Download or read book Stealing A Chance At Freedom written by Connor Whiteley and published by CGD Publishing. This book was released on with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Trapped Wife. A Loveless Marriage. A Chance At Freedom. Sometimes stealing is survival. Annie Franklie hates her imprisoned life. She wants freedom. Annie plots her chance. Can Annie steal her chance at freedom? If you love enthralling, suspenseful crime mysteries, read this short story! BUY NOW!
Download or read book Stealing Freedom written by Elisa Carbone and published by Yearling. This book was released on 2008-12-30 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Ann Maria Weems works from sunup to sundown, wraps rags around her feet in the winter, and must do whatever her master or mistress orders--but she has something that many plantation slaves don't have. She has her wonderful family around her. To Ann, her teasing brothers, her older sister, and her protective and loving parents are everything. And then one day, they are gone. Separated from her family by her master and shipped off as a housemaid, Ann learns something about independence and about love before the opportunity for escape arrives. A white man risks his life for Ann, cuts her hair short, dresses her like a boy, and launches her on her journey on the Underground Railroad to Canada, her family, and finally to freedom. Until she was a teenager, Ann Maria Weems lived in the mid-1800s near the author's home in Maryland. This fictionalized account of her extraordinary life is ideal for students, teachers, and parents hungry for interesting and informative reading in African-American history and the Underground Railroad.
Download or read book Stealing Freedom written by Elisa Carbone and published by Large Print Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel based on the events in the life of a young slave girl from Maryland who endures all kinds of mistreatment and cruelty, including being separated from her family, but who eventually escapes to freedom in Canada.
Download or read book Stealing Freedom Along the Mason Dixon Line written by Milt Diggins and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slavery, freedom, and kidnapping in the mid-Atlantic. This is the story of Thomas McCreary, a slave catcher from Cecil County, Maryland. Reviled by some, proclaimed a hero by others, he first drew public attention in the late 1840s for a career that peaked a few years after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Living and working as he did at the midpoint between Philadelphia, an important center for assisting fugitive slaves, and Baltimore, a major port in the slave trade, his story illustrates in raw detail the tensions that arose along the border between slavery and freedom just prior to the Civil War. McCreary and his community provide a framework to examine slave catching and kidnapping in the Baltimore-Wilmington-Philadelphia region and how those activities contributed to the nation’s political and visceral divide.
Download or read book Happiness Morality and Freedom written by Arthur Melnick and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2014-09-18 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be happy is to be emotionally and evaluatively satisfied with one’s life according to a standard of satisfaction one can claim as one’s own as a reasoning being. Since there is no definitive proof of what the standard of satisfaction is, being open to the devising and testing of standards by others is part of claiming one’s own standard as a reasoning being. This open-ness is equivalent to being open to and hence respecting and caring for the pursuit of happiness of others. Since such respect and care is what it is to be moral, it follows that one cannot be happy without being moral.
Download or read book Censorship and Intellectual Freedom written by Frances Beck McDonald and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continuing the line of research dealing with the attitudes of professional librarians toward intellectual freedom, this study reaffirms the gap between professional beliefs and practices. In addition to looking at demographic variables and personal characteristics, this study of secondary school librarians examines the relationship between moral reasoning and attitudes toward intellectual freedom and censorship. The findings verify previous studies, provide additional information and add to the emerging picture of characteristics of librarians that contribute to upholding the principles of their profession. An overview of intellectual freedom and censorship research and relevant moral development research are included. The book is indexed. Intellectual freedom activists will find data to support their efforts to explain the discrepancy between professional values and professional behavior. Library educators will be challenged to examine their freedom of access curriculum and their teaching methods. Researchers will be pointed to the needed next stage of intellectual freedom research. Librarians and other educators will find insights into the conflict between their belief in the "Library Bill of Rights" and "Freedom to Read" documents and self-censorship and other restrictive practices in school libraries.
Download or read book Fugitive Freedom written by William B. Taylor and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cut loose from their ancestral communities by wars, natural disasters, and the great systemic changes of an expanding Europe, vagabond strangers and others out of place found their way through the turbulent history of early modern Spain and Spanish America. As shadowy characters inspiring deep suspicion, fascination, and sometimes charity, they prompted a stream of decrees and administrative measures that treated them as nameless threats to good order and public morals. The vagabonds and impostors of colonial Mexico are as elusive in the written record as they were on the ground, and the administrative record offers little more than commonplaces about them. Fugitive Freedom locates two of these suspect strangers, Joseph Aguayo and Juan Atondo, both priest impersonators and petty villains in central Mexico during the last years of Spanish rule. Displacement brought pícaros to the forefront of Spanish literature and popular culture—a protean assortment of low life characters, seen as treacherous but not usually violent, shadowed by poverty, on the move and on the make in selfish, sometimes clever ways as they navigated a hostile, sinful world. What to make of the lives and longings of Aguayo and Atondo, which resemble those of one or another literary pícaro? Did they imagine themselves in literary terms, as heroes of a certain kind of story? Could impostors like these have become fixtures in everyday life with neither a receptive audience nor permissive institutions? With Fugitive Freedom, William B. Taylor provides a rare opportunity to examine the social histories and inner lives of two individuals at the margins of an unfinished colonial order that was coming apart even as it was coming together.
Download or read book Slavery Freedom and Abolition in Latin America and the Atlantic World written by Christopher Schmidt-Nowara and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why slavery was so resilient and how people in Latin America fought against it are the subjects of this compelling study.
Download or read book Mystery Short Story Collection Volume 1 written by Connor Whiteley and published by CGD Publishing. This book was released on with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 gripping unputdownable mystery short stories. BUY NOW! Embezzler In The Room A Pet Food Company. An Angry Boss. An Embezzler in the room. Every boss hates embezzlers. Penelope Froster hates someone stole from her. She calls the suspects. Penelope meets them late one night. Can Penelope find the truth before it’s too late? If you enjoy enthralling amateur sleuth mysteries that will keep you reading late into the night, read this short story! Stealing a Chance At Freedom A Trapped Wife. A Loveless Marriage. A Chance At Freedom. Sometimes stealing is survival. Annie Franklie hates her imprisoned life. She wants freedom. Annie plots her chance. Can Annie steal her chance at freedom? Mated At The Morgue Not really dead, not really alive. Luke finds himself one fine day in a morgue and the man of his dreams walks in to start his autopsy. In just moments his wonderful body will be cut open. And he can’t move to stop him. Glassblowing and Death A Glass Blower. A Prestige Prize. A Killer Instinct Unleashed. Today I become a killer. My creations are stunning. I enter a prestige award. I have to win. How far will I go? Theft of Independence A Freed Scotland. A Dangerous Theft. One Woman To Save Her Country. Everything can be stolen. Even elections. Detective Amy Sawkins wants to celebrate Scotland’s freedom. She investigates a theft. She fears Scotland’s future. Can Amy save her country? If you love gripping tense mysteries with a political twist, you need to read this! BUY NOW!
Download or read book A Chance in the World written by Stephen Pemberton and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2012-01-09 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Pemberton’s beautifully told story is a rags to riches journey—beginning in a place and with a jarring set of experiences that could have destroyed his life. But Steve’s refusal to give in to those forces, and his resolve to create a better life, shows a courage and resilience that is an example for many of us to follow.” —Stedman Graham, author, educator Home is the place where our life stories begin. A Chance in the World is the astonishing true story of a boy destined to become a man of resilience determination and vision. Down in the dank basement, amidst my moldy, hoarded food and beloved worm-eaten books, I dreamed that my real home, the place where my story had begun, was out there somewhere, and one day I was going to find it. Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives a terrifying existence. Caught in the clutches of a cruel foster family and subjected to constant abuse, Steve finds his only refuge in a box of books given to him by a kind stranger. In these books, he discovers new worlds he can only imagine and begins to hope that one day he might have a different life, that one day he will find his true home. A fair-complexioned boy with blue eyes, a curly Afro, and a Polish last name, he is determined to unravel the mystery of his origins and find his birth family. Armed with just a single clue, Steve embarks on an extraordinary quest for his identity, only to find that nothing is as it appears. Through it all, Steve’s story teaches us that no matter how broken our past, no matter how great our misfortunes, we have it in us to create a new beginning and to build a place where love awaits.
Download or read book God Country and Tattoos A cry for Freedom written by Dennis E. Dwyer and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Marketing: "From Dancing with the Devil to Living for the Lord, He served in the America [sic] Armed Forces. Now a soldier of the cross and fights still, to turn America back to God. In God, Country, and Tattoos: A Cry for Freedom, Dennis Dwyer (biker, award-winning tattoo artist and seminarian), recounts the history of the tattoo arts and expounds on America's Bible-based origins. America has changed over the last four decades, and not for the good. From the unique vantage point of his tattoo parlor, and by exchanging personal journeys and stories with thousands of people from across America and the world, Dwyer takes a loving look back at America's history, while viewing the future with a tear in his eye. Still, Dwyer sees hope for America. America has hope, if we act now, sharing America's incredible history and rich spiritual foundation with younger generations. "God, country, and tattoos: each of these three, through the tension each creates in the others, has shaped my life, forming the foundation upon which I stand," the author writes. You will be inspired and moved as you read of Dwyer's broken past, new birth in Christ, and his plea to America to return to God in, God, Country, and Tattoos: A Cry for Freedom. Dennis Dwyer is an Eagle Scout, Navy veteran, avid student of American history, and a patriot who loves America and the biblical principles upon which she was founded. In his over 40 years as a world-traveling professional tattooist, he has made over 40,000 "marks." He has served as Executive Director of APT (Alliance of Professional Tattooists), co-directed the Tattoo Tour for 10 years, and owned and operated Ancient Art Tattoo of Tucson for 25 years. He has performed associate pastoral work in his church for ten years and now studies at Phoenix Seminary."
