Download or read book Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome written by Joy DeGruy and published by Amistad. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From acclaimed author and researcher Dr. Joy DeGruy comes this fascinating book that explores the psychological and emotional impact on African Americans after enduring the horrific Middle Passage, over 300 years of slavery, followed by continued discrimination. From the beginning of American chattel slavery in the 1500’s, until the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment in 1865, Africans were hunted like animals, captured, sold, tortured, and raped. They experienced the worst kind of physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual abuse. Given such history, Dr. Joy DeGruy asked the question, “Isn’t it likely those enslaved were severely traumatized? Furthermore, did the trauma and the effects of such horrific abuse end with the abolition of slavery?” Emancipation was followed by another hundred years of institutionalized subjugation through the enactment of Black Codes and Jim Crow laws, peonage and convict leasing, and domestic terrorism and lynching. Today the violations continue, and when combined with the crimes of the past, they result in further unmeasured injury. What do repeated traumas visited upon generation after generation of a people produce? What are the impacts of the ordeals associated with chattel slavery, and with the institutions that followed, on African Americans today? Dr. DeGruy answers these questions and more as she encourages African Americans to view their attitudes, assumptions, and emotions through the lens of history. By doing so, she argues they will gain a greater understanding of the impact centuries of slavery and oppression has had on African Americans. Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome is an important read for all Americans, as the institution of slavery has had an impact on every race and culture. “A masterwork. [DeGruy’s] deep understanding, critical analysis, and determination to illuminate core truths are essential to addressing the long-lived devastation of slavery. Her book is the balm we need to heal ourselves and our relationships. It is a gift of wholeness.”—Susan Taylor, former Editorial Director of Essence magazine

Download or read book The Gift of an Ordinary Day written by Katrina Kenison and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2009-09-07 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gift of an Ordinary Day is an intimate memoir of a family in transition, with boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, and an attempt to find a deeper sense of place—and a slower pace—in a small New England town. This is a story of mid-life longings and discoveries, of lessons learned in the search for home and a new sense of purpose, and the bittersweet intensity of life with teenagers—holding on, letting go. Poised on the threshold between family life as she's always known it and her older son's departure for college, Kenison is surprised to find that the times she treasures most are the ordinary, unremarkable moments of everyday life, the very moments that she once took for granted, or rushed right through without noticing at all. The relationships, hopes, and dreams that Kenison illuminates will touch women's hearts, and her words will inspire mothers everywhere as they try to make peace with the inevitable changes in store.

Download or read book Why Software Sucks and what You Can Do about it written by David S. Platt and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2007 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I've just finished reading the best computer book [ Why Software Sucks...] since I last re-read one of mine and I wanted to pass along the good word. . . . Put this one on your must-have list if you have software, love software, hate programmers, or even ARE a programmer, because Mr. Platt (who teaches programming) has set out to puncture the bloated egos of all those who think that just because they can write a program, they can make it easy to use. . . . This book is funny, but it is also an important wake-up call for software companies that want to reduce the size of their customer support bills. If you were ever stuck for an answer to the question, 'Why do good programmers make such awful software?' this book holds the answer." -- John McCormick, Locksmith columnist, TechRepublic.com "I must say first, I don't get many computing manuscripts that make me laugh out loud. Between the laughs, Dave Platt delivers some very interesting insight and perspective, all in a lucid and engaging style. I don't get much of that either!" -- Henry Leitner, assistant dean for information technology and senior lecturer on computer science, Harvard University "A riotous book for all of us downtrodden computer users, written in language that we understand." -- Stacy Baratelli, author's barber "David's unique take on the problems that bedevil software creation made me think about the process in new ways. If you care about the quality of the software you create or use, read this book." -- Dave Chappell, principal, Chappell & Associates "I began to read it in my office but stopped before I reached the bottom of the first page. I couldn't keep a grin off my face! I'll enjoy it after I go back home and find a safe place to read." -- Tsukasa Makino, IT manager "David explains, in terms that my mother-in-law can understand, why the software we use today can be so frustrating, even dangerous at times, and gives us some real ideas on what we can do about it." -- Jim Brosseau, Clarrus Consulting Group, Inc. A Book for Anyone Who Uses a Computer Today...and Just Wants to Scream! Today's software sucks. There's no other good way to say it. It's unsafe, allowing criminal programs to creep through the Internet wires into our very bedrooms. It's unreliable, crashing when we need it most, wiping out hours or days of work with no way to get it back. And it's hard to use, requiring large amounts of head-banging to figure out the simplest operations. It's no secret that software sucks. You know that from personal experience, whether you use computers for work or personal tasks. In this book, programming insider David Platt explains why that's the case and, more importantly, why it doesn't have to be that way. And he explains it in plain, jargon-free English that's a joy to read, using real-world examples with which you're already familiar. In the end, he suggests what you, as a typical user, without a technical background, can do about this sad state of our software--how you, as an informed consumer, don't have to take the abuse that bad software dishes out. As you might expect from the book's title, Dave's expose is laced with humor--sometimes outrageous, but always dead on. You'll laugh out loud as you recall incidents with your own software that made you cry. You'll slap your thigh with the same hand that so often pounded your computer desk and wished it was a bad programmer's face. But Dave hasn't written this book just for laughs. He's written it to give long-overdue voice to your own discovery--that software does, indeed, suck, but it shouldn't.

Download or read book The Library written by Joyce Fay Fletcher and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to the unpredictable world of Washington D.C.s Sojourner Truth Regional Library where the psychiatric hospital and homeless shelters drop off clients every day. Driven by addictions, obsessions and temptations of all kinds, library staff and patrons alike fill each workday with its share of scandal and drama. Anthony Broadnax, an impulsive young crack-addicted circulation desk technician, accused of assault and theft at a smaller branch, must report to Sojourner Truth while his case is being investigated. Assistant regional library manager, Jackie Ramsey, declares all-out war against her underhanded and ambitious rival, Brian Cole. Brian, however, is trapped in a web spun by his irresistible attraction to Jackies best friend. Ursula Swann is an industrious, straight-laced reference librarian who is wearing herself out trying to keep order in a branch spiraling out of control. Will she succeed in saving Sojourner Truth Regional, or will her own secret Dewey demons drive her mad? Check out this fresh urban library adventure that you will never forget!

Download or read book Katrina s Treasure written by N.L. Brown and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-28 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katrina's Treasure By: N.L. Brown In 1817, Thomas J. Beale and a group of colleagues traveled west in search of fortune in hunting buffalo, but they discovered a different sort of treasure. Today, Katrina and her family relocate to a farmhouse and discover it already has an inhabitant…sort of. While helping the lonely, confused spirit of Thomas uncover the mystery of his fate, Katrina finds herself developing deep feelings for him, and him for her. With an often-absent and cheating husband, Katrina suddenly finds herself drawn toward Thomas and a descendant of his—a local veterinarian, Dr. Beale.

Download or read book Menacing Eyes Book II of the Guadian Saga written by and published by Sonya Lee. This book was released on with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book As You Wish written by Francine Matthews and published by Kensington Books. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determined to save her struggling youth centre, a social worker approaches a shrewd business man for a donation...and captures his heart with her passion and dedication.

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Download or read book Rush written by Elle Thorne and published by Barbed Borders Press. This book was released on 2017-09-28 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first mate of the Javelin’s got it bad for a nasty-tempered, smart ass woman from Earth. That she’s promised to handfast another man sits on his conscience. He shouldn’t have kissed her. He shouldn’t have cared. These things don’t sit on his conscience as much as the secret he’s been keeping from the ones who trust him. Katrina agreed to be a mail order bride to the wrong man. Okay, any man would have been the wrong man because she had eyes for one alien, and one alone. But she can’t take the luxury to develop feelings for him. She’s on a mission. And if her mission fails, her family’s life is at stake. Hop on board the Javelin for a ride into another solar system and a journey into the lengths one goes for love.

Download or read book Altered written by Aubrey Coletti and published by Escape Artist Press. This book was released on 2012-06-06 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Toni, Joseph and Charlie arrive at their new boarding school, they are glad to leave their families - and respective problems - behind. Isolated as boarders, they meet a handsome senior with a personality like iced snake's blood, teachers with a penchant for physical punishment, and four other outcasts who reveal that their being brought to the Academy wasn't random at all. When the arrivals discover that their new school is engaged in "behavior modification" through electric shocks, isolation, restraints, and an ever-evolving set of methods to "fix" them, they declare war on their Academy. During their campaign of sabotage, they fight, hate, scorn, love, and begin to uncover the reasons why they were brought to the school. But as their war against the school escalates beyond their control, will they become the very things the Academy believes they are: dangerous, delinquent - and mad?

Download or read book Raising the Horseman written by Serena Valentino and published by Disney Electronic Content. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times best-selling author of Disney's Villains series comes a ghostly new stand-alone novel that reimagines The Legend of Sleepy Hollow through the eyes of a modern teen. The two-hundredth anniversary of the Headless Horseman's legendary haunting of Sleepy Hollow is approaching, but Kat van Tassel wants nothing to do with the town's superstitious celebrations. As a descendant of the original Katrina van Tassel, Kat knows she's expected to fulfill her ancestor's legacy by someday marrying her longtime boyfriend and running the prestigious family estate. But Kat dreams of a life outside Sleepy Hollow. Then Kat meets Isadora, a new girl in town who challenges Kat to reexamine those expectations, opens her eyes to the possibility that ghosts are real, and makes her question who she truly wants to be . . . and be with. When Kat is given the original Katrina's diary, a new legend begins to take shape, one that weaves together the past and the present in eerie ways. Can Kat uncover a two-hundred-year-old secret, and trace its shocking reverberations in her own life, in time to protect what she truly loves? Fans of Serena Valentino will delight in this supernatural coming-of-age tale that finally gives the women of Sleepy Hollow a chance to tell their side of the story.

Download or read book Desires of the Heart written by Danita Stewart and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-03-29 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been in love or betrayed? Well, this is the book for you. I keep it real talking about all aspects of relationships and what we go through. So, open your mind, relax and enjoy the read.

Download or read book A Living Grave written by Robert E. Dunn and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in the series featuring an Ozarks sheriff’s detective investigating moonshine, murder, and the ghosts of her own past . . . Katrina Williams left the army ten years ago, disillusioned and damaged. Now a sheriff’s detective at home in the Missouri Ozarks, Williams is living her life one case at a time—between mandated therapy sessions—until she learns that she’s a suspect in a military investigation with ties to her painful past. Then the corpse of a local girl is found by a bootlegger, whose information leads Williams into a tangled web of teenagers, moonshiners, motorcycle clubs, and a fellow veteran battling illness and his own personal demons. Unraveling each thread will take time that Katrina might not have—as the army investigator turns his searchlight on the devastating incident that ended her military career. Now Katrina will need to dig deep for the truth—before she’s buried herself. “A gifted writer.” —Mystery Scene

Download or read book Imagined Love written by Diamond Drake and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-08-31 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Willa Caldwell jumps in and out of her volatile and sometimes violent marriage seemingly unaware of the affects her actions have on daughter Jade. Lonely and insecure, Jade often falls prey to those eager to take advantage of her desperate need for love and acceptance. And both she and Willa endure heartache at the hands of those who claim to love them most. As a young adult Jade decides to leave her hometown of Gary, IN, as well as the pain of her past to start anew in sunny California. Sadly, things dont go as hoped and shes left wondering if shell ever experience real love or if it will always be . . . Imagined Love. Diamonds debut novel will leave you thirsty for more. Wanda B. Campbell, best selling author of Illusions This book is one you will fall in love with . . . Dot Magazine I truly enjoyed reading Imagined Love! Turning Pages Book Club Five stars! OOSA Book Club

Download or read book Harlequin Intrigue July 2014 Bundle 1 of 2 written by B.J. Daniels and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin Intrigue brings you three new edge-of-your-seat romances for one great price, available now! This Harlequin Intrigue bundle includes Wedding at Cardwell Ranch by NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author B.J. Daniels, Undercover Warrior by Aimée Thurlo and Stranded by Alice Sharpe. Catch a thrill with 6 new edge-of-your-seat romances every month from Harlequin Intrigue!

Download or read book At the Intersection of Disability and Drama written by John Michael Sefel and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-03-19 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cripples ain't supposed to be happy" sings Anita Hollander, balancing on her single leg and grinning broadly. This moment--from her multi-award-winning one-woman show, Still Standing--captures the essence of this theatre anthology. Hollander and nineteen other playwright-performers craftily subvert and smash stereotypes about how those within the disability community should look, think, and behave. Utilizing the often-conflicting tools of Critical Disability Studies and Medical Humanities, these plays and their accompanying essays approach disability as a vast, intersectional demographic, which ties individuals together less by whatever impairment, difference, or non-normative condition they experience, and more by their daily need to navigate a world that wasn't built for them. From race, gender, and sexuality to education, dating, and pandemics, these plays reveal there is no aspect of human life that does not, in some way, intersect with disability.

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