Download or read book Something Inside So Strong written by Mildred Pitts Walter and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2019-11-27 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1922, Mildred Pitts Walter was born in DeRidder, Louisiana, to a log cutter and a midwife/beautician. She became the first member of her family to go to college, graduating in 1940. Walter moved to California, where she worked as an elementary school teacher. After being encouraged by a publisher to write books for and about African American children, Walter went on to become a pioneer of African American children's literature. Most notably, she wrote Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, which bent preconceptions with tales of black cowboys and men doing “women’s work.” She was also a contributing book reviewer to the Los Angeles Times. In Something Inside So Strong: Life in Pursuit of Choice, Courage, and Change, Walter recollects major touchstones in her life. The autobiography, divided into three parts, “Choice,” “Courage,” and “Change,” covers Walter’s life beginning with her childhood in the 1920s and moving to the present day. In “Choice,” Walter describes growing up in a deeply segregated Louisiana and includes memories of school, rural home life, World War II, and participating in neighborhood activities like hog killing and church revivals. “Courage” documents her adjustment to living away from family, her experiences teaching in Los Angeles, and her extensive work with her husband for the Los Angeles chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality. The final section, “Change,” shows how Walter’s writing and activism merged, detailing her work as an education consultant and as an advocate for nonviolent resistance to racism. It also reveals how her world travels expanded her personal inquiry into Christianity and African spirituality. Something Inside So Strong is one woman’s journey to self-discovery.
Download or read book Something Inside So Strong written by Labi Siffre and published by Omnibus Press. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 15 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Irish ness Is All Around Us written by Olaf Zenker and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of 'Irish culture' in the domains of language, music, dance and sports. The author's theoretical approach to ethnicity and ethnic revivals presents an expanded explanatory framework for the social (re)production of ethnicity, theorizing the mutual interrelations between representations and cultural practices regarding their combined capacity to engender ethnic revivals. Relevant not only to readers with an interest in the intricacies of the Northern Irish situation, this book also appeals to a broader readership in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history and political science concerned with the mechanisms behind ethnonational conflict and the politics of culture and identity in general.
Download or read book Nobody Meets Jesus written by Doretha Johnson and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-15 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In my story I wanted to show although we go through things and leave God, God hasn't left us. Everyone, sometime or the other, rich or poor, educated or uneducated, own a thousand houses or homeless, may feel like they are a nobody, no one cares, he or she is worthless. I want you to know no matter who you are, God is still alive. Have faith and trust no matter what.
Download or read book Crowded House Something So Strong written by Chris Bourke and published by Momentum. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It's pretty stupid comparing us to the Beatles. There were four of them. There's only three of us.' — Paul Hester Crowded House promised to become the most successful band ever to have come out of Australasia. When 'Don't Dream It's Over' and 'Something So Strong' exploded in the US charts, worldwide success looked inevitable. Critics compared them musically to the Beatles and fans adored them for their warmth and humour on stage. Four brilliant albums later, their rollercoaster ride of achievements and disappointments came to an end on the steps of the Sydney Opera House, in front of one of the largest audiences in Australian history. The dream was over, the band had finally broken up, their enormous promise was only partially fulfilled. In this definitive account, New Zealand journalist Chris Bourke has written the true story of the first phase of Crowded House. With unparalleled access to all the band members, their families, friends, musical collaborators, managers, and record company personnel, he has captured their essence. It is a unique tale of musical chemistry, family bonds and the personal costs of pursuing an artistic vision. From the manic energy of the recording studio to the machinations of the record industry, this riveting account is a book for every Crowded House fan. This latest edition of Crowded House: Something So Strong includes new material from the author.
Download or read book LIRA eBook written by Lira and published by Struik Christian Media. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past ten years – buoyed by multi-platinum sales of her albums and live DVD as well numerous awards – Lira has exploded into a South African music phenomenon that has also seen her win international acclaim. But has Lira’s road to fame always been paved with roses? And what makes her such a special star? In LIRA - Making HERstory, the first-ever book about Lira and her life, her fans will be have the opportunity to get an in-depth look into the life of this beautiful South African music star and gain inside knowledge about her and her road to fame from the people close to her. Lira consists of four parts: In the first part of the book, co-author Clyde Meela gives readers a biographical overview of Lira’s life from the beginning of her life to date. Interviews with friends, family members, neighbours and many other key figures in her life tells how they all have contributed to moulding her into the person she is today. In Part 2 of the book, Lira herself gives readers and fans an insight into her personal thoughts, feelings and beliefs by sharing the private detail behind the motivation of her song writing. She discusses her experiences of love, how she has been able to pick herself up after disappointment and she also exposes readers to her daily mantra of gratefulness and practices of love. In the third part of her book, Lira’s husband, long-time business partner, producer and manager Robin Kohl, gives inside information on the formation of the brand we all know today as ‘Lira’. Robin discusses how Lira’s career started out from humble beginnings to become the globally recognized brand it is today. Readers will get an in-depth view of how the ‘Lira brand’ is run, the ethics and principals that form its foundation and most importantly, the people behind the name. Lira will also include a collection of photos and informative descriptions that have not been previously shared with the public. The release of Lira marks her tenth anniversary in the music industry and is a must-read for all her fans.
