Author: Joann Merritt Schofield-Childs Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1462037003 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 233
Book Description
This is an autobiography honestly sketched in faith and love celebrating a dream come true. This book is recommended not only for family, friends and Afrikans of the Diaspora with the desire to be in Afrika but also for those of the continent, especially Ghana, who can glean the recognition of their hospitality, and to note also the shortcomings which they take for granted and of which the author has shown understanding and tolerance. Professor G. Sodah Ayernor, PhD, President, Afrikan Renaissance Foundation In the pages that follow the reader will come to admire Adjoa for sharing so many of the intimate details of her life in Ghana! We see her grow spiritually, emotionally, socially and intellectually. This autobiography is a love story between two mature adults. It is a spiritual awakening for Adjoa who learns to trust the God within! It is an inspirational account of faith in the goodness of humanity! It is an identity narrative about discovering what it means to be African. Lastly, it is a coming of age talein Ghana Adjoa learned to embrace her own agency as a woman of African descent! Nancy J. Fairley
Author: Ben Cohen Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473528232 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 321
Book Description
Ben Cohen’s dad didn’t know anything about the sport his young son had taken up, but he was happy to drive him to practice, and was soon helping out at the club. When his business went bankrupt money was tight, but Ben’s hard working parents inspired their son to put his all into rugby. Then, when Ben was 20, his father intervened in a fight in the nightclub where he worked. He was viciously beaten and one month later he died in hospital. Ben was doing an England press conference at the time, and it was down to coach Clive Woodward to deliver the devastating news. But the ordeal was far from over. The inquest lasted five months before the funeral could be held, and it was a year before the family were in court, facing Peter’s assailants. Ben put all of the anger and pain from his father’s death into his rugby. Fast and powerful on the wing, he was soon the best in the world in his position and a cornerstone of the England team, culminating in the legendary World Cup win in Sydney in 2003. And yet he always felt like an outsider. Most people didn’t know that Ben is clinically deaf. His sixth sense for the game got him through on the pitch, but off it his poor hearing was often taken for arrogance. This is an inspirational story of passion and pain; of the highs of achieving your goals, and the grief of losing something you can never get back.
Author: Sandra Kring Publisher: Delta ISBN: 0385338139 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 290
Book Description
The love of family. The heartbreak of war. The triumph of coming home. 1940. Rural Wisconsin. Sixteen-year-old Earl “Earwig” Gunderman is not like other boys his age. Fiercely protected by his older brother, Earwig sees his town and the world around him through the prism of his own unique understanding. He sees his mother’s sadness and his father’s growing solitude. He sees his brother, Jimmy, falling in love with the most beautiful girl in town. And while Earwig is unable to make change for customers at his family’s store, he is singularly well suited to understand what other people in his town cannot: that life as they know it is about to change; the coming war will touch them all. For Jimmy will enlist in the military. And Earwig will watch his parents’ marriage buckle under the strain of a family secret. And when Jimmy returns–a fractured shadow of his former self–it is Earwig’s turn to care for him. His struggles to right the wrongs visited upon his revered older brother by war, women, and life are at once heartwarming and riotously funny. Their family and town irrevocably altered, Earwig and Jimmy fight to find their own places in a world changed forever.
Author: Messengers Of Peace, Et al Publisher: tredition ISBN: 3347600975 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 1825
Book Description
Some of the great literary works such as the Bible and Indian epics, among others, provide society with the guiding principles of life. Works by poets have always entertained their readers and will continue to do so. The Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, A Tale of Two Cities, Harry Potter, and James Bond have been among the best-selling books of all time for many generations. While some literary and poetic works carry life lessons, many others make us think. Some works are known for the sheer entertainment they provide, while others intrigue. Many works of literature establish a strong connection with their audience through the stories they tell or the message they convey. Readers tend to associate themselves with the emotions described in these works and participate emotionally. Literature therefore has a profound impact on the minds of readers and, in turn, on their lives! A Melody Called Africa reminds the human society that strong and integrated works of literature and art can improve our lives and answer the big weary questions of the mankind.
Author: Q Taylor Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 1450269664 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 173
Book Description
Oquendo Taylors inspirational poetry offers encouragement and enlightenment for the heart, mind and spirit. Also touching tough realities of love, loss anger, and pain, this collection of poems show a way forward: moving out of the troubled past into a bright future where a new generation can achieve happiness, forgiveness, and inner strength. Based on the struggles of one mans life, these poems of different styles and verbal rhythms lead the way to love and moral fulfillment.
Author: Prof. Sydney Ugwunna Publisher: ShieldCrest ISBN: 1910176893 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages : 429
Book Description
This book gives one of the most comprehensive and unique accounts of prejudice and racial discrimination in the united states of America in the early nineteen sixties to the present time. Sydney, who later became an American citizen, lived in the united states for fifty years. However, as an African student in the United States, he observed and experienced prejudice and discrimination. The account of racial unrest in the United States is given in this book without emotions or bitterness, but endeavors to be realistic about the problem of racism. The book deals with root causes of racism, prejudice and racial discrimination in the United States, and provides some useful suggestions about solutions. The book is very readable and engaging, with true stories of romance and love. Venerable Dr. Sydney Ugwunna is now a friend of at least two of the presidents of the United States, presidents Clinton and Obama, and a close friend and admirer of the beloved queen of England, her majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. The venerable (Prof.) Sydney C. Ugwunna is a prominent, retired, grateful priest of the Church of England.
Author: Helen Edds Frazier Publisher: Xulon Press ISBN: 1594677794 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 286
Book Description
Helen Edds Frazier knows what the sovereignty of God is like. Against many odds, she persevered to go to two foreign mission fields, suffering catastrophic experiences and yet coming through those disappointments victoriously.This is a book for the young, the old, and the in between. It is the story of a journey around the world, and it is filled with excitement, adventure, danger, and romance.It is also the story of a spiritual journey, of the writer?s search to know God and to fulfill His plan for her life.Let this book encourage you to know this wonderful God more intimately and to trust Him more fully for your journey.
Author: Shel Arensen Publisher: iUniverse ISBN: 0595497616 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 327
Book Description
"After his parents drop him off at a boarding school in Kenya as a young boy, Clay crosses the threshold into an unknown and often hostile world. ... a story of a lasting friendship forged in shared struggles and joint exploits on the rugby fields in Kenya."--Back cover
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