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Kululu Atsiaya was born in Nairobi Kenya, in East Africa. In this autobiography, Kululu takes the reader through his life against all odds; spending his entire childhood and teenage in a harsh slum on the outskirts of Nairobi, his fight with himself and his environment in an effort to defeat the ever beckoning hand into the world of theft and other crime that was the path of choice for the ‘successful’ men and women of his neighbourhood. It is also an account of how an individual judged as deficient in learning capacity rises to graduate from a university; in spite of himself. In a manner that is a mix of anecdotes of an African urban childhood and an honest account of his life, Kululu ...

"Sometimes we speak up for the silenced. Sometimes we write for the silenced souls. Lukas Alan, historian, poet, and criminal justice reform advocate gives voice to the silence in his poetry anthology "For God's Throw Away Children." The poems resurrect the lives of the orphaned, the abandoned, the insane, the paupers from abandoned places in Minnesota and Wisconsin. In an excerpt from the poem "Aztalan," "our voices preserved in dried jars under stitched mounds, of seeded grounds mausoleums the sarcophagus of memories and clay," it evokes the reverence and reflection regarding the times and places in various stages of decomposition--dug up by an archeologist of images, rather than ...

Gravestone Secrets "How To Clean and Preserve Your Memorial" includes both background information and details on how to clean and preserve various types of memorials. The book is a tool to educate owners on what they need to care for their stones and markers. It also includes some entertainment through the Stories found in Part 3 of this book. The book hopes to provide readers with education which remains the greatest challenge for the survival of the memorials. The Author researched and found various reasons why memorials are unkept or not cleaned properly. Two main reasons surfaced. Humans and mother nature destroy memorials. Aside from nature, there are usually good reasons why headst ...

The first step in solving a problem is to properly identify and define the problem. Who is ready to ask themselves those truly tough questions? Can anyone outside of yourself ever honestly be at fault for your thoughts, feelings, actions? Here is a fun story about the blame game that leads to truth, understanding, accountability, and just everyday adult shit.

"And for whom doth write and journal: Making his victories and fails eternal: Encouraging himself while alive: Encouraging another after his or her demise: A Journal beset upon humanity: Not taken to the grave, nor eternity." This is both a writing and a journal. The authors hope is that those who purchase "Journaling Change" will begin or continue to journal. This journal/book has the ability to level the playing field and give or reset value to the reader and participant. Let the journey and healing begin and/or continue. This book can be used in so many different area's of life. From Health and Wellness, to mental health, to spiritual "enlightenment" to revelation of hurts, tears and ...

Live Ideas: Undergraduate Primary Texts Journal | Volume 2 | Number 1/2 Live Ideas is an open access, peer-reviewed undergraduate journal co-produced by students and faculty at Kansas State University. Our mission is to provide a platform from which undergraduates can express their original ideas in creative, unbounded, and meaningful ways. In doing so, Live Ideas accepts a wide range of works, including research, creative writing, art, poetry, and multimedia essays.

This book encourages readers to explore journaling and mindful awareness that is fun, playful, colourful and creative.

Naomi was blessed and fortunate to be able to graduate college in 3 years with no debt and have a full-time job a few months after she graduated. However; nothing would prepare her for the cut throat, conniving atmosphere that she was thrown into once she joined the workforce. She relied on her mentor’s advice, personal experience, and work experiences to get her through, and now she wants to turn her knowledge into a guide for young adults. Naomi states, “I wish college offered a class on how to finagle the BS in Corporate America. Corporate America was a ball game that I was totally not prepared for. College also forgot to teach us that there are a different set of rules for People. ...

Rising from the fringe of scientific exploration, non-conventional perception brings common sense to the realm of legitimacy. This writing is about needed technology transformation to the transportation industry: total perception changes to propulsion. This book proposes foundational principles in physics for the purpose of designing a transportation mechanism, or at least beginning the process of building transportation’s future. The premise in discussing transportation’s future is this: it floats and its source of movement is gravity.