A World of Your Own

A World of Your Own

Author: Laura Carlin

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2014-09-15

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13: 9780714863627

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A beautiful picture book for children 4+ taking the reader on a journey through Laura Carlin’s own colorful and imaginative visual world.


Save the World on Your Own Time

Save the World on Your Own Time

Author: Stanley Fish

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-04-19

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0199892970

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"Save the World on Your Own Time is invariably smart, stimulating, and provocative. It is filled with insights and crackles with verve. It is a joy to take in." - Texas Law Review


A World of My Own

A World of My Own

Author: Graham Greene

Publisher: Open Road Media

Published: 2018-08-07

Total Pages: 93

ISBN-13: 1504054318

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The British author shares the “strange . . . inner layers of his playful, guilty imagination” in this glimpse into a brilliant novelist’s subconscious (The New York Times). Culled from nearly eight hundred pages of the author’s “dream diaries” kept between 1965 and 1989, this singular journal reveals “the feverish inner life of an intensely private man, providing an uncanny mirror-image of [his] novelistic obsessions, insecurities, and moral preoccupations” (Publishers Weekly). In what Greene calls My Own World—as opposed to the Common World of shared reality—he accompanies Henry James on a disagreeable riverboat trip to Bogota, is caught in a guerilla crossfire with Evelyn Waugh and W. H. Auden, strolls in the Vatican garden with Pope John Paul II who’s doling out Perugina chocolates like hosts, offers refuge to a suicidal Charlie Chaplin, and stages a disastrous play in blank verse for Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. He also shares his headspace with Goebbels, Castro, Cocteau, Queen Elizabeth, D. H. Lawrence, and talking kittens. And the landscape is just as wide: from Nazi Germany to Haiti to West Africa to Bethlehem 1 AD and to Sweden where he seeks treatment for leprosy. Greene is a criminal, spy, lover, assassin, witness, and writer. Encompassing life, death, war, feuds, and career, and alternately absurdist, frightening, funny, and revealing, these fertile imaginings—many of which found their way into Greene’s fiction—comprise nothing less than “an alternate autobiography . . . a uniquely candid self-portrait” of one of the giants of English literature (Kirkus Reviews).


A World of Their Own Making

A World of Their Own Making

Author: John R. Gillis

Publisher: Harvard University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 334

ISBN-13: 9780674961883

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Discusses ritual events we regard as family traditions and how they must be open to perpetual revision so we can satisfy our human needs and changing circumstances.


A World of Its Own

A World of Its Own

Author: Matt Garcia

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 2010-01-27

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0807898937

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Tracing the history of intercultural struggle and cooperation in the citrus belt of Greater Los Angeles, Matt Garcia explores the social and cultural forces that helped make the city the expansive and diverse metropolis that it is today. As the citrus-growing regions of the San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys in eastern Los Angeles County expanded during the early twentieth century, the agricultural industry there developed along segregated lines, primarily between white landowners and Mexican and Asian laborers. Initially, these communities were sharply divided. But Los Angeles, unlike other agricultural regions, saw important opportunities for intercultural exchange develop around the arts and within multiethnic community groups. Whether fostered in such informal settings as dance halls and theaters or in such formal organizations as the Intercultural Council of Claremont or the Southern California Unity Leagues, these interethnic encounters formed the basis for political cooperation to address labor discrimination and solve problems of residential and educational segregation. Though intercultural collaborations were not always successful, Garcia argues that they constitute an important chapter not only in Southern California's social and cultural development but also in the larger history of American race relations.


My Own World

My Own World

Author: Mike Holmes

Publisher: First Second

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 1250845599

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Mike Holmes, the artist behind the hit series Secret Coders and Wings of Fire, delivers his solo debut: My Own World, a middle grade memoir-inflected fantasy graphic novel. Life is difficult for nine-year-old Nathan. All he dreams of is hanging out with his older brother, watching Raiders of the Lost Ark, and enjoying summer vacation far away from the neighborhood bullies. When he overhears his parents talking about a family crisis, he seeks sanctuary from his troubles. In an abandoned lighthouse, Nathan discovers a portal to a berry-colored world where time has little meaning and he, finally, is in control. There, his imagination takes him on wondrous adventures, across seas and through the air, with new extraordinary friends of his own creation. In his magical hideaway, Nathan is safe from the anxieties of his life—but can he bring himself to face the real world?


A World of Her Own

A World of Her Own

Author: Michael Elsohn Ross

Publisher: Chicago Review Press

Published: 2014-03-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 1613744382

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A World of Her Own profiles 24 fascinating women from as the 1800s through today who have lived lives of exploration and adventure. These daring women represent various eras, cultures, races, and economic backgrounds but all overcome many obstacles to satisfy their curiosity, passions, and, often, drive to protect nature and cultures. Readers will meet women who face deadly weather conditions and endure leeches, days on end without showers, and questionable cuisine in the pursuit of discovery—women such as Eleanor Creesy, who lived a life at sea as a ship’s navigator in the 1800s; Kate Jackson, an insatiable investigator of venomous snakes whose work has led her to remote Africa and Latin America; and Constanza Ceruti, the world’s only female high-elevation archeologist, who carries out important excavations on some of the Earth’s highest peaks in dangerously thin air and subzero temperatures. These and 21 other remarkable women are introduced through profiles informed by not only historical research but also original interviews with many intriguing modern explorers who provide inspiration to any young woman today interested in nature, animals, science, adventure, the environment, and physical challenge. Michael Elsohn Ross is a naturalist, science educator, and award-winning author of over 40 books for children, including Salvador Dali and the Surrealists, Sandbox Scientist, and Snug As a Bug. He lives and works in Yosemite National Park.


Reshaping Your Mind For A World Of Your Own

Reshaping Your Mind For A World Of Your Own

Author: Daeshawn Matthews-Wayne

Publisher:

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13:

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Chаngе уоur mind, take соntrоl of уоur rеаlitу and achieve уоur dreams by Rеѕhарing Your Mind. The human mind iѕ еxtrеmеlу роwеrful. Pеорlе are соnѕtаntlу соming uр with new ideas that turn intо inventions and innovations thаt mаkе our lives bеttеr. The power of the human mind is сараblе of аlmоѕt аnуthing. However, the роwеr оf оur minds саn аlѕо bе one of the mаin оbѕtасlеѕ in living a bеttеr lifе. Sometimes our thoughts get in the wау. Wе hаvе tо make ѕurе we аrе in соntrоl оf this роwеr, аnd not аllоw thiѕ роwеr tо соntrоl us. This book iѕ a straight fоrwаrd book that will help you rеѕhаре уоur mindѕеt in оrdеr to gеt раѕt yоur оwn mental blосkѕ. This book will help you cultivate a plan to gеt уоur lifе bасk оn trасk so уоu саn ѕtаrt living thе life you dеѕеrvе. Evеrуоnе'ѕ lifе is a jоurnеу. You аrе in control оf the dеѕtinаtiоn. If уоu find уоurѕеlf idеntifуing mоrе with a fixеd mindѕеt thаn a growth mindѕеt, wоrrу nоt, thе humаn brаin has thе аbilitу to соnѕtаntlу reshape itself throughout thе course оf its lifеtimе which mеаnѕ thаt it iѕ never tоо lаtе to ѕhift intо a growth mindset, nо matter how deeply rооtеd thе fixеd mindset рrinсiрlеѕ might bе. Nеw nеurаl раthwауѕ in thе brain саn be fоrmеd аѕ nеw thoughts аrе repeated time аnd again, аnd оnсе thеу become wеll-wоrn раthѕ, thеn nеw hаbitѕ аrе fоrmеd. About the Author...Daeshawn Matthews-Wayne is a 20-year-old student-athlete who attends Georgetown University. His expertise is in the area of health and wellness. He strives to educate the world about success and the power of the mind. He loves to volunteer for many causes and hopes to inspire the youth about the importance of having a positive, optimistic mindset.


A World Outside Your Own

A World Outside Your Own

Author: Tamika Dezmal

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-12-19

Total Pages: 90

ISBN-13: 1467035793

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Just when you thought you were going through, somebody else was doing worst than you. In 2 Timothy 1:8 God says "Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, Nor of me his prisoners, But share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God. A world outside your own is a variety of poems regarding life, Christianity, Hardships, and Personal testimonies from Tamika Dezmal after losing her father and sister two years apart. It offers a riveting collection of poetry regarding life, close friends, relatives, Jesus Christ, and some poems even has a special meaning with what goes on in everyday life. As well as it serves as a motivational message for certain situations about life. This book takes you to the essence about rape, men sleeping with other men on the down low behind their wives back, teenagers having sex, dead beat parents, HIV/Aids and so many more come explore the facts about life through testimony in poetic form. This is a must read book that will leave you heartwarming to different chapters about life and our Lord and savior Jesus Christ.


A World of Her Own Making

A World of Her Own Making

Author: Catherine M. Howett

Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13:

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"Illustrated with 150 photographs, plans, and drawings, Catherine Howett's engaging study analyzes the singular convergence of influences that occurred in the imagination of a highly unusual woman. The book provides welcome insight into the culture of the New South and into a richly inventive period in the history of American landscape architecture."--BOOK JACKET.