The Quest For Home

Author : Emily Raboteau
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 080219379X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for Zion written by Emily Raboteau and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2013-01-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Jerusalem to Ghana to Katrina-ravaged New Orleans, a woman reclaims her history in a “beautifully written and thought-provoking” memoir (Dave Eggers, author of A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun). A biracial woman from a country still divided along racial lines, Emily Raboteau never felt at home in America. As the daughter of an African American religious historian, she understood the Promised Land as the spiritual realm black people yearned for. But while visiting Israel, the Jewish Zion, she was surprised to discover black Jews. More surprising was the story of how they got there. Inspired by their exodus, her question for them is the same one she keeps asking herself: have you found the home you’re looking for? In this American Book Award–winning inquiry into contemporary and historical ethnic displacement, Raboteau embarked on a ten-year journey around the globe and back in time to explore the complex and contradictory perspectives of black Zionists. She talked to Rastafarians and African Hebrew Israelites, Evangelicals and Ethiopian Jews—all in search of territory that is hard to define and harder to inhabit. Uniting memoir with cultural investigation, Raboteau overturns our ideas of place, patriotism, dispossession, citizenship, and country in “an exceptionally beautiful . . . book about a search for the kind of home for which there is no straight route, the kind of home in which the journey itself is as revelatory as the destination” (Edwidge Danticat, author of The Farming of Bones).

Author : Jacqui Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942101420
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Jacqui Murray and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven from her home. Stalked by enemies. Now her closest ally may be a traitor. "Bravo Jacqui! A fine read and meticulous research." -- Sue Harrison, author of the acclaimed Ivory Carver Trilogy, Xhosa flees what she had hoped would be her new home after being attacked by invaders from the North. She leads her People on a grueling journey through unknown and dangerous lands of what we now call Europe. As she struggles to overcome strangers around her and disruptions within her People, Xhosa faces the reality that her most dangerous enemy may not be the one she expected. It may be one she has trusted with her life. The story is set 850,000 years ago, a time in prehistory when man populated most of Eurasia. He was a violent species, fully capable of addressing the many hardships that threatened his survival except for one: future man, a smarter version of himself, one destined to obliterate any who came before.Based on a true story, this is an unforgettable saga of hardship and determination, conflict and passion as early man spreads across Eurasia. Xhosa must regularly does the impossible which is good because nothing less than the future of mankind is at stake

Author : Cheri G Britton M Ed
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781494935566
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Your Quest for Home written by Cheri G Britton M Ed and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A workbook that takes the reader through various exercises of self-discovery to determine what kind of community living arrangement would best suit his or her needs.

Author : Andrew McCarthy
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451667507
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Longest Way Home written by Andrew McCarthy and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-04 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a travel writer and actor, delivers a memoir about how travel helped him become the man he wanted to be, helping him overcome life-long fears and confront his resistance to commitment. From time immemorial, travel has been a pursuit of passion, from adventurers of old seeking gold or new lands, to today's spiritual and pleasure seekers who follow in the footsteps of Elizabeth Gilbert. Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open your mind, forcing you to confront your demons, and discover your true self. The author belongs to this second category of traveler. His memoir follows his excursions to Patagonia, the Amazon, Costa Rica, Baltimore, Vienna, Kilimanjaro, Dublin, and beyond. He uses his wanderlust to examine his motives and desires, and explore his ambivalence about commitment. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: his wedding day. His message about the transformative power of travel is universal, and his exploration of the nature and passion of relationships, both fleeting and enduring, strikes a chord with every man and woman who has ever wondered at the vicissitudes of the human heart.

Author : Rod Espinosa
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
ISBN 13 : 1616557249
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Courageous Princess Vol 3 Dragon Queen written by Rod Espinosa and published by Dark Horse Comics. This book was released on 2015 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The smart and plucky Princess Mabelrose has escaped a dragon captor and freed the people of Lepita from a tyrant king. Finally making her way home through the Unremembered Lands, Mabelrose discovers that her father, King Jeryk, was on a quest to rescue her - but now he and a posse of princes are the ones who need rescuing! Unable to return home knowing her father is in danger, Mabelrose begins a new quest - one that will lead her to her father and to the Lord of the Dragons!

Author : Douglas Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781641917056
Total Pages : 704 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Long Walk Back Home a Quest for Freedom written by Douglas Davis and published by . This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Become involved in Hunter's westward quest for freedom during the Civil War, when the forced "Long Walk" and tragic enslavement threatened the destruction of his proud people. This Navajo youth displays three loves of homeland, culture and tribe while struggling with daily survival issues, dangerous wildlife, and the greed of soldiers determined to eliminate this cherished freedom. Religious enlightenment develops for Hunter while "walking in beauty" with nature, and contending with convoluted cross roads of truth and irony. Freedom has never been free!

Author : Samuel Fromartz
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0143127624
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Search of the Perfect Loaf written by Samuel Fromartz and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2015-07-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An invaluable guide for beginning bakers."—The New York Times An irresistible account of bread, bread baking, and one home baker’s journey to master his craft In 2009, journalist Samuel Fromartz was offered the assignment of a lifetime: to travel to France to work in a boulangerie. So began his quest to hone not just his homemade baguette—which later beat out professional bakeries to win the “Best Baguette of D.C.”—but his knowledge of bread, from seed to table. For the next four years, Fromartz traveled across the United States and Europe, perfecting his sourdough in California, his whole grain rye in Berlin, and his country wheat in the South of France. Along the way, he met historians, millers, farmers, wheat geneticists, sourdough biochemists, and everyone in between, learning about the history of breadmaking, the science of fermentation, and more. The result is an informative yet personal account of bread and breadbaking, complete with detailed recipes, tips, and beautiful photographs. Entertaining and inspiring, this book will be a touchstone for a new generation of bakers and a must-read for anyone who wants to take a deeper look at this deceptively ordinary, exceptionally delicious staple: handmade bread.

Author : Michael F. Trainor
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814650875
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Quest for Home written by Michael F. Trainor and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Quest for Home offers a way of reading Mark's Gospel from the perspective of home and household. It argues that the primary living arrangement of the first Christians and the original audience addressed by the Gospel of Mark was the home. This provides both the architectural and theological context for a fresh reading of the Gospel." -- BOOK JACKET.

Author : Molly Sabourin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781888212617
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Close to Home written by Molly Sabourin and published by . This book was released on 2009-04-01 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Close to Home is for every young mother who's ever wished children came with an instruction manual; who's ever longed for just one quiet minute to finish a thought or utter a prayer; who's ever despaired over perfecting herself in time to become a good example for her children; who's ever wondered why "happily ever after" takes so much darn work.With courage, humor and unflinching honesty, Molly Sabourin addresses all these frustrations and more-offering not answers or solutions, but a new perspective, a pat on the shoulder, a reassuring "I've been there too, and there is hope." Those who share her "quest for patience, peace, and perseverance" will see themselves in these pages, laugh a little, cry a little and close the book with new strength to continue the quest."Close to Home is accessible, engaging and inspiring. Molly Sabourin tickles my funny bone. . . . She puts me at ease by admitting her own weaknesses. . . " -Jenny Schroedel, author

Author : Jo Swinney
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN 13 : 9781473648661
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home written by Jo Swinney and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is Home? This question troubles many of us. We may live far from where we grew up, away from those we love or in a culture not our own. But we all need somewhere to belong, to find a sense of home in this world. Jo Swinney was born in the UK, but grew up in Portugal and France. She went to an English boarding school, did a gap year in southern Africa and in her twenties studied theology in Canada, where she met her American husband. Now back in the UK, she's had more reason than most to wonder what 'home' really means. Is home where you come from - where you live now - where the people you love are - or what? Interweaving a frank and poignant retelling of her own story with theological and psychological insights, Jo's original and authentic exploration of home in all its many and varied forms is a heartfelt call to find our home in the things that are truly of most value.