Author: John Gunther
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
Death be Not Proud
The Black Student's Guide to Graduate and Professional School Success
Author: Vernon L. Farmer
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313058067
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This guide is designed to help black students prepare for standardized tests, negotiate admissions, find a faculty mentor, choose a field of study, select the best curriculum, adjust to the campus, master technology, engage in research and publishing, secure graduate assistantships, develop a global identity, maintain black pride and self esteem, and interact with other cultural groups. What are the models of success for black students in graduate and professional school careers? What should be expected and prepared for? What struggles lie ahead, and how have others overcome the obstacles? This guide is designed to help black students prepare for standardized tests, negotiate admissions, find a faculty mentor, choose a field of study, select the best curriculum, adjust to the campus, master technology, engage in research and publishing, secure graduate assistantships, develop a global identity, maintain black pride and self esteem, and interact with other cultural groups. In the first section of this guide, 21 scholars offer sound, nuts-and-bolts advice on preparing for-and excelling in-graduate and professional school. In the second section, 40 scholars from varied professions share the personal experiences that led to their successes. In the third section, current students recount their problems, solutions, and overall achievements. Their essays embody the advice and information provided in previous chapters, humanizing and reinforcing the themes of the entire book. Their success may begin in theory, but their stories and accomplishments are real. The primary audience for this guide consists of black undergraduates, black graduate students both prospective and current, deans of graduate and professional schools, graduate admissions counselors and recruiters, faculty advisors, and collegiate coaches in both predominantly black and white higher education institutions. The secondary audience includes high school students, parents, teachers, coaches, guidance counselors, and civic, community, and religious organizations.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313058067
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
This guide is designed to help black students prepare for standardized tests, negotiate admissions, find a faculty mentor, choose a field of study, select the best curriculum, adjust to the campus, master technology, engage in research and publishing, secure graduate assistantships, develop a global identity, maintain black pride and self esteem, and interact with other cultural groups. What are the models of success for black students in graduate and professional school careers? What should be expected and prepared for? What struggles lie ahead, and how have others overcome the obstacles? This guide is designed to help black students prepare for standardized tests, negotiate admissions, find a faculty mentor, choose a field of study, select the best curriculum, adjust to the campus, master technology, engage in research and publishing, secure graduate assistantships, develop a global identity, maintain black pride and self esteem, and interact with other cultural groups. In the first section of this guide, 21 scholars offer sound, nuts-and-bolts advice on preparing for-and excelling in-graduate and professional school. In the second section, 40 scholars from varied professions share the personal experiences that led to their successes. In the third section, current students recount their problems, solutions, and overall achievements. Their essays embody the advice and information provided in previous chapters, humanizing and reinforcing the themes of the entire book. Their success may begin in theory, but their stories and accomplishments are real. The primary audience for this guide consists of black undergraduates, black graduate students both prospective and current, deans of graduate and professional schools, graduate admissions counselors and recruiters, faculty advisors, and collegiate coaches in both predominantly black and white higher education institutions. The secondary audience includes high school students, parents, teachers, coaches, guidance counselors, and civic, community, and religious organizations.
The Black Bearded Barbarian
Author: Mary Esther Miller MacGregor
Publisher: Foreign Mission Committee, Presbyterian Church in Canada
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher: Foreign Mission Committee, Presbyterian Church in Canada
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Nominations Hearing
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
The Fairy Stepmother Inc.
Author: Maggie Hoyt
Publisher: Quill
ISBN: 1947848623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Evelyn Radcliffe isn’t a wicked stepmother. She’s just out of her depth. While her friends in finishing school learned superior sweeping and threadspinning skills, Evelyn read economics textbooks. While they focused on snagging elite noblemen to marry, Evelyn attended Furnival’s Halle for Sounde Business Procedures. But instead of running her own consulting firm as she planned, Evelyn finds herself twice widowed with two teenage girls who are much more interested in royal weddings than business or profits. With money running out and opportunities dwindling, Evelyn reluctantly turns to finding husbands for her girls. Apparently, finding a carriage, a ball gown, and glass slippers are all in a day’s work for a stepmother. And if there’s profit to be made, Evelyn Radcliffe is the woman to find it.
Publisher: Quill
ISBN: 1947848623
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Evelyn Radcliffe isn’t a wicked stepmother. She’s just out of her depth. While her friends in finishing school learned superior sweeping and threadspinning skills, Evelyn read economics textbooks. While they focused on snagging elite noblemen to marry, Evelyn attended Furnival’s Halle for Sounde Business Procedures. But instead of running her own consulting firm as she planned, Evelyn finds herself twice widowed with two teenage girls who are much more interested in royal weddings than business or profits. With money running out and opportunities dwindling, Evelyn reluctantly turns to finding husbands for her girls. Apparently, finding a carriage, a ball gown, and glass slippers are all in a day’s work for a stepmother. And if there’s profit to be made, Evelyn Radcliffe is the woman to find it.
Reaching for Heaven
Author: Rebecca Browder
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475928149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Reaching for Heaven chronicles Rebecca Browder's struggle with the Proteus syndrome, a condition that involves atypical growth of the bones, skin, head, and a variety of other symptoms. Rebecca is dedicated to learning as much as she can and to sharing a positive outlook on life through her faith in her Savior, Jesus Christ. She has learned to overcome overwhelming obstacles because of her malformation and medial disabilities manifested by the Proteus syndrome. Rebecca seeks to reach out to others who may be struggling with a disability or with a challenging life. By letting people know that they are not alone, Rebecca believes she is fulfilling God's purpose for her. She believes that God doesn't take anything away from us to make us sad or hurt us, but rather to make us stronger so that we can reach out to others and treat them with loving kindness. Rebecca's story is one of strength, challenges, and the understanding that God has something better in store for her. It has been challenging for her to go from being able to walk to being bed bound, but she understands that sometimes we have to accept the hardest things in life in order to receive better things in the future. Our faith and trust in God can carry us through our difficulties.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475928149
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Reaching for Heaven chronicles Rebecca Browder's struggle with the Proteus syndrome, a condition that involves atypical growth of the bones, skin, head, and a variety of other symptoms. Rebecca is dedicated to learning as much as she can and to sharing a positive outlook on life through her faith in her Savior, Jesus Christ. She has learned to overcome overwhelming obstacles because of her malformation and medial disabilities manifested by the Proteus syndrome. Rebecca seeks to reach out to others who may be struggling with a disability or with a challenging life. By letting people know that they are not alone, Rebecca believes she is fulfilling God's purpose for her. She believes that God doesn't take anything away from us to make us sad or hurt us, but rather to make us stronger so that we can reach out to others and treat them with loving kindness. Rebecca's story is one of strength, challenges, and the understanding that God has something better in store for her. It has been challenging for her to go from being able to walk to being bed bound, but she understands that sometimes we have to accept the hardest things in life in order to receive better things in the future. Our faith and trust in God can carry us through our difficulties.
I Hate Home, I Hate School! a Letter to My Dad
Author: Willie J. Brown III
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491819650
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Rockhead the Great: I Hate Home, I Hate School is a powerful testimonial that many kids in America can relate to. It tells the story of a young boys early struggle with home and the academic rigors of school. The death of his father, an alcoholic mother, and several learning challenges could not keep Rockhead the Great from dreaming big. Growing up in a rural, South Georgia community, It took a village to help our main character succeed. Determined to be successful, Rockhead chose to use a love of church, school, and the game of baseball as his way out of his bad situation. After losing his dad and refocusing his energies, school became a place of refuge for our main character. Teachers became his guides, leading him to greener pastures.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491819650
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 25
Book Description
Rockhead the Great: I Hate Home, I Hate School is a powerful testimonial that many kids in America can relate to. It tells the story of a young boys early struggle with home and the academic rigors of school. The death of his father, an alcoholic mother, and several learning challenges could not keep Rockhead the Great from dreaming big. Growing up in a rural, South Georgia community, It took a village to help our main character succeed. Determined to be successful, Rockhead chose to use a love of church, school, and the game of baseball as his way out of his bad situation. After losing his dad and refocusing his energies, school became a place of refuge for our main character. Teachers became his guides, leading him to greener pastures.
Street Blues
Author: John L. Taylor Jr.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477121404
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
THE GOOD NEWS OF DELIVERANCE The Lord has filled me with his spirit. He has chosen me and sent me to bring good news to the poor to heal the broken hearted, to announce release the captives and freedom to those in prison. He has sent me to proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will save his people and defeat their enemies. He has sent me to comfort all who mourns. My book is biblical encouraging, educational,inspiring, and beneficial to all. This book is for the readers encouragement and inspiration of my experience, strength and hope. Based on a true story, I talk about real life issues to embrace the readers heart and soul. Trusting only in God for my understanding. This book will tell you what I went through, how it was, how I overcame and how it is now. This book will change your whole outlook on dealing with life on its terms. Letting go and letting God is the key to a better life and you shall find it to be true. It helps you to find yourself dealing with your defects of character that you thought you never had and those you would like to get rid of. Your faith can carry you a long way because all things are possible through God our higher power. This book is written in a poetic and vertical form explaining my emotions, feelings, and deep thoughts on both ways of sharing in my experience, strength and hope.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1477121404
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 55
Book Description
THE GOOD NEWS OF DELIVERANCE The Lord has filled me with his spirit. He has chosen me and sent me to bring good news to the poor to heal the broken hearted, to announce release the captives and freedom to those in prison. He has sent me to proclaim that the time has come when the Lord will save his people and defeat their enemies. He has sent me to comfort all who mourns. My book is biblical encouraging, educational,inspiring, and beneficial to all. This book is for the readers encouragement and inspiration of my experience, strength and hope. Based on a true story, I talk about real life issues to embrace the readers heart and soul. Trusting only in God for my understanding. This book will tell you what I went through, how it was, how I overcame and how it is now. This book will change your whole outlook on dealing with life on its terms. Letting go and letting God is the key to a better life and you shall find it to be true. It helps you to find yourself dealing with your defects of character that you thought you never had and those you would like to get rid of. Your faith can carry you a long way because all things are possible through God our higher power. This book is written in a poetic and vertical form explaining my emotions, feelings, and deep thoughts on both ways of sharing in my experience, strength and hope.
