Author: Robert Gordon Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1608194167 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 481
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Traces the rise and fall of the original Stax Records, touching upon the racial politics in Memphis in the 1960s, the personal histories of the sibling founders, and the prominent musicians they featured.
Author: Lorena Garcia Publisher: NYU Press ISBN: 0814733166 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 232
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Exploring young Latina youth's sexual agency, education, and expression While Latina girls have high teen birth rates and are at increasing risk for contracting sexually transmitted infections, their sexual lives are much more complex than the negative stereotypes of them as “helpless” or “risky” (or worse) suggest. In Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself, Lorena Garcia examines how Latina girls negotiate their emerging sexual identities and attempt to create positive sexual experiences for themselves. Through a focus on their sexual agency, Garcia demonstrates that Latina girls’ experiences with sexism, racism, homophobia and socioeconomic marginality inform how they engage and begin to rework their meanings and processes of gender and sexuality, emphasizing how Latina youth themselves understand their sexuality, particularly how they conceptualize and approach sexual safety and pleasure. At a time of controversy over the appropriate role of sex education in schools, Respect Yourself, Protect Yourself, provides a rare look and an important understanding of the sexual lives of a traditionally marginalized group.
Author: Robert Gordon Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA ISBN: 1608194175 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 481
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The story of Stax Records unfolds like a Greek tragedy. A white brother and sister build a record company that becomes a monument to racial harmony in 1960's segregated south Memphis. Their success is startling, and Stax soon defines an international sound. Then, after losses both business and personal, the siblings part, and the brother allies with a visionary African-American partner. Under integrated leadership, Stax explodes as a national player until, Icarus-like, they fall from great heights to a tragic demise. Everything is lost, and the sanctuary that flourished is ripped from the ground. A generation later, Stax is rebuilt brick by brick to once again bring music and opportunity to the people of Memphis. Set in the world of 1960s and '70s soul music, Respect Yourself is a story of epic heroes in a shady industry. It's about music and musicians -- Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Stax's interracial house band. It's about a small independent company's struggle to survive in a business world of burgeoning conglomerates. And always at the center of the story is Memphis, Tennessee, an explosive city struggling through heated, divisive years. Told by one of our leading music chroniclers, Respect Yourself brings to life this treasured cultural institution and the city that created it.
Author: Patricia Spadaro Publisher: SCB Distributors ISBN: 0981603319 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 176
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“Patricia Spadaro is a marvelous guide through the inner realms of the heart. I always feel uplifted by her words." —Marianne Williamson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Return to Love Honor Yourself: The Inner Art of Giving and Receiving (winner of two national book awards) skillfully guides us through one of the key stressors and paradoxes of our time—how to balance what others need with what we need, how to give and to receive. Should I sacrifice for others or take time to care for myself? Be generous or draw boundaries? Stay in a relationship or say goodbye? When I give to others, do I really need to give up myself? Tensions like these are not only a natural part of life, they are life. But rather than focusing on how to pamper ourselves, Honor Yourself goes to the heart of the problem so you can find real solutions. While modern society is ill-equipped to bring us back into balance, the sages of East and West are experts, and Honor Yourself explores their practical, and surprising, advice. Combining wisdom from around the world with real-life stories and a treasury of tools, it exposes the most potent myths about giving that can sabotage your relationships, career, finances, even your health, without you knowing it. With candor and compassion, it shows how to move beyond the myths to the magic of honoring yourself so you can live a life filled with possibility and passion and give your greatest gifts to your loved ones, your community, and the world. We are called to master the delicate dance of giving and receiving in virtually every area of our lives, and this beautiful work offers empowering and heartfelt ways to do it. It will free you to celebrate your own gifts and greatness as you explore the dynamics behind setting boundaries, being honest about unhealthy people in your life, honoring endings, using feelings to stay true to yourself, finding your own voice, giving with the heart rather than the head, and much more. Just as importantly, Honor Yourself will teach you the steps for staying in balance. For when you learn the steps, you can perform the dance—and that's when the magic begins.
