined to solve the mystery at last. As Ohio's balmy, beautiful Indian summer turns into the icy blizzards of winter, Macey Lee takes time away from her career and her marriage, to get to the bottom of the mystery that has always nagged at the back of her mind. She and Betsy, with support from their sister Ettie Mae and brother Jacob, begin questioning townspeople about their memories of that terrible day in 1954. Soon, it becomes frighteningly clear that their questions are highly unwelcome, when Macey Lee and Betsy become the victims of vandalism and threats. But secure in their faith and in the certainty that there's a dark secret to uncover, the sisters refuse to give up. Even as she begin to fear that someone means her real harm, Macey Lee can't help but be overjoyed to be back in the bosom of her family, in the bucolic settings of her childhood. With her husband Kyle's blessing, she buys a historic building in the village and begins making plans to turn it into a bookstore/coffee shop. She even adopts an adorable stray dog. With every step into their investigation, Macey Lee and Betsy bump up against dead ends; lost police records, witnesses changing stories, and missing evidence. But when the sisters go to visit elderly Jasmine, their late mother's best friend, Jasmine's eerie recollections of the night Jeremy died and a stunning piece of evidence discovered in her attic, leave no doubt that not only are they right about Jeremy being murdered...someone is willing to kill again, to protect the secret of how he died. Against the advice of Macey Lee's husband and the rest of their worried family members, Macey Lee and Betsy follow the clues from Jasmine's attic and walk right into terrible danger in the killer's lair...It will take all their faith, their wits and the bravery of their family members (canine and human) to get them out of it alive.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper a Time in Life of Best Friends written by Michael Dabney and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fictional novel surrounding 5 friends who grew up with one another. They find themselves going through life's test and trials. As they do, they find that they rely on one another more and more and realize that they all need and seek their friendship. Although they are all from different families, backgrounds and upbringings. This is a bond that they find that will afford them the lifelong friendship and brotherhood they all benefit from. This novel takes you on a ride of ups and downs, some twists and turns that leave you wondering and wanting to know more. It will keep you guessing even until the end only to seek more of what happens next.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Stanislaus Joyce and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-06-16 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stanislaus Joyce was more than his brother's keeper: he was at various times his brother's co-dependent, touchstone, conscience, and biggest fan. The two shared the same genius, the same childhood influences, and had the same literary instinct, but in Stanislaus it was channeled into sober academic pursuit, while in James it evolved into gaiety, wild whimsy, and at times sodden despair.Covering the first twenty-two years of James Joyce's life in Dublin and Trieste, My Brother's Keeper is a window onto the drama that was his youth. Thanks to Stanislaus's superb memory and sure hand, here we find the Dublin of Dubliners: the streets, neighbors, churches, and unforgettable eccentrics. Here we see the model for Ulysses' Simon Dedalus: James' father, a dour and violent figure when in his cups. Here are the Joyces in their own home, and the minor characters that pepper A Portrait of the Artist: Eileen, Leopold Bloom's comely daughter; Mrs. Riordan, the surly teacher; Mr. Casey, the political agitator. And finally, here is Trieste, a place of exile for Stanislaus but a retreat for James. Stanislaus Joyce has fashioned both an invaluable primary source for his brother's opaque masterpieces and a loving memoir of his brother's early life.

Download or read book Brother s Keeper written by Julie Lee and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With war looming on the horizon and winter setting in, can two children escape North Korea on their own? Winner of the Freeman Book Award! North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers. But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything, Sora and her little brother Young will have to get to Busan on their own. Can a twelve-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother survive three hundred miles of warzone in winter? Haunting, timely, and beautiful, this harrowing novel from a searing new talent offers readers a glimpse into a vanished time and a closed nation. A Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist An ILA Intermediate Fiction Award Winner An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Will ultimately be recognized as one of the best books... on the Korean War."—Education About Asia, the Association for Asian Studies

Download or read book Her Brother s Keeper written by Beth Wiseman and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte came to Amish country to find answers. What she never expected to find was peace. Charlotte Dolinsky is not above playing dress-up and telling a few lies to find out what happened to her only brother. In fact, that is exactly what she’s come to Lancaster County to do. Now, calling herself Mary and slipping on a kapp, Charlotte will lie her way into the confidence of anyone who knows why Ethan had to die. Unless she gets found out first. But when Charlotte befriends a quiet Amish man named Isaac Miller, she begins to rethink her motives. And with a little help from a friend back home, Charlotte might find out that love comes packaged in ways she couldn’t have foreseen. Isaac’s been caring for his cancer-stricken father and sympathizing with his frustrated mother for three difficult years. And that means he hasn’t been dating. He believes Hannah King is the woman for him, but Hannah is still grieving the loss of her fiancé, and Isaac has all he can handle on the farm. When Hannah’s family plays host to a woman named Mary, their new cousin shakes things up for all of them. As Charlotte digs deeper into the mystery of Ethan’s death, she finds more than she’d bargained for in the community he once called home. But will she ever learn the truth? And what will the community—and her new family—do if they learn the truth about her?

Download or read book My Brother s Finder My Brother s Keeper written by Wahletta Hale and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macey Lee Baker is a real estate sales associate in Capwater, Florida, who's happy in her Christian faith and in her marriage. She's many miles and a lifetime away from her impoverished upbringing in the backwoods community of Mountain Rose, Ohio. When Macey Lee's sister Betsy suggests they go back to Ohio to visit, a terrible memory surfaces...the death of their ten-year-old brother Jeremy in 1954. And with that comes a long-repressed thought...that their brother's death was no accident. When they begin investigating the circumstances around little Jeremy's supposed drowning, threats are made on their lives and it becomes apparent that someone wants the truth to stay buried. The sisters bump up against dead ends; lost records, changed stories, and missing evidence. When they go to visit elderly Jasmine, their late mother's best friend, a stunning piece of evidence is discovered in her attic, leaving no doubt about Jeremy's death.

Download or read book I Am My Brother s Keeper written by Jeffrey Weiss and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on recently declassified documents and more than two hundred interviews, I Am My Brothers Keeper tells the story of the more than one thousand Americans and Canadians, Jews and non-Jews, who fought in Israels War of Independence. This is a story about men like Rudy Augarten (shown on the front cover), who interrupted his studies at Harvard to fly for Israel. This, despite the fact that Augarten had been shot down over occupied France during World War II, and survived sixty-three days behind enemy lines. Its about Chris Magee, a World War II ace and veteran of Pappy Boyingtons Black Sheep Squadron who felt the Jews deserved a homeland. And about American Indian Jesse Slade, who believed that fighting for Israel was the Christian thing to do. And Buzz Beurling, the legendary Falcon of Malta who sought to recapture the glory days of World War II. I Am My Brothers Keeper captures the powerful story of those Jews and Christians who stood up to be counted at a critical time in Jewish history. Only three years after the Holocaust, these volunteers helped establish the State of Israel. This story will forever change your understanding of the relationship between Americans and Israelis.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Patricia McCormick and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-07-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toby is a freshman whose life is slowly unraveling. His father has left, his brother's an addict, and his mother is solely focused on dating, in this realistic and engaging story about trying to hold a family together.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Antony Polonsky and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What responsibility do the Poles share for the mass murder of the Jews, which took place largely on Polish soil? In a major contribution to the history of the Holocaust Polonsky gathers together the most important arguments in this debate.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Angela Kamper and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a powerful surf brotherhood and the chilling and bloody killing of a brutal underworld figure.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by N C Manuel and published by Grelin Press. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urban-fiction novel of two young black males growing up in the most violent gang-infested neighborhoods- slums of Pittsburgh where only the strong survive. Li?l Loc and Pretty Boy were raised as brothers, but were separated shortly after turning sixteen. Now living in different areas of Pittsburgh, the lure of easy money entices each of them unto rival gangs. Violent crime, mayhem, and murder become routine. The need to avenge the murder of their fathers brings the two together once again. Will they be able to set aside their gang affiliations and work together to revenge their fathers? deaths, thus strengthening their childhood ties and proving that each is indeed his brother's keeper? Strap on your seatbelts and take a ride through the hood, and experience the lives of Bloods and Crips in the Steel City.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Jeff Riddering and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jeff, I'm going to hell!"So begins the incredible, true story, told by the brother of an unlikely hero, Mike Riddering. A divine series of interruptions, his unexpected conversion and simple obedience carried Mike, his wife, and two daughters, from the fast-paced, Florida, yacht broker lifestyle to the dry, desert heat of Sub-Saharan Africa. My Brother's Keeper is the triumphant story of a man so profoundly transformed by love and faith that the rest of his life would be given to the poorest of the poor in Burkina Faso. It is the story of a modern-day martyr whose life was cut short in a brutal terrorist attack that shocked the nation. An enduring legacy of love-driven global missions speaks directly to the headlines of our day: racism, terrorism, hatred, riots, political divisions, war. Mike's life and death whisper in the midst of rage and retribution the power of love to cover a multitude of sins. In the end, what Mike gave--even to the point of his final sacrifice--can never be taken away. What remains is not the death of a saint, but the life of a servant. My Brother's Keeper will inspire and challenge you to take your place in the great story of God in these final days of history.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Marcia Davenport and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: