Baba and the Crew

Baba and the Crew
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Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 0578701634
ISBN-13 : 9780578701639
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis Baba and the Crew by : Bill Davis, Jr

"Baba and the Crew is a candid story of Bill Davis' challenges and triumphs as a single dad raising four children ages 3, 5, 7, and 9. Despite the naysayers who believed children belong with their mother, Bill demonstrates that love, compassion, and structure will produce well-rounded, socially conscious, responsible adults. Readers meet each member of the Crew and hear in their own words what it was like growing up in the strict, family-first, Davis household. With help from "the village," Sekou, Toussaint, Imani, and Naeemah are accomplished, socially-conscious adults, and continue to make Baba proud. "What makes Baba and the Crew special is that it dispels the myth of the absent Black father. It goes against the erroneous stereotypical notion that single-parent families, headed by Black fathers, can hold a family together." It shows the Black father has love, cares for, and has hopes and dreams for his family as much as any other culture." Bruce S. Morgan1st VP New Jersey State Conference NAACP "In our cultural climate of African American inequality, mass incarceration, and racism, Baba and The Crew is a great example to eradicate the myth of absentee or deadbeat African American fathers. Bill Davis has taken on his role as Baba, the Swahili term for father, with love, courage, and determination to raise and equip his children with the knowledge, compassion, and tools to thrive in society. Bill's story is one that needs to be highlighted more often in mass media." Dr. Randal Pinkett Chairman and CEO, BCT Partners and Co-author, Black Faces in White Places "In this revealing memoir, "Baba" Bill shares not only his parenthood journey, but he also demonstrates the extent to which childhood experiences, and the way we are parented, shape the way we decide to parent. Without rancor, recrimination, or braggadocio, Bill assesses, with great objectivity-and clarity, the generational parenting behaviors in his family he chose to emulate while rearing his own children. Bill did not elect single fatherhood, but when life dealt him those cards, he took up the "Baba" challenge with a loving, willing determination to do everything in his power to make sure he had a winning hand. While this memoir looks back at family history and moves forward toward the family's future, it is grounded solidly in the present lives of Baba and his Crew. This is not a parenting primer or "how-to" guide from an "expert" but rather an unflinchingly honest, self-effacing, and sometimes humorous, behind-the-scenes look at how this single father raised four children to be culturally centered, kind, aspirational, compassionate, critical thinking, self-reliant adults." Virginia DeBerry, NY Times Best-selling Author "I strongly endorse Prof. Bill Davis' book. He was my former undergraduate student at Rutgers College, and I had the great pleasure of calling him Bill "Black" Davis. He was a very good student and became an outstanding father and single parent to high achieving children. I remember seeing him, with his children, on the television show-Reading Rainbow, as he represented a strong role model as a Black father and single parent." Dr. Leonard L. Bethel, Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University, NJ "What always impressed me about Bill was his ability to advocate for others, and maintain his love and guidance for his five children. That balance is a role model for all single fathers." Ronald E. Bolandi Former Piscataway Twp. Superintendent of Schools "Bill Davis' story stands in stark contrast to the dominant narrative around black fathers. This book is an inspiration for all parents, and the advice that Brother Bill provides will help you raise your children to become strong adults." LeDerick Horne, Poet, Disability Activist

Too Many Babas

Too Many Babas
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Publisher : Harper Trophy
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0064441687
ISBN-13 : 9780064441681
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis Too Many Babas by : Carolyn Croll

Four peasant ladies discover that too many cooks without a plan can spoil the broth.

The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb

The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781934536544
ISBN-13 : 1934536547
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sufi Journey of Baba Rexheb by : Frances Trix

Baba Rexheb, a Muslim mystic from the Balkans, founded the first Bektashi community in America. This is his life story and the story of his communities: the traditional Bektashi tekke in Albania where he first served, the displaced persons camps to which he escaped after the war, the centuries-old tekke in Cairo where he waited, and the Bektashi community that he founded in Michigan in 1954 and led until his passing in 1995. Baba Rexheb lived through the twentieth century, its wars, disruptions, and dislocations, but still at a profound level was never displaced. Through Bektashi stories, oral histories, and ethnographic experience, Frances Trix recounts the life and times of this modern Sufi leader. She studied with Baba Rexheb in his community for more than twenty years. As a linguistic anthropologist, she taped twelve years of their weekly meetings in Turkish, Albanian, and Arabic. She draws extensively on Baba's own words, as well as interactions at the Michigan Bektashi center, for a remarkable perspective on our times. You come to know Baba Rexheb and his gentle way of teaching through example and parable, poetry and humor. The book also documents the history of the 700-year-old Bektashi order in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in the Balkans and Egypt and its transposition to America. It attests to the role of Sufi centers in Islamic community life and their interaction with people of other faiths.

