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Author: April Tiang Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1477115323 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 113
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Looking at my daughter's wedding photographs five years ago, I noticed a matronly woman on the cusp of entering middle age. I have no intention of ending up looking like my mother or grandmother at that age, plump, not necessarily obese, was the order of the day. I decided to adopt the health, rather than weight control approach, and with my own philosophy in addressing image, weight and confidence issues, that afflict many. I hope by sharing my experiences with others will motivate them to take control of who they want and can be. When my mother died relatively young of a terminal illness despite her general well-being and love of life, especially her Chinese opera performances and travelling with her friends, it was almost our steady family was shaken up. At the same time my two growing children were exhibiting all the adolescence and teenage growing pains. It forced me to take stock and made phenomenal changes to our lives to keep my family intact. The journey to bring them up in the best way I know how, ensued a learning experience invaluable in my understanding of relationship and how powerful it can be to change lives.
Author: April Tiang Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1477115323 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 113
Book Description
Looking at my daughter's wedding photographs five years ago, I noticed a matronly woman on the cusp of entering middle age. I have no intention of ending up looking like my mother or grandmother at that age, plump, not necessarily obese, was the order of the day. I decided to adopt the health, rather than weight control approach, and with my own philosophy in addressing image, weight and confidence issues, that afflict many. I hope by sharing my experiences with others will motivate them to take control of who they want and can be. When my mother died relatively young of a terminal illness despite her general well-being and love of life, especially her Chinese opera performances and travelling with her friends, it was almost our steady family was shaken up. At the same time my two growing children were exhibiting all the adolescence and teenage growing pains. It forced me to take stock and made phenomenal changes to our lives to keep my family intact. The journey to bring them up in the best way I know how, ensued a learning experience invaluable in my understanding of relationship and how powerful it can be to change lives.
Author: Carine McCandless Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0062325167 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 279
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A New York Times Bestseller "The Wild Truth is an important book on two fronts: It sets the record straight about a story that has touched thousands of readers, and it opens up a conversation about hideous domestic violence hidden behind a mask of prosperity and propriety."–NPR.org The spellbinding story of Chris McCandless, who gave away his savings, hitchhiked to Alaska, walked into the wilderness alone, and starved to death in 1992, fascinated not just New York Times bestselling author Jon Krakauer, but also the rest of the nation. Krakauer's book,Into the Wild, became an international bestseller, translated into thirty-one languages, and Sean Penn's inspirational film by the same name further skyrocketed Chris McCandless to global fame. But the real story of Chris’s life and his journey has not yet been told - until now. The missing pieces are finally revealed in The Wild Truth, written by Carine McCandless, Chris's beloved and trusted sister. Featured in both the book and film, Carine has wrestled for more than twenty years with the legacy of her brother's journey to self-discovery, and now tells her own story while filling in the blanks of his. Carine was Chris's best friend, the person with whom he had the closest bond, and who witnessed firsthand the dysfunctional and violent family dynamic that made Chris willing to embrace the harsh wilderness of Alaska. Growing up in the same troubled household, Carine speaks candidly about the deeper reality of life in the McCandless family. In the many years since the tragedy of Chris's death, Carine has searched for some kind of redemption. In this touching and deeply personal memoir, she reveals how she has learned that real redemption can only come from speaking the truth.
Author: Louis A. Vendetti Publisher: ISBN: 9781732293205 Category : Languages : en Pages : 188
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"I'm not handicapped; I'm handi-capable!" - Paul Moylan"I'm not handicapped; I'm handi-capable!" - Paul MoylanWhen another child asked Louis Vendetti about his disability at the age of five, he responded, "My legs have Cerebral Palsy." In this way, he never let his disability define him.In this honest and insightful book, My Disability Doesn't Define Me, Vendetti shares with us his personal journey as a young man with Cerebral Palsy. Through his years in elementary school, secondary school, and then college, Vendetti and his mom quickly learned that advocating for himself required more than just a meeting with the school and some paperwork. It required a strength, perseverance, and resilience that Vendetti had to discover from within. With his characteristic optimism, Vendetti gives us a glimpse at what it's like to be a handi-capable student, courageously making his way through the public school and higher education systems. He proves that living with the challenges of a physical disability while balancing the demands of receiving an education can be hard, but it is possible. Vendetti's lessons and life experiences apply to anyone who has ever had to overcome a challenge or a struggle to find triumph and joy in the end, and will inspire us all to live our fullest and most capable lives.
