Download or read book Can t Nothing Bring Me Down written by Ida Keeling and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's never too late to do the impossible. Meet Ida Keeling, a 104-year-old mother, activist, and world record-holding runner. Her fierce independence and deep faith carried her through the Depression and the civil rights movement--but her greatest trials were yet to come. Miss Ida, as she is known in her community in the Bronx, grew up as a child of immigrants during the Great Depression. She began working to help provide for her family at age twelve. Later, after her husband passed, she raised her four children alone while serving as an active member in the civil rights movement. In 1978 and 1980, Ida's two sons were brutally murdered. Justice was never achieved. Ida felt like she didn't have the strength to carry on, but, encouraged by her daughter, Ida put on her first pair of running shoes at the age of 67 and began to chase the paralyzing sorrow from her heart. Running gave light and new energy to Ida, and since her first race nearly 35 years ago, she's never looked back. Holding the world record for the fastest time in the 60-meter dash for the 95-99 age group, Ida isn't slowing down. Can't Nothing Bring Me Down gives us a clear picture of what it means to: Find new passions, no matter your age Navigate life's obstacles with grace Lean on faith, family, and friends in hard times In Can't Nothing Bring Me Down, Ida offers time-tested truths gathered from a lifetime of watching a nation change--and from a lifelong faith in Jesus. "Every night, I thank him for my many blessings, for his guidance, for his protection," Ida says. "And every night he tells me, 'Miss Ida, you just keep on, because I ain't done with you yet.'"
Download or read book Graphic Showbiz written by Nanabanyin Dadson and published by Graphic Communications Group. This book was released on 2014-02-10 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I Like to Start with Something Funny written by Mark C. Overton and published by Christian Living Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does the idea of sitting still for hours while a speaker drones on and on make you cringe? Do you find yourself daydreaming when you should be listening? Have you ever wished that the speaker would make his/her speech more interesting? Well, if you answered yes to any of the above, I understand. But, you’ll never feel that way if you listen to Joel Osteen. He is a renowned inspirational pastor and speaker. I Like to Start with Something Funny is a compilation of many of Pastor Osteen’s witty remarks and “laugh-out-loud” funny jokes that put his captive audiences at ease and inspire them to be engaged and uplifted. One touch of humor at a time, Osteen’s words of wisdom speak to the individual while also reaching out and providing comfort to the masses. Now is your opportunity to also enjoy this unprecedented compilation of over 100, tested, short, clean Joel Osteen jokes – they bring joy and encourage laughter. This inspirational book is the template for a speech of any kind. Use it as a blueprint for how to break the ice, engage, inspire, and encourage your audience to listen intently and absorb your message wholeheartedly. Buy your copy now to help start a meaningful conversation, laugh hilariously and live happier today!
Download or read book Hits of the Year Guitar Chord Songbook written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2015-01-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hits Of The Year: Guitar Chord Songbook contains 28 of the biggest, most popular hit songs of the past year, arranged for Voice and Guitar from the actual recordings and in the original keys. Each track includes full lyrics and accurate Guitar chord symbols and chord boxes, so that you can quickly pick up and play all of the year's best songs, from the smash-hit Let It Go to Sam Smith's Stay With Me to Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off. Songlist: - All About That Bass [Meghan Trainor] - All Of Me [John Legend] - Budapest [George Ezra] - Counting Stars [OneRepublic] - Ghost [Ella Henderson] - God Only Knows [Wilson, Brian & Various Artists] - Happy [Pharrell Williams] - Heart And Soul [Twin Atlantic] - How Long Will I Love You [Ellie Goulding] - I See Fire [Ed Sheeran] - Let It Go [Idina Menzel] - Love Never Felt So Good [Michael Jackson and Justin Timberlake] - Magic [Coldplay] - Messed Up Kids [Jake Bugg] - Only Love Can Hurt Like This [Paloma Faith] - Play Ball [AC/DC] - Rather Be [Clean Bandit ft. Glynne, Jess] - Rude [Magic!] - Seasons (Waiting On You) [Future Islands] - Shake It Off [Taylor Swift] - She Looks So Perfect [5 Seconds Of Summer] - Sing [Ed Sheeran] - A Sky Full Of Stars [Coldplay] - Stay With Me [Sam Smith] - Steal My Girl [One Direction] - Superheroes [The Script] - Take Me To Church [Hozier] - Wake Me Up [Avicii]
Download or read book Pop Hits For Ukulele written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2014-07-18 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop Hits For Ukulele contains 18 top hits that have been specially arranged for the ukulele – and there’s something for everyone! From Alicia Keys and Pharrell Williams to The Lumineers and Mumford & Sons. Each song has been carefully arranged with ukulele chord diagrams and full lyrics. So tune up, choose your favourites and start playing and singing now! Song List: - Best Song Ever [One Direction] - Chasing Car [Snow Patrol] - Empire State Of Mind Part II [Alicia Keys] - Falling [Haim] - The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) [Ylvis] - Get Lucky [Daft Punk] - Happy [Pharrell Williams] - Hey, Soul Sister [Train] - Ho Hey [The Lumineers] - I Knew You Were Trouble [Taylor Swift] - I See Fire [Ed Sheeran] - Let Her Go [Passenger] - Little Lion Man [Mumford & Sons] - Pompeii [Bastille] - Royals [Lorde] - Somewhere Only We Know [Lily Allen] - Valerie [Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse] - Price Tag [Jessie J]
Download or read book Hits Of The Year 2014 PVG written by Wise Publications and published by Wise Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-24 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest and best Hits Of The Year are included here arranged for Piano, Voice and Guitar. These 20 pop chart-toppers are now available at your fingertips, ready to be mastered. Each is presented with a Vocal part, a Piano part and Guitar chords, as well as full lyrics. This enables you to sing as accurately as possible, while having an authentic accompaniment for either private practice or performance. Most of these songs have sold millions, and many have been number 1 internationally, so they are the very definition of crowd-pleasing. So if you want to sing or play the Hits Of The Year, there is no better, or cheaper place to find the sheet music for these pop gems than in this songbook. Songlist:
Download or read book Black Women s Yoga History written by Stephanie Y. Evans and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-03-01 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How have Black women elders managed stress? In Black Women's Yoga History, Stephanie Y. Evans uses primary sources to answer that question and to show how meditation and yoga from eras of enslavement, segregation, and migration to the Civil Rights, Black Power, and New Age movements have been in existence all along. Life writings by Harriet Jacobs, Sadie and Bessie Delany, Eartha Kitt, Rosa Parks, Jan Willis, and Tina Turner are only a few examples of personal case studies that are included here, illustrating how these women managed traumatic stress, anxiety, and depression. In more than fifty yoga memoirs, Black women discuss practices of reflection, exercise, movement, stretching, visualization, and chanting for self-care. By unveiling the depth of a struggle for wellness, memoirs offer lessons for those who also struggle to heal from personal, cultural, and structural violence. This intellectual history expands conceptions of yoga and defines inner peace as mental health, healing, and wellness that is both compassionate and political.
Download or read book Don t Give Up Don t Give In written by Dr. Curtis L. Ivery and published by Beaufort Books. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing from his own experiences of rural childhood poverty in Texas, to prominent roles as a government official, and now as an acclaimed educational leader, Dr. Ivery demonstrates his motivational gifts, as he seeks to inspire young men to live lives of purpose and integrity. A father and grandfather, Dr. Ivery’s words are presented as a personal conversation with a young man, inviting him to stop for a moment and think about the path his life is taking, where he’d like it to lead, and how best to get there. Whether it’s navigating the ups and downs of friendships and relationships; how to manage difficult emotions like frustration, anger or disappointment; or how to navigate challenges with self-confidence and control to achieve success, Dr. Ivery brings time-tested wisdom to the table. His voice is clear and direct, but more importantly—compassionate. He understands the struggles of young men and rises admirably to the challenge of communicating to their hearts.
