Download or read book What Napoleon Could Not Do written by DK Nnuro and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Books Barack Obama Is Reading This Summer One of Vulture’s Best Books of 2023 One of Goodreads’ Buzziest Debut Novels of 2023 One of Essence’s 31 Books You Must Read One of the most anticipated books by Town & Country and Elle America is seen through the eyes and ambitions of three characters with ties to Africa in this gripping novel When siblings Jacob and Belinda Nti were growing up in Ghana, their goal was simple: to move to America. For them, the United States was both an opportunity and a struggle, a goal and an obstacle. Jacob, an awkward computer programmer who still lives with his father, wants a visa so he can move to Virginia to live with his wife—a request that the U.S. government has repeatedly denied. He envies his sister, Belinda, who achieved, as their father put it, “what Napoleon could not do”: she went to college and law school in the United States and even managed to marry Wilder, a wealthy Black businessman from Texas. Wilder’s view of America differs markedly from his wife’s, as he’s spent his life railing against the racism and marginalization that are part of life for every African American living here. For these three, their desires and ambitions highlight the promise and the disappointment that life in a new country offers. How each character comes to understand this and how each learns from both their dashed hopes and their fulfilled dreams lie at the heart of what makes What Napoleon Could Not Do such a compelling, insightful read.

Download or read book Shadows in My Life written by Robert Gene Buckenmeyer and published by Patricia Pillard McCulley. This book was released on 2013 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book of poetry is best described by the authors own words. "I have couched my poetry as I see 'shadows' and 'light, ' essential to human perception and communication. My admiration of one to the other led me to my poems of self-reflection.

Download or read book Goodbye Darkness Hello Light written by Erin Dunn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-26 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Goodbye Darkness, Hello Light is a collection of poetry that covers a wide scope of topics and emotions. There are poems about letting go, horror, death, anger, feminism, new beginnings, relationships, and love. This is Erin Dunn's first published book.

Download or read book If You Want to Be a Butterfly written by Muon Thi Van and published by Kids Can Press Ltd. This book was released on 2023-10-03 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative exploration of a butterfly’s life cycle — in reverse. “If you want to be a butterfly, then arise, unfurl and welcome the waiting world,” begins this book’s narrator. Readers will flit from flower to flower with an adorable butterfly … hold on tight with a chrysalis through all sorts of weather … munch away with a greedy little caterpillar … sit very, very still and dream big with a teeny tiny egg. It’s a magical journey back in time, that ends … at the beginning! Imaginations will be sparked by the active depictions — freeing the butterfly in every child.

Download or read book Goodbye Darkness written by William Manchester and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2008-12-14 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This emotional and honest novel recounts a young man's experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through during those dark times. The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid down his arms." To find out, Manchester visited those places in the Pacific where as a young Marine he fought the Japanese, and in this book examines his experiences in the line with his fellow soldiers (his "brothers"). He gives us an honest and unabashedly emotional account of his part in the war in the Pacific. "The most moving memoir of combat on WW II that I have ever read. A testimony to the fortitude of man...a gripping, haunting, book." --William L. Shirer

Download or read book The Paradoxes of Mourning written by Alan D. Wolfelt and published by Companion Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to healing after the death of someone loved, our culture has it all wrong. We're told to be strong when what we really need is to be vulnerable. We're told to think positive when what we really need is to wallow in the pain. And we're told to seek closure when what we really need is to welcome our natural and necessary grief. Dr. Wolfelt's new book seeks to dispel these misconceptions that we hold on to so tightly and help people everywhere mourn well so they can live fuller lives. The Paradoxes of Mourning discusses three truths that grieving people used to know and respect but in the last century, seem to have forgotten: 1. You must make friends with the darkness before you can enter the light. 2. You must go backward before you can go forward. 3. You must say hello before you can say goodbye. In the tradition of the Four Agreements and the Seven Habits, this compassionate and inspiring guidebook by North America's most beloved grief counselor gives you the three keys that unlock the door to hope and healing.

Download or read book Being Nameless written by Shelby Bryson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-03 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of poetry focusing on the impact of emotional abuse, and toxic relationships on rebuilding oneself. Being Nameless uses the author's experiences to take the reader on an emotional journey of losing oneself completely, and attempting to reconstruct who you are.

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Download or read book Hello Darkness written by Peter Wells and published by . This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's now a year exactly since my urologist told me I had an aggressive cancer that was incurable. I was rushed into hospital and thus began a year of chemotherapy, radiation and all the ups and downs of a sickness that arrived in my life with the noise and terror of an old fashioned train. During that time I wrote about my experience on my Iphone, on Facebook, and I received in return an explosion of aroha on that most cynical of mediums - the internet. There was advice, commentary, encouragement, accompaniment. The posts became the basis for Hello Darkness. I made something out of nothing if near-death experiences can be said to be nothing. I learnt a lot. I am a different ...

Download or read book Yule written by Dorothy Morrison and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2000 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jam-packed with more than 60 spells, invocations, and rituals, "Yule" guides readers through the magic of the season, as they discover the origin of the eight tiny reindeer, brew up some Yuletide coffee, and learn ways to create their own holiday traditions and crafts based on celebrations from a variety of countries and beliefs.

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Download or read book My True Love The Steeles at Silver Island 2 Love in Bloom Contemporary Romance written by Melissa Foster and published by World Literary Press. This book was released on 2021-03-31 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can a man who resents the hand he’s been dealt and a woman who spends her days grateful for every little thing find true love in each other’s arms—or are their differences stronger than both of them? Find out in this funny, sexy, heartfelt romance, and fall in love with Grant and Jules on the sandy shores of Silver Island, home to coffee shops, boat races, and midnight rendezvous. My True Love is a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestseller. Even war heroes need a little help sometimes... After spending years fighting for his country and too damn long learning to navigate life with a prosthetic leg, Grant Silver returns to Silver Island to figure out a future he couldn’t fathom without fatigues and a gun in his hand. He’d almost forgotten how a man could suffocate from the warmth and caring community in which he’d grown up, and if that weren’t bad enough, his buddies’ beautiful and far-too-chipper younger sister won’t stop flitting into his life, trying to sprinkle happy dust everywhere she goes. As a cancer survivor, Jules Steele knows better than to count on seeing tomorrow. She doesn't take a single moment for granted, and she isn’t about to let a man who used to be charming and full of life waste the future he’s been blessed with. She's determined to get through to him, even if it takes a few steamy kisses... More Steeles at Silver Island are coming soon! 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Download or read book House of Darkness House of Light written by Andrea Perron and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger and Carolyn Perron purchased the home of their dreams and eventual nightmares in December of 1970. The Arnold Estate, located just beyond the village of Harrisville, Rhode Island seemed the idyllic setting in which to raise a family. The couple unwittingly moved their five young daughters into the ancient and mysterious farmhouse. Secrets were kept and then revealed within a space shared by mortal and immortal alike. Time suddenly became irrelevant; fractured by spirits making their presence known then dispersing into the ether. The house is a portal to the past and a passage to the future. This is a sacred story of spiritual enlightenment, told some thirty years hence. The family is now somewhat less reticent to divulge a closely-guarded experience. Their odyssey is chronicled by the eldest sibling and is an unabridged account of a supernatural excursion. Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated this haunting in a futile attempt to intervene on their behalf. They consider the Perron family saga to be one of the most compelling and significant of a famously ghost-storied career as paranormal researchers. During a seance gone horribly wrong, they unleashed an unholy hostess; the spirit called Bathsheba; a God-forsaken soul. Perceiving herself to be the mistress of the house, she did not appreciate the competition. Carolyn had long been under siege; overt threats issued in the form of firea mother's greatest fear. It transformed the woman in unimaginable ways. After nearly a decade the family left a once beloved home behind though it will never leave them, as each remains haunted by a memory. This tale is an inspiring testament to the resilience of the human spirit on a pathway of discovery: an eternal journey for the living and the dead.

Download or read book Postcards from My Mind written by Christopher Setterlund and published by Christopher Setterlund. This book was released on 2009-12-17 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Writer s Block written by Amen Sterling and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are Writer’s Block. Originally we are just friends on facebook.com; we came together through that medium and began writing and sharing poetry with one another for fun and enjoyment. We come together and share our work and creativity with one another; to socialize and to communicate who we are. We want to keep the creative spirit alive whether we are performers or humble everyday people. We believe that everyone needs a place to express the art that is inside of them. This volume is a testament to what we love. It is poetry from different people with different styles. This is the thank you to those who came to Writer’s Block and left. We give this to those who support our creativity, our family and friends and we want all of you to read, and enjoy. Humbly Yours Amen Sterling of Writer’s Block

Download or read book Hello Me Where Am I written by Kevin Kaminski and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He wrote this book for all those who suffer from the same addictions and mental afflictions he and his family endured. Despite all his pain, Kevin never lost his faith. He wanted all of you who endured the same pain that he did to understand what many people struggle with in their daily lives. He urged you to speak up so that our society would be understanding to those in misery and to understand and to find help, in any way you can, for them. Kevin’s message to you who are suffering was to seek help for yourself and your loved ones and realize that suicide hurts everyone: wives, children, parents, extended families, and even those whom you never met. He wanted you to also reach out to God every moment of every day. He wanted you to know that you are loved and that there can be help for you. Kevin’s desire was that all those who suffer and read this book would be educated about these afflictions and realize they are understood and loved so that they need never be alone again. This book could be a miracle for yourself or someone you love. Kevin was like a son to me. I loved him. I wish I could have helped save him.

Download or read book On Fire for God written by Oliver Gann and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is unlike most. If you read this book and are outside of a Biblical faith in Christ, it will challenge and compel you to rethink what your thoughts may have been about life, God, Jesus, the Bible, heaven, hell, religion, etc. If you plan to read this book and are a true Biblical follower of Jesus Christ but have felt empty with your Christian experience, you will encounter some answers as to why. But it will be risky for you because you may get offended if you have held onto anything or anyone more dearly than Christ. If you read this book as someone who has passionately loved the Lord and have been deeply fulfilled by Him, this volume can reinforce and strengthen your faith. This book is about the church, that is, all people who have placed their faith in Christ alone for the forgiveness of sins. But it doesn't just simply discuss people who profess to be Christians. It discusses how there is a serious lack of revival and a growing surge of hypocrisy within the church. This has led to the world that's outside of Christ to be tuned out and turned off to anything that's done in the name of Christ. It has led to a lackadaisical, boring life for most Christians. There needs to be a change. There has to be a fire ignited in the church again. On Fire For God offers a fresh, Biblical perspective on how to get the fire back that once was. If you have an interest in having a passionate, loving fire for God, then turn the ignition, buckle your seat belt, step on the gas and get started.