Sunflowers and Suspicions
Sunflowers and Suspicions

Author: Karen Malley

Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 152239897X

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A Deception Revealed ... When Julie Wagner's identical twin Jade goes missing, Julie travels to New York intent on pretending to be her sister so she can unravel the truth. There, she meets the the only person who has ever been able to tell them apart. Together, can she and her sister's neighbor unravel a shady restaurant owner's mysteries and find Jade? A Fractured Family Healed ... Matt Callahan has lived across the hall from Jade Wagner for a year, but never understood the pain behind her eyes. When her sister appears in his apartment building, he is amazed at the differences he sees in the twins. As he helps Julie find her twin, he discovers that she just might be the answer to helping his own fractured family.

The Sunflower
The Sunflower

Author: Simon Wiesenthal

Publisher: Schocken

Published: 2008-12-18

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0307560422

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A Holocaust survivor's surprising and thought-provoking study of forgiveness, justice, compassion, and human responsibility, featuring contributions from the Dalai Lama, Harry Wu, Cynthia Ozick, Primo Levi, and more. You are a prisoner in a concentration camp. A dying Nazi soldier asks for your forgiveness. What would you do? While imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, Simon Wiesenthal was taken one day from his work detail to the bedside of a dying member of the SS. Haunted by the crimes in which he had participated, the soldier wanted to confess to--and obtain absolution from--a Jew. Faced with the choice between compassion and justice, silence and truth, Wiesenthal said nothing. But even years after the way had ended, he wondered: Had he done the right thing? What would you have done in his place? In this important book, fifty-three distinguished men and women respond to Wiesenthal's questions. They are theologians, political leaders, writers, jurists, psychiatrists, human rights activists, Holocaust survivors, and victims of attempted genocides in Bosnia, Cambodia, China and Tibet. Their responses, as varied as their experiences of the world, remind us that Wiesenthal's questions are not limited to events of the past.

Sunflower
Sunflower

Author: Martha Powers

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780684837673

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In this riveting debut, a female detective and single mother in a small Wisconsin town pursues a serial killer of little girls--only to discover that he intends "her" to be his last victim.

WHERE THE SUNFLOWERS BLOOM
WHERE THE SUNFLOWERS BLOOM

Author: José A. Ramírez Jr.

Publisher: José A. Ramírez Jr.

Published: 2024-02-10

Total Pages: 249

ISBN-13:

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What follows is not a story of politics, nor it is of ideological divergences. Rather, it is a very human story that projects the suffering of human beings along with their desire to be free and the mutual support they must in many cases give to each other in order to achieve these desires. It is also worth clarifying that, although this is a fictional story, it is within the time frame of real historical events that overshadowed the history of a country and the entire world for almost three decades. Where the Sunflowers Bloom tells the story of a young man who, living as a prisoner within his own city, lived looking out his window at a field of sunflowers beyond the walls that separated him from the free world, although for some time he was able to visit the field and cut sunflowers for his sick mother who loved these flowers for a special reason. Then, when the regime that rules the side of the city where he lives with his mother closes the way, he is unable to continue collecting these flowers and also to be able to leave his city freely. Although the characters and what is told about them in this novel are fictional, the historical setting and characters with whom their stories are intertwined are real. The events narrated here clouded our human history for decades. And far from tarnishing the memory and martyrdom of the real characters, tries to tell the story of them, including details that, although perhaps did not happen in the way described, has been devised as a tribute to the memory of all those who perished in such a cruel way and to that of those who survived this unjust ordeal. Despite the story, the characters could have been real, and their story could have been the story of hundreds more and it could have been repeated on multiple occasions, only this time it will be captured in a novel that not only aims to give a dramatic feature to the story as such, but also wants to incorporate here a very human reflection, in which it is about creating awareness on the walls that still exist and divide human beings today.

