My Journey Through A Changing South

Author : Charlie Grainger
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781532085383

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My Journey Through a Changing South by Charlie Grainger Pdf

Charlie Grainger has lived through eight decades of positive change in his favorite place---the American South. Born on an unpaved Alabama country road during the Great Depression, he nearly died twice during infancy, nearly drowned as a teenager, then escaped death as a young man while flying on a small plane. Through multiple near death experiences, he says that God was always in his corner. As a young man, the Summer of 1955 was filled with magic. He worked as a newspaperman and as a public relations professional. He witnessed an angry mob that beat up black Freedom Riders at the Montgomery Bus Depot. He was saved by a State Public safety director. Others were not so lucky. View America through the eyes of a country boy who grew up to become a successful business executive, state legislator, and Washington lobbyist. It will give you a greater appreciation of how far we have come as a nation.

Author : Matthew Pilkone
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483476247

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Betrayal: My Journey through South Africa by Matthew Pilkone Pdf

Matthew Pilkone shares a fascinating story of struggle, love, and loss in apartheid-era South Africa in this memoir. Born in the rural farming community of Middelburg, it's not until his late teens that Matthew moves to Cape Town, where he falls in love with Amanda. The couple gets serious fast, and when it is time for Matthew to decide whether to join the police, it is an easy choice: joining the police gives him a guaranteed career path that enables him to take care of his widowed mum and Amanda. After graduating from a training college, he's sent to the crime-ridden city of Johannesburg. As a result of his excellent service record, he's singled out for an elite training course, and although he's frequently in peril, he eventually returns to Cape Town and marries Amanda. Life seems perfect, but it unravels when he discovers a terrible betrayal that ends with him leaving South Africa and losing everything he'd worked so hard to accomplish.

Author : Donald McRae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-29
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781847379672

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Under Our Skin by Donald McRae Pdf

Don McRae grew up in a South Africa where his father would call the black men he met 'boy' and where his mother insisted that their black servants used tin mugs, plates and cutlery as they ate the family's left-over food in the backyard of their grand suburban property. The McRaes, like so many white people, seemed oblivious to the violent injustices of apartheid. As the author grew up, the political differences between father and son widened and when Don refused to join up for National Service, risking imprisonment or exile overseas, the two were torn apart. It wasn't until years later that the author discovered that the father with whom he had fought so bitterly had later in his life transformed himself into a political hero. Risking everything one dark and rainy night Ian McRae travelled secretly into the black township of Soweto to meet members of Nelson Mandela's then banned African National Congress to discuss ways to bring power to black South Africa. He had no political ambitions; he was just a man trying to replace the worst in himself with something better. Under Our Skinis a memoir of these tumultuous years in South Africa's history, as told through the author's family story. It offers an intimate and penetrating perspective on life under apartheid, and tells a story of courage and fear, hope and desolation and love and pain, especially between a father and his son.

Author : Charlie Grainger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1532085370

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My Journey Through a Changing South by Charlie Grainger Pdf

Charlie Grainger has lived through eight decades of positive change in his favorite place: the American South. Born on an unpaved Alabama country road during the Great Depression, he almost died twice before he was two, nearly drowned as a teenager, and was in a near plane crash as a young man. His family didn't have much money, but they didn't need much. Like almost everyone else in their remote part of the planet, theirs was a close-knit community and neighbors cared for neighbors - particular helping poverty-stricken share-croppers and tenant farmers. As a young man, he found the summer of 1955 filled with magic, working as a newspaperman and public relations professional. He wrote radio spots, promoted a walking horse show and rodeo, and publicized rock and roll and country music shows. Later on, as a newspaper reporter, he witnessed an angry mob at a Montgomery bus station waiting for the Freedom Riders. A white public safety director drew his pistol to save him from the mob, but others were not so lucky. View America through the eyes of a country boy who became a successful executive, legislator, and author, and gain a deeper appreciation for how far we've come as a nation.

Author : Stigmatized Hearts
Publisher : Author House
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496952653

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My Journey Through Homelessness by Stigmatized Hearts Pdf

In this anthology of life narratives, we share our unique stories about becoming homeless, the things we experienced while we were homeless, and our hopes and dreams for the future. All of us have experienced some form of extreme trauma such as serious physical or sexual assault, witnessing severe injury or death, being involved in a life-threatening accident, or having combat experience in a war zone. Many of us have turned to alcohol and drugs to help blunt the effects of these experiences. It is our hope that the real story will help people come to understand and appreciate that being homeless is a condition, not a choice.

Author : Shaukat Hassan
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781664141902

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Recollections from My Journey Through Life by Shaukat Hassan Pdf

Every person has a story to tell. This is the story of a Bangladeshi who was born one cold December morning in the village of Lostimanika in East Pakistan and went on to traverse the world during the next sixty plus years. It is a story of growing up in the peaceful Hindu-Muslim community of Narayanganj, of a Muslim boy being educated in Catholic schools, and of leaving home to study in the West when he was merely seventeen. That started a fifty-year journey from his homeland to his present home in Canada. Through it all, he lived and worked in six continents and experienced the beauty and diversity as well as the complexities and hardships faced by peoples worldwide. This book is a personal story, a collection of snippets from his eventful journey through life. The author shares many delightful anecdotes, the scary moments that spelt danger, and his occasional brush with death. It is also a story of visits to many historical, cultural, and religious sites, and of learning about man’s contribution to humanity. The author has worked with many governments, civil society organizations, academics, the military, and the media under challenging circumstances and often in hazardous environments. It is in the end a story of surmounting all obstacles and of having lived a full and happy life.

Author : Dena Merriam
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781513690650

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My Journey Through Time by Dena Merriam Pdf

My Journey Through Time is a spiritual memoir that sheds light on the workings of karma— the law of cause and effect that creates one’s present circumstances and relationships—as we see it unfold through Dena’s vivid memories of her previous births. We travel back in time as Dena learns of a life in early 20th century Russia, ranging from the overthrow of the Czar through Nazi Germany; then it’s back further to a life in early 19th century America in the Deep South, and before that to a time in Africa in the early 18th century. Her lives in the East—in Persia, Japan, and India—go back to the 15th-17th centuries. With each past life, we can see the way in which it has impacted her present life, how it has stemmed from the end of the previous birth, and how it will influence her next life. Dena Merriam is the founder of an interfaith organization, the Global Peace Initiative of Women. A long-time disciplined meditator, Dena’s access to her past lives brings a clearer awareness and purpose to her present life, and also overcomes any fear of death. The memories are triggered when Dena meets a new person or visits a new place in her current life. The memories bring remembrances of past suffering, but also recollections of spiritual teachers and wise guidance. She has not used and does not advocate past-life regressions or hypnosis as a way to prompt memories to return. Dena has decided to share her story, despite being a very private person, in hopes that it can provide comfort and awaken the inner knowing of your own ongoing journey through time.

Author : Paul Marcoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Amazon River
ISBN : UCBK:B000733954

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A Journey Across South America by Paul Marcoy Pdf

Author : Peter Abui
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504963626

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My Journey to Safety by Peter Abui Pdf

My life was full of many unexpected experiences. Some were good, and some were bad. During that time of war, mostly bad times occurred more often than good times. Those good times didnt last longer. I think there is a reason why things happen to people, and as always there are results afterward, either good or bad. My hope all these years of war in South Sudan was that someday, there would be a joyful moment for me as the outcome of my horrible suffering. I do not have many good times to remember in my past life since the day I left South Sudan until the day I arrived in the United States of America. However, even then still, I always felt like I was missing something. Of course, indeed, part of me is missing: my whole family was not with me. I never gave up on myself when I was in that horrible situation. I resisted the pain I was facing. I wish of no ravage that I should do against my foes for what they did to me. I wish for the bad day to get over and hope for better tomorrow. I never except the weakness to engage my mind. Instead, I wish to preach the word of peace to my enemies for the sake of freedom in order to save the lives of the innocent. I wish to just speak out only the word of unification. I want to make the world aware of the war situation that was going on in my hometown and convey peace among the people and avoid more lives to be lost. War is wrong; we are all human beings with only one common goal: the soul. However, the only message you should be saying to your enemies is peace. Bear in mind that when you are torturing someone, you are torturing yourself as well. You might not feel it physically but emotionally, maybe not at the moment, but afterward, in the near future, when peace comes and when justice prevails. My parents used to tell me not to be afraid but to brave and strong. The fear one is the one got kill first in battle because they panic and run randomly into ambush.

Author : Paul Marcoy
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783382138295

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A Journey Across South Ameerica, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

Author : Paul Marcoy (pseud. [i.e. Laurent Saint Cricq.])
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 620 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000633665

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A Journey Across South America from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean by Paul Marcoy (pseud. [i.e. Laurent Saint Cricq.]) Pdf

Author : Michelle Marie Damico
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781681975276

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Lost and Found: My Journey to a Saved Soul by Michelle Marie Damico Pdf

Have you ever wondered if there is more to life then we can see? Are there really other dimensions within our world? If so, who or what resides there? Do angels and demons truly exist? If so, where are they, and how do they function in our world? What does the Bible say about angels and demons? Is there a biblical mystery that has been overlooked? Lost and Found-My Journey to a Saved Soul will answer these questions and more through uncovering one of the mysteries that has been hidden since the fall of mankind. This mystery is broken down through God given biblical revelation regarding the unseen world. This mystery became a living reality when Michelle Damico and her husband, Chris Damico, entered into the unseen realm on a forty-day journey. They had experienced firsthand what it was like to function within another dimension, also known as the spirit world. It was through, unknowingly, opening a door into forms of witchcraft that entered them into the spirit realm, being led to a shaman and tricked into a ritual that they believed was a marital ceremony. This led to her mother being spiritually attacked, therefore, triggering a subarachnoid hemorrhage and her mother's near-death experience; Michelle's husband's possession and cry to be institutionalized; and her children being attacked by spirits that desired to possess their soul. Their home was overpowered with evil and deep darkness, and there was nobody they could turn to but Jesus. All glory and honor to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for delivering us out of the darkness and into his marvelous light. Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God's people) in the Light. For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins' penalty]. He is the exact living image [the essential manifestation] of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible], the firstborn [the preeminent one, the sovereign, and the originator] of all creation. -Colossians 1:12-15 (AMP)

Author : Paul Marcoy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Amazon River
ISBN : UGA:32108025512354

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A Journey Across South America: Ilay. Arequipa. Lampa. Acopia. Cuzco by Paul Marcoy Pdf

Author : Dan Chapman
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781642831955

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A Road Running Southward by Dan Chapman Pdf

"Engaging hybrid - part lyrical travelogue, part investigative journalism and part jeremiad, all shot through with droll humor." --The Atlanta Journal Constitution In 1867, John Muir set out on foot to explore the botanical wonders of the South, keeping a detailed journal of his adventures as he traipsed from Kentucky southward to Florida. One hundred and fifty years later, on a similar whim, veteran Atlanta reporter Dan Chapman, distressed by sprawl-driven environmental ills in a region he loves, recreated Muir’s journey to see for himself how nature has fared since Muir’s time. Channeling Muir, he uses humor, keen observation, and a deep love of place to celebrate the South’s natural riches. But he laments that a treasured way of life for generations of Southerners is endangered as long-simmering struggles intensify over misused and dwindling resources. Chapman seeks to discover how Southerners might balance surging population growth with protecting the natural beauty Muir found so special. Each chapter touches upon a local ecological problem—at-risk species in Mammoth Cave, coal ash in Kingston, Tennessee, climate change in the Nantahala National Forest, water wars in Georgia, aquifer depletion in Florida—that resonates across the South. Chapman delves into the region’s natural history, moving between John Muir’s vivid descriptions of a lush botanical paradise and the myriad environmental problems facing the South today. Along the way he talks to locals with deep ties to the land—scientists, hunters, politicians, and even a Muir impersonator—who describe the changes they’ve witnessed and what it will take to accommodate a fast-growing population without destroying the natural beauty and a cherished connection to nature. A Road Running Southward is part travelogue, part environmental cri de coeur, and paints a picture of a South under siege. It is a passionate appeal, a call to action to save one of the loveliest and most biodiverse regions of the world by understanding what we have to lose if we do nothing.

Author : Helen Hiebert
Publisher : Storey Publishing, LLC
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1635862655

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The Art of Papercraft by Helen Hiebert Pdf

Paper artist and teacher Helen Hiebert compiles a one-of-kind collection of 40 unique projects, each using just one sheet of paper. Combining decorative paper techniques like marbling, stamping, and stenciling with dimensional techniques like origami, cutting, folding, quilling, stretching, weaving, and pop-ups, The Art of Papercraft offers a rich variety of projects that will delight crafters, artists, and designers alike, including paper votive lights, pop-up cards, folded paper gift boxes and envelopes, woven paper wall hangings, miniature one-sheet books, and much more. Every project is beautifully photographed and accompanied by step-by-step visual instructions. Guidance on selecting tools, materials, and paper selection; in-depth technique instructions; and profiles of contributing paper artists make this a rich and practical celebration of papercraft.