Dreams Bigger Than Texas

Author : Rahkal C. D. Shelton
Publisher : Be The Inspired You
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781737689218

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Dreams Bigger Than Texas by Rahkal C. D. Shelton Pdf

Dreams Bigger Than Texas: A Story of Faith, Purpose, Perseverance, and Growth into Womanhood, will leave you daring to DREAM, reimagining your own story, and passionately pursuing purpose. Born to a 19-year-old heroin and cocaine addict on the rough South Side of Chicago and raised in abject poverty amid the perils of drugs and violence, Dee uncovers some of life's most challenging lessons at an early age. Miraculously, she survives, becoming the first in the family to graduate high school and attend college. The rich cultural and life-changing atmosphere of a Historical Black University is where Dee's true self-discovery begins. Outwardly, she thrives, a poster child for resilience. But privately, her life is in shambles as she wrestles with depression and demons from her past. Embarking on a desperate quest to find self-worth and purpose, as well as love from her absentee father, she turns up short, allowing her "daddy issues" to lead her down a bleak path of poor decision making, promiscuity, and defeat. But unbeknownst to her, she is divinely guided, protected, and powered by a seemingly invisible and everlasting presence that she later acknowledges as her "help." This "help" energizes a vivacious raw seed, eventually revealing her purpose and developing her into a force to be reckoned with. She identifies this "help" after an epiphany following a breakup with an ex. A rose-from-concrete, hood, hope, and love story, Dreams Bigger Than Texas infuses comedy, insight, and faith. Dee's life story is raw, revealing, relatable, and flat-out inspiring. The transparency and authenticity of her personal triumphs, along with her discovery of her help's identity will leave you empowered to: 1. Reconcile your own traumas and self-sabotaging cycles 2. Understand that your past doesn't dictate your future 3. Believe that you, too, are divinely guided and protected

Author : Rahkal C. D. Shelton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692718737

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Dreams Bigger Than Texas by Rahkal C. D. Shelton Pdf

ARE YOU A FAN OF:"The Wood," "Crooklyn," "The Coldest Winter Ever," "Love and Basketball," "College Hill," HBCUs, "The Best Man" or "Being Mary Jane"? If the answer is no, you've never heard of those titles, maybe you're a fan of "The Pursuit of Happiness," "Remember the Titans" or the "Rocky" series.These titles are not necessarily related. However, they all possess similar elements of "Dreams Bigger Than Texas." "Dreams Bigger Than Texas: A Story of Purpose, Persistence and Growth Into Womanhood" is an incredible autobiographical story of a young woman coming of age, overcoming adversities, her strive towards success, faith, purpose and growth into womanhood. It's revealing, relatable, flat out juicy and inspiring. "Dreams Bigger Than Texas" is a hood story, a love story, a story of hope, tenacity and strength.

Author : Robert A. Caro
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780307422576

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The Path to Power by Robert A. Caro Pdf

The Years of Lyndon Johnson is the political biography of our time. No president—no era of American politics—has been so intensively and sharply examined at a time when so many prime witnesses to hitherto untold or misinterpreted facets of a life, a career, and a period of history could still be persuaded to speak. The Path to Power, Book One, reveals in extraordinary detail the genesis of the almost superhuman drive, energy, and urge to power that set LBJ apart. Chronicling the startling early emergence of Johnson’s political genius, it follows him from his Texas boyhood through the years of the Depression in the Texas hill Country to the triumph of his congressional debut in New Deal Washington, to his heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate, and his attainment, nonetheless, of the national power for which he hungered. We see in him, from earliest childhood, a fierce, unquenchable necessity to be first, to win, to dominate—coupled with a limitless capacity for hard, unceasing labor in the service of his own ambition. Caro shows us the big, gangling, awkward young Lyndon—raised in one of the country’s most desperately poor and isolated areas, his education mediocre at best, his pride stung by his father’s slide into failure and financial ruin—lunging for success, moving inexorably toward that ultimate “impossible” goal that he sets for himself years before any friend or enemy suspects what it may be. We watch him, while still at college, instinctively (and ruthlessly) creating the beginnings of the political machine that was to serve him for three decades. We see him employing his extraordinary ability to mesmerize and manipulate powerful older men, to mesmerize (and sometimes almost enslave) useful subordinates. We see him carrying out, before his thirtieth year, his first great political inspiration: tapping-and becoming the political conduit for-the money and influence of the new oil men and contractors who were to grow with him to immense power. We follow, close up, the radical fluctuations of his relationships with the formidable “Mr. Sam” Raybum (who loved him like a son and whom he betrayed) and with FDR himself. And we follow the dramas of his emotional life-the intensities and complications of his relationships with his family, his contemporaries, his girls; his wooing and winning of the shy Lady Bird; his secret love affair, over many years, with the mistress of one of his most ardent and generous supporters . . . Johnson driving his people to the point of exhausted tears, equally merciless with himself . . . Johnson bullying, cajoling, lying, yet inspiring an amazing loyalty . . . Johnson maneuvering to dethrone the unassailable old Jack Garner (then Vice President of the United States) as the New Deal’s “connection” in Texas, and seize the power himself . . . Johnson raging . . . Johnson hugging . . . Johnson bringing light and, indeed, life to the worn Hill Country farmers and their old-at-thirty wives via the district’s first electric lines. We see him at once unscrupulous, admirable, treacherous, devoted. And we see the country that bred him: the harshness and “nauseating loneliness” of the rural life; the tragic panorama of the Depression; the sudden glow of hope at the dawn of the Age of Roosevelt. And always, in the foreground, on the move, LBJ. Here is Lyndon Johnson—his Texas, his Washington, his America—in a book that brings us as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and the American political process.

