Call Me American
Call Me American

Author: Abdi Nor Iftin

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2019-05-07

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0525433023

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Abdi Nor Iftin first fell in love with America from afar. As a child, he learned English by listening to American pop and watching action films starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. When U.S. marines landed in Mogadishu to take on the warlords, Abdi cheered the arrival of these Americans, who seemed as heroic as those of the movies. Sporting American clothes and dance moves, he became known around Mogadishu as Abdi American, but when the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab rose to power in 2006, it became dangerous to celebrate Western culture. Desperate to make a living, Abdi used his language skills to post secret dispatches, which found an audience of worldwide listeners. Eventually, though, Abdi was forced to flee to Kenya. In an amazing stroke of luck, Abdi won entrance to the U.S. in the annual visa lottery, though his route to America did not come easily. Parts of his story were first heard on the BBC World Service and This American Life. Now a proud resident of Maine, on the path to citizenship, Abdi Nor Iftin's dramatic, deeply stirring memoir is truly a story for our time: a vivid reminder of why America still beckons to those looking to make a better life.

America! Can You Hear God Calling?
America! Can You Hear God Calling?

Author: Deborah

Publisher: Deborah Nazemi

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0984360107

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What will become of America? America! Can You Hear God Calling? is a prophetic wakeup call that will take you on a journey. You will discover America's destiny as you travel back in time and capture a glimpse of the faith and heart of the noble men and women who contributed to making our nation so great and prosperous. Your journey will lead you through the slow, steady decline into the condition we have found ourselves in today. You will see how seeds sown many years ago have influenced us and opened the door for the greatest challenges to our freedom that we have ever faced. America is at a crossroad. God has been trying to capture our attention for years. He longs to place us on a path that will lead us to Him. He has sent prophets to warn us and preachers to woo us. They are crying out, "Come back, America! Wake up and return to your first love!" If we continue on the path we're on, destruction and devastation are certain. But what will happen if we heed this call from the heart of God? Reader Comments: "I truly believe this book couldn't have come at a better time; God chose Deborah to bring it forth for such a time as this! This book is going to touch many lives. "Pamela Bankston, Prophetess "At a time when voices and forces are trying to rewrite American history and change the face of America, this much-needed read will jump-start our passion for God's heart for this nation and the people in it." R.T. Lewis, Pastor "This book packs a punch, with timely exhortations to the nation and to the church. If only we can hear the Lord calling, and respond..." Ellen Mathews, Author

America Is Calling
America Is Calling

Author: Philip Staggs

Publisher: Trafford Publishing

Published: 2012-09

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1466950994

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Have you ever considered the meaning in the words Truth, Liberty, and Freedom? Have you wondered what it means for America to have a designed mission that demonstrates exceptionalism and manifests our destiny? Have you pondered the relationship Darwinism, Atheism, Evolution and Christianity play in the role of the American family? "America Is Calling" is one of the boldest and most forthright accounts concerning principles of liberty, truth, America, and the American family. Concepts most authors are not willing to bring out in the open, are finally shed some light. Our world today is overflowing with confusion and uncertainty and filled with economic concerns and worldwide political bickering. "America Is Calling" states the factual reasons for today's worldly conflicts. Benjamin Franklin told us our constitution is a "Republic if we can keep it." President Ronald Reagan once said "If we ever forget we are 'One Nation Under God', we will go under." When reading this book, it invites you to search your inner self for answers to questions such as; What does America really mean to me? Where do I stand when it comes to holding to "The Spirit of America"? How much am I willing to give to keep America a Republic? Opening this book will answer these questions that will change your life forever. Do not continue waiting, for "America Is Calling."

America Calling
America Calling

Author: Rajika Bhandari

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2021-09-14

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1647421845

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Growing up in middle-class India, Rajika Bhandari has seen generations of her family look westward, where an American education means status and success. But she resists the lure of America because those who left never return—they all become flies trapped in honey in a land of opportunity. As a young woman, however, she finds herself heading to a US university to study, following her heart and a relationship. When that relationship ends and she fails in her attempt to move back to India as a foreign-educated woman, she returns to the US and finds herself in a job where the personal is political and professional: she is immersed in the lives of international students who come to America from over 200 countries, the universities that attract them, and the tangled web of immigration that a student must navigate. An unflinching and insightful narrative that explores the global appeal of a Made in America education that is a bridge to America’s successful past and to its future, America Calling is both a deeply personal story of Bhandari’s search for her place and voice, and an incisive analysis of America’s relationship with the rest of the world through the most powerful tool of diplomacy: education. At a time of growing nationalism, a turning inward, and fear of the “other,” America Calling is ultimately a call to action to keep America’s borders—and minds—open.

America Calling
America Calling

Author: Claude S. Fischer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 0520086473

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Annotation 'In his study of the telephone in American society, Fishcer confronts the most significant, but also the most difficult, question we can ask about a new technology--what differences did it make in the lives of its users?'Roland Marchand

America Calling
America Calling

Author: Claude S. Fischer

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2023-11-10

Total Pages: 442

ISBN-13: 0520915003

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The telephone looms large in our lives, as ever present in modern societies as cars and television. Claude Fischer presents the first social history of this vital but little-studied technology—how we encountered, tested, and ultimately embraced it with enthusiasm. Using telephone ads, oral histories, telephone industry correspondence, and statistical data, Fischer's work is a colorful exploration of how, when, and why Americans started communicating in this radically new manner. Studying three California communities, Fischer uncovers how the telephone became integrated into the private worlds and community activities of average Americans in the first decades of this century. Women were especially avid in their use, a phenomenon which the industry first vigorously discouraged and then later wholeheartedly promoted. Again and again Fischer finds that the telephone supported a wide-ranging network of social relations and played a crucial role in community life, especially for women, from organizing children's relationships and church activities to alleviating the loneliness and boredom of rural life. Deftly written and meticulously researched, America Calling adds an important new chapter to the social history of our nation and illuminates a fundamental aspect of cultural modernism that is integral to contemporary life.

Your Republic Is Calling You
Your Republic Is Calling You

Author: Young-ha Kim

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 0547546971

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This psychological thriller of a North Korean spy living in Seoul is “perhaps the most intriguing and accomplished Korean fiction yet to appear in English” (Kirkus). Foreign film importer Kim Ki-Yong is a family man with a wife and daughter. Living a prosperous life in Seoul, South Korea, he’s an aficionado of Heineken, soccer, and sushi. But he is also a North Korean spy who has been living among his enemies for twenty-one years. Then, after more than a decade of silence from the home office, he receives a mysterious email stating that he has one day to return to headquarters. But is the message really from Pyongyang—or has he been discovered? And if the message is real, is he being called home to receive new orders or to be executed for a lack of diligence? Spanning the course of a single day, Your Republic Is Calling You delves deep into a gripping family secret to ask whether we ever truly know the people we love. Mining the political and cultural transformations of South Korea since the 1980s, author Young-ha Kim confronts moral questions on small and large scales. “This intense novel’s bristling plot—confined to the events of a single day—ironically echoes that of Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses.”—Kirkus

Herman Melville and the American Calling
Herman Melville and the American Calling

Author: William V. Spanos

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 2009-07-01

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780791475645

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Argues that Herman Melville’s later work anticipates the resurgence of an American exceptionalist ethos underpinning the U.S.-led global “war on terror.”

The Calling
The Calling

Author: Christopher Chen

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2022-08-16

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1637631154

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A CT scan revealed Dr. James Chen, a Miami physician, had a cancerous, inoperable, tumor behind his nose. The prognosis was bleak. Dr. Chen had eight weeks to live. Dr. Chen and his sons, Chris and Gordon, looked for a miracle. Chris was completing a cardiology fellowship. Gordon was finishing medical school. They knew what they were up against. Even still, they were shocked when a local oncologist told them, “The first available appointment is in six weeks.” James and his sons were suddenly patients, forced to look at the healthcare system from the other end of the stethoscope. They didn’t like what they saw—expensive, uncoordinated, and ineffective care. At one point James asked his sons, “If a family of doctors with connections can’t navigate this system, what chance do my patients have?” The Chens found their calling. Together with James’ wife Mary, Chris’s wife Stephanie (an attorney), and Gordon’s wife Jessica (another doctor) they created ChenMed, a physician-led company that serves the underserved­­. ChenMed puts their patients from forgotten communities first and focuses on accountable, compassionate care that improves health. In The Calling, Chris and Gordon share how the family succeeded beyond their wildest expectations through a combination of determination, data, family, and faith. They turned what could have been a tragedy into an opportunity that will revolutionize healthcare delivery for years to come. The Calling will give you hope.