The Book Of Malcolm

Author : Fraser Sutherland
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459749580

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The Book of Malcolm by Fraser Sutherland Pdf

A father reflects on the rich life of his son, who died suddenly at twenty-six after living with schizophrenia. On the morning of Boxing Day 2009, the poet Fraser Sutherland and his wife found their son, Malcolm, dead in his bedroom in their house. He was twenty-six and had died from a seizure of unknown cause. Malcolm had been living with schizophrenia since the age of seventeen. Fraser’s respectful narration of Malcolm’s life — his happiness as well as his sufferings, his heroic efforts to calm his troubled mind, his readings, his writings, his experiments with religious thought — is a master writer’s attempt to give shape and dignity to his son’s life, to memorialize it as more than an illness. And in writing about his son’s life, Fraser creates his own self-effacing memoir — the memoir of a parent’s resilience through years of stressful care. Fraser Sutherland, one of Canada’s finest poetry critics and essayists, died shortly after completing this book. A RARE MACHINES BOOK

Author : Robin Farmer
Publisher : SparkPress
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781684630844

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Malcolm and Me by Robin Farmer Pdf

Philly native Roberta Forest is a precocious rebel with the soul of a poet. The thirteen-year-old is young, gifted, black, and Catholic—although she’s uncertain about the Catholic part after she calls Thomas Jefferson a hypocrite for enslaving people and her nun responds with a racist insult. Their ensuing fight makes Roberta question God and the important adults in her life, all of whom seem to see truth as gray when Roberta believes it’s black or white. An upcoming essay contest, writing poetry, and reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X all help Roberta cope with the various difficulties she’s experiencing in her life, including her parent’s troubled marriage. But when she’s told she’s ineligible to compete in the school’s essay contest, her explosive reaction to the news leads to a confrontation with her mother, who shares some family truths Roberta isn’t ready for. Set against the backdrop of Watergate and the post-civil rights movement era, Malcolm and Me is a gritty yet graceful examination of the anguish teens experience when their growing awareness of themselves and the world around them unravels their sense of security—a coming-of-age tale of truth-telling, faith, family, forgiveness, and social activism.

Author : Malcolm Mitchell
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338633320

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My Very Favorite Book in the Whole Wide World by Malcolm Mitchell Pdf

From Super Bowl champion and literacy crusader Malcolm Mitchell comes an exciting new story that shows even reluctant readers that there is a book out there for everyone! Meet Henley, an all-around good kid, who hates to read. When he's supposed to be reading, he would rather do anything else. But one day, he gets the scariest homework assignment in the world: find your favorite book to share with the class tomorrow.What's a kid to do? How can Henley find a story that speaks to everything inside of him?Malcolm Mitchell, best-selling author of The Magician's Hat, pulls from his own literary triumph to deliver another hilarous and empowering picture book for readers of all abilities. Through his advocacy and his books, Malcolm imparts the important message that every story has the potential to become a favorite.

Author : Sumaiya Matin
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459747692

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The Shaytan Bride by Sumaiya Matin Pdf

The true story of how one Muslim woman shaped her own fate and escaped her forced wedding. Sumaiya Matin was never sure if the story of the Shaytan Bride was truth or myth. When she moved at age six from Dhaka, Bangladesh, to Thunder Bay, Ontario, recollections of this devilish bride followed her. At first, the Shaytan Bride seemed to be the monster of fairy tales, a woman possessed or seduced by a jinni. But everything changes during a family trip to Bangladesh, and in the weeks leading to Sumaiya’s own forced wedding, she discovers that the story — and the bride herself — are much closer than they seem. The Shaytan Bride is the true coming-of-age story of a girl navigating desire and faith. Through her journey into adulthood, she battles herself and her circumstances to differentiate between destiny and free will. Sumaiya Matin’s life in love and violence is a testament to one woman’s strength as she faces the complicated fallout of her decisions. A RARE MACHINES BOOK

Author : Les Payne,Tamara Payne
Publisher : Liveright Publishing
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781631491672

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The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X by Les Payne,Tamara Payne Pdf

An epic, award-winning biography of Malcolm X that draws on hundreds of hours of personal interviews and rewrites much of the known narrative. Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to create an unprecedented portrait of Malcolm X, one that would separate fact from fiction. The result is this historic, National Book Award–winning biography, which interweaves previously unknown details of Malcolm X’s life—from harrowing Depression-era vignettes to a moment-by-moment retelling of the 1965 assassination—into an extraordinary account that contextualizes Malcolm X’s life against the wider currents of American history. Bookended by essays from Tamara Payne, Payne’s daughter and primary researcher, who heroically completed the biography after her father’s death in 2018, The Dead Are Arising affirms the centrality of Malcolm X to the African American freedom struggle.

Author : Peter Louis Goldman
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0252007743

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The Death and Life of Malcolm X by Peter Louis Goldman Pdf

Drawing from interviews with Malcolm X and the recollections of his friends and associates, the author illuminates the struggles of the Black leader during his last years and the events surrounding his assassination.

Author : Rick Prashaw
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459742789

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Soar, Adam, Soar by Rick Prashaw Pdf

An intense account of Adam’s life and legacy, Soar, Adam, Soar is told both by his loving priest-turned-dad and by Adam himself, through his many included Facebook posts.

Author : Joanne Vannicola
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459744240

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All We Knew But Couldn't Say by Joanne Vannicola Pdf

Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries. After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to reconnect, she visits with her, unearthing a trove of devastating secrets. Joanne relates her journey from child performer to Emmy Award–winning actor, from hiding in the closet to embracing her own sexuality, from conflicted daughter and sibling to independent woman. All We Knew But Couldn’t Say is a testament to survival, love, and the belief that it is possible to love the broken, and to love fully, even with a broken heart.

Author : James H. Cone
Publisher : Orbis Books
Page : 559 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780883448243

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Martin & Malcolm & America by James H. Cone Pdf

Reexamines the ideology of the two most prominent leaders of the civil rights movement of the 1960s

Author : Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780141903491

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Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell Pdf

From the bestselling author of Blink and The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell's Outliers: The Story of Success overturns conventional wisdom about genius to show us what makes an ordinary person an extreme overachiever. Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. 'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian 'Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ... he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Observer 'He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' The Times

Author : Ilyasah Shabazz,Tiffany D. Jackson
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780374313319

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The Awakening of Malcolm X by Ilyasah Shabazz,Tiffany D. Jackson Pdf

The Awakening of Malcolm X is a powerful narrative account of the activist's adolescent years in jail, written by his daughter Ilyasah Shabazz along with 2019 Coretta Scott King-John Steptoe award-winning author, Tiffany D. Jackson. No one can be at peace until he has his freedom. In Charlestown Prison, Malcolm Little struggles with the weight of his past. Plagued by nightmares, Malcolm drifts through days, unsure of his future. Slowly, he befriends other prisoners and writes to his family. He reads all the books in the prison library, joins the debate team and the Nation of Islam. Malcolm grapples with race, politics, religion, and justice in the 1940s. And as his time in jail comes to an end, he begins to awaken -- emerging from prison more than just Malcolm Little: Now, he is Malcolm X. Here is an intimate look at Malcolm X's young adult years. While this book chronologically follows X: A Novel, it can be read as a stand-alone historical novel that invites larger discussions on black power, prison reform, and civil rights.

Author : Anita J. Aboulafia
Publisher : Research & Education Assoc.
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878910042

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Alex Haley's The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Anita J. Aboulafia Pdf

A study guide for "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" offers a summary and analysis of every chapter, study questions and answers, and topics for reports with sample outlines.

Author : Malcolm X
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : African Americans
ISBN : OCLC:905546247

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By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X Pdf

Author : Malcolm Gladwell
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780759574731

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The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell Pdf

From the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia: discover Malcolm Gladwell's breakthrough debut and explore the science behind viral trends in business, marketing, and human behavior. The tipping point is that magic moment when an idea, trend, or social behavior crosses a threshold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a single sick person can start an epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend, the popularity of a new product, or a drop in the crime rate. This widely acclaimed bestseller, in which Malcolm Gladwell explores and brilliantly illuminates the tipping point phenomenon, is already changing the way people throughout the world think about selling products and disseminating ideas. “A wonderful page-turner about a fascinating idea that should affect the way every thinking person looks at the world.” —Michael Lewis

Author : June Hutton,Tony Wanless
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-10-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781459747814

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Four Umbrellas by June Hutton,Tony Wanless Pdf

A writing couple searches for answers when Alzheimer's causes one of them to lose the place where stories come from — memory. At the age of fifty-three, Tony walks away from a life of journalism and into an unknown future. June is forty-eight, a writer and teacher, and over the following decade watches as her husband changes — in interests, goals, and behaviour — until Tony has a fall, ending the life they had known. A diagnosis is seven years away, yet the signs of Alzheimer’s are all around. A suitcase Tony packs for a trip is jammed with four umbrellas, a visual symbol of cognitive looping. But how far back do these signs go? The couple starts probing the past and finding answers. This is not an old person’s disease.