Download or read book When Words Don t Come Out written by Shivani Nayyar Kapahi and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kavita was a bubbly and intelligent kid in preschool. Life was quite idyllic till she fell ill… As a side-effect of her illness, Kavita ended up stammering such that even introducing herself became an uphill task for her! Was she able to overcome her problem? How did this affect her personal and professional life? Was she able to lead a normal life despite being challenged verbally?
Download or read book Blah Blah Blah written by Dan Roam and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever been to so many meetings that you couldn't get your work done? Ever fallen asleep during a bulletpoint presentation? Ever watched the news and ended up knowing less? Welcome to the land of Blah Blah Blah. The Problem: We talk so much that we don't think very well. Powerful as words are, we fool ourselves when we think our words alone can detect, describe, and defuse the multifaceted problems of today. They can't-and that's bad, because words have become our default thinking tool. The Solution: This book offers a way out of blah-blah-blah. It's called "Vivid Thinking." In Dan Roam's first acclaimed book, The Back of the Napkin, he taught readers how to solve problems and sell ideas by drawing simple pictures. Now he proves that Vivid Thinking is even more powerful. This technique combines our verbal and visual minds so that we can think and learn more quickly, teach and inspire our colleagues, and enjoy and share ideas in a whole new way. The Destination: No more blah-blah-blah. Through Vivid Thinking, we can make the most complicated subjects suddenly crystal clear. Whether trying to understand a Harvard Business School class, or what went down in the Conan versus Leno battle for late-night TV, or what Einstein thought about relativity, Vivid Thinking provides a way to clarify anything. Through dozens of guided examples, Roam proves that anyone can apply this systematic approach, from leftbrain types who hate to draw to right-brainers who hate to write. This isn't just a book about improving communications, presentations, and ideation; it's about removing the blah-blah- blah from your life for good.
Download or read book We Were Eight Years in Power written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by One World. This book was released on 2017-10-03 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this “urgently relevant”* collection featuring the landmark essay “The Case for Reparations,” the National Book Award–winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”*—including the election of Donald Trump. New York Times Bestseller • Finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times • USA Today • Time • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Essence • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Week • Kirkus Reviews *Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “We were eight years in power” was the lament of Reconstruction-era black politicians as the American experiment in multiracial democracy ended with the return of white supremacist rule in the South. In this sweeping collection of new and selected essays, Ta-Nehisi Coates explores the tragic echoes of that history in our own time: the unprecedented election of a black president followed by a vicious backlash that fueled the election of the man Coates argues is America’s “first white president.” But the story of these present-day eight years is not just about presidential politics. This book also examines the new voices, ideas, and movements for justice that emerged over this period—and the effects of the persistent, haunting shadow of our nation’s old and unreconciled history. Coates powerfully examines the events of the Obama era from his intimate and revealing perspective—the point of view of a young writer who begins the journey in an unemployment office in Harlem and ends it in the Oval Office, interviewing a president. We Were Eight Years in Power features Coates’s iconic essays first published in The Atlantic, including “Fear of a Black President,” “The Case for Reparations,” and “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” along with eight fresh essays that revisit each year of the Obama administration through Coates’s own experiences, observations, and intellectual development, capped by a bracingly original assessment of the election that fully illuminated the tragedy of the Obama era. We Were Eight Years in Power is a vital account of modern America, from one of the definitive voices of this historic moment.
Download or read book Words We Don t Say written by K. J. Reilly and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2018-10-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joel Higgins has 901 unsent text messages saved on his phone. Ever since the thing that happened, there are certain people he hasn't been able to talk to in person. Sure, he shows up at school, does his mandatory volunteer hours at the soup kitchen, and spends pretty much every moment thinking about Eli, the most amazing girl in the world. But that doesn't mean he's keeping it together, or even that he has any friends. So instead of hanging out with people in real life, he drafts text messages. But he never presses send. As dismal as sophomore year was for Joel, he doesn't see how junior year will be any better. For starters, Eli doesn't know how he feels about her, his best friend Andy's gone, and he basically bombed the SATs. But as Joel spends more time at the soup kitchen with Eli and Benj, the new kid whose mouth seems to be unconnected to his brain, he forms bonds with the people they serve there-including a veteran they call Rooster-and begins to understand that the world is bigger than his own pain. In this dazzling, hilarious, and heartbreaking debut, Joel grapples with the aftermath of a tragic loss as he tries to make sense of the problems he's sees all around him with the help of banned books, Winnie-the-Pooh, a field of asparagus, and many pairs of socks.
Download or read book When Doves Cry written by Kristy Stevens and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-03-02 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a land before time, a war broke out among the heavens, and a vicious battle ensued. Angels and demons alike collide, and the ending result is where our story begins. Brookes entire life is turned upside down when she receives a phone call from her sister, asking her to take in her niece, Alex, as she begins her freshman year of high school. After Alex arrives on the island of Harbor Hills, Brooke is suddenly caught up in a plot of vengeance older than time itself. When Alex is kidnapped by a Satanic coven out for blood, its up to Brooke to save her. Secrets of the past come back to haunt her as Brooke scrambles to piece together the clues before time runs out. With what seems like the entire world going against her, will Brooke have what it takes to save the day? Or is this just what happens, When Doves Cry?
Download or read book The Deepest Side of Love written by Adriana Jai Wynn-Yeldell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-07 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Thomas and Mayfield family are closer than ever. From the outside things look great, but personal and emotional issues have surfaced to cause serious problems. Everyone has gotten older and despite the successes the family has enjoyed there is distrust, unhappiness and more secrets. Adam and Aira's relationship is in trouble and some of the children in the family needed a good whipping. Junior Mayfield have major decisions to make and Delano Devereaux, the ex-drug dealer comes face to face with his past. Aira C. Mayfield narrates the story and takes you through each family member's house to show you that we will all go through trials and storms that can shake the foundations of your life. But they are holding on until they can get right! Each Sunday they receive reaffirming relief from Pastor Miles sermons, while forcing their minds not to drift and to pay attention to the signs. Relationships become tore and the evilness of sin are upon them. One by one they struggle to understand the changes and how to effectively overcome any battle the world brings because they know money can't fix all their woes and sorrows. Love and patience can conquer all but there is no getting through to some people. Is the pain too great or are they that hard-headed and stuck in their ways? Will there be forgiveness?
Download or read book Foundations written by Tom Holladay and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Purpose-Driven® Discipleship ResourceIdeal for Sunday Night or midweek series, Weekday Bible Studies, Sunday school classes and study groups of any size. The complete communicator's resource for teaching Saddleback Church's blockbuster Foundations course in your church or groupTeaching others the essential truths of Christianity will challenge you, but nothing can beat the rewards of seeing men and women gain a transforming, biblical perspective on God, the world around them, and their own lives and relationships. Foundations Teacher's Guide, Volume 2 greatly simplifies your job with its easy-to-follow format. Everything you need to teach lessons 11-22 and the wrap-up session of the 24-session Foundations curriculum is clearly and methodically laid out for you, with tools, tips, and options to help you meet the unique needs of your group.* Teaching notes--Extensive notes guide you through what you will say and include illustrations and applications of each doctrine under discussion.* Highlight sections--Four kinds of sidebars help your group connect with God's truths through key words, thought-provoking insights, personal implications, and personal applications.* Teaching tips--Proven tips help you strengthen your skills as a communicator.* Discussion questions--Questions at the end of each study can also be interspersed throughout the lesson.* Split-session plan--Each lesson has an optional cutoff point that allows you to break it into two sessions. Subdivide a single lesson, several lessons, or break the entire program into 46 lessons at your discretion.* Appendices--Additional, supporting material for some studies may be found at the end of those studies.* Memory cards--Reproducible cards contain a key theme and verse for each of the 11 doctrines covered.This teacher's guide also includes icons to guide your use of the PowerPoint® slides contained in the CD-ROM (included in the kit and also sold separately). Foundations will take your group for thought-provoking, life-changing explorations of 11 core Christian truths:1. The Bible 2. God 3. Jesus 4. The Holy Spirit 5. Creation6. Salvation7. Sanctification8. Good and Evil9. The Afterlife10. The Church11. The Second Coming From Saddleback ChurchThis is a proven, tested curriculum that has helped change thousands of lives!For the past ten years, Foundations has been used as the doctrinal course at Saddleback Church, one of America's largest and best-known churches. Thousands of Saddleback members have benefited from this life-transforming experience. This course is explained in detail in Rick Warren's groundbreaking book, The Purpose Driven Church. Currently, Purpose Driven churches all around the world are using Foundations to raise up an army of mature believers equipped for ministry in the church and prepared for mission in the world.The complete Foundations kit includes:* 2 Teacher's Guides (volumes 1 & 2)* 1 Participant's Guide * 1 CD-ROM with PowerPoint® presentations, programming resources, and additional handoutsAll materials also sold separately
Download or read book Stubborn as a Mule written by Sawyer Bennett and published by Big Dog Books, LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-20 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Down in Whynot, NC, there are three things that hold true: 1) life moves just a little bit slower, 2) family means everything, and 3) you don’t mess with history. When his family decides to sell a home that’s been part of their history for over a century, Lowe Mancinkus is madder than a hornet. To add insult to injury, the woman who purchased it is some fancy pants, city girl looking to fix it up and sell it off. Doesn’t matter that she’s sexy as hell or that just being near her gets his blood racing like never before. That home belongs to his family, or at least it did until she came to town. Well that just won’t do, now will it? From the moment that she laid eyes on the historical home in rural North Carolina, Melinda Rothschild knew Mainer House was something special. The perfect escape from life in New York City, Melinda signed the papers and set to work restoring the house to its natural beauty. That is until an angry Lowe showed up on her doorstep one day. With a scowl on his handsome, chiseled face. And a shotgun in his strong, muscular arms. Is it getting hot in here? Melinda’s about to get a lesson on life in the south, but Lowe is about to learn a lesson of his own – this city girl doesn’t back down from a fight.
