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Journey to the Heartland

Author : Michelle Walsh Jackson
Publisher : Novel Press
ISBN 13 : 9781838370909
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (79 download)

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Download or read book Journey to the Heartland written by Michelle Walsh Jackson and published by Novel Press. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling Irish author Michelle Jackson returns with a new name, Michelle Walsh Jackson and a fresh voice. After travel writing for the last eight years she has written a road trip book set in Oklahoma, Dublin and Oxford. This spiritual journey into America's Heartland brings the reader on "A thought provoking Odyssey to fill the soul and grip the reader," according to Niamh Greene, Irish Author. This is the story of the fragile love between Roz Waters and her visually impaired father, Patrick, a love that is revived on an extraordinary road trip through Oklahoma in America's heartland. The journey is an opportunity for Patrick to impart knowledge and wisdom that Roz is finally ready to hear.Unexpectedly, Roz's world is rocked when she meets an army officer, Michael Williams, along the way. But his wedding band isn't the only obstacle that makes their love forbidden. The prairies pale in comparison to the touching journey into each other's hearts.As time unfolds Roz discovers that she and her father are intrinsically linked to Michael and together maybe they will all find the real Heartland.

Kansai Cool

Author : Christal Whelan
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1462914128
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Kansai Cool written by Christal Whelan and published by Tuttle Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Kansai Cool anthropologist, writer and filmmaker Christal Whelan offers profound insights in the only collection of essays to focus on Kansai, Japan's ancient heartland. Kansai—the region in Western Japan that boasts the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara, the bustling commercial city of Osaka and the cosmopolitan port city of Kobe—has a character all its own, right down to its dialect, mannerisms, and cuisine. It is home to some of Japan's oldest history and an area where the country's most time-honored arts and crafts still thrive. Worldly and otherworldly, spirited and spiritual, trendy and traditional, it's a place where past and future live side-by-side, sometimes at odds. Part Japanese travel book, part cultural commentary, these 25 spirited essays and 32 pages of color photos paint a broad yet penetrating portrait of the unique Western Japan region, covering such diverse topics as: The needs of the spirit—shrines, temples and the call to pilgrimage The arts in Kansai—dance, painting, anime, and combat The relationship between hi-tech and old-tech Material culture—bikes, robots, and dolls The culture of fashion in Kansai—from kimonos and obis to modern fashion designers, and the Lolita complex The meaning of landscape— human-made islands and the mystical power of water The hidden meaning of food—an anthropology of coffee and traditional cuisine From the deep-seated ancient beliefs of Kyoto to modern teen otaku culture, costume play and haute couture of Kobe and Osaka—Whelan delves below the surface to let readers eager to travel to Japan experience how art, science, faith and history swirl together in the Kansai region to produce this unique wellspring of Japanese culture.

A Cook's Journey

Author : Kurt Michael Friese
Publisher : Ice Cube Press
ISBN 13 : 9781888160390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book A Cook's Journey written by Kurt Michael Friese and published by Ice Cube Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Red Highways

Author : Rose Aguilar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317253140
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Red Highways written by Rose Aguilar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-01-08 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of speaking to like-minded people, San Francisco blogger and radio journalist Rose Aguilar quit her job, bought a Toyota van, picked up her boyfriend, and took off on a six-month road trip through southern and mountain states. There she interviewed a wide array of people who rarely, if ever, appear in the national media. They include a former Republican evangelical pastor who now preaches inclusion in Tulsa; anti-war, pro-choice, and green Republicans; and a Montana hunter planning to leave his job as a conservationist to fight for gay rights. This political travelogue challenges stereotypes and goes far beyond the sound bites and statistics to reveal what red-state voters really care about—and what they expect from their political leaders. As Aguilar writes in the first chapter, “We breathe the same air, we live under the same political system, we’ve probably seen the same television and news shows, and most of us grew up going to public schools; yet because we might vote differently once every four years, we find ourselves stereotyped in the national media and separated by red and blue borders.” Red Highways is a riveting examination of what matters most in the heartland, what makes it tick, and what issues get its citizens to vote.