Author: Nathaniel Branden Publisher: Bantam ISBN: 0307790428 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 177
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Of all the judgments you make in life, none is as important as the one you make about yourself. The difference between low self-esteem and high self-esteem is the difference between passivity and action, between failure and success. Now, one of America's foremost psychologists and a pioneer in self-esteem development offers a step-by-step guide to strengthening your sense of self-worth. Here are simple, straightforward and effective techniques that will dramatically improve the way you think and feel about yourself. You'll learn: How to break free of negative self-concepts and self-defeating behavior. How to dissolve internal barriers to success in work and love. How to overcome anxiety, depression, guilt and anger. How to conquer the fear of intimacy and success. How to find -- and keep -- the courage to love yourself. And much more.
Author: Siyanda Mquqwana Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1105370844 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 35
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This is a book about how to live according to your nature, respecting Nature, others and yourself while living in the moment. The author takes on the monumental task of defining life, consciousness, enlightenment and the elusive fountain of youth. The reader is taken on an introspective and philosophical journey within, during which age old questions are answered in a simple and easy to understand manner. This book shines a light on the individual and explores the power of the right intention as represented in the right thought and heard in the right speech before it is seen in the right action that shapes not just the individual but also the world. The role of individual consciousness in shaping universal consciousness is touched upon and an easy to follow step by step approach is provided such that the reader is not only provided with the "what" and the "how" but also with the "why" as some questions are left unanswered in a tantalizing manner that leaves you searching for more...
Author: Calvin Hooper Publisher: ISBN: 9780997397109 Category : Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
What is it that causes women to fail to see their worth, and fail to see themselves the way God intends for them to? I read a story once about self respect in regards to women that I believe explains what happens. The story said (quote): I believe self-respect is very important to everyone, especially vital for women. It should be the first important quality we should have rather than anything else.When you fail to respect yourself, many behaviors will be like giveaways. The way you talk to yourself and others is an announcement of how you feel about yourself. The way you allow others to talk about you and treat you is another giveaway. Another giveaway is when you believe you don't deserve to be heard or to be spoken to with dignity, which reveals that your self-respect is low. Think of what you want, what you expect, and set an example yourself. You will then definitely get respect from others. Law of attraction never fails. YOU ARE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE TO CHANGE OTHERS' VIEW OF YOU. (End quote) Maybe you are reading this and you're saying, "Pastor Hooper, yes, that is me. I need to change how I think of myself and change how others see me. I want that, but how do I get there?" This book is something God inspired me to write to help you get and maintain HIS perspective of you. I pray that this book helps you to fulfill the destiny God has for you.
Author: Rajan Thapaliya Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387870106 Category : Self-Help Languages : en Pages : 180
Book Description
100% LifeÑ The book essentially serves as a life coach. Have you lived life to the fullest? Do you believe life can be 100%? If so, why havenÕt You are yourself. Nobody can change you. You have your own spirit, so believe in God and give 100% devotion. What gift can you give to the world? Think about it, then meditate on it. The main fact of life is that there is no time to wait on anyone; just move forward and do what you have to do. YouÕre giving yourself a sense of knowing that youÕre more than just a name. Life is full of fun, just feel its colors, believe in excellence. Be the most excellent version of your life. Live like a lion, think beyond Mt. Everest. If you let it, each chapter you read will allow you to begin a new chapter of life. So why you wait to begin 100% Life? Take a deep breath, relax and read the book and just feel the fresh oxygen from the top of the world, Mt. Everest.
Author: Marc Myers Publisher: Atlantic Books ISBN: 161185959X Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 352
Book Description
Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits transcend commercial value, touching a generation of listeners and altering the direction of music. In Anatomy of a Song, writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories behind fifty rock, pop, R&B, country and reggae hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them. Mick Jagger, Jimmy Page, the Clash, Smokey Robinson, Grace Slick, Roger Waters, Joni Mitchell, Steven Tyler, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello and many other leading artists reveal the inspirations, struggles and techniques behind their influential works .
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