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An Inconvenient Youth

Author : Fiona Forde
Publisher : Portobello Books
ISBN 13 : 1846274575
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book An Inconvenient Youth written by Fiona Forde and published by Portobello Books. This book was released on 2012-09-06 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julius Malema has risen to prominence and power with meteoric speed. From impoverished origins in a Limpopo township, he has, before the age of 30, amassed the political and economic power to command the entire youth wing of the ANC, and to own several substantial luxury homes. The sources of his wealth are befogged by speculation and mystery, but his appeal to the massed ranks of the township and village poor of his country is visible for all to see. And his inflammatory style -- his 'theme song' is 'Shoot the Boer' -- his contrarian tendencies and his showmanship have rapidly brought him to the attention of the world. So troublesome has he become that the old guard of the ANC have gone to great lengths to shackle and reprimand him, and he is now formally in dispute with them. An Inconvenient Youth traces Malema's life, from his early years in Limpopo to his joining the student structures of the ANC in the early 1990s, and his rapid rise through the party's ranks to become the president of the ANC Youth League in 2008. Forde analyses the sources of Malema's wealth, exploring his seamless approach to business and politics. She situates Malema within the ANC's history and shows in unprecedented detail how he has perfected the practices that characterise a new 'struggle' in which individuals extend their personal wealth and political power at the expense of the people. This insightful, meticulously researched account explores how a brave child has grown to become a grave inconvenience, not only to the ANC, but also, due to his style of politics, to South Africa's fledgling democracy.

An Inconvenient Truth

Author : Al Gore
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0670062723
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book An Inconvenient Truth written by Al Gore and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-04-10 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Former Vice President Al Gore's New York Times #1 bestselling book is a daring call to action, exposing the shocking reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and the future we face if we do not take action to stop global warming. Now, Viking has adapted this book for the most important audience of all: today's youth, who have no choice but to confront this climate crisis head-on. Dramatic full-color photos, illustrations, and graphs combine with Gore's effective and clear writing to explain global warming in very real terms: what it is, what causes it, and what will happen if we continue to ignore it. An Inconvenient Truth will change the way young people understand global warming and hopefully inspire them to help change the course of history.

Youth in Revolt

Author : C.D. Payne
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0307715809
Total Pages : 545 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Youth in Revolt written by C.D. Payne and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-11-03 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl—the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera. Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response—all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad.

An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It

Author : Albert Gore, Jr.
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417769438
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (694 download)

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Download or read book An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and What We Can Do about It written by Albert Gore, Jr. and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 2006-04-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Global Warning . A documentary on Al Gore's campaign to make the issue of global warming a recognized problem worldwide. Director Davis Guggenheim eloquently weaves the science of global warming with Mr. Gore's personal history and lifelong commitment to reversing the effects of global climate change. A longtime advocate for the environment, Gore presents a wide array of facts and information in a thoughtful and compelling way. "Al Gore strips his presentations of politics, laying out the facts for the audience to draw their own conclusions in a charming, funny and engaging style, and by the end has everyone on the edge of their seats, gripped by his haunting message," said Guggenheim. An Inconvenient Truth is not a story of despair but rather a rallying cry to protect the one earth we all share. "It is now clear that we face a deepening global climate crisis that requires us to act boldly, quickly, and wisely," said Gore.

The Inconvenient Child

Author : dee mcquesten
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 0578234793
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (782 download)

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Download or read book The Inconvenient Child written by dee mcquesten and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2020-07-05 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “dee mcquesten brings to life the phrase ‘It takes a village…’ From dee’s early childhood on, the villagers in her life instilled in her the capacity for resilience. The concept of resiliency, attributed to early 20th Century thinker Walter Lippmann, is the capacity for personal growth, for recalibration, and for principled improvisation in the face of new circumstances. dee’s story is this definition expressed in her own life of obstacles overcome, and in a life dedicated to making our village a better place, from the Elwha River Dam Project, to our historic market; but most importantly for the children abused, traumatized and abandoned by the rest of our society.” ~ Christopher Staeheli, M.D., Child Psychiatrist “I’ve always known that dee was a tremendously strong person with unrelenting empathy for children enduring trauma and toxic stress. Now I understand where that came from. She is a model of how to turn childhood trauma into lasting resilience. dee’s experience will bring hope to others and inspire them to give back to their communities. Read this book to be inspired by an amazing woman.” ~ Kaaren Andrews: Washington Director, Center for High School Success; Principal for 9 years of the Academy for traumatized and marginalized teens in Seattle’s Columbia City. “dee’s life exemplifies the saying “ Do not hide one’s light under a bushel.” She was born with a light that years of abuse could not diminish. dee’s story, with her vivid memory of details, including her ‘Norman Rockwell style’ formative years, years of abuse mentally and physically and final happiness, gives us courage to use our talents and become the persons we were meant to be. Her intelligence and creativity, boosted by her sense of spiritual need, have helped her to find many ways to care for others. For the past 38 years, dee has worked and struggled to provide for her son and done so with humility and humor. The amount of personal and communal good work she has done at the same time is truly astounding. We cheer for her when she finds happiness with a man who is equally kind and generous. ~ Pam Schell, Co-founder of two successful theater companies, Seattle’s Intiman Theatre and Whidbey Island’s WICA (Whidbey Island Center for the Arts); formerly Seattle’s “First Lady”, as wife of Seattle Mayor Paul Schell)

Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths

Author : Shimon Edelman
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262542781
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)

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Download or read book Life, Death, and Other Inconvenient Truths written by Shimon Edelman and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide for making sense of life--from action (good except when it's not) to thinking (depressing) to youth (a treasure). This book offers a guide to human nature and human experience--a reference book for making sense of life. In thirty-eight short, interconnected essays, Shimon Edelman considers the parameters of the human condition, addressing them in alphabetical order, from action (good except when it's not) to love (only makes sense to the lovers) to thinking (should not be so depressing) to youth (a treasure). In a style that is by turns personal and philosophical, at once informative and entertaining, Edelman offers a series of illuminating takes on the most important aspects of living in the world.

A Velocity of Being

Author : Maria Popova
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1592703321
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (927 download)

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Download or read book A Velocity of Being written by Maria Popova and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Brain Pickings Best Children's Book of the Year "An embarrassment of riches." —The New York Times An expansive collection of love letters to books, libraries, and reading, from a wonderfully eclectic array of thinkers and creators. In these pages, some of today's most wonderful culture-makers—writers, artists, scientists, entrepreneurs, and philosophers—reflect on the joys of reading, how books broaden and deepen human experience, and the ways in which the written word has formed their own character. On the page facing each letter, an illustration by a celebrated illustrator or graphic artist presents that artist's visual response. Among the diverse contributions are letters from Jane Goodall, Neil Gaiman, Jerome Bruner, Shonda Rhimes, Ursula K. Le Guin, Yo-Yo Ma, Judy Blume, Lena Dunham, Elizabeth Gilbert, and Jacqueline Woodson, as well as a ninety-eight-year-old Holocaust survivor, a pioneering oceanographer, and Italy's first woman in space. Some of the illustrators, cartoonists, and graphic designers involved are Marianne Dubuc, Sean Qualls, Oliver Jeffers, Maira Kalman, Mo Willems, Isabelle Arsenault, Chris Ware, Liniers, Shaun Tan, Tomi Ungerer, and Art Spiegelman. This project is woven entirely of goodwill, generosity of spirit, and a shared love of books. Everyone involved has donated their time, and all profits will go to the New York Public Library systems. This stunning 272-page hardcover volume features a lay-flat binding to allow for greater ease of reading.

Youth in Revolt

Author : C.D. Payne
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0385481969
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (854 download)

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Download or read book Youth in Revolt written by C.D. Payne and published by Crown. This book was released on 1996-03-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hilarious, take-no-prisoners novel about a cynical, sex-obsessed teenager's pining love for an intelligent girl—the basis for the major motion picture starring Michael Cera. Youth in Revolt is the journals of Nick Twisp, California's most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteen-year-old to a modern youth in open revolt. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, Nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive type-A father, murderous canines, and an inconvenient hair trigger on his erectile response—all while vying ardently for the affections of the beauteous Sheeni Saunders, teenage goddess, and ultimate intellectual goad.

Still an Inconvenient Youth

Author : Fiona Forde
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781770103962
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (39 download)

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Download or read book Still an Inconvenient Youth written by Fiona Forde and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Julius Malema, South Africa's eminent new socialist, was sworn in as a member of parliament on 21 May 2014, days after his political party - the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) - won more than one million votes in its first elections and secured twenty-five seats in the national assembly. It marked a new chapter in Malema's political career but it was also a crude awakening for the Cape Town parliament: the portly rebel and his EFF colleagues marched into the chamber wearing bright red workers' overalls and their signature red berets as they promised to take the interests of the poor to the floor of parliament. Populism in drag or simply Malema at his best? It is still too early to say. Love him or loathe him, Malema is undeniably one of the most controversial politicians of modern-day South Africa, if not a radical product of more than one hundred years of struggle politics." -- Back cover.

Awakening Youth Discipleship

Author : Brian J. Mahan
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1556351364
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (563 download)

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Download or read book Awakening Youth Discipleship written by Brian J. Mahan and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Youth ministry has increasingly lost touch with its origins in the way of Jesus and the social practices intrinsic to Christian discipleship, and has instead substituted layers of Jesus talk, middle class values, fun and games, and doses of warm fellow-feeling. Awakening Youth Discipleship articulates the history of this domestication of youth and ministry. Mahan, Warren, and White tell a story of the ways in which our society has colluded to shape a domesticated adolescence. The authors believe a Christian response to this challenge must be multilevel, addressing the problem at three levels--society, church, and individual. The authors propose reclaiming practices of discernment that both engage congregations in social awareness and involve individuals in discerning fuller vocational opportunities than those allowed by popular cultural norms.