Download or read book Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen written by Aleksandr Andreas Wansbrough and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Myths such as Narcissus' reflection, Pandora's box, and Plato's cave have been used to frame modern technological dangers; often to describe people absorbed in their own digital reflections. Such speculation either purports that technology has a magical power or else that technology merely represents human nature unchanged from the myth's inception. But those accounts ignore the paradoxical understandings of the power relationships allegorized, where people are manipulated by higher forces beyond their comprehension. Working from the assumption that capitalism rather than God is the highest power, this book examines mythic anticipations of the screen and digital technology from European literature, poetry, folklore and philosophy. Digital technology and social media are approached not as reflections of human nature but capitalist ideology's power to enchant. To this end, Capitalism and the Enchanted Screen also surveys a diverse variety of films, digital media and contemporary artworks to understand and critique how myths are reimagined today.
Download or read book The Race Against Time written by Richard Askwith and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-01-12 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A transformational quest for the secrets of happy, healthy, whole-life running that will change the way you think about growing older. Colourful, informative and inspiring, The Race Against Time is a story of cold science and heart-warming resilience; of champions and also-rans; of sprinting centenarians and forty-something super-athletes barely touched by age. Its heroes are experts and enthusiasts - scientists, coaches, runners - from many countries, each with a different story to tell. This is a book for anyone who has ever felt the healing power of running – or simply wondered about the effects of ageing. It is both a very personal account of one man's journey from despair to hope, and an exhilarating guide, explaining how timely adjustments to lifestyle and training can slow the progress of physiological decay, while sheer human spirit can, if you are lucky, keep you running happily and healthily, all the way into extreme old age.
Download or read book Five Minutes of Amazing written by Chris Graham and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story poses a profound question - do we accept the hand that fate deals us, or do we battle to make the most of the life we have and help others in the process? Chris Graham, just 38 years old but already facing the advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, has emphatically chosen the latter. Having lived through a troubled childhood, Chris joined the British Army at a young age and found that the life of a soldier provided him with a much-needed sense of stability. However, his world was turned upside down when, at just 34 years of age, he was diagnosed with a form of early onset dementia. This brutal disease had already claimed the life of his father at 42, along with several other members of his family, and tragically had already confined his brother to a nursing home at the age of 43. In his brother's life, Chris could see a terrifying window into his own near future. Chris, though, is an extraordinary human being. Having been handed nothing less than a death sentence, he decided overnight to stand up to this horrendous disease and do something to leave his mark before it was too late. And so it was that last year, Chris embarked on an awareness-raising 16,000-mile solo cycle around North America, armed only with his bike, a sense of humour, and some good old-fashioned British grit. Leaving his ever-supportive wife Vicky and baby son Dexter at home, he took on huge challenges - for instance, the fear that the ability to discern left from right might leave him at any point while navigating an entire continent - and made it home in time for Christmas, determined to spending however long he has left pouring his love and attention into his family life. Five Minutes of Amazing is both the story of Chris' epic journey and of his fight against the disease increasingly being recognised as the defining disease of our generation. Inspiring and heart-rending in equal measure, it's as important as it is moving, and it will touch everyone who reads it.
Download or read book Songs from the Heart written by Mitchell B Cooper and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of poetic verses from my heart to yours. These were written out of life experiences, both good and bad. I hope that you find some you can relate to and that they may bring a smile to your face and peace to your heart.
Download or read book Celebrating the Achievements of the Older Generation written by John Croucher and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the achievement and talent of those in advanced years across a wide range of activities. Some of the people included made amazing achievements throughout their lives and into very old age, while others picked up skills again and developed them in different ways later in life. Then there are those who embarked upon entirely new activities and enterprises to great acclaim. The book includes a fascinating mix of familiar names and hidden gems, and emphasises the limitless possibilities of life, where “age is only a number” and positivity is a common theme. International in nature, this book will be of great interest as a point of reference for academics from all fields. In addition, it is fascinating reading for anyone who wants to be inspired by the astonishing feats of over 100 people who have triumphed in their golden years.
Download or read book Super Ager written by Elise Marie Collins and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2018-06-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A fresh approach to aging well . . . the definitive ‘how-to’ book for celebrating the second half of life!” from a top yoga and mindfulness teacher (Darren Main, author of Yoga and the Path of the Urban Mystic). Filled with science, suggestions for gentle daily movement, natural remedies and modern wisdom, Super Ager is a practical and concise guide to optimal aging. Yoga instructor, nutrition expert and healthy living blogger Elise Marie Collins has compiled a comprehensive look at what “Super Agers” are doing to live long and prosper. Learn about movement at any age, brain fitness and memory maintenance, foods, vitamin and mineral content cues and clues, and what they do to promote health, prevent disease, and decrease and reverse symptoms of illness. In her revolutionary book, Collins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through a journey of cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Collins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From India to Japan, northern Europe and the Greek Island of Ikaria “where people forgot to die,” she shows how the unique lifestyles of these people can influence and improve our own lives. “A great inspiration to encourage humanity to not only live longer but better . . . Elise Marie Collins, gives us sound information that motivates us to eat a mostly plant-based diet and to move our bodies, even if it’s just walking, in a way that communicates—I AM ALIVE!” —Saeeda Hafiz, author of The Healing
Download or read book Hope written by MaryAnn McKibben Dana and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2022-08-30 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What hope is, what hope isn’t, and how to find it in hopeless times. Hope is not optimism. It’s not toxic positivity. It’s not a promise of future success or progress. And it’s definitely not something that can be reduced to a scripty-font platitude on an Instagram post. So what is it? One thing is certain: real hope demands that we do something with it. That we live it out. That we use hope to participate in a bigger story playing out behind the bleak world we see on the news or in our social media feeds every day. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a person of faith, or someone disillusioned with faith, or someone who hardly ever thinks about faith: if you’re a human being who longs for a spiritual counternarrative to live by, this book points to one resilient enough to endure crises and crushing defeats. If you’re tired of hearing about some heavenly hereafter amid the pressing need for justice here and now, this is a book about hope for this world—not the next. After exploring what hope isn’t and then what it is, MaryAnn McKibben Dana reflects on the surprising place where hope is often found—in the messiness of our imperfect, flawed, beautiful human bodies. In the second half of the book, she talks about making hope real: sharing hope through stories, cultivating hope through simple practices, and nurturing hope in hopeless times—when only real hope can persevere.
Download or read book Racism Postrace written by Roopali Mukherjee and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the election of Barack Obama, the idea that American society had become postracial—that is, race was no longer a main factor in influencing and structuring people's lives—took hold in public consciousness, increasingly accepted by many. The contributors to Racism Postrace examine the concept of postrace and its powerful history and allure, showing how proclamations of a postracial society further normalize racism and obscure structural antiblackness. They trace expressions of postrace over and through a wide variety of cultural texts, events, and people, from sports (LeBron James's move to Miami), music (Pharrell Williams's “Happy”), and television (The Voice and HGTV) to public policy debates, academic disputes, and technology industries. Outlining how postrace ideologies confound struggles for racial justice and equality, the contributors open up new critical avenues for understanding the powerful cultural, discursive, and material conditions that render postrace the racial project of our time. Contributors. Inna Arzumanova, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Aymer Jean Christian, Kevin Fellezs, Roderick A. Ferguson, Herman Gray, Eva C. Hageman, Daniel Martinez HoSang, Victoria E. Johnson, Joseph Lowndes, Roopali Mukherjee, Safiya Umoja Noble, Radhika Parameswaran, Sarah T. Roberts, Catherine R. Squires, Brandi Thompson Summers, Karen Tongson, Cynthia A. Young
Download or read book Applying the Holy Scriptures written by Reverend O.L. Johnson and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Applying the Holy Scriptures addresses a long-standing criticism of the Bible: that it has no application for today. In this work, the author gives evidence to the contrary through quoting Bible verses which are applicable to twenty situations people face in contemporary life. The goal is to encourage reliance on Gods word as a source of solving lifes problems today. There is a solution there for all human ills.
