Download or read book The Goodbye Islands written by Stuart Gregory and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was another day at the office. The drawers in my desk were slowly creep open and close. It was a particularly windy on this day, I was on the one hundred and third floor of the world trade center tower two. When it was windy, the building had a built in sway factor of up to four feet in either direction. Some people actually got nauseous from the constant swaying, some would leave the building to get a break. Just another day on the bond trading floor of a major investment bank where I worked. My head hurt from last nights imbibing to the wee hours with friends. I was now in the land of relentless harassment and pressure. Lunch at my desk where I was chained for most of the day. If you ordered a salad to make up for last nights bad decisions, you were endlessly ridiculed. I was very lucky to have the seat I was in, The days were long and tedious but worth the rewards. The city was becoming bloated, glutted, silly with ambition. The buildings were higher, the morals looser, the liquor cheaper. We all drank the kool-Aid. The city was filled with the ethos of the time relishing in frenzy and moneymaking, it was the eighties in New York City. There are few desires more deeply human than the desire to escape whatever reality you are in. The problem is not the nicer your life is, the more resources you have to escape it, but rather the limits of being a person. You are stuck with you. Its the precondition of existence. I wanted incredible things to happen to me, not the slow burning let down of adulthood. I was becoming too many parts of myself, starting to break apart, an urban sauce over cooked. Its a very demanding environment that is geared toward survival of the fittest. Your energy level goes up, along with your radar and your prowess. It sparks a certain aggressiveness. It breeds insincerity, pretentions, dishonesty, affectation, ostentatiousness and irreverence. Not very healthy on any level. Thats when the letter arrived. I had applied to the Peace Corps on an insane impulse, not thinking for a second a Wall Street guy would be of any interest to anybody anywhere in any capacity. The country of choice was the Kingdom of Tonga in the South Pacific. I had never heard of it. I ran off to the library to find out more about this remote island chain in Polynesia. The Peace Corps had accepted me for a two year stint. I would be working for a missionary who would be overseeing the Prison Fellowship International. This was an organization born out of the experience of Charles Colson, former aide to President Nixon. Convicted for a Watergate-related offense, Colson served seven months in prison. During that time he saw and experienced the difference faith in Jesus makes in peoples lives. He became convinced that the real solution to crime is found through spiritual renewal. He wanted to help men and women turn their lives around Through Christ. In 1979, he founded Prison Fellowship International, extending the mission and work beyond the United States. In 1983, Prison Fellowship International received special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. Now it’s the largest, most extensive association of national Christian ministries working within the criminal justice field. The grassroots presence enables it to minister to prisoners and their families in culturally relevant ways. The heart of the ministry is their volunteers, that would be me. What a complete and utter shock to my system. What were they thinking? Im not religious, nor do I have any experience in this field or anything like it. Im a Bond salesman on Wall Street. The Kingdom of Tonga was an antidote to New York. It was a type of cleansing. A revival. A chance to see life in the simple light of daily existence. Being there required me to learn how to exist in real life without all the usual escapes and distractions. Now all of my exits had been taken away from me. Pulled right out from under me, like the ground itself.
Download or read book The Goodbye Island written by John Gunn and published by john gunn. This book was released on 2006 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Goodbye Island Illustrated by James Val written by John GUNN (Writer for Children.) and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Goodbye My Island written by Jean Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Esther Atoolik tells of the last winter her people spent on King Island, Alaska, in the early 1960's.
Download or read book The Goodbye Island written by John Gunn and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Goodbye Lie written by Jane Marie Malcolm and published by Greenlightwrite. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: the LURE, the LOVE, the LEGEND - That is The Goodbye Lie series - where Little House on the Prairie meets Gone With The Wind ... on Amelia Island, Florida, at the edge of the world ...
Download or read book Goodbye My Island written by Jean Rogers and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twelve-year-old Esther Atoolik tells of the last winter her people spent on King Island, Alaska, in the early 1960's.
Download or read book Hello Goodbye Little Island written by Leila Boukarim and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maja had moved to the little island with her family not long ago. She missed home terribly and wanted nothing more than to go back. Soon after, she finds a friend and wishes things would never change. But when her friend moves away, her world crumbles once more. One day, Maja hears a friendly voice speak to her and a new friendship begins to form. With time, Maja discovers that distances do not matter; the friendship and love she finds in others will stay with her always, and goodbyes are not forever. Hello Goodbye Little Island is a story about the difficulties of relocation, saying goodbye and learning to form new and meaningful relationships. Beautiful illustrations with a mix of different mediums and photographs will enthral readers of all ages. A “look-and-find” activity on every page will also engage readers and help them discover more about the little island.
Download or read book Farewell to the Island written by Gloria Whelan and published by Thunder Bay Press (MI). This book was released on 2004-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 1998.
Download or read book The Disappearing Island written by Corinne Demas and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2000 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To celebrate her ninth birthday, Carrie's grandmother takes her by boat to Billingsgate Island in Cape Cod, an island that is only visible during low tides.
Download or read book From the Island to The World Grief and Goodbye written by Frederik Baba Christensen and published by Therese Marie Baba Christensen. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frederik steps in and helps his dad handle his grief after losing his grandfather.
Download or read book Estrellita Says Good bye to Her Island Estrellita se despide de su isla written by Samuel Caraballo and published by Arte Publico Press. This book was released on 2002-05-31 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Estrellita leaves her beloved Caribbean island home, she combines all of its features into an ode celebrating its green and eternal beauty.
Download or read book My Little Island written by Frane Lessac and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1987-06-26 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fiery colors and hundreds of details evoke the sun–drenched beauty, the sweet smells, and the joyful sounds of a jewel–like little Caribbean island that a young boy rediscovers while on a visit with his best friend. Ages 3–6
Download or read book Goodbye written by Ann Harth and published by Blake Education. This book was released on 2005 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights! is an innovative series of original works of fiction aimed at students aged between 10 to 15 years who find reading challenging. In the book Goodbye, it deals with friendship and risk. Nalini and Zed were in a plane crash. Now they are forced to live on a deserted island until they are rescued. An old man called Nu is also living on the island. He helps them find food and water and light a signal fire, but he himself does not want to be found. Will Nalini and Zed be rescued? If they are, will Nu come with them or remain on this isolated island?
Download or read book Islands of Discontent written by Laura Hein and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2003-04-09 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring contemporary Okinawan culture, politics, and historical memory, this book argues that the long Japanese tradition of defining Okinawa as a subordinate and peripheral part of Japan means that all claims of Okinawan distinctiveness necessarily become part of the larger debate over contemporary identity. The contributors trace the renascence of the debate in the burst of cultural and political expression that has flowered in the past decade, with the rapid growth of local museums and memorials and the huge increase in popularity of distinctive Okinawan music and literature, as well as in political movements targeting both U.S. military bases and Japanese national policy on ecological, developmental, and equity grounds. A key strategy for claiming and shaping Okinawan identity is the mobilization of historical memory of the recent past, particularly of the violent subordination of Okinawan interests to those of the Japanese and American governments in war and occupation. Its intertwining themes of historical memory, nationality, ethnicity, and cultural conflict in contemporary society address central issues in anthropology, sociology, contemporary history, Asian Studies, international relations, cultural studies, and post-colonial studies. Contributions by: Matt Allen, Linda Isako Angst, Asato Eiko, Gerald Figal, Aaron Gerow, Laura Hein, Michael Molasky, Steve Rabson, James E. Roberson, Mark Selden, and Julia Yonetani.
Download or read book Last Summer on Christmas Island written by Amie Denman and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Could a fake engagement… Reveal true love? Boutique owner Violet Brookstone would do anything for her lifelong best friend, Jordan Frome. Even pose as his fiancée so Jordan can win a promotion to the Great Valley Hotel—far from Christmas Island. But their pretend summer romance makes Violet realize that Jordan is more than just a friend. How can she tell him the truth, when confessing would keep Jordan from the fresh start he deserves? From Harlequin Heartwarming: Wholesome stories of love, compassion and belonging. Return to Christmas Island Book 1: I'll Be Home for Christmas Book 2: Home for the Holidays Book 3: A Merry Little Christmas Book 4: Last Summer on Christmas Island Book 5: Under the Mistletoe
Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1990-05 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