Models and Methods for Youth and Young Adult Ministry

Author : Arthur David Canales
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532630204
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)

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Download or read book Models and Methods for Youth and Young Adult Ministry written by Arthur David Canales and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Models and Methods for Youth and Young Adult Ministry is a rare book on young adult and youth ministry in that it weaves sound theology and solid pastoral practice. It invites pastoral practitioners, scholars in the field, and university-ministry students to envision various models and methods for doing youth and young adult ministry in a collaborative and ecumenical way. Through rich, concrete examples and strategies, the reader will grasp the significance of each model and the various methods to integrate and implement these robust approaches. The result is this book will empower readers toward a more meaningful understanding of youth and young adult ministry, which will in turn engage the young church of Christ.

Bridge Over Blood River

Author : Kajsa Norman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1849048541
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book Bridge Over Blood River written by Kajsa Norman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-01-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson Mandela is dead and his dream of a rainbow nation in South Africa is fading. Twenty years after the fall of apartheid the white Afrikaner minority fears cultural extinction. How far are they prepared to go to survive as a people? Kajsa Norman's book traces the war for control of South Africa, its people, and its history, over a series of December 16ths, from the Battle of Blood River in 1838 to its commemoration in 2011. Weaving between the past and the present, the book highlights how years of fear, nationalism, and social engineering have left the modern Afrikaner struggling for identity and relevance. Norman spends time with residents of the breakaway republic of Orania, where a thousand Afrikaners are working to construct a white-African utopia. Citing their desire to preserve their language and traditions, they have sequestered themselves in an isolated part of the arid Karoo region. Here, they can still dictate the rules and create a homeland with its own flag, currency and ideology. For a Europe that faces growing nationalism, their story is more relevant than ever. How do people react when they believe their cultural identity is under threat? Bridge Over Blood River's haunting and subversive evocation of South Africa's racial politics provides some unsettling answers.

Protecting Youth at Work

Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309174309
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Protecting Youth at Work written by National Research Council and Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1998-11-18 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Massachusetts, a 12-year-old girl delivering newspapers is killed when a car strikes her bicycle. In Los Angeles, a 14-year-old boy repeatedly falls asleep in class, exhausted from his evening job. Although children and adolescents may benefit from working, there may also be negative social effects and sometimes danger in their jobs. Protecting Youth at Work looks at what is known about work done by children and adolescents and the effects of that work on their physical and emotional health and social functioning. The committee recommends specific initiatives for legislators, regulators, researchers, and employers. This book provides historical perspective on working children and adolescents in America and explores the framework of child labor laws that govern that work. The committee presents a wide range of data and analysis on the scope of youth employment, factors that put children and adolescents at risk in the workplace, and the positive and negative effects of employment, including data on educational attainment and lifestyle choices. Protecting Youth at Work also includes discussions of special issues for minority and disadvantaged youth, young workers in agriculture, and children who work in family-owned businesses.

Noah Webster and His Words

Author : Jeri Ferris
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547390556
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Noah Webster and His Words written by Jeri Ferris and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2012 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An innovative picture-book biography about the man who wrote American history by creating the first dictionary for the United States. Full color.

An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power

Author : Al Gore
Publisher : Rodale
ISBN 13 : 1635651085
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power written by Al Gore and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2017-07-25 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller! The follow up to the #1 New York Times bestselling An Inconvenient Truth and companion to Vice President Al Gore’s new documentary, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power, this new book is a daring call to action. It exposes the reality of how humankind has aided in the destruction of our planet and delivers hope through groundbreaking information on what you can do now. Vice President Gore, one of our environmental heroes and a leading expert in climate change, brings together cutting-edge research from top scientists around the world; approximately 200 photographs and illustrations to visually articulate the subject matter; and personal anecdotes and observations to document the fast pace and wide scope of global warming. He presents, with alarming clarity and conclusiveness (and with humor, too) that the fact of global climate change is not in question and that its consequences for the world we live in will be assuredly disastrous if left unchecked. Follow Vice President Gore around the globe as he tells a story of change in the making. He connects the dots of Zika, flooding, and other natural disasters we've lived through in the last 10+ years—and much more. The book also offers a comprehensive how-to guide on exactly how we can change the course of fate. With concrete, actionable advice on topics ranging from how to run for office to how to talk to your children about climate change, An Inconvenient Sequel will empower you to make a difference—and lets you know how exactly to do it. Where Gore’s first documentary and book took us through the technical aspects of climate change, the second documentary is a gripping, narrative journey that leaves you filled with hope and the urge to take action immediately. This book captures that same essence and is a must-have for everyone who cares deeply about our planet.

Childhood, Youth and Activism

Author : Katie Wright
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1801174709
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Childhood, Youth and Activism written by Katie Wright and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-12-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considering the meanings of activism by and for children and young people in the twenty-first century, this edited collection is a valuable resource for scholars, educators and practitioners interested in the intersections of childhood and youth studies, activism and movements for social change.

Rethinking the South African Crisis

Author : Gillian Patricia Hart
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
ISBN 13 : 0820347167
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking the South African Crisis written by Gillian Patricia Hart and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revisiting long-standing debates to shed new light on the transition from apartheid, Hart provides an innovative analysis of the ongoing, unstable, and unresolved crisis in South Africa today and suggests how Antonio Gramsci's concept of passive revolution can do useful analytical and political work in South Africa and beyond.