HIGH SCHOOL IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THIS HARD MICHAEL CARSON, a high school senior, wants to bring a little "blackness" to his small, predominately White, hometown of Grainger, Tennessee - starting with his school. Shouldn't be a problem, right?Wrong...there are many problems. The rEVOLUTIONS of Michael Carson, a fictionalized memoir from debut writer James "Mickey" Gwyn, fulfills a promise he made to a few former classmates. This novel chronicles the twists and turns of a teen's naive mission to organize a ragtag group of kids to fight for a Black Students Association. Michael could never have imagined what lay ahead; including putting his own life at risk.In pursuit of his quest, Michael has to contend with a school administration dead set on stopping his dream, a bigoted classmate, unsupportive peers, a close friend's unexpected pregnancy and a personal relationship that goes against all that Michael stands for. Does underdog Michael overcome countless obstacles and reach his goal? The rEVOLUTIONS of Michael Carson takes readers on an emotional journey to reveal the answer.
A touching and comic tale of the last week before Stanley Dowd turns thirteen. Stanley wants a window knocked out of the gable-end of his end-of-terrace home on Richmond Street, New Brighton - though he feels it might be semi-detached - to give him a lovely view of sea. He also wants to be told the secret that concerns the father he never knew. Mum won't tell him. Grandad won't. Gran in the Seaview Home can't. Stanley lives with his mum who is very liberal (though not about his dad), and Stanley's best friend and partner-in-arms. Both mum and son coordinate sleepover sessions: mum with a succession of gentlemen callers; Stanley with school-friend Dominic, whose parents are both doctors. He also talks to strangers (though Mum, advises against it). As Stanley tells Mum, `How do you know someone's strange until you've spoken to him?' He is questioned by Jim the sad milkman who is fed up with trying to compete with Asda, while going without payment from some of his customers in Richmond Street, and becomes friends with 'Disgusting Derek' and many another New Brighton character. Derek and Stanley meet near the sea, Stanley's favourite place in the whole world. But the sea turns on them, and turns the last week of his childhood upside down
Rain follows the story of Lysander, an imaginative teen who lives a simple life with his father Victor. When his uncle dies of a heart attack, Lysander's fantasy world comes apart and he learns to cope with reality as his father struggles with grief and depression.
Every year Black History Month sparks an annual debate about the use of the month of February to celebrate the history and accomplishments of African-Americans. Although February provides an amazing opportunity to celebrate and acknowledge the achievements of African-Americans throughout history, it's also important to honor African-American history during the other eleven months of the year as well.While Black History Month is synonymous with prominent figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson, Maya Angelou and President Barack Obama, there are countless other African-Americans who have made a profound impact in history.The best way to extend the spirit of Black History Month is to continue recognizing each day of the year with other significant contributions African-Americans have made in our society and the world. The incredible men and women featured in this book have contributed to the fields of Education, Science, Technology, Politics, Law, Medicine, Sports and Entertainment, to name a few. This book features their accomplishments for all 366 days of the year.Recognizing the accomplishments of African-Americans began in 1926 with Negro History Week, a commemoration launched by Historian, Dr. Carter G. Woodson. He chose the second week of February to coincide with and pay homage to the birthdays of President Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. He credited the two for bringing an end to slavery in America. The Federal Government officially recognized Black History Month in conjunction with the 1976 United States Bicentennial Celebration.
A considerable amount of the world's most influential inventors have been African-American, which is a fact that is often overlooked.Throughout history, African-Americans inventors have played a pivotal role in creating revolutionary inventions that has impacted our lives in various ways. These pioneers have contributed to the fields of medicine, agriculture, science and technology, to name a few.In the 1800's, many of these innovators were born into slavery and were not allowed to acquire a formal education, they were faced with countless obstacles and had to triumph over many adverse conditions. Nevertheless, these inventors have made significant contributions to the World.African-American men and women have left their mark in both American and World History. Many of their innovative creations would not exist today if it wasn't for their brilliant minds and creative ideas.The incredible inventors mentioned in this book have collectively created over 500 inventions. They represent some of the amazing men and women who have impacted our lives through their intelligence and ingenuity.
Throughout history, African-American musicians and artists have made a profound impact in music, they have given sound and voice through a wide variety of musical genres. Universally they have expressed emotions that is shared through faith, passion, joy, comfort, and injustice through songs that speaks directly to the heart and spirit. Many of these performers have the power to influence, inspire, and affect social change through their musical talent. Their personal stories and experiences have transcended time and encouraged several generations to continue singing, dancing, preaching, and perform with musical instruments. Over the past two centuries these experiences have become part of a cultural identity. The incredible men and woman featured in this book are responsible for creating some of the most iconic songs ever recorded in the history of music. Their trailblazing sounds have been synonymous in the inception of several musical genres such as Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul, Rock & Roll, R&B, Disco, and Hip-Hop, to name a few. Their timeless musical treasures continue to enrich and endure our culture, history, spirit, and soul. While recognizing the impact African-American musicians have made worldwide, through inspiring millions to sing, dance, express their faith, and march for justice, the federal government officially declared the month of June as "African-American Music Appreciation Month," which was originally established in June, 1979. In an effort to honor the countless musicians, singers and composers who have played an integral role in crafting America's soundtrack as well as contribute to every musical genre ever conceived, each year during the month of June, the country recognizes and highlights the contributions African-American artists have made throughout history, and the impact their music has made in our society and the world.
Ben Carson - Gifted Hands and So Much More...Most people who have heard about Ben Carson either have seen the Gifted Hands movie or have heard that he is running for president. Most people do not know about both sides of Ben Carson.Whether you are a fan or find his political views ludicrous, you need to know everything there is to know about the potential United States president.Read this book to learn more...Ben Carson surprised many with both his announcement of presidential candidacy as well as his political views. You may or may not be "into politics" but you need to know where he stands on hot button issues that may affect you and your family in the future.If he wins the presidency, you need to know about the changes he is proposing Read this book now... your future may depend on it.
This book is meant as a guide to the agenda of the two major players in the 2016 US presidential race. Although at the time this book was written, it is still unsure who the Presidential candidates will be, Hillary Clinton of the DNC and Benjamin Carson of the GOP are vying for their respective party's nomination for presidential candidacy. It is important for the people to learn where these two presidential hopefuls stand on major issues. Knowing their stance and background will help the reader develop an idea of how each candidate might perform if elected to office.It is not just necessary to understand the stance, the reasons behind this positon should also be explored. This book fills the requirement of providing the background knowledge that will help you see beyond the political buzzwords and grasp the true picture behind the carefully orchestrated media campaigns of the candidates. Get a glimpse of their agenda and make the responsible decision when it comes to voting. Get a copy of this book today
Born into a storied but impoverished family on the reservation of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Leonard Carson Lambert Jr.'s candid memoir is a remarkable story and an equally remarkable flouting of the stereotypes that so many tales of American Indian life have engendered. Up from These Hills provides a grounded, yet poignant, description of what it was like to grow up during the 1930s and 1940s in the mountains of western North Carolina and on a sharecropper's farm in eastern Tennessee. Lambert straightforwardly describes his independent, hardworking, and stubborn parents; his colorful extended family; his eighth-grade teacher, who recognized his potential and first planted the idea that he might attend college; as well as siblings, schoolmates, and others who shaped his life. He paints a vivid picture of life on the reservation and off, documenting work, family life, education, religion, and more. Up from These Hills also tells the true story of how this family rose from depression-era poverty, a story rarely told about Indian families. With its utterly unique voice, this vivid memoir evokes an unknown yet important part of the American experience, even as it reveals the realities behind Indian experience and rural poverty in the first half of the twentieth century.
Three Occult Mysteries The classic occult detective, Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery returns in three brand new adventures. From Manhattan to Istanbul, the master of the oriental arts faces the puzzle of a man murdered three times in the same night. Then there is the stage mentalist seeing revenge against those who exposed his twisted mentor. Lastly, Ravenwood comes to the aid of his British manservant, Sterling, who has become the target of a sadistic killer who once served with him in the Great War. Writers Dexter Fabi, Michael Housel, and Carson Demmans pull out all the stops and lead readers into the bizarre, ever-wonderous world of magic via the exploits of the greatest arcane investigator of them all, Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery. Artist Sam Salas provides the black and white interiors and Adam Shaw the stunning painted cover.
The distinctive beverage of the Western world, bourbon is Kentucky's illustrious gift to the world of spirits. Although the story of American whiskey is recorded in countless lively pages of our nation's history, the place of bourbon in the American cultural record has long awaited detailed and objective presentation. Not a recipe book or a barman's guide, but a fascinating and informative contribution to Americana, The Social History of Bourbon reflects an aspect of our national cultural identity that many have long suppressed or overlooked. Gerald Carson explores the impact of the liquor's presence during America's early development, as well as bourbon's role in some of the more dramatic events in American history, including the Whiskey Rebellion, the scandals of the Whiskey Ring, and the "whiskey forts" of the fur trade. The Social History of Bourbon is a revealing look at the role of this classic beverage in the development of American manners and culture.
