Leaving Today

Author : John R. Wennersten
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313345074

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Leaving America by John R. Wennersten Pdf

Today more than ever, large numbers of Americans are leaving the United States. It is estimated that by the end of the decade, some 10 million of the brightest and most talented Americans, representing an estimated $136 billion in wages, will be living and working overseas. This emigration trend contradicts the internalized myth of America as the land of affluence, opportunity, and freedom. What is behind this trend? Wennersten argues that many people these days, from college students to retirees, are uncertain or ambivalent about what it means to be an American. For example, many are uncomfortable with that they believe America has come to represent to the rest of the world. At the same time, globalization and advances in technology have enabled the growth of a telecommuting work force whose members can live in one country and work in another, and this trend, among other factors, has encouraged a new generation of people to respond to the pull of global citizenship. Leaving America is an important reexamination of one of the most central stories in the history of American culture—the story of the immigrant coming to the Promised Land. While millions still come to America and millions more still wish to do so, there is an important counterflow of emigration from America to distant parts of the planet. This book focuses on modern American expatriates as a significant and heretofore largely ignored counterpoint phenomenon every bit as central to understanding modern America as is the image of a nation of immigrants. The greatest irony in America today may well be that while argument and discord prevail in the edifice of American democracy about diversity, economic justice, equality, and the Iraq War, many of the most thoughtful citizens have already left the building.

Author : Charles F. Stanley
Publisher : HarperChristian Resources
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781418586881

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Leaving A Godly Legacy by Charles F. Stanley Pdf

How to Raise Godly Children. You can be a godly parent and pass a good spiritual and emotional legacy to your children, regardless of what may have happened to you as a child. In Protecting Your Family, Dr. Charles Stanley points out the practical parenting advise to be found in the Bible and shows how such advice still applies to this generation and the next. With over 1 million copies sold, the Charles F. Stanley Bible Study Series is a unique approach to Bible study, incorporating biblical truth, personal insights, emotional responses, and a call to action. Each study draws on Dr. Stanley's many years of teaching the guiding principles found in God’s Word, showing how we can apply them in practical ways to every situation we face. Each of the ten lessons includes: A brief look at what is covered in the lesson. A teaching from Dr. Stanley that unpacks the topic of the lesson. Application and Bible study questions based on the key points. Key takeaways to put into practice today and tomorrow.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : PSU:000046309600

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Challenges Confronting Older Children Leaving Foster Care by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources Pdf

Author : PETER JYAMS
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781452528250

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Leaving Houses by PETER JYAMS Pdf

Hamma Zylberfajn was only six when they buried her beloved music teacher, Emil Schneier—who died mysteriously in Leipzig—not long after the revolution deposed the Soviet Empire. It was a time when her papa was always on the move, and they changed houses quicker than socks. Her Papa Darius whisked them away from Leipzig without any explanation. And since that day, he had forced his family to wander around and witness a war-torn Eastern Europe. Darius was cruel with Hamma, and she was cut off from children her age. The girl became detached from her world and surroundings and became a difficult—if brash—child. Now fourteen, Hamma is determined to discover what happened to Emil. She devises a plan to get her family and herself out of Crimea and back to the safety of Leipzig—a place that is full of alive memories. The years spent on her own have created a musical prodigy. Hamma’s talents have helped support her family. Now she plans to use them to start afresh and find out what happened to Emil in Leipzig all those years before. It’s the start of a great mystery and a nightmare.

Author : Barbara Williams
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-19
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781609806736

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The Hope in Leaving by Barbara Williams Pdf

Handsome Jack is a logger, nomad, and born dreamer. His young wife, Simone, has too many kids and never enough money to support or protect them. The family keeps on the move, shedding a grand total of twenty-seven homes. Their first child, Randy, is sensitive and brilliant and bold, protector of his younger siblings, the fearless star of their childhood adventures and misadventures—until something snaps inside him. The second child who comes a year after him, our narrator Barbara, is the lucky one, who can dream of getting out. Every time the family relocates, she feels “the hope in leaving and doing better next time.” Poverty, mental illness, sexual abuse, and injustice pursue them wherever they go. They live small-town life hard and suffer, most of all Randy. The great surprise of The Hope in Leaving isn’t that these characters descend increasingly into isolation and strife, but that despite this they remain a family, that there is always the spark of wit in their banter, and a kind of closeness no matter what happens, even a sense of normalcy. Gradually, the reader comes to understand why The Hope in Leaving is a book that had to be written. In it, Williams proves beyond doubt that there is one thing that can survive the worst of life and even death itself: love without judgment.

