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Many of us are blessed with good parents who teach us the valuable lessons of life. Some of us have to learn those lessons without benefit of a teacher, other than experience. La Belle Rouge was blessed with a father who not only understood love and life but peace and faith.

In this book, retired university president Alvin J. Schexnider shares the lived experiences that shaped his career and the challenges presented by race. About half of his career was spent at white universities. He details how he navigated those challenges in spite of longstanding policies and practices. He examines how certain events of his youth shaped his views on race including segregation, the execution of a Black man in his hometown, lynching in the South, and the pervasive opposition and violence spawned by the civil rights movement. The second half of his career was spent at historically Black universities (HBCUs) where, as a product of one, he felt a sense of commitment. Schexnider provides a unique lens through which his career evolved from the early days of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity (AA/EEO) to the current era of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The book spotlights the continuing role of race in the recruitment, promotion and retention of Black faculty, the challenges to DEI, and its ability to effect change. It contrasts affirmative action and diversity and argues that diversity is more likely to benefit other ethnic groups rather than Blacks based on current trends in higher education. The book concludes with a chapter on the future of HBCUs, a sector of higher education that is currently receiving unprecedented attention but is likely fleeting. This chapter acknowledges the challenges and opportunities HBCUs face and it offers strategies to put them on a sustainable path to secure their future.

Honest, humorous, poignant, and raw with emotion...Judy Kowalsky's life is filled with alcoholism, suicide, and tragic loss. As an adult, the author encounters more heartbreaking catastrophes before realizing that she has spent a lifetime meeting the same personalities, experiencing challenging emotional years of learned behaviors and actions that go well beyond childhood. Maybe you will see yourself in her recollections. Maybe you will see someone you know in them, but the author asks: What will you do when you look into the eyes of an innocent child whose potential for abuse is imminent?"The Art of Bristle is a book about one woman's journey to find herself after years of a painful life. A painful life is often found, but never shared. Thankfully, Judy Kowalsky is ready to share. Her book is full of honesty, acceptance of being an adult child of an alcoholic, pain, loss, and grief in her life. However, it is not just about her but includes all who identify with her. I strongly recommend her book. As you read it you will realize that it teaches and touches your heart.Judy's heart is in this book."-Robert J. Ackerman, PhD, Author of Perfect Daughters,Adult Daughters of Alcoholics and Co-founder of theNational Association for Children of Addiction"Many of us spend adulthood processing childhood, developmentally stuck at points of trauma, often feeling isolated and different until we find healing. Through sharing her pain, Judy's path toward regeneration gifts others with the knowledge that we are not alone. The Art of Bristle, like Judy, is authentic, gently written by an empathic, faithful soul who found a way out of darkness, fear and anger borne through cruelty and judgement.Judy's memories, while beautifully penned, send one back to the safety and innocence of childhood and then step repeatedly outside of inviolability. Judy artfully paints pictures of her life, relating struggles of growing up too soon, bearing misplaced blame, becoming an actress portraying normalcy, developing survival skills, establishing boundaries, accepting that sometimes there are no answers and ultimately embracing self-acceptance and forgiveness.Those who practice in any medical or mental health clinic setting should read The Art of Bristle to understand better who sits in the chair across from them. Those who have experienced abuse, and its sequelae will hopefully realize that we are blameless, that we are and always have been more than adequate, and that we are neither too much, nor too little. We are intelligent, we are kind; we are enough; we love, and we are loved.I knew Judy in high school, a sweet, quiet girl with a beautiful smile who hid her pain well, as I did mine. We didn't talk about abuse back then and hid our bruises. Hopefully, this book will contribute to effecting change, beginning dialogues, reducing stigma, and encouraging the acceptance and promotion of people seeking help." ~ Dr. Sherry Lynn Jones, EdD, RN, MS, Author of Confessions of a Trauma Junkie and More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Every individual must look within themselves to decide what will make their life truly spectacular. For the author it is all about travel: the excitement of discovery and learning along the way and capturing those moments in an equally spectacular image.This book tells the story of the author's travels throughout his life with an emphasis on his love of photography and the national parks. It traces his journey from childhood, when he first experienced the time-honored road trip with his parents, through his military service, overseas and in the U.S., along with his many years in corporate America, each presenting him with new and unique travel opportunities. The wake-up call of a cancer diagnosis set him on the path to his most exciting adventures yet. He left his job, downsized his life, and moved into an RV to make travel his full-time focus rather than a thing he did only on vacation. He set a goal to visit and photograph all fifty-nine (at the time) national parks. Well on his way toward this goal, he experienced a major setback after an early-morning fire destroyed his RV and all his possessions, forcing him to rebuild his life to stay on the path to finishing his goal.

A true story about Linda Rose-Crosby, how the LORD allowed her to be who she was, who she became, and who she now is, "a true child of the Most High God." Rose-Crosby shows how her life started out on the right path, and became so out of control until she did not know what was happening to her. But if the LORD is instilled in one's life, even though the wrong path is taken, you will come back full circle to the truth: the engrafted Word of the LORD is able to save your souls.

8386 Tage mit der RingkircheEin Stück Lebenszeit von Ralf-Andreas Gmelin, 2001 bis 2024Eine Biographie der Evangelischen Ringkirchengemeinde während der Amtszeit des Autors.

WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE • WINNER OF A LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK • A STONEWALL HONOR BOOK • NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, KIRKUS REVIEWS, LIBRARY JOURNAL, AMAZON AND APPLE BOOKS • A TODAY SUMMER READING LIST PICK • AN ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY BEST DEBUT OF SUMMER PICK • A PEOPLE BEST BOOK OF SUMMER PICKA raw, poetic, coming-of-age ?masterwork? (The New York Times) about Blackness, masculinity and addiction?Punch Me Up to the Gods obliterates what we thought were the limitations of not just the American memoir, but the possibilities of the American paragraph. I'm not sure a book has ever had me sobbing, punching the air, dying of laughter, and needing to write as much as Brian Broome's staggering debut. This sh*t is special.??Kiese Laymon, New York Times bestselling author of Heavy?Punch Me Up to the Gods is some of the finest writing I have ever encountered and one of the most electrifying, powerful, simply spectacular memoirs I?or you?have ever read. And you will read it; you must read it. It contains everything we all crave so deeply: truth, soul, brilliance, grace. It is a masterpiece of a memoir and Brian Broome should win the Pulitzer Prize for writing it. I am in absolute awe and you will be, too.??Augusten Burroughs, New York Times bestselling author of Running with ScissorsPunch Me Up to the Gods introduces a powerful new talent in Brian Broome, whose early years growing up in Ohio as a dark-skinned Black boy harboring crushes on other boys propel forward this gorgeous, aching, and unforgettable debut. Brian's recounting of his experiences?in all their cringe-worthy, hilarious, and heartbreaking glory?reveal a perpetual outsider awkwardly squirming to find his way in. Indiscriminate sex and escalating drug use help to soothe his hurt, young psyche, usually to uproarious and devastating effect. A no-nonsense mother and broken father play crucial roles in our misfit's origin story. But it is Brian's voice in the retelling that shows the true depth of vulnerability for young Black boys that is often quietly near to bursting at the seams.Cleverly framed around Gwendolyn Brooks's poem ?We Real Cool,? the iconic and loving ode to Black boyhood, Punch Me Up to the Gods is at once playful, poignant, and wholly original. Broome's writing brims with swagger and sensitivity, bringing an exquisite and fresh voice to ongoing cultural conversations about Blackness in America.

A mother's love should welcome every child entering this world. For Andrea Skeeter, shame instead of joy greeted her at birth.Skeeter's profound and harrowing story, while unfamiliar to persons who may have experienced the opposite, will captivate readers nonetheless as they empathize with her struggles and rejoice in her deliverance from the crushing familial lies, deceit, and treachery that sought to destroy her infancy, childhood, and adolescence. For readers who recognize their own harsh and tragic beginnings as all too similar to Skeeter's, hope will be born anew from what can be described as nothing less than the mysterious and miraculous light of redemption that visited Andrea in the midnight of her deepest and most precarious suffering.

Imagine living in a time and place where lawlessness and violence flood the streets like a raging river. It's a time of rebellion, uncertainty, and chaos. This story is about a man raised in that world, in 1960s China. As a child living in an atheist country immersed in turmoil, he witnesses atrocities and suffering most of us could never imagine.Hoping to get away from the horrors, the man flees to America with limited financial resources and minimal English skills to be educated as a psychologist. Though he physically escapes the clutches of the country where he was raised, the traumas of his childhood remain with him as a dark cloud of depression and despair. Crossroads provides a glimpse into a time in China's history most of us never knew. This man, a survivor of that tumultuous period, spends thirty years of his life seeking peace and understanding. His travels take him across the world as he explores dozens of faiths. When traditional religion fails him, he seeks hope through shamans, mystics, and the supernatural. Crossroads is not as much about one man's struggles as it is a testament to God's love and commitment to remain with each of us throughout the storms of our lives.

Have you ever believed your son was fine? Did you raise him to know right from wrong? Drugs are bad, stealing isn't right? College is good and telling the truth is always better than lying? Being a parent is tough! We are all told this from the start. It turns out that you can't really make your kids or anyone else for that matter, do anything they don't want to do. You try your best and hoe they listen, but sometimes they don't. This book is for any parent who feels as if they failed their child. You didn't. your children have their own journeys to follow, their own mistakes to make. God has the plan, and we just need to believe. This young man's journey down a dark path of drugs, lies, failure, and nearly losing his life in a horrific car accident brought his family to despair. His struggle to come back from a coma, a three-month hospital stay and having to learn basic skills all over, led his family to believe all the bad choices were over. But they weren't Follow Dawson's journey to sobriety, acceptance, and the hope of a better life in this true account of his life.

If the walls of this house could talk, the people who walked through the door, could not stay long, they would be deafened by what those walls could broadcast. The yelling in angry voices, the cries of despair, the screams of the family who once lived there. One is Cathy, who through determination, put all the trauma and violence behind. Creating a loving family of her own, was her dream.Orange Grove Road is a sincere account of growing up in an unloving household. This is Cathy's story, written as an adult with her own family and love in abundance.

From “weird, scary, ingenious” (The New York Times) stand-up comedian Maria Bamford comes a brutally honest and hilariously frenetic memoir about show business, mental health, and the comfort of rigid belief systems—from Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends and Influence People, to Suzuki violin training, to Richard Simmons, to twelve-step programs.

As he works his way through his medical training, Ike Anya's grandmother reassures him, saying:Everything worthwhile is achieved small by small.It's the 1990s, a turbulent time in Nigeria's political history, and a young Ike Anya embarks on the journey to qualifying as a medical doctor. In a story that charts the triumphs and failures of his student days through to his first demanding year as a house officer, Anya's sharp wit, gentle humour and abounding curiosity present a medical memoir unlike any from the West. Recalling the vibrancy of tempestuous 1990s Nigeria - the political unrest, social change and worsening economy - Anya also celebrates the friendships, minor rebellions and hard graft of student days. Small by Small is a deeply intimate memoir imbued with determination, compassion and a love of storytelling.

The Making of a Young Revolutionary

A revealing look at how ordinary citizens were plucked from the hardscrabble 1930s and hurriedly turned into flyers--young men then pitted against each other in deadly machines miles above the ground in Europe. Ray Brim led the way for thousands of his compatriots in the type of "total war" in the skies that we will never see again . . .

Auto-Immune Heresy is a chronic illness memoir in prose and poetry, concerned with mapping the realities of sickness in a toxic world.

The cofounder of BET and first African-American woman billionaire shares her deeply personal journey – through love and loss, tragedy and triumph—to discovering her true self and at last finding happiness in her work and life.

From acclaimed bestselling author of White Like Her: My Family's Story of Race and Racial Passing, comes a brand new collection of stories of people uncovering their past. “A riveting page turner . . . This book will appeal to anyone interested in tales of family secrets.” —Severance Magazine "Masterful, inspiring, and fearless." —Kenyatta D. Berry, author of Family Tree Toolkit and host of PBS’s Genealogy RoadshowWhat They Never Told Us tells the stories of ordinary people who made extraordinary, life-changing discoveries about their parentage and/or race and ethnicity that fractured their identities. The book asks the big questions: Who are we? And what is family? Blending social history and personal narratives, each story delves into the devastating psychological trauma of uncovering a hidden family secret with all the twists and turns of a mystery novel from how the discovery was made; to why it was kept secret; to the arduous, sometimes disappointing, quest to find the biological parent or parents. To fully understand the secrecy surrounding these family secrets, the book examines pre-WWII and post-WWII attitudes toward infertility, adoption, donor conception, race and racial passing, and unmarried pregnant women. Prefacing these harrowing narratives is the author's own confusing and sometimes painful journey to redefine her racial identity under the spotlight of public opinion. Searingly raw and honest, What They Never Told Us tells the stories that were never meant to be heard.

In the second book of this ongoing series, Royce continues his journey of self-discovery from age 14 to 18, as trauma lurks trying to hide him from himself. Navigating life's pains, strains and hardships while attempting to find oneself is a winding path travelled as best one can. Though often unaware, Royce moves slowly yet steadily forward despite the darkness. Dangers explode without warning - hidden perils that scar his soul and edge him further away from himself. Not wanting to lose himself, Royce needs his inner warrior. He needs love - for himself and the world around him - though the concept of love remains unclear, given his parents' hateful expressions of pain. Thankful for what little love comes his way, Royce intuits its importance. For it is love that helps one remember the self that dwells within. Being harsh or unkind to oneself betrays the heart of self-love. Through his ongoing trials, Royce journeys toward the light of self-understanding. It is only by embracing one's full humanity that true healing can begin.

How do you explain an invisible brain injury to someonewhen you look like you're doing fine?In May 2018, a compressed air accident at the dentistsent me home with a brain injury. My 31-year career as an occupational therapist was over.Welcome to life in Shitville.Living with brain injury and reading about it in textbooks were not the same thing. I hope to provide family members,friends, coworkers, professionals, caregivers, anyone, with insights into the daily struggles of living with brain injury while looking normal. I hope the easy-to-read layoutwill help others with visual processing difficulties to read about brain injury. This is a story about the grueling stages of anger, frustration, grief, and sadness to find the new "you".It took a 9,461-mile solo road trip and time away from hometo find my new identity, meaning, and purpose in life.

Wann hat man Glück gehabt, in der Regel weiß man das erst, wenn es schon vorbei ist oder auch nie, weil man einfach zu dicht und verwirrt war. Das kann schon mal passieren, so zu lesen im Buch Nr.4. Der Buchtitel ist sehr ungewöhnlich und irgendwie auch schräg. Wo wir gerade bei schräg sind, so waren teils auch die Abenteuer des Helden im Buch. Der Held der Geschichten ist der Autor höchstpersönlich und dieser war manchmal recht verwirrt unterwegs in seinem bisherigen Leben. Denn er hatte schon eine beachtliche Zeit auf diesem Planeten gelebt, bevor es zu einer dramatischen Planänderung kam. Bezugnehmend auf den weiteren Verlauf des Lebens und dessen Erhalt. Man kann die, ich nenne sie vielleicht Vorgeschichte in den spannenden 3 ersten Büchern des Autors nachlesen.

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With the release of this third Broken book, Jim Adkins finishes the original trilogy blueprint for this series about his life. One that, on several occasions, he had severe doubts about living long enough to see completed. As usual, this book unfortunately features another potentially fatal medical condition. This time, he had two leaking heart valves (Aortic and tricuspid) diagnosed while writing this sequel. Instead of the author's literacy prowess, his numerous health challenges seem to be his claim to fame/infamy, much to the chagrin of his wife. Don't worry, though; he doesn't let it interfere with his unique self-deprecating humor.

Cuando ella creía que la vida no podía ser mejor, el destino decide que se reencuentre con una historia que pensaba que había dejado atrás y con un niño que guarda secretos para los que ella cree no estar preparada. Al conocer a su hermano, descubre un mundo inmenso, más allá de su pequeña habitación en el viejo taller de Piriapolis. Uruguay. Una vida que ella no conocía y un niño que necesita de ella, ¿quizás un gran líder? ¿Quizás un gran estratega? Tal vez el padre de un gran estratega.

Teaching: you're frustrated and exhausted one day, gratified and fulfilled the next. Teaching is not like other careers; we teachers give our whole self to our students day after day. Blending humorous memoir and classroom ideas, the author of "Miss, I wish you a bed of roses: " Teaching Secondary School English in Greece, looks back on her 40 years of teaching international students. She writes about her teaching insecurities, secondary school and college composition classes, the difficult and the great, the base and the sublime. She describes school grades, bells and meetings, routines of any high school, and although teaching in Greece has unique challenges, Greek teens are like teenagers everywhere, full of hopes and dreams for the future. Besides looking at her own career growth, the author offers advice for language and literature classes, and ideas for using poetry, songs and film to create a lively atmosphere for learning. Whether you are a new teacher interested in suggestions for your classes, including ESL or EFL teachers, or an experienced teacher looking for new ideas, "Miss I wish you a bed of roses: " Teaching Secondary School English in Greece is for you. But not only teachers -- anyone who has taken an English language or literature class or has children taking literature classes-- will enjoy this spirited memoir, enhanced by the author's poetry and student comments. Her main advice: content counts but more so, formulating your teaching philosophy. And don't forget to keep your temper and your sense of humor!

This is a survival book. A book to give hope to the hopeless. For anyone who has experienced childhood abuse and still healing from it. You are not alone and you are worthy of being happy. In this book I will talk about my experience as a child in the foster care system. I will go into detail about the abuse. due to a lot of trauma my memory is not the best however what I do remember is here. Telling my story to show the steps to becoming who I am today. How I was able to find my peace and the life lessons I learned that helped me become SHAY PEACE