In Camp On The Big Sunflower
In Camp On The Big Sunflower

Author: Lawrence J. Leslie

Publisher: BoD - Books on Demand

Published: 2023-08-23

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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Lawrence J. Leslie's "In Camp on the Big Sunflower" immerses readers in an adventurous tale set in the great outdoors. The narrative follows a group of young protagonists as they embark on a camping expedition to the Big Sunflower River. Set against the backdrop of nature's beauty and challenges, the story unfolds with themes of exploration, friendship, and self-reliance. As the characters navigate the intricacies of outdoor life, they learn valuable lessons about teamwork, resourcefulness, and the rewards of connecting with the natural world. The novel delves into themes of camaraderie, survival skills, and the transformational power of wilderness experiences. As the characters encounter the wonders and difficulties of camping, they forge lasting bonds and discover their own capacities for adaptation and growth. "In Camp on the Big Sunflower" captures the spirit of adventure and the magic of the great outdoors. Lawrence J. Leslie's storytelling invites readers to join the characters on their camping journey, offering a glimpse into the joys and challenges of connecting with nature on a deeper level.

Policing Sex in the Sunflower State
Policing Sex in the Sunflower State

Author: Nicole Perry

Publisher: University Press of Kansas

Published: 2021-06-10

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0700631887

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Policing Sex in the Sunflower State: The Story of the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women is the history of how, over a span of two decades, the state of Kansas detained over 5,000 women for no other crime than having a venereal disease. In 1917, the Kansas legislature passed Chapter 205, a law that gave the state Board of Health broad powers to quarantine people for disease. State authorities quickly began enforcing Chapter 205 to control the spread of venereal disease among soldiers preparing to fight in World War I. Though Chapter 205 was officially gender-neutral, it was primarily enforced against women; this gendered enforcement became even more dramatic as Chapter 205 transitioned from a wartime emergency measure to a peacetime public health strategy. Women were quarantined alongside regular female prisoners at the Kansas State Industrial Farm for Women (the Farm). Women detained under Chapter 205 constituted 71 percent of the total inmate population between 1918 and 1942. Their confinement at the Farm was indefinite, with doctors and superintendents deciding when they were physically and morally cured enough to reenter society; in practice, women detained under Chapter 205 spent an average of four months at the Farm. While at the Farm, inmates received treatment for their diseases and were subjected to a plan of moral reform that focused on the value of hard work and the inculcation of middle-class norms for proper feminine behavior. Nicole Perry’s research reveals fresh insights into histories of women, sexuality, and programs of public health and social control. Underlying each of these are the prevailing ideas and practices of respectability, in some cases culturally encoded, in others legislated, enforced, and institutionalized. Perry recovers the voices of the different groups of women involved with the Farm: the activist women who lobbied to create the Farm, the professional women who worked there, and the incarcerated women whose bodies came under the control of the state. Policing Sex in the Sunflower State offers an incisive and timely critique of a failed public health policy that was based on perceptions of gender, race, class, and respectability rather than a reasoned response to the social problem at hand.

Reflections at Sunflower Farm The Second Semester
Reflections at Sunflower Farm The Second Semester

Author: AJ Georgia

Publisher: AJ Georgia

Published: 2014-07-18

Total Pages: 241

ISBN-13: 1311123458

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The Second Semester is book two in the Reflections at Sunflower Farm series. Ed, Donovan, Mary, and Julian deal with the loss of a friend as their wedding plans come together. Mary’s students dig deeper learning more and more that their chosen field comes with personal dangers as well as mental ones. Graduation is fast approaching which will mark the beginning of new careers and maybe the close of others. Foresters Farm looks like it could become a reality which has Mary completely terrified to the point that it’s making her physically ill. Or is it something else?

Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements
Law and Politics of the Taiwan Sunflower and Hong Kong Umbrella Movements

Author: Brian Jones

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-27

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1317157141

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Rarely do acts of civil disobedience come in such grand fashion as Taiwan’s Sunflower Movement and Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement. The two protests came in regions and jurisdictions that many have underestimated as regards furthering notions of political speech, democratisation, and testing the limits of authority. This book breaks down these two movements and explores their complex legal and political significance. The collection brings together some of Asia’s, and especially Taiwan and Hong Kong’s, most prolific writers, many of whom are internationally recognised experts in their respective fields, to address the legal and political significance of both movements, including the complex questions they posed as regards democracy, rule of law, authority, and freedom of speech. Given that occupational type protests have become a prominent method for protesters to make their cases to both citizens and governments, exploring the legalities of these significant protests and establishing best practices will be important to future movements, wherever they may transpire. With this in mind, the book does not stop at implications for Taiwan and Hong Kong, but talks about its subject matter from a comparative, international perspective.