Beyond My Wants, Beyond My Fears

Author : Kevin Thew Forrester
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780692705155
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Beyond My Wants, Beyond My Fears written by Kevin Thew Forrester and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond my Wants, Beyond my Fears: The Soul's Journey into the Heartland explores how it is we become a person of Being-the slow process of realizing our true nature: God's very essence. There is no one single way the soul travels into the deep heartland that is Being itself, yet her pilgrimage of realizing the truth of who she is is the Wisdom path itself, the way of being a Christic gem. We are being called home, but this calling is not to some outward sojourn. The calling is an invitation to commence the inner journey of the soul. The calling is a love-song of the heart, which is a harmonic chorus nuanced and enhanced by different times, cultures, and disciplines, intermingling in a continual counterpoint of completely whole, yet mutually enriching, melodic lines. This love-song leaves traces on our heart, like footprints on a path, which run like a golden thread through the history of spiritual seeking. Beyond my Wants traverses the Wisdom path along the beautiful refrains of the Christian mystic tradition and the Diamond Approach; refrains sounding as Deep calling unto Deep. The stories told are of walking, falling, rising, weeping, dancing, and much more. They are stories of the soul's journey home into the depth of her heart, becoming a person of Being.

Journeys Into the Heart and Heartland of Islam

Author : Marvin W. Heyboer
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434901882
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Journeys Into the Heart and Heartland of Islam written by Marvin W. Heyboer and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Roads of Oku

Author : Dennis Kawaharada
Publisher : Dennis Kawaharada
ISBN 13 : 9781500885113
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (851 download)

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Download or read book Roads of Oku written by Dennis Kawaharada and published by Dennis Kawaharada. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Between 2004 and 2014, Karen and I made a dozen trips to Japan, to revisit places I went to on my first trip in 1970 and to go to places related to family and ancestral histories and myths.... Inspired by the travels of Basho and Sora, we logged over 20,000 miles across the four main islands ... up to Cape Soya, at the northern tip of Hokaido, and down to Cape Kasasa, at the southwestern corner of Kyushu"-- Author's note.

Saved by Her Enemy

Author : Don Teague
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439170924
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Saved by Her Enemy written by Don Teague and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For her entire life, Rafraf, a devout Muslim, had been told that Americans were the enemy. Her understanding of the world, of her place in it, and of the United States had been steeped in the culture of Iraq under the rule of Saddam Hussein. Yet, in the midst of insurgents attempting to kidnap and kill her, she found herself on the receiving end of lifesaving help from those she considered her enemies. Rafraf suddenly finds herself living with a Christian family in the Bible Belt of America. Nothing had prepared her for this new reality—the life of a college student in a vastly foreign culture, in a community as far from her expectations as she could have imagined, and in a family that opens their hearts to enfold her. Saved by Her Enemy is a riveting journey of two very different people from opposite sides of the world, of faith, of experience, and of expectations. The dramatic intersection of their lives and their journey together is an inspiration to those who have ever felt there was more to life than the world they knew. A young Iraqi woman, an American war correspondent, and a true tale of friendship, faith, and family against the backdrop of war and the collision of cultures This is a story of a very unlikely friendship—between American war correspondent Don Teague and Rafraf Barrak, an Iraqi college girl who won a job as a translator for NBC during the early months of violence in the wake of the American invasion of Iraq. While covering a story together, the two were nearly killed by a bomb, an experience that created a bond between them that led them down a path neither could have imagined. What follows is a story of transformation, as Rafraf—from a devout Muslim family—becomes the target of terrorist threats to kidnap and murder her. Don and his fellow correspondents mobilize to help save her life and suddenly Rafraf finds herself on the receiving end of an offer for safety and a new life in the United States. Dramatically transplanted from the streets of Iraq to the Bible Belt of middle America, Rafraf finds everything that she knew—or thought she knew—about herself, her values, her world, even faith and family, turned upside down. Meanwhile, Don; his wife, Kiki; and their children discover they’ve embarked on an adventure with Rafraf that reshapes their lives. This captivating story inspires us all to join Don and Rafraf in discovering that there is far more to life than the world we know.

Cloud Road

Author : John Harrison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906998127
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Cloud Road written by John Harrison and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In every atlas there is a country missing from the maps of South America: the Andean nation. For five months John Harrison journeys through this secret country, walking alone into remote villages where he is the first gringo the inhabitants have ever seen, and where life continues as if Columbus had never sailed.

Bhutan Heartland

Author : Libby Lloyd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781921361746
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Bhutan Heartland written by Libby Lloyd and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning photographic journey goes straight to the heart of Bhutan - a country on the cusp of opening its doors to the West. It explores the culture, history, beliefs and dazzling Himalayan landscapes of the world's newest democracy taking us into the lives of its people as their country enters the modern world. The result is a book of brilliant and evocative photographs and stories about this remote mountain kingdom.

