Download or read book Who Defines Me written by Eid Mohamed and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature is a collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of identity. The articles start from the premise that identity is, and always has been, unstable and mutable; which is to say that identity is constructed and deconstructed and reconstructed – only to be deconstructed and reconstructed again, in turn to be deconstructed and reconstructed (and so on ad infinitum). Time and place are variables. So, too – as Who Defines Me underscores – are ethnicity, religion, politics and power, race and color, nationality, gender, culture, language, and socio-economic status. With all of these variables in mind, Who Defines Me focuses on language and literature as the portal through which identity is explored. The overarching rubrics under which the explorations are conducted are Arabs and Muslims, race identity in America, and language identity.

Download or read book You can really grow written by John Hindley and published by The Good Book Company. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian life can be about thriving, not merely surviving. Discover what Christian growth actually is, and how to enjoy it. God does not want us simply to survive in our faith. He wants us to thrive, to enjoy growing as part of his family. Many of us want to grow, but don't know how to. Many of us feel stuck in a rut in our faith, or are following routines that don't seem to work. John shows us what growth actually is... why growth is hugely exciting... and how to grow into the people we long to be. You can really grow, and this book shows you how.

Download or read book Cyber Cinderella written by Christina Hopkinson and published by 5 Spot. This book was released on 2008-07-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Read this quirky and funny debut novel where Izobel is shocked to find a website devoted to her and her very exciting, but certainly not real, lifestyle and decides this is her chance for love as she searches for its creator. Izobel Brannigan is an ordinary girl, working a good but dull public relations job, and with a lousy -- but slightly less dull -- boyfriend. Out of boredom, she decides to Google herself and finds an entire Web site devoted to her, describing a fun, exciting, and glamorouslifestyle that she's certain she's not living. Curious, she starts searching for the mysterious admirer who thinks so highly of her, and no one is safe from her questions. Her friends, her coworkers, old boyfriends...even new flames are all at risk. The more she searches, the more her life begins to reflect what she read on the Internet. After dumping the boyfriend and doing some serious soul-searching, Izobel begins to wonder who's more real: Izobel Brannigan the person, or IzobelBrannigan.com?

Download or read book One of the Children written by William G. Hawkeswood and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A significant contribution to the gay studies and African-American studies literature. This is important, groundbreaking work."--Roger N. Lancaster, author of Life Is Hard

Download or read book Human Canine Collaboration in Care written by Fenella Eason and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adopting an anthrozoological perspective to study the participation of non-human animals in regimes of care, this book examines the use of canine scent detection to alert 'hypo-unaware' individuals to symptoms of human chronic illness. Based on ethnographic research and interviews, it focuses on the manner in which trained assistance dogs are able to use their sense of smell to alert human companions with Type 1 diabetes to imminent hypoglycaemic episodes, thus reducing the risk of collapse into unconsciousness, coma or, at worst, death. Through analyses of participant narrations of the everyday complexities of 'doing' diabetes with the assistance of medical alert dogs, the author sheds light on the way in which each human-canine dyad becomes acknowledged as a team of ‘one’ in society. Based on the concept of dogs as friends and work colleagues, as animate instruments and biomedical resources, the book raises conceptual questions surrounding the acceptable use of animals and their role within society. As such, this volume will appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in human-animal interactions and intersections. It may also appeal to healthcare practitioners and individuals interested in innovative multispecies methods of managing chronic illness.

Download or read book All Tied Up written by Lisa Renee Jones and published by Julie Patra Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Law enforcement agent Constantine Vega sacrificed three years of his life building a case against a man he considers a monster. With days left before the trial, everything is on the line, including his life. He's on the run, not sure who to trust, including tantalizing federal prosecutor, Nicole Ward. He needs to know who's side she's on and he needs to know now. Even if that means kidnapping her. The path to the truth is about to get naughty. Previously published as Lone Star Surrender.

Download or read book The Darkest Joy written by Marata Eros and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A sexy and poignant new adult novel in the vein of Jamie McGuire's Beautiful Disaster from New York Times bestseller Marata Eros, about two lost souls who find each other in the wake of tragedy--only to learn that love may not be enough to heal the wounds of a dark and tortured past ... Twenty year-old Brooke Starr has escaped the aftermath of a brutal tragedy by abandoning her music studies and moving north to take a summer position as a part-time deck hand on a fishing boat. When her survivor's guilt becomes unbearable, Brooke realizes there's only one thing she can do to finally erase the pain. Deep-sea fisherman, Chance Taylor, has just wrapped his guitar set at the local saloon when he sees the silhouette of a young woman, the full moon highlighting her shadow as she plummets from a pier too high for diving ... into water too cold to survive. Without thinking, he plunges in after her, saving Brooke from drowning. As Chance works to save her from her own emotional fragility, Brooke finally begins to learn how to save herself. But when their chemistry begins to consume them, Brooke withdraws. She's determined to be the master of her own destiny ... until the past catches up with her in a cataclysmic plan so dark, so final--it threatens their love--and their lives"--

Download or read book Into the Shadows An Illustrated Memoir of Brain Injury written by Krista J. Breithaupt and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Into the Shadows is a story of survival and recovery from a traumatic brain injury. Dr. Krista Breithaupt was enjoying a family vacation when she suffered an aneurism that left her hospitalized for months. This book is an account of brain injury and her long journey of renewal, rediscovery, and growth. This story lends special insight and an intimate voice to a very common but misunderstood condition which changes the lives of the sufferer and those who care for her. Into the Shadows is a touching true story that will inspire the reader to examine their own sense of self and the strength we draw from the habits of life, work, and love that define us....

Download or read book The Teacher s Body written by Diane P. Freedman and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These highly personal essays from a range of academic settings explore the palpable moments of discomfort, disempowerment, and/or enlightenment that emerge when we discard the fiction that the teacher has no body. Visible and/or invisible, the body can transform both the teacher's experience and classroom dynamics. When students think the teacher's body is clearly marked by ethnicity, race, disability, size, gender, sexuality, illness, age, pregnancy, class, linguistic and geographic origins, or some combination of these, both the mode and the content of education can change. Other, less visible aspects of a teacher's body, such as depression or a history of sexual assault, can have an equally powerful impact on how we teach and learn. The collection anatomizes these moments of embodied pedagogy as unexpected teaching opportunities and examines their apparent impact on teacher-student educational dynamics of power, authority, desire, friendship, open-mindedness, and resistance.

Download or read book Suspect Passions written by VK Powell and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Attorney Regan Desanto moved to town a year ago after her partner of twenty years dumped her for another woman. All she wants is to be near her ailing grandmother and to work ordinary, boring municipal cases until she can get her life back together. Beat officer Sydney Cabot is a chronic serial polyamorist who craves the adrenaline rush on and off the job. She has never wanted to be or tried to be faithful to one woman. When Syd is slapped with a wrongful death suit, Regan, the most uptight, controlling, and monogamous woman Syd has ever met, is assigned the case. Sydney doesn't trust Regan, and the feeling is mutual, but they have to work together—and what's even more of a challenge, they have to figure out how to defuse their growing attraction.

Download or read book Belial s teachings written by Vlad Tudosie and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living alone and forgotten by almost all those he loved, life does not seem to have much in store for a depressed writer. That until one day, when a mysterious apparition from outside the physical world decides to show him new ways of thinking through intelligent and sometimes humorous observations that challenge the status quo, which will bring change to his life forever. A change that, as he will soon learn, comes first and foremost from within himself. About the Author: The author has had his fair share of life disappointments and obstacles, which inevitably led to him questioning human relationships, society and even life itself. In an effort to regain control over himself, he resorted to reading books on psychology, spirituality and self-improvement and as a result, his own philosophy of life was born, which he would adopt and follow forever since that moment. A philosophy comprised of ideas the author wishes to share with others through the creation of this book.

Download or read book Reflections written by Dr. Rebecca Payne and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Reflections” shares a personal journey and victory towards a loving relationship with God. It is straight from the heart, compelling, and provocative. “Reflections” explores the notions of who God wants us to be and suggests an interpretation of what He wants us to do. It presents us with a divine opportunity to ponder what we want from life, and it gives us the challenge to reflect the image of Christ Jesus. It is both dynamic and cathartic in life lessons and experiences, and the way we choose to live.

Download or read book Dark Heart Surrender written by Lee Monroe and published by Hodder Children's Books. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE GIRL. TWO WORLDS. SHATTERED. Jane's world has changed now that Luca, love of her live, inhabits it, and she's happier than she ever thought she could be. But can an immortal in the human world survive on love alone? When Jane and Luca are befriended by intriguing siblings, Ade and Polly, they are swept into a destructive chain of events that will test everything. They've overcome different worlds. But nothing could prepare Jane for this ... 'The Dark Heart series is an intense, intriguing and loveable series ... highly recommended to paranormal romance fans.' Book Passion for Life blog

Download or read book American Rhapsody written by Joe Eszterhas and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2001-03-13 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the Watergate scandal was a previous generation's National Nightmare, then maybe the Clinton scandal was our National Wet Dream, and who better to narrate it than the screenwriter Joe Eszterhas? In American Rhapsody, Eszterhas, whose credits include Basic Instinct and Showgirls, and Charlie Simpson's Apocalypse, for which he was nominated for a National Book Award, takes us through the events that threatened to topple a president and left most of the nation's citizens with, at the very least, a bad taste in their mouths. Taking full advantage of his considerable journalistic and storytelling talents, Eszterhas gives us every fact, rumor, or innuendo surrounding the president's foibles in the context of late century American politics and entertainment. Here Washington and Hollywood do more than just flirt with each other; they share the same bed. From scandalmongers Matt Drudge (who began as a Hollywood gossip) and Ken Starr, to would-be president paramours Sharon Stone and Barbra Streisand, to his final, unimpeachable witness, Willard—none other than President Clinton's talking penis—Eszterhas gives us the goods on the story that nobody could stop talking about and, thanks to American Rhapsody, will be impossible to think about the same way again.

Download or read book Keeping it Real with Arthritis written by Effie Koliopoulos and published by ImagineWe Publishers. This book was released on 2022-12-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 100 worldwide, personal stories written by passionate and inspiring individuals living with arthritis, and their supporters; parents, caretakers, and medical professionals. Ranging from heartfelt, hopeful, motivating, and empowering, to heart-wrenchingly eye-opening, these stories shine a light on the realities of everyday life with arthritis and related conditions. Readers will get a first-hand look at the good, the bad, and everything in between, from those who are experts in lived experience and clinical matters. This book is not only a collective effort to raise awareness that arthritis is more than just a disorder that affects the joints and highlights that people of all ages can get arthritis. Most importantly, it explains there are hundreds of different forms of arthritis that impact all areas of life in profound ways, from physical limitations, mental health, social lives, relationships, faith and spirituality, finances, and work and career life balance.

Download or read book The Sartrean Mind written by Matthew C. Eshleman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-01-24 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jean-Paul Sartre was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century. His influence extends beyond academic philosophy to areas as diverse as anti-colonial movements, youth culture, literary criticism, and artistic developments around the world. Beginning with an introduction and biography of Jean-Paul Sartre by Matthew C. Eshleman, 42 chapters by a team of international contributors cover all the major aspects of Sartre’s thought in the following key areas: Sartre’s philosophical and historical context Sartre and phenomenology Sartre, existentialism, and ontology Sartre and ethics Sartre and political theory Aesthetics, literature, and biography Sartre’s engagements with other thinkers. The Sartrean Mind is the most comprehensive collection on Sartre published to date. It is essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy, as well as for those in related disciplines where Sartre’s work has continuing importance, such as literature, French studies, and politics.

Download or read book Handbook of Therapeutic Imagery Techniques written by Anees Ahmad Sheikh and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Consists of a description of a multitude of imagery techniques that have been grouped into four categories: hypno-behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, psychodynamic/humanistic and humanistic/transpersonal.