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Biography, Religious biography, Christianity
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Growing up in the only Korean family in a Minnesota town, Michelle Lee-Barnewall has felt the pain of racial discrimination…
and the resulting identity confusion that follows. Through the telling of her personal story, she seeks to transcend the current divide between those who emphasize social justice concerns and those who believe these concerns compromise the core of the gospel.A Longing to Belong integrates a biblical worldview and personal experience on the topic of race and race relations. Lee-Barnewall writes as both a New Testament scholar and an Asian American who has personally experienced what it means to be racially marginalized, seeking to filter those experiences through the lens of the New Testament and what it has to say to us today about our Christian calling and our identity in Christ as a member of his body.A Longing to Belong spurs readers to consider what it means to live as racially distinctive people in a fallen world that abounds in misunderstanding and pain and is in desperate need of the gospel of grace, especially as manifested in the redeemed Christian community. This memoir extends the discussion beyond academic discussion of race relations and personal narratives by demonstrating how theology and experience are necessarily intertwined and mutually contribute to our understanding of race and our relationships with each other. Rather than arguing for one "side," Lee-Barnewall shares examples rooted in her own experience in light of an overarching kingdom theology.
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Biography, Christianity
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My Name Is Tani Young Readers Edition Educator's Guide is a companion to My Name Is Tani . . .…
And I Believe in Miracles Young Readers Edition by Tani Adewumi. This guide can be utilized in the classroom, in a home school setting, or by parents seeking additional resources. Ideal for grades 4th-6th.
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Biography, Ancient history, History, Careers and job hunting, Customs and cultures
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The jobs we've lost are windows into the past. This book spans the centuries of the professional fartists and the…
walking toilets, of the brave riders of the Pony Express, the lazy ornamental hermits, and many more. For grades 3-6
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Biography, Religion, Christianity, United States history
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"In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick.And this just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned…
to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel? Seeking to answer this question, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of Oral Roberts's life in a balanced and engaging narrative. This fresh biography covers Roberts's early life during the Great Depression in Oklahoma, his family's financial struggles during his early career as a Pentecostal preacher, his healing ministry's explosive growth in popularity via the new media of radio and television, and his empire's eventual collapse. Root pays special attention to how Roberts introduced the "prosperity gospel" to American Protestants with his affirmation that God intends his followers to be both spiritually and physically fulfilled."-- Amazon
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General fictionBiography, United States history
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The autobiography of Richard Rodgers, the dean of American musical theater, from the day he saw his first Broadway show…
in 1909 and was hooked, his only ambition thereafter was to compose for the stage. Though he began when he was sixteen, it was not until he was twenty-two that he achieved success with "The Gaieties." The rest is musical history
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Biography, Sports and games, Social issues
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"On the night in 1964 that Muhammad Ali stepped into the ring with Sonny Liston, he was widely regarded as…
an irritating freak who danced and talked way too much. Six rounds later Ali was not only the new world heavyweight boxing champion: he was "a new kind of black man" who would shortly transform America's racial politics, its popular culture, and its notions of heroism." -- Provided by publisher
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Disabilities, Biography, Health and medicine
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""For Catherine Raggio, any day can end in humiliation when, as a disabled woman, she falls frequently while pursuing the…
American Dream. Great Falls I've Taken is Catherine's insightful and often humorous account of surviving polio as a toddler and going on to become a leading advocate for people with disabilities. Traumatized by separation from her parents for over a year while recovering from polio, Catherine emerges with newfound strength. Though she often endures emotional pain when she takes a tumble while engaging in everyday activities, her story is a triumph of determination over such indignities. Catherine discovers joy in navigating dating, marriage, parenting, and a fulfilling career. She must always remain mindful, however, of the dangers lurking around each corner." -- Goodreads
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Social issues, Politics and government, Biography, United States history, Politics and government biography
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Keenly known for both his triumphs and his failures, Lyndon B. Johnson was one of the most complex and compelling…
presidents in US history. With engaging storytelling, Quirk paints a rich portrait of Johnson's presidency, celebrating the accomplishments of his Great Society programs while refusing to shy away from his catastrophic decisions regarding Vietnam and the summer riots of 1967. Larger Than Life presents striking parallels to today's political arena: an outsize character presiding over a divided nation but to different ends. For grades 5-8
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Frontier and pioneer life, Biography, United States history, Environment, United States travel and geography, Customs and cultures
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The author of Gold Rush Stories shares tales of the larger-than-life characters from the history of the legendary Sierra Nevada…
mountain range. With its 14,000-foot granite mountains, crystalline lakes, conifer forests, and hidden valleys, the Sierra Nevada has long been the domain of dreams, attracting the heroic and the delusional, the best of humanity and the worst. Stories abound, and characters emerge so outlandish and outrageous that they must be real. Adult. Some violence
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Social issues, Biography, War, History
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This book for young readers tells the true story of a family pet who served overseas in World War II…
and went on to serve as a friend to wounded veterans at home. For grades 2-4
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Biography, Social issues
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"The highly original, blistering, and unconventional memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sympathizer, which has now sold over…
