Download or read book My Brothers Keeper written by Gloria Reuben and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a sibling is unlike any other. Gloria Reuben’s little brother died just before his twenty-second birthday. Two decades later, her oldest brother Denis died two weeks short of his sixtieth birthday. Just as Gloria felt like she was finally healing from David’s death, the shock of Denis’ unexpected death was almost too much to take. In My Brothers’ Keeper, Gloria bares her soul as she reveals the intimate details of her life at home as a young girl. How the death of her father when she was twelve shaped her view of love and life. How David’s death was the impetus for her move from Canada to the United States. And how her brother Denis was her heart’s twin in a multitude of ways. Gloria, most well known as an actress, debuts her talent as a writer in My Brothers’ Keeper, an intimate and honest tribute to David and Denis. Their lives. Their deaths. And the hope that awaits. “Gloria has written a truly wonderful and inspirational tribute to her brothers and to life. Helpful to all of us who have suffered losses.”—Pete Earley

Download or read book Cuba Winner of the Pulitzer Prize written by Ada Ferrer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE IN HISTORY “Full of…lively insights and lucid prose” (The Wall Street Journal) an epic, sweeping history of Cuba and its complex ties to the United States—from before the arrival of Columbus to the present day—written by one of the world’s leading historians of Cuba. In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued—through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country’s future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington—Barack Obama’s opening to the island, Donald Trump’s reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden—have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an “important” (The Guardian) and moving chronicle that demands a new reckoning with both the island’s past and its relationship with the United States. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History provides us with a front-row seat as we witness the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the sometimes surprising, often troubled intimacy between the two countries, documenting not only the influence of the United States on Cuba but also the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba; “readers will close [this] fascinating book with a sense of hope” (The Economist). Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States—as well as the author’s own extensive travel to the island over the same period—this is a stunning and monumental account like no other.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by ReShonda Tate Billingsley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a captivating debut novel that is both humorous and heartwrenching, ReShonda Tate Billingsley -- winner of the Gold Pen Award for Best New Author -- spins an irresistible story that will touch every reader's heart. Aja James hasn't had it easy. She has kept a close watch over her siblings ever since tragedy robbed them of their parents. Tired of carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders, Aja is ready for a change. Her best friend, Roxie, knows just what to do -- she sets Aja up on a date with one of the most sought after bachelors in town, handsome sportscaster Charles Clayton. Charles is everything Aja has ever dreamed of -- sensitive, sexy, and charming. But "happily ever after" isn't that simple. While Aja has rebounded from the loss of her parents, her sister and brother have not. Jada is lost in a world of silence with no way for Aja to reach her, and Eric's uncontrollable rage is wreaking havoc on his life. As Aja sees her brother heading down the same violent path that destroyed their family, she makes it her business to stop the cycle -- even if it means putting her own life, and her own chance at love, on hold. My Brother's Keeper is a poignant novel about a resilient family learning that sometimes you have to forgive in order to find the strength to move on.

Download or read book Cut written by Patricia McCormick and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Honesdale, Pa.: Front Street, 2000.

Download or read book My Brother s Finder My Brother s Keeper written by Wahletta Hale and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My Brother's Finder, My Brother's Keeper By Wahletta Hale In 1999, Macey Lee Baker is a real estate saleswoman in Capwater, Florida; happy in her Christian faith and in her marriage to her husband, Kyle. She's many miles and a lifetime away from her impoverished, rural upbringing in the farming community of Mountain Rose, Ohio. But when Macey Lee's sister Betsy suggests they go back to Ohio to visit siblings, a terrible memory surfaces...the death of their ten-year-old brother Jeremy back in 1954. And with that memory comes another long-buried thought...that their brother's death was no accident. In 1954, Macey Lee's missing brother was found in a neighbor's cattle pond, naked and lifeless, his clothes tidily folded up in a pile nearby. And though the authorities deemed it an accidental drowning, Macey Lee's devastated mother knew in her heart that her shy little boy, who couldn't swim, would never have stripped naked to go into the pond and that he certainly wouldn't have folded up his clothes so nicely. Even as she'd gone to her grave, years later, she'd been convinced that there was more to the story. And now that Macey Lee is back in Ohio, she becomes determined to solve the mystery at last. As Ohio's balmy, beautiful Indian summer turns into the icy blizzards of winter, Macey Lee takes time away from her career and her marriage, to get to the bottom of the mystery that has always nagged at the back of her mind. She and Betsy, with support from their sister Ettie Mae and brother Jacob, begin questioning townspeople about their memories of that terrible day in 1954. Soon, it becomes frighteningly clear that their questions are highly unwelcome, when Macey Lee and Betsy become the victims of vandalism and threats. But secure in their faith and in the certainty that there's a dark secret to uncover, the sisters refuse to give up. Even as she begin to fear that someone means her real harm, Macey Lee can't help but be overjoyed to be back in the bosom of her family, in the bucolic settings of her childhood. With her husband Kyle's blessing, she buys a historic building in the village and begins making plans to turn it into a bookstore/coffee shop. She even adopts an adorable stray dog. With every step into their investigation, Macey Lee and Betsy bump up against dead ends; lost police records, witnesses changing stories, and missing evidence. But when the sisters go to visit elderly Jasmine, their late mother's best friend, Jasmine's eerie recollections of the night Jeremy died and a stunning piece of evidence discovered in her attic, leave no doubt that not only are they right about Jeremy being murdered...someone is willing to kill again, to protect the secret of how he died. Against the advice of Macey Lee's husband and the rest of their worried family members, Macey Lee and Betsy follow the clues from Jasmine's attic and walk right into terrible danger in the killer's lair...It will take all their faith, their wits and the bravery of their family members (canine and human) to get them out of it alive.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Daniel N. Rolph and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2002 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countless books on the Civil War recount the carnage, vengeance, and heroism in battle. But there was another aspect of the Civil War as well: one in which Yankees and Rebels during the heat of battle saved one another, often at risk of their own lives; one in which soldiers and civilians, prison guards and prisoners, though on opposing sides, not only traded with one another, but gave humanitarian aid and sustenance in times of need. This "brotherhood for the enemy" contradicted all the rules of normal warfare but did in fact take place. Using primary source materials such as diaries, letters, military reports, and newspapers, Daniel Rolph opens up a unique and little-know genre of Civil War history.

Download or read book Brother s Keeper written by Julie Lee and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With war looming on the horizon and winter setting in, can two children escape North Korea on their own? Winner of the Freeman Book Award! North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers. But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything, Sora and her little brother Young will have to get to Busan on their own. Can a twelve-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother survive three hundred miles of warzone in winter? Haunting, timely, and beautiful, this harrowing novel from a searing new talent offers readers a glimpse into a vanished time and a closed nation. A Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist An ILA Intermediate Fiction Award Winner An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Will ultimately be recognized as one of the best books... on the Korean War."—Education About Asia, the Association for Asian Studies

Download or read book Her Brother s Keeper written by Beth Wiseman and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlotte came to Amish country to find answers. What she never expected to find was peace. Charlotte Dolinsky is not above playing dress-up and telling a few lies to find out what happened to her only brother. In fact, that is exactly what she’s come to Lancaster County to do. Now, calling herself Mary and slipping on a kapp, Charlotte will lie her way into the confidence of anyone who knows why Ethan had to die. Unless she gets found out first. But when Charlotte befriends a quiet Amish man named Isaac Miller, she begins to rethink her motives. And with a little help from a friend back home, Charlotte might find out that love comes packaged in ways she couldn’t have foreseen. Isaac’s been caring for his cancer-stricken father and sympathizing with his frustrated mother for three difficult years. And that means he hasn’t been dating. He believes Hannah King is the woman for him, but Hannah is still grieving the loss of her fiancé, and Isaac has all he can handle on the farm. When Hannah’s family plays host to a woman named Mary, their new cousin shakes things up for all of them. As Charlotte digs deeper into the mystery of Ethan’s death, she finds more than she’d bargained for in the community he once called home. But will she ever learn the truth? And what will the community—and her new family—do if they learn the truth about her?

Download or read book My Brother s Finder My Brother s Keeper written by Wahletta Hale and published by America Star Books. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Macey Lee Baker is a real estate sales associate in Capwater, Florida, who's happy in her Christian faith and in her marriage. She's many miles and a lifetime away from her impoverished upbringing in the backwoods community of Mountain Rose, Ohio. When Macey Lee's sister Betsy suggests they go back to Ohio to visit, a terrible memory surfaces...the death of their ten-year-old brother Jeremy in 1954. And with that comes a long-repressed thought...that their brother's death was no accident. When they begin investigating the circumstances around little Jeremy's supposed drowning, threats are made on their lives and it becomes apparent that someone wants the truth to stay buried. The sisters bump up against dead ends; lost records, changed stories, and missing evidence. When they go to visit elderly Jasmine, their late mother's best friend, a stunning piece of evidence is discovered in her attic, leaving no doubt about Jeremy's death.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Patricia McCormick and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2010-07-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Toby is a freshman whose life is slowly unraveling. His father has left, his brother's an addict, and his mother is solely focused on dating, in this realistic and engaging story about trying to hold a family together.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Chris Russo Blackwood and published by WildBlue Press. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The true story of a 1984 murder and the lengths one man went to in order to achieve justice for his brother’s killing. The moment he found out his brother was missing and presumed dead, Ted Kergan launched a relentless effort to bring two suspected killers—a teenage prostitute and her much older grifter boyfriend—to justice and find Gary Kergan’s body. Little did he know his quest would consume a fortune and take thirty years to reach its conclusion. Thwarted at first by the fact that his brother’s body could not be located and a new district attorney was therefore reluctant to prosecute, Kergan had to keep track of the killers from New Orleans’s notorious French Quarter to Las Vegas and points in between, waiting for a break in the case that seemed like it would never come. Then nearly thirty years later, science, detective work, and a brother's love and tenacity would combine for a resolution that would end in a dramatic trial in which a killer’s diary would be a star witness. “A tremendous story of love and murder, faith and tenacity.”—Steve Jackson, New York Times–bestselling author of A Clockwork Murder “A deeply moving story of powerful devotion.”—Anthony Flacco, New York Times–bestselling author of A Checklist for Murder

Download or read book Daughters of the Dream written by Tamara Lucas Copeland and published by . This book was released on 2018-06 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life and friendship seen through the lens of the civil rights and racial justice movements, you might expect it to be stories of mistreatment based on race. But that is only the backdrop. Growing up in 1950s and '60s they went on to college and success in their respective professions.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Jeremy Scharlow and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being ambushed and shot changed me. The event and the experiences after made me question some of my most tightly held beliefs about who I was and what I believed. I felt as though I was a stranger onto myself. My motivations for this writing are as much selfish as they are altruistic. I do not promise anything more than an account of my experiences and the emotions surrounding those experiences. I found a path I believe we all can use to find peace. I hope others can use my experiences to find their individual path to healing. If we can reach just one...

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by N C Manuel and published by Grelin Press. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An urban-fiction novel of two young black males growing up in the most violent gang-infested neighborhoods- slums of Pittsburgh where only the strong survive. Li?l Loc and Pretty Boy were raised as brothers, but were separated shortly after turning sixteen. Now living in different areas of Pittsburgh, the lure of easy money entices each of them unto rival gangs. Violent crime, mayhem, and murder become routine. The need to avenge the murder of their fathers brings the two together once again. Will they be able to set aside their gang affiliations and work together to revenge their fathers? deaths, thus strengthening their childhood ties and proving that each is indeed his brother's keeper? Strap on your seatbelts and take a ride through the hood, and experience the lives of Bloods and Crips in the Steel City.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Jeff Riddering and published by . This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jeff, I'm going to hell!"So begins the incredible, true story, told by the brother of an unlikely hero, Mike Riddering. A divine series of interruptions, his unexpected conversion and simple obedience carried Mike, his wife, and two daughters, from the fast-paced, Florida, yacht broker lifestyle to the dry, desert heat of Sub-Saharan Africa. My Brother's Keeper is the triumphant story of a man so profoundly transformed by love and faith that the rest of his life would be given to the poorest of the poor in Burkina Faso. It is the story of a modern-day martyr whose life was cut short in a brutal terrorist attack that shocked the nation. An enduring legacy of love-driven global missions speaks directly to the headlines of our day: racism, terrorism, hatred, riots, political divisions, war. Mike's life and death whisper in the midst of rage and retribution the power of love to cover a multitude of sins. In the end, what Mike gave--even to the point of his final sacrifice--can never be taken away. What remains is not the death of a saint, but the life of a servant. My Brother's Keeper will inspire and challenge you to take your place in the great story of God in these final days of history.

Download or read book I m My Brother s Keeper written by Darren Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-26 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is my way to honor my brother Shannon who was a fallen Police Officer. Shannon was the first Police officer in the state of Florida to die in the line of duty due to contracting Covid-19. My aim is to tell a love story of two brothers who lived in each other's world from childhood years into young adult years. Two brothers who eventually went opposite directions but found their way back to each other because of the bond of love. This is the story of how love bridged the chasm between a conservative evangelical preacher and an openly gay police officer.

Download or read book My Brother s Keeper written by Marcia Davenport and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: