Seek Higher Ground

Download or read book Seeking Higher Ground written by M. Marable and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-23 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hurricane Katrina of August-September 2005, one of the most destructive natural disasters in U.S. history, dramatically illustrated the continuing racial and class inequalities of America. In this powerful reader, Seeking Higher Ground, prominent scholars and writers examine the racial impact of the disaster and the failure of governmental, corporate and private agencies to respond to the plight of the New Orleans black community. Contributing authors include Julianne Malveaux, Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Ronald Walters, Chester Hartman, Gregory D. Squires, Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Alan Stein, and Gene Preuss. This reader is the second volume of the Souls Critical Black Studies Series, edited by Manning Marable, and produced by the institute for Research in African-American Studies of Columbia University.

Download or read book Your Daily Rock written by Patti Digh and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following in the tradition of her bestselling Life Is a Verb—a guide to living life more consciously—Patti Digh returns with this deceptively simple gathering of touchstones, Your Daily Rock. With her signature gift of presenting truths in concise heartspeak, she provides short meditations to ground each day in more mindful and intentional living. The three hundred and sixty-six reflections (one for each date, including February 29th), lead readers to open space in their lives in order to love well, live fully, let go deeply, and make a difference.

Download or read book Searise written by John Newman and published by Strategic Book Publishing Rights Agency. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine: a sudden and dramatic worldwide elevation of the sea level of 40 feet. Surviving and recovering from a localized natural disaster is drastic enough, but when the water rises in a matter of hours all over the world with little advance warning and stays up permanently, what happens to the flooded cities and seaports? What is the death toll? How many survivors are suddenly surrounded by high water and cut off from higher ground? Who rescues them and how? What happens to the inland cities and towns, when tens of millions of refugees start arriving and overwhelm the local resources? What happens to the highly developed economies that are heavily dependent on international trade when seaports become unusable? What happens when the oil from the Persian Gulf is suddenly no longer available? What happens when electrical power generating plants fail and the few remaining plants and interconnected power grids can’t support demand? Will there be famine, civil unrest, anarchy, or war to grab what few resources are left? Searise – The Chaos Begins and its sequel, Searise – Exodus, are works of fiction that condense and admittedly exaggerate what will likely happen over the course of the next several decades into an immediate disaster for which the world is unprepared. You have never read anything like it!

Download or read book Historical Collections of Ohio... written by Henry Howe and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 910 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historical Collections of Ohio ... an Encyclopedia of the State written by Henry Howe and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sandspun written by Annette J. Bruce and published by Pineapple Press Inc. This book was released on 2001 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Folktales teach, inform, and heal. Most of all, they entertain. Here's a collection of tales rich with homespun humor, charm, and wisdom--all told with flair by some of Florida's best and most sought-after storytellers. Their stories will make you feel part of the great "family" that is Florida. If it's spooky ghost stories you crave, let "The Silent Customer," "Kissimmee Bound," and "The Ghost Dog of the Biltmore" chill your spine. Heed the Cracker wisdom handed down in "Seek the Higher Ground," cow-hunter poetry with a message. Chuckle over the misadventures of Flossie, Bubba, and Flo in "Three Little Cracker Pigs," a tongue-in-cheek version of the classic children's tale. Test your wits against the little troll in "Angelina and Cigam." Will he have you running in circles, growing smaller with each snap of his fingers? Take "Cousin Cassie's Cookin" with a grain of salt. It's not true, of course. Then again, if Cassie asks you to dinner, say you have other plans. Many Indian legends attempt to explain why the world exists as it is. In this tradition, several tales target specific flukes of nature--the rabbit's short tail, the flamingo's long neck, the woodpecker's lack of song--and offer entertaining reasons for their existence. Discover these legends too: "The Devil's Millhopper," "The Legend of Lake Okeechobee," "Monkey, the Trickster," "Why Florida Key Deer Are So Small." A few history lessons never hurt anyone, and these are entertaining as well. Jonathan Dickinson, Mary McLeod Bethune, and Jake Summerlin have a thing or two to teach you about overcoming adversity and being resourceful. Settle back into your easy chair and let these tales entertain you.

Download or read book History of the Fortieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry written by John N. Beach and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: