Download or read book It ll Be Irie written by Donn Swaby and published by Cardinal Rule Press. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond can't wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school his Jamaican roots show through and he must figure out how to be the most Raymond Raymond ever. It'll Be Irie shows the challenges and discomfort of crossing cultures from both sides. Highly recommend to anyone who wants to give the little ones in their life the gift of celebrating who they are and learning to share their culture with others. ~ Readers' Favorite It'll Be Irie by Donn Swaby is a fantastic way to teach kids about crossing cultures - loved seeing Raymond's home culture play

Download or read book Irie Morning written by Alison Moss-Solomon and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-12 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hurricane Summer written by Asha Ashanti Bromfield and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This is an excellent examination of the ways wealth, gender, and color can shape and at times create mental and emotional fractures. Verdict: A great title for public and high school libraries looking for books that offer a nuanced look at patriarchy, wealth, and gender dynamics." —School Library Journal (starred review) "Bromfield may have made a name for herself for her role on Riverdale, but with this debut, about a volatile father-daughter relationship and discovering the ugly truths hidden beneath even the most beautiful facades, she is establishing herself as a promising writer...this is a must." —Booklist (starred review) In this sweeping debut, Asha Bromfield takes readers to the heart of Jamaica, and into the soul of a girl coming to terms with her family, and herself, set against the backdrop of a hurricane. Tilla has spent her entire life trying to make her father love her. But every six months, he leaves their family and returns to his true home: the island of Jamaica. When Tilla’s mother tells her she’ll be spending the summer on the island, Tilla dreads the idea of seeing him again, but longs to discover what life in Jamaica has always held for him. In an unexpected turn of events, Tilla is forced to face the storm that unravels in her own life as she learns about the dark secrets that lie beyond the veil of paradise—all in the midst of an impending hurricane. Hurricane Summer is a powerful coming of age story that deals with colorism, classism, young love, the father-daughter dynamic—and what it means to discover your own voice in the center of complete destruction.

Download or read book Aligned written by Bruce McCarthy and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2024-05-31 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Product management naturally incorporates empathy, psychology, and thinking outside the box in pursuit of the best design for products. But how often do you apply those same skills to your relationships with people in your company? By breaking the art of stakeholder management into simple lessons and frameworks, this practical book shows product managers how to manage the crucial relationships that will help you make an impact and advance your career. You'll learn how to build trusting relationships with stakeholders, optimize your communication for different audiences, get buy-in for your ideas and roadmaps, and have stakeholders appreciate it when you say no. You'll learn how to: Build and maintain trust with your stakeholders Map your organization and identify the real power players Establish roles and build an extended team that works well together Communicate in a way that speaks to the needs and goals of different stakeholders Get buy-in on your ideas and roadmap Make stakeholders appreciate and support you when you say "no" Sustain buy-in over time Manage difficult stakeholders and personalities

Download or read book It ll Be Irie Staying True to Yourself written by Donn Swaby and published by Cardinal Rule Press. This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond can't wait to move to America. He is determined to be the most American American ever! But when he gets to his new school his Jamaican roots show through and he must figure out how to be the most Raymond Raymond ever.

Download or read book Ran and the Gray World Vol 1 written by Aki Irie and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2018-11-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even though Ran looks like an adult during her transformation, she doesn’t really know what perils the outside world holds. When she meets rich playboy Otaro Mikado, does she gain a friend or foe? -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Songs of Irie written by Asha Ashanti Bromfield and published by Wednesday Books. This book was released on 2023-10-10 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans of The Black Kids, Songs of Irie is a sweeping coming-of-age novel from Asha Bromfield about a budding romance struggling to survive amidst the Jamaican civil unrest of the 1970s. It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and the warring political parties have made the divisions between the poor and the wealthy even wider. And Irie and Jilly come from very different backgrounds: Irie is from the heart of Kingston, where fighting in the streets is common. Jilly is from the hills, where mansions nestled within lush gardens remain safe behind gates. But the two bond through a shared love of Reggae music, spending time together at Irie's father's record store, listening to so-called rebel music that opens Jilly's mind to a sound and a way of thinking she's never heard before. As tensions build in the streets, so do tensions between the two girls. A budding romance between them complicates things further as the push and pull between their two lives becomes impossible to bear. For Irie, fighting—with her words and her voice—is her only option. Blood is shed on the streets in front of her every day. She has no choice. But Jilly can always choose to escape. Can their bond survive this impossible divide? Asha Bromfield has written a compelling, emotional and heart-rending story of a friendship during wartime and what it means to fight for your words, your life, and the love of your life.

Download or read book Saving Sight written by Andrew Lam and published by Irie Books. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Saving Sight, Dr. Andrew Lam explains the intricacies of human sight and shines a light on the heroes who fought to save it, while also revealing the personal side of life as an eye surgeon - the stress and joy of a man who, on his best days, can turn darkness into light. Many remarkable life stories illuminate this autobiographical/biographical/historical work. Included are Louis Braille, Judah Folkman, Harold Ridley and many others who have enabled us to see in all kinds of unimaginable ways.

Download or read book The Habit of Noticing written by Darden Smith and published by Dexterity. This book was released on 2018-09-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Habit of Noticing is a personal manifesto on the value of art and creativity, written by singer-songwriter Darden Smith to serve as a guidebook for those seeking to bring more creativity into their daily life. "I’ve learned a lot about the creative life — or rather, how and why to make a creative life –– from more than three decades of earning a living as a musician and songwriter. The “how” is a mix of vision, talent, desire, drive, luck and perseverance. As for “why,” it comes down to this: My life is better when I make creativity the driving force in my day," says Smith. The Habit of Noticing is not a how-to manual. It’s not about craft. Rather, it is a collection of stories looking at the mindset of working artists – finding the spark, maintaining it through the rise and fall of a career, and letting the creativity evolve. An inside look at the struggles and successes in crafting and sustaining a life — and a living — as a working artist, The Habit of Noticing provides the foundation for an understanding and appreciation of what’s required to achieve this balance, and the depth and value we can draw from an artist’s approach to work and life.

Download or read book itazurana Kiss written by Kaoru Tada and published by Kaoru Tada/minato-pro,M'z-plan. This book was released on with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeing Naoki try to be a doctor inspires Kotoko to try being a student teacher! She is invited to work at the same school Naoki’s little brother Yuki goes to, Tonan Junior high. Kotoko also went to the same school. "Don’t you tell anyone that we live together", says Yuki. However Kotoko has become the teacher of YukI’s class. Class A! She is embarrassed by the students.

Download or read book Ran and the Gray World Vol 7 written by Aki Irie and published by VIZ Media LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Ran finally awakens from her long slumber, she discovers the terrible news about Otaro, and her sorrow sends the whole town of Haimachi into tears. As she works toward accepting the tragedy, she ponders how she can become a stronger sorceress, even if it means leaving her home and the people she loves... -- VIZ Media

Download or read book Spindrifts written by A-M Mawhiney and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-11-15 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Racism, climate change, and violence are in the past. The new world values respect and collaboration with others. But are there secrets lurking in the shadows of the Land of Hope? What truth about the past is being covered up? When fifteen-year-old Fania returns from Immersion, she is shattered to learn that the next phase of her education is at home with Alicia, her granny. She had hoped for something far grander that would prepare her for an important role with the Earth Project. Their two strong personalities clash as Fania begins to learn more about the past and her family’s role in it. As Fania grows in confidence and power, she starts to wonder exactly what secrets Alicia is keeping in her underground lab. After Fania discovers the truth, she finds her calling: one that has the power to change everything.

Download or read book White Teeth written by Zadie Smith and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2003-05-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The blockbuster debut novel from "a preternaturally gifted" writer (The New York Times) and author of On Beauty and Swing Time—set against London's racial and cultural tapestry, reveling in the ecstatic hodgepodge of modern life, flirting with disaster, and embracing the comedy of daily existence. Zadie Smith’s dazzling debut caught critics grasping for comparisons and deciding on everyone from Charles Dickens to Salman Rushdie to John Irving and Martin Amis. But the truth is that Zadie Smith’s voice is remarkably, fluently, and altogether wonderfully her own. At the center of this invigorating novel are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal. Hapless veterans of World War II, Archie and Samad and their families become agents of England’s irrevocable transformation. A second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful, albeit tooth-challenged, Jamaican half his age, quite literally gives Archie a second lease on life, and produces Irie, a knowing child whose personality doesn’t quite match her name (Jamaican for “no problem”). Samad’s late-in-life arranged marriage (he had to wait for his bride to be born), produces twin sons whose separate paths confound Iqbal’s every effort to direct them, and a renewed, if selective, submission to his Islamic faith. “[White Teeth] is, like the London it portrays, a restless hybrid of voices, tones, and textures…with a raucous energy and confidence.” —The New York Times Book Review

Download or read book Ice Daddy written by June Winters and published by June Winters. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nashville nursing student Paige McMillan only wanted to get over a cheating ex. But a few sinful hours with a tall, muscular bad boy left the good girl with a lifetime of responsibility -- and no idea who her adorable daughter's father really is. Love him or hate him, hockey superstar Lance Couture makes no apologies for being the best -- or for living life to its fullest. He's hot, rich, and girls can't get enough of him. Why would a player like him ever settle down? When a pro hockey team comes to town, Paige spots a familiar face in the most unlikely place: on the ice. The father of her daughter is Lance Couture, star of the Boston Brawlers. But the pro athlete isn't interested in talking about lost time. He'd rather replay their steamy one-night affair -- and his lips and tongue are oh so seductive ... Can Paige resist the hockey hunk's advances and tell him the truth? Can Lance's career survive another off-ice controversy? Can bad boys become good daddies? --- Ice Daddy is a 60,000 word secret baby hockey romance! This standalone novel is the second entry in the Boston Brawlers series. No cheating, no cliffhanger, HEA always guaranteed!

Download or read book The Heart of Iuchiban written by Evan Dicken and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Return to the world of Legend of the Five Rings: Adventures in Rokugan, in this fantasy adventure pitting noble samurai against a forgotten evil corrupting the whole realm Something is wrong in the Emerald Empire. The emperor is ailing, the court is weak and the Great Clans threaten to escalate their petty squabbling into all-out war. But in the shadows, another threat lurks – sinister Bloodspeaker cults attempt to resurrect the forgotten sorcerer Iuchiban, who possess a power so great it could destroy all of Rokugan. Now seven samurai, one from each of the Great Clans, must put aside their pride, fear, and rivalry to unite and prevent the Bloodspeakers from finding the legendary tomb of Iuchiban, and the hideous treasure locked inside. All that stands in the samurai’s way is their hatred of each other. The road will be long and bloody, but glory waits for them at journey’s end. As does death…

Download or read book HeartStar written by Elva Thompson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HeartStar is a powerful and illuminating metaphysical journey with themes that transcend our physical world. The forces of darkness are pitched against Emma Cameron, a spirit of the element of Air that has taken human form. Emma, however, is unaware of her ability to access other dimensions of time and space, for the moon conspired with the enemy and stole her cosmic memory at birth. Under the watchful eye of the mysterious Trevelyan, her journey of spiritual awakening encompasses great perils and tests, exposing the fragilities of her human mind. Will she re-discover her memory in time to save the Earth and all green and growing things? Or will her human fears, doubts and desires, sacrifice her to the darkness, and condemn the world to death?

Download or read book Alien Evolution written by James David Victor and published by Fairfield Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A secret outpost in null space. An uncontrollable alien biology. A secret weapon that could save, or destroy, humanity. A far-future space opera from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor. Eliard and the crew of the Mercury Blade have been tasked with finding a doomsday weapon that could save humanity. The stakes are raised even higher when they discover an alien biology that can evolve at will. After a new alien power enters the fray, all seems to be lost. Can El and the crew recover the weapon and escape with their lives or will this be a job they cannot survive? Alien Evolution is the third book in the exciting Valyien Far Future Space Opera series. If you like fast-paced space adventure, the lovable rogues of the Mercury Blade will keep you entertained for hours. Download Alien Evolution and get started on your next space adventure today!