A Man from Another Land

A Man from Another Land
Title A Man from Another Land PDF eBook
Author Isaiah Washington
Publisher Center Street
Pages 304
Release 2011-04-27
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 1599954265

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In this inspirational memoir, Grey's Anatomy actor Isaiah Washington explains how filling in the gaps of his past led him to discover a new passion: helping those less fortunate. DNA testing revealed that Washington was descended from the Mende people, who today live in Sierra Leone. For many people, the story would end with the results of the search; for Isaiah, it had just begun. Discovering his roots has given him a new purpose, to lead an inspirational life defined by faith and charity. After visiting Sierra Leone, and researching the country and its needs, Washington forged a strong relationship with the Mende people, and was inducted as Chief Gondobay Manga in May 2006. He established The Gondobay Manga Foundation to institute many improvements suggested by the country's people, addressing educational concerns, practical issues (road building, water supply, and electricity), and rehabilitative projects. Dual citizenship has been a dream of African-Americans such as W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, but Washington became the first to realize that honor in 2008. A twofold milestone, it was also the first time an African president granted citizenship based on DNA.

Land of the Lost Souls

Land of the Lost Souls
Title Land of the Lost Souls PDF eBook
Author Cadillac Man,
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Pages 304
Release 2009-07-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 160819194X

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For the past 16 years, Cadillac Man (so named because he was once hit by an El Dorado and thereafter bore an imprint of its hood ornament) has lived on the streets of New York City. Over those years, he has recorded the facts of his daily life - the harsh realities of surviving on the street, the often tragic encounters with the non-homeless world, the deep bonds with his fellow homeless, and the surprisingly varied realities of life on the outside - writing hundreds of thousands of words in a series of spiral bound notebooks. "My Life in the Streets" distills those journals into a memoir of homeless life that is peopled with indelible characters and packed with gripping stories. In a gritty, poignant, and funny voice, Cadillac narrates his descent into homelessness, the travails and unexpected freedoms of his life, and the story of his love affair with a young runaway, whom he eventually (and tragically) reunites with her family. The United States has 700,000 homeless people; ultimately, Cadillac's story is their story.

A Song for No Man's Land

A Song for No Man's Land
Title A Song for No Man's Land PDF eBook
Author Andy Remic
Publisher Macmillan + ORM
Pages 146
Release 2016-02-09
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0765384019

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He signed up to fight with visions of honour and glory, of fighting for king and country, of making his family proud at long last. But on a battlefield during the Great War, Robert Jones is shot, and wonders how it all went so very wrong, and how things could possibly get any worse. He'll soon find out. When the attacking enemy starts to shapeshift into a nightmarish demonic force, Jones finds himself fighting an impossible war against an enemy that shouldn't exist. Andy Remic's A Song for No Man's Land is the first in an ongoing series. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

No Man's Land

No Man's Land
Title No Man's Land PDF eBook
Author Sara Driscoll
Publisher Kensington Books
Pages 306
Release 2019-11-26
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1496722485

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FBI handler Meg Jennings and her search-and-rescue dog, Hawk, are on the trail of a killer hiding where others fear to tread . . . For Meg Jennings and her K-9 companion, Hawk, exploring a deserted building is an exciting way to sharpen their skills without the life-or-death stakes they face as part of the FBI’s Human Scent Evidence Team. But deep in an abandoned asylum, Hawk finds the body of an elderly woman. Soon, Meg learns of more elders found dead in neglected urban structures. Meg is sure a murderer is on the hunt, and she can prove it if she can just find a connection. It will take the expert coordination of her whole team, along with help from Clay McCord and Todd Webb, to uncover the means, let alone a motive. And to stop someone who has operated in the dark for so long, Meg will need to risk more than she has to give . . . “This is the sort of crime novel that gives readers a little bit of everything: it’s a thriller, a procedural, and a detective story—and a good yarn, too.” —Booklist

In the Land of God and Man

In the Land of God and Man
Title In the Land of God and Man PDF eBook
Author Silvana Paternostro
Publisher Dutton Books
Pages 342
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN

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In 1993 journalist Silvana Paternostro discovered the startling fact that married, monogamous women in Brazil were at greater risk for AIDS than female prostitutes--because husbands have unprotected sex with other men. A compelling narrative, layered with history, careful research, and blistering social commentary, about a missing chapter in the annals of Latin American culture.

Into No Man's Land

Into No Man's Land
Title Into No Man's Land PDF eBook
Author Irene Miller
Publisher Voice/Vision Holocaust Survivor Oral History Archive University of Michigan--Dearborn
Pages 308
Release 2012
Genre Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN 9780933691186

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Irene Miller relates the story of her family's survival during the Holocaust. The family was stranded in a frozen field outside of Warsaw, Poland when the man hired to help them escape instead cheated and robbed them. The family struggled to survive as they become separated, reunited, and ultimately sent to a Siberian work camp.

Another Country

Another Country
Title Another Country PDF eBook
Author James Baldwin
Publisher Penguin UK
Pages 540
Release 2001-09-11
Genre Fiction
ISBN 0141186372

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After Rufus Scott, an embittered and unemployed black jazz-musician commits suicide, his sister Ida and old friend Vivaldo become lovers. Yet their feelings for each other are complicated by Rufus's friends, especially the homosexual actor Eric Jones who has been Vivaldo's lover.