Reflections from the Back of the Turtle

Reflections from the Back of the Turtle
Title Reflections from the Back of the Turtle PDF eBook
Author Fred Gabriel Simeon Reynolds
Publisher AuthorHouse
Pages 162
Release 2011
Genre Religion
ISBN 1456715860

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The Preaching Life

The Preaching Life
Title The Preaching Life PDF eBook
Author Barbara Brown Taylor
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Pages 193
Release 1993
Genre Religion
ISBN 156101074X

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Like Annie Dillard's The Writing Life, Taylor emphasizes the holy dimensions of ordinary life and describes the essentials of faith with insight and humor, touching on the vocations, imagination, worship, sacraments, ministry and the Bible as they relate to the life of faith.

Social Issues in Contemporary Native America

Social Issues in Contemporary Native America
Title Social Issues in Contemporary Native America PDF eBook
Author Hilary N. Weaver
Publisher Routledge
Pages 241
Release 2016-04-01
Genre Social Science
ISBN 1317053885

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Hilary Weaver has drawn together leading Native American social workers, researchers, and academics to provide current information on a variety of social issues related to Native American children, families, and reservations both in the USA and in Canada. Divided into four major sections, each containing an introduction, this book places the historical foundations of Native American social work in context in order to fully provide the reader with a comprehensive survey on various aspects of working with Native American families; community health and wellness; and community revitalization and decolonization. This groundbreaking volume should be read by both educators and students in social work and other helping professions in the USA and Canada as well as all human service professionals working with Native Americans.

The Boy on the Back of the Turtle

The Boy on the Back of the Turtle
Title The Boy on the Back of the Turtle PDF eBook
Author Paul Quarrington
Publisher
Pages 256
Release 2003-08
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781550547016

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As he cruises the Galapagos Islands in the company of his daughter, aged seven, and his father, aged seventy-three, Paul Quarrington ponders questions great and small. Equal parts memoir, travel book and good old-fashioned yarn, The Boy on the Back of the Turtle is a funny, poignant look at the mysteries of our universe.

The Running Dream

The Running Dream
Title The Running Dream PDF eBook
Author Wendelin Van Draanen
Publisher Ember
Pages 354
Release 2012-01-10
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 0375866280

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When Jessica is told she’ll never run again, she puts herself back together—and learns to dream bigger than ever before. The acclaimed author of Flipped delivers a powerful and healing story. Jessica thinks her life is over when she loses a leg in a car accident. She’s not comforted by the news that she’ll be able to walk with the help of a prosthetic leg. Who cares about walking when you live to run? As she struggles to cope, Jessica feels that she’s both in the spotlight and invisible. People who don’t know what to say act like she’s not there. Jessica’s embarrassed to realize that she’s done the same to a girl with CP named Rosa. A girl who is going to tutor her through all the math she’s missed. A girl who sees right into the heart of her. With the support of family, friends, a coach, and her track teammates, Jessica may actually be able to run again. But that’s not enough for her now. She doesn’t just want to cross finish lines herself—she wants to take Rosa with her. “Inspirational. The pace of Van Draanen’s prose matches Jessica’s at her swiftest. Readers will zoom through the book just as Jessica blazes around the track. A lively and lovely story.” —Kirkus Reviews

Self-Portrait with Turtles

Self-Portrait with Turtles
Title Self-Portrait with Turtles PDF eBook
Author David M. Carroll
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages 195
Release 2005
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 0618565841

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A renowned artist, author, and naturalist, David M. Carroll is exceptionally skilled at capturing nature on the page. In Self-Portrait with Turtles, he reflects on his own life, recounting the crucial moments that shaped his passions and abilities. Beginning with his first sighting of a wild turtle at age eight, Carroll describes his lifelong fascination with swamps and the creatures that inhabit them. He also traces his evolution as an artist, from the words of encouragement he received in high school to his college days in Boston to his life with his wife and family. Self-Portrait with Turtles is a remarkable memoir, a marvelous and exhilarating account of a life well lived.

Beach House Memories

Beach House Memories
Title Beach House Memories PDF eBook
Author Mary Alice Monroe
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 432
Release 2012-05-08
Genre Fiction
ISBN 1439171041

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New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe's Southern-set classic Beach House Memories, the sequel to The Beach House, now a Hallmark Channel movie starring Andie MacDowell! Autumn brings haunting beauty to the sun-soaked dunes on Isle of Palms, where Lovie Rutledge lives in her beloved Primrose Cottage. As seasons change, Lovie remembers one special summer… In 1974, America is changing, but Charleston remains eternally the same. When Lovie married aristocratic businessman Stratton Rutledge, she turned over her fortune and fate to his control. But she refused to relinquish one thing: her family’s old seaside cottage. Precious summers with her children are Lovie’s refuge from social expectations and her husband’s philandering. Here, she is the “Turtle Lady,” tending the loggerhead turtles that lay eggs in the warm night sand and then slip back into the sea. In the summer of ’74, biologist Russell Bennett visits to research the loggerheads. Their shared interest soon blooms into a passionate, profound love—forcing Lovie to face an agonizing decision. Stratton’s influence is far-reaching, and if she dares to dream beyond a summer affair, she risks losing her reputation, her wealth, even her children. This emotional tale of a strong woman torn between duty and desire, between tradition and change, is an empowering journey through the seasons of self-discovery. Until this autumn, this time of winds and tides, of holding on and letting go…