Author: Matt Faulkner
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416916296
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48

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Author: James McBride
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1408832496
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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From the New York Times bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and The Good Lord Bird, winner of the National Book Award for Fiction: The modern classic that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation and that launched James McBride's literary career. More than two years on The New York Times bestseller list. As a boy in Brooklyn's Red Hook projects, James McBride knew his mother was different. But when he asked her about it, she'd simply say 'I'm light-skinned.' Later he wondered if he was different too, and asked his mother if he was black or white. 'You're a human being! Educate yourself or you'll be a nobody!' she snapped back. And when James asked about God, she told him 'God is the color of water.' This is the remarkable story of an eccentric and determined woman: a rabbi's daughter, born in Poland and raised in the Deep South who fled to Harlem, married a black preacher, founded a Baptist church and put twelve children through college. A celebration of resilience, faith and forgiveness, The Color of Water is an eloquent exploration of what family really means.

Author: James McBride
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 159448192X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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From the bestselling author of Deacon King Kong and the National Book Award-winning The Good Lord Bird: The modern classic that spent more than two years on The New York Times bestseller list and that Oprah.com calls one of the best memoirs of a generation. Who is Ruth McBride Jordan? A self-declared "light-skinned" woman evasive about her ethnicity, yet steadfast in her love for her twelve black children. James McBride, journalist, musician, and son, explores his mother's past, as well as his own upbringing and heritage, in a poignant and powerful debut, The Color Of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. The son of a black minister and a woman who would not admit she was white, James McBride grew up in "orchestrated chaos" with his eleven siblings in the poor, all-black projects of Red Hook, Brooklyn. "Mommy," a fiercely protective woman with "dark eyes full of pep and fire," herded her brood to Manhattan's free cultural events, sent them off on buses to the best (and mainly Jewish) schools, demanded good grades, and commanded respect. As a young man, McBride saw his mother as a source of embarrassment, worry, and confusion—and reached thirty before he began to discover the truth about her early life and long-buried pain. In The Color of Water, McBride retraces his mother's footsteps and, through her searing and spirited voice, recreates her remarkable story. The daughter of a failed itinerant Orthodox rabbi, she was born Rachel Shilsky (actually Ruchel Dwara Zylska) in Poland on April 1, 1921. Fleeing pogroms, her family emigrated to America and ultimately settled in Suffolk, Virginia, a small town where anti-Semitism and racial tensions ran high. With candor and immediacy, Ruth describes her parents' loveless marriage; her fragile, handicapped mother; her cruel, sexually-abusive father; and the rest of the family and life she abandoned. At seventeen, after fleeing Virginia and settling in New York City, Ruth married a black minister and founded the all- black New Brown Memorial Baptist Church in her Red Hook living room. "God is the color of water," Ruth McBride taught her children, firmly convinced that life's blessings and life's values transcend race. Twice widowed, and continually confronting overwhelming adversity and racism, Ruth's determination, drive and discipline saw her dozen children through college—and most through graduate school. At age 65, she herself received a degree in social work from Temple University. Interspersed throughout his mother's compelling narrative, McBride shares candid recollections of his own experiences as a mixed-race child of poverty, his flirtations with drugs and violence, and his eventual self- realization and professional success. The Color of Water touches readers of all colors as a vivid portrait of growing up, a haunting meditation on race and identity, and a lyrical valentine to a mother from her son.

Author: Michael Solovyev
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781647864835
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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Michael SolovyevColored WaterBasic Watercolor Techniques:A Guide from Scratch

Author: Solon Phillips JD/MBA
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490758534
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Solon Phillips, JD/MBA, has a unique, yet powerful and convincing writing style. He uses his research and legal writing skills learned as a member of Law Review to write a riveting book that captures all aspects of marriage and divorce. In this book, Solon makes compelling arguments in a subtle yet convincing way, to spouses, state legislators, pastors, and therapists. It will be interesting to see how the world receives the truths and arguments presented in this powerful book. As a therapist, it is essential that all mental health professionals read Colored Water. Not only will it enrich your personal life, but it will elevate you to a better mental health professional.---Terrance Woodbury, MSW This book is a ministry! Not only to the married and unmarried, but to pastors and elders as well. A must read, especially for all church leaders.---Pastor Melvyn Hayden III This book will make you laugh, cry, think, and at times cry out the name of Jesus! The truths written in this book is nothing short of astonishing. Colored Water is what the world needs today.--Anita Hill, Journalist Traditional values and morals continue to erode. Divorce, adultery, children out of wedlock have all become normal and acceptable. But God did not design it to be this way. Solon Phillips takes a hard look at these issues in this book. Hopefully readers will be guided in the right direction after reading Colored Water. -Daryl F. Mallett, Founder of Malachi 2:16 Marriage Ministries.

Author: Calvin James
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781737178903
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42

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A great flood has remade the planet, but when Asher finds a sign that reads, 'Colored' Water Fountain, he sets out on a quest to uncover its meaning.

Author: Kerby Rosanes
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735211094
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 98

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Fans of adult coloring books will love the intricate, imaginative illustrations of mythological creatures including dragons, unicorns, griffins, and more in this extreme coloring and search challenge book—the perfect gift for coloring addicts. The awesomely detailed style fans have come to know and love through Kerby Rosanes' New York Times bestselling coloring books—Animorphia, Imagimorphia, Fantomorphia, and Geomorphia—comes to vivid life in this coloring book featuring mythical creatures that morph and explode into astounding detail. Bring each imagination-bending image alive with color and find the objects hidden throughout the pages of this fantastical coloring book.

Author: Johanna Basford
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0143130927
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 122

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An all-new iteration of the adult coloring book—a gorgeously hand-illustrated storybook for readers to color and cherish, both an enchanting tale and a one-of-a-kind keepsake From coloring book queen Johanna Basford comes a new spin on the world of adult coloring: a lavishly illustrated fable about a little girl named Ivy who stumbles upon a secret door leading to the magical world of Enchantia. Ivy embarks on a quest through its many realms in pursuit of her inky butterfly, meeting whimsical characters and discovering many wondrous things along the way. A charming story that interacts playfully with beautiful, colorable artwork in Johanna's signature style, Ivy and the Inky Butterfly is a one-of-a-kind adventure for readers of all ages to customize, color, and cherish. Printed on specially selected ivory paper. This paper has been specifically created for Johanna Basford’s coloring books. It has a medium tooth which is perfect for creating beautiful colored pencil effects or chalk pastel backgrounds but also wonderful for pens, which will glide effortlessly over its surface.

Author: Craig Letourneau
Publisher: Colour School of Publishing
ISBN: 9781931780100
Category : Color in art
Languages : en
Pages : 64

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The Colour Notes series is aimed at the keen amateur artist struggling, as always, to mix and use colour. A series of paintings and studies is shown with full guidance given to mixing and applying the colours used. Following very extensive research the subjects have been carefully chosen to answer the most commonly expressed questions. The artist will collect the books in order to cover the wide range of subjects tackled.

Author: Vivian Dumashie
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491831944
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 15

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The story of Vivian, her brother John Jr. and their cousin Sylvia as they traveled from Harlem New York to their grandparents home in South Carolina for the summer. After a long train ride, a thirsty Vivian asked the station master for a water fountain, and what she found shocked her. A poignant tale of civil rights era America as seen through the eyes of a girl, to serve as a lesson to children of some of the issues that were faced during the civil rights era.