Foreigner in My Own Backyard

Author: Travis Casey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781500505592
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

Book Description
A family crisis brings Travis Casey back to the land he used to call home after living in England for the past two decades. His parents need him - not as a career as he expected, but as someone to drive them from Florida back to their home in Minnesota. Just as well; he's not a caring person, but he is a damn good driver.But the country is not how he left it...Casey uses his own brand of humor to explore what has changed in America since he lived there - that's when he's not recounting the chaos that occurs as he attempts to reestablish himself as an American. He discovers that entering the United States with his British wife is more difficult than he had anticipated. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. --Chinese ProverbA journey of seven thousand miles begins with a trip to the US Embassy -- Travis Casey Experience

Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard

Author: Rajendra Pillai
Publisher: WaterBrook
ISBN: 0307552861
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 270

Book Description
Reaching the World in Our Own Backyard is designed as a guidebook for Christians to better understand and engage people from other countries including immigrants, foreign exchange students, and tourists. By both region and religion, author Rajendra K. Pillai explains cultural considerations and common points of reference to readers eager to share the good news of Jesus Christ with foreign-born individuals. Between 1990 and 2000, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism–along with many other religions–grew at a record pace, due heavily to immigration and conversion. During this same period of time the number of people who call themselves Christians dropped by 9 percent. Meanwhile, 98 percent of churches experienced non-growth or declines in attendance.

Don's Nam

Author: Franklin D. Rast
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 9781581128499
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Don's Nam is a vivid first-person account of war in Vietnam centered around the daily activities of the Orient Express, it is a story unlike any other account of the war. Written from a diary, and documented with operational reports, eyewitness accounts, journals, and photos, Rast eloquently and passionately takes the reader on a gut-wrenching roller coaster ride of horror, courage, and sacrifice that the headlines and TV news never saw. It is essential, poignant reading for those veterans who were in `Nam and cannot forget, and also for those who were not there, but strive to understand the electrifying intensity of what war is about. Ride the primitive roads on dangerous convoys with the men of the Orient Express, and get a true feeling what it was like to be ambushed or mined in 1969 and 1970. Experience "Rat Patrols," rocket attacks, reconnaissance missions, and the political intrigue that made the war so difficult to fight using conventional methods. The men's stories, taken down in his muddy diary, and kept locked in an old army footlocker for twenty-eight years, jump to life off the pages and leave the reader crying, laughing, or just plainly boiling with rage as this dramatic account of the Vietnam war unfolds in a story that is truly spellbinding. Professor Gilda M. Agacer Monmouth University Editor

The Nearly Departed

Author: Brenda Cullerton
Publisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 9780316084598
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 240

Book Description
Cullerton's parents were always eccentric. Her mother gardened in curlers, pop beads, and black satin underpants, while her father hid wads of cash in shoes in the garage. This is a haunting, heartbreaking, and incredibly funny book that is a love letter to parents, family, and home--however strange they may be.

Dance of the Spirits

Author: Sanjai Velayudhan
Publisher: One Point Six Technology Pvt Ltd
ISBN: 9352019555
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 305

Book Description
REVENGE IS A DISH BEST SERVED COLD.THE SPIRITS DO NOT FORGET. VENGEANCE HAS BEEN LONG DUE.When Krish returns to his homeland of Kerala, all he wants is a break, some time away from his wife, and a chance to do some research for his book. But instead, he is drawn into the magical world of Theyyam, whose performers, dressed in ornate headgears and colourful make-up, take centre-stage in the sleepy district of Kannur. As the performers leap in the air and perform an aggressive dance, they enter a state of trance and turn into ‘gods’.Maria couldn’t have asked for a more fantastic experience to complete her thesis on the ritual form of worship. She forges a close bond with Krish, who acts as her local guide and together, they explore the mystic world of spirits, serpent-gods and forbidden secrets. But unknown to them, a grand plan is being executed in which they are nothing but mere pawns.Krish finds himself inescapably involved with not only two women but also the history of his land, the fate of his friend, and a spiritual journey that surpasses everything he has ever felt before. One that changes him irreversibly and for which, Maria must pay the price.

One Foreigner's Ordeal

Author: Tavuya Jinga
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1468505114
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 201

Book Description
One Foreigners Ordeal is a story of how a Zimbabwean civil servant; a teacher, is caught up in Zimbabwes economic implosion. It chronicles his flight into South Africa and depicts the new challenges that beset him in the new environment. Among these is the search for documentation enabling him to stay in the country legally, xenophobia and the all elusive search for employment. The book is alive. The characters are so real one can feel them and almost touch them. Once I started reading it, I could not put it down. - Tsitsi Dzinoreva Lecturer in African Languages and Literature Great Zimbabwe University. Written with an eye for detail and a sense of humour any reader will find impeccable and refreshinga must read for serious lovers of literature. - Mika Nyoni Lecturer English Great Zimbabwe University.

I Hate Me, Who Do You Hate?

Author: Maureen Reil
Publisher: Maureen Reil
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 286

Book Description
Amber hates herself, she hates everything about herself, from her curly, red hair to her bad habits of smoking, drinking and shoplifting. But most of all, she hates feeling unlovable and that's caused by a deep-seated angst of letting anyone too close in case they abandon her too, just like her mother did. So when Amber realises that she has been dumped, made homeless and up to her eyes in debt and in constant fear of losing her job as a beauty therapist. Well, can her life get any worse? Yes, it can, when she finds herself pregnant. Helping her deal with this is a colourful cast of characters that will make sure she gets through it, one way or another. When Amber impersonates a singing sensation, her world is about to be turned upside down once again. Is there more to them looking like sisters than meets the eye? Will Amber discover the truth about her mother? Will Amber ever learn to love herself, even if she gets closure on this? Join Amber on her laughter-filled journey, with all the domestic drama added for an engaging and entertaining read in this funny British novel.

A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan

Author: C.S. Fairfax
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387592769
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 264

Book Description
Read through time, enjoying the good, the better, and the best books from each of the seven eras below: Year 1: Ancient History to 476 A.D. Year 2: The Middle Ages, 477 to 1485 A.D. Year 3: The Age of Discovery, 1485-1763 A.D. Year 4: The Age of Revolution, 1764-1848 A.D. Year 5: The Age of Empire, 1849-1914 A.D. Year 6: The American Century, 1915-1995 A.D. Year 7: The Information Age, 1996- Present Day At the end of seven years, repeat! A Seven Year Cycle Reading Plan is a booklist compiled of hundreds of books from each era in history organized into categories of interest. This volume also includes copious room for you to add your own favorite titles!

Nomination--FCC

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description

Foreigner 119

Author: Morgan Joseph Ruttan
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1425771777
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 294

Book Description
Book Summary: With their backs against the wall, it was time for all or nothing. From the implosion of one of Korea's largest and most notorious English Academies, to the defining study of a nation in a hurry to self destruct, Morgan J. delivers a new level of understanding, for a race that forgot about why. Relive two years of study, as Morgan J. races against time to achieve the impossible, and help bring life back to a nation aging well beyond its years. In the days of globalization, and a time when peace is needed with a stabilized North Korea, these simple-mans words make a world of difference.