Автор: McMillan Cottom Tressie Название: Thick: And Other Essays ISBN: 1620975874 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781620975879 Издательство: Random House (USA) Рейтинг: Цена: 10410.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Eight insightful essays into been unapologetically `thick` - longlisted for the 2019 National Book Award.
Автор: Fahn-Weedor Elizabeth Название: This Girl Will Live: One Woman`s Journey from Oppression ISBN: 1952025044 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781952025044 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 14670.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: A Muslim convert to Christianity, Elizabeth Fahn-Weedor was forced to flee one of Africa's bloodiest civil wars in her home country of Liberia. She clung to her faith in Jesus as her husband and toddler daughter were saved from certain death through a miracle in the killing fields. Faith also gave her the strength to endure years of suffering with her family in a refugee camp. Coming from a culture that did not believe in the education of girls, Elizabeth found support growing up from her grandmother Maima Kai, a midwife who stood fearlessly against a male-dominated society to make education a priority for her granddaughters. After she came to America, Elizabeth served for many years in international ministry alongside her husband. Inspired by the memory of Maima Kai, she then led the effort to create Petals of Hope International, a school for girls in Liberia that provides teaching and resources to young women still shackled by cultural practices that limit them. Elizabeth remains more determined than ever to help a new generation of woman embrace, as she once did, the promise of the gospel that all are found equal at the foot of the cross.
Автор: Eleftheriou Joanna Название: This Way Back ISBN: 1949199665 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781949199666 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 20050.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Going back to her ancestral homeland, a Greek American girl discovers she is a lesbian in love with God, so her questions about home and belonging will not be easily answered.This Way Back dramatizes a childhood split between Queens, New York, and Cyprus, an island nation with a long colonial history and a culture to which Joanna Eleftheriou could never quite adjust. The book avows a Greek-Cypriot-American lesbian's existence by documenting its scenes: reenacting an 1829 mass suicide by jumping off a school stage onto gym mats at St. Nicholas, harvesting carobs on ancestral land, purchasing UNESCO-protected lace, marching in the island's first gay pride parade, visiting Cyprus's occupied north against a dying father's wish, and pruning geraniums, cypress trees, and jasmine after her father grew too weak to lift the shears. While the author's life binds the essays in This Way Back into what reads like a memoir, the book questions memoir's conventional boundaries between the individual and her community, and between political and personal loss, the human and the environment, and the living and the dead.
Автор: Crane Billy Название: Only Pass This Way Once ISBN: 152893797X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528937979 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Born in 1945 in Middlesbrough, the author lived a life of struggle in an overcrowded house with a large family. His younger years were sometimes tough but there were many highlights as well. He lost his virginity at the age of 12 and from then on was never starved of sex. He started an allotment with his father, bought the first of many pigs at the age of 13 and joined the Young Farmers Club, as he had become hooked on farming. He left school at 15 and began a career in farming. In the words of the author, "Leaving home was good, farm life was great and the village was nice, and oh, I got plenty of sex; there was always a village girl to oblige, what more could I want?" The author always felt he had itchy feet and decided it was then time to move on and do something different. He left farming and turned to construction work. He met an Irishman named Shaun who taught him how to drive a crane and from then on, the author has never looked back. This is the author's first book and details the events of his early life: the struggles with his family, getting into farming and later on in construction, the people he met throughout this journey and the various sexual exploits on the way. The author hopes the readers enjoy reading this book as much as he enjoyed reminiscing and sharing a small part of his life's journey.
Автор: Crane Billy Название: Only Pass This Way Once ISBN: 1528937988 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528937986 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23870.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: Born in 1945 in Middlesbrough, the author lived a life of struggle in an overcrowded house with a large family. His younger years were sometimes tough but there were many highlights as well. He lost his virginity at the age of 12 and from then on was never starved of sex. He started an allotment with his father, bought the first of many pigs at the age of 13 and joined the Young Farmers Club, as he had become hooked on farming. He left school at 15 and began a career in farming. In the words of the author, "Leaving home was good, farm life was great and the village was nice, and oh, I got plenty of sex; there was always a village girl to oblige, what more could I want?" The author always felt he had itchy feet and decided it was then time to move on and do something different. He left farming and turned to construction work. He met an Irishman named Shaun who taught him how to drive a crane and from then on, the author has never looked back. This is the author's first book and details the events of his early life: the struggles with his family, getting into farming and later on in construction, the people he met throughout this journey and the various sexual exploits on the way. The author hopes the readers enjoy reading this book as much as he enjoyed reminiscing and sharing a small part of his life's journey.
Автор: Loizou, Fotis Название: One way ticket: the autobiography of a london cypriot ISBN: 1528934660 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781528934664 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 11910.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The 1950s and '60s were a troubled and difficult time for Cyprus and its people. The land was torn and fractured. Thousands of Cypriots migrated to England in search of hope, in search of a better life. What would they find in their new land? How would they change? When, if ever, would they return to their loved ones, to their towns and villages?In his story, 'One Way Ticket: The Autobiography of a London Cypriot', the author describes a journey that was not only geographical, but also emotional and psychological. He explains how, with the passing of time, the Cypriots, who had made the journey to England, were confronted with a re-assessment of their traditions and customs, of their language and even their identity.
Автор: Brown Drew D. Название: Sports in African American Life: Essays on History and Culture ISBN: 1476669643 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781476669649 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 40650.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This wide-ranging collection of new essays explores the inextricable ties between African Americans and sports culture. Contributors address such topics as the historical context of African American participation in major US sports, social justice and responsibility, gender and identity, and media and art.
Автор: Arroyo Fred Название: Sown in Earth: Essays of Memory and Belonging ISBN: 0816539510 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780816539512 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 25870.00 T Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии. Описание: Sown in Earth is a collection of personal memories that speak to the larger experiences of hardworking migratory men. Often forgotten or silenced, these men are honored and remembered in Sown in Earth through the lens of Arroyo's memories of his father. Arroyo recollects his father's anger and alcohol abuse as a reflection of his place in society, in which his dreams and disappointments are patterned by work and poverty, loss and displacement, memory and belonging.
In Sown in Earth, Arroyo often roots his thoughts and feelings in place, expressing a deep connection to the small homes he inhabited in his childhood, his warm and hazy memories of his grandmother's kitchen in Puerto Rico, the rivers and creeks he fished, and the small caf s in Madrid that inspired writing and reflection in his adult years. Swirling in romantic moments and a refined love for literature, Arroyo creates a sense of belonging and appreciation for his life despite setbacks and complex anxieties along the way.
By crafting a written journey through childhood traumas, poverty, and the impact of alcoholism on families, Fred Arroyo clearly outlines how his lived experiences led him to become a writer. Sown in Earth is a shocking yet warm collage of memories that serves as more than a memoir or an autobiography. Rather, Arroyo recounts his youth through lyrical prose to humanize and immortalize the hushed lives of men like his father, honoring their struggle and claiming their impact on the writers and artists they raised.
Автор: Ameke Kenneth, Uzoukwu Samuel Название: Emerging Conversations on Theofiliation: Essays in Honour of Archbishop Anthony J. V. Obinna ISBN: 1796061123 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781796061123 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 32180.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: It is in honour of the silver jubilee of Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna's episcopacy that this book is put together in this first volume titled Emerging Conversations on Theofiliation: Essays in Honour of Archbishop Anthony J. V. Obinna. This volume discusses and enlarges insights inherent in Archbishop Obinna's theological thinking on theofiliation. Therefore, the contributors to this volume critically examine his idea of theofiliation from their areas of speciality as a further exploration of this theological term. The willingness of the contributors has resulted in a collection that envisage the eclectic and heterogeneous scholarly vision of its honouree. Besides, the contributors to this maiden edition encompass both illustrious theologians and promising researchers in theology, philosophy, psychology, and management. The themes discussed by the contributors are grouped into biblical/comparative study, systematic/pastoral, ethical/management, philosophical/political, and anthropological issues. The enriching and diverse collections of this volume have five thematic sections of nineteen chapters that theofiliation brings together. "This Festschrift in honour of Amarachi Obinna is a compendium of usable knowledge. The authors have dealt with various themes largely inspired by the theology and practice of the archbishop. This conviction leads to the reflections on theofiliation, the reinGodment of all creation. The Festschrift is truly a treasure" (Prof. John Obilor, Imo State University Owerri). "This book is an insightful reading which will serve as an inspirational theological wellspring for emerging scholars engaged in articulating a robust African contextual theology to which it breathes fresh air. The spirit of dynamism in Archbishop Obinna's novel brainchild of theofiliation is manifested in its applicability to wide-ranging academic disciplines" (William Odeke Owire, KU Leuven).
Автор: Nezhukumatathil Aimee Название: World of Wonder: Essays ISBN: 1571313656 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781571313652 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22990.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: From beloved, award-winning poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil comes a debut work of nonfiction--a collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us. As a child, Nezhukumatathil called many places home: the grounds of a Kansas mental institution, where her Filipina mother was a doctor; the open skies and tall mountains of Arizona, where she hiked with her Indian father; and the chillier climes of western New York and Ohio. But no matter where she was transplanted--no matter how awkward the fit or forbidding the landscape--she was able to turn to our world's fierce and funny creatures for guidance. "What the peacock can do," she tells us, "is remind you of a home you will run away from and run back to all your life." The axolotl teaches us to smile, even in the face of unkindness; the touch-me-not plant shows us how to shake off unwanted advances; the narwhal demonstrates how to survive in hostile environments. Even in the strange and the unlovely, Nezhukumatathil finds beauty and kinship. For it is this way with wonder: it requires that we are curious enough to look past the distractions in order to fully appreciate the world's gifts. Warm, lyrical, and gorgeously illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, World of Wonders is a book of sustenance and joy.
Автор: Ameke Kenneth, Uzoukwu Samuel Название: Emerging Conversations on Theofiliation: Essays in Honour of Archbishop Anthony J. V. Obinna ISBN: 1796061115 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781796061116 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22060.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: It is in honour of the silver jubilee of Most Rev. Anthony J. V. Obinna's episcopacy that this book is put together in this first volume titled Emerging Conversations on Theofiliation: Essays in Honour of Archbishop Anthony J. V. Obinna. This volume discusses and enlarges insights inherent in Archbishop Obinna's theological thinking on theofiliation. Therefore, the contributors to this volume critically examine his idea of theofiliation from their areas of speciality as a further exploration of this theological term. The willingness of the contributors has resulted in a collection that envisage the eclectic and heterogeneous scholarly vision of its honouree. Besides, the contributors to this maiden edition encompass both illustrious theologians and promising researchers in theology, philosophy, psychology, and management. The themes discussed by the contributors are grouped into biblical/comparative study, systematic/pastoral, ethical/management, philosophical/political, and anthropological issues. The enriching and diverse collections of this volume have five thematic sections of nineteen chapters that theofiliation brings together. "This Festschrift in honour of Amarachi Obinna is a compendium of usable knowledge. The authors have dealt with various themes largely inspired by the theology and practice of the archbishop. This conviction leads to the reflections on theofiliation, the reinGodment of all creation. The Festschrift is truly a treasure" (Prof. John Obilor, Imo State University Owerri). "This book is an insightful reading which will serve as an inspirational theological wellspring for emerging scholars engaged in articulating a robust African contextual theology to which it breathes fresh air. The spirit of dynamism in Archbishop Obinna's novel brainchild of theofiliation is manifested in its applicability to wide-ranging academic disciplines" (William Odeke Owire, KU Leuven).
Автор: Sacerdote George Название: Memories of Memories: Essays on the Bicultural Education of a Second Generation Member of America`s Italian Hebrew Diaspora ISBN: 1733354107 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781733354103 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 22980.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book is a collection of autobiographical essays by a member of America`s Italian Jewish Diaspora, a highly accomplished community that is little recognized by this country`s Jewish or Italian immigrant populations.
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