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Dear Marcus

Author : Jerry McGill
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0812983165
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Dear Marcus written by Jerry McGill and published by Random House. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The idea to write to you was not an easy one. The scar from where the bullet entered my back is still there. Jerry McGill was thirteen years old, walking home through the projects of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, when he was shot in the back by a stranger. Jerry survived, wheelchair-bound for life; his assailant was never caught. Thirty years later, Jerry wants to say something to the man who shot him. I have decided to give you a name. I am going to call you Marcus. With profound grace, brutal honesty, and devastating humor, Jerry McGill takes us on a dramatic and inspiring journey—from the streets of 1980s New York, where poverty and violence were part of growing up, to the challenges of living with a disability and learning to help and inspire others, to the long, difficult road to acceptance, forgiveness, and, ultimately, triumph. I didn’t write this book for you, Marcus. I wrote this for those who endure. Those who manage. Those who are determined to move on.

Dear Genius

Author : Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0064462358
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (644 download)

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Download or read book Dear Genius written by Leonard S. Marcus and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2000-03-01 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She trusted her immense intuition and generous heart--and published the most. Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper's Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, was arguably the single most creative force for innovation in children's book publishing in the United States during the twentieth century. Considered an editor of maverick temperament and taste, her unorthodox vision helped create such classics as Goodnight Moon, Charlotte's Web, Where the Wild Things Are, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and The Giving Tree. Leonard S. Marcus has culled an exceptional collection of letters from the HarperCollins archives. The letters included here are representative of the brilliant correspondence that was instrumental in the creation of some of the most beloved books in the world today. Full of wit and humor, they are immensely entertaining, thought-provoking, and moving in their revelation of the devotion and high-voltage intellect of an incomparably gifted editor, mentor, and publishing visionary.Ursula Nordstrom, director of Harper’s Department of Books for Boys and Girls from 1940 to 1973, was arguably the single most creative force for innovation in children’s book publishing in the United States during the twentieth century. Considered an editor of maverick temperament and taste, her unorthodox vision helped create such classics as Goodnight Moon, Charlotte’s Web, Where the Wild Things Are, Harold and the Purple Crayon, and The Giving Tree. Leonard S. Marcus has culled an exceptional collection of letters from the HarperCollins archives. The letters included here are representative of the brilliant correspondence that was instrumental in the creation of some of the most beloved books in the world today. Full of wit and humor, they are immensely entertaining, thought-provoking, and moving in their revelation of the devotion and high-voltage intellect of an incomparably gifted editor, mentor, and publishing visionary.

Ways of Telling

Author : Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher : Dutton Juvenile
ISBN 13 : 9780525464907
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (649 download)

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Download or read book Ways of Telling written by Leonard S. Marcus and published by Dutton Juvenile. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of interviews with fourteen artists and writers of picture books who, regardless of their country of origin, have had a major impact in the United States.

John the Baptist in History and Theology

Author : Joel Marcus
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1611179017
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book John the Baptist in History and Theology written by Joel Marcus and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis that challenges the conventional Christian hierarchy of John the Baptist and Jesus of Nazareth While the Christian tradition has subordinated John the Baptist to Jesus of Nazareth, John himself would likely have disagreed with that ranking. In this eye-opening new book, John the Baptist in History and Theology, Joel Marcus makes a powerful case that John saw himself, not Jesus, as the proclaimer and initiator of the kingdom of God and his own ministry as the center of God's saving action in history. Although the Fourth Gospel has the Baptist saying, "He must increase, but I must decrease," Marcus contends that this and other biblical and extrabiblical evidence reveal a continuing competition between the two men that early Christians sought to muffle. Like Jesus, John was an apocalyptic prophet who looked forward to the imminent end of the world and the establishment of God's rule on earth. Originally a member of the Dead Sea Sect, an apocalyptic community within Judaism, John broke with the group over his growing conviction that he himself was Elijah, the end-time prophet who would inaugurate God's kingdom on earth. Through his ministry of baptism, he ushered all who came to him—Jews and non-Jews alike—into this dawning new age. Jesus began his career as a follower of the Baptist, but, like other successor figures in religious history, he parted ways from his predecessor as he became convinced of his own centrality in God's purposes. Meanwhile John's mass following and apocalyptic message became political threats to Herod Antipas, who had John executed to abort any revolutionary movement. Based on close critical-historical readings of early texts—including the accounts of John in the Gospels and in Josephus's Antiquities—as well as parallels from later religious movements, John the Baptist in History and Theology situates the Baptist within Second Temple Judaism and compares him to other apocalyptic thinkers from ancient and modern times. It concludes with thoughtful reflections on how its revisionist interpretations might be incorporated into the Christian faith.

A Pillar of Iron

Author : Taylor Caldwell
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504042980
Total Pages : 708 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book A Pillar of Iron written by Taylor Caldwell and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: A magnificent novel of ancient Rome and the tragic life of Cicero, who tried in vain to save the republic he loved from tyranny. In this riveting tale, the Roman Empire in its final glory is seen through the eyes of philosopher, orator, and political theorist Marcus Tullius Cicero. From his birth in 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum, Cicero, the educated son of a wealthy member of the equestrian order, is destined for greatness. At a young age, he discovers the legend of the Unknown God, the coming Messiah, and it propels the rising lawyer on a journey of spiritual conflict and self-discovery. From his tumultuous family life to his tenuous alliance with Julius Caesar to a fateful love affair with the Roman empress Livia and, finally, to the political role that will make him a target of powerful enemies, A Pillar of Iron is the story of Cicero’s legacy as one the greatest influences on Western civilization. Based on hundreds of speeches, voluminous private correspondence, and ancient texts and manuscripts, this bestselling epic brings into focus Cicero’s complicated relationships with his contemporaries, including Caesar, Mark Antony, and Crassus, and brilliantly captures the pageantry, turmoil, and intrigue of life in ancient Rome. According to legendary editor Maxwell Perkins, author “Taylor Caldwell is a storyteller first, last and foremost, and once you begin reading one of her books, you can’t help finishing it.” This ebook features an illustrated biography of Taylor Caldwell including rare images from the author’s estate.

