Hey Shorty

Author : Girls for Gender Equity,Joanne Smith,Meghan Huppuch,Mandy Van Deven
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1558616705

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Hey, Shorty! by Girls for Gender Equity,Joanne Smith,Meghan Huppuch,Mandy Van Deven Pdf

At every stage of education, sexual harassment is common, and often considered a rite of passage for young people. It’s not unusual for a girl to hear “Hey, Shorty!” on a daily basis, as she walks down the hall or comes into the school yard, followed by a sexual innuendo, insult, come-on, or assault. But when teenagers are asked whether they experience this in their own lives, most of them say it’s not happening. Girls for Gender Equity, a nonprofit organization based in New York City, has developed a model for teens to teach one another about sexual harassment. How do you define it? How does it affect your self-esteem? What do you do in response? Why is it so normalized in schools, and how can we as a society begin to address these causes? Geared toward students, parents, teachers, policy makers, and activists, this book is an excellent model for building awareness and creating change in any community.

Author : Richard A. Guiney
Publisher : Richard Guiney
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Me 'n' Shorty by Richard A. Guiney Pdf

Me ‘N’ Shorty Leave the present world behind as you step into an extraordinary tale of two seventeen year olds, in this sweeping novel set against a United States that had been plunged into despair by the Great Depression. The year was 1936, young Will Shaine’s world had revolved around his beloved parents and the magnificent thoroughbred horses that they’d raised and trained on the family’s horse farm. But now the death of his parents had left him alone in the world. He sat in the now quiet solitude of his home; the mantel clock seemed to be ticking away the seconds of his life, when he came to a life changing decision. He would sell the family property and go west to California. Out of respect for the hard work his family had invested in their horse farm, Will was determined not to squander, what would be his only inheritance. He placed the money in a money belt and would take it west. James Lotus Duke II, otherwise known as Shorty, left his family’s farm in Tennessee after a final physical confrontation with his alcoholic abusive father. His father told him to get off the property and never come back. Shorty hit the road with 17 years of emotional scars. Would his intelligence and wild sense of humor be enough to overcome his father’s voice that haunts his mind and tells him he’ll never be any good, and the ultimate dream crushing echo, “I wish you were never born.” Timely, as if an unseen force recognizes their needs, Will and Shorty are joined together for their passage across the continent. As they walk, hitch rides and hop trains, reality dictates that they grow up fast. They had no idea of what awaited them on the road. They find themselves exposed to the extremes of enormous wealth and to hobo camps and Hoovervilles, where people are struggling to get enough to eat. They cross paths with many colorful characters; some good, some bad, and some unhinged from reality. The worst of the worst lead them into dark life-threatening suspense, where seventeen year olds should not have to go. As they work their way across America they are also exposed to honest people with dreams of prosperity and goodness. It doesn’t take long before Will and Shorty meet and fall in love with two American girls. Their relationships are so intense that they believe they will last forever. But like so many in times past, they feel a responsibility to establish a secure situation for their loved ones. Soon they find themselves back on the road aching with sweet sorrow from being separated from their girls, but with a renewed sense of purpose. The love of a distressed and troubled racehorse will lead them in a direction they did not expect, as pure adventure and life threatening situations continue to challenge them. Is young love strong enough to pull them through?

Author : Rhadames De Leon
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781465343703

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Memories of a Swing Maker by Rhadames De Leon Pdf

Of the many books I have read, none has impressed me so much as this one. Its chapters are impressing; the graphic and objective stories about the experience of the author as a correction officer for the state of NY, make him worthy of the most demanding reader, especially, those agents in the service of law and order. The author describes amazing, as well as interesting anecdotes of inmates. They are anecdotes worthy of historical value for their realism and accuracy. These stories will be an excellent material for the scholars of sociology and human behavior. Dorian Polanco I recommend this work to any agent of the law; likewise, to any other reader who will enjoy its descriptive content. Ray Deleon extracts from his prodigious mind, reminiscent events that have been treasured in his memories for decades which he relates unreservedly. They are wonderful descriptions of his life experience in the prisons he has worked as a correctional officer, that will leave the avid reader thirsty for the spectacular narrative. Dr. Alvin Bridgewater Without proposing it, by the excellence and realism of its content Memories of a Swing Maker is an inexhaustible source for radio and television series. One does not have to be so genial to peruse chapters and scenes of this work in dozens of exciting episodes, for this in one of the most faithful portraits of our daily life, worthy of being noted as a route letter and procedural manual for those who emigrate to USA, hopeful in reaching the great American Dream. Jos Oscar Fernndez Journalist and Writer Some had to leave. Others wanted to leave. Rhadams had an anxiety to leave. He believed that in the USA he could make his dreams come true. He benefited from the opportunities; he was worthy of them, responding as an exemplary citizen. This is the story of the realization of his dream: The American Dream. Kim Sanchez

Author : Andrew Geyer
Publisher : Texas Tech University Press
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0896724964

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Whispers in Dust and Bone by Andrew Geyer Pdf

A shared sense of place unites sixteen interwoven stories about Southwest Texas and the characters who have known it as home.

