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Book Synopsis From My Grandmother's Bedside by : Norma Field
Download or read book From My Grandmother's Bedside written by Norma Field and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daughter of a Japanese woman and an American G.I. recounts her return to Japan in 1995 to tend to her dying grandmother and offers her thoughts on contemporary Japan, family relations, and human desire
Book Synopsis Life Lessons from My “Papa” by : Elizabeth Hugo
Download or read book Life Lessons from My “Papa” written by Elizabeth Hugo and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 1, 2010, Elizabeth Hugo’s life changed dramatically when her ninety-two-year-old father, Victor Mazzullo, moved into her home. Blind, diabetic, and suffering from dementia, her papa required total care for his every need. As her daily life drastically transformed, Elizabeth soon realized she would have to rely not only on herself, but also on her faith as she learned to listen for God’s guidance. In her inspirational memoir, Elizabeth shares poignant anecdotes and applicable Scriptures that provide insight into the challenges, joys, and frustrations that accompanied her spiritual journey caring for her father in his final years. As her role shifted from daughter to primary caregiver, Elizabeth recalls how she dealt with the subsequent emotional impact, realized her limitations, accepted help from others, and relied on prayer for strength. Buoyed through her struggles by her faith, Elizabeth learned how to walk through each day knowing she was just as needy and dependent on her “Papa” God for His love as her father was on her for his care. Written in devotional form, Life Lessons from My “Papa” shares practical tips, seasoned advice, and compassionate wisdom for any caregiver desiring inspiration.
Book Synopsis In the Realm of a Dying Emperor by : Norma Field
Download or read book In the Realm of a Dying Emperor written by Norma Field and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-02-09 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Emperor Hirohito died in 1989, Japanese newspapers had to use a special, exalted word to refer to his death, and had to depict his life uncritically, as one beginning in turbulence but ending in magnificent accomplishment. To do otherwise would have exposed them to terrorism from the vigilant right wing. Yet this insightful book by a Japanese-American scholar who grew up in both cultures reveals the hidden fault lines in the realm of the dying emperor by telling the stories of three unlikely dissenters: a supermarket owner who burned the national flag; an aging widow who challenged the state's "deification" of fallen soldiers; and the mayor of Nagasaki, who risked his career and his life by suggesting that Hirohito bore some responsibility for World War II.
Book Synopsis The Russian Kurosawa by : Olga V. Solovieva
Download or read book The Russian Kurosawa written by Olga V. Solovieva and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian Kurosawa offers a new historical perspective on the work of the renowned Japanese film director Akira Kurosawa. It uncovers Kurosawa's debt to the intellectual tradition of Japanese-Russian democratic dissent, reflected in the affinity for Kurosawa's worldview expressed by such Russian directors as Grigory Kozintsev and Andrei Tarkovsky. Through a detailed discussion of the Russian subtext of Kurosawa's cinema, most clearly manifested in the director's films based on Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Gorky, and Arseniev, the book shows that Kurosawa used Russian intertexts to deal with the most politically sensitive topics of postwar Japan. Locating the director in the cultural tradition of Russian-inflected Japanese anarchism, the book challenges prevalent views of Akira Kurosawa as an apolitical art house director or a conformist studio filmmaker of muddled ideological alliances by offering a philosophically consistent picture of the director's participation in postwar debates on cultural and political reconstruction.
Book Synopsis Packing Grandma's China by : Lana M. Tatom
Download or read book Packing Grandma's China written by Lana M. Tatom and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2013-09-30 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Somewhere along the way in life, you start to listen to that little voice. We are all on this journey together, growing, learning, and changing. As I stood in the kitchen of my dream home, looking out on the still water of the pond, I cried. Warm, salty tears streamed down my face as I told myself I could do this. “Just start with one box; don’t get overwhelmed. Pack one box; stay focused.” I started packing Grandma’s china first. As I packed the china set, a flood of memories came of the countless times I had carefully wrapped up each piece and placed them into the box. It was at that moment that I decided to write about this beautiful set of china, all the experiences and lessons I have learned along my journey. It is through my grandmother’s journey that I have found my own strength and freedom. Twenty years and thirteen moves later, the china is the only set of dishes I own. When was the last time you used your china? What are you waiting for? Don’t leave it locked up, waiting for a special occasion. Make today the special occasion you have been waiting for. In loving memory of my Grandma, Veronica Billetz (January 13, 1922-December 13, 2009)
Book Synopsis Mind Without a Home by : Kristina Morgan
Download or read book Mind Without a Home written by Kristina Morgan and published by Hazelden Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the inner world of a woman with schizophrenia in this brutally honest, lyrical memoir. Have you ever wondered what it is like in the mind of a person with Schizophrenia? How can one survive day after day unable to distinguish between one’s inner nightmares and the everyday realities that most of us take for granted? In her brutally honest, highly original memoir, Kristina Morgan takes us inside her head to experience the chaos, fragmented thinking, and the startling creativity of the schizophrenic mind. With the intimacy of private journal-like entries and the language of a poet, she carries us from her childhood to her teen years when hallucinations began to hijack her mind and into adulthood where she began abusing alcohol to temper the punishing voices that only she could hear. This is no formulaic tale of tragedy and triumph: We feel Kristina’s hope as she pursues an education and career and begins to build strong family connections, friendships and intimacy—and her devastation as the insistent voices convince her to throw it all away, destroying herself and alienating everyone around her. Woven through the pages of her life are stories of recovery from alcoholism and the search for her sexual identity in relationships with both women and men. Eventually, her journey takes her to a place of relative peace and stability where she finds the inner resources and support system to manage her chronic illnesses and live a fulfilling life.
Book Synopsis Galina’S Hope by : Galina Loseva Messmer
Download or read book Galina’S Hope written by Galina Loseva Messmer and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2015-09-23 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of natures most hopeful sights is a beam of golden sunshine burning through the dark and churning clouds of a raging storm that has just subsided. That is the very picture of Galinas story, quintessentially Russian and very moving; one that will infuse the reader with a feeling of intense hope. It is a must-read for anyone facing an oncoming storm, standing in the midst of one, or still reeling in the devastation of tribulation, tragedy, and loss. Galina grew up in the post-Stalin years of the Soviet Union when Christianity was still the target of state oppression. As a young woman she joined an underground church in the city of Krasnodar and boldly shared her faith. After a romance with a tragic ending she struck out on her own seeking happiness in the sunny seaside city of Yalta on the coast of the Black Sea. Instead her life became an epic struggle of hope versus despair, life and death, even while she was surrounded by the beauty of tsarist palaces and beaches. Her faith had been shaken to its foundations and Soviet society collapsed around her in political and economic chaos. She immigrated to America hoping for a better life. But darkness followed and within its shadows a cataclysmic act played out in Fresno, California, on the evening of January 22, 1999. The horrific drama riveted the attention of the entire city and became the subject of television and newspaper headlines. It left people shocked, bewildered, and saddened. But Galina refused to let despair conquer her. This is the story of Galinas Hope.
Book Synopsis Mom Still Likes You Best by : Jane Isay
Download or read book Mom Still Likes You Best written by Jane Isay and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of Walking on Eggshells—a must-read for anyone blessed with or burdened by a sibling that explores the sometimes heartbreaking but always meaningful ties between brothers and sisters. There’s a myth that good sibling relations do not include conflict, annoyance, resentment, or mixed feelings. Jane Isay argues that this is a destructive belief, one that makes people doubt the strength of their connection to those they grew up with. Siblings may love and hate, fight and forgive, but they never forget their early bonds. Based on scores of interviews with people of all ages, Mom Still Likes You Best features real-life stories that show how differences caused by family feuds, marriages, distance, or ancient history can be overcome in adulthood. The result is a clear-eyed but compassionate portrait of brothers and sisters in love and war—and a celebration of the possibilities that even the most complicated sibling relationships can offer.
