Author: Arlene C. Palmer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
New Britain was once known as the "Hardware Capital of the World," and it is this that has made the city famous. But as well as its rich industrial history, New Britain has a diverse and dynamic cultural heritage. As its name suggests, the town was originally settled by people of British descent, but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century it became a haven for immigrants fleeing oppression or economic hardship in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, the Ukraine, Poland, and Greece. The photographs that make up this fascinating visual history bring life to the changes that took place in New Britain between 1920 and 1970. They show how much the city has developed and evolved as well as providing an intimate glimpse of the daily life of New Britain's many ethnic communities. Of particular interest are the images of women which together paint a vivid picture of their unique contribution to the city and its heritage.
New Britain
Author: Arlene C. Palmer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
New Britain was once known as the "Hardware Capital of the World," and it is this that has made the city famous. But as well as its rich industrial history, New Britain has a diverse and dynamic cultural heritage. As its name suggests, the town was originally settled by people of British descent, but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century it became a haven for immigrants fleeing oppression or economic hardship in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, the Ukraine, Poland, and Greece. The photographs that make up this fascinating visual history bring life to the changes that took place in New Britain between 1920 and 1970. They show how much the city has developed and evolved as well as providing an intimate glimpse of the daily life of New Britain's many ethnic communities. Of particular interest are the images of women which together paint a vivid picture of their unique contribution to the city and its heritage.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557052
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
New Britain was once known as the "Hardware Capital of the World," and it is this that has made the city famous. But as well as its rich industrial history, New Britain has a diverse and dynamic cultural heritage. As its name suggests, the town was originally settled by people of British descent, but in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century it became a haven for immigrants fleeing oppression or economic hardship in Ireland, Germany, Sweden, Italy, Russia, Lithuania, Armenia, the Ukraine, Poland, and Greece. The photographs that make up this fascinating visual history bring life to the changes that took place in New Britain between 1920 and 1970. They show how much the city has developed and evolved as well as providing an intimate glimpse of the daily life of New Britain's many ethnic communities. Of particular interest are the images of women which together paint a vivid picture of their unique contribution to the city and its heritage.
African American Christian Worship
Author: Melva W. Costen
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426721994
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In this update to her 1993 classic, African American Christian Worship, Melva Wilson Costen, again delights her reader with a lively history and theology of the African American worship experience. Drawing upon careful scholarship and engaging stories, Dr. Costen details the global impact on African American worship by media, technology, and new musical styles. She expands her discussion of ritual practices in African communities and clarifies some of the ritual use of music in worship. In keeping with recent congregational practices, Dr. Costen will also provide general orders of worship suitable for a variety of denominational settings.
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426721994
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
In this update to her 1993 classic, African American Christian Worship, Melva Wilson Costen, again delights her reader with a lively history and theology of the African American worship experience. Drawing upon careful scholarship and engaging stories, Dr. Costen details the global impact on African American worship by media, technology, and new musical styles. She expands her discussion of ritual practices in African communities and clarifies some of the ritual use of music in worship. In keeping with recent congregational practices, Dr. Costen will also provide general orders of worship suitable for a variety of denominational settings.
The Edge of the Water
Author: Michael McNabb
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595098452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Now in his mid fifties, Doug Wallace takes a look back at the summer that not only changed, but directed his life for almost thirty years. Although the novel is set in the sixties, it is not about the sixties. Anyone who has ever worked a summer job away from home or who remembers what it was like to start making adult decisions during their teen years will recall memories of that certain summer. This work is one part “Catcher in the Rye,” one part “Stand By Me,” and a little bit of “Trainspotting.” There are a few tears, a lot of laughs and some of the most colorful people the South has to offer. [Author bio]Mike McNabb, an English teacher in Greenville, South Carolina, has been writing for two years. Prior to becoming a teacher and writer, he worked as a sales manager and sales trainer for Michelin North America. He and his wife, Kay, have been married for thirty years and have two grown sons. The Edge of the Water is his first novel.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595098452
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Now in his mid fifties, Doug Wallace takes a look back at the summer that not only changed, but directed his life for almost thirty years. Although the novel is set in the sixties, it is not about the sixties. Anyone who has ever worked a summer job away from home or who remembers what it was like to start making adult decisions during their teen years will recall memories of that certain summer. This work is one part “Catcher in the Rye,” one part “Stand By Me,” and a little bit of “Trainspotting.” There are a few tears, a lot of laughs and some of the most colorful people the South has to offer. [Author bio]Mike McNabb, an English teacher in Greenville, South Carolina, has been writing for two years. Prior to becoming a teacher and writer, he worked as a sales manager and sales trainer for Michelin North America. He and his wife, Kay, have been married for thirty years and have two grown sons. The Edge of the Water is his first novel.
Wheat
Author: Del Newkirk
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491818735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
WHEAT is a true story of the memories of a boy who grew up on a small Indiana farm just as World War II began. Dawn to dark labor year round instilled in him, the middle of three sons of a hard driving conservative Lutheran, a work ethic he applied the remainder of his life. He continues to work hard, but now it means raising millions of dollars for community projects in Brown County, Indiana. Newkirk founded the Brown County Community Foundation in 1992, served as its volunteer CEO for five years, and through it helped bring into being the Brown County Community YMCA, the award winning Brown County Public Library and the Brown County Career Resource Center. Newkirk also was the founder of the Rotary Club of Brown County. WHEAT will be an inspiration to those who think new opportunities are illusions and fulfillment in everyday life not theirs to achieve.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1491818735
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
WHEAT is a true story of the memories of a boy who grew up on a small Indiana farm just as World War II began. Dawn to dark labor year round instilled in him, the middle of three sons of a hard driving conservative Lutheran, a work ethic he applied the remainder of his life. He continues to work hard, but now it means raising millions of dollars for community projects in Brown County, Indiana. Newkirk founded the Brown County Community Foundation in 1992, served as its volunteer CEO for five years, and through it helped bring into being the Brown County Community YMCA, the award winning Brown County Public Library and the Brown County Career Resource Center. Newkirk also was the founder of the Rotary Club of Brown County. WHEAT will be an inspiration to those who think new opportunities are illusions and fulfillment in everyday life not theirs to achieve.
The Choir that Couldn't Sing
Author: Bob Reed
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451605307
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The stories in Bob Reed's delightful book are surefire spirit lifters that celebrate life and enrich the soul. Reed's seven tales not only come alive with hilarity and warmth, they show how God works through even the most bumbling and misdirected human efforts. Reed's humor is laced with insight, his descriptions with inspiration, and his characters with God's own love. In the lead story, "The Choir That Couldn't Sing," Reed's description of a hopelessly off-key church choir assembled from eccentrics and misfits will trigger gales of laughter. But tears are sure to flow when readers feel the impact of the choir's humble but grand, accomplishment. The book's other stories come equally alive with humor, insight, and inspiration that demonstrate how the least in the kingdom of heaven can touch the heart of God.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451605307
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The stories in Bob Reed's delightful book are surefire spirit lifters that celebrate life and enrich the soul. Reed's seven tales not only come alive with hilarity and warmth, they show how God works through even the most bumbling and misdirected human efforts. Reed's humor is laced with insight, his descriptions with inspiration, and his characters with God's own love. In the lead story, "The Choir That Couldn't Sing," Reed's description of a hopelessly off-key church choir assembled from eccentrics and misfits will trigger gales of laughter. But tears are sure to flow when readers feel the impact of the choir's humble but grand, accomplishment. The book's other stories come equally alive with humor, insight, and inspiration that demonstrate how the least in the kingdom of heaven can touch the heart of God.
DELPHIE'S TRUNK
Author: Patricia McCall Corlew
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453552510
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
DELPHIE ́S TRUNK is a historical memoir/biography circa World War II. The author has transcribed over 250 letters, V-Mails, and postcards written mostly by her father to his mother, who kept them safely stowed in an old wooden trunk until she died in 1973. Through the correspondence, records, and memorabilia found in her Grandmother’s trunk and further historical research, the author weaves a experiences as a Midshipman at Annapolis and as a young Naval officer serving primarily in the Mediterranean during WWII. The author expands the story into a poignant biography of her father filled with loving memories and touching insights. The book is a daughter’s grateful tribute to the father she lost so long ago, as well as a universal tribute to all Veterans of World War II.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1453552510
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
DELPHIE ́S TRUNK is a historical memoir/biography circa World War II. The author has transcribed over 250 letters, V-Mails, and postcards written mostly by her father to his mother, who kept them safely stowed in an old wooden trunk until she died in 1973. Through the correspondence, records, and memorabilia found in her Grandmother’s trunk and further historical research, the author weaves a experiences as a Midshipman at Annapolis and as a young Naval officer serving primarily in the Mediterranean during WWII. The author expands the story into a poignant biography of her father filled with loving memories and touching insights. The book is a daughter’s grateful tribute to the father she lost so long ago, as well as a universal tribute to all Veterans of World War II.
Ordinary Saints
Author: Bonnie Morgan
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228000289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
From their everyday work in kitchens and gardens to the solemn work of laying out the dead, the Anglican women of mid-twentieth-century Conception Bay, Newfoundland, understood and expressed Christianity through their experience as labourers within the family economy. Women's work in the region included outdoor agricultural labour, housekeeping, childbirth, mortuary services, food preparation, caring for the sick, and textile production. Ordinary Saints explores how religious belief shaped the meaning of this work, and how women lived their Christian faith through the work they did. In lived religious practices at home, in church-based voluntary associations, and in the wider community, the Anglican women of Conception Bay constructed a female theological culture characterized by mutuality, negotiation of gender roles, and resistance to male authority, combining feminist consciousness with Christian commitment. Bonnie Morgan brings together evidence from oral interviews, denominational publications, census data, minute books of the Church of England Women's Association, headstone epitaphs, and household art and objects to demonstrate the profound ties between labour and faithfulness: for these rural women, work not only expressed but also shaped belief. Ordinary Saints, with its focus on gender, labour, and lived faithfulness, breaks new ground in the history of religion in Canada.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0228000289
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
From their everyday work in kitchens and gardens to the solemn work of laying out the dead, the Anglican women of mid-twentieth-century Conception Bay, Newfoundland, understood and expressed Christianity through their experience as labourers within the family economy. Women's work in the region included outdoor agricultural labour, housekeeping, childbirth, mortuary services, food preparation, caring for the sick, and textile production. Ordinary Saints explores how religious belief shaped the meaning of this work, and how women lived their Christian faith through the work they did. In lived religious practices at home, in church-based voluntary associations, and in the wider community, the Anglican women of Conception Bay constructed a female theological culture characterized by mutuality, negotiation of gender roles, and resistance to male authority, combining feminist consciousness with Christian commitment. Bonnie Morgan brings together evidence from oral interviews, denominational publications, census data, minute books of the Church of England Women's Association, headstone epitaphs, and household art and objects to demonstrate the profound ties between labour and faithfulness: for these rural women, work not only expressed but also shaped belief. Ordinary Saints, with its focus on gender, labour, and lived faithfulness, breaks new ground in the history of religion in Canada.
The Country Gentleman
Born to Be Damned
Author: B.A. Buttz
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452094683
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Born to Be Damned is a nostalgic trip into one mans past to examine the torment and humiliation he felt as his gay tapestry evolved into reality. Religion, environment, and genetics combined to ensure he fulfilled his destiny as a gay man. Life in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s was easy, the future predictable. America seemed as though it would endure forever. It was the age of innocence; however, certain social ills existed and were never discussed. Teenage pregnancy was a moral issue, and young pregnant girls often disappeared for nine months only to return as though nothing had happened. The shame was too great to bear. Being gay was a religious damnation punishable by everlasting death. No one discussed sexual orientation and gay people found themselves desolated, frustrated, and isolated. Suicide was often seen as the only way out. The focus of this book is to educate society about the genetic birthright of sexual orientation and to dispel many of the gay myths that permeate our society today. This exhilarating story is intended for gay or straight readers who are trying to come to terms with their own sexuality or who have painful childhood memories overshadowing their lives. Read, connect, and find yourself in this moving story of courage and fortitude. Follow the life of a small Midwestern boy who struggles with his sexual orientation and tries to find his place in a world of hatred, prejudice, and misunderstanding. Added to the misery of a confused sexual orientation is the boys mother who ruthlessly strips her son of masculinity and the father he loved so dearly. In addition, learn how the boys name became a life-long curse he had to fight daily to preserve his sanity. You wont believe how he suffered from a choice he never made for himself. Enter the world of one tormented soul who led two lives as a means of physical and emotional survival. Let the righteous hurl the first stone to stamp out the gay beast. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Read and find the truth. The age of innocence is gone forever.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452094683
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Born to Be Damned is a nostalgic trip into one mans past to examine the torment and humiliation he felt as his gay tapestry evolved into reality. Religion, environment, and genetics combined to ensure he fulfilled his destiny as a gay man. Life in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s was easy, the future predictable. America seemed as though it would endure forever. It was the age of innocence; however, certain social ills existed and were never discussed. Teenage pregnancy was a moral issue, and young pregnant girls often disappeared for nine months only to return as though nothing had happened. The shame was too great to bear. Being gay was a religious damnation punishable by everlasting death. No one discussed sexual orientation and gay people found themselves desolated, frustrated, and isolated. Suicide was often seen as the only way out. The focus of this book is to educate society about the genetic birthright of sexual orientation and to dispel many of the gay myths that permeate our society today. This exhilarating story is intended for gay or straight readers who are trying to come to terms with their own sexuality or who have painful childhood memories overshadowing their lives. Read, connect, and find yourself in this moving story of courage and fortitude. Follow the life of a small Midwestern boy who struggles with his sexual orientation and tries to find his place in a world of hatred, prejudice, and misunderstanding. Added to the misery of a confused sexual orientation is the boys mother who ruthlessly strips her son of masculinity and the father he loved so dearly. In addition, learn how the boys name became a life-long curse he had to fight daily to preserve his sanity. You wont believe how he suffered from a choice he never made for himself. Enter the world of one tormented soul who led two lives as a means of physical and emotional survival. Let the righteous hurl the first stone to stamp out the gay beast. Judge not, lest ye be judged. Read and find the truth. The age of innocence is gone forever.
Mr. John and His Boys
Author: M. L. Wilder
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charity
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Charity
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description