Brave to be Involved

Brave to be Involved
Author: Yomna Mohamed Saber
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2010
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9783034305044

Although Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2004) was the first African American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize, she occupies a curious position in the larger black canon. Despite her importance, with the exception of very few critical accounts of her work, she has been usually treated in critical isolation from her black peers, be they male or female. Brooks's earlier stages were discarded by many black critics as works directed to white audiences, whereas black critics who became interested in her nationalist phase limited her to the Black Aesthetic perspective. Such approaches to Brooks's opus fail to do justice to her work which stood on equal footing with other groundbreaking works in terms of her pioneering themes and techniques. This book examines all of Brooks's stages while tracing the changes that marked her voice throughout. By comparing and contrasting her work to Richard Wright, Margaret Walker, Ralph Ellison, Lorraine Hansberry, Amiri Baraka and Sonia Sanchez, it becomes possible to highlight the distinct poetic legacy of Brooks. The aim of this book is to assess the extent to which Brooks participated in the black canon and to examine how far her realistic settings and individualised characters resulted in a poetry capable of providing accurate reflections of black life in America throughout five very vibrant decades.

Brave Like That

Brave Like That
Author: Lindsey Stoddard
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2020-06-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 006287814X

Find yourself. Find your place. Find your brave. This uplifting tale, which award-winning author Leslie Connor dubbed “a perfectly paced journey of the heart” is perfect for fans of Lisa Graff and Lynda Mullaly Hunt. Cyrus Olson’s dad is a hero—Northfield’s former football star and now one of their finest firefighters. Everyone expects Cyrus to follow in his dad’s record-breaking footsteps, and he wishes they were right—except he’s never been brave like that. But this year, with the help of a stray dog, a few new friends, a little bit of rhythm, and a lot of nerve, he may just discover that actually…he is. Lauded as “remarkable” by the New York Times Book Review, Lindsey Stoddard’s heartfelt stories continue to garner critical acclaim, and her latest novel will have fans new and old rooting for Cyrus and Parker’s special bond and the courage it helps them both to find.

Help Her Be Brave

Help Her Be Brave
Author: Amy Ford
Publisher: Moody Publishers
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0802499503

Discover your place in the pro-life movement. What if we lived in a world where every woman with an unplanned pregnancy always felt empowered to choose life for her unborn baby? To create that kind of change, it will take all of us. As the church, we can play a powerful role in making abortion unthinkable. With Help Her Be Brave, you can discover your part in saving lives and find your pro-life passion. This includes how to: Learn practical ways to get involved using your unique gifts and talents Find women with unexpected pregnancies and connect them to support Use your influence and be a voice for the voiceless Make your church a refuge for abortion vulnerable women If abortion became illegal today, the church isn’t ready to help women practically, spiritually and emotionally. It’s time to change that. We can’t look away any longer. This is our moment for us to stand up and help her be brave.

Brave

Brave
Author: Janyne McConnaughey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2018-01-26
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781945099052

Janyne's successful life was a cover for deep inner pain. Her first EMDR psychotherapy session revealed her three fractured adult parts. During three years of intensive therapy she fought to heal from sexual abuse that began at the age of three. Both pain and hope for healing are present on every page. Janyne is both vulnerable and triumphant.

Brave Like Mom

Brave Like Mom
Author: Monica Acker
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2022
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1506483208

When a young girl's fish-wrestling, spider-wrangling mom becomes an illness-fighting mom, they explore together what it means to be strong, brave, and fierce.

How to Be Brave

How to Be Brave
Author: E. Katherine Kottaras
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Total Pages: 282
Release: 2015-11-03
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1466884673

Chosen as one of the best YA Novels of November by Bustle.com A Buzzfeed YA Book To Watch Featured on School Library Journal's Size Acceptance YA List Georgia has always lived life on the sidelines: uncomfortable with her weight, awkward, never been kissed, terrified of failing. Then her mom dies and her world is turned upside down. But instead of getting lost in her pain, she decides to enjoy life while she still can by truly living for the first time. She makes a list of ways to be brave-all the things she's always wanted to do but has been too afraid to try: learn to draw, try out for cheerleading, cut class, ask him out, kiss him, see what happens from there. But she's about to discover that life doesn't always go according to plan. Sometimes friendships fall apart and love breaks your heart. But in the process, you realize you're stronger than you ever imagined... This fearless, big-hearted, deeply moving book will make you laugh, cry, and inspire you to be brave.

The Poetry Teatime Companion

The Poetry Teatime Companion
Author: Julie Bogart
Publisher:
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2016-04-30
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996242776

A collection of public domain poems and images to celebrate the practice of poetry teatime with children.

Bravespace Workplace

Bravespace Workplace
Author: Moe Carrick
Publisher: Maven House Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1938548442

People are what make companies great. Good leaders know this, and spend time, effort, and money taking care of the people who work for them so that their business results are phenomenal. So why is it that so many people are still miserable at work. Experts around the world offer countless ideas and techniques and training for elevating the joy (and performance) of workers. And still we fail. Things must change. Using potent examples from 35 years of working inside and outside of organizations as they strive to be people centered, bestselling author and consultant/coach Moe Carrick offers a fresh, honest, and direct roadmap for leaders everywhere who seek to make their workplace fit for human life. Bravespace Workplace shows us the unadulterated truth of what it takes to make companies bring out the absolute best in human beings, despite our messy, imperfect, needy, demanding, and complex habits, needs and issues. The book shows how leaders need to focus on six interdependent levers of their day-to-day work (culture, leadership, team, meaning, design, and partnership with machines) to materially enliven and lift the humanity and the performance of everyone who works for them – which is a win–win for both employee and employer. Bravespace Workplace offers a clearly imagined future for organizations in which the people who work there grow, connect, and thrive. Carrick holds a potent point of view about the unarguable aspects of actually creating a workplace for people, not machines. The book is for leaders in all organizations, at every level, as well as people development, HR, OD, coaches, and consultants who advise others about organizational culture, leadership, structures, and teams.

Crazy Brave: A Memoir

Crazy Brave: A Memoir
Author: Joy Harjo
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2012-07-09
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0393083896

A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States. In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart necessary in finding a voice.

The Island of Free Ice Cream

The Island of Free Ice Cream
Author: Jack Posobiec
Publisher: Freedom Island
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781955550024

BRAVE Books partnered with Jack Posobiec to write The Island Of Free Ice Cream, a children's book that teaches kids that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is.