When We Came to "America": Understanding the Canadian, Immigrant Experience Through the Eyes of an Italian Boy by Michael Caputo (Ascent Educational) (1 Review)    Price verified one hour ago

Each year thousands of immigrants pour into North America seeking a better life. They are filled with hopes and dreams that wealth and success will be easily and quickly achieved with limited effort and sacrifice. Within a short period of time, those hopes and dreams get severely tested by many challenging realities that immigrants never expected nor imagined.Michael Caputo, author of, THE COIN FROM CALABRIA, shares his family's trying experiences as immigrants that landed in Canada in 1967, so as to show the stages immigrants go through, which go from hope, to often shattered hope, to resurrected hope and, finally, success. Michael Caputo Author and educator

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

FEELINGS: The need for a new science by Gyozo Margoczi (20 Reviews)    Price verified 8 hours ago

On feelings, in a completely different way... The fact that I can explain why Phineas P Gage used foul language may be interesting only to a few neurologists or psychologists at best.My statement that Descartes's famous saying "Cogito ergo sum", i.e. "I think, therefore I am" should be modified to "Sentio ergo sum", i.e. "I feel, therefore I am" will give a real headache only to a few philosophers."Okay, but then why should simple mortals read this book?" you may ask.Because it can help you find your way in the world, one of the many individual worlds, but the only world that exists for you as well: the world of feelings - the world of your feelings.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences

The PROMISE(S) of AMERICA by Victor Cunningham (10 Reviews)    Price verified 30 minutes ago

This book examines the promises that America has given to all of its citizens. These promises began with the "Declaration of Independence" in 1774 and continue to present day. Has America lived up to those promises and what can be done to push that progress along. Data and illustrations are provided to give a clear picture of the past, present and the future. Together, the many elements in this book will give you a more complete understanding of how collectively, we can reach the goal that our forefathers intended but we first need to level set and see where we fell short to proceed. We have the wherewithal, the will and the expertise to make this happen if we're simply curious, open minded and honest. It is not possible to read this publication and not be more aware and willing to do what's best for country and your community. The overarching message is powerful but easily digestible. It may take some different views than the norm but all for the good of America!

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Ask Koren: 101 Responses to Your Most Important Questions by Koren A. Norton (6 Reviews)    Price verified 60 minutes ago

Ask Koren is a book that will make you feel deeply, think mindfully and help you make better choices. If you want to walk a little taller and face whatever life throws your way, with someone holding your hand and answering your toughest questions, then this book is for you. Inside this book are more than 100 articles picked from an advice column written over a 10-year period. They all have one thing in common... they were written for people just like you. The responses will have you rethinking your struggles, they will rejuvenate your spirit and cause you to look at the world in a whole new way. Whatever you need help with, here's a book for you, just waiting to be added to your shelf -- and change your life.

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Our Worst Strength: American Individualism and its Hidden Discontents by James F Richardson (10 Reviews)    Price verified 20 minutes ago

We are all settlers on our own personal frontiers. It's our national way of life. Individualism. America has now taken individualism to its logical extreme like no other society on Earth. And the results are mixed. Radical autonomy without wisdom and lots of social support is a dangerous gift. It can even become a curse of self-destruction. This book explores how individualism affects the five major domains of American life that comprise 80% of our waking time - work, fun, food, friends, and family. Using fresh national research on older Americans' life experiences, his training as a cultural anthropologist, and his own awkward life experiences, Dr. Richardson has crafted a first-of-its-kind social history of the late 20th century and what it yielded to us as a nation. Part One - How to Make a Hyper-Individualistic Society in Seven Easy Steps Part Two - How It Became Awkward at Work Part Three - How We Got Lost in the American Fun-house Part Four - How We Came To Eat Whatever, ...

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Universal Philosophy: (Parts one and two) The 1970-1989 Philosophy (Book with Wings 1) by Aka spiritual messengers of God Price verified 9 hours ago

Webster's Dictionary defines universal as an entity known by all, who exists in all there is. Philosophy is loving wisdom. That's what Universal Philosophy is. The spiritual messengers of God, Aka, who spoke all the transcribed words you'll read, said on June 9, 1970: "We are not great; we only carry the message of God. This is a philosophy of man and a philosophy of God." "Remember, we are here to prepare a way for the Messiah." (Aka, August 24, 1970) Universal Philosophy is given in Kindle format as one ebook. But it is printed as two paperback books because of the length: (the 1970 -1976 philosophy and the 1977 -1989 philosophy). The spiritual messengers of God, Aka, spoke, April 10, 1974: "But we say unto you, there are many roads that should lead unto our Father's many mansions. Criticize no one else for choosing a different path. Bring forth the philosophy of thought unto this one. Share your thoughts, and the blessings thy seek shall come forth." "Upon your earth ...

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Hemingway's Daughter by Christine M. Whitehead (956 Reviews)    Price verified 9 hours ago

Finn Hemingway knows for a fact that she's been born at the wrong time into the wrong family with the wrong talents, making her three dreams for the future almost impossible to attain. She burns to be a trial lawyer in an era when Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being told to type and when a man who is 500th in his law school class is hired over a woman who is first in hers. She yearns to find true love when the family curse dictates that love always ends for the Hemingways, and usually, it ends badly. And finally, she'd give up the first two dreams if she were able to triumph on the third. She longs to have an impact on the only thing that matters to her father: his writing. To accomplish that would require a miracle.All three dreams are almost impossible, but it's the "almost" that keeps Finn going.Ernest Hemingway had three sons but ached to have a daughter. This is her story.

Genre: Politics & Social Sciences