Download or read book I Am Golden written by Eva Chen and published by Feiwel & Friends. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Instant New York Times Bestseller! This joyful and lyrical picture book from New York Times bestselling author Eva Chen and illustrator Sophie Diao is a moving ode to the immigrant experience, as well as a manifesto of self-love for Chinese American children. What do you see when you look in the mirror, Mei? Do you see beauty? We see eyes that point toward the sun, that give us the warmth and joy of a thousand rays when you smile. We see hair as inky black and smooth as a peaceful night sky. We see skin brushed with gold. Praise for I Am Golden: "[A] richly metaphoric celebration of Chinese American identity ... Luminous, gently textured digital art by Diao includes thoughtful, recognizably Chinese cues that add further dimension ... A loving, affecting tribute to how children of immigrants can serve as bridges and torchbearers for their communities." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "From the outset, this gorgeous picture book exudes joy and celebration of identity. Through dazzling illustrations, Diao brings to exuberant life best-selling Chinese American author Chen’s message of finding love and power in one’s differences. ... This powerful and uplifting story captures [Chinese] American joy and is a definite must-read." —Booklist, starred review

Download or read book Finding the Path of Me written by Wendy Hutchinson and published by Wendy Hutchinson. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding the Path of Me is a journey sparked by the desire to find myself. It was often emotionally painful, but only through emotional healing can transformation occur. I had to face my deepest fears to ascend and go higher vibrationally. It felt at times like the complete destruction and decomposition of me. Slowly, I brought all the fractals of myself that I had so carelessly given away back together. Unknowingly I embarked on a journey of spiritual awakening. There was an organic path that unfolded as I ventured into the unknown. A pattern of awareness, inner work, and clearing happened over and over as I spiraled up the mountain. Sometimes life broke me, but I rose stronger. This book is a guide for anyone navigating their own ascension path. It offers tools to help people overcome adversity and find courage to release what no longer serves them and is also a reminder they were born worthy. What you will learn from this book: * How your family of origin story impacts your adult mindset and behavior patterns. * An understanding of energy, frequency, and consciousness and how it affects your life. * The process of healing emotional wounds, shedding and releasing what no longer serves you, and how it will change your life. * How to love yourself and align with your truth to live an empowered and authentic life.

Download or read book The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves written by James Han Mattson and published by Little A. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In raw, poignant alternating first-person narratives, interspersed with e-mails, gay chat-room exchanges, and other fragments of a youth laid bare in the age of social media, The Lost Prayers of Ricky Graves unravels the mystery of a life in all its glory: despair and regret, humor and wonder, courage and connection. A heartbroken and humiliated Ricky Graves took the life of a classmate and himself. Five months later, the sleepy community is still in shock and mourning. Ricky's sister, Alyssa, returns to confront her shattered, withdrawn mother and her guilt over the brother she left adrift. Mark McVitry, the lone survivor of the deadly outburst sparked by his own cruelty, is tormented by visions of Ricky's vengeful spirit. Ricky's surrogate older brother, Corky Meeks, grapples with doubts about the fragile boy he tried to protect but may have doomed instead. And Jeremy Little, who inadvertently became Ricky's long-distance Internet crush despite never having met, seeks to atone for failing to hear his friend's cries for help. For those closest to the tormented killer, shock and grief have given way to soul searching, as they're forced to confront their broken dreams, buried desires, and missed opportunities. And in their shared search for meaning and redemption, Ricky's loved ones find a common purpose: learning to trust their feelings, fighting for real intimacy in a world grown selfish and insincere, and fearlessly embracing all that matters most...before it's gone from their lives.

Download or read book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother written by Amy Chua and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what Chinese parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it... Amy Chua's daughters, Sophia and Louisa (Lulu) were polite, interesting and helpful, they had perfect school marks and exceptional musical abilities. The Chinese-parenting model certainly seemed to produce results. But what happens when you do not tolerate disobedience and are confronted by a screaming child who would sooner freeze outside in the cold than be forced to play the piano? Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty, entertaining and provocative, this is a unique and important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever.

Download or read book Minor Feelings written by Cathy Park Hong and published by One World. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • ONE OF TIME’S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE • A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness “Brilliant . . . To read this book is to become more human.”—Claudia Rankine, author of Citizen In development as a television series starring and adapted by Greta Lee • One of Time’s 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, New Statesman, BuzzFeed, Esquire, The New York Public Library, and Book Riot Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable, humorous, and provocative—and its relentless and riveting pursuit of vital questions around family and friendship, art and politics, identity and individuality, will change the way you think about our world. Binding these essays together is Hong’s theory of “minor feelings.” As the daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. She would later understand that these “minor feelings” occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality—when you believe the lies you’re told about your own racial identity. Minor feelings are not small, they’re dissonant—and in their tension Hong finds the key to the questions that haunt her. With sly humor and a poet’s searching mind, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness in America today. This intimate and devastating book traces her relationship to the English language, to shame and depression, to poetry and female friendship. A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche—and of a writer’s search to both uncover and speak the truth. Praise for Minor Feelings “Hong begins her new book of essays with a bang. . . .The essays wander a variegated terrain of memoir, criticism and polemic, oscillating between smooth proclamations of certainty and twitches of self-doubt. . . . Minor Feelings is studded with moments [of] candor and dark humor shot through with glittering self-awareness.”—The New York Times “Hong uses her own experiences as a jumping off point to examine race and emotion in the United States.”—Newsweek “Powerful . . . [Hong] brings together memoiristic personal essay and reflection, historical accounts and modern reporting, and other works of art and writing, in order to amplify a multitude of voices and capture Asian America as a collection of contradictions. She does so with sharp wit and radical transparency.”—Salon

Download or read book Love Me Later written by R.A. Cambel and published by R.A. Cambel. This book was released on 2024-04-08 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Natasha Collins remembers knowing Ashton Greene since she was three. Everything was fine between them until she developed a crush on him at sixteen. Confused with her growing admiration, she confessed to Ashton. And she even tried to seal the confession with a kiss. Being friends with her parents, Ashton Greene has always known Natasha Collins from the day she was born. He is fond of, adores, and cares for her, but only like his niece. That is why he felt nothing but disappointment when he heard the 16-year-old Natasha's confession of young love. With their ten-year age gap, it is natural for Ashton to turn Natasha down. However, the hurt and embarrassment she felt made her slowly drift away. But what will happen when fate brings them back together six years later?

Download or read book One Drop written by Yaba Blay and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Challenges narrow perceptions of Blackness as both an identity and lived reality to understand the diversity of what it means to be Black in the US and around the world What exactly is Blackness and what does it mean to be Black? Is Blackness a matter of biology or consciousness? Who determines who is Black and who is not? Who’s Black, who’s not, and who cares? In the United States, a Black person has come to be defined as any person with any known Black ancestry. Statutorily referred to as “the rule of hypodescent,” this definition of Blackness is more popularly known as the “one-drop rule,” meaning that a person with any trace of Black ancestry, however small or (in)visible, cannot be considered White. A method of social order that began almost immediately after the arrival of enslaved Africans in America, by 1910 it was the law in almost all southern states. At a time when the one-drop rule functioned to protect and preserve White racial purity, Blackness was both a matter of biology and the law. One was either Black or White. Period. Has the social and political landscape changed one hundred years later? One Drop explores the extent to which historical definitions of race continue to shape contemporary racial identities and lived experiences of racial difference. Featuring the perspectives of 60 contributors representing 25 countries and combining candid narratives with striking portraiture, this book provides living testimony to the diversity of Blackness. Although contributors use varying terms to self-identify, they all see themselves as part of the larger racial, cultural, and social group generally referred to as Black. They have all had their identity called into question simply because they do not fit neatly into the stereotypical “Black box”—dark skin, “kinky” hair, broad nose, full lips, etc. Most have been asked “What are you?” or the more politically correct “Where are you from?” throughout their lives. It is through contributors’ lived experiences with and lived imaginings of Black identity that we can visualize multiple possibilities for Blackness.

Download or read book Passport to Shame written by Sam Louie and published by Central Recovery Press. This book was released on 2024-01-09 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A psychotherapist's candid memoir of addiction and recovery, exploring the intersection of Asian culture, mental health, and assimilating into American culture as an ethnic minority. Sam Louie grew up torn between cultures as part of a first-generation Chinese immigrant family from Hong Kong living in a predominantly African American neighborhood in the United States. He experienced the duality of existence with the tension of two vastly different worldviews, his identity intertwined with the country he lives in and his ancestral ties. What traditions and cultural beliefs get preserved, what gets discarded, and what gets lost in translation? Beneath it all was the presence of three generations of addiction, trauma, and shame. In this bold, insightful book, he documents the challenges of immigrant experiences and how maladaptive coping mechanisms in the form of compulsive behaviors were a means to gain a sense of adequacy due to the cultural tide of shame and ostracism within his own ethnic heritage and the external world. Louie's journey of resiliency in navigating multiple cultural forces in the face of adversity and racism can give readers a new understanding of hope, perseverance, and the resources necessary to heal.

Download or read book V written by Florence Schechter and published by Random House. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the world's first Vagina Museum, discover your go-to guide to the vulva. The Vulva. For thousands of years, our vulvas and vaginas have been considered mysterious, taboo and shameful. In fact, 50%* of us, don't even know where the vagina actually is. In this uplifting, informative, witty and empowering guide, we'll explore: - How to label a vulva - The power of periods and the many myths around them - How vulvas have inspired art, folklore and music throughout history and across the world - How to cut through the noise of the feminine hygiene industry - How to feel empowered to call a vulva a vulva! Packed with fascinating contributions from leading activists and experts, V will help every reader discover their own BIG V ENERGY *2021

Download or read book Stay written by Anjuli Paschall and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As women, we are exhausted. Our hearts are being wrung out to dry--squeezed and yanked in every direction. We take care of everyone but ourselves. We've gotten lost in bedtime routines and our Costco lists. We have lost our voices in the storm of everyday life. We need to be reminded to reach inward and heed the quiet voice whispering, Stay. This book is for anyone who longs for a connection with God and his people but can't seem to escape the haunting feelings of guilt, shame, loneliness, and fear. Through raw, authentic stories, (in)courage writer Anjuli Paschall invites you to stop running from your pain and to recognize that the deep end of your story is the way to intimacy with Christ. Alongside Anjuli, you will encounter a loving God who invites you to stay with him at the table of your soul, where you are free to spill the milk, to fumble through your words, to embrace the awkwardness and the joy, and to taste and see that he is good.

Download or read book Understanding Suffering in Schools written by Joseph Polizzi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-08-19 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing inspiration from Dr. Willi Schohaus’s classic text The Dark Places of Education, this book contributes to the discussion by defining suffering in schools and providing a survey of the American school system’s inadequacies in the early twenty-first century. Through testimonies from former students on the ways they experienced suffering in school, this volume demonstrates how suffering can profoundly affect one’s academic growth and development—or worse. By analyzing the findings within a multidisciplinary ethical and educational framework, this volume presents a moral vision for understanding the role that suffering plays in school. Drawing on research in medicine, psychology, social sciences, religion, and education, this text weaves together many strands of thinking about suffering. This book is essential reading for academics, researchers, and postgraduate students in the fields of educational leadership, foundations of education, and those interested in both the history of education and critical contemporary accounts of schooling.

Download or read book Forty Days on Being a Four written by Christine Yi Suh and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is it like to be an Enneagram Four? These forty daily readings from Christine Yi Suh reflect on the emotional lives of Fours with a desire for personal and spiritual growth. Each reading concludes with an opportunity for further engagement such as a journaling prompt, reflection questions, a written prayer, or a spiritual practice.

Download or read book Virga written by Shin Yu Pai and published by . This book was released on 2021-08 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Asian & Asian American Studies. After decades of promoting the Chinese masters of poetry and Buddhist texts; Empty Bowl is honored to publish its first collection by a female Asian American author. VIRGA; Shin Yu Pai's elegant eleventh collection of poems; is a crisp and intelligent response to recent and ancient history. In poems at once visionary and practical; VIRGA portrays Buddhist thought from lived experience; and demonstrates the everyday life of a poet who can see for herself in the "shafts of rain going sublime" the reality of being an Asian American woman in America today. This collection rediscovers who we are in an age when hate-crimes and terrorization destroy the lives of Asians and all people of color. Experiencing these poems; we witness Shin Yu Pai rise in and through the wearying atmosphere of the "dominant caste;" as historian Isabel Wilkerson calls white culture; to hold herself; her child; her community; in that sublime state that; within the Zen mind; arises "before touching the ground."

Download or read book Because You Love Me O Neill Brothers written by Virna DePaul and published by Virna De Paul. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers have fallen in love with the Irish O’Neill brothers…now it’s time for Sean O’Neill’s story! Sean and his four brothers moved from Dublin, Ireland to California wine country. One by one, the O’Neill brothers have fallen for the women of their dreams. Now it’s Sean’s turn, and he’s determined to convince Juliana Madison, his college English professor, that he’s not just a younger man—he’s definitely the man for her. Now that classes are over, will Juliana play it safe or will she give in to her attraction to the brown-eyed Irish lad whose tender words and strong arms fill her with joy and make her believe in love again?

Download or read book Vulnerable Edges written by TK Miller and published by Tobey Kay Miller. This book was released on 2022-04-17 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working in Manhattan had become routine for London native, Cole Dixon. He’d spent years working as an IT security consultant for Manhattan businesses. He stayed to himself out of necessity, but he didn’t mind. Being alone was safe, familiar, and comfortable. Mason Garris had been selling commercial real estate in Manhattan for years. She was powerful and passionate about living in New York as if the city were her suitor. She kept a close circle of friends and she made it a point to never need anyone. The odds of finding each other in a city of millions were astronomical and yet, in less than an instant, she became his charge. Can their love survive the journey to fulfill their darker desires and find complete acceptance in each other?

Download or read book Ethnic Studies Research written by Timothy P. Fong and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2008 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethnic Studies Research synthesizes and benchmarks ethnic studies methodologies as interdisciplinary modes of inquiry, providing state-of-the-art summary chapters on key methods and issues, extensive bibliographies, and promising new directions for the future. The study of ethnic groups and race relations has always existed in academia, primarily in the areas of sociology and anthropology. However, grassroots movements for ethnic studies programs and departments developed with very different agendas for the study of these groups. It is surprising, then, that relatively few books devoted to these methods exist to document and promote this innovation among succeeding generations of graduate students, as well as current academics and professional practitioners. Ethnic Studies Research is a step toward ending that void. Book jacket.

Download or read book Staging Gay Lives written by John M Clum and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of ten contemporary plays, by writers who reflect a range of cultural origins, about male homosexuality.