Download or read book Saga Boy written by Antonio Michael Downing and published by Milkweed Editions. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Black immigrant journeys from the Caribbean to Canada—and through multiple musical personas—in a “deeply moving” memoir “suffused with poetic prose” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). As a clever, willful boy in a tiny village in the tropical forests of Trinidad—raised by his indomitable grandmother, Miss Excelly, and her King James Bible—Antonio Michael Downing is steeped in the legacies of his scattered family, the vibrant culture of the island, and the weight of its colonial history. But after Miss Excelly’s death, everything changes. The eleven-year-old seems to fall asleep in the jungle and wake up in a blizzard: he is sent to live with his devoutly evangelical Aunt Joan in rural Canada, where they are the only Black family in a landscape starkly devoid of the warm lushness of his childhood. Isolated and longing for home, Downing begins a decades-long journey to transform himself through music and performance. A reunion with his birth parents, whom he’s known only through story, closes more doors than it opens. Instead, Downing seeks refuge in increasingly extravagant musical personalities: “Mic Dainjah,” a boisterous punk rapper; “Molasses,” a soul crooner; and, finally, an eccentric dystopian-era pop star clad in leather and gold, “John Orpheus.” In his mid-thirties, increasingly addicted to escapism, attention, and sex, Downing realizes he has become a “Saga Boy”—a Trinidadian playboy archetype—like his father and grandfather before him. When his choices land him in a jail cell, Downing must face who he has become. “Lush language and sensory details make the fascinating events of this memoir pop. An authentic, entertaining, and timely account of a creative immigrant’s experiences.” —Booklist “Downing’s elegant, engaging memoir will have particular significance to readers from the Caribbean diaspora, but it will be understood by any reader who has ever had their world suddenly upended and needed to make it whole again.” —Library Journal “A rich memoir about how far some folks have to travel just to arrive where they began.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune

Download or read book The Saga of My Life written by D. Ramakrishnaiah IAS (Retd) and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mr. D. Ramakrisnaiah was an IAS officer of 1967 batch and served in his home cadre Andhra Pradesh. In his long professional career, spanning more than three decades, he faced numerous challenges which he overcame through honesty and absolute integrity. He is a multifaceted personality: Athletic champion of Andhra University, authored a few books and participated in several cultural activities in his life. This autobiographical account of his life is candid, insightful and highly motivating.

Download or read book MY LIFE IN PROSE A Collection Of My Short Stories written by Susan Joyner-Stumpf and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-28 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life In Prose, A Collection Of My Short Stories, is a collection of all my best short stories, both Fiction and Non-Fiction, collected in One Book.

Download or read book Morag s Saga written by Leonard LaPlaca and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-05-22 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EFFECTIVE COPING STRATEGIES Are you looking to live a great life now? In this conversational and actionorientated book you will choose your PRA (Positive Response Attitude) through exploring real living lessons that can change your life now. In Morag’s Saga, you will learn: • Stories with morals and ethical lessons to change your life now. • Experiences of other people who have sustained crises, but have come through the tragedies in the most e_ ective way. • Human-interest parables that illustrate how you can choose to learn, grow and change to rise to the challenges of life. • Practical examples of action plans for success. Don’t wait! Life is what you believe it can be and what you make it to be by the responses that you choose. Get started on your plan for success today with this book. Leonard LaPlaca, award-winning teacher, personal coach, and motivational speaker is sharing his fourth published book with this life-changing novel.

Download or read book The Story of My Life Complete written by Georg Ebers and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book My Life Guru Harirai written by Gurpreet Singh and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India is the land of great saints. Masters, Gurus and Philosophers who had given this world a new vision about the immortal value and message of humanities. In India Guru is always considered on a higher position than the God. The immense boon show showered on you is because of Guru only. The period of Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh was a period of oppression of Hindu culture. The Hindu society was getting engrossed in evil like the theory of incarnation, idol-worship, untouchability and so on.But the appearance of Sikh Gurus has given nector to the Indian society and the perversion of the society ended. For them all the people of the world were like a family. There is a strong emphasis on equality and service. This encourages a spirit of cooperation and an equal sharing of resources. Although, the great soul has departed for His heavenly abode , but He will remain in the mortal world with His teachings. The book presents His life sketch, views and teachings in an easy to understand language, for the well being of our society. A must read book for everyone.

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Download or read book My Life and Career as a Biblical Scholar written by John Van Seters and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-10-31 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite growing up in a poor family during the 1930s and ‘40s, Van Seters eventually excelled at the University of Toronto and earned a PhD at Yale University in ancient Near Eastern and Hebrew studies. Before Van Seters became a teacher, he and his wife spent three-quarters of a year in Palestine, becoming familiar with the whole region. Later in his career Van Seters assisted in archaeological expeditions in Jordan and Egypt. Visits to the Near East across his career broadened his understanding and appreciation of the biblical texts he studied professionally. Van Seters spent most of his working life teaching in universities—first at the University of Toronto, and then for over twenty years at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. This book not only chronicles what Van Seters has accomplished as a biblical scholar but also tells how he has become such a scholar. He hopes that experiences recorded here may guide young scholars to develop fruitful careers in biblical studies.

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Download or read book My Life as a Great Lakes Broadcaster written by Bill Thompson and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-08 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Life as a Great Lakes Broadcaster is a true story that takes the reader back more than six decades to when the author and electronic communication were both in their infancy. It is a recollection of stories from Michigan broadcaster Bill Thompson, as he returns to his roots growing up on the family farm in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. It shows readers how he was proficient at performing music in band and orchestra, then became interested in speech at Remus Chippewa Hills High School. From there he moved on to five active years at Central Michigan University where Bill describes his broadcast and journalism training. That college training helped to combine all of those earlier interests into one, and it came up, radio! That led to a forty-year career of rapid cultural, technical, and personal changes. Once leaving CMU, the journey took Bill "up and down the dial" across the State of Michigan, from Alma to Sault Ste. Marie and South Haven, working in various radio jobs except for sales and engineering, before coming to Michigan's Capitol City of Lansing where he settled into news reporting. After twelve years at two Lansing stations, Bill found his calling at a statewide radio news network for the next twenty-three years despite turmoil and five ownership changes. This book is an exciting journey that those who love Michigan history, culture and broadcasting won't want to finish until it's over.

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Download or read book My Life as an Explorer written by Sven Anders Hedin and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The autobiography of the Swedish explorer who started the international race in the early half of the twentieth century to uncover and remove the long-lost treasures of the ancient Silk Road in China.

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