Book Synopsis Matriarchy and Power in Africa by : D. Iyam
Download or read book Matriarchy and Power in Africa written by D. Iyam and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aneji Eko was technically illiterate, but she represents a resource for understanding the complexities of African and Nigerian cultures. This is an account of matriarchy and the complex ties of kinship, their influences in shaping childhood culture, and how they determined cultural expectations across ethnic groups.
Book Synopsis Experiences From the Light by : Keidi Keating
Download or read book Experiences From the Light written by Keidi Keating and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experiences From the Light shares more than 50 fascinating stories of extraordinary, true-life adventures of light, including spiritual awakenings, near-death experiences, unexplainable synchronicities, and stories of love and heart. It sometimes seems that the world in which we live is falling apart. We are experiencing more turmoil than ever before and desperately seeking a light in our lives. Experiences From the Light will teach you to have faith in your life situations, warm your overwhelmed heart, remind you to look for the signs that the universe provides, and awaken you to new and bright possibilities. The stories in Experiences From the Light will astound and hearten you: An ill woman’s story of how she came close to death, and the extraordinary aftermath visitations by masters, angels, monks, and Biblical figures. How one woman found herself out of her body and walking up a staircase to a door of great light as her grandmother crossed to the other side. How a man’s distressing illness was instantly healed after he crossed into the light. Years of pain and suffering vanished in an instant, and the symptoms have not returned since.
Book Synopsis Learning at the Ends of Life by : Rachel Heydon
Download or read book Learning at the Ends of Life written by Rachel Heydon and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intergenerational learning programs bring together skipped generations (for instance, elders and young children) to promote expansive communication and identity options for participants, as well as the forging of relationships between generations. More specifically, these programs help foster multimodal literacy for both generations, encouraging new ways of seeing oneself and the world. Learning at the Ends of Life illustrates the unique benefits of these trail-blazing programs through more than seven years of research on developing and implementing intergenerational curricula in Canada and the United States. The first formal and sustained work on intergenerational curricula and literacies, Learning at the Ends of Life details the experiences of educators and participants in these programs. Rachel M. Heydon brings to life the particular possibilities of arts-based, multimodal curricula that draw on participants' existing funds of knowledge and interests. Providing practical suggestions for pedagogies and curricula, Heydon helps educators rethink what is taken for granted in monogenerational learning sites and see new possibilities for learners and themselves.
Book Synopsis Super Powerful Peasant by : Kuang Shiqicai
Download or read book Super Powerful Peasant written by Kuang Shiqicai and published by Funstory. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural boys coincidentally obtained the Divine Farmer Scripture, from then on life was helped by the ancient books.With the Divine Farmer Scripture in hand, he was invincible in the countryside.He wanted to see Luo Yuan use the ancient books to crush his enemies and reach the pinnacle of his life.All kinds of scenery, all kinds of cattle, all kinds of beauties don't have to worry.
Book Synopsis Happy Endings and a New Beginning by : Michael Black
Download or read book Happy Endings and a New Beginning written by Michael Black and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aspiring to share his passion for life through writing and public speaking, Michael reveals intimate details of his lifelong jour¬ney through the pages of his tell-some book, "Happy Endings and a New Beginning." Michael was born in Southern California and grew up with a lot of family around him. At eight years of age, his family moved to Northern California to a small town a couple of hours from the Oregon border. He lived there with his mother, brother and new stepdad in a small town with small town values. Unfortunately, those small town values did not attach them¬selves to every person that Michael encountered. As such, Michael now speaks openly of the many years he endured sexual abuse by several different pedophiles, along with his sexual orientation and the struggles that illuminated because of his choices. He struggled to live two separate lives as he had been raised in a home and church where homosexuality was looked down upon, yet he tried to live his own truth. In order to cope with the mass confusion festering in his young mind, Michael casually began using street drugs, which led him to a fourteen-year affair with those same drugs and so much more. It darkened his life path. At age 33, Michael's high-life party¬ing came to an abrupt end, leaving him hospitalized and sober. He began looking to his Higher Power to sort out his life that was in a state of ruin. Now, years later, Michael shares his personal journey of mayhem over the years, how he met and fell in love with his wife and gives each one of us hope for a better tomorrow.
