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Deep Denial explains why racism is still with us, and what the Civil Rights Movement can tell us about today. Each chapter begins with a deeply personal account from the author's life. After drawing the reader into his topic, he lays out the historical facts, while still retaining the master storyteller's sense of engagement with the reader.
Louie the Buoy is a young children's picture book intended to entertain and educate. Louie, a big red buoy, is a unique character for children's books. He has an engaging personality and a strong work ethic. An important lesson is taught about relationships between friends. Full color illustrations bring the story to life with an appealing new lead character.
Over the last three decades a major cultural shift has taken place in the attitudes of Western societies toward the future. Modernitybs eclipse by postmodernity is characterized in large part by the loss of hope for a future substantially better than the present. Old optimism about human progress has given way to uncertainty and fear. In this book scholars from various disciplines -- theology, the social sciences, and the humanities -- explore the move from a bculture of optimismb to a bculture of ambiguity, b and they seek to infuse todaybs jaded language of hope with a new vitality. "The Future of Hope" offers a powerful critique of todaybs stifling cultural climate and shows why the visio...
Sisters Margo and Susie have learned to bury their differences and present a united front to the world. Although the sisters could not be more different, they have willingly come together to fulfill a requestto sit for a portrait for their parents upcoming fiftieth anniversary. But after they receive tragic news, the sisters animosity toward one another bubbles to the surface. In this collection of short, short stories, eclectic characters trace paths through lifes mishaps, foibles, and joys. Bud, a firefighter and movie aficionado, is thrilled when Claudette Colbert pays him a visit. Fred, a husband in the midst of a dysfunctional marriage, receives some unsolicited advice from his car. Marylou, a widow who decides to hook up with an old friend, soon discovers that chemistry with another man will be harder to find than she ever imagined. Harold tells his family he has four weeks to liveand then receives a shocking phone call that changes everything.
History and Families 1820-1995 (From the Acknowledgement) “The historical society presents this book to the citizens Perry County of yesterday, today and tomorrow as a symbol of Perry County’s spirit that is repeatedly evidenced in the family histories found on its pages."