Download or read book Angels from the Sea written by Charles Richard Smith and published by U.S. Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1995 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did a scrawny black kid—the son of a barber and a domestic who grew up in Harlem and Trenton—become the 106th mayor of New York City? It’s a remarkable journey. David Norman Dinkins was born in 1927, joined the Marine Corps in the waning days of World War II, went to Howard University on the G.I. Bill, graduated cum laude with a degree in mathematics in 1950, and married Joyce Burrows, whose father, Daniel Burrows, had been a state assemblyman well-versed in the workings of New York’s political machine. It was his father-in-law who suggested the young mathematician might make an even better politician once he also got his law degree. The political career of David Dinkins is set against the backdrop of the rising influence of a broader demographic in New York politics, including far greater segments of the city’s “gorgeous mosaic.” After a brief stint as a New York assemblyman, Dinkins was nominated as a deputy mayor by Abe Beame in 1973, but ultimately declined because he had not filed his income tax returns on time. Down but not out, he pursued his dedication to public service, first by serving as city clerk. In 1986, Dinkins was elected Manhattan borough president, and in 1989, he defeated Ed Koch and Rudy Giuliani to become mayor of New York City, the largest American city to elect an African American mayor. As the newly-elected mayor of a city in which crime had risen precipitously in the years prior to his taking office, Dinkins vowed to attack the problems and not the victims. Despite facing a budget deficit, he hired thousands of police officers, more than any other mayoral administration in the twentieth century, and launched the “Safe Streets, Safe City” program, which fundamentally changed how police fought crime. For the first time in decades, crime rates began to fall—a trend that continues to this day. Among his other major successes, Mayor Dinkins brokered a deal that kept the US Open Tennis Championships in New York—bringing hundreds of millions of dollars to the city annually—and launched the revitalization of Times Square after decades of decay, all the while deflecting criticism and some outright racism with a seemingly unflappable demeanor. Criticized by some for his handling of the Crown Heights riots in 1991, Dinkins describes in these pages a very different version of events. A Mayor’s Life is a revealing look at a devoted public servant and a New Yorker in love with his city, who led that city during tumultuous times.
Download or read book Angels of the Sea written by Michele Gold and published by Hay House Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Acclaimed multimedia artist Michele Gold brings her vision of the world of dolphins to the pages of this exquisite coffee-table book. Having lived among dolphins herself, her oil and acrylic paintings truly evoke the wonder and mystery of these "angels of the sea". Full color.
Download or read book Angels Associated with Israel in the Dead Sea Scrolls written by Matthew L. Walsh and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A well-known characteristic of the sectarian Dead Sea Scrolls are their assertions that membership in the Qumran movement included present and eschatological fellowship with the angels, but scholars disagree as to the precise meaning of these claims. To gain a better understanding of angelic fellowship at Qumran, Matthew L. Walsh utilizes the early Jewish concept that certain angels were closely associated with Israel. Moreover, these angels, which included guardians and priests, were envisioned within apocalyptic worldviews that assumed that realities on earth corresponded to those of the heavenly realm. A comparison of non-sectarian texts with sectarian compositions reveals that the Qumran movement's lofty assertions of communion with the guardians and priests of heavenly Israel would have made a significant contribution to their identity as the true Israel.
Download or read book An Ocean Full of Angels written by Peter Kreeft and published by St Augustine PressInc. This book was released on 2011 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the connections between Jesus Christ, Muhammad, dead Vikings, sassy Black feminists, Dutch Calvinist seminarians, large mother substitues, armless nature mystics, Caribbean rubber dancers, three popes in one year, Cortez, Romeo and Juliet, the wandering Jew, the sea serpent, Our Lady of Guadalupe, the demon Hurricano, Islam in the art of body surfing, the universal fate wave theory, the Palestinian intifada, the fatal beauty of the sea, dreams of Jungian archetypes, the dooms of the Boston Red Sox, abortion wars, the great blizzard of '78, the wisdom of the "handicapped," the ecumenical jihad, the psychology of suicide, the disguises of angels, and the end of the world."
Download or read book Sea Angel written by Ella McLella and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a story that brings you into an enchanted world deep within the ocean and shares the sea's greatest secret, the Sea Angel. Sea angels are magical creatures who protect other small sea creatures from dangers such as tidal waves, submarines, oil slicks, and fishing nets. As the story unfolds, a sea angel is stolen from the sea by a greedy diver seeking treasure. Will true friendship and a relentless search save the sea's greatest secret? Laced with fun facts about the ocean's flora and fauna, Sea Angel transports the reader through kelp and gorgonian forests, to an underwater mountain, and a haunted sea of lost ships. Sea Angel is an entertaining and informative read for ages 7 to 11. "Vivid visceral descriptions bring the watery atmosphere to life - Dark green and brown sargassum floated in the water and clung to the rocks below...It felt so dense and close in this sea. Nothing really stood still, but nothing really moved much either.' From the Kelp Forest to the Sargasso Sea, no setting is predictable, and like a marine version of Narnia, the characters are at once familiar and otherworldly. There is also a sweet morality tale about sisterly love tucked inside this highly imaginative narrative. A story that sparkles like its protagonist's gossamer transparent wings." - Kirkus Review, Kirkus Discoveries
Download or read book Angels from the Sea written by Kathie Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where Angels Fear to Tread and Other Tales of the Sea written by Morgan Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Angels of the Sea written by Sergio Bambaren and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life works in strange ways. A split-second decision to travel to the Caribbean island of Tobago in search of the "Perfect Wave" becomes an unexpected adventure for Sergio Bambaren, surfer and author of The Dolphin. When weather conditions make surfing impossible, Sergio discovers the extraordinary experience of scuba diving. He explores an unseen world meters below the surface that contains unimagined marvels of the ocean: coral, tropical fish, oysters, and above all, the tranquility and wisdom of the seas. Through this book, Sergio shows us how true freedom and happiness can be found in the simple, perfect beauty of nature."