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
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Publisher : Lothian Children's Books
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 0850919541
ISBN-13 : 9780850919547
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves by : Walter McVitty

The Thousand and One Nights

The Thousand and One Nights
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Publisher : BRILL
Total Pages : 285
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ISBN-10 : 9789004661707
ISBN-13 : 9004661700
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis The Thousand and One Nights by : Muhsin S. Mahdi

Almost three centuries have passed since the oldest manuscript of The Thousand and One Nights arrived in Europe. Since then, the Nights have occupied the minds of scholars world-wide, in particular the questions of origin, composition, language and literary form. In this book, Muhsin Mahdi, whose critical edition of the text brought so much praise, explores the complex literary history of the Nights, bringing to fruition the search for the archetype that constituted the core of the surviving editions, and treating the fascinating story of the growth of the collection of stories that we now know as The Thousand and One Nights.

Miracle of Love - Stories about Neem Karoli Baba

Miracle of Love - Stories about Neem Karoli Baba
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Publisher : Neem Karoli Baba Ashram
Total Pages : 430
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Rating : 4/5 ( Downloads)

Synopsis Miracle of Love - Stories about Neem Karoli Baba by : Ram Dass

T he material in this volume is culled from over two thousand stories about Maharajji gathered during five years from more than one hundred devotees. To these devotees who shared their treasured memo ries, I wish to express my deep love and appreciation. Some of them felt that no book could or should be written about a being with qualities as vast, formless, and subtle as Maharajji’s, and yet they contributed their stories nevertheless. I honor them for this kindness and I hope that in my zeal to share experiences of Maharajji with others who were not fortu nate enough to have met him, I have not misused their trust. Some devotees tell me that stories told by other devotees are not fac tually accurate. I have no way of ascertaining the authenticity of any single story. All I can report is that those o f us who gathered the stories were impressed by the credibility of those of us who told the stories. Though the responsibility for this manuscript lies solely with me, I am delighted to acknowledge a lot o f loving help from my friends:

Baba's Baby Book

Baba's Baby Book
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 37
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ISBN-10 : 9781291674712
ISBN-13 : 1291674713
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Baba's Baby Book by : Anita Whittome

Baba's Baby book is an interesting, colorful book, if books could talk they would tell you not only a great story but to teach you at the same time. A well illustrated Children's storybook.

The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1594483175
ISBN-13 : 9781594483172
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Kite Runner by : Khaled Hosseini

Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day.

Finding Baba Yaga

Finding Baba Yaga
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Publisher : Tordotcom
Total Pages : 145
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ISBN-10 : 9781250163875
ISBN-13 : 1250163870
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis Finding Baba Yaga by : Jane Yolen

Finding Baba Yaga is a mythic yet timely novel-in-verse by the beloved and prolific New York Times bestselling author and poet Jane Yolen, “the Hans Christian Andersen of America” (Newsweek). A young woman discovers the power to speak up and take control of her fate—a theme that has never been more timely than it is now... You think you know this story. You do not. A harsh, controlling father. A quiescent mother. A house that feels like anything but a home. Natasha gathers the strength to leave, and comes upon a little house in the wood: A house that walks about on chicken feet and is inhabited by a fairy tale witch. In finding Baba Yaga, Natasha finds her voice, her power, herself.... "Jane Yolen is a phenomenon: a poet and a mythmaker, who understands how old stories can tell us new things. We are lucky to have her."—Neil Gaiman

Tips and Tidbits for Parents and Teachers

Tips and Tidbits for Parents and Teachers
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Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9781625169815
ISBN-13 : 1625169817
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Tips and Tidbits for Parents and Teachers by : Pat Kozyra

Teacher Pat Kozyra is now acting upon the many requests from family, friends, and colleagues that she write a book about her half century in the teaching profession. This seasoned professional has so many Tips and Tidbits to offer, so much to tell, and so much to share with colleagues! She has taught primary grades, vocal music, art resource, and gifted education, and has been a preschool coordinator, English as a Second Language teacher, and has presented courses in special education at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The author felt the time was right to celebrate her milestone by sharing with parents and teachers alike the important Tips and Tidbits she has learned in her distinguished career.