When Tilly receives an invitation to help drive eight elders on their ultimate bucket-list road trip, she impulsively says yes. Before she knows it, Tilly has said good-bye to her family and is on an adventure that will transform her in ways she could not predict, just as it will for the elders who soon dub themselves “the Crazy Eights.” The Crazy Eights each choose a stop—somewhere or something they’ve always wanted to experience—on the way to their ultimate goal, the Gathering of Nations...

The author's desire to read the Bible and acquire a relationship with God, resulted in her becoming disgusted at the God in the Bible. Almost an atheist because of the it, the Bible left her feeling angry and let down.The author breaks down many scriptures in the Bible that reveal the horrific truth about who God in the Bible really is. The God that people many people don't want us to know exists is finally revealed, scripture, by horrifying scripture.

After being tossed from foster family to family throughout his life, Aidan has never known anything more than survival. After a fight with his foster father, he is forced to do community service for an elderly shut in. Things are not as they seem with his new acquaintance, and he finds that her true identity reveals a much bigger story than he ever imagined. After waking from reading a mysterious book, Aidan finds himself in a place out of time, with the chance to be a part of something li...

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLERUplifting stories, vignettes, and reflections to inspire gratitude, love, joy, and hope in navigating life in a changing, challenging world.“Monique Gray Smith’s signature warmth and wisdom illuminates paths toward resilience, creativity, and human connection.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat Pray Love“Tender words and heartfelt stories provide gentle guidance to remind us how we can care for each ...

"I almost died today. What have you been up to?" - mit diesem Satz beginnt ein intensives Hörstück über das erste Jahr an der Dialyse. Noël Labridy, die auch als Projektassistentin bei Kulturregen Berlin tätig ist, erzählt von innerer Stärke, Angst und Abhängigkeit. Ihre ehrlichen Beobachtungen machen die Erfahrung universell und berührend. Autorin: Noël Labridy (instagram: @_labridy_) Coach: Svenja Gräfen Sprecherin: Monique Smith-McDowell (instagram: @mon_sm) Musik und Sounddesign: Mr. S...

Art practices reveal the entwinement of perception and understanding, opening possibilities for new ways of enacting the political. An artwork can serve as more than solely an aesthetic object: in the public sphere it beckons us to resist, challenge, and change the world around us.Wide-ranging in scope and application, Life in Art showcases how, at the intersection of art and phenomenology, sociopolitical issues can be examined anew. Thirteen diverse, international, establ...

I could hand you a braid of sweetgrass as thick and shining as the braid that hung down my grandmother’s back. But it is not mine to give, nor yours to take. Wiingaashk belongs to herself. I offer, in her place, a braid of stories meant to heal our relationship with the world.As a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer is trained to use the tools of science to ask questions of nature. As a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, she embraces plants and animals as ...

Tilly has always known she’s part Lakota on her dad’s side. She’s grown up with the traditional teachings of her grandma, relishing the life lessons of her beloved mentor. But it isn’t until an angry man shouts something on the street that Tilly realizes her mom is Aboriginal, too—a Cree woman taken from her own parents as a baby.Tilly feels her mother’s pain deeply. She’s always had trouble fitting in at school, and when her grandma dies unexpectedly, her anchor is gone. Then Abby...

★"Smith's book is an effort that returns, offering diverse voices that invite the world into the reconciliation experience. Absolutely necessary.”—Kirkus Reviews, starred reviewCanada's relationship with its Indigenous people has suffered as a result of both the residential school system and the lack of understanding of the historical and current impact of those schools. Healing and repairing that relationship requires education, awareness and increased un...

Hope, Faith & Empathy is the story of Tilly, a young Indigenous woman growing up in Canada, and the individuals who helped shape her life, her survival and her irrepressible spirit. Together, they tell a unique perspective of the history of the First Peoples in Canada; including the Sixties Scoop, Indigenous adoption, Indian Day Schools, Residential Schools and tuberculosis hospitals. They share stories of homecomings rooted in courage and resiliency. Woven throughout the book are thought ...

Bringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life.Including a range of personal, academic and clinical perspectives, the book considers historical and contemporary perspectives on autism, including diagnosis, developmental outcomes and life course issues. Attention is given to medical, care ...

When Charlie’s Kohkom asks him what the best part of his school day was, he knows right away: Indigenous drum circle!Kohkom tells him that not very long ago she was gifted her very first drum at a ceremony for children who never returned home from residential schools. But Charlie doesn’t understand. How could she only have gotten her first drum so recently?Kohkom explains that she was taken from her family when she was very little because of something calle...