Author : Harry Simpson
Publisher : Andrews UK Limited
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785384295

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Westward by Harry Simpson Pdf

Adolf Nagel interrupts the rape of his sixteen year-old fiancé by killing the son of the most influential man in Hocking County, Ohio. Escaping certain death, Adolf and Oskar McGill, his childhood friend, flee westward. Only seventeen, they embark on a perilous journey - including not only nature, but scalp-minded Indians and blood-thirsty desperados. They are drawn to the Rocky Mountains and the wild herds of mustangs in the Wyoming Territory, joined by a giant of a man from Minnesota, and a scrap of a horse wrangler from Texas, to create a horse ranch in this untamed land. As pioneers settling this new frontier, they would lead generations of the Nagel family to achieve their dreams.

Author : J. M. White
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524592370

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Bird Land by J. M. White Pdf

They had been in space a long time. They had examined every planet within their trajectory as ordered. There had been six planets in their path that they examined as possible sites for colonization and a nebula off in the distance. The nebula was very beautiful, kind of purple and dark blue. But, their orders were not to examine nebulas, but to fi nd a class M planet that could be adaptable to humans. This was defi antly a class M planet all the readings were perfect. But, with all the experts on board no one could fi nd the source of the intelligence it took to make these amazing gardens that circled the planet. Some fairly large birds had been seen. But, there were no land animals with brains large enough to make these gardens. They had to be gardens, gardens with uniformed rows of growing crops. There were uniformed rows of trees as well and lines of shrubs or hedge which divided the garden areas. This planet was placed between three suns just right so as to have one side always warm. The temperature was around 70 to 80 degrees and at night near 50 degrees. The suns were orbiting in a slightly arched line with this small planet. The planet and its two moons orbited around the larger sun. The smaller suns being further away gave little light and a small amount of warmth just enough so the other sides of the planet were not in total darkness at any time. It had water and oxygen, breathable oxygen that meant no suits or helmets. This planet was just what they were looking for. It was a small green pearl in the vast darkness of space.

Author : Russell L. Greer
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781532035357

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Eagle of the Ardennes by Russell L. Greer Pdf

You are fighting desperately against Adolf Hitlers most merciless force: the Waffen-SS. You are also fighting the harshest European winter on record, incompetent leadership at varying levels of command, and a strained and sometimes corrupt supply system that deprives you of desperately needed winter clothing, food, and ammunition. Your First Sergeant is a shirker and coward who hates you. Your company commander is timid and makes poor decisions or avoids them altogether. The enemy aims cannon fire at you each time you leave your foxhole to relieve yourself. You have dysentery. Your feet are frozen. You have a respiratory infection and a fever. Yet you will not be evacuated from the front lines to a field hospital. Your friends are suffering horrific wounds and dying violently all around you. Some even freeze to death. All this, and you have not yet reached your twentieth birthday. Chances are, you wont.

Author : Amy Richards,Cynthia Greenberg
Publisher : The Feminist Press at CUNY
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781558618107

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I Still Believe Anita Hill by Amy Richards,Cynthia Greenberg Pdf

A searing collection of essays looks back at the 1991 Supreme Court confirmation hearings that ignited a national debate about workplace sexual harassment. In the fall of 1991, Anita Hill captured the country’s attention when she testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee describing sexual harassment by Clarence Thomas, who had been her boss and was about to ascend to the Supreme Court. We know what happened next: she was challenged, disbelieved, and humiliated; he was given a lifelong judicial appointment. What is less well-known is how many women and men were inspired by Anita Hill’s bravery, how her testimony changed the feminist movement, and how she singlehandedly brought public awareness to the issue of sexual harassment. Twenty years later, this collection brings together three generations to witness, respond to, and analyze Hill’s impact, and to present insights in law, politics, and the confluence of race, class, and gender. With original contributions by Anita Hill, Melissa Harris-Perry, Catharine MacKinnon, Patricia J. Williams, Eve Ensler, Ai Jen Poo, Kimberly Crenshaw, Lynn Nottage, Gloria Steinem, Lani Guinier, Lisa Kron, Mary Oliver, Edwidge Danticat, Kevin Powell, and many others. “These timely essays show us how those historic hearings brought sexual harassment (especially in the workplace) into the public eye, while also revealing what still hasn’t changed, and reminding us of the intersection of race, class, gender, and power that underlies this contentious issue.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Cheryl Reavis
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781459266803

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Little Darlin' by Cheryl Reavis Pdf

THE SERGEANT AND BABY SHORT STUFF… Hard as nails inside and out, Sergeant Matt Beltran obeyed only one rule: Need no one, and let no one need him. So what was the steely loner to do when someone left a precious baby girl—allegedly his—in his red sports car? Regroup? Stand tall? Run! But Corey Madsen, the tyke's temporary foster mom, clearly had other ideas. The soft, pretty preacher's widow melted Matt's armor—and "Short Stuff" herself got a toehold in his heart. Why, the terrifying twosome actually made Matt feel like a husband and father! Whoa! Was Matt's worst nightmare becoming an impossible dream? THAT'S MY BABY! Sometimes bringing up baby can bring surprises—and showers of love!

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1168 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119498603

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

Author : Ken Rosen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781543449815

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1919 by Ken Rosen Pdf

At the start of the twentieth century, a period that commemorates infamous shipwrecks and the war to end all wars, a more powerful and efficient killer unleashed an unimaginable horror to humanity. Experts debate the final toll attributable to Spanish influenza, citing up to two hundred million dead. Erupting in 1918, millions of healthy young adults succumbed to the virus, literally drowning in the bloody mucus filling their lungs. Every corner of the globe was infected. There was no sanctuary from the virus. The following summer, it mysteriously disappeared, leaving the deadliest pandemic in history. This is the incredible true story of humanitys most prolific killer told by those who lived, suffered, and died. Readers journey through the twentieth century, following revolutionary discoveries that set in motion a microbiological investigation by an unlikely group of brilliant and quirky scientists who may be mankinds only hope in avoiding a twenty-first-century pandemic.

Author : Bonnie Doran
Publisher : Pelican Ventures Book Group
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781611162769

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Dark Biology by Bonnie Doran Pdf

Renowned vaccinologist "Hildi" Hildebrandt has set her sights on beating her brother to a Nobel Prize, and the opportunity to conduct experiments on the International Space Station might just provide the means to obtain that goal. Chet Hildebrandt should have had that opportunity. But now he'll teach a lesson to them all: his hot-shot astronaut sister, his philandering hypocritical father, and the CDC for not properly appreciating his work. One vial of a virus purloined from the CDC labs and released at his father's marriage seminar should do the trick, without hurting anybody. After all, it's only a mild influenza strain...Or is it?

Author : W. Timothy Wright
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781483478500

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The Valley Boys: The Story of the 1958 Springs Valley Black Hawks by W. Timothy Wright Pdf

In the summer of 1957, the Indiana towns of French Lick and West Baden decided to merge two high schools that had been fierce rivals for decades. It was a decision that did not go over well in those divided communities. W. Timothy Wright weaves the gripping story here, chronicling the events that followed the fateful consolidation of two schools and two basketball teams. But an extraordinary first season slowly revealed the teamÕs fierce determination to win, and the players became a microcosm of the two towns, teaching its citizens how to come together as one united community. As these ten boys and their coaches embarked on an epic journey, filled with valuable life lessons, they had no idea they were about to record one of the most unforgettable chapters in Indiana high school basketball. The Valley Boys shares a story of a special high school basketball team that came together for an unbelievable, unexpected, and historic season.

Author : Rylan L. Myers Sr,Rylan Myers, Sr.,Rylan L. Myers
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595395545

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Downfall by Rylan L. Myers Sr,Rylan Myers, Sr.,Rylan L. Myers Pdf

Forced to leave the department due to the death of his uncle by gang members Sam, a former Bi-racial Sergeant of Youngstown Police Dept. for ten year, is now a Private Investigator. Together with Shorty, a Black ex-navy seal and bounty hunter turned Private Investigator, they form a very lucrative agency. Called on by a friend of Sam's uncle to investigate the death of his son whose bullet riddled body was found in a car that was set on fire in a predominantly white neighborhood of town, the case takes the two into the underworld of the privileged young. Along the way, the two are joined by RJ of the local police and Marcella, an FBI agent out of Columbus. Marcella's interest in the case becomes apparent as she tells the story of corruption in Columbus that mirrors the incident that Sam and Shorty are investigating. While Marcella and RJ are bound legally to follow the letter of the law, Sam and Shorty use their creative and unique ways of investigation to get to the bottom of this homicide. As Sam and Shorty get deeper into their investigation, they realize there is more to this killing than meets the eye. Things really heat up when Jackie, Sam's significant other, is kidnapped. Coupled with leads from informants, the duo race against time to find Jackie before it's too late.

Author : Toby Martin
Publisher : Lyrebird Press lyrebirdpress.music.unimelb.edu.au
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780734037794

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Yodelling Boundary Riders: Country Music in Australia since the 1920s by Toby Martin Pdf

This landmark book tells the story of one of the most enduring forms of popular culture in Australia. Prior to the 1950s, country music was called hillbilly music. Hillbilly was the rock ‘n’ roll of its day. The latest craze, straight from America, it was young, exciting and glamorous. This book traces the journey hillbilly took to become country: the rural nationalistic form it is known as today. Yodelling Boundary Riders is the first book to contextualise country music into a broader story about Australian history. Not just concerned with the development of music itself, it is also a history of the ways in which Australians have responded to the rapid rate of change in the twentieth century and the global fascination with “authenticity”. True to its subject matter, the writing is colourful and entertaining. Along the way Martin introduces some wonderful characters and events: yodelling stockmen, singing cowgirls, sentimental cowboys, coo-ees in Nashville, hobos on the mail train, the Sheik of Scrubby Creek and Australia’s craziest hillbillies.