Under One Flag

Author : Amy George Rush
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781935806547
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book Under One Flag written by Amy George Rush and published by . This book was released on 2014-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To mark the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, a group of volunteers acknowledged the fallen by posting 2,996 American flags at a city park in St. Louis, Missouri. One of the flags honored New York City firefighter Michael Weinberg, a first responder who died at Ground Zero. In a twist of fate, Michael's flag went unnoticed at auction after the event but, as a result, would make a remarkable journey through the Midwest. Under One Flag: How 9/11 Inspired America's Heartland chronicles this journey with poignant, richly illustrated stories of American heroism and the conviction of those intent on paying tribute. Key among the latter are grassroots organizer Rick Randall and also Larry Eckhardt, known as "The Flag Man" for placing flags along the routes of soldiers' funerals. Through Larry's efforts, Michael's flag would fly in Preston, Iowa, to honor Marine Corporal Zach Reiff, who died serving his country in Afghanistan. Under One Flag shows how lives interweave when compassion serves as the common tie. It is the collective story of people who want nothing but give everything.

Hero of the Heartland

Author : Robert F. Martin
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253109521
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Hero of the Heartland written by Robert F. Martin and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2002-09-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Robert F. Martin demonstrates nicely that, beneath all of Billy Sunday's flamboyance, the orphan-turned-baseball player-turned-evangelist embodied the tensions of his age. Martin's prodigious research has yielded a wealth of anecdotal material that adds flavor and spice to his keen analysis." -- Randall Balmer, author of Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America William Ashley "Billy" Sunday was the most popular and influential evangelist of his time. Between 1896 and 1935, the colorful Iowa-born evangelist toured first his native Midwest and then the nation, preaching in tent and tabernacle, espousing a simplistic but, for many, deeply satisfying interpretation of Christianity. Embodying the traditional values and attitudes of the heartland and at home in an increasingly diverse, urban, industrial America, Sunday won the hearts -- and the pocketbooks -- of millions of Americans. Hero of the Heartland is an interpretive biography that focuses on the ways in which the man and his career resonated with the hopes and fears of his contemporaries as they coped with the economic, social, and cultural changes around the start of the 20th century. Robert F. Martin shows how Sunday and his revivalism helped his followers bridge the gap between the traditional past and the progressive future, and made more comfortable the transition from the old order to the new.

Shuri and T'Challa: Into the Heartlands (An Original Black Panther Graphic Novel)

Author : Roseanne A. Brown
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1338790919
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Shuri and T'Challa: Into the Heartlands (An Original Black Panther Graphic Novel) written by Roseanne A. Brown and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2022-04-19 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shuri and T'Challa set out to remove a curse from Wakanda in this action-packed, totally original graphic novel! Twelve-year-old Shuri is a lot of things. Scientist. Princess. All around cooler person than her pain-in-the-butt big brother, T’Challa. Shuri knows she could do so much more to help Wakanda, but everyone is obsessed with the prince because he’s the next Black Panther. That is, until Soul Washing Day, one of the most important rituals of Wakandan society. When an argument between T’Challa and Shuri leads to one of Shuri’s inventions accidentally destroying the sacred ceremony site, chaos reigns instead of prosperity. Suddenly the people of Wakanda, including her mother the queen, are becoming sick! Could this be a curse from the ancestors? Desperate to save her mother, Shuri dives into research and finds an answer hidden deep in an ancient children's myth. It may be nothing more than a fantasy, but with the sickness spreading each day, the young princess must trust her instincts and travel deep into the mysterious Heartlands to save her family and her kingdom. Joining Shuri on her journey is none other than a meddling T’Challa. If Shuri and T’Challa can set aside their jealousy and resentment of each other long enough to survive this journey, they might just discover that they are far more powerful together than they could ever be apart. But if they can’t face their fears in the Heartlands and lift the so-called curse, it may not be just the end for their family, but the end of Wakanda as they know it. No pressure, right?

Heartland

Author : Sarah Smarsh
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501133101
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Heartland written by Sarah Smarsh and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Finalist for the National Book Award* *Finalist for the Kirkus Prize* *Instant New York Times Bestseller* *Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR, New York Post, BuzzFeed, Shelf Awareness, Bustle, and Publishers Weekly* An essential read for our times: an eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America that will deepen our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country and “a deeply humane memoir that crackles with clarifying insight”.* Sarah Smarsh was born a fifth generation Kansas wheat farmer on her paternal side, and the product of generations of teen mothers on her maternal side. Through her experiences growing up on a farm thirty miles west of Wichita, we are given a unique and essential look into the lives of poor and working class Americans living in the heartland. During Sarah’s turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, she enjoyed the freedom of a country childhood, but observed the painful challenges of the poverty around her; untreated medical conditions for lack of insurance or consistent care, unsafe job conditions, abusive relationships, and limited resources and information that would provide for the upward mobility that is the American Dream. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves with clarity and precision but without judgement, Smarsh challenges us to look more closely at the class divide in our country. Beautifully written, in a distinctive voice, Heartland combines personal narrative with powerful analysis and cultural commentary, challenging the myths about people thought to be less because they earn less. “Heartland is one of a growing number of important works—including Matthew Desmond’s Evicted and Amy Goldstein’s Janesville—that together merit their own section in nonfiction aisles across the country: America’s postindustrial decline...Smarsh shows how the false promise of the ‘American dream’ was used to subjugate the poor. It’s a powerful mantra” *(The New York Times Book Review).

Lessons from the Heartland

Author : Barbara J. Miner
Publisher : The New Press
ISBN 13 : 1595588647
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book Lessons from the Heartland written by Barbara J. Miner and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2013-08-06 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Miner’s story of Milwaukee is filled with memorable characters . . . explores with consummate skill the dynamics of race, politics, and schools in our time.” —Mike Rose, author of The Mind at Work Weaving together the racially fraught history of public education in Milwaukee and the broader story of hypersegregation in the rust belt, Lessons from the Heartland tells of a city’s fall from grace—and its chance for redemption in the twenty-first century. A symbol of middle American working-class values, Wisconsin—and in particular urban Milwaukee—has been at the forefront of a half century of public education experiments, from desegregation and “school choice” to vouchers and charter schools. This book offers a sweeping narrative portrait of an all-American city at the epicenter of public education reform, and an exploration of larger issues of race and class in our democracy. The author, a former Milwaukee Journal reporter whose daughters went through the public school system, explores the intricate ways that jobs, housing, and schools intersect, underscoring the intrinsic link between the future of public schools and the dreams and hopes of democracy in a multicultural society. “A social history with the pulse and pace of a carefully crafted novel and a Dickensian cast of unforgettable characters. With the eye of an ethnographer, the instincts of a beat reporter, and the heart of a devoted mother and citizen activist, Miner has created a compelling portrait of a city, a time, and a people on the edge. This is essential reading.” —Bill Ayers, author of Teaching Toward Freedom “Eloquently captures the narratives of schoolchildren, parents, and teachers.” —Library Journal

Because It's Saturday

Author : Gavin Bell
Publisher : Pitch Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781785316463
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Because It's Saturday written by Gavin Bell and published by Pitch Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because it's Saturday is a compelling portrait of life in the professional grass roots of football, far from the glitz and glamour of Premier League superstars. Why does anyone travel from Grimsby to Accrington on a wet Tuesday night in November to watch players battling on a muddy pitch with more gusto than grace? How do teams survive in half-empty stadia, and how does a Cotswolds village side owned by an ex-hippy challenge the likes of Luton for promotion? Award-winning writer Gavin Bell spoke to the owners, managers, players and supporters of eight lower-league sides, over the course of a season, to discover the fierce passions and loyalties that sustain clubs unlikely to win anything other than the devotion of their fans. Going beyond the fields of dreams, Bell explores the communities for whom these clubs are more than football teams. From gritty northern towns blighted by post-industrial decline, to ivory towers of academia and a seaside resort riven by a fans' civil war - it's a rollercoaster ride of a season.

The World From Islam

Author : George Negus
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 0730491560
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The World From Islam written by George Negus and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenal bestseller on Islam from one of Australia's most trusted journalists and popular personalities. What is Islam? What is it that Muslims believe, and why? Why do they fight not just wars but jihads - holy wars? How great are the belief chasms between Muslims, Jews and Christians? George Negus has travelled extensively throughout the Middle East and Asia, from his days on Foreign Correspondent to the present, and has recently returned from the Middle East after researching both post-September 11 and post-Bali problems, and the Iraqi issues surrounding the Iraq war. In this book George dispels the myths and explores the mutual ignorance, beliefs, differences and philosophies concerning these religions, while explaining the entirely different way of life that is Islam. through his personal and professional contacts and experience with the Islamic world, he examines the issues that have set Islamic and non-Islamic worlds against each other.