Author: Ashton Applewhite Publisher: Celadon Books ISBN: 1250311489 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 302
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“Wow. This book totally rocks. It arrived on a day when I was in deep confusion and sadness about my age. Everything about it, from my invisibility to my neck. Within four or five wise, passionate pages, I had found insight, illumination, and inspiration. I never use the word empower, but this book has empowered me.” —Anne Lamott, New York Times bestselling author Author, activist, and TED speaker Ashton Applewhite has written a rousing manifesto calling for an end to discrimination and prejudice on the basis of age. In our youth obsessed culture, we’re bombarded by media images and messages about the despairs and declines of our later years. Beauty and pharmaceutical companies work overtime to convince people to purchase products that will retain their youthful appearance and vitality. Wrinkles are embarrassing. Gray hair should be colored and bald heads covered with implants. Older minds and bodies are too frail to keep up with the pace of the modern working world and olders should just step aside for the new generation. Ashton Applewhite once held these beliefs too until she realized where this prejudice comes from and the damage it does. Lively, funny, and deeply researched, This Chair Rocks traces her journey from apprehensive boomer to pro-aging radical, and in the process debunks myth after myth about late life. Explaining the roots of ageism in history and how it divides and debases, Applewhite examines how ageist stereotypes cripple the way our brains and bodies function, looks at ageism in the workplace and the bedroom, exposes the cost of the all-American myth of independence, critiques the portrayal of elders as burdens to society, describes what an all-age-friendly world would look like, and offers a rousing call to action. It’s time to create a world of age equality by making discrimination on the basis of age as unacceptable as any other kind of bias. Whether you’re older or hoping to get there, this book will shake you by the shoulders, cheer you up, make you mad, and change the way you see the rest of your life. Age pride!
Author: J. K. Rowling Publisher: Little, Brown ISBN: 0316369144 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 320
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J.K. Rowling, one of the world's most inspiring writers, shares her wisdom and advice. In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important questions with acuity and emotional force.
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates Publisher: American Bar Association ISBN: 9781590318737 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 216
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The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Author: Marlon Peterson Publisher: Bold Type Books ISBN: 1645036502 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 191
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From a leading prison abolitionist, a moving memoir about coming of age in Brooklyn and surviving incarceration—and a call to break free from all the cages that confine us. Marlon Peterson grew up in 1980s Crown Heights, raised by Trinidadian immigrants. Amid the routine violence that shaped his neighborhood, Marlon became a high-achieving and devout child, the specter of the American dream opening up before him. But in the aftermath of immense trauma, he participated in a robbery that resulted in two murders. At nineteen, Peterson was charged and later convicted. He served ten long years in prison. While incarcerated, Peterson immersed himself in anti-violence activism, education, and prison abolition work. In Bird Uncaged, Peterson challenges the typical “redemption” narrative and our assumptions about justice. With vulnerability and insight, he uncovers the many cages—from the daily violence and trauma of poverty, to policing, to enforced masculinity, and the brutality of incarceration—created and maintained by American society. Bird Uncaged is a twenty-first-century abolitionist memoir, and a powerful debut that demands a shift from punishment to healing, an end to prisons, and a new vision of justice.
Author: Niesha Davis, MSW, LCSW, CAMS-II, CCTP Publisher: Christian Living Books, Inc. ISBN: 1562295683 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 70
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You Are a Victor Not a Victim Everyone has a story to tell. What’s yours? Is it a script of pain, trauma, fear, and regret, a sad saga of shame, low self-esteem, and brokenness? Beware! If your story defines you, it will rob you of your destiny, steal your dreams, and keep you in perpetual bondage. So, why let it? Your Story Does Not Define You challenges you to reimagine yourself and envision a new you—not defined by the untold, spoken, or written narratives of your past but empowered by your future. On this healing journey, you will experience authentic transformation as you stand against fear, face the dark places, and speak life to yourself. You will move from surviving to thriving! Actively participate in your healing and restoration with this effective and interactive tool. Each chapter is strategically designed to stimulate your thoughts and let you release your innermost feelings in writing. You will capture and process your experiences, be motivated by powerful affirmations, and be touched by inspiring quotes. You can’t change your past, and your story may follow you through people, places, and things. But no matter how your story unfolds, what the plot is, or who the characters are, don’t let it hold you hostage. With this book, learn how to do the work, break the chains, and free yourself! It’s your story—it’s not you.
Author: Frederick Douglas Harper Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1499005350 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 158
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And Jesus Spoke on YouTube is a book of poetry and creative prose. It continues author Harper’s warnings and benevolent messages on themes of social justice, peace, love, spirituality, human nature, relationships, natural beauty, holistic health, climate change, and the threat of premature human extinction. Featured titles within the book include “And Jesus Spoke on YouTube,” “Mandela,” “Stop the Killing,” “Black Man in a Red Shirt,” and “Educating Our Children.” “And Jesus Spoke on YouTube,” the longest poem at 12 pages, speaks to the true mission of Jesus as a teacher and healer, and it reminds us to live a life based upon Jesus’s teachings of love, giving, forgiveness, tolerance, and sacrifice for good cause.
Author: April Tiang
Author: April Tiang
Author: Carine McCandless
Author: Louis A. Vendetti
Author: Ashton Applewhite
Author: J. K. Rowling
Author: Divina Gracia
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Author: Marlon Peterson
Author: Niesha Davis, MSW, LCSW, CAMS-II, CCTP
Author: Frederick Douglas Harper