Ancient Rome

Author : Matthew Dillon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 9780415224581
Total Pages : 808 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (245 download)

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Download or read book Ancient Rome written by Matthew Dillon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2005 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynda Garland and Matthew Dillon present a comprehensive reference text for all students and scholars of the Roman Republic.

Dear Church

Author : Lenny Duncan
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506452574
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Dear Church written by Lenny Duncan and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lenny Duncan is the unlikeliest of pastors. Formerly incarcerated, he is now a black preacher in the whitest denomination in the United States: the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Shifting demographics and shrinking congregations make all the headlines, but Duncan sees something else at work--drawing a direct line between the church's lack of diversity and the church's lack of vitality. The problems the ELCA faces are theological, not sociological. But so are the answers. Part manifesto, part confession, and all love letter, Dear Church offers a bold new vision for the future of Duncan's denomination and the broader mainline Christian community of faith. Dear Church rejects the narrative of church decline and calls everyone--leaders and laity alike--to the front lines of the churchÂs renewal through racial equality and justice. It is time for the church to rise up, dust itself off, and take on forces of this world that act against God: whiteness, misogyny, nationalism, homophobia, and economic injustice. Duncan gives a blueprint for the way forward and urges us to follow in the revolutionary path of Jesus.

Time

Author : Edmund Hodgson Yates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 778 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Time written by Edmund Hodgson Yates and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pearl; Or, Affection's Gift

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Pearl; Or, Affection's Gift written by and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Pearl

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book The Pearl written by and published by . This book was released on 1833 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Archbishop's Ceiling

Author : Arthur Miller
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780822200642
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Archbishop's Ceiling written by Arthur Miller and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1985 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE STORY: The setting is an ornate room in a former Archbishop's palace in an Eastern European capital, a room which has probably been bugged by the secret police. The central character is a middle-aged author, Sigmund, who, having embarrassed the

From the Desk of Zoe Washington

Author : Janae Marks
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062875884
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book From the Desk of Zoe Washington written by Janae Marks and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-01-14 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 Kids Indie Next List * Parents Magazine Best Book of the Year * Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of the Year * SLJ Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * Junior Library Guild Selection * Edgar Award Nominee * Four Starred Reviews * Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year * An Indie Bestseller * From debut author Janae Marks comes a captivating story full of heart, as one courageous girl questions assumptions, searches for the truth, and does what she believes is right—even in the face of great opposition. Zoe Washington isn’t sure what to write. What does a girl say to the father she’s never met, hadn’t heard from until his letter arrived on her twelfth birthday, and who’s been in prison for a terrible crime? A crime he says he never committed. Could Marcus really be innocent? Zoe is determined to uncover the truth. Even if it means hiding his letters and her investigation from the rest of her family. Everyone else thinks Zoe’s worrying about doing a good job at her bakery internship and proving to her parents that she’s worthy of auditioning for Food Network’s Kids Bake Challenge. But with bakery confections on one part of her mind, and Marcus’s conviction weighing heavily on the other, this is one recipe Zoe doesn’t know how to balance. The only thing she knows to be true: Everyone lies. "When Marcus tells Zoe he is innocent, and her grandmother agrees, Zoe begins to learn about inequality in the criminal justice system, and she sets out to find the alibi witness who can prove his innocence." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List") Plus don't miss Janae Marks's A Soft Place to Land!

Almonds to Zhoof

Author : Richard Stern
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810151499
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Almonds to Zhoof written by Richard Stern and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2005-06-10 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stern's stories-witty, moving, charged with narrative energy-never sacrifice storytelling to mere elegance or bursts of essayistic wisdom. This collection demonstrates Stern's remarkable ability to portray people's flawed relationships to ideas, their sometimes bizarre relationships with lovers and friends, their often brilliant, if skewed, appraisals of themselves. The stories reflect Stern's compassion for his characters, whoever they are and whatever their origins. Book jacket.

The Public

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 850 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Public written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Is It a Choice?

Author : Eric Marcus
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780062506641
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Is It a Choice? written by Eric Marcus and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 1993-05-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlightening guide for the families and friends of men and women who've come out and for everyone else who wants to find out what it means to be gay.

Funny Business

Author : Leonard S. Marcus
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 153620126X
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Funny Business written by Leonard S. Marcus and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes funny FUNNY? An esteemed anthologist interviews thirteen favorite children’s authors -- and asks them to share their trade secrets. (Age 12 and up) DO YOU EVER MAKE YOURSELF LAUGH WHILE YOU ARE WRITING? "A joke isn’t a joke if you need to explain it," notes Leonard S. Marcus. "Even so, the hidden clockwork of comedy . . . has long been considered one of the great riddles of life." There are many kinds of humor, but capturing their essence on paper is a remarkably difficult (and often undervalued) skill. So how do authors create books that not only stand the tests of time but also make us laugh? In thirteen fascinating interviews, well-loved writers of humorous books for children discuss an array of topics, from their sources of inspiration to the ways they began writing, from their revision processes to childhood anecdotes to the value they place on comedy in their work and lives. Beautifully designed and thoughtfully edited, this collection is bound to tickle the fancy of children and adults alike.

Abel's Photographic Weekly

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abel's Photographic Weekly written by and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: