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Author: Koi Fresco Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781533560629 Category : Languages : en Pages : 196
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Half life story. Half guide to awakening. "A (Not So) Enlightened Youth" describes the life of Koi Fresco and his methodology towards changing one's life for the better. From addictions to convictions and finally to a conscious awakening, follow the journey first hand as it transitions in real time. A journey that transforms into what Koi calls, "The Guide to Finding Yourself." As a creator of educational content online, Koi has amassed millions of views on his videos regarding science, spirituality, philosophy and more. This is Koi Fresco's first book.
Author: Koi Fresco Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781533560629 Category : Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Half life story. Half guide to awakening. "A (Not So) Enlightened Youth" describes the life of Koi Fresco and his methodology towards changing one's life for the better. From addictions to convictions and finally to a conscious awakening, follow the journey first hand as it transitions in real time. A journey that transforms into what Koi calls, "The Guide to Finding Yourself." As a creator of educational content online, Koi has amassed millions of views on his videos regarding science, spirituality, philosophy and more. This is Koi Fresco's first book.
Author: Jamie Margolin Publisher: Hachette Go ISBN: 0738246670 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 228
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"Jamie Margolin is among the powerful and inspiring youth activists leading a movement to demand urgent action on the climate crisis. With determined purpose and moral clarity, Jamie is pushing political leaders to develop ambitious plans to confront this existential threat to humanity. Youth To Power is an essential how-to for anyone of any age who feels called to act to protect our planet for future generations." --- Former Vice President Al Gore Climate change activist and Zero Hour cofounder Jamie Margolin offers the essential guide to changemaking for young people. The 1963 Children's March. The 2016 Dakota Access Pipeline protests. March for Our Lives, and School Strike for Climate. What do all these social justice movements have in common?They were led by passionate, informed, engaged young people. Jamie Margolin has been organizing and protesting since she was fourteen years old. Now the co-leader of a global climate action movement, she knows better than most how powerful a young person can be. You don't have to be able to vote or hold positions of power to change the world. In Youth to Power, Jamie presents the essential guide to changemaking, with advice on writing and pitching op-eds, organizing successful events and peaceful protests, time management as a student activist, utilizing social and traditional media to spread a message, and sustaining long-term action. She features interviews with prominent young activists including Tokata Iron Eyes of the #NoDAPL movement and Nupol Kiazolu of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, who give guidance on handling backlash, keeping your mental health a priority, and how to avoid getting taken advantage of. Jamie walks readers through every step of what effective, healthy, intersectional activism looks like. Young people have a lot to say, and Youth to Power will give you the tools to raise your voice.
Author: Mircea Eliade Publisher: ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 336
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Three novellas set in Romania. In "The Cape," a saboteur prints phony copies of the Romanian party organ, Scinteia, antedating them by three years. The secret police, highly agitated, deduce that a worldwide peace organization is sending coded messages through the paper, derived from the beatitudes. In "Youth Without Youth," an old man is struck by a bolt of lightning and becomes young again. Now endowed with a fantastic memory and comprehension, he receives "thought" messages from the supernatural. "Nineteen Roses" concerns the secretary of a famous writer who finds himself reliving an experience that happened to his employer 30 years ago. The writer disappears and is presumed dead, but is he?
Author: Larry K. Brendtro Publisher: ISBN: Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 188
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Based on the book by the same title, the Reclaiming Youth at Risk video workshop takes viewers inside two schools and two residential treatment centers that have experienced great success in creating environments that allow young people to transfrom crisis into opportunity and failure into success.
Author: Talia Leman Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1451664893 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 272
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You can be greater than you know how to be. In a world where you are pushed to know more, this book will prove that your greatest asset is often not knowing. In a world where you are told it’s all in the planning, this book will encourage you to keep your cart ahead of your horse and allow your dreams to lead you. In a world where you are told you need to become someone, this book will show you that you already are someone. The author—the foremost accidental expert on this subject—is Talia Leman. A high school student. Runner in the rain. Science enthusiast. World changer. Random kid. Writing with infectious enthusiasm, humor, and resoluteness, she shares her secrets to being more than you know how to be, including Don’t Line Up Your Ducks, Sideways Is a Better Way to Go Forward, and Too Many Cooks Is the Right Number. In this unexpectedly poignant, strikingly honest, and informative guide, Talia Leman shows you how to make room for life’s surprises, demonstrating that everyone has what it takes to make a difference for anything that matters to them. A Random Book about the Power of ANYone will move you to rethink and reimagine what’s possible, one random inspiration, one random idea, one random person at a time.
Author: Luke S. Kennedy Publisher: ISBN: 9780992516604 Category : Businessmen Languages : en Pages : 320
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'Dying in the back of a screaming ambulance, my main concern was to live, not because I loved life but because I wanted to be around to hear the story of my survival. This was all just a popularity contest. The fights, the crews and the graffiti were all just ways to be talked about. That was my life.' At the age of 15, Luke Kennedy, an overweight kid from Sydney's southern suburbs, fell into graffiti tagging. Soon he'd dropped out of school to spend all his time with his crew, bombing trains and train lines, thieving, drinking, taking drugs and - Luke's specialty - street fighting.Nothing could stop 'Punchy' (Luke's tag and nickname). He was notorious for taking the biggest risks, drinking the most and fighting anyone who dissed his crew. Punchy was stabbed in the chest and glassed in the head. Some of his friends ended up in jail; others ended up dead.When he was busted bombing a train in Melbourne, a prison sentence looked certain. But a judge gave Punchy one more chance. This time, he took it.Luke quit graffiti, drugs and alcohol and lost 47 kilos. His journey from overweight, drunk street thug to fit, sober and successful business owner whose focus is on helping others turn their lives around is gripping, powerful - and absolutely inspiring. Selling points· powerful, true story that shines a light on topical issues of tagging, alcohol and violence· topic sure to attract media coverage· promotion by PR and media consultant Deb McInnes· highly motivated and promotable author· ongoing program of author visits to schools planned
Author: Eric Sevareid Publisher: Diversion Books ISBN: 1635763495 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 681
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"For anyone even remotely interested in American literature and journalism, Not So Wild a Dream is a must-read, and a joy."– Dan Rather In this captivating first-person account, Eric Sevareid describes in thrilling detail his time as a journalist covering international affairs during World War II. From a young man in North Dakota to an instrumental figure in establishing CBS as an international news organization, Sevareid witnessed the shaping of America’s journalistic landscape. His experiences provide an invaluable glimpse into the trials and tribulations of a dogged reporter. With current distrust of the press on the rise, Sevareid’s insight is poignant and all the more necessary. "The book is an excellent sketch of the war's progress, and a thoughtful personal record of Mr. Sevareid's adventures--one of the most far ranging war correspondent journals yet published."– Library Journal
Author: Hanya Yanagihara Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0804172706 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 833
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A stunning “portrait of the enduring grace of friendship” (NPR) about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. A masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century. NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • MAN BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST • WINNER OF THE KIRKUS PRIZE A Little Life follows four college classmates—broke, adrift, and buoyed only by their friendship and ambition—as they move to New York in search of fame and fortune. While their relationships, which are tinged by addiction, success, and pride, deepen over the decades, the men are held together by their devotion to the brilliant, enigmatic Jude, a man scarred by an unspeakable childhood trauma. A hymn to brotherly bonds and a masterful depiction of love in the twenty-first century, Hanya Yanagihara’s stunning novel is about the families we are born into, and those that we make for ourselves. Look for Hanya Yanagihara’s latest bestselling novel, To Paradise.
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