Author : Rahkal C. D. Shelton
Publisher : Rahkal C. D. Shelton
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Woosah by Rahkal C. D. Shelton Pdf

No, it's not just you, and you're not tripping! Let's be honest; the majority of the corporations we’re working for weren’t founded with us in mind. It is no secret how stressful, challenging, and difficult working in corporate America can be, especially for women of color. But guess what, Sis? You made it, and most of us had to fight really hard to get here. We’ve worked long hours, continued our education, moved across the country, and made countless sacrifices. Now, wouldn’t it be nice to feel respected, valued, and be equally compensated? Wouldn’t it be nice to create more significant contributions toward our careers while navigating workplace stress more effectively? Look no further; help is in your hand. But, first, let’s take a deep breath and wooooosah. Woosah: A Survival Guide for Women of Color Working In Corporate is guaranteed to help you better navigate the workplace while keeping your confidence, cool, and peace of mind. Packed with down-to-earth commentary, unfiltered and relatable stories, exercises, and practical tools in it, Rahkal provides invaluable advice for tackling thorny topics like discrimination, wage gaps, microaggressions, toxic environments, self-worth, boundary setting, and community building. This humorous and energetic guide is for the woman who's ready to thrive. ------------Featured in Forbes and HuffPost, Rahkal C. D. Shelton is a multitalented author, workplace peace advocate, college & career readiness coach, and career strategist. She is the author of Woosah Workplace Peace: A Workbook & Journal for Women of Color, Dreams Bigger Than Texas: A Story of Faith, Perseverance, and Growth Into Womanhood, and Blackbird: The Story of a SistaMom. Rahkal is passionate about helping women of color cultivate smart and strategic career-planning moves. Learn more at www.rahkalshelton.com

Author : Dan Lovett
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781452594187

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Anybody Seen Dan Lovett? by Dan Lovett Pdf

"Dan Lovett was an important part of Eyewitness News history." -Al Primo, founder of the original Eyewitness News at WABC-TV in 1968 in New York "Dan has always had a great passion for sports, and his knowledge comes crystal clear in this book. Plus, anybody with hair that good has to have something going just below it." -Ron Franklin, former lead college football broadcaster on ESPN "A man's man in the true sense of the word. He has the unmatched ability to put your mind into his story. A legendary storyteller; plus, he is a great friend and gentleman." -Dan Pastorini, former Houston Oilers quarterback "I tossed him out of my garage in gasoline alley at Indy, but felt bad about it because he was from my hometown. Dan came around and showed me he wanted to learn about racing. He is a great broadcaster and cares about my sport." -A. J. Foyt, first four-time winner of the Indianapolis 500 "I knew when I first hired him he would be a great broadcaster on the radio. He could talk about the farm report and make it the most important story of the day." -Curt Brown, member of the Missouri Broadcasters Hall of Fame "Dan knows how to tell the story in this book. If you like sports, you'll Lovett." -Sam Huff, hall of fame linebacker of the Giants and Redskins

Author : Robert A. Caro
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 039471654X

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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The path to power by Robert A. Caro Pdf

This is the story of the rise to national power of a desperately poor young man from Texas Hill Country. And, thanks to the narrative gifts of Robert Caro, we are beside Lyndon Johnson every step of the way - as he works on a road gang as a teenager; as he stands, gangling, awkward, terribly nervous on a wagon bed, begging Hill Country farmers to send him to Congress; as he suffers a heartbreaking defeat in his first race for the Senate and, nonetheless, maneuvers himself into a position of power in Washington by the age of 31. In this riveting book, the first of three projected volumes on Johnson's life, we are brought as close as we have ever been to a true perception of political genius and of the workings of the American political process.

Author : Heidi W. Durrow
Publisher : Algonquin Books
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781616200374

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The Girl Who Fell from the Sky by Heidi W. Durrow Pdf

"The Girl Who Fell from the Sky can actually fly." —The New York Times Book Review Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy after a fateful morning on their Chicago rooftop. Forced to move to a new city, with her strict African American grandmother as her guardian, Rachel is thrust for the first time into a mostly black community, where her light brown skin, blue eyes, and beauty bring a constant stream of attention her way. It’s there, as she grows up and tries to swallow her grief, that she comes to understand how the mystery and tragedy of her mother might be connected to her own uncertain identity. This searing and heart-wrenching portrait of a young biracial girl dealing with society’s ideas of race and class is the winner of the Bellwether Prize for best fiction manuscript addressing issues of social justice.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1054 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119497829

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Jessica DiLullo Herrin
Publisher : Currency
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101905944

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Find Your Extraordinary by Jessica DiLullo Herrin Pdf

In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, Jessica Herrin, serial entrepreneur and founder and CEO of the Stella & Dot Family Brands, shows how the classic traits of successful entrepreneurs are ones each one of us can develop--and use not only to create a company, but also to create an extraordinary life. What if you could, with a little effort, live an extraordinary life? A life in which you felt deep passion for everything you did, and always had time for what matters most? A life in which you had the power, the daring, and the will to make your boldest dreams come true, all while you happily left feelings of inadequacy or guilt behind? It is possible to take your life from ordinary to extraordinary. The secret? Cultivating the entrepreneurial spirit inside you--the spirit that allows you to embrace your individuality, to look not just at what is but at what could be, to believe in yourself beyond reason and to step up to creating your own definition of happiness and success--a version of success in which work and family life happily co-exist--instead of chasing a cookie-cutter version. Whether we work a corporate job, run a family, or run our own business, Herrin offers realistic, attainable steps each one of us can take to achieve extraordinary success on our own terms. Through candid and inspiring lessons from her life as a successful CEO and working mother of two, as well as stories of many amazing individuals she’s met along the way, Herrin inspires and empowers us to dial up the sound of our own voices and make our authentic dreams a reality. This book isn’t about having it all; it’s about having what matters most to you. It is about how to find your extraordinary--your extraordinary career, your extraordinary happiness, your extraordinary life.

Author : Ken Churchill
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781480933989

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Dreams 101 by Ken Churchill Pdf

Dreams 101 by Ken Churchill Dreams 101 allows readers to jump into the many fascinating and adventurous dreams of author Ken Churchill. His daily accounts of each and every one of his dreams bring together a fun and educational story with an analysis that will captivate the reader’s mind. Churchill understands that dreams are an important part of life and should not be ignored.

Author : Kelly Paries
Publisher : American Book Publishing
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781589826571

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Kory by Kelly Paries Pdf

Author : Triumph Books
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781617490460

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Echoes of Texas Football by Triumph Books Pdf

With the popularity of Texas football across the country at its height, this account" "details the roots of the Longhorns' glory, their modern-day triumphs, and everything in between for the legions of Texas fans everywhere. The book goes back in time to the early years of Texas football and traces its footsteps to becoming a powerhouse on the college football scene, recounting the greatest moments in the team's lore and covering the intense rivalries with Oklahoma and Texas A&M.

Author : Robert Longwell-Grice,Hope Longwell-Grice
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000980080

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At the Intersection by Robert Longwell-Grice,Hope Longwell-Grice Pdf

The experiences of first-generation college students are not monolithic. The nexus of identities matter, and this book is intended to challenge the reader to explore what it means to be a first-generation college student in higher education. Designed for use in classrooms and for use by the higher education practitioner on a college campus today, At the Intersections will be of value to the reader throughout their professional career.The book is divided into four parts with chapters of research and theory interspersed with thought pieces to provide personal stories to integrate the research and theory into lived experience. Each thought piece ends with questions to inspire readers to engage with the topic.Part One: Who is a First-generation College Student? provides the reader an entrée into the topic, with up-to-date data on both four-year and two-year colleges. Part One ends with a thought piece that asks the reader to pull together some of the big ideas before moving on to look more closely at students’ identities.Part Two: The Intersection of Identity shares the research, experience and thoughts of authors in relation to the individual and overlapping identities of LGBT, low-income, white, African-American, Latinx, Native American, undocumented, female, and male students who are all also first-generation college students. Part Three: Programs and Practices is an introduction to practices, policies and programs across the country. This section offers promise and direction for future work as institutions try to find a successful array of approaches to make the campus an inclusive place for the diverse population of first-generation college students.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Lyndon Maither
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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I too could pollute the internet with the name "Yank Barry"! This is the real story tho. by Anonim Pdf

What Kim Neufeld probably thought about me in 1987 when I took her Tax Won course at Concordia U. in Montreal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs What was going thru my head the entire time I was Barry's bookkeeper - not being able to get enough - because of that chance meeting of 1987: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs I wish I could handle classy intelligent women like Kim as well as I handled Barry et al. As usual, for Kim, way up there in the Stars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSZxmZmBfnU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcnd55tLCv8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkuJJsApACc She taught me law, first, and firstly. Happened to be income tax, like a lawyer: Perfectly! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvJ0wEJQ00

Author : Laurence Parent,Joe Nick Patoski
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780292765924

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Texas Mountains by Laurence Parent,Joe Nick Patoski Pdf

A collection of photographs by Laurence Parent which profile the beauty of the Texas mountains.