Not Gonna Be A Debbie Downer Black And White Version

Author : Deb Dauer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781093782868
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Gonna Be a Debbie Downer (Black and White Version) written by Deb Dauer and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-13 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Deb shares her journey with pure, raw, genuine emotion. You will feel like you know her personally. You will laugh, cry, and reflect. Be thankful for the good stuff." - Danielle Gladysz, official Beastie"In her beautifully woven passages, some easy to read and some with warnings, but all with heart, courage, and purpose, Deb Dauer shares with us the secret of living with ALS. Always the teacher, Deb encourages us to be a little bit kinder, to remain positive in the face of adversity, and to sit and enjoy all that is around us that we take for granted ..." - Lisa Soden Winer, Deb's childhood friend"In her honest and beautiful blog, Debbie Nahmias Dauer has documented her heartbreaking path from ulcerative colitis and eventual removal of her colon, to a devastating diagnosis of ALS. With candor and humor, Debbie openly shares moments of joy and fear. Even if you never met her, you immediately feel the warmth, generosity, and perceptiveness of this extraordinary woman--mother, teacher, community leader-- through her remarkable writing.Despite her decades' long health problems, she kept an almost unimaginable positive attitude. To the end, she appreciated and loved life. Her mantra, "Live to love. Love to live," is an inspiring guide for all of us on how to live a life of gratitude and joy. And lucky for us all that she wrote down her experience in her blog, which has been read by hundreds of thousands of people all over the world. Her writing is stunning in its stark honesty about what it is like to be a person living with ALS. We continue to be inspired every day by the grace, humor, honesty, and positive spirit with which she faced a horrible disease." - Abigail Rose, Deb's childhood friend

Author : Ron Dawson
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1642508764
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dungeons 'n' Durags written by Ron Dawson and published by Mango Media Inc.. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Funny Stories About White Privilege and Black Identity from a Black Nerd’s Perspective Author and Ebony Magazine podcaster Ron Dawson lends his wit and comical social commentary to tell the story of how one of the “whitest” and nerdiest of black men finally woke up, found his blackness, and lost all inhibitions at dropping the f-bomb. A coming-of-age story of black identity. In the suburbs of Atlanta, Ron was a black nerd (aka “blerd”) living very comfortably in his white world. He loved his white wife, worked well with his white workmates, and worshiped at a white church. On November 8, 2016, everything changed when Trump became POTUS. Ron began a journey of self-discovery that made him question everything —from faith to friendships. Part social commentary and part fantastical narrative. This book goes where no blerd has gone before. In a psychedelic way, Ron is guided by a guardian “angel” in the guise of Samuel L. Jackson’s character from Pulp Fiction. Sam is there to help Ron, well, be more black. Ron confronts his black “sins” and wrestles with black identity, systemic racism, and what it means to be “black” in America. Uncomfortable conversations. Throughout this book, you’ll learn lessons from a man who deconstructs his faith and confronts personal demons of racial identity. Gain new perspectives through these funny stories that will reshape your current views on black identity. Inside, you’ll find: The funniest social commentary on white privilege and black identity Political satire wrapped in funny stories of a man’s journey to confront the systemic racism and Christian hypocrisy around him Comical if not uncomfortable conversations about what it means to be black in America If you liked You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable, Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man, or I’m Judging You, you’ll love Dungeons ‘n’ Durags.

Author : Tina Journey
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1460244087
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I am Tina written by Tina Journey and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a journal created from recordings transcribed of the journey Tina went through to find healing from a lifetime of abuse. Tina started seeing a therapist immediately after leaving an abusive relationship to gain an understanding to why she kept picking bad men into her life. She knew something was wrong. Originally Tina started recording her journey in hopes it would help someone else coming out of an abusive relationship. She didn’t know early memories of her childhood would surface and she would be faced with an even greater pain and sadness in her life. Her entire world changed from what she knew as a successful business woman and socialite to losing everything and everyone in her life. This is a story of pain, great sadness, the agony of the healing process, and seeking God into the final healing she would receive in the desert.