Download or read book The Soul of Creative Writing written by Richard Goodman and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I have a faith in language," said the poet W. S. Merwin. "It's the ultimate achievement that we as a species have evolved so far." Language is a deep ocean of living words, as varied as undersea life. It is a gift inherited by each person when he or she is born; it can be corrupted and regulated, but it cannot be owned. It is an enormous, complex, inexhaustible gift. The Soul of Creative Writing is a tribute to language and to its potentials. It explores the elements of language, style, rhythm, sound, and the choice of the right word. Richard Goodman paints an image of how language can produce a life and meaning that otherwise cannot exist in the symbols themselves. Goodman's stunningly creative collection was written after a lifetime of working and struggling with language. He collects rich examples from writers of the past and present, both great and small, and uses them to illustrate how each element of our written language can be used. The book begins with an analysis of words and how they can be used to create music on the page. Goodman uncovers the strength of words, writing about the shades of meaning that make the search for the exact word both arduous and immensely rewarding. He discusses how to find the proper title and how to find a fitting subject. He show how to create nonfiction work that is vivid and memorable through the use of the same techniques fiction writers employ. Goodman's volume is written with humor and clarity--with fascination and reverence. Writers will find it an indispensable source of creative inspiration and instruction. In Goodman's words, "reading is a tour of a writer's efforts at manipulating language to create art, to create flesh and blood and mountains, cities, homes, and gardens out of inky symbols on the page." To literary critics, this book will be a guide to understanding the tools and devices of great writing.
Download or read book Fallen Colonies written by Ashley Ashforth and published by Gatekeeper Press. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violet wakes in an abandoned laboratory with little to no memory of who she is or how she got there. Slowly her memories return to her as she finds her way home. As she searches for answers about her past Violet is hunted by creatures that are near impossible to kill...for normal people anyway. Violet isn't normal though, not anymore. Book Review 1: "The characters were extremely vivid and well-imagined. I was intrigued by the world and wanted to know more." - Kelly Boworth Book Review 2: “Fallen Colonies is a creative and inventive look into a living, breathing dystopian world, lush with vivid environments and dynamic, progressive characters. Slight discrepancies in pace are overshadowed by sheer creativity, with gripping plot points to keep readers guessing throughout the ride. In short, Fallen Colonies offers readers a look into a brand new, elaborate mythos just waiting to be unraveled.“ - Mr. English Book Review 3: "I couldn’t put it down. I stayed up until 2am finishing it. Truly a fun read!" - J. Newland
Download or read book Review written by Oak Ridge National Laboratory and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Celestial Heir written by Charles Davidson and published by Gavin Jay Maureemootoo. This book was released on 2024-07-29 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elemental Academy Chronicles
Download or read book Down the Rabbit Hole written by Veronika Zyss and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a must read for anyone touched by dementia. This first person account of end stage dementia will leave you speechless. Join Stephen and Lauren as they try to navigate their ever changing landscape. Delve into a deteriorating mind where you too will experience guilt, denial, fear; anything but acceptance to this unrelenting thief, as you become absorbed in the road to nowhere, the one leading you down the rabbit hole. Down the Rabbit Hole is an honest, relatable look at a disease that leaves loved ones alive but vacant of the things we once loved.
Download or read book Philomena And The Seven Deaths written by Kendra Moreno and published by Kendra Moreno. This book was released on 2023-11-17 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hear no evil. Philomena thought she had luck on her side when she became a young widow and was fortunate to inherit her late husband’s wealth. Her life was a comfortable dance between parties and tea, a menial pattern that afforded her freedoms most women only dream of. Until she wakes up six feet underground. . . Speak no evil. The first death is as easy as it is traumatic. She claws her way up through the mud only to find a confused Reaper waiting for her. The second death makes her realize that something bigger is going on. By the third, she’s had enough. See no evil. Four monsters are claiming she’s the reincarnation of Lilith, and with each death, she’ll grow closer and closer to fulfilling a prophecy, but Philomena had not claimed her freedom only to lose it. No matter how tempting the monsters are, she will choose her own destiny. Even if she has to rip it from fate’s dirty hands with her teeth. Be no evil. ***Philomena and The Seven Deaths is a dark gothic paranormal romance full of creatures of the night, hot monstrous men, and a rebellious heroine who’s determined to fight until the bitter end. Perfect for fans of the Penny Dreadful TV series. Check content warnings at the beginning of the book.***
Download or read book Surrender to the Sheikh written by Lena Blake and published by Lena Blake. This book was released on 2024-08-16 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surrender to the Sheikh When Kaled, a powerful CEO and notorious playboy, is forced to step into his brother's shoes as Sheikh of Rheadur, his life of freedom and indulgence is suddenly threatened. As the second in line to the throne, Kaled never wanted the crown—or the crushing responsibility of ruling an entire nation. But tradition demands that he marry, and Kaled refuses to be tied down in a loveless union. Instead, he concocts a bold plan: a marriage of convenience, where passion is allowed but love is off-limits. Adeela has spent her life under the iron grip of a patriarchal society, yearning for a taste of freedom. With dreams of reuniting with her American mother, Adeela is desperate for a way out. When the future Sheikh offers her an irresistible deal—one that could give her the independence she craves—she seizes the opportunity. But as the sparks between them ignite, Adeela finds it harder and harder to protect her heart from Kaled's raw and magnetic charm. He never wanted to be Sheikh, but now he must rule his people and surrender to the woman who captivates him in ways he never expected. In Surrender to the Sheikh, duty collides with desire, and a union born of necessity becomes a love story for the ages. Will Kaled and Adeela be able to resist the powerful pull between them, or will they surrender to the passion that threatens to consume them both?
Download or read book Rachel s Garden written by Marta Perry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Amish widow must rely on her faith and the kindness of her close-knit community as she mends her broken heart in this compelling novel in the Pleasant Valley series. It has been almost a year since the Amish community of Pleasant Valley lost Ezra Brand to a tragic accident. Since then, his wife Rachel has struggled to raise their three children and run their dairy farm... Rachel’s friends and family have come forward to help. But all of their constant advice, however well intentioned, puts undue pressure on Rachel. And when Ezra’s best friend, Gideon Zook, asks her permission to build the greenhouse that Ezra had always promised her, she finds his presence too painful a reminder of the past. As spring turns to summer, and Rachel puts her heart into growing the plants that have always brought her joy, can she discover the courage to embrace new beginnings?
Download or read book Encouragement for the Day written by Charles Allard and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2022-04-12 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encouragement for the Day: Messages of Inspiration and Challenge expands on the messages Pastor Charles Allard delivered on three North Carolina radio stations in the 1980s and 1990s. The popular daily messages of encouragement were broadcast at random times reaching a wide audience of listeners. High school students riding buses were known to hush their classmates to hear the messages. One listener even called Allard at 1:30 a.m. to tell him that he had just heard one of his messages and that was in a place he should not be—and wanted to turn his life over to Jesus. Topics featured include setting priorities, finding your purpose, giving glory to God, hearing the Lord speak, being patient, counting your blessings, focusing on what matters, and taking responsibility for your actions. Written for daily meditation, prayer, and spiritual growth, the devotional will help you overcome everyday struggles, encourage others to walk with the Lord, and look to Christ for help, strength, and salvation. Hebrews 10:24-25 NIV let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another - and all the more as you see the Day approaching: SPECIAL INCLUSION: A complete guide for home Advent celebration with family and friends.
