Still Rising

Author : Janice L. Santos
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781491714164

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Still Rising by Janice L. Santos Pdf

Janice Santos is living proof that it is always better to get up after falling down. In her inspirational memoir, Janice chronicles a story of unwavering faith, courage, and resilience while detailing how she bravely took on each challenge and obstacle thrown her way and continued to rise above it all, even in the face of death. While growing up in the rural South as a daughter of sharecroppers, Santos reveals a happy childhood filled with love, despite their meager surroundings. As the family traveled to California with hope of a better life, Santos details how she dealt with bullies and embarked on a unique coming-of-age journey that eventually led her to New York on September 10, 2011, without any idea of how much her life would change the next morning. It turns out that being alone in New York during one of the worst events in the history of America was symbolic of a fight that would come years later for Santos. Still Rising chronicles one woman’s journey from the rural South to the California coast, where she summoned strength from within, God, and her experiences in New York on 9/11 as she bravely faced the battle of her life and learned to stand up for what is right.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-08-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307802064

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And Still I Rise by Maya Angelou Pdf

Maya Angelou’s unforgettable collection of poetry lends its name to the documentary film about her life, And Still I Rise, as seen on PBS’s American Masters. Pretty women wonder where my secret lies. I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size But when I start to tell them, They think I’m telling lies. I say, It’s in the reach of my arms, The span of my hips, The stride of my step, The curl of my lips. I’m a woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal woman, That’s me. Thus begins “Phenomenal Woman,” just one of the beloved poems collected here in Maya Angelou’s third book of verse. These poems are powerful, distinctive, and fresh—and, as always, full of the lifting rhythms of love and remembering. And Still I Rise is written from the heart, a celebration of life as only Maya Angelou has discovered it. “It is true poetry she is writing,” M.F.K. Fisher has observed, “not just rhythm, the beat, rhymes. I find it very moving and at times beautiful. It has an innate purity about it, unquenchable dignity. . . . It is astounding, flabbergasting, to recognize it, in all the words I read every day and night . . . it gives me heart, to hear so clearly the caged bird singing and to understand her notes.”

Author : Pierce Brown
Publisher : Del Rey
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345539793

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Red Rising by Pierce Brown Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pierce Brown’s relentlessly entertaining debut channels the excitement of The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. “Red Rising ascends above a crowded dys­topian field.”—USA Today ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR—Entertainment Weekly, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness “I live for the dream that my children will be born free,” she says. “That they will be what they like. That they will own the land their father gave them.” “I live for you,” I say sadly. Eo kisses my cheek. “Then you must live for more.” Darrow is a Red, a member of the lowest caste in the color-coded society of the future. Like his fellow Reds, he works all day, believing that he and his people are making the surface of Mars livable for future generations. Yet he toils willingly, trusting that his blood and sweat will one day result in a better world for his children. But Darrow and his kind have been betrayed. Soon he discovers that humanity reached the surface generations ago. Vast cities and lush wilds spread across the planet. Darrow—and Reds like him—are nothing more than slaves to a decadent ruling class. Inspired by a longing for justice, and driven by the memory of lost love, Darrow sacrifices everything to infiltrate the legendary Institute, a proving ground for the dominant Gold caste, where the next generation of humanity’s overlords struggle for power. He will be forced to compete for his life and the very future of civilization against the best and most brutal of Society’s ruling class. There, he will stop at nothing to bring down his enemies . . . even if it means he has to become one of them to do so. Praise for Red Rising “[A] spectacular adventure . . . one heart-pounding ride . . . Pierce Brown’s dizzyingly good debut novel evokes The Hunger Games, Lord of the Flies, and Ender’s Game. . . . [Red Rising] has everything it needs to become meteoric.”—Entertainment Weekly “Ender, Katniss, and now Darrow.”—Scott Sigler “Red Rising is a sophisticated vision. . . . Brown will find a devoted audience.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch Don’t miss any of Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga: RED RISING • GOLDEN SON • MORNING STAR • IRON GOLD • DARK AGE • LIGHT BRINGER

Author : Richard M. Jones
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781326982553

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Royal Victoria Rooms - The Rise and Fall of a Bridlington Landmark by Richard M. Jones Pdf

From 1847 to 1933 a building complex known as the Victoria Rooms stood overlooking Bridlington harbour in East Yorkshire. In the 86 years it stood tall it was used for both entertainment, leisure and as the Town Hall, being given royal status in 1888 after a visit from the Duke of Clarence. But it was the drama of the building's final demise in September 1933 that made this grand building hit the headlines. A huge fire and some heroic deeds by the local residents meant that no lives were lost that eventful night. Now for the first time in the history of the Royal Victoria Rooms a book tells the story of the life and times of this iconic structure. Richard M. Jones is a historian who has put up six plaques to forgotten disasters around the UK and followed them up with books telling those stories. A serving member of the Royal Navy, he divides his time between Bridlington and Hampshire.

Author : Maya Angelou
Publisher : Random House
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-10
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307833273

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Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie by Maya Angelou Pdf

Another remarkable collection of poetry from one of America's masters of the medium. The first part gathers together poems of love and nostalgic memory, while Part II portrays confrontations inherent in a racist society.

Author : Shahar Hameiri,Lee Jones,John Heathershaw
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000068429

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Rising Powers and State Transformation by Shahar Hameiri,Lee Jones,John Heathershaw Pdf

Rising Powers and State Transformation advances the concept of ‘state transformation’ as a useful lens through which to examine rising power states’ foreign policymaking and implementation, with chapters dedicated to China, Russia, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. The volume breaks with the prevalent tendency in International Relations (IR) scholarship to treat rising powers as unitary actors in international politics. Although a neat demarcation of the domestic and international domains, on which the notion of unitary agency is premised, has always been a myth, these states’ uneven integration into the global political economy has eroded this perspective’s empirical purchase considerably. Instead, this volume employs the concept of ‘state transformation’ as a lens through which to examine rising power states’ foreign policymaking and implementation. State transformation refers to the pluralisation of cross-border state agency via contested and uneven processes of fragmentation, decentralisation and internationalisation of state apparatuses. The volume demonstrates the significance of state transformation processes for explaining some of these states’ key foreign policy agendas, and outlines the implications for the wider field in IR. With chapters dedicated to all of today’s most important rising power states, Rising Powers and State Transformation will be of great interest to scholars of IR, international politics and foreign policy. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Meteorology
ISBN : SRLF:A0002843084

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Symons's Monthly Meteorological Magazine by Anonim Pdf

Author : Dorceta Taylor
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479861620

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Toxic Communities by Dorceta Taylor Pdf

From St. Louis to New Orleans, from Baltimore to Oklahoma City, there are poor and minority neighborhoods so beset by pollution that just living in them can be hazardous to your health. Due to entrenched segregation, zoning ordinances that privilege wealthier communities, or because businesses have found the ‘paths of least resistance,’ there are many hazardous waste and toxic facilities in these communities, leading residents to experience health and wellness problems on top of the race and class discrimination most already experience. Taking stock of the recent environmental justice scholarship, Toxic Communities examines the connections among residential segregation, zoning, and exposure to environmental hazards. Renowned environmental sociologist Dorceta Taylor focuses on the locations of hazardous facilities in low-income and minority communities and shows how they have been dumped on, contaminated and exposed. Drawing on an array of historical and contemporary case studies from across the country, Taylor explores controversies over racially-motivated decisions in zoning laws, eminent domain, government regulation (or lack thereof), and urban renewal. She provides a comprehensive overview of the debate over whether or not there is a link between environmental transgressions and discrimination, drawing a clear picture of the state of the environmental justice field today and where it is going. In doing so, she introduces new concepts and theories for understanding environmental racism that will be essential for environmental justice scholars. A fascinating landmark study, Toxic Communities greatly contributes to the study of race, the environment, and space in the contemporary United States.

Author : Scott W. Rasmussen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 099896042X

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The Sun is Still Rising by Scott W. Rasmussen Pdf

Like many Americans, political analyst Scott W. Rasmussen believes our nation's political system is broken. However, his research has left him optimistic about America's future. The Sun Is Still Rising clearly demonstrates that America's best days are still ahead and that governing involves more than government and politics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1660 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Railroads
ISBN : STANFORD:36105125357199

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Railway Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Frank E. Mabry
Publisher : Author House
Page : 702 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781477274415

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The 3Rd Rise by Frank E. Mabry Pdf

The demon Saul has broken the seal that had held his army trapped inside. The God of War has returned to lead the heroes of the past and the men of the future against the Army that threatens to sweep across the world. But before they can do anything else they must fight the dead.

Author : Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 924 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Science
ISBN : SRLF:A0005999115

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Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents Pdf

Vols. for 1847-1963/64 include the Institution's Report of the Secretary, also published separately.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11814768

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Geological Society of America Bulletin by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Michels (Journalist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Science
ISBN : UCBK:C032914270

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Science by John Michels (Journalist) Pdf

Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.

Author : Joseph LeConte
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Geology
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097026538

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Elements of Geology by Joseph LeConte Pdf