Mud Between Our Toes
Author: Jack Straley
Publisher: Author House
Published: 2011-10-05
Total Pages: 137
ISBN-13: 1467036455
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA collection of faith based poems and short stories about life in rural central Texas in the fifties
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Mud Between Your Toes
Author: Peter Wood
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2016-02-17
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781518830730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGlimpse a life filled with contradictions, discoveries, and passion in Peter Wood's fascinating new memoir, Mud Between Your Toes: A Rhodesian Farm. This is a powerful story about a teenage boy growing up during the Rhodesian Bush War. Peter Wood is an African. He is white, but he also holds a Chinese passport. And he is also gay. Growing up during the 1970s on his family's farm in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Peter was swiftly introduced to a harsh world in which friends and relatives were murdered in ambushes-and the line between blacks and whites was drawn in blood. As travel bans and UN sanctions caused a deepening chasm between his country and the rest of the world, Peter struggled with his identity as a white Rhodesian and later in life, when living in London, he nurtured his skills as a photographer-and finally found the courage to come out as gay. Now a twenty-year resident of Hong Kong and an official Chinese national, Peter is arguably the only white, gay, African man in China. But his wildly entertaining anecdotes delve much deeper than that superficial-yet admittedly fascinating-label. These stories, based largely on Peter's childhood diary entries, offer insight into the universal human experience: from tragedies and triumphs to catastrophes and, perhaps most importantly, joy.
Prairie’S Edge
Author: George Roger Stanley
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2015-01-08
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1503523314
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is important to note that I have not tried to hide the identities of the characters that happened into my life, but to endear them to the reader so that they are an important part of to this story, and I in no way will try to make them more or less important than they really were. I have learned to accept and to love each one of the personalities and hope that I never have harmed them in the past or by this account of them in this written dialogue.
Telling Truths: Storying Motherhood
Author: Sheena Wilson
Publisher: Demeter Press
Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1927335892
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTelling Truths: Storying Motherhood is a collection of creative non-fiction essays. Through story, contributing authors explore how expectations collide with the complex realities we face as we mother. They illustrate how mothering is inextricably linked to the positions we occupy within our specific socio-cultural contexts; how our versions of mothering are transformed in relationship to the children we raise, long for, and mourn. Together, as writers and readers, as mothers and parents and communities, we are rewriting and rereading and reinventing what it means to mother and parent our children at this moment in history. This anthology is an important contribution to ongoing dialogues that resist traditional expectations around motherhood.
Into the Mud
Author: Christine Jeske
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Published: 2009-12-17
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1575674785
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnbelievable circumstances. Believable hope. If we follow media accounts, the continent of Africa may seem to be little more than AIDS patients, malnourished babies, child soldiers, and a failing attempt to imitate the West. Though Christians today are increasingly concerned about injustice and human suffering, their effectiveness in Africa is limited by only knowing this "bad news" and the trite, feel-good solutions sometimes bandied about in response. Into the Mud takes readers below the headlines, into real stories of real people living neck-deep in some of Africa's most difficult issues -- but with hands, minds, and hearts rooted in God's kingdom. Each of the interwoven stories and related discussion questions addresses a broader issue of missions and development, including evangelism, literacy and education, microfinance, health services, urbanization and refugee assistance, and more. Reflection questions at the end of each chapter help readers to apply lessons from the chapters to their own ministry contexts. Where the world sees despair, author Christine Jeske sees God writing stories of hope. Study groups, development students, mission teams, and everyday activists alike will be challenged by her stories to enter more deeply into the thick of life's mud.
A Spoonful of Zucchero
Author: Kate Taylor
Publisher: Little Red Apple Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781875329229
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1908 Alfio Gatti's mother is forcibly removed from the family's Queensland cane farm, to exile on Peel Island. A year later ten-year-old Alfio is also taken. For the first time he hears the word leper and experiences the loathing and fear his condition creates. Peel Island becomes his harsh sanctuary. Among fellow sufferers, a drunk, a teacher, a playmate he discovers love, friendship and fun, but there is also prejudice and tragedy to endure. As Alfio grows from naive boy to adolescent he learns to cheat the system and escape the lies he must tell to hide his affliction.
Chinaberries and Beyond
Author: Patricia L. Bostic
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2017-04-24
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1512782912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPatricia is born during WWII when racial segregation is a way of life, particularly in the south. A few years earlier in the small cotton mill town her father’s poor judgment forces her parents and eventually their eight children to live in a crude, unpainted, three-room dwelling located in an isolated area of four houses for African Americans. They have no electricity or running water, and a stone-covered spring in the woods becomes a special place for mischief. A single tree, a chinaberry, adjacent to the house serves many purposes. Home, church, and school are the Littletons’ family core, while their experiences are laced with fun, humor, and mischief. However, when temperamental Hazel, an adult bully, moves next door, there are conflicts, which escalate into unnerving, dangerous situations, especially with Patricia’s easygoing, soft-spoken mother. Hazel ridicules Patricia, who is smart, timid, and labeled a crybaby and stubborn in school. By high school, Patricia blossoms and becomes popular, but later her father warns her of wooden nickels. www.chinaberriesandbeyond.com
A Soldier's Story
Author: Raful Eitan
Publisher: SP Books
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9781561710942
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis autobiography of one of Israel's most controversial military and political leaders offers an insider's view of Israel's military strategies and includes vivid descriptions of their most dramatic and historical battles. "Battle-scarred, he (Eitan) is living testimony to Israel's struggle for survival".--Yitzhak Rabin, former Defense Minister & Prime Minister of Israel. Photographs.
Ravenquest 3: A Ripple In The Ether
Author: Benjamin Raven Pressley
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2018-11-27
Total Pages: 178
ISBN-13: 0359254462
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt seems so long ago that the Death Furies under Shinar ruled the land. It is said they all are dead or dying since the great battle with Shinar long ago. But are they truly gone? The Skyebara is having a great healing effect upon Terra Zem as it spreads but it is not without resistance. Shinar's grip went deep. The ether is the living force in and of all things. So connected is the ether to all of Terra Zem that any disturbance in the land is felt by all like a ripple in a pond when a stone is thrown, its shock waves traveling outward. Indeed there is a ripple in the ether but what is its cause? Will it destroy all the Skyebara has accomplished? Find out as you travel once again with the Shadow Reavers and meet new characters like the Arcamagi, Drogan, Grimhiss, Guymayne and many more as you read Book 3 of the Ravenquest series--A RIPPLE IN THE ETHER.
Helping Your Child with Loss and Trauma
Author: David Trickey
Publisher: Robinson
Published: 2023-05-04
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1472138627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIs your child struggling to cope with a loss or trauma? Although loss and change are inevitable parts of life, some children find such events overwhelming and in some cases they can become traumatised by them. This essential guide provides informed advice for parents about how to support your children when they encounter difficulties with bereavement and trauma. Research has indicated that children are less likely to develop problems such as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) if they are provided with the appropriate support and opportunities to talk about difficult events and their impact on them. This book will give you step-by-step practical strategies to: · Understand the potential impact of loss and trauma on your children · Provide the best environment for recovery after traumatic events · Help your child get back on track Helping Your Child is a series for parents and caregivers to support children through developmental difficulties, both psychological and physical. Each guide uses clinically proven techniques. Series editors: Dr Polly Waite and Emeritus Professor Peter Cooper
