Steel Standing

Author: Hassan Raheem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780971983199
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174

Book Description
Steel Standing: The Bennie Heard, Jr. Story is about a former rising super star in professional boxing, who received two of Georgia's highest honors presented by the Georgia State Legislature, House of Representatives in 1982 for all of his achievements in boxing and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame in 2007, he was nominated and received an Award as Comeback Boxer of the Year 2007; but he found himself embroiled in the fight of his life in 1985, when he was charged with first degree murder in the death of his close friend, while home on a two month medical leave from boxing training. The jury of eleven (11) Whites and one Black deliberated for 13 minutes before rendering their verdict. This swift travesty of injustice changed the course of Bennie Heard, Jr.'s life.

Draw What You See

Author: Kathleen Benson
Publisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0544106059
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Benny Andrews loved to draw. He drew his nine brothers and sisters, and his parents. He drew the red earth of the fields where they all worked, the hot sun that beat down, and the rows and rows of crops. As Benny hauled buckets of water, he made pictures in his head. And he dreamed of a better life—something beyond the segregation, the backbreaking labor, and the limited opportunities of his world. Benny’s dreams took him far from the rural Georgia of his childhood. He became one of the most important African American painters of the twentieth century, and he opened doors for other artists of color. His story will inspire budding young artists to work hard and follow their dreams.

A Visit from the Goon Squad

Author: Jennifer Egan
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307593622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption “features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. “Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart.” —The New York Times Book Review

A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools

Author: Bennie Kara
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1529737877
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 85

Book Description
A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools aims to provide starting points for teachers and leaders in creating a curriculum, either across disciplines or within subjects, that is as deep and diverse as their students. The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day to day life as a teacher. · Authored by experts in the field · Easy to dip in-and-out of · Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own · Fun engaging illustrations throughout · Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!

My Father's Business

Author: Brother Bennie
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780578232652
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
Jesus was also about His Father's business. It was the only plan that made sense to Him and the one for which He would give His life. As an adult, He knew hard work, sleepless nights, and hunger. He was homeless and a man of sorrows, yet always rejoicing. He was poor, yet made many rich. As Jesus told the young man on the road to Jerusalem, "Foxes have holes and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head" (Luke 9:58). By the common measurements of man, Jesus' earthly life was a failure; "though He was rich, yet for your sakes, He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich" (2 Cor. 8:9). However, no man can be said to have had a greater influence. "And having been perfected, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him" (Hebrews 5:9)Jesus' life was spent doing nothing but contributing to the most significant business the world has ever known...His Father's! It took a long time, but I eventually came to appreciate and understand the importance of dedicating my life's work to God. Today, I happily work for both of my fathers-my earthly father and my Heavenly Father. It is a business I would not trade for anything. Looking back, I see now that in the moments where I thought we had nothing, we truly possessed everything. My father knew. It was his business to know, and nothing could beat it out of him. This is my story of picking up his business.

Benny and Omar

Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: The O'Brien Press
ISBN: 1847175538
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
The hilarious debut novel from one of the world's favourite children's authors. Benny Shaw, a young sporting fanatic, is forced to leave his beloved Wexford, home of all his heroes, and move with his family to Tunisia! How will he survive in a place like this? Then he teams up with Omar, and a madcap friendship between the two boys leads to trouble, crazy escapades, a unique way of communicating, and heartbreaking challenges.

Bennie Brighton

Author: Anna Wayne Eldredge
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 254

Book Description

Silver Spoon: The Imperfect Guide to Success

Author: Bennie Fowler
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
ISBN: 9781544504773
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Have you ever watched a dog, out for a morning walk, who's just spotted a squirrel? The dog immediately springs forward to pursue his catch. He is restricted, not by his own instincts, but by a force he didn't know existed; his harness, his owner's restraint. When our dreams become real to us, fear, doubt, and adversity often collar our ambitions. Like the dog, we want to keep after that squirrel until we catch it, but how can we break free from the restraint of mediocrity, and endure the anxieties and insecurities that come with the chase? In Silver Spoon: The Imperfect Guide to Success, Bennie Fowler shares stories that will help you overcome what's holding you back. You'll hear from Bennie and other professional athletes like Draymond Green, Julius Thomas, Darqueze Dennard, and Demarcus Ware, as well as entrepreneurs and employees, on how they rose to the occasion when adversity struck. You'll gain a better understanding of yourself and be motivated to implement the daily practices you learn from these top performers.

My Notorious Life

Author: Keith Mabery
Publisher: Writers Republic LLC
ISBN: 1637280777
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 49

Book Description
This piece of art is about my life my struggles and the way i grew up. It also talks about my mental illness schizophrenia which most people are ashamed of talking about. It also talks about my crushes in school and my involvement in the music industry. It talks about the poverty i also had to go through as a child and the troubles with the law. Of course it talks about the famous people ive met in the music industry. It talks about the pain ive suffered loosing alot of friends and family over the years. It also talks about how i was intelligent and very wise when it came to school work. Alot of people prayed for my downfall but im still here after 43 years of misery. This book also talks about domestic violence in my family and on how we grew as a unit. People judge me and call me crazy but i ignore them. I know im not crazy at all. Im human just like any other human being. This book also talks about the mental institutions i was incarcerated in over the past 20 years. This book should be an inspiration for people with mental illness and not cover it up but treat it. This book also talks about the drugs i used to use and abuse in the past. That was the cause of the schitzofrantia. This book should give people lessons to stay away from drugs alcohol and watch who you put in your circle as your friends. It dosent matter how poor or how rich you are schizophrenia could be a deadly disease. If you have signs of it go get help immediately and dont hurt yourself or people around you. All the love that ive had from my family was unconditional and i still couldn't understand. Be yourself and trust nobody but yourself.

Under an Outlaw Moon

Author: Dietrich Kalteis
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1773057790
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 234

Book Description
Meet Depression-era newlyweds Bennie and Stella. He’s reckless, she’s naive. Longing for freedom from tough times, they rob a bank, setting off a series of events that quickly spin out of their control Under an Outlaw Moon is based on the true story of Depression-era bank robbers Bennie and Stella Mae Dickson. She’s a teenage outsider longing to fit in. He’s a few years older and he’s trouble. They meet at a local skating rink and the sparks fly. They marry and Stella dreams of a nice house with a swing out back, while Bennie figures out how to get enough money to make it happen. Setting his sights on the good life, he decides to rob a bank. Talking Stella into it, he lays out his plan and teaches her to shoot. The newlyweds celebrate her 16th birthday by robbing a local bank. They pull it off, but the score is small, and Bennie realizes the money won’t last long, so he plans a bigger robbery. What lays ahead is more than either of them bargained for. After J. Edgar Hoover finds out they crossed state lines, he declares them public enemies number one and two — wanted dead or alive. So much for the good life. The manhunt is on, and there’s little room for them to run.