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Author : Sybil Haydel Morial
Release : 2018-09-18
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 835/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Witness to Change by : Sybil Haydel Morial
Download or read book Witness to Change written by Sybil Haydel Morial. This book was released on 2018-09-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sybil Morial's autobiography traces her childhood in New Orleans, activism during the Civil Rights Movement, and continuing life of service.
Author : Lynda Mapes
Release : 2017-04-11
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 530/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Witness Tree by : Lynda Mapes
Download or read book Witness Tree written by Lynda Mapes. This book was released on 2017-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate look at one majestic hundred-year-old oak tree through four seasons--and the reality of global climate change it reveals. In the life of this one grand oak, we can see for ourselves the results of one hundred years of rapid environmental change. It's leafing out earlier, and dropping its leaves later as the climate warms. Even the inner workings of individual leaves have changed to accommodate more CO2 in our atmosphere. Climate science can seem dense, remote, and abstract. But through the lens of this one tree, it becomes immediate and intimate. In Witness Tree, environmental reporter Lynda V. Mapes takes us through her year living with one red oak at the Harvard Forest. We learn about carbon cycles and leaf physiology, but also experience the seasons as people have for centuries, watching for each new bud, and listening for each new bird and frog call in spring. We savor the cadence of falling autumn leaves, and glory of snow and starry winter nights. Lynda takes us along as she climbs high into the oak's swaying boughs, and scientists core deep into the oak's heartwood, dig into its roots and probe the teeming life of the soil. She brings us eye-level with garter snakes and newts, and alongside the squirrels and jays devouring the oak's acorns. Season by season she reveals the secrets of trees, how they work, and sustain a vast community of lives, including our own. The oak is a living timeline and witness to climate change. While stark in its implications, Witness Tree is a beautiful and lyrical read, rich in detail, sweeps of weather, history, people, and animals. It is a story rooted in hope, beauty, wonder, and the possibility of renewal in people's connection to nature.
Author : Gretchen Garner
Release : 2003-07-25
Genre : Art
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Book Rating : 672/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Disappearing Witness by : Gretchen Garner
Download or read book Disappearing Witness written by Gretchen Garner. This book was released on 2003-07-25. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In documenting this transformation in American photography, Disappearing Witness forcefully rethinks the history of photography itself.
Author : Kwame Alexander
Release : 2020-11-17
Genre : Poetry
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Book Rating : 412/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Light for the World to See by : Kwame Alexander
Download or read book Light for the World to See written by Kwame Alexander. This book was released on 2020-11-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From NPR correspondent and New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, comes a powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwin's "A Report from Occupied Territory," Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to America's crisis of conscience . . . to the centuries of loss, endless resilience, and unstoppable hope. Includes an introduction by the author and a bold, graphically designed interior. A collection of three powerful poems that take on racism and Black resistance in America by New York Times best-selling author Kwame Alexander. Includes an introduction by the author.
Author : Obaze, Oseloka H.
Release : 2017-09-26
Genre : Political Science
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Book Rating : 564/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Prime Witness: Change and Policy Challenges in Buhariís Nigeria by : Obaze, Oseloka H.
Download or read book Prime Witness: Change and Policy Challenges in Buhariís Nigeria written by Obaze, Oseloka H.. This book was released on 2017-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume of essays on public policy challenges in the Buhari-led Nigeria is a child of necessity. In 2015 and sixteen years after the PDP assumed the leadership reins in Nigeria, it was evident to all, that Nigeria was not enjoying the best form of governance and purposeful leadership. The strength of government was absolutely lacking. Enter 2015 and the grand alliance and vision of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which claimed to be the only credible alternative capable of upending the PDP and providing Nigeria the much leadership change it desired. Hope about Nigeria's prospects soared with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The hope was well founded: it reflected the high expectations generated both by the smooth transfer of power from the Jonathan administration, itself a sign of a maturing democracy, and by the scintillating campaign by candidate Buhari. It did not take long before the Buhari administration confronted the political reality of governance. The governance reality that the Buhari administration faced on assuming the reins of power consisted of his own campaign promises (tackling insecurity, combating corruption, and growing the economy -- with emphasis on reducing unemployment and diversifying the economy); unanticipated crises (resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta and onset of recession); and self-inflicted injuries (delayed appointment of his cabinet, policy somersaults on foreign exchange policy, and poor management of the recession). Prime Witness Change and Policy Challenges in Buhari's Nigeria is essentially a product of the author's observations, exchanges with his various interlocutors in and out of government, and Nigerians and non-Nigerians alike, during the first year of the Buhari administration, 2015-2016. The decision to put this volume together, and indeed, the compelling reason for articulating the policy recommendations, critiques and views herein, derived in his personal belief that as a member of the Nigerian attentive public, we owed it as a civic duty to our posterity to speak up, regardless of whether anyone is listening. Such undertaking will no doubt, enrich our national conversation of critical issues and in the long run, vindicate us in the eyes of our posterity.
