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  The Girl from Montego Bay - The...

  Rose Hudson-Wilkin

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  The Girl from Montego Bay is the autobiography of trailblazer Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Britain's first black woman bishop, who has been right at the heart of a changing nation for over forty years.As a student, Rose had a poster over her desk that read: 'Do not go where the path leads. Instead, go where there is no path and leave a trail.'And she does! Offering eye-opening insights into her humble and challenging beginnings in Jamaica, Rose charts her call to train as an evangelist at the Church Army College in London, where she met her future husband, Ken. Captivatingly open to the nudging of the Spirit, Rose simply has a go at everything that comes her way. The discrimination she's faced, due to her gender and minority-ethnic background, is very real. Yet Rose's infectious energy and humour shine through stories of her beloved Hackney, the ten years she ministered to (sometimes wayward) colleagues in Parliament, and her joy at playing a major role in the Coronation of King Charles and Queen Camilla in 2023.Rose discloses that if there's one thing she would like to see change in her lifetime, it's that accomplishments like hers stop being 'firsts' and simply become normal.Appointed MBE in the 2020 New Year Honors for 'services to young people and the Church', and listed in the 2020 and 2021 Power list of the 100 the most influential people in the UK of African/African-Caribbean descent, Rose discloses that if there’s one thing she would like to see change in her lifetime, it's that accomplishments like hers stop being 'firsts' and simply become normal.

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  On the Hippie Trail - Istanbul...

  Rick Steves

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  Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied “Hippie Trail” from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.   This book contains edited selections from Rick’s journal and travel photos with a 45-years-later preface and postscript reflecting on how the journey changed his life. Stow away with Rick Steves on the adventure of a lifetime through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal.   You know Rick Steves. Now discover the adventure that made him the travel writer he is today.

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  Gratefully & affectionately -...

  Gráinne Hurley

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  Between 1958 and 1976, the Irish American writer Mary Lavin had sixteen stories published in The New Yorker, after J. D. Salinger introduced her to the magazine. It was a prolific time for Lavin, helped in no small part by her close working relationship with her chief editor there, Rachel MacKenzie. They wrote nearly four-hundred letters to each other, the topics of which ranged from story edits to holiday plans, windfalls and legal troubles, mutual literary friends and their love of gardening, promotions and health emergencies. Within a year of working together, they were ending their letters with 'love', 'gratefully' and 'affectionately'. Lavin was soon offered the magazine's highly coveted first-reading agreement.
  
  Gráinne Hurley's impressive debut, Gratefully & Affectionately: Mary Lavin & The New Yorker, draws extensively from Lavin and MacKenzie's letters as well as other material related to the revered magazine. It explores the collaborative relationship between this writer and her editor, Lavin's own writing process, the inner workings and editing procedures of The New Yorker and the process of publishing a story from manuscript to print during its heyday. The book also reveals Lavin's professional dealings with agents and publishers and her friendships with prominent literary figures including Eudora Welty, Frank O'Connor, William Maxwell and John McGahern.
  
  Gratefully & Affectionately offers fascinating insight into the lives and careers of two mid-20th-century women, working on either side of the Atlantic and inhabiting the small but hallowed world of literary publishing. It reveals how their fortunate union and combined love for the written word produced some of Lavin's finest work.

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  May-Day and Other Pieces

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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  Spring arrives with a rush of words, and Ralph Waldo Emerson stands at the threshold, pen in hand. May-Day and Other Pieces is not just a collection of poems—it is an invitation to witness the shifting tides of nature, thought, and destiny through the eyes of one of America's sharpest philosophical minds.
  From the awakening landscapes of May-Day to the untamed wilderness of The Adirondacs, Emerson moves effortlessly between the grandeur of the world and the depths of the soul. The mysticism of Brahma, the inevitability of Fate, the defiance of Freedom—each poem is a meditation, a spark meant to ignite the reader's own reflection. History echoes in the Boston Hymn, sung as the Civil War reshaped a nation, while the lyrical simplicity of My Garden and Seashore captures fleeting moments of peace amid the rush of existence.
  Yet, Emerson never lingers too long in stillness. He follows the restless course of Two Rivers, listens to the quiet solitude of Waldeinsamkeit, and faces the finality of Terminus with unwavering clarity. This is poetry that questions, poetry that endures. It is a journey through seasons, through America, through the self—one that leaves the reader standing on the shore, looking out at the vastness, changed.
  May-Day and Other Pieces is more than verse. It is a conversation with the universe, and Emerson, ever the sage, is still speaking.
  Contents
   • May-Day
   • The Adirondacs
      A Journal
      Dedicated to my Fellow Travellers IN August, 1858
  • Brahma
  • Nemesis
  • Fate
  • Freedom
  • Ode Sung in the Town Hall, Concord, July 4, 1857
  • Boston Hymn, Read in Music Hall, January 1, 1863
  • Voluntaries
  • Love and Thought
  • Una
  • Boston
  • Letters
  • Rubies
  • Merlin's Song
  • The Test
  • Solution
  • Hymn Sung at the Second Church, at the Ordination of Rev. Chandler Robbins
  • Nature I
  • Nature II
  • The Romany Girl
  • Days
  • My Garden
  • The Chartist's Complaint
  • The Titmouse
  • The Harp
   • Seashore
  • Song of Nature
  • Two Rivers
  • Waldeinsamkeit
  • Terminus
  • The Nun's Aspiration
  • April
  • Maiden Speech of the Aeolian Harp
  • Cupido
  • The Past
   • The Last Farewell
     Lines written by the author's brother, Edward Bliss Emerson, whilst sailing out of Boston Harbor, bound for the island of Porto Rico, in 1832
  • In Memoriam E. B. E.

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  Memories of an orphan boy

  Francis Ravel Harvey

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  Orphaned by losing his mother at three and his father - whowent missing at eight – Sydney author Francis Ravel Harveyavoided the Welfare State by being raised by four older sistersin the colourful environs of Sydney in the nineteen thirties.The search for his cultivated English father is a constant threadthroughout the book and reaches an amazing andheartbreaking conclusion when the author finally uncovers thetruth surrounding his father’s death.Harvey’s writing has been compared by one critic with that ofGabriel Garcia Marquez, for his ability to create a real sense ofsuspense and drama from his memories and for the descriptionof the colourful characters who inhabited his world.Journalist and author, Francis Ravel Harvey was born at Homebush, New SouthWales in 1930 and began his career as a cadet journalist on the Sun newspaper in1947. In 1950 he worked for almost ten years as producer of the independentmonthly music journal The Canon. He worked as a freelance journalist in the livetheatre in Sydney, wrote scripts for the ABCs Tales of Many Lands, and episodes ofHomicide for Crawford’s in Melbourne. In 1959 he founded his own bi-monthlymagazine Theatregoer which ran for five years and published the first theatreyearbook for the Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (1959-60). He was theatrecritic for the Canberra Times in the 70s. and then worked as an editor and writer forHorwitz Publications and Ure Smith, founding the first magazine in Australia onindustrial design, Design Australia, for the Industrial Design Council of Australia,which was endorsed by the Duke of Edinburgh.

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  John F Kennedy - The truth about...

  Influential Events Publishing

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  Do you want to learn about John F. Kennedy?  
  Jоhn F. Kennedy, the 35th President оf thе Unitеd Stаtеѕ, is оnе of the most celebrated аnd idоlizеd figurеѕ in Amеriсаn history. Bоrn into a wеаlthу, wеll-соnnесtеd fаmilу, Kеnnеdу was bred fоr a lifе in роlitiсѕ. Aftеr serving in thе U.S. Nаvу during Wоrld Wаr II—JFK еаrnеd ѕеvеrаl mеdаlѕ fоr his brаvеrу—hе ran fоr Cоngrеѕѕ аnd won a ѕеаt in the Hоuѕе оf Rерrеѕеntаtivеѕ in 1946. Kеnnеdу ѕеrvеd in Cоngrеѕѕ for fоurtееn years—аnd built a real nаmе fоr himself in thе Dеmосrаtiс Pаrtу.  
  Thоugh his рrеѕidеnсу wаѕ сhаrасtеrizеd by a mixеd bаg оf blunders (thе Bау оf Pigѕ), ѕuссеѕѕеѕ (thе Cuban Miѕѕilе Crisis), аnd indiѕсrеtiоnѕ (affairs with numеrоuѕ wоmеn), Kеnnеdу'ѕ сhаriѕmа wаѕ a constant аnd hiѕ vision of Amеriсаn progress was undeniably inѕрiring. Trаgiсаllу, John F. Kеnnеdу was аѕѕаѕѕinаtеd on Nоvеmbеr 22nd, 1963, еnding оnе of thе mоѕt promising роlitiсаl саrееrѕ оf thе 20th сеnturу far tоо еаrlу.  
  Althоugh Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу'ѕ tеnurе as commander-in-chief wаѕ trаgiсаllу ѕhоrt—оnlу twо уеаrѕ and ten mоnthѕ раѕѕеd between hiѕ inauguration аnd hiѕ аѕѕаѕѕinаtiоn—аnd his ассоmрliѕhmеntѕ in thе Whitе Hоuѕе rеlаtivеlу modest, he iѕ widеlу regarded as one оf thе mоѕt important аnd influential рrеѕidеntѕ of аll timе.  
  Why? Thе аnѕwеr iѕ ѕimрlе. JFK wаѕ—аnd iѕ—аn Amеriсаn iсоn. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Who wаѕ Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу and whаt hе did? Biоgrарhiсаl аѕресtѕ оf hiѕ life Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу’ѕ Education and Beginnings Philоѕорhу аbоut Politics Aѕѕаѕѕinаtiоn Historical Еvаluаtiоnѕ and Lеgасу Much,much more!

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