one million copies worldwide. With insight, humor, formal invention, and lyricism, in A Man of Two Faces Viet Thanh Nguyen rewinds the film of his own life. He expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization, and ideas about Vietnam and America, writing with his trademark sardonic wit and incisive analysis, as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. At the age of four, Nguyen and his family are forced to flee his hometown of Ban Mê Thuot and come to the USA as refugees. After being removed from his brother and parents and homed with a family on his own, Nguyen is later allowed to resettle into his own family in suburban San José. But there is violence hidden behind the sunny facade of what he calls AMERICA TM. One Christmas Eve, when Nguyen is nine while watching cartoons at home, he learns that his parents have been shot while working at their grocery store, the SàiGòn Moi, a place where he sometimes helps price tins of fruit with a sticker gun. Years later, as a teenager, the blood-stirring drama of the films of the Vietnam War such as Apocalypse Now throws Nguyen into an existential crisis: how can he be both American and Vietnamese, both the killer and the person being killed? When he learns about an adopted sister who has stayed back in Vietnam, and ultimately visits her, he grows to understand just how much his parents have left behind. And as his parents age, he worries increasingly about their comfort and care and realizes that some of their older wounds are reopening. Profound in its emotions and brilliant in its thinking about cultural power, A Man of Two Faces explores the necessity of both forgetting and of memory, the promises America so readily makes and breaks, and the exceptional life story of one of the most original and important writers working today"-- Provided by publisher
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Sports and games, Biography
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"A portrait of life as a professional cyclist by the author, an international champion of the sport, this candid memoir…
follows his rise as a young racing star, his fall to the pervasive influence of performance-enhancing drugs, and his subsequent redemption. By his 18th birthday he was living and racing in France, sleeping in rented rooms, tipped to be the next English-speaking Tour de France winner. A year later he had realized the dream and signed a professional contract with the Cofidis team, who also had Lance Armstrong on their books. He perhaps lived the high life a little too enthusiastically; high on a roof after too much drink and too many sleeping pills, he broke his heel in a fall, and before anyone could utter the words blood booster, recreational drug use had tipped over into doping. Here, in this autobiography, he recounts the story from the inside: he doped because 'cycling's drug culture was like white noise', and because of peer pressure. 'I doped for money and glory in order to guarantee the continuation of my status.' Five years on from his arrest, he is clean and reflective, and holds nothing back in this account of his dark years." -- Provided by publisher
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True crime, Biography, Adventure and exploration
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A genuine glimpse into the life and times of a law enforcement officer in Reno, Nevada, from a 26-year member…
of the Washoe County Sheriff's Office with a foreword by Judge Mills Lane. Nevada author, Robert Laxalt used the author as the basis for his short story "The Law Comes to Virginia City," writing "I had found the living prototype of the legendary gunfighter...A truly fascinating story." Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Some violence
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Business and economics, Biography
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"What Are the Odds? is a raw, authentic account by a man many thought would never rise above his serial,…
addiction-fueled failures. Mike's gripping narrative transports readers from his small-town tavern with its colorful cast of "Regulars" to Mexico and a drug deal gone awry. From Las Vegas casinos, where Mike won and lost fortunes as a professional gambler, to a jail-cell beatdown. From failed rehabs to his 20-year marriage, an ideal union decimated by addiction. And finally, to the redemption of the most shameful moment of his life. An unvarnished account of the ravages of cocaine, crack, and gambling addiction, What Are the Odds? tells the improbable tale of how a small-town guy with a dream somehow made it a reality. More importantly, Mike opens up about the God who relentlessly chased him down, turning him from a casual believer to a passionate evangelist with an absolute, mathematical certainty that God is real. What Are the Odds? will not only speak to entrepreneurs and those struggling with addiction, but also to anyone looking for a message of hope."--Amazon.com
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Literature biography, Biography
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Born in 1907 in El Paso, Tom Lea has achieved distinction not only as an artist but also as the…
author of four novels, an autobiography, and a noteworthy two-volume history of the King Ranch. This book is the product of fifteen hours of recorded oral history under the auspices of the University of Texas at El Paso and it preserves the recollections of an extraordinary man. Of his long life, he says, "In mind and heart, I've had high adventure. In work I have found quietly abiding happiness as well as never-ending challenge."
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Biography
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Biography of noted author and columnist from Kentucky. For high school and adult readers
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United States history, Biography, Social issues, History, Bestsellers (Non-fiction)
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"Narratives written by enslaved Africans in America are few in number. Some are transformative, like that of Harriet Jacobs; others…
are lesser, like the brief one attributed to Harriet's brother, John S. Jacobs. The revelation, here, of a much longer, richer, and more radical version of John's story, is a major historical event. His work is all the more significant for having been written and published in Australia, outside the sanitizing and bowdlerizing influence of the American Abolitionist movement. Jacobs's full account is a startling and clear expression of the true thoughts, words, and wide-ranging experiences of a man once enslaved" -- Provided by publisher
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Frontier and pioneer life, Biography, Social issues, United States history, Historical biography, Adventurers and explorers
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This book highlights Esteban's importance in America's early history. What little we know about Esteban comes from Alvar Nunez Cabeza…
de Vaca and other Spanish chroniclers. The author dispels the myths and outright lies about Esteban. His biography emphasizes Esteban and gives him full credit for his courage and skill as a linguist and cultural intermediary who was trusted and respected by Indians from many tribes across the continent. Adult. Unrated
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Biography, Literature biography
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Reviews the major patterns of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer's life, personality, novels, and plays, detailing Wilder's relationships with celebrities and…
friends and the key events of his long career. Adult. Unrated
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Biography
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Denied college, Beverly Donofrio lost interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking and smoking, and rebelling against…
authority. She got married and divorced and finally ended up in an elite New England university, books in one arm, child in the other. A book about the compromise between being your own person and fitting into society. Adult. Unrated