Download or read book My Dear Jamal written by Joyce Edling and published by Amnesty International. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book My Friend Jamal written by Anna McQuinn and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamal and Joseph have a lot in common, in spite of their differences.

Download or read book This Is My America written by Kim Johnson and published by Ember. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Incredible and searing." --Nic Stone, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin The Hate U Give meets Just Mercy in this unflinching yet uplifting first novel that explores the racist injustices in the American justice system. Every week, seventeen-year-old Tracy Beaumont writes letters to Innocence X, asking the organization to help her father, an innocent Black man on death row. After seven years, Tracy is running out of time--her dad has only 267 days left. Then the unthinkable happens. The police arrive in the night, and Tracy's older brother, Jamal, goes from being a bright, promising track star to a "thug" on the run, accused of killing a white girl. Determined to save her brother, Tracy investigates what really happened between Jamal and Angela down at the Pike. But will Tracy and her family survive the uncovering of the skeletons of their Texas town's racist history that still haunt the present? Fans of Nic Stone, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Jason Reynolds won't want to miss this provocative and gripping debut.

Download or read book The Damascus Way Acts of Faith Book 3 written by Janette Oke and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia has everything money can buy...except for acceptance by either the Gentiles or the Jews. Her Greek father already has a wife and family, leaving Julia and her Hebrew mother second-class citizens. But when they are introduced to followers of the Way, they become part of that community of believers. Abigail's brother, Jacob, now a young man, is attempting to discover his own place as a Christian. He is concerned that being more serious about his faith means trading away the exhilaration of his current profession as a caravan guard. Hired by Julia's father to protect the wealthy merchant's caravans on the secretive "Frankincense Trail"--undercover transport of this highly valuable commodity--Jacob also passes letters and messages between various communities of believers. He is alarmed to find out that Julia, hardly more than a girl, is also a messenger. Can their immediate mistrust be put aside to finally bring their hearts together?

Download or read book The Damascus Way written by Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2011 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A riveting drama of the early church; a young caravan guard delivers messages among the new followers as he learns what it means to be a Christian.

Download or read book A Collection of Theatre Works written by Ernest McCarty Jr and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-19 with total page 838 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ernest McCarty, Jr. is a native of Chicago, who has authored and co-authored more than 27 produced plays and musicals, and has been associated with ETA in Chicago and Quaigh Theatre in New York City before becoming Artistic Director of New Horizon Theatre in 1994. His first production, I Dreamt I Dwelt In Bloomingdales was presented at the Provincetown Playhouse in New York City in 1970. Other theatrical works produced in New York City include Dinah! Queen of the Blues, presented at the Westside Arts Theatre starring Sasha Dalton and When the Spirit Moves, starring Tony Award-winner Trazana Beverly, The Exchange and The Separate Vacation. Among his plays and musicals produced in Chicago are Madame Hortense, the tone poem A Cosmic Night, Recollection Rag, Love Spirit! And Brazilian Rendezvous. Eleven of his plays and musicals have been produced in Pittsburgh, including Madame Hortense, The Exchange, A Window To Home, Closing Notice, The Hex, A Cosmic Night, Life After Coma, Give Us Another Tune, The Region (An American Opera), Outrun the Rain, Journey of the Spirits as well as his musical review Love Spirit! His play Recollection Rag aired on WQED-TV and his score The Martin Luther King Suite, which aired on NBC-TV, received an Emmy. Ernest’s directing credits include Humbug Man, Brazilian Rendezvous, A Cosmic Night, The Separate Vacation, Madame Hortense, Recollection Rag, The Exchange, Samm-Art Williams’ Home, A Window to Home, Life After Coma, The Tap Dance Kid, GIve Us Another Time, The Region, Rain and Rivers, Outrun the Rain, Kim El’s and KL’s The Poet’s Corner, Deadwood Dick and Cheryl West’s Jar The Floor. Ernest is a member of the Dramatists Guild. He was named Prolific Playwright of 1998 by In Pittsburgh. His play Recollection Rag (The Exchange) received the Hoyt W. Fuller Once-Act Play Festival Award and his play Madame Hortense received a Joseph Jefferson Award.

Download or read book The Place of Stones written by Ali Hosseini and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finalist, 2018 John Gardner Fiction prize The Place of Stones is Ali Hosseini’s newly translated first novel, his second book to appear in English. In it, he paints a vivid portrait of Sangriz, a village in the southern part of Iran where life has been disrupted by industrialization and the revolution of 1979. Haydar and Jamal are best friends, and their families have always made their living from the land in the foothills of Iran’s Zagros Mountains. Haydar is a dreamer who searches the hills for an ancient treasure called the Black Globe. Jamal is in love with Haydar’s sister, Golandam, and he attempts to accommodate himself to modernization as a way to create a better life for the two of them. The rapacious conversion of farmland to brick factories draws the trio into escalating conflict with the village landlord. As Jamal, Haydar, and their families confront land reform, industrialization, revolution, and war, their lives are pulled forcefully toward the explosive events that will change them all. In masterfully crafted prose that never sinks into sentimentality, The Place of Stones illuminates how a lost past continues to shape the present.

Download or read book GANGA written by JAWAHARLAL SHANMUGAM and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fiction is a triangular love story with differences and uniqueness. The Sadhu closes his eyes for a minute and is in an intense prayer. Then, he opens his eyes and looks at Ganga. SADHU: Beti, your name is Ganga. You have some divine connection with this place and the Lord. The Lord has called you for some purpose. You have the blessings of Lord Kashi Viswanath, Aadhi Shakthi Visalakshi, Bhagwan Maha Vishnu, and Ganga Ma in this holy place. This boy, Jamal, is another God. You don't leave him. There is some unique bond between both of you. My Lord Mahadev tells me that some good thing will happen to both of you soon. Let me tell you the truth. It is difficult for people to survive in Ganga once she pulls you. But you survived the mighty current. It indicates that the Lord was with you. He was waiting for Jamal to take you. Karna is stunned listening to the Sadhu. Is he the messenger of Lord Mahadev to deliver some divine message? The sadhus jumping into the river and saving Ganga and Jamal look like some form of divine intervention. Karna goes forward and holds Ganga's hands. Who is this wonderful Jamal? What is his connection with Ganga, Sadhus, Karna, and Arjun at the holy and sacred place, Varanasi? The story unfolds

Download or read book The Eternal Masquerade written by Vincent Thurman and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-12-09 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intriguing, suspenseful, and compelling, The Eternal Masquerade takes readers through the next phase of The Eternal Darkness saga. As The Eternal Secrets came to an end, readers witnessed the betrayal and heartbreak between Jenessa and Camden and the lengths Seth Crenshall would go in order to achieve his desires. Deceptions played a major part in the many friendships and family reunions and in the end, demolished any hopes of family connections. Haven-Crest is a town that harbors conniving and deadly secrets. The power struggles are revealed as the dead body count starts to rise. The Committee and Reverend Carl Wardrett fight for the same cause of protecting the innocent residents of Haven-Crest, but there are different views as to what keeps the battle lines drawn between right and wrong. As the various masquerades are revealed in this story, one in particular will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end. Readers can now enjoy twists and turns that leave them speechless as they enter The Eternal Masquerade.

Download or read book Into a Raging Blaze written by Andreas Norman and published by riverrun. This book was released on 2014-06-23 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stockholm, September 2011. Carina Dymek is on a fast track for promotion at the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, when she is approached by a stranger and given a USB stick containing a report to circulate in her department. Unwittingly, she delivers a time bomb of classified information that sends her career up in flames and puts her on the radar of the security service, Säpo. Tasked with investigating how Dymek gained access to the confidential report, the formidable Bente Jensen of Säpo is quietly approached by the British MI6, who have an undisclosed interest in the leak. She finds out that Dymek's boyfriend is an Egyptian Swedish national. But it's MI6 who link his family to an extreme faction within the Muslim Brotherhood in Cairo. The case explodes into an international manhunt. Liaising with the ruthless MI6, Bente uncovers the secretive plans contained in that leaked report: plans for an omnipotent Europe-wide Intelligence Service. Forces hone in on Dymek, while Bente begins to suspect she is a red herring caught in a far wider net: one in which social media is abused for intelligence and civil rights are sacrificed to national security. Andreas Norman, a former Swedish Ministry official, has written an explosive expose of Anglo-American spying and surveillance on European civilians in the name of counter-terrorism. This dizzying thriller anticipated the Edward Snowden revelations and rocked Sweden on publication.

Download or read book A Color Blind Beauty written by The Families and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2021-06-14 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Color Blind Beauty By: The Families What would be of humanity if she does not know flowers whilst love remains the answer to our living world of understanding? A Color Blind Beauty is a romance novel that profoundly speaks of why our difference should be our strength as it allows us a brilliant perception towards race, religion, gender equality, politics, and nationality. Mr. Wade was born to an Irish American mother and African father. His wellness signifies love above hate, and he is lucky to have found a colorblind beauty for a sweetheart. She works as an event organizer with the State Government of Illinois, where she hails from, while he starts as an unknown writer. It is the supreme power of love against all forms of challenge. Their love story will remind the world and her people about the importance of such unions. Take the journey and unfold the mystery of this wonderful novel.

Download or read book Acts of Faith written by Davis Bunn and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 1153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Bestselling Novels in One The Acts of Faith trilogy is a sweeping saga set in Israel and beyond during the months and years immediately following the death and resurrection of Jesus of Nazareth. Authors Davis Bunn and Janette Oke have woven an intriguing story featuring compelling fictional characters who interact with the men and women who were central to the rise of Christianity. Amid religious, political, and cultural persecution, these courageous few must shape and preserve a faith that will stand the test of time.

Download or read book Kara Kush written by Idries Shah and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2019-03-10 with total page 645 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In December of 1979, Soviet tanks rolled across the borders of Afghanistan, beginning a period of barbaric aggression that triggered a turning point in modern history. Idries Shah's brilliant novel chronicles the courageous 10-year resistance of the Afghan people, an epic story of triumph over tyranny that deserves to be immortalized.Kara Kush is the definitive story of freedom fighters. It is a story of patriotism-in-action, mobilized and fuelled not by a mass-media propaganda machine, or the charisma of a single individual, but by a thousands-of-years-old tradition of proud independence, deep love of one's land, and fierce will to survive.Kara Kush was first published in 1986, at a time when most of the outside world dismissed the Afghan resistance as a rag-tag lot of rival guerrilla factions in a futile holdout against an invincible military machine. With extraordinary insight into human nature and the course of human history, Kara Kush told the real story.According to Shah, almost all of the people in the text of the novel actually exist or did.The accounts of battles and raids, precise military details, and the stories of Soviet and red Afghan atrocities were all from primary sources eye witnesses, participants, defectors, victims, and prisoners.This remarkable book, among all other sources, offers keys to understanding not only this important strategic region, but the very phase in world history in which we find ourselves today. Much more than a novel, even more than a tribute, Kara Kush stands as a model of human vision, leadership, cooperation, and capacity at a time when we need it most.'I collected this material from freedom fighters, some of them my own relatives, from refugees, and from men and women, fighting shoulder to shoulder, from all over Afghanistan.'-Idries Shah

Download or read book Legacy of Heaven written by Clifton H Gilliam and published by Strategic Book Publishing. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bible tells of angels falling in love with the daughters of man and the birth of their offspring the Nephilim.This is the story of Kaiyel, a warrior angel on an Earthly mission to thwart the malevolent plans of an escaped demon, and Samantha, a broke college student who soon learns that the blood of angels resides within her. The fates of both Heaven and Earth clash in this story of love, jealousy, and friendship. In Legacy of Heaven, author Clifton H. Gilliam combines the creative imagery of a supernatural fantasy with the core elements of Christianity to deliver a story that is both entertaining and inspiring

Download or read book Standing in the Fire written by Tom Doyle and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not Even ISIS Can Scare Them Off Followers of Christ need to relearn what it means to stand courageously for their faith rather than merely survive in a climate of fear. Instead of motivating believers to action, today’s headlines appear to be paralyzing them. Standing in the Fire demonstrates the church triumphant through the lives of people who stood strong and didn’t run away in the face of overwhelming danger. These Middle Eastern heroes of faith fear God more than terrorist groups like ISIS. Supported by Tom Doyle’s commentary on events, the stories included show how these Christians are not living as victims, but victors in Christ.

Download or read book The Build Up written by Tati Richardson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Plenty of sexy chemistry and sensual sizzle in a story line that celebrates family, friends, and food." Booklist, starred review A truly unfortunate first day of work leads to unexpected love in this sparkling debut from Romance in Colour podcast cohost Tati Richardson. Rumpled and ragged was not how architect Ari James envisioned kicking off her first day at a new firm. And few things can top the horror of her new—and extremely hot—colleague walking in on her at the worst moment ever. Learning that she’ll be working with him on the project that’s supposed to get her career back on top makes it harder than ever to focus on her big comeback. With a partnership at his firm on the line, nothing is going to stand in the way of Porter Harrison absolutely killing it on his new project: not his obnoxious rival, not his unpredictable brother and definitely not his new coworker whose gorgeous curves he accidentally saw and now can’t get out of his head. Though neither of them is looking for love, once their creative juices get flowing, Ari and Porter’s connection is obvious. But when their shared goal has always been winning at work, building a solid foundation for a relationship might end up costing them everything…

Download or read book Sixty Years Between East and West written by Dr. Ahmad Totonji and published by Dr. Ahmad Totonji. This book was released on 2023-07-01 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an extraordinary account of a man’s vision, of a life that for over six decades successfully championed the betterment of Muslim youth and communities the world over. Totonji, a lone voice with little training, would become an inspiration for others and a powerful fundraiser. From a humble few hundred dollars of his own money, and an efficient team of like-minded students, he ultimately established one of the largest networks of local and international organisations in the world, travelling to more than 130 countries over the course of decades, to render help wherever it was needed. Along that journey he met some eminent personalities including Dato’ Anwar Ibrahim (current Prime Minister of Malaysia), Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. His impact on others from East to West is immeasurable. As such this book is not about Totonji but his work – what faith, passion, drive and determination can achieve. In it he shares essential spiritual and ethical leadership principles, in the hope that others draw valuable lessons from all he has learned and live the experience with him. Seeking no praise and no gain, Allah and prayer was his first priority, service to others his second, and all else third.