Brother Keepers

Author : John Edgar Wideman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781982148768

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Brothers and Keepers by John Edgar Wideman Pdf

“A rare triumph” (The New York Times Book Review), this powerful memoir about the divergent paths taken by two brothers is a classic work from one of the greatest figures in American literature: a reflection on John Edgar Wideman’s family and his brother’s incarceration—a classic that is as relevant now as when originally published in 1984. A “brave and brilliant” (The Philadelphia Inquirer) portrait of lives arriving at different destinies, the classic John Edgar Wideman memoir, Brothers and Keepers, is a haunting portrait of two brothers—one an award-winning writer, the other a fugitive wanted for a robbery that resulted in a murder. Wideman recalls the capture of his younger brother, Robby, details the subsequent trials that resulted in a sentence of life in prison, and provides vivid views of the American prison system. A gripping, unsettling account, Brothers and Keepers weighs the bonds of blood, affection, and guilt that connect Wideman and his brother and measures the distance that lies between them. “If you care at all about brotherhood and dignity…this is a must-read book” (The Denver Post). With a new afterword by his brother Robert Wideman, recently released after more than fifty years in prison.

Author : Harry Brod,Shawn Israel Zevit
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Homosexuality
ISBN : STANFORD:36105215382404

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Brother Keepers by Harry Brod,Shawn Israel Zevit Pdf

Brother Keepers: New Perspectives on Jewish Masculinity is an international collection of new essays on Jewish men by academics and activists, rabbis and secularists, men and women, on personal experience and congregational life, gendered bodies and Jewish minds, poetry and prayer, literature and film, and more. Simultaneously particular and universal, all engagingly illuminate how masculinities and Judaisms engage each other in gendered Jewishness.

Author : Julie Lee
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2020-07-21
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780823444946

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Brother's Keeper by Julie Lee Pdf

With war looming on the horizon and winter setting in, can two children escape North Korea on their own? Winner of the Freeman Book Award! North Korea. December, 1950. Twelve-year-old Sora and her family live under an iron set of rules: No travel without a permit. No criticism of the government. No absences from Communist meetings. Wear red. Hang pictures of the Great Leader. Don't trust your neighbors. Don't speak your mind. You are being watched. But war is coming, war between North and South Korea, between the Soviets and the Americans. War causes chaos--and war is the perfect time to escape. The plan is simple: Sora and her family will walk hundreds of miles to the South Korean city of Busan from their tiny mountain village. They just need to avoid napalm, frostbite, border guards, and enemy soldiers. But they can't. And when an incendiary bombing changes everything, Sora and her little brother Young will have to get to Busan on their own. Can a twelve-year-old girl and her eight-year-old brother survive three hundred miles of warzone in winter? Haunting, timely, and beautiful, this harrowing novel from a searing new talent offers readers a glimpse into a vanished time and a closed nation. A Jane Addams Children's Book Award Finalist An ILA Intermediate Fiction Award Winner An American Library Association Notable Children’s Book A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year A Junior Library Guild Selection A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year "Will ultimately be recognized as one of the best books... on the Korean War."—Education About Asia, the Association for Asian Studies

Author : David Joutras
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780557072552

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Brother's Keepers - Book 2: A Ghost in the Way by David Joutras Pdf

The second book in a science fiction adventure series chronicling the adventures of a family with a teenage paranormal. With Ghost around, one thing is certain: things will never be the same and being your brotherâs keeper is not just a nice saying, but a necessity!Book 2 starts out with several unsavory characters and not a few paranormals taking an interest in Ghost. But if they think manipulating Ghost is easy, theyâre in for a surprise. With Ghost around, things are never simple.

Author : David Joutras
Publisher : The Note Ministry
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780557024971

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Brother's Keepers - Book 1: A Ghost in the World by David Joutras Pdf

Over 15 years ago in a parallel universe paranormals started appearing. Now most paranormals are minor level 1s, some few are level 2s and even fewer are levels 3 and 4. This year a 12 year old boy becomes one of the only level 5 paranormals known and life gets real interesting real fast for the Jay family as they find out that being your brother's keeper is not just a nice saying, but required with Ghost around!

Author : Thom Medford
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9798886854220

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My Brother's Keeper by Thom Medford Pdf

My Brother's Keeper is a Christian mystery novel about a young man who has spent the last twelve years in prison for a crime he did not commit. His brother was the one that committed the crime, but there is no way he would allow his Down syndrome brother to go to a prison or any other place that would keep him confined. His brother would never have been able to understand what he was doing there, plus having other physical problems, his brother would have most likely died while he was in confinement. Now that he has been released, he finds the world he knew before prison has changed, but he was changed in prison also. His entire family has died during the twelve years he was there, and he must now make it alone. His Christian faith is tested when a member of the family affected by his brother's crime tries to take their hatred out on him. This story is about love, family, and small-town living. The opportunity to be someone's keeper always presents itself if you are looking and seeing with your heart. If you ever truly wanted to know what being your brother's keeper means, this is the book for you.

Author : Lily Spender
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555083381

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Her Brother's Keeper by Lily Spender Pdf

Author : Theodora Corrie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Christian life
ISBN : NYPL:33433074944947

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In Scorn of Consequence; Or, My Brother's Keeper by Theodora Corrie Pdf

Author : Antony Polonsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134952113

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My Brother's Keeper by Antony Polonsky Pdf

What responsibility do the Poles share for the mass murder of the Jews, which took place largely on Polish soil? In a major contribution to the history of the Holocaust Polonsky gathers together the most important arguments in this debate.

Author : Haskel Lookstein
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781497631182

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Were We Our Brothers' Keepers? by Haskel Lookstein Pdf

In this major work exploring the American Jewish response to the Holocaust as it occurred, by examining contemporary Jewish press accounts of such events as Kristallnacht, the refusal to allow the refugee ship St. Louis to land in America, the uprising in the Warsaw ghetto, and the deportation of the Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, Haskel Lookstein provides us with an important perspective on the way in which events are reported on, perceived, and interpreted in their own time.

Author : Ada Ferrer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781501154560

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Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize) by Ada Ferrer Pdf

In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, the United States severed diplomatic relations with Cuba, where a momentous revolution had taken power three years earlier. For more than half a century, the stand-off continued--through the tenure of ten American presidents and the fifty-year rule of Fidel Castro. His death in 2016, and the retirement of his brother and successor Raúl Castro in 2021, have spurred questions about the country's future. Meanwhile, politics in Washington--Barack Obama's opening to the island, Donald Trump's reversal of that policy, and the election of Joe Biden--have made the relationship between the two nations a subject of debate once more. Now, award-winning historian Ada Ferrer delivers an ambitious chronicle written for an era that demands a new reckoning with the island's past. Spanning more than five centuries, Cuba: An American History reveals the evolution of the modern nation, with its dramatic record of conquest and colonization, of slavery and freedom, of independence and revolutions made and unmade. Along the way, Ferrer explores the influence of the United States on Cuba and the many ways the island has been a recurring presence in US affairs. This is a story that will give Americans unexpected insights into the history of their own nation and, in so doing, help them imagine a new relationship with Cuba. Filled with rousing stories and characters, and drawing on more than thirty years of research in Cuba, Spain, and the United States--as well as the author's own extensive travel to the island over the same period--this is a stunning and monumental account like no other. --

Author : Peter S. MENZIES
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0021753035

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“Am I my Brother's Keeper?” A Sermon [on Gen. iv. 9], etc by Peter S. MENZIES Pdf

Author : Stephanie St. Klaire
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 169545698X

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Love, Cass by Stephanie St. Klaire Pdf

Love, Cass is a heart wrenching story about life, love, and loss. Loosely based on true life events of Author Stephanie St. Klaire, Cass is a relatable story guaranteed to make you look at life through a different lens. In this emotionally charged roller coaster of events, Cass represents life in fiction as she achieves triumph over tragedy, even in death. Stephanie shares her inspirational tale of victory with symbolic representation as she says goodbye to the girl she once was...through Cass. As requested by Brother's Keeper fans, here is the companion novel for Liam...There's something they don't tell you about fairy tales. Happily ever after isn't promised. Happy forever? Now, that's a thing... I met my Prince Charming right out of pigtails and just before that point where boys stop being icky, and they just smell bad. Before I knew it, we went from best friends growing up to a whirlwind romance full of dream come trues. We were planning a forever that every love-soaked romance novel tries to recreate. I was living the ultimate romantic love story - skipped the frog phase and went straight to full blown prince. My life was perfect - until it wasn't...I'm dying. The fairy tale just changed a bit, didn't it?I can't leave until those left behind know how to live their happy forever...without me. I won't get the forever with them, but they'll get a forever with me.I'm Cassidy O'Reilly...and this is my story.

Author : Beth Wiseman
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781401686000

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Her Brother's Keeper by Beth Wiseman Pdf

Charlotte came to Amish country to find answers. What she never expected to find was peace. Charlotte Dolinsky is not above playing dress-up and telling a few lies to find out what happened to her only brother. In fact, that is exactly what she’s come to Lancaster County to do. Now, calling herself Mary and slipping on a kapp, Charlotte will lie her way into the confidence of anyone who knows why Ethan had to die. Unless she gets found out first. But when Charlotte befriends a quiet Amish man named Isaac Miller, she begins to rethink her motives. And with a little help from a friend back home, Charlotte might find out that love comes packaged in ways she couldn’t have foreseen. Isaac’s been caring for his cancer-stricken father and sympathizing with his frustrated mother for three difficult years. And that means he hasn’t been dating. He believes Hannah King is the woman for him, but Hannah is still grieving the loss of her fiancé, and Isaac has all he can handle on the farm. When Hannah’s family plays host to a woman named Mary, their new cousin shakes things up for all of them. As Charlotte digs deeper into the mystery of Ethan’s death, she finds more than she’d bargained for in the community he once called home. But will she ever learn the truth? And what will the community—and her new family—do if they learn the truth about her?

Author : John MacNintch
Publisher : Aquadoc Publications
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123360021

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The Brother Keepers by John MacNintch Pdf

This work of historical fiction, based on the World War I experiences of three brothers, has its roots in pre-war Nova Scotia and sweeps the reader into the vortex of the horrendous battles of human attrition in Belgium and France. The story culminates in fratricide and its lingering aftermath.What begins as a glorious crusade against the invading Huns devolves into a colossal struggle, not only for survival, but also for the souls of these three volunteers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Brought up in the parsonage of a Baptist minister fondly referred to as ?The Old Gent,? sons Sable, Ian, and Fraser are taught to be ?brother keepers.' They bond fiercely through a multitude of reckless endeavors and escapades of tomfoolery and danger on both water and land. Shipped to the Western Front, Sable and his brothers experience bombardments, trench raids, entombment, mine explosions, sniping, bayonet fighting, firefights, loss of comrades, barroom brawls, bloody disasters, mud and mayhem while in the ranks of the 31st and 25th Battalions. Sable undergoes intensive sniper training and takes his toll on the enemy. Ian becomes a stretcher-bearer and loses his faith in a compassionate God. The paths of the brothers diverge and cross. By 1918 the Canadians have become an elite corps of shock troops; together with the Australian Corps, they spearhead the first major breakthrough of the war at Amiens. It is here that the orders of a drunken officer destroy the brother keepers.This saga of military tragedy and heroism engages the moral and religious issues of war and postulates ?The Iron Corollary to the Golden Rule.' ?The Brother Keepers? is a story of faith lost and faith maintained, doublethink, elusive love, the sanctity of brotherhood and the toll of warfare interspersed with interludes of humor. Out of this searing odyssey on European soil emerged worldwide recognition of the Canadian Corps and Canada as a nation unto itself.