Brilliance of Hope
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Published: 2021-09-06
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9781914287077
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn anthology of 41 short stories about the Zimbabwean dispersion, by 15 writers, compiled and edited by Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure.
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The Bridge to Brilliance
Author: Nadia Lopez
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2017-11-07
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 1101980265
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBe inspired by the magnetic young principal who “stands on the front line of the fight to educate America's children." (Brandon Stanton, author of Humans of New York ) and the book that Essence calls "Essential reading." In 2010, Nadia Lopez started her middle-grade public school, Mott Hall Bridges Academy, in one of America’s poorest communities, in a record heat wave—and crime wave. Everything was an uphill battle—to get the school approved, to recruit faculty and students, to solve a million new problems every day, from violent crime to vanishing supplies—but Lopez was determined to break the downward spiral that had trapped too many inner-city children. The lessons came fast: unengaged teachers, wayward students, and the educational system itself, rarely in tune with the already disadvantaged and underprepared. Things were at a low ebb for everyone when one of her students told a photographer that his principal, “Ms. Lopez,” was the person who most influenced his life. The posting on Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York site was the pebble that started a lucky landslide for Lopez and her team. Lopez found herself in the national spotlight and headed for a meeting with President Obama, as well as the beneficiary of a million-dollar campaign for the school, to fund her next dream: a field trip for her students to visit another school—Harvard. The Bridge to Brilliance is a book filled with common sense and caring that will carry her message to communities and classrooms far from Brooklyn. As she says, modestly, “There are hundreds of Ms. Lopezes around this country doing good work for kids. This honors all of them.”
Brilliance
Author: Marcus Sakey
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781611099690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFederal agent Nick Cooper draws on his supernatural ability to eliminate terrorists to hunt down a dangerous man who committed a horrific massacre on Wall Street that left hundreds dead and injured.
Releasing Leadership Brilliance
Author: Simon T. Bailey
Publisher: Corwin Press
Published: 2017-02-02
Total Pages: 154
ISBN-13: 1506390390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat separates good leaders from brilliant ones? How do you successfully move your school or district from mediocrity to brilliance? Drawing on their expertise in business and education, the authors provide a simple, sustainable framework that will help you overcome educational inertia to reach new heights of achievement. The authors use the forces of flight as a powerful metaphor: Weight: Discover your Personal Brilliance through self-discovery Lift: Engage Collaborative Brilliance through collaboration with all stakeholders Thrust: Drive Team Brilliance by encouraging smart risks and designing potent changes Reduce Drag: Expand Student Brilliance by unleashing imagination, resilience, and hope Download the free study guide at releasingleadershipbrilliance.com
Hope: A Tragedy
Author: Shalom Auslander
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2012-01-12
Total Pages: 301
ISBN-13: 1101561289
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA New York Times Notable Book 2012 The rural town of Stockton, New York, is famous for nothing: no one was born there, no one died there, nothing of any historical import at all has ever happened there, which is why Solomon Kugel, like other urbanites fleeing their pasts and histories, decided to move his wife and young son there. To begin again. To start anew. But it isn’t quite working out that way for Kugel… His ailing mother stubbornly holds on to life, and won’t stop reminiscing about the Nazi concentration camps she never actually suffered through. To complicate matters further, some lunatic is burning down farmhouses just like the one Kugel bought, and when, one night, he discovers history—a living, breathing, thought-to-be-dead specimen of history—hiding upstairs in his attic, bad quickly becomes worse. Hope: A Tragedy is a hilarious and haunting examination of the burdens and abuse of history, propelled with unstoppable rhythm and filled with existential musings and mordant wit. It is a comic and compelling story of the hopeless longing to be free of those pasts that haunt our every present.
Unlocking Your Brilliance
Author: Karen D. Purcell
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 161
ISBN-13: 1608323765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEven though Purcell excelled in math and science in high school, nobody ever talked to her about a career in the STEM fields. Lack of exposure was the first hurdle that she would face on her path to success as an engineer and entrepreneur, but it certainly wouldn't be the last.
Your Messy Brilliance
Author: Kelly McNelis
Publisher: New Leaf Distribution
Published: 2017-10-15
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1988648025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is no magic pill. There is no one-size-fits-all solution to your problems. There is no guru coming to save you. The remarkable truth you are about to discover—one that you already know deep down in your bones—is that the idea of perfection can’t bring you the joy, passion, and purpose you are craving. What you are looking for, as author and Women For One founder Kelly McNelis will show you, is your messy brilliance. It’s the part of you that’s perfectly imperfect and that contains your wholeness: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Your Messy Brilliance offers an engaging, customizable roadmap to the authentic you. In this book, you will learn to: Reclaim your true brilliance by embracing your flaws as the key to unlocking your deepest truth Understand how your stories shape your life—and harness your power to transform the stories you tell yourself and others Consciously move past shame and self-judgment, and develop a stronger relationship to your body, mind, and spirit Connect with your feminine power to find presence, peace, and clarity Make conscious, effective choices that enable you to make your life happen, on your own terms Embody limitless possibility so that you can create the life you have always dreamed about Commit to a life of radical openness, authenticity, and courage—so that you transform yourself and your world With a combination of personal experience, relatable stories from everyday women, and practical wisdom that can be found in every culture and doctrine, Kelly will guide you into the most important journey you will ever take as a woman: the journey back home to your messy brilliance...and your ultimate truth!
The Brilliance of Stars
Author: J'nell Ciesielski
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 401
ISBN-13: 0785248463
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Action! Romance! Spies! Secrets! The Brilliance of Stars has it all. This electrifying read from J'nell Ciesielski comes to life with historical details and sparkling descriptions that will leave the reader begging for book two!" —Amy E. Reichert Amid the chaos of the Great War, two elite assassins learn precisely how dangerous it is to have something—or someone—worth losing. Washington, DC, 1914. Ivy Olwen knows how to survive on the streets without two coins to rub together. Then destiny thrusts her into the nest of a covert agency of assassins sworn to drive back the world’s darkness, and she acquires a new set of lethal skills. Her education—from explosives to etiquette, sharpshooting to sabotage—is as far reaching as the organization’s missions. But it’s the hours she spends among the towering bookshelves in the library and stargazing on the roof with Agent Jack Vale that make her heart fly. Jack knew plenty of hardship before the agency refined his rough edges, transforming him into the man who never misses. But he didn’t know the feeling of home until Ivy entered his world. Now Jack’s heart drums with a singular purpose: he will fight for her, fight alongside her. No matter the cost. When the pair is sent on a seemingly simple mission to take down Russia’s newest and most dangerous arms dealer—a soulless man using the Great War as an opportunity to further his own depraved agenda—they discover that no amount of training could have prepared them for a manhunt that takes them across the frozen tundra, to the Crimean Peninsula, and along the Trans-Siberian Railway . . . only to discover that there is evil in the world they will never understand. The first book of an epic duology from bestselling author J’nell Ciesielski, The Brilliance of Stars incorporates her signature blend of thrilling adventure, glamorous espionage, and sweeping romance. Historical romance set during World War I Book length: approximately 116,000 words The first Jack and Ivy novel; book two, To Free the Stars—coming August 2023 Includes map of Europe 1917 and discussion questions for book clubs
Radical Hope
Author: Jonathan Lear
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13: 0674040023
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPresents the story of Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation. This title contains a philosophical and ethical inquiry into a people faced with the end of their way of life.
Elantris
Author: Brandon Sanderson
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2005-05
Total Pages: 508
ISBN-13: 9780765311771
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