Fundamentals of Internet of Things for Non-Engineers
Author: Rebecca Lee Hammons
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000007170
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The IoT is the next manifestation of the Internet. The trend started by connecting computers to computers, progressed to connecting people to people, and is now moving to connect everything to everything. The movement started like a race—with a lot of fanfare, excitement, and cheering. We’re now into the work phase, and we have to figure out how to make the dream come true. The IoT will have many faces and involve many fields as it progresses. It will involve technology, design, security, legal policy, business, artificial intelligence, design, Big Data, and forensics; about any field that exists now. This is the reason for this book. There are books in each one of these fields, but the focus was always "an inch wide and a mile deep." There’s a need for a book that will introduce the IoT to non-engineers and allow them to dream of the possibilities and explore the work venues in this area. The book had to be "a mile wide and a few inches deep." The editors met this goal by engaging experts from a number of fields and asking them to come together to create an introductory IoT book. Fundamentals of Internet of Things for Non-Engineers Provides a comprehensive view of the current fundamentals and the anticipated future trends in the realm of Internet of Things from a practitioner’s point of view Brings together a variety of voices with subject matter expertise in these diverse topical areas to provide leaders, students, and lay persons with a fresh worldview of the Internet of Things and the background to succeed in related technology decision-making Enhances the reader’s experience through a review of actual applications of Internet of Things end points and devices to solve business and civic problems along with notes on lessons learned Prepares readers to embrace the Internet of Things era and address complex business, social, operational, educational, and personal systems integration questions and opportunities
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000007170
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 494
Book Description
The IoT is the next manifestation of the Internet. The trend started by connecting computers to computers, progressed to connecting people to people, and is now moving to connect everything to everything. The movement started like a race—with a lot of fanfare, excitement, and cheering. We’re now into the work phase, and we have to figure out how to make the dream come true. The IoT will have many faces and involve many fields as it progresses. It will involve technology, design, security, legal policy, business, artificial intelligence, design, Big Data, and forensics; about any field that exists now. This is the reason for this book. There are books in each one of these fields, but the focus was always "an inch wide and a mile deep." There’s a need for a book that will introduce the IoT to non-engineers and allow them to dream of the possibilities and explore the work venues in this area. The book had to be "a mile wide and a few inches deep." The editors met this goal by engaging experts from a number of fields and asking them to come together to create an introductory IoT book. Fundamentals of Internet of Things for Non-Engineers Provides a comprehensive view of the current fundamentals and the anticipated future trends in the realm of Internet of Things from a practitioner’s point of view Brings together a variety of voices with subject matter expertise in these diverse topical areas to provide leaders, students, and lay persons with a fresh worldview of the Internet of Things and the background to succeed in related technology decision-making Enhances the reader’s experience through a review of actual applications of Internet of Things end points and devices to solve business and civic problems along with notes on lessons learned Prepares readers to embrace the Internet of Things era and address complex business, social, operational, educational, and personal systems integration questions and opportunities
Get Lit Rising
Author: Diane Luby Lane
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582705771
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Get to know the Get Lit Players--a group of teens who use poetry to take on the world--with this common-core aligned book that sheds light on teen issues through their own poetry and slam poetry performances. The Get Lit Players include teens who are homeless, autistic, have parents in jail, battle with weightand body issues, depression, and more. But they use the power of poetry to pursue lives of promise and to reach out to friends, families, and communities ... Each chapter offers questions, writing prompts, and how-tos for readers to set their own inner poet free. Ending with a section for parents and educators featuring the curriculum that ... shows how to get teens excited about poetry and how to create poetry groups and slams in their own communities"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1582705771
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
"Get to know the Get Lit Players--a group of teens who use poetry to take on the world--with this common-core aligned book that sheds light on teen issues through their own poetry and slam poetry performances. The Get Lit Players include teens who are homeless, autistic, have parents in jail, battle with weightand body issues, depression, and more. But they use the power of poetry to pursue lives of promise and to reach out to friends, families, and communities ... Each chapter offers questions, writing prompts, and how-tos for readers to set their own inner poet free. Ending with a section for parents and educators featuring the curriculum that ... shows how to get teens excited about poetry and how to create poetry groups and slams in their own communities"--Provided by publisher.