Download or read book Where Angels Fear to Tread written by Morgan Robertson and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Where Angels Fear to Tread and Other Stories of the Sea written by Morgan Robertson and published by Hardpress Publishing. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Download or read book The Ghost Chronicles written by and published by Teddy Blue Books. This book was released on 2015-11-17 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Michael get to heaven before the devil gets him first, and if it means leaving Sarah is he sure he still wants to go? Michael Andrews had everything - a loving family, a great girlfriend and a promising basketball career. That was before the accident that took his life. Now, he's a ghost, wandering among the living, struggling to understand why he's stuck. All he wants is to move on. That is until he meets Sarah, an attractive young girl who died just as tragically as he did. The only trouble is falling in love and binding oneself to another soul is forbidden, for it may keep one or both of the souls bound to earth for longer than they should be. To make matters worse, there's also a danger in going too far with Sarah, because the "joining" of two souls in the afterlife is also strictly forbidden and they don't know what will happen if they do go that far. Each time they touch they can feel the boundaries of their energies slipping perilously into one another. Things get even more complicated as Michael learns he's being pursued. Demons are after him because he's a marked soul, a soul the devil wants very badly for some unknown reason. So, maybe falling in love in the afterlife isn't such a good idea.
Download or read book The Black Angels written by Maria Smilios and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-09-19 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gotham Book Finalist 2024 NPR Science Friday Best Summer Beach Reads 2024 Winner of the Christopher Award 2024 New York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage. In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate to avert a public health crisis, city officials summoned Black southern nurses, luring them with promises of good pay, a career, and an escape from the strictures of Jim Crow. But after arriving, they found themselves on an isolated hilltop in the remote borough of Staten Island, yet again confronting racism and consigned to a woefully understaffed sanatorium, dubbed “the pest house,” where it was said that “no one left alive.” Spanning the Great Depression and moving through World War II and beyond, this remarkable true story follows the intrepid young women known by their patients as the “Black Angels.” For twenty years, they risked their lives working under appalling conditions while caring for New York’s poorest residents, who languished in wards, waiting to die, or became guinea pigs for experimental surgeries and often deadly drugs. But despite their major role in desegregating the New York City hospital system—and their vital work in helping to find the cure for tuberculosis at Sea View—these nurses were completely erased from history. The Black Angels recovers the voices of these extraordinary women and puts them at the center of this riveting story, celebrating their legacy and spirit of survival.
Download or read book The Sea Angel written by Allen G. Kirtley and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Breath of Angels written by John Beattie and published by Sheridan House, Inc.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even as a teenager, John Beattie felt drawn to the ocean, but it was 25 years before his dream of sailing the globe in his 35-foot yacht Warrior Queen could begin to come true. His voyage began in England & continued to the South American coast & into the depths of the rainforests via uncharted tributaries. The adventure reached a stirring climax during his return voyage from Venezuela. One day at dawn, hundreds of miles from land, he spotted a man dying of thirst aboard a drifting open boat, a man given one last slender chance to live. "A riveting, powerful, more-dramatic-than-fiction, true biographical story of life & death upon the open sea." The Midwest Book Review
Download or read book Where Angels Fear to Tread and Other Tales of the Sea Classic Reprint written by Morgan Robertson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-08-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Where Angels Fear to Tread, and Other Tales of the Sea I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of each; and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first. Robert Lours stevenson. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Sea of Miracles written by Amy Oscar and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can talk to angels. You can experience miracles.This slim little gem is more than a book - it's an invitation to a deeper and more meaningful relationship with the Divine. With practical tools and personal experience, (and links to free meditations you can listen to at any time) the author leads you step by step into the Sea of Miracles, a world where everyone you meet may be a guide, and everything you see is shimmering with meaning. Amy Oscar has read more than 10,000 stories from real people who've had direct, personal encounters with the Divine. Hand-written first-person accounts written by the people who lived them, ordinary people just like you.Sea of Miracles is a book about her journey and yours. It's a book about angels - but more than that, it's about finding the spirit that lives in the simple things - work, family, marriage, traffic jams - and all the spaces in between. And through these things, deepening your everyday connection to the Divine.
Download or read book Evidence of Angels written by Suza Scalora and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-09-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Open your eyes. Open your mind. Open your heart. They are with you every day. They are everywhere. They are angels. Open and begin your journey. . . .