Download or read book The Legacy of Eden written by Nelle Davy and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For generations, Aurelia was the crowning glory of more than three thousand acres of Iowa farmland and golden cornfields. The estate was a monument to matriarch Lavinia Hathaway's dream to elevate the family name—no matter what relative or stranger she had to destroy in the process. It was a desperation that wrought the downfall of the Hathaways—and the once-prosperous farm. Now the last inhabitant of the decaying old home has died—alone. None of the surviving members of the Hathaway family want anything to do with the farm, the land or the memories. Especially Meredith Pincetti. Now living in New York City, for seventeen years Lavinia's youngest grandchild has tried to forget everything about her family and her past. But with the receipt of a pleading letter, Meredith is again thrust into conflict with the legacy that destroyed her family's once-great name. Back at Aurelia, Meredith must confront the rise and fall of the Hathaway family…and her own part in their mottled history.
Book Synopsis Life Like Yesterday by : Carlton Moore Sr.
Download or read book Life Like Yesterday written by Carlton Moore Sr. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-07-31 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a young man trying to find his way through life. A memory of memories from the author himself. Sharing kept secrets and intimate moments of strength, courage and a little ignorance of a young boy growing up to be the man he has become.
Book Synopsis Queer Ghost Stories Volume Five by : Foxglove Lee
Download or read book Queer Ghost Stories Volume Five written by Foxglove Lee and published by Rainbow Crush. This book was released on 1901 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who needs sleep? Not you! You’d rather stay up late reading these spine-tingling ghost stories! In these three tales of the paranormal, queer characters encounter the supernatural… with blood-curdling results! Get ready for a fright with three stories from Foxglove Lee’s Queer Ghost Stories series! In our first story, Valentine’s Haunting, Steven and Omar book a romantic weekend getaway for Valentine’s Day. Not only is their hotel room haunted, but it’s haunted by a ghost who shows up only one night per year. Who is this terrifying spirit haunting the inn? And is he powerful enough to put the couple’s lives in danger? When Wednesday’s grandmother dies, she inherits a mysterious curse that’s been passed down through the family for generations. In our second story, Deal with the Devil, Wednesday is threatened by a supernatural creature everywhere she goes. Is there anything she can do to end the terror, or is her soul forever bound by a contract with the devil? My life wasn't in great shape when I showed up at my parents' farmhouse. As I arrived, they were leaving on a world tour I knew nothing about. In my story, Lonesome Spirits, I’m alone and friendless in a town that doesn't know my name. I've got nobody to talk to except the ghosts who haunt this place, and I'm starting to think their intentions aren't exactly friendly. Delve into three tales of the paranormal by Foxglove Lee… if you dare!
Book Synopsis Transgender and Non-binary Queer Ghost Stories by : Foxglove Lee
Download or read book Transgender and Non-binary Queer Ghost Stories written by Foxglove Lee and published by Rainbow Crush. This book was released on 1901 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who needs sleep? Not you! You’d rather stay up late reading these spine-tingling ghost stories! In these six tales of the paranormal, transgender and non-binary characters encounter the supernatural… with chilling results! Get ready for a fright with the following stories from Foxglove Lee’s Queer Ghost Stories series: Deal with the Devil, Lonesome Spirits, Death Bed, Ghost Gallery, Ghost Radio, and Underground Spirit. Delve into six spectral stories by Foxglove Lee… if you dare!