Download or read book Something Inside written by Philip Gambone and published by Univ of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last twenty years, gay literature has earned a place at the American and British literary tables, spawning its own constellation of important writers and winning a dedicated audience. No one, though, until Philip Gambone, has attempted to offer a collective portrait of our most important gay fiction writers. This selection of interviews attempts just that and is notable both for the depth of Gambone's probing conversations and for the sheer range of important authors included. Allen Barnett Christopher Bram Peter Cameron Bernard Cooper Dennis Cooper Michael Cunningham Brad Gooch Joseph Hansen Scott Heim Andrew Holleran Alan Hollinghurst Brian Keith Jackson Randall Kenan David Leavitt Michael Lowenthal Paul Monette Michael Nava David Plante John Preston Lev Raphael Edmund White
Download or read book Addressing Diversity in Literacy Instruction written by Evan Ortlieb and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume highlights recent research related to how issues of diversity are addressed within literacy instruction for K-12 learners.
Download or read book Let s Tell This Story Properly written by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2015-05-16 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Honouring strong new voices from around the world, the 2014 Commonwealth Short Story Prize is a global award, open to unpublished as well as published writers, with a truly international judging panel. This global anthology presents the winner of the 2014 Short Story Prize, Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi’s “Let’s Tell This Story Properly,” alongside some of the most promising and original stories entered for the prize during the past three years by emerging writers across the literary landscape of the world. Gathered from over ten thousand entries, the selected stories are provocative, rich in flair and ambition, and push the boundaries of fiction into fresh territory.
Download or read book Sounding Dissent written by Stephen Millar and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, marked the beginning of a new era of peace and stability in Northern Ireland. As the public has overwhelmingly rejected a return to the violence of the Troubles (1968–1998), loyalist and republican groups have sought other outlets to continue their struggle. Music has long been used to celebrate cultural identity in the North of Ireland: from street parades to football chants, and from folk festivals to YouTube videos, music facilitates the continuation of pre-Agreement identity narratives in a “post-conflict” era. Sounding Dissent draws on original in-depth interviews with Irish republican musicians, contemporary audiences, and former paramilitaries, as well as diverse historical and archival material, including songbooks, prison records, and newspaper articles, to understand the history of political violence in Ireland. The book examines the hagiographic potential of rebel songs to memorialize a pantheon of republican martyrs, and demonstrates how musical performance and political song not only articulate experiences and memories of oppression and violence, but play a central role in the reproduction of conflict and exclusion in times of peace.
Download or read book THE GREATEST LIES EVER SOLD written by ELIAS DEMETRIOU and published by ELIAS DEMETRIOU. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the story of the Global Elites and their Great Reset. It focuses mainly on Covid-19 but also touches on other aspects of the agenda, including: the Russia/Ukraine conflict, the economic crisis, climate change and Artificial Intelligence. The author has provided much information through painstaking research and has re-written over 100 famous songs accordingly. Also included are dozens upon dozens of fascinating images relating to it all, including self made memes. All of which are clever, funny and relevant to the cause. The intention is to wake up the masses to the great deception of the greatest lies ever sold.
Download or read book Powered to Succeed written by Brill Pongo and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The moment you set out to realise or work towards a worthy predetermined ideal you are on the road to success. Success is something that millions of people the world over still fail to define and therefore many think they are failures yet, they are not. In this book ‘Powered to Succeed’ Brill Pongo, regarded as one of the foremost success coaches, helps you to better comprehend and conceptualize success. In the book he outlines six fundamental steps that help you to better manage and understand the process of success. ‘Powered to Succeed’ gives you workable methods, not empty promises. Brill Pongo anchors all the fundamental principles of success on actioning words that we speak. He argues that you need to believe that you have a power bigger than any challenge that hinders your path to success.
Download or read book Subject to Change written by Angela Alexander and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only person who has the skill, power, and might to change your situation is you. If you decide not to change your situation and rise to the occasion of a better life, your situation won't change. You must have the courage to act on what you envision. Alexander uses her personal experiences to ease the transition in dealing with the major issues that have halted your growth. The book then shows the wings and power you've possessed all along to elevate to higher heights.
Download or read book The Great Shift Psycho spiritual Manual for Survival and Transformation in the Trump Era written by Melinda Contreras-Byrd and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-19 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a US-based, prophetic-themed, “race” and culture-focused work which will serve to foster discussion on several important topics for Christians seeking to live out their faith in this present socio-political era. The foundational belief underlying this book is that we are living in an era of unique possibilities for the church to begin to make second-order changes in our views of Christianity, the church universal, and the real life applications of theological concepts of evil and spiritual warfare as they apply to the struggles of this time in history. For Black people in the United States, racism has long been the elephant in the room during most Black/White interactions on any level. Growing expressions of racism have now forced the elephant not only to the forefront of White discourse, but the elephant now sits comfortably at the altar railing of both Black and White church sanctuaries. This book argues that we are at a critical time for action, and gives suggestions for what at least some of those educational, theological and psychological actions could be.
Download or read book International Perspectives on Drama and Citizenship Education written by Nicholas McGuinn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-04 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together respected international academics and practitioners from citizenship and drama to debate, share their experiences and plan a way forward for academic and professional best practice in drama and citizenship education for a democratic society. Drawing on international contributions, the chapters explore fundamental ideas about theatre and drama from a global perspective with connections made to action and identity. The main section of the book showcases authors from around the world discussing their perspectives of what is happening within particular countries and exploring a range of ideas and issues that relate to vitally important matters including community, socialism, post-colonialism, diversity, inclusion and more. The final section of the book brings together teams of authors from citizenship and drama education, who discuss the essential elements of citizenship education and encourage insight and practical collaboration from drama experts. The book is unique in presenting dynamic interaction between citizenship and drama experts and encouraging academics and professionals to develop their own work in these areas. It will be of great interest to academics, researchers and students in the fields of citizenship education, drama education and all those interested in promoting social justice through education.
Download or read book Ghost Ship written by A.D.A France-Williams and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Church is very good at saying all the right things about racial equality. But the reality is that the institution has utterly failed to back up these good intentions with demonstrable efforts to reform. It is a long way from being a place of black flourishing. Through conversation with clergy, lay people and campaigners in the Church of England, A.D.A France-Williams issues a stark warning to the church, demonstrating how black and brown ministers are left to drown in a sea of complacency and collusion. While sticking plaster remedies abound, France-Williams argues that what is needed is a wholesale change in structure and mindset. Unflinching in its critique of the church, Ghost Ship explores the harrowing stories of institutional racism experienced then and now, within the Church of England. Far from being an issue which can be solved by simply recruiting more black and brown clergy, says France-Williams, structural racism requires a wholesale dismantling and reassembling of the ship - before it is too late.
Download or read book Producing Country written by Michael Jarrett and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musicians make music. Producers make records. In the early days of recorded music, the producer was the "artists-and-repertoire man," or A&R man, for short. A powerful figure, the A&R man chose both who would record and what they would record. His decisions profoundly shaped our musical tastes. Don Law found country bluesman Robert Johnson and honky-tonk crooner Lefty Frizzell. Cowboy Jack Clement took the initiative to record Jerry Lee Lewis (while his boss, Sam Phillips, was away on business). When Ray Charles said he wanted to record a country-and-western album, Sid Feller gathered songs for his consideration. The author's extensive interviews with music makers offer the fullest account ever of the producer's role in creating country music. In its focus on recordings and record production, Producing Country tells the story of country music from its early years to the present day through hit records by Hank Williams, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Buck Owens, Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Waylon Jennings, and Merle Haggard, among many others. Includes original interviews with producers Chet Atkins, Pete Anderson, Jimmy Bowen, Bobby Braddock, Harold Bradley, Tony Brown, Blake Chancey, Jack Clement, Scott Hendricks, Bob Johnston, Jerry Kennedy, Blake Mevis, Ken Nelson, Jim Ed Norman, Allen Reynolds, Jim Rooney, James Stroud, Paul Worley, and Reggie Young, among others.