Download or read book The Path to Freedom written by Garry Desmarais and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Loving Freedom written by Dennis Bruns and published by Dennis Bruns. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LOVING FREEDOM! ® © is the true story (documentary) about a girl’s life as a slave who was born in Cambodia and now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. The Communist party known as the Khmer Rouge led by Pol Pot--dictator toppled the government & military of Cambodia and took over the people of Cambodia town-by-town. This book gives the reader a window into the life of Amy, the Communist takeover of Amy’s home & family, and what Amy’s life was like in a slave labor camp working long hours planting rice seedlings in rice paddies from age 9—13. As a slave, Amy feared for her life everyday and saw her friends who did not work hard enough or talked back to the leaders of the labor camp receive the ultimate punishment. This book reviews the loss of Amy’s family, her escape through the jungle in bare feet to Thailand while fearing snakes & bullets, her life in refugee camps in Thailand & Philippines, and eventually her becoming a citizen in the United States. Amy expresses her appreciation of freedom within the United States and also discusses values such as the importance of appreciating family. This book is especially recommended for use in schools and churches to instill the importance of family, values, and appreciation of freedom. This book will give you new inspiration to survive your own struggles of life. You will have a new appreciation of life and the freedom & desire to live your life to the fullest. Chapter 1 starts out by giving the reader a view of Amy’s childhood and family prior to the Khmer Rouge communist takeover. It describes what life was like living in a small city in Cambodia. In Chapter 2 we see the impact that the Khmer Rouge communist regime had on the Cambodian society. Chapter 3 reveals the gradual and subtle progression of the Khmer Rouge communist takeover starting with college students having an idea that eventually affected the lives of an entire country. In Chapter 4 we look at how the Khmer Rouge communist takeover affected Amy, her four years spent as a slave in a communist labor camp (age 9—13) between 1975 and 1979, her escape from Cambodia, life in refugee camps, and finally her adapting to life in the United States. We discuss survival, freedom, and life.
Download or read book Legal Reductionism and Freedom written by Martin V.B.P.M. van Hees and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin van Hees presents a new approach to the study of law - legal reductionism - which combines elements of legal positivism, new institutionalism and decision theory. From legal positivism Van Hees derives some fundamental insights into the nature of legal systems, but he also revises some of its key tenets. He argues that law can be reduced to facts; moreover, he re-establishes the relation between law and morality by arguing that law and positive morality are inherently related. He subsequently uses decision-theoretic tools to develop and defend his reductionist methodology. The second part of the study applies the resulting approach to an analysis of legal freedom. By showing that legal reductionism allows us to analyse the value of liberal legal systems, Van Hees makes a forceful case for including the study of law in moral and political philosophy. The book is accessible to a wide readership, including legal and moral philosophers, political theorists and social scientists.
Download or read book Be Free Or Die The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls Escape from Slavery to Union Hero written by Cate Lineberry and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a 23-year-old enslaved man named Robert Smalls boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbour and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. Smalls' courageous and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero. It also challenged much of the country's view of what African Americans were willing to do for their freedom. In 'Be Free or Die, ' Cate Lineberry tells the remarkable story of Smalls' escape and his many accomplishments during the war, including becoming the first black captain of an Army vessel
Download or read book The Final Fight for Freedom written by Congressman Chris Stewart and published by Post Hill Press. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truth is being destroyed, free speech criminalized, the dollar fast becoming worthless. Ideologues at the helm of Big Tech, Big Media, and Big Business are set on the destruction of capitalism and democracy. Powerful federal agencies are no longer protectors of the people, but their primary adversary. Not since the Civil War has our nation been so divided, bringing us to the edge of national suicide. And our enemies—China being chief among them—see our weakness. If we falter, they will act. Not since World War II have we faced an adversary so determined to achieve global dominance. At this moment, they are perfecting an arsenal of weapons to use against us: Quantum computing. Artificial intelligence. Hypersonic missiles. Bio-warfare. These are threats we must defeat. But before we are able to do that, we must protect ourselves from the enemy within. Many of our forefathers had to fight a Great War to save their freedom. It falls upon this generation to fight two. But we must not lose hope. There is a way to save our nation.
Download or read book Dying Freedom written by Rubén Acosta Vallejo and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When tragedy strikes Leonardos family, he is forced to move from his fathers estate to a wealthy, aristocratic encomenderos hacienda. Hiding his identity as a horse tender apprentice and becoming the estate owners daughter best friend, he is accused of conspiring with a secret movement to overthrow the estate owner. Leonardo becomes Beatriz runaway partner on her quest to elude her arranged marriage. For Beatriz and Leonardo the war of independence becomes close and personal. Prejudice corners them on a balcony that holds their feelings and dreams. It is their moment in time and history. A young bride in love with a lone cowboy, right there in an alley, right in the middle of a city in chaos, battling societys unfair caste system, and running from imposing parents.
