The Turtles Beating Heart

Author : Denise Low
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080329655X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turtle's Beating Heart written by Denise Low and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Grandchildren meet their grandparents at the end,” Denise Low says, “as tragic figures. We remember their decline and deaths. . . . The story we see as grandchildren is like a garden covered by snow, just outlines visible.” Low brings to light deeply held secrets of Native ancestry as she recovers the life story of her Kansas grandfather, Frank Bruner (1889–1963). She remembers her childhood in Kansas, where her grandparents remained at a distance, personally and physically, from their grandchildren, despite living only a few miles away. As an adult, she comes to understand her grandfather’s Delaware (Lenape) legacy of persecution and heroic survival in the southern plains of the early 1900s, where the Ku Klux Klan attacked Native people along with other ethnic minorities. As a result of such experiences, the Bruner family fled to Kansas City and suppressed their non-European ancestry as completely as possible. As Low unravels this hidden family history of the Lenape diaspora, she discovers the lasting impact of trauma and substance abuse, the deep sense of loss and shame related to suppressed family emotions, and the power of collective memory. Low traveled extensively around Kansas, tracking family history until she understood her grandfather’s political activism and his healing heritage of connections to the land. In this moving exploration of her grandfather’s life, the former poet laureate of Kansas evokes the beauty of the Flint Hills grasslands, the hardships her grandfather endured, and the continued discovery of his teachings.

Author : Denise Low
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803296533
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Turtle's Beating Heart written by Denise Low and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grandchildren meet their grandparents at the end," Denise Low says, "as tragic figures. We remember their decline and deaths. . . . The story we see as grandchildren is like a garden covered by snow, just outlines visible." Low brings to light deeply held secrets of Native ancestry as she recovers the life story of her Kansas grandfather, Frank Bruner (1889-1963). She remembers her childhood in Kansas, where her grandparents remained at a distance, personally and physically, from their grandchildren, despite living only a few miles away. As an adult, she comes to understand her grandfather's Delaware (Lenape) legacy of persecution and heroic survival in the southern plains of the early 1900s, where the Ku Klux Klan attacked Native people along with other ethnic minorities. As a result of such experiences, the Bruner family fled to Kansas City and suppressed their non-European ancestry as completely as possible. As Low unravels this hidden family history of the Lenape diaspora, she discovers the lasting impact of trauma and substance abuse, the deep sense of loss and shame related to suppressed family emotions, and the power of collective memory. Low traveled extensively around Kansas, tracking family history until she understood her grandfather's political activism and his healing heritage of connections to the land. In this moving exploration of her grandfather's life, the former poet laureate of Kansas evokes the beauty of the Flint Hills grasslands, the hardships her grandfather endured, and the continued discovery of his teachings.

Author : Leila Harper
Publisher : Writers Republic LLC
ISBN 13 : 1646206282
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Properties of a Beating Heart written by Leila Harper and published by Writers Republic LLC. This book was released on 2020-10-02 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sam would describe himself as any awkward and ordinary teenager simply trying to finish high school and get on with life. His tame (ie, boring) lifestyle and dilemmas over post-graduation skid to a halt when he meets Samuel. A strange, but unassuming boy with sarcastic wit and a taste for the more exciting side of life. As their friendship blooms from a lunchtime arrangement into something more, Sam starts to remember what he’d been missing from life: actually enjoying it. However, their passions are put to the test when Samuel’s secrets become unveiled. Love conquers all, right?

Author : C. Paige Gutierrez
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9781604736021
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.2X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cajun Foodways written by C. Paige Gutierrez and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1992 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study shows, Cajuns claim to be unusually food-oriented, unusually talented in preparing of foods, and unusual in their ability to enjoy food. Cajuns' attention to their own traditional foodways is more than merely nostalgia or a clever marketing ploy to lure tourists and sell local products. The symbolic power of Cajun food is deeply rooted in Cajuns' ethnic identity, especially their attachments to their natural environment and their love of being with people, both.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Author : Jon Bowermaster
Publisher : Public Affairs
ISBN 13 : 1586488309
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oceans written by Jon Bowermaster and published by Public Affairs. This book was released on 2010-04-13 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique tie-in to the major motion picture "Oceans"--presented by Disney & "National Geographic"--explores the health of the oceans, and reveals what people can do to improve the health of our seas.

Author : Andrew Linzey
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252094891
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Global Guide to Animal Protection written by Andrew Linzey and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raising awareness of human indifference and cruelty toward animals, The Global Guide to Animal Protection includes more than 180 introductory articles that survey the extent of worldwide human exploitation of animals from a variety of perspectives. In addition to entries on often disturbing examples of human cruelty toward animals, the book provides inspiring accounts of attempts by courageous individuals--including Jane Goodall, Shirley McGreal, Birute Mary Galdikas, Richard D. Ryder, and Roger Fouts--to challenge and change exploitative practices. As concern for animals and their welfare grows, this volume will be an indispensable aid to general readers, activists, scholars, and students interested in developing a keener awareness of cruelty to animals and considering avenues for reform. Also included is a special foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, urging readers to seek justice and protection for all creatures, humans and animals alike.

Author : George Mann
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765327767
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Executioner's Heart written by George Mann and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-07-09 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth Newbury & Hobbes steampunk mystery pits the detectives against the most frightening villainess England has yet seen

Author : Robert J. Tomanek
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461448875
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Coronary Vasculature written by Robert J. Tomanek and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-19 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the developed world. The high metabolism and oxygen demand of the cardiac myocardium depends on both a high blood flow and a rich capillary density. For this reason, the growth of the coronary vasculature is vital, not only in early development, but also in the adult faced with various stresses. Novel technologies have enabled the discovery of the molecular mechanisms underlying the growth and assembly coronary vessels, and this volume covers the hierarchy of the coronary vasculature from its embryonic origins through its postnatal growth, adulthood, and senescence. Chapters address normal coronary development, coronary anomalies and their possible underlying developmental errors, coronary vessel adaptations to exercise training, aging, hypoxia, myocardial ischemia, and cardiac hypertrophy. This comprehensive overview of current research in coronary vessels and myocardial perfusion was written by Dr. Robert J. Tomanek, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Iowa. The book reviews, discusses, and integrates findings from various areas of coronary vasculature research, and as a result, will be a valuable reference source for cardiovascular scientists and physicians for many years to come.

Author : Henry Cadwalader Chapman
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 972 pages
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Download or read book Treatise on Human Physiology ... written by Henry Cadwalader Chapman and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 972 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: