Download or read book Searching for Zion written by Emily Raboteau and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jerusalem to Ghana to Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, a woman reclaims her history in a “beautifully written and thought-provoking” memoir (Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun). A biracial woman from a country still divided along racial lines, Emily Raboteau never felt at home in America. As the daughter of an African American religious historian, she understood the Promised Land as the spiritual realm black people yearned for. But while visiting Israel, the Jewish Zion, she was surprised to discover black Jews. More surprising was the story of how they got there. Inspired by their exodus, her question for them is the same one she keeps asking herself: have you found the home you’re looking for? In this American Book Award–winning inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement, Raboteau embarked on a ten-year journey around the globe and back in time to explore the complex and contradictory perspectives of black Zionists. She talked to Rastafarians and African Hebrew Israelites, Evangelicals and Ethiopian Jews—all in search of territory that is hard to define and harder to inhabit. Uniting memoir with cultural investigation, Raboteau overturns our ideas of place, patriotism, dispossession, citizenship, and country in “an exceptionally beautiful . . . book about a search for the kind of home for which there is no straight route, the kind of home in which the journey itself is as revelatory as the destination” (Edwidge Danticat, author of The Farming of Bones).
Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Jacqui Murray and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven from her home. Stalked by enemies. Now her closest ally may be a traitor. "Bravo Jacqui! A fine read and meticulous research." -- Sue Harrison, author of the acclaimed Ivory Carver Trilogy, Xhosa flees what she had hoped would be her new home after being attacked by invaders from the North. She leads her People on a grueling journey through unknown and dangerous lands of what we now call Europe. As she struggles to overcome strangers around her and disruptions within her People, Xhosa faces the reality that her most dangerous enemy may not be the one she expected. It may be one she has trusted with her life. The story is set 850,000 years ago, a time in prehistory when man populated most of Eurasia. He was a violent species, fully capable of addressing the many hardships that threatened his survival except for one: future man, a smarter version of himself, one destined to obliterate any who came before.Based on a true story, this is an unforgettable saga of hardship and determination, conflict and passion as early man spreads across Eurasia. Xhosa must regularly does the impossible which is good because nothing less than the future of mankind is at stake
Download or read book Your Quest for Home written by Cheri G Britton M Ed and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A workbook that takes the reader through various exercises of self-discovery to determine what kind of community living arrangement would best suit his or her needs.
Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Michael F. Trainor and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Quest for Home offers a way of reading Mark's Gospel from the perspective of home and household. It argues that the primary living arrangement of the first Christians and the original audience addressed by the Gospel of Mark was the home. This provides both the architectural and theological context for a fresh reading of the Gospel." -- BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Longest Way Home written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open your mind, forcing you to confront your demons, and discover your true self. The author belongs to this second category of traveler. His memoir follows his excursions to Patagonia, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Baltimore, Vienna, Kilimanjaro, Dublin, and beyond. He uses his wanderlust to examine his motives and desires, and explore his ambivalence about commitment. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: his wedding day. His message about the transformative power of travel is universal, and his exploration of the nature and passion of relationships, both fleeting and enduring, strikes a chord with every man and woman who has ever wondered at the vicissitudes of the human heart.
Download or read book At Home in the Universe written by Stuart Kauffman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-11-21 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major scientific revolution has begun, a new paradigm that rivals Darwin's theory in importance. At its heart is the discovery of the order that lies deep within the most complex of systems, from the origin of life, to the workings of giant corporations, to the rise and fall of great civilizations. And more than anyone else, this revolution is the work of one man, Stuart Kauffman, a MacArthur Fellow and visionary pioneer of the new science of complexity. Now, in At Home in the Universe, Kauffman brilliantly weaves together the excitement of intellectual discovery and a fertile mix of insights to give the general reader a fascinating look at this new science--and at the forces for order that lie at the edge of chaos. We all know of instances of spontaneous order in nature--an oil droplet in water forms a sphere, snowflakes have a six-fold symmetry. What we are only now discovering, Kauffman says, is that the range of spontaneous order is enormously greater than we had supposed. Indeed, self-organization is a great undiscovered principle of nature. But how does this spontaneous order arise? Kauffman contends that complexity itself triggers self-organization, or what he calls "order for free," that if enough different molecules pass a certain threshold of complexity, they begin to self-organize into a new entity--a living cell. Kauffman uses the analogy of a thousand buttons on a rug--join two buttons randomly with thread, then another two, and so on. At first, you have isolated pairs; later, small clusters; but suddenly at around the 500th repetition, a remarkable transformation occurs--much like the phase transition when water abruptly turns to ice--and the buttons link up in one giant network. Likewise, life may have originated when the mix of different molecules in the primordial soup passed a certain level of complexity and self-organized into living entities (if so, then life is not a highly improbable chance event, but almost inevitable). Kauffman uses the basic insight of "order for free" to illuminate a staggering range of phenomena. We see how a single-celled embryo can grow to a highly complex organism with over two hundred different cell types. We learn how the science of complexity extends Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection: that self-organization, selection, and chance are the engines of the biosphere. And we gain insights into biotechnology, the stunning magic of the new frontier of genetic engineering--generating trillions of novel molecules to find new drugs, vaccines, enzymes, biosensors, and more. Indeed, Kauffman shows that ecosystems, economic systems, and even cultural systems may all evolve according to similar general laws, that tissues and terra cotta evolve in similar ways. And finally, there is a profoundly spiritual element to Kauffman's thought. If, as he argues, life were bound to arise, not as an incalculably improbable accident, but as an expected fulfillment of the natural order, then we truly are at home in the universe. Kauffman's earlier volume, The Origins of Order, written for specialists, received lavish praise. Stephen Jay Gould called it "a landmark and a classic." And Nobel Laureate Philip Anderson wrote that "there are few people in this world who ever ask the right questions of science, and they are the ones who affect its future most profoundly. Stuart Kauffman is one of these." In At Home in the Universe, this visionary thinker takes you along as he explores new insights into the nature of life.
Download or read book The Long Walk Back Home a Quest for Freedom written by Douglas Davis and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become involved in Hunter's westward quest for freedom during the Civil War, when the forced "Long Walk" and tragic enslavement threatened the destruction of his proud people. This Navajo youth displays three loves of homeland, culture and tribe while struggling with daily survival issues, dangerous wildlife, and the greed of soldiers determined to eliminate this cherished freedom. Religious enlightenment develops for Hunter while "walking in beauty" with nature, and contending with convoluted cross roads of truth and irony. Freedom has never been free!
Download or read book Close to Home written by Molly Sabourin and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close to Home is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired over perfecting herself in time to become a good example for her children; who's ever wondered why "happily ever after" takes so much darn work.With courage, humor and unflinching honesty, Molly Sabourin addresses all these frustrations and more-offering not answers or solutions, but a new perspective, a pat on the shoulder, a reassuring "I've been there too, and there is hope." Those who share her "quest for patience, peace, and perseverance" will see themselves in these pages, laugh a little, cry a little and close the book with new strength to continue the quest."Close to Home is accessible, engaging and inspiring. Molly Sabourin tickles my funny bone. . . . She puts me at ease by admitting her own weaknesses. . . " -Jenny Schroedel, author
Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Rod Espinosa and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest written by Tom Dongo and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 1992-08-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a sequel to the first two. It contributes an added dimension to my earlier information. Sedona seems to reflect the best qualities, or perhaps I should say "combined" qualities, the essences and elements, of the Great Pyramids, Glastonbury, Stonehenge, Ayers Rock, Mount Shasta, the South American Pyramids, Peru, Tibet, Nepal, India, Lourdes, and many other power places around the world. How can I make such a claim? For the reason that I interact on a regular basis with individuals from virtually every corner of the Earth who have spent time in those sacred and mysterious places. Through these travelers, I have learned that there is simply no other place like Sedona.
Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Joe Hickey and published by Page Publishing, Incorporated. This book was released on 2019-09-16 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As dawn approaches on the hillside, a solitary rider sits and looks down on the Kingdom of Haddon. He ponders whether his travels and endeavors will ever allow him to return. He must leave and must conquer his fears and find what has escaped him for all the years of his life. He cannot rest until he finds the boy. A boy who he has never met or had any knowledge. Why MUST he find him? How can he find him? Where will this journey take him? He will encounter many challenges along the way and meet many interesting characters. He encounters evil, magic, and friendship. He climbs mountains, goes through forests, crosses rivers and bridges, all to find the boy. As he goes, he leaves behind the queen to whom he has pledged his devotion. She has battles of her own to fight and feels abandoned. Her life has been disrupted, her family is in danger, and enemies are at every turn. All these tales are entangled and lead our hero the one thing he desires: to free the boy. Although he does not comprehend why his only understanding is that he must do this. While on this quest, his travels take him from the freedom and safety of the kingdom to the darkest edges of bewitched forest on to find a river of despair and lost souls. He must do battle with sorcerers, creatures, witches, and dragons. All for the boy. Travel along with our hero and all those around him as they fight the battles to reach the goals they are being asked to attain.
Download or read book The Quest written by Mridul Dutta and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Quest is a fiction set in the northeastern region of the country with a rural backdrop. Madhab, the narrator, who is a young Major in a crack infantry battalion of the Indian Army is set to get married in a few days. Just then, a tragedy strikes the family. Madhab's twentythree year old younger brother gets killed in a motorcycle accident. Madhab smells a rat and strongly feels that the accident was stage managed. He vows to get to the bottom of it at any cost. Sometimes, Major Madhab's progress is hindered due to certain strict parameters that come with his profession, but being a hardened commando, his quest for the truth becomes unrelenting, often landing him in a do-or-die situation. The tale as told by this versatile armyman will make you fantasize about the romanticism in the army; he will give you a new meaning to the vexed issues of human relationships, he will transport you to some of the most exotic and little known places on earth, and he will make you wonder what he will do next.
Download or read book The Amazon Quest House of Winslow Book 25 written by Gilbert Morris and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2006-08-01 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emily Winslow felt deeply indebted to James Parker when she learned that his wounds resulted from trying to save her brother's life in the trenches of World War I. But by the time she discovered what really happened on that battlefield in France, Emily had fallen for James's charm. Devastated by his betrayal and overwhelmed by feelings of bitterness, Emily throws herself into her writing career. She accepts an assignment to record the life of an isolated tribe of headhunters deep in the Amazon rain forest, believing it will allow her emotions time to heal. But all of her inner turmoil is churned to the surface once again when Ian Marlowe walks into her life. Emily is uncertain whether she can ever trust a man again--or if she can trust her own heart. (House of Winslow Book 25)
Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Kyung-Sook Shin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Quest to Feel Good written by Paul R. Rasmussen and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2011-01-19 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul Rasmussen lectures widely in the UK and Europe and is prominent in Adlerian Societies in the US and other countries.
Download or read book WISHFORTHEWORLD JUSTICE AND WISHFORTHEWORLD written by G. O. MUSTAPHA and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: People make wish each moment and each time through out life time. Some come to past others were left undone. Have you ever wonder about love, have you ever wonder about justice, have you ever wonder about how this world will appear in the next 10 to 100 years or more. Are you asking question about future America. Are you wondering about the kind of thought the next european fellow and those of Australia should hold in the next 100 years about this world and justice. Are you feeling the pulse coming from african or the heart beat of those in Asia. After reading through this book feel free to get back to me.
Download or read book Musical Record and Review written by Dexter Smith and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