Author : Kathy Bennett
Publisher : Kathy Bennett
ISBN 13 : 1733758194
Total Pages : 989 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Buckner Thriller Trilogy written by Kathy Bennett and published by Kathy Bennett. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 989 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collateral Damage Redemption, revenge, and a battle of wits…but who’s playing who? Nurse Amber Buckner is struggling with the fallout from her husband’s response to her unexpected pregnancy. Her distracted state prevents her from recognizing something is wrong when approached late at night by a uniformed police officer. Kidnapped, she soon realizes her abduction is no random crime. She’s the pawn in a deranged madman’s scheme of revenge. In a contest of wits, Amber convinces her captor he is the father of the child she’s carrying. While the maniac seesaws between love and hate for her, she prays her husband, an LAPD cop, will discover she’s been kidnapped and rescue her. Amber doesn’t know that her husband isn’t looking for her—no one is—the madman has seen to that. Collateral Damage is the first book in Kathy Bennett’s Buckner Thriller Trilogy. Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer. Damaged Goods A cold case. A cold marriage. A cold-blooded murder. While stepping up as mom and dad to his toddler son, LAPD Officer Roy Buckner struggles with a new assignment in the Robbery-Homicide Division Cold-Case Unit. He and his female detective partner investigate a decades-old cop killing and uncover an old trail of deadly secrets—while generating secrets of their own. Roy’s wife, Amber, is newly graduated from the LAPD academy, and her probationary training leaves her with little time to be concerned about her home life—which hangs by a thread. Her first noteworthy arrest uncovers a trail of clues leading to a mystery centered on a stripper and her brother. As personal implications and consequences mount, the shocking revelations may end everyone’s career—if not their lives. Damaged Goods is the second book in Kathy Bennett’s Buckner Thriller Trilogy. Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer. Damage Control L.A.’s mean streets—filled with vulnerable children. Some are stolen. Amber and Roy Buckner want to end their marriage amicably while diminishing the consequences for their three-year-old son, Gage. But those plans get placed on hold, and their lives are upended when Gage goes missing. For the two LAPD officers, anger and fear replace the cordial relationship they’d crafted during their separation. Bitter resentment ignites as the investigation reveals they were both culpable in their son’s disappearance. Word on the street reveals a notorious pimp is selling young children to the highest bidder. Roy and Amber must delve into the depraved world of child trafficking and prostitution to have any chance of saving their son. Can they beat the clock before their son is gone forever? Damage Control is the third and final book in Kathy Bennett’s Buckner Thriller Trilogy. Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer.

Author : Kathy Bennett
Publisher : Kathy Bennett
ISBN 13 : 173375816X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DAMAGE CONTROL written by Kathy Bennett and published by Kathy Bennett. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L.A.’s mean streets—filled with vulnerable children. Some are stolen. Los Angeles Police Officers, Amber and Roy Buckner, want to end their marriage amicably, while diminishing the fallout of the split for their three-year-old son, Gage. But those plans get placed on hold and their lives upended when Gage goes missing. Anger and fear replace the cordial relationship they’d crafted during their separation, and bitter resentment ignites as the investigation reveals they were both culpable in their son’s disappearance. Word on the street is that a notorious pimp is selling young children to the highest bidder. Roy and Amber must delve into the depraved world of child trafficking and prostitution to have any chance of saving their son. Can they beat the clock before their son is gone forever? Authentic Crime…Arresting Stories told by an award-winning retired LAPD officer.

Author : Rachel Egan
Publisher : Greenleaf Book Group
ISBN 13 : 1632990040
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book New Mom, New Woman written by Rachel Egan and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2014-10-07 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Mom, New Woman provides you with skills and strategies to become more competent, decisive, and empowered. You will develop a broader perspective of your new life, a deeper awareness of your needs and desires, and a keen understanding that a life you love won’t happen miraculously; it needs to be consciously defined and deliberately designed. Rachel Egan, MBA, is a certified life coach and President of Maternity Transitions®—a national coaching service provider. She is the author of Life after ‘I Do!’ and lives in Massachusetts with her husband and four children.

Author : Antione D. Tomlin
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1648027350
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Working While Black written by Antione D. Tomlin and published by IAP. This book was released on 2022-03-01 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working While Black: The Untold Stories of Student Affairs Practitioners will examine the narratives of student affairs professionals and how they navigate their professional experiences. While student affairs can be a high pressure and high stress environment for all professionals, Black professionals are often overworked, underheard, and made to feel devalued. Therefore, it is important to consider how student affairs professionals are managing the profession, colleagues, and students while Black. I approach this book from an asset-based approach where chapter authors are approaching both the challenges and opportunities they have experienced due to being a Black while working as a student affairs practitioner. Chapter authors also provide poignant advice on how current and potential student affairs professionals can successfully navigate the field. One especially important contribution of this book is that our authors are from a variety of student affairs areas including: residence life, student engagement, career services, counseling, student conduct, athletics, student activities, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and academic advising. Additionally, chapter authors are student affairs professionals at predominantly White institutions, historically Black colleges and universities, and online universities. Given the breadth of experiences each chapter will provide poignant suggestions for student affairs practitioners across the nation as well as for institutions who are looking to better understand these experiences to better support their own employees. Popular education press and scholarly conversations have focused on the experiences of student affairs professionals (Renn & Hodges, 2007). There has also been scholarship around the Black student affairs professional experience (West, 2015; Husband. 2016). This book will add to the current press and scholarly conversations by allowing Black student affairs professionals to tell their own stories, providing additional insight into what it is like to work while Black. Institutions of higher education can learn much from the stories shared in this book that can inform the recruitment and retention of Black professionals. Thus, Working While Black: The Untold Stories of Student Affairs Practitioners is positioned to be a must read for all higher education professionals and institutions who are looking for strategies to support Black student affairs professionals.

Author : Christine Pope
Publisher : Dark Valentine Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2395 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Witches of Wheeler Park written by Christine Pope and published by Dark Valentine Press. This book was released on 2023-02-11 with total page 2395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entire Witches of Wheeler Park paranormal romance saga, now available in one super-sized boxed set! This set includes the complete text of all nine books (8 full-length novels + 1 novella) — three-quarters of a million words! STORM BORN A woman with a stormy gift. An evil hungry to use her for a dark purpose. A warlock determined to protect her with his life…. THUNDER ROAD Addie ran to keep Jake and the Wilcox witch clan safe. She underestimates Jake’s love—and the danger about to consume her like wildfire. WINDS OF CHANGE Addie is trapped in her worst nightmare. But there’s a faint glimmer that could be hope—or a signal that time has run out for everyone she loves. MIND GAMES A witch whose mind-reading means survival. The one man who can bring her in from the cold. A nightmare wearing a deceptive label: family. A WHEELER PARK CHRISTMAS If Jake is going to have snow for his proposal to Addie, the Wilcox clan will have to break a powerful spell — without making things worse. BLOOD TIES One kiss ignites a need Joanna and Randall tried hard to ignore. But when he disappears, is it a case of cold feet…or a kidnapping? HEALING HANDS Two witch-kind, one mission to track down a mysterious healer. But in the end, the lies they tell each other could cost them everything. WISHFUL THINKING Making wishes is her superpower. Until she loses her temper…and makes the one wish that could cost her the love of her life. SMOKE AND MIRRORS A Wilcox warlock makes a brand-new witch’s heart race. But the truth behind the origin of her powers could put the entire clan in danger….

Author : Dieneria Brown
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1257816543
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Finding a Balance written by Dieneria Brown and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-06-10 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book follows a modern woman, Jane, as she lives her life post law school. The story follows her through her ups and downs, from finding a job to getting married. Jane is continually struggling to stay a float in both her family and work lives in the hopes of pleasing everyone. Beyond being a story about Jane this is the story of the contemporary woman who is unfairly forced by society to find the balance between the domestic and work spheres.

Author : Julia Lee
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
ISBN 13 : 1250824664
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biting the Hand written by Julia Lee and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2023-04-18 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julia Lee is angry. And she has questions. What does it mean to be Asian in America? What does it look like to be an ally or an accomplice? How can we shatter the structures of white supremacy that fuel racial stratification? When Julia was fifteen, her hometown went up in smoke during the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The daughter of Korean immigrant store owners in a predominantly Black neighborhood, Julia was taught to be grateful for the privilege afforded to her. However, the acquittal of four white police officers in the beating of Rodney King, following the murder of Latasha Harlins by a Korean shopkeeper, forced Julia to question her racial identity and complicity. She was neither Black nor white. So who was she? This question would follow Julia for years to come, resurfacing as she traded in her tumultuous childhood for the white upper echelon of elite academia. It was only when she began a PhD in English that she found answers—not through studying Victorian literature, as Julia had planned, but rather in the brilliant prose of writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. Their works gave Julia the vocabulary and, more important, the permission to critically examine her own tortured position as an Asian American, setting off a powerful journey of racial reckoning, atonement, and self-discovery. With prose by turns scathing and heart-wrenching, Julia lays bare the complex disorientation and shame that stem from this country’s imposed racial hierarchy. And she argues that Asian Americans must work toward lasting social change alongside Black and brown communities in order to combat the scarcity culture of white supremacy through abundance and joy. In this passionate, no-holds-barred memoir, Julia interrogates her own experiences of marginality and resistance, and ultimately asks what may be the biggest question of all—what can we do?