"The Abolition of Man is a thorough test drive of AI image making, and the results are extraordinary, appalling, compelling, cold, hot, beautiful, repellant, and should be abolished." — Dave McKean, Prompt, Sandman, Cages "Chilling. Exciting. Bizarre." — Jim Rugg, Cartoonist Kayfabe, Street Angel, Hulk: Grand Design "The Abolition Of Man is a curiously uneasy experiment. One that almost seems as if the construction of it is trying to discover why it should exist. That alone is worth the time to explore it." — J H Williams III (Echolands, The Sandman Overture, Batwoman, Promethea) Don't miss out on one of the most innovative graphic novels of the decade. Conceived of and executed by fine-artist/educator/philosopher turned Eisner Award nominated cartoonist, Carson Grubaugh, The Abolition of Man Deluxe Edition collects all five issues of the groundbreaking series of the same name, the first comic series in history to be entirely illustrated by an Artificial Intelligence. In a series of four interwoven experiments, Grubaugh used Midjourney AI to interpret an essay by renowned thinker, C.S.Lewis, imagine a satirical dystopian future, illustrate an AI generated script, and finally, to produce graphics for an essay provided by Oxford Philosopher of Information and AI & Data Ethics policy advisor to the EU, UK, Google, etc., Luciano Floridi. All of these strands, alternately hilarious and terrifying, weave together to give a chilling peek into the world of the future, where humans and their most treasured passions have lost all purpose. This deluxe hardcover edition contains loads of exclusive content, including a reprint of the extremely rare Dall-E 2 variant edition of The Abolition of Man #1, in which the entire interior of issue #1 was re-illustrated using Dall-E 2. The collection also includes two pieces of philosophical writing produced by Grubaugh between 2007 and 2018 that were the source of inspiration for this project. These essays included predictions about the banal, content apocalypse AI is now making a reality. Also accompanying the Abolition of Man project are a series of long-form discussions about the ethics and impact of AI art with superstar guests Dave McKean (illustrator), NFN Kalyan (fine artist), John Mahoney (concept designer, filmmaker) and Luciano Floridi (Philosopher of Information, Data and AI Ethics policy maker). These are posted to Living The Line's YouTube channel and linked in the book. This singular project will hold an important place not only in the history of comics but in the history of art as it is the first of its kind to engage with the most important moment in the history of art since some wasteful cave-person blew juice at their hand on a wall instead of drinking it.
Michael E Linick; Igor Mikolic-Torreira; Katharina Ley Best; Alexander Stephenson; Jeremy M Eckhause; Isaac Baruffi; Christopher M Carson; Eric J Duckworth
So You are hearing alarm bells ringing in the state of Tennessee There are some times - some, more than others - that humans show their ancestral DNA. When your brain is suddenly set on fire by a new idea, then a new plan begins to develop. Like our caveman ancestors of yore, we are suddenly experiencing a rapid heartbeat, racing blood flow, and the "fight or flight" instinct. You are pumped to dig out your hiking boots and metal detector, and head to the mountains or the beaches of Tennessee =============== (CreateSpace store only.) Waybill To Adventure is now, in 2012, relaunching the entire Carson Enterprises line of books. And YOU are a Preferred Customer For a $2.00 discount on your book, please use this DISCOUNT CODE. Simply copy this code in where requested: 3PXTZNYT =============== Tennessee is chock full of treasure Whether you are an armchair enthusiast or one of the hardy Billy Goats that scamper easily over hill and dale, you will find a starting point in this book. Every city or small town... or the many ghost- and near-ghost towns... will possess countless treasures hidden by the flow of time. Yes, highly valuable, sought-after collectibles (or as some folks say, collectables "-) just waiting, anticipating your arrival. Carson - the go-to expert Glenn Carson of H. Glenn Carson Enterprises has been the go-to expert in treasure hunting, coin collecting, and metal detecting for over 40 years. He is now what they call The Granddaddy of this genre. Leanne Carson Boyd, his daughter, with the WaybillToAdventure.com Web site, has brought Carson Enterprises books to the Internet for over 12 years. And now, this entire collection is - or soon will be - available on Amazon. All 70+ books Carson has an extraordinary background in treasure hunting. From these books, you can glean a tremendous amount of information for unearthing treasure. You will learn about legends and actual sites, and the main characters in the unfolding drama. You will soon have working knowledge for planning your "dig," pinpointing major clues and leads, the know-how for interviewing key local people, and the main parts of planning your treasure hunt. Get a historical foundation for your hunt. This book will lead you to tremendous online sites where you can start burrowing down to precise locations... with who to look up in local, national, and governmental resources. This will give you a historical foundation for your hunt. And there are inspiring illustrations, photos, and maps that will pump that caveman spirit Yep, you'll meet the good, the bad, and the ugly Explore Tennessee maps and read about mines, naval and military boats and accidents, the influence of American natives, the Spanish, the French, and the rest of the melting pot. Buried or hidden treasures abound... robbers, spies, the good, the bad, and the ugly... sometimes the REALLY ugly... race in and out of Tennessee history. We welcome you to dog-ear the pages of your book Gold, coins, Civil War objects, mines, stashes and sunken treasures, robberies and heists, and Americana items of every description are found within these book covers. It's all here. Any thought that American history is boring will quickly leave your mind You will probably dog-ear this "Guide To Treasure In Tennessee" book by the time you finish reading it Start your research and your dreams about all-things Tennessee... ... Right here, at Waybill To Adventure... on Amazo
On April 22-23, 1988, approximately 432,000 gallons of San Joaquin Valley crude oil spilled from an aboveground storage tank at a Shell Oil Company refinery into the surrounding environment, including the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay (the Martinez spill). Pursuant to the settlement of the resulting litigation (United States/California v. Shell Oil Co., No. C89-4220, (N.D. Cal1990)), Shell Oil Company provided funding for, among other things, studies to improve future response strategies to oil spills and ensure better restoration of resources and services affected by such spills. The California Oil Spill Contingent Valuation Study was one of the studies funded by the settlement. The purpose of the California Oil Spill (COS) Contingent Valuation (CV) Study was "to execute and document a contingent valuation study of natural resource damages associated with offshore, coastal, or estuarine oil spills in California" (State of California, Department of Justice, Contract Number 89-2126). The COS CV study developed an estimate of per household ex ante economic value for a program to prevent a specified set of natural resource injuries to those species of birds and intertidal life that are consistently affected by oil spills along California's Central Coast. The principal investigators on the COS study team were Richard T. Carson of the University of California, San Diego, and W. Michael Hanemann of the University of California, Berkeley. The study's project manager was Kerry M.
On April 22-23, 1988, approximately 432,000 gallons of San Joaquin Valley crude oil spilled from an aboveground storage tank at a Shell Oil Company refinery into the surrounding environment, including the northern reaches of San Francisco Bay (the Martinez spill). Pursuant to the settlement of the resulting litigation (United States/California v. Shell Oil Co., No. C89-4220, (N.D. Cal1990)), Shell Oil Company provided funding for, among other things, studies to improve future response strategies to oil spills and ensure better restoration of resources and services affected by such spills. The California Oil Spill Contingent Valuation Study was one of the studies funded by the settlement. The purpose of the California Oil Spill (COS) Contingent Valuation (CV) Study was "to execute and document a contingent valuation study of natural resource damages associated with offshore, coastal, or estuarine oil spills in California" (State of California, Department of Justice, Contract Number 89-2126). The COS CV study developed an estimate of per household ex ante economic value for a program to prevent a specified set of natural resource injuries to those species of birds and intertidal life that are consistently affected by oil spills along California's Central Coast. The principal investigators on the COS study team were Richard T. Carson of the University of California, San Diego, and W. Michael Hanemann of the University of California, Berkeley. The study's project manager was Kerry M.
This book uses five areas model of cognitive behaviour therapy to help people experiencing a range of medically unexplained neurological symptoms, including chronic headaches, fatigue, dizziness, loss of sensation, weakness and numbness.
Overcoming Functional Neurological Symptoms uses the proven and trusted five areas model of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) to help people experiencing a range of medically unexplained symptoms, including chronic headaches, fatigue, dizziness, loss of sensation, weakness and numbness.Easy to use and practical, this CBT workbook:Presents the insights of award-winning authors who are experts in the fieldContains therapeutic advice proven to work through years of research and practiceEnsures patients success through specific plans leading to positive resultsProvides advice for friends and family of patientsThis book is designed for CBT practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, neurologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and healthcare workers to share with their patients.A linked and completely free online support course is located at www.livinglifetothefull.com with additional resources at www.fiveareas.com
