Author: Colin Channer
Publisher: One World/Ballantine
ISBN: 0345453344
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370

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Spanning the early 1900s up to modern times, this collection of stories traces the intersecting lives of travelers, expatriates and local folks on a fictional Caribbean Island.

Author: Stanley Kunitz
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393316155
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 180

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In "Touch Me," the last poem in the collection, Kunitz propounds a question, "What makes the engine go?" and gives us his answer: "Desire, desire, desire." These poems fairly hum with the energy, the excitement, the ardor, that make Kunitz one of our most enduring and highly honored poets. In the words of Carolyn Forch , "he is a living treasure."

Author: Anne F. Rockwell
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613866842
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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The inspiring story of how a woman, born a slave, transformed herself into one of the most profound voices of the abolitionist movement.

Author: Richard Menzies
Publisher: Stephens Press, LLC
ISBN: 1932173404
Category : Nevada
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Richard Menzies has logged a quarter of a million miles on his vintage Volkswagon bus in pursuit of pictures and unusual stories. His favorite destination is Nevada, which encloses more open public land than any other state in the lower forty-eight. "Nevada's backcountry is sparsely populated yet surprisingly rich in diversity," he writes. "Her social fabric is a colorful tapestry of cultures and ethnicities, fringed by eccentrics who simply defy categorization. Think of the Silver State as a haven for those irregular souls who could never be content with a nine-to-five job or a three bedroom, split-level in suburbia."Passing Through is a compilation of the most memorable "misfits" Menzies has encountered in the course of his peripatetic wanderings across the American Outback.

Author: Naomi Golan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0029120802
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Naomi Golan pens “… an excellent book with numerous research citations and case examples” on dealing with transitionary periods (Robert W. Roberts, Dean, School of Social Work at the University of Southern California). As humans strive to live in cope in an era of revolutionary social and psychological change, it becomes difficult to manage the trauma, impact, and disequilibrium that accompanies it. In Passing Through Transitions, Professor Naomi Golan provides through research and examination of the problematic and effective ways to navigate the inevitable transitions of life. “One of the finest contributions to this book is the exhaustive review of selected theoretical frameworks for viewing these transitional life changes… This book is a gem.” — Social Work

Author: Marge Piercy
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0307517942
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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In Colors Passing Through Us, Marge Piercy is at the height of her powers, writing about what matters to her most: the lives of women, nature, Jewish ritual, love between men and women, and politics, sexual and otherwise. Feisty and funny as always, she turns a sharp eye on the world around her, bidding an exhausted farewell to the twentieth century and singing an "electronic breakdown blues" for the twenty-first. She memorializes movingly those who, like los desaparecidos and the victims of 9/11, disappear suddenly and without a trace. She writes an elegy for her mother, a woman who struggled with a deadening round o fhousework, washin gon Monday, ironing on Tuesday, and so on, "until stroke broke/her open." She remembers the scraps of lace, the touch of velvet, that were part of her maternal inheritance and fist aroused her sensual curiosity. Here are paeans to the pleasures of the natural world (rosy ripe tomatoes, a mating dance of hawks) as the poet confronts her own mortality in the cycle of seasons and the eternity of the cosmos: "iam hurrying, I am running hard / toward I don't know what, / but I mean to arrive before dark." Other poems--about her grandmother's passage from Russia to the New World, or the interrupting of a Passover seder to watch a comet pass--expand on Piercy's appreciation of Jewish life that won her so much acclaim in The Art of Blessing the Day. Colors Passing Through Us is a moving celebration of the endurance of love an dof the phenomenon of life itself--a book to treasure.

Author: Felicia Rosshandler
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0312597797
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 236

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Claudia, a young Jewish girl, and her family flee the horrors of Nazi Europe and find refuge in Cuba, where they must forge new identities for themselves amid the exotic, upper-class Catholic society of pre-Castro Cuba

Author: Deneen Wagner
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 149071152X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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This book shows the weakness of a young black man. How he related to women and how he treated and was treated by women. It will show the transformation of an out-of-control young black man into a God-fearing loving black man. You will see yourself and laugh as you read Passing Through, the journey of a black mans life. A must-read for all.

Author: Helen Jean McCullough
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1460290321
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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IS IT TIME FOR A WAKE UP CALL? ‘Just Passing Through’ is a book designed to help us think about the ups and downs of our lives and where God stands in our lives at various times. It draws attention to the impact we may have on each other’s lives, whether positive or negative, as we journey through this world. God gave us two phases of life, (1) our temporary life here on earth, in preparation for (2) our eternal life in the destination of our own choosing. Where are our earthly preparations leading us? Our lifetime here on earth is just a drop in the bucket compared to eternity, yet some go on nonchalantly living for now with little thought for the eternal afterlife. Why do we put so much emphasis on our short span of life in the here and now and so little emphasis on the eternity of life in the hereafter? This is a problem we tend to struggle with throughout our lives. Sometimes God is at the forefront and at other times, He is put on the back burner, not really forgotten, but just put aside for the time being. In other cases, He almost seems non-existent. ‘Just Passing Through’ is written for people of all ages who are struggling with their faith or just in need of a little encouragement to stay on track. It is aimed at helping us to think about where we are in life, what is truly important to us, where we are heading and how our decisions can affect future generations. If this concerns us, then perhaps we should take a look inside. We can make a difference.

Author: D. C. Kerns
Publisher: BalboaPress
ISBN: 1452535973
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 313

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The ideas presented within these pages can help the reader focus on improving self and community through imagination and thinking. There is hope for change when the inspiration comes from within. When it comes to freedom of thought, it is easier to change one mind at a time than entire cultures. As long as there are individuals who express optimism for such change, there is hope for all of us. The topics cover common themes that people and society come across while passing through the fire of daily life. These themes are about all of us. They are about time, space, matter, spirit, humanism, and universalism. They attempt to explain by seeding the complex with the simple. There are no endings, only beginnings in awareness when its purpose is to unify consciousness on Earth with universal life. When this occurs rightly, our perceptions will move us into that next stage of being: universal inclusiveness and its eternal expansion.