Sugar in Our Wounds

Sugar in Our Wounds

Author: Donja R. Love

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2019-03-15

Total Pages: 85

ISBN-13: 0822239361

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On a plantation somewhere down south, a mystical tree reaches up toward heaven. Generations of slaves have been hanged on this tree. But James is going to be different, as long as he keeps his head down and practices his reading. Moreover, as the Civil War rages on, the possibility of freedom looms closer than ever. When a stranger arrives on the plantation, a striking romance emerges, inviting the couple and those around them into uncharted territory.


The Deepest Wounds

The Deepest Wounds

Author: Thomas D. Rogers

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2010-11-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0807899585

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In The Deepest Wounds, Thomas D. Rogers traces social and environmental changes over four centuries in Pernambuco, Brazil's key northeastern sugar-growing state. Focusing particularly on the period from the end of slavery in 1888 to the late twentieth century, when human impact on the environment reached critical new levels, Rogers confronts the day-to-day world of farming--the complex, fraught, and occasionally poetic business of making sugarcane grow. Renowned Brazilian sociologist Gilberto Freyre, whose home state was Pernambuco, observed, "Monoculture, slavery, and latifundia--but principally monoculture--they opened here, in the life, the landscape, and the character of our people, the deepest wounds." Inspired by Freyre's insight, Rogers tells the story of Pernambuco's wounds, describing the connections among changing agricultural technologies, landscapes and human perceptions of them, labor practices, and agricultural and economic policy. This web of interrelated factors, Rogers argues, both shaped economic progress and left extensive environmental and human damage. Combining a study of workers with analysis of their landscape, Rogers offers new interpretations of crucial moments of labor struggle, casts new light on the role of the state in agricultural change, and illuminates a legacy that influences Brazil's development even today.


Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things

Author: Cheryl Strayed

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 2012-07-10

Total Pages: 370

ISBN-13: 0307949338

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.


Fireflies

Fireflies

Author: Donja R. Love

Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 0822240211

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Somewhere in the Jim Crow South, the sky is on fire. A pregnant Olivia’s fierce speechwriting is the true force behind her charismatic husband, Charles, and his successful Movement, galvanizing people to march towards freedom. When four little girls are bombed in a church, Olivia and Charles’ marriage is threatened—as this tragedy and years of civil unrest leave Olivia believing that “this world ain’t no place to raise a colored child.”


The Kingdom of Little Wounds

The Kingdom of Little Wounds

Author: Susann Cokal

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2013-10-08

Total Pages: 569

ISBN-13: 0763669075

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A 2014 Michael L. Printz Honor Book A young seamstress and a royal nursemaid find themselves at the center of an epic power struggle in this stunning young-adult debut. On the eve of Princess Sophia’s wedding, the Scandinavian city of Skyggehavn prepares to fete the occasion with a sumptuous display of riches: brocade and satin and jewels, feasts of sugar fruit and sweet spiced wine. Yet beneath the veneer of celebration, a shiver of darkness creeps through the palace halls. A mysterious illness plagues the royal family, threatening the lives of the throne’s heirs, and a courtier’s wolfish hunger for the king’s favors sets a devious plot in motion. Here in the palace at Skyggehavn, things are seldom as they seem — and when a single errant prick of a needle sets off a series of events that will alter the course of history, the fates of seamstress Ava Bingen and mute nursemaid Midi Sorte become irrevocably intertwined with that of mad Queen Isabel. As they navigate a tangled web of palace intrigue, power-lust, and deception, Ava and Midi must carve out their own survival any way they can.


Their Tails Kept Wagging

Their Tails Kept Wagging

Author: Stephen Birchard

Publisher: eBookIt.com

Published: 2022-03

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13: 1456638874

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Inspiring True Stories of Pets Who Survived Against All Odds - Discover That Love, Forgiveness, and Hope Will Always Prevail! There's nothing quite like the bond of a human and their pet. Which is why our hearts ache when we see our furry friends in pain. As a Vet, Stephen Birchard often treats animals with severe medical problems. Whether it's intense injuries or dire illnesses, he's seen them all, and nothing hurts more than to see an animal suffer. Luckily, that's where the sad part ends. In this book, you'll find a collection of personal stories of Dr. Stephen's encounters with animals who have the odds stacked against them. But, their will to survive will always prevail. These pets have helped shape him into the professional he is today, and he hopes that by sharing these stories, they can inspire you as well. Be inspired and moved to tears with each chapter as you read about the impossible conditions affecting these animals and how Dr. Stephen helped them overcome. In each story, he details the animals' medical issues, procedures they must go through, and their life after treatment. Follow the stories of: Rip, the young athletic Labrador who overcame serious surgical complications. Hershey, the fighter who conquered severe infection. Charlie, who underwent multiple surgeries and rehab. Josie, who survived an arrow through her heart. Billy Bob, the service dog cancer survivor. Jack, who pulled through a major operation that other doctors thought impossible. Bob, Dr. Stephen's personal dog, who battled cancer and beat the odds. Maximus, the severely burned young cat. Bruiser, the vet school surgery course lab dog who gave his life to help Stephen become a doctor. And Tigger, the young cat who survived a major accident and returned to normal life. Take these stories to heart and see that through love, loyalty, and forgiveness we can overcome anything!


The 40-Day Sugar Fast

The 40-Day Sugar Fast

Author: Wendy Speake

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2019-11-05

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1493419277

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What would you be willing to give up to experience the presence of God in your life again? Many of us sign up for a physical detox program, thinking that if our bodies are healthier, then we're healthier. But a healthy body doesn't do us a lot of good if we are spiritually malnourished. Welcome to the 40-Day Sugar Fast, a fast that begins with us giving Jesus our sugar and ends with Jesus giving us more of himself--the only thing that can ever truly satisfy our soul's deep hunger. On this 40-day journey you'll learn how to stop fixating on food and other things you use to fill the voids in life and instead fix your eyes on Christ. Anyone who runs to sugar for comfort or a reward, who eats mindlessly or out of boredom, who feels physically and spiritually lethargic, or who struggles with self-control will discover here not only freedom from their cravings but an entirely new appetite for the good things God has for us.


Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

Pathogenesis of Wound and Biomaterial-Associated Infections

Author: Torkel Wadström

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1447134540

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Despite the recent advances in medical treatment, patients suffering from wounds such as burns or receiving surgical implants are still in great danger of infection. This has called attention to the need for better understanding of infections at the molecular level. Scientists from various disciplines summarize our knowledge today and investigate how methods to avoid wound and biomaterial-associated infections can be developed. These methods include new antibiotics, surgical strategies to prevent infection, and ways to stimulate the immune system and the tissue healing process. Specific topics include: the definition of microbial cell surface determinants important for adhesion to graft; the definition of extracellular bacterial enzymes and toxins involved in tissue breakdown and the local spread of infection; the prevention of the systemic spreading of infection with immunoglobulins and antibiotics; and the problem of multiple antibiotic resistance in most versatile pathogens.