We Wait For The Sun

Author : Katie McCabe
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1250821959
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Wait for the Sun written by Katie McCabe and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2021-02-09 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautiful and uplifting non-fiction picture book from Katie McCabe and trailblazing civil rights lawyer and activist Dovey Johnson Roundtree, We Wait for the Sun. In the hour before dawn, Dovey Mae and Grandma Rachel step into the cool, damp night on a secret mission: to find the sweetest, ripest blackberries that grow deep in the woods. But the nighttime holds a thousand sounds—and a thousand shadows—and Dovey Mae is frightened of the dark. But with the fierce and fearless Grandma Rachel at her side, the woods turn magical, and berry picking becomes an enchanting adventure that ends with the beauty and power of the sunrise. A cherished memory from Dovey Johnson Roundtree’s childhood, this magical experience speaks to the joy that pulsed through her life, even under the shadow of Jim Crow. With Grandma Rachel’s lessons as her guiding light, Dovey Mae would go on to become a trailblazer of the civil rights movement—fighting for justice and equality in the military, the courtroom, and the church. With warm, vibrant illustrations from Raissa Figueroa, We Wait for the Sun is a resonant, beautiful story told through one exquisite page turn after another. A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best Book of 2021 Evanston Public Library 101 Great Books for Kids List of 2021

Author : Christopher W Schwartz
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816545367
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Birds of the Sun written by Christopher W Schwartz and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scarlet macaws are native to tropical forests ranging from the Gulf Coast and southern regions of Mexico to Bolivia, but they are present at numerous archaeological sites in the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Although these birds have been noted and marveled at through the decades, new syntheses of early excavations, new analytical methods, and new approaches to understanding the past now allow us to explore the significance and distribution of scarlet macaws to a degree that was previously impossible. Birds of the Sun explores the many aspects of macaws, especially scarlet macaws, that have made them important to Native peoples living in this region for thousands of years. Leading experts discuss the significance of these birds, including perspectives from a Zuni author, a cultural anthropologist specializing in historic Pueblo societies, and archaeologists who have studied pre-Hispanic societies in Mesoamerica and the U.S. Southwest and Mexican Northwest. Chapters examine the highly variable distribution and frequency of macaws in the past, their presence on rock art and kiva murals, the human experience of living with and transporting macaws, macaw biology and life history, and what skeletal remains suggest about the health of macaws in the past. Experts provide an extensive, region-by-region analysis, from early to late periods, of what we know about the presence, health, and depositional contexts of macaws and parrots, with specific case studies from the Hohokam, Chaco, Mimbres, Mogollon Highlands, Northern Sinagua, and Casas Grandes regions, where these birds are most abundant. The expertise offered in this stunning new volume, which includes eight full color pages, will lay the groundwork for future research for years to come. Contributors Katelyn J. Bishop Patricia L. Crown Samantha Fladd Randee Fladeboe Patricia A. Gilman Thomas K. Harper Michelle Hegmon Douglas J. Kennett Patrick D. Lyons Charmion R. McKusick Ben A. Nelson Stephen Plog José Luis Punzo Díaz Polly Schaafsma Christopher W. Schwartz Octavius Seowtewa Christine R. Szuter Kelley L. M. Taylor Michael E. Whalen Peter M. Whiteley

Author : Tricia Lott Williford
Publisher : NavPress
ISBN 13 : 1631467522
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Just. You. Wait. written by Tricia Lott Williford and published by NavPress. This book was released on 2019-07-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everybody waits. We wait for a spouse, wait for a baby, wait on our children, wait for our parents. We wait for clarity and direction. We wait on a job, a promotion, a new direction. We wait for hope, for healing, and for miracles. We wait on God. And when we misunderstand what waiting is about, we can get confused about what God is up to. Waiting is one of God’s favorite tools. He can do certain things in our hearts, our lives, and our relationships while we wait—things we cannot experience once we’ve opened the gift we have been waiting for. So just you wait, because everyone takes their turn in the waiting room. It’s a long and painful fact of life, but shortcuts and microwaves aren’t the answer. God is at work behind the scenes in invisible ways you can’t see . . . yet. Just you wait and see how ready you’ll be if you spend your waiting well. Because when your opportunity comes, you don’t want to spend more time on the bench. When you wait well, you can say, “Look out, world: I am getting ready to shine. Just you wait.” In these pages, Tricia discusses the joy hidden in the discipline of waiting, and the practices of believing God is for you and working on your behalf, even when the work of His hand is hard to find.

Author : Leza Lowitz
Publisher : Stone Bridge Press, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1611729130
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Here Comes the Sun written by Leza Lowitz and published by Stone Bridge Press, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A YOGA MEMOIR At thirty, Californian Leza Lowitz is single and traveling the world, which suits her just fine. Coming of age in Berkeley, California, during the sexual and feminist revolutions of the 1970s, she learned that marriage and family could wait. Or could they? When Leza moves to Japan and meets the man of her dreams, her heart opens in ways she never thought possible. But she's still an outsider, and home is far away. Rather than struggle to fit in, she opens a yoga studio and makes a home for others. Then, at forty-four, Leza and her Japanese husband seek to adopt—in a country where bloodlines are paramount and family ties are almost feudal in their cultural importance. She travels to India to work on herself and back to California to deal with her past. Something is still not complete until she learns that when you give a little love to a child, you get the whole world in return. This inspiring memoir reflects the author's deep connection to yoga that allows her to realize that infertile does not mean inconceivable. Through teaching, meditation, and community, she transcends her struggles and embraces the joys of adoption and motherhood. Leza Lowitz lives in Tokyo with her husband, the writer Shogo Oketani, and their ten-year-old son. She has edited and published over seventeen books, many on Japan, and has run her own yoga studio in Tokyo for a decade. She travels throughout Japan and Asia to teach yoga and write. Her debut YA novel, Jet Black and the Ninja Wind, won the 2013–2014 Asian/Pacific American Award in Young Adult Literature.

Author : Bruce Neumann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1503543625
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Poetic Collection of Thoughts written by Bruce Neumann and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Poetic Collection of Thoughts contains many years of writing. They are the thoughts of many and the vision of very few. Those that can understand will interpret each word as the pages are turned. It is a descriptive form of art in the eyes of the reader. It captures the mind and intuition of those that are willing to venture and see things in a different perspective.

Author : Patricia Hofer
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1604942312
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Yielding to Wonder written by Patricia Hofer and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is our soul? How did it get there? What makes it grow? Does God love everyone? Is our anger at God justified? How do we face hardship and death? Patricia Hofer covers these questions and more in her new book, Yielding to Wonder. She has found that fresh answers and new understanding revitalize faith. Instead of being a hindrance, this spiritual hunger and discontent in every heart is a gift from God Second in a series, Yielding to Wonder continues the day-by-day journey that began in Driving into the Dawn. Each short chapter begins with a question. The various answers Hofer offers are personal and yet far-reaching. They spring from her years of research, study, prayer, and a relationship with the Lord that has thrived for over twenty years. Hofer's first book, Power of Yielding, was an inspiring mental pilgrimage, relating her dramatic conversion experience and describing the personal awakening that resulted from it. Today Hofer continues to read widely, searching for similar spiritual awakenings in the lives of other Christians and for the most fundamental and essential Christian truths. Are you ready for a journey that renews your faith and strengthens your relationship with God? If so, some of the questions and answers in this book may be the inspiration that sets you on your way. About the Author Patricia Hofer ended her high school teaching career in the early 1980s and found her way to the Christian Science Publishing Society in Boston. Besides learning to research and edit, she eventually had several articles published. After returning to Arizona, she taught freshman English and technical writing at Glendale Community College. She is currently retired and living in the lovely mountain town of Payson, Arizona.

Author : Alejandro Cruz Martinez
Publisher : Children's Book Press
ISBN 13 : 9780892391264
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mujer Que Brillaba Aún Más Que El Sol : la Leyenda de Lucía Zenteno written by Alejandro Cruz Martinez and published by Children's Book Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Retells the Zapotec legend of Lucia Zenteno, a beautiful woman with magical powers who is exiled from a mountain village and takes its water away in punishmen.

Author : Dovey Johnson Roundtree
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780780485624
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Wait for the Sun written by Dovey Johnson Roundtree and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late Civil Rights attorney and activist shares a poignant moment from her childhood beside her wise grandmother, who taught Roundtree the values of self-worth, strength and justice that inspired the co-author's boundary-breaking career.

Author : Gene Shiles
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781440173578
Total Pages : 664 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Colors of the Sun written by Gene Shiles and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-11-10 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of Colors of the Sun - A Trilogy, each separate and complete, share a common background. In Tribes of the Orange Sun, crowded Earth colonizes a faraway earthlike planet. The saga continues, more than a generation later, on the new planet in Pale Yellow Sun and on Earth in White Sun Chronicle. Tribes of the Orange Sun: Scientist Adam Hampton, skeptical of Earth Governments rush to colonize, suspects that the lives of the many volunteers are at great risk. But he can only watch and wait while three of his best friends, and millions of others, begin their epic adventure. Pale Yellow Sun: The people of isolated and idyllic Emil become entangled in Earths continuing problems. Young Andy Landis delays his personal plans when he is asked to participate in a critical decision. He soon learns that he must choose between the ruin of his beautiful homeland and mass murder. White Sun Chronicle: Struggling Earths food supply is destroyed. Senator Neil Silvers and a handful of others find sanctuary from the chaos in a secure building, but their small food cache soon runs out. The group ventures outside to face a world where humans compete as never before.

Author : B. F. Skinner
Publisher : Hackett Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603840818
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Freedom and Dignity written by B. F. Skinner and published by Hackett Publishing. This book was released on 2002-03-15 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this profound and profoundly controversial work, a landmark of 20th-century thought originally published in 1971, B. F. Skinner makes his definitive statement about humankind and society. Insisting that the problems of the world today can be solved only by dealing much more effectively with human behavior, Skinner argues that our traditional concepts of freedom and dignity must be sharply revised. They have played an important historical role in our struggle against many kinds of tyranny, he acknowledges, but they are now responsible for the futile defense of a presumed free and autonomous individual; they are perpetuating our use of punishment and blocking the development of more effective cultural practices. Basing his arguments on the massive results of the experimental analysis of behavior he pioneered, Skinner rejects traditional explanations of behavior in terms of states of mind, feelings, and other mental attributes in favor of explanations to be sought in the interaction between genetic endowment and personal history. He argues that instead of promoting freedom and dignity as personal attributes, we should direct our attention to the physical and social environments in which people live. It is the environment rather than humankind itself that must be changed if the traditional goals of the struggle for freedom and dignity are to be reached. Beyond Freedom and Dignity urges us to reexamine the ideals we have taken for granted and to consider the possibility of a radically behaviorist approach to human problems--one that has appeared to some incompatible with those ideals, but which envisions the building of a world in which humankind can attain its greatest possible achievements.