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Publisher : Fifth House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781927083239
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (832 download)
Download or read book Haiti My Country written by and published by Fifth House Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features poems inspired by the Haitian landscape written by students from Camp Perrin, Haiti.
Author : Jean-Robert Cadet
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292729294
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (927 download)
Download or read book My Stone of Hope written by Jean-Robert Cadet and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2011-10-15 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cadet tells the story of his youth as a restavek, a practice of using children as unpaid and uneducated domestic workers often subjected to physical, emotional, and sexual abuse. He is an advocate for these children and argues that the practice has created damaged adults incapable of participating in a productive economy--From P. [4] of cover.
Author : Amy Wilentz
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451644000
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Farewell, Fred Voodoo written by Amy Wilentz and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography, this is a brilliant writer’s account of a long, painful, ecstatic—and unreciprocated—affair with a country that has long fascinated the world. A foreign correspondent on a simple story becomes, over time and in the pages of this book, a lover of Haiti, pursuing the heart of this beautiful and confounding land into its darkest corners and brightest clearings. Farewell, Fred Voodoo is a journey into the depths of the human soul as well as a vivid portrayal of the nation’s extraordinary people and their uncanny resilience. Haiti has found in Amy Wilentz an author of astonishing wit, sympathy, and eloquence.
Author : Greg Beckett
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520300246
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)
Download or read book There Is No More Haiti written by Greg Beckett and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2019-02-26 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is not just another book about crisis in Haiti. This book is about what it feels like to live and die with a crisis that never seems to end. It is about the experience of living amid the ruins of ecological devastation, economic collapse, political upheaval, violence, and humanitarian disaster. It is about how catastrophic events and political and economic forces shape the most intimate aspects of everyday life. In this gripping account, anthropologist Greg Beckett offers a stunning ethnographic portrait of ordinary people struggling to survive in Port-au-Prince in the twenty-first century. Drawing on over a decade of research, There Is No More Haiti builds on stories of death and rebirth to powerfully reframe the narrative of a country in crisis. It is essential reading for anyone interested in Haiti today.
Author : Ezekiel Kwaymullina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925816075
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (16 download)
Download or read book My Country written by Ezekiel Kwaymullina and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best-selling author and internationally renowned painter Sally Morgan teams up with Ezekiel Kwaymullina for a picture book celebrating country.
Author : Randall Robinson
Publisher : Basic Civitas Books
ISBN 13 : 0465012892
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)
Download or read book An Unbroken Agony written by Randall Robinson and published by Basic Civitas Books. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On February 29, 2004, the first democratically elected president of Haiti, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, was forced to leave his country. The president was kidnapped, along with his Haitian-American wife, by American soldiers and flown to the isolated Central African Republic. In An Unbroken Agony, best-selling author and social justice advocate Randall Robinson chronicles his own cross-Atlantic journey to rescue the Haitian president from captivity in Africa while also connecting the fate of Aristide’s presidency to the Haitian people’s century-long quest for self-determination.
Author : Tate Watkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520418933
Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (189 download)
Download or read book Haitian Coffee Grows on Trees written by Tate Watkins and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many Americans' concept of Haiti goes little beyond disaster, despair, or darkness, if not a single question: "Why is Haiti so poor?" After living in Haiti for nearly four years working as a journalist and then with small-scale coffee farmers, Tate Watkins uses his experience to try to give a glimpse into how things work, or often don't, in the country.Watkins uses coffee as the vehicle to explore the country, tracing the history of the crop from its introduction to the French colony that predated Haiti, which once grew half the world's coffee, to the struggling Haitian coffee sector of today. He also examines how the historical and political foundations of the nation still affect everyday life for coffee farmers and all Haitians, often hamstringing their efforts to get ahead, and documents why the tens of millions of dollars in recent aid spending hasn't been able to stem the decline of the coffee sector. He notes, however, that the evolution of the high-end coffee market might just provide opportunities for Haitian coffee farmers to help themselves, despite the underlying difficulties they face.In Haitian Coffee Grows on Trees, Watkins outlines how, despite the fact that Haiti isn't set up in a way that would help everyday people flourish, small changes still have the potential to add up to real improvements in the lives of ordinary Haitians.
Author : Jesse Joshua Watson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110158761X
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Hope for Haiti written by Jesse Joshua Watson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-10-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the dust settled on Port-au-Prince, hope was the last thing anybody could see. When the earth shook, his whole neighborhood disappeared. Now a boy and his mother are living in the soccer stadium, in a shelter made of tin and bedsheets, with long lines for food and water. But even with so much sorrow all around, he finds a child playing with a soccer ball made of rags. Soon many children are caught up in the magic of the game that transports them out of their bleak surroundings and into a world where anything is possible. Then the kids are given a truly wonderful gift. A soccer ball might seem simple, but really it's a powerful link between a heartbroken country's past and its hopes for the future. Jesse Joshua Watson has created an inspiring testament to the strength of the Haitian people and the promise of children.
Author : Christine Pascual
Publisher : CrossBooks Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781462714667
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (146 download)
Download or read book Out of My Comfort Zone written by Christine Pascual and published by CrossBooks Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is strong enough to shatter the darkest of circumstances. Its boundaries are limitless for those who possess it. It is created to be found in the human heart at precisely the moment when one fears it is lost. It is hope. Journey with Dr. Christine Pascual to the mission field and experience hope in a place like no other. In this personal journal, follow her behind-the-scenes travels with a team of healthcare workers who were called to serve in the earthquake-torn country of Haiti. While encountering taxing conditions, limited supplies, and multiple pathologies, Chris shares her stories of hope and healing with vivid descriptions, heart-breaking accounts, and humorous anecdotes of those she traveled to serve. Discover God’s pearls of blessing with her as she shares spiritual insights to each day’s experiences, attributing each moment ultimately to Christ’s love and provisions. While others in similar circumstances may simply see hopeless destruction and despair, Chris chooses to acknowledge an eternal perspective designed by God and applaud Him for never giving up on His children, regardless of their circumstances. Join her as she travels outside of her comfort zone, and discovers that the greatest treasures of this life are those which cannot be measured by human means.
Author : Katharine Brown-Carpenter
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780836825510
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (255 download)
Download or read book Welcome to Haiti written by Katharine Brown-Carpenter and published by Gareth Stevens Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the geography, history, government, economy, people, and culture of Haiti.
Author : Edwidge Danticat
Publisher : Soho Press
ISBN 13 : 1616955023
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (169 download)
Download or read book Breath, Eyes, Memory written by Edwidge Danticat and published by Soho Press. This book was released on 2015-02-24 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 20th anniversary edition of Edwidge Danticat's groundbreaking debut, now an established classic--revised and with a new introduction by the author, and including extensive bonus materials At the age of twelve, Sophie Caco is sent from her impoverished Haitian village to New York to be reunited with a mother she barely remembers. There she discovers secrets that no child should ever know, and a legacy of shame that can be healed only when she returns to Haiti—to the women who first reared her. What ensues is a passionate journey through a landscape charged with the supernatural and scarred by political violence. In her stunning literary debut, Danticat evokes the wonder, terror, and heartache of her native Haiti—and the enduring strength of Haiti’s women—with vibrant imagery and narrative grace that bear witness to her people’s suffering and courage.
Author : Michael Deibert
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1783608005
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (836 download)
Download or read book Haiti Will Not Perish written by Michael Deibert and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-07-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world’s first independent black republic, Haiti was forged in the fire of history’s only successful slave revolution. Yet more than two hundred years later, the full promise of that revolution – a free country and a free people – remains unfulfilled. Home for more than a decade to one of the world’s largest UN peacekeeping forces, Haiti's tumultuous political culture – buffeted by coups and armed political partisans – combined with economic inequality and environmental degradation to create immense difficulties even before the devastating 2010 earthquake killed tens of thousands of people. This grim tale, however, is not the whole story. In this moving and detailed history, Michael Deibert, who has spent two decades reporting on Haiti, chronicles the heroic struggles of Haitians to build their longed-for country in the face of overwhelming odds. Based on hundreds of interviews with Haitian political leaders, international diplomats, peasant advocates and gang leaders, as well as ordinary Haitians, Deibert’s book provides a vivid, complex and challenging analysis of Haiti’s recent history.
Author : J. J. Carney
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1532682522
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (326 download)
Download or read book For God and My Country written by J. J. Carney and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A devout Catholic politician assassinated by a capricious dictator. A Cardinal standing up for his people in the face of political repression. A priest leading his nation’s constitutional revision. The “Mother Teresa of Uganda” transforming the lives of thousands of abandoned children. Two missionaries who founded the best community radio station in Africa. A peace activist who has amplified the voices of grassroots women in the midst of a brutal civil war. Such are the powerful stories in For God and My Country, a book that explores how seven inspiring leaders in Uganda’s largest religious community have shaped the social and political life of their country. Drawing on extensive oral research, J. J. Carney analyzes how personal faith, theological vision, and Catholic social teaching have propelled these leaders to embody Vatican II’s call for the Church to be a sign of communion and unity in the world. Readers will gain rich insight into Uganda’s postcolonial politics and the history of one of Africa’s most important Catholic communities. Each chapter closes with leadership lessons and reflection questions, making this an ideal text for classroom and parish adoption.
Author : Ronald J. McMiller Jr
Publisher : Outskirts Press
ISBN 13 : 9781432798086
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (98 download)
Download or read book My 34 Day Memoir of Haiti written by Ronald J. McMiller Jr and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 12, 2010, Haiti was rocked by a catastrophic earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0-and then by 52 aftershocks measuring 4.5 or greater. All told, nearly three million people were affected. The Haitian government reported that an estimated 316,000 people had died, 300,000 had been injured, and 1,000,000 were homeless. They also estimated that 250,000 homes and 30,000 commercial buildings had collapsed or were severely damaged. Many countries responded to appeals for humanitarian aid, dispatching rescue and medical teams, engineers, and support personnel. Ronald James McMiller Jr., a career naval officer, was spending the evening with his family when he heard the news, and he immediately knew he had to help. The naval command where he was stationed helped pave the way. In a morning meeting, McMiller's commander told him to start making plans for a Joint Maritime Preposition Operation (ships that are preloaded in case of a worldly event that needs immediate attention). He was both anxious and nervous-and he had no idea what he was getting himself into. My 34-Day Memoir of Haiti is a compilation of McMiller's journal entries from his time in Haiti. It offers a glimpse of the tragedies and horrors he witnessed, the people who touched his heart, and the inspiration he gained from the sight of volunteers from all over the world working together with one mission in mind: helping others in times of need. Even when you sleep among the campfires, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold. (Psalms 68:13)
Author : Jonathan M. Katz
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1137323957
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Big Truck That Went By written by Jonathan M. Katz and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 12, 2010, the deadliest earthquake in the history of the Western Hemisphere struck the nation least prepared to handle it. Jonathan M. Katz, the only full-time American news correspondent in Haiti, was inside his house when it buckled along with hundreds of thousands of others. In this visceral, authoritative first-hand account, Katz chronicles the terror of that day, the devastation visited on ordinary Haitians, and how the world reacted to a nation in need. More than half of American adults gave money for Haiti, part of a monumental response totaling $16.3 billion in pledges. But three years later the relief effort has foundered. It's most basic promises—to build safer housing for the homeless, alleviate severe poverty, and strengthen Haiti to face future disasters—remain unfulfilled. The Big Truck That Went By presents a sharp critique of international aid that defies today's conventional wisdom; that the way wealthy countries give aid makes poor countries seem irredeemably hopeless, while trapping millions in cycles of privation and catastrophe. Katz follows the money to uncover startling truths about how good intentions go wrong, and what can be done to make aid "smarter." With coverage of Bill Clinton, who came to help lead the reconstruction; movie-star aid worker Sean Penn; Wyclef Jean; Haiti's leaders and people alike, Katz weaves a complex, darkly funny, and unexpected portrait of one of the world's most fascinating countries. The Big Truck That Went By is not only a definitive account of Haiti's earthquake, but of the world we live in today.
Author : Julia Alvarez
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1616202742
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (162 download)
Download or read book A Wedding in Haiti written by Julia Alvarez and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “[A] beguiling memoir of family and culture.”—O, The Oprah Magazine In a story that travels beyond borders and between families, acclaimed Dominican novelist and poet Julia Alvarez reflects on the joys and burdens of love—for her parents, for her husband, and for a young Haitian boy known as Piti. In this intimate true account of a promise kept, Alvarez takes us on a journey into experiences that challenge our way of thinking about history and how it can be reimagined when people from two countries—traditional enemies and strangers—become friends. Julia Alvarez’s new novel, Afterlife, is available now.
Author : Frantz Derenoncourt, Jr.
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736725627
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (256 download)
Download or read book Haiti written by Frantz Derenoncourt, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 2021-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated account of the events leading up to the independence of Haiti.