Author : Johnson F. Odesola
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781728339900

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Leaving a Legacy for the Succeeding Generation by Johnson F. Odesola Pdf

Most men exchange their lifetime for much too little. Don't be afraid to move on to dare impossibility. Between you and anything of worth in life, there are giants. However, you must fight anything that will limit your life and coast! Greatness is created, not stumbled upon. Have confidence in yourself. You can achieve a lot. You are better than you think. Violate the norm. Create a throne for yourself and map out the strategies to enter into the throne. Determine what you want to achieve and dedicate yourself to its attainment. Plan your progress with unswerving singleness of purpose. Do you know that the best jobs have not been found? The best church and ministries have not been crowned; the best marriages have not been sealed yet; yours can be; the best books have not been written; the best songs have not been sung; the best sermons have not been preached; the best testimonies have not been given; believe that your rising will defy human explanation. You may be whatever you resolve to be. Focus to be something in the world and you will become something. "I cannot" never accomplish anything. "I will try" has wrought many wonders. Re-write your vocabulary and grammar! Never be found with the word 'impossible'. Refuse to be a fool! Nothing is impossible. Keep your hope alive. Let's go on together to the expedition of GREATNESS.

Author : Elaine Seymour,Anne-Barrie Hunter
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-10
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030253042

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Talking about Leaving Revisited by Elaine Seymour,Anne-Barrie Hunter Pdf

​Talking about Leaving Revisited discusses findings from a five-year study that explores the extent, nature, and contributory causes of field-switching both from and among “STEM” majors, and what enables persistence to graduation. The book reflects on what has and has not changed since publication of Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences (Elaine Seymour & Nancy M. Hewitt, Westview Press, 1997). With the editors’ guidance, the authors of each chapter collaborate to address key questions, drawing on findings from each related study source: national and institutional data, interviews with faculty and students, structured observations and student assessments of teaching methods in STEM gateway courses. Pitched to a wide audience, engaging in style, and richly illustrated in the interviewees’ own words, this book affords the most comprehensive explanatory account to date of persistence, relocation and loss in undergraduate sciences. Comprehensively addresses the causes of loss from undergraduate STEM majors—an issue of ongoing national concern. Presents critical research relevant for nationwide STEM education reform efforts. Explores the reasons why talented undergraduates abandon STEM majors. Dispels popular causal myths about why students choose to leave STEM majors. This volume is based upon work supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award No. 2012-6-05 and the National Science Foundation Award No. DUE 1224637.

Author : Mocktime Publication
Publisher : by Mocktime Publication
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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English Previous Year Questions Chapterwise POLICE CONSTABLE by Mocktime Publication Pdf

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Author : Kimberley A. Strassel,Celeste Colgan,John C. Goodman,Se n. Kay Bailey Hutchison
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-03-26
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781461714453

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Leaving Women Behind by Kimberley A. Strassel,Celeste Colgan,John C. Goodman,Se n. Kay Bailey Hutchison Pdf

Paternalistic federal laws and regulations thwart initiatives to grant women the same economic liberties as men. Why have federal institutions overseeing employment, employee benefits, childcare, taxation, health care, education, retirement, and social security adopted such a warped and antiquated perspective of traditional family life? And what can be done about it? Kimberley Strassel, Celeste Colgan, and John Goodman answer these important and provocative questions. They call upon the federal government to get out of the way of marketplace initiatives.

Author : Curtis Crockett
Publisher : Casemate
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781636241715

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Leaving Gettysburg by Curtis Crockett Pdf

In this novel of the American Civil War, a disgraced Union colonel races to stop Confederates fleeing Gettysburg. Pickett’s charge has just ended, the battle of Gettysburg is over. The Confederate army is defeated and must retreat to the Potomac River forty miles away with thousands of wagons full of wounded soldiers, provisions and tens of thousands of animals. Asa Helms, a private in the Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Infantry, joined the army to oppose the Yankee’s invasion of his “country.” He is torn between serving his country with honor and going home to take care of his wife who is in great need. He faces a long, seemingly impossible march with little food, little hope and the Yankees on his heels. Captain Louis Young, aide-to-camp to Confederate General James Pettigrew, is fighting to preserve a culture and a lifestyle and possible domination by the despicable Yankees. The defeat at Gettysburg, the horrendous condition of the army and the endless resources of the enemy are causing him to doubt the ability of the Confederacy to gain another major victory and thus independence. His objective is to get the rebel army across the Potomac River to preserve it to fight another day. Colonel George Gray, an Irishman, is colonel of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry. He is hell-bent on putting down the rebellion before it divides the country that has been so good to him. He is neither a soldier, nor an accomplished equestrian, and has gotten on the wrong side of his superior, General George Custer, with whom he is in constant conflict. He sees a chance to cut off the Confederate army and end the war before it reaches the Potomac. That is where the journey ends and where each soldier must face the realities of this unnatural war. Asa must choose between escaping across the river or remaining with his wounded friend and facing certain captivity . . . Praise for Leaving Gettysburg “A solid piece of Civil War fiction that introduces readers to seldom discussed aspect of the Gettysburg Campaign.” —ARGunners.com “Curtis Crockett brings the retreat to life in fiction . . . a must-read for everyone interested in the Gettysburg campaign.” —Maine at War “Paints a vivid image of an ACW army in retreat and a victorious army slowly reorganizing to pursue.” —Historical Miniatures Gaming Society

Author : Suzanne Lacy
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780822391227

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Leaving Art by Suzanne Lacy Pdf

Since the 1970s, the performance and conceptual artist Suzanne Lacy has explored women’s lives and experiences, as well as race, ethnicity, aging, economic disparities, and violence, through her pioneering community-based art. Combining aesthetics and politics, and often collaborating with other artists and community organizations, she has staged large-scale public art projects, sometimes involving hundreds of participants. Lacy has consistently written about her work: planning, describing, and analyzing it; advocating socially engaged art practices; theorizing the relationship between art and social intervention; and questioning the boundaries separating high art from popular participation. By bringing together thirty texts that Lacy has written since 1974, Leaving Art offers an intimate look at the development of feminist, conceptual, and performance art since those movements’ formative years. In the introduction, the art historian Moira Roth provides a helpful overview of Lacy’s art and writing, which in the afterword the cultural theorist Kerstin Mey situates in relation to contemporary public art practices.

Author : Roy Blount (Jr.)
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780307266187

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Long Time Leaving by Roy Blount (Jr.) Pdf

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Author : Donatas Brandišauskas
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785332395

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Leaving Footprints in the Taiga by Donatas Brandišauskas Pdf

Nowhere have recent environmental and social changes been more pronounced than in post-Soviet Siberia. Donatas Brandišauskas probes the strategies that Orochen reindeer herders of southeastern Siberia have developed to navigate these changes. “Catching luck” is one such strategy that plays a central role in Orochen cosmology -- luck implies a vernacular theory of causality based on active interactions of humans, non-humans, material objects, and places. Brandišauskas describes in rich details the skills, knowledge, ritual practices, storytelling, and movements that enable the Orochen to “catch luck” (or not, sometimes), to navigate times of change and upheaval.

Author : Holdsworth, Clare,Morgan, David
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780335215386

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Transitions In Context: Leaving Home, Independence And Adulthood by Holdsworth, Clare,Morgan, David Pdf

This book, written by Clare Holdsworth and David Morgan, looks at the socially significant event of leaving the parental home.

Author : Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1184 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Canada
ISBN : UCAL:B2905936

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House of Commons Debates, Official Report by Canada. Parliament. House of Commons Pdf