This triumphant picture book recasts a charged phrase as part of a black girl's everyday life--hands up for a hug, hands up in class, hands up for a high five--before culminating in a moment of resistance at a protest march. A young black girl lifts her baby hands up to greet the sun, reaches her hands up for a book on a high shelf, and raises her hands up in praise at a church service. She stretches her hands up high like a plane's wings and whizzes down a hill so fast on her bike with her hands way up. As she grows, she lives through everyday moments of joy, love, and sadness. And when she gets a little older, she joins together with her family and her community in a protest march, where they lift their hands up together in resistance and strength.

Understanding the explosive protests over police killings and the legacy of racism Following the high-profile deaths of eighteen-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and twenty-five-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland, both cities erupted in protest over the unjustified homicides of unarmed black males at the hands of police officers. These local tragedies—and the protests surrounding them—assumed national significance, igniting fierce debate about the fairness and efficacy of the American criminal justice system. Yet, outside the gaze of mainstream attention, how do local residents and protestors in Ferguson and Baltimore understand their own experiences with race, place, and policing? In Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, Jennifer Cobbina draws on in-depth interviews with nearly two hundred residents of Ferguson and Baltimore, conducted within two months of the deaths of Brown and Gray. She examines how protestors in both cities understood their experiences with the police, how those experiences influenced their perceptions of policing, what galvanized Black Lives Matter as a social movement, and how policing tactics during demonstrations influenced subsequent mobilization decisions among protesters. Ultimately, she humanizes people’s deep and abiding anger, underscoring how a movement emerged to denounce both racial biases by police and the broader economic and social system that has stacked the deck against young black civilians. Hands Up, Don’t Shoot is a remarkably current, on-the-ground assessment of the powerful, protestor-driven movement around race, justice, and policing in America.

Reproduction of the original: Hands Up by D.J. Cook

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Hands Up!" by Frederick Niven. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

This volume conveys a message of hope to all seekers of truth who have been discouraged by the study of palmistry. Eager to know themselves, they have avidly turned the pages of books, comparing their hands with the ideal model of lines and signs described therein, without being able to put all those elements together to construct a lifelike portrait. Their initial enthusiasm rapidly changed to frustration and ended in confusion. They could not recognize themselves. And yet there is no better diagnostic tool than the hand. Only the directions for their use were missing! Hands up! offers, in 22 lessons, the recipe to establish your soul's purpose and life lessons by assembling all the pieces of the puzzle that compose you. Be wary of hasty judgments based on appearances, for the most elementary hand always contains an infinite potential for wisdom. We judge the tree by its fruits.

The purpose of this book is to give others a chance to start learning more about sign language and other forms of communication. Signing is fun and I have taught my grandchildren many signs. They love signing to each other. Maybe this book will encourage us to think more about other forms of communication. I feel that signing is another language that you would like to explore. When thinking about how we could best communicate with everyone in our society it has definitely come to mind that we all should know at least 5 languages. We should know more than one language. Explore languages such as English, Spanish and other foreign languages. Computer languages & communication media are an essential in these times of social media. Sign language and Braille are unique but very accepted and necessary for all to know and understand. This book is intended to be fun and invite us to share our communication with all people. Just give it a chance and add to your ability to communicate with a broad range of individuals. Hands Up this book is a good starting place. God bless you in all that you endeavor.

When Oenone Crossley-Holland started teaching at an inner city school in London, she had no idea what to expect. She just knew that there was no going back. She would have one of the most challenging and overwhelming years of her life, in which she would get involved in the lives of some wonderfully - and sometimes horrifyingly - exuberant students, and find herself tested to the limit. In this colourful and moving account, Oenone tells of the lows and unexpected highs of the sharper end of teaching. Will she make it through the year? Will she make it through another day? HANDS UP! is for anyone who's ever worked in a school or thought about teaching. It also gives a very clear answer to those who still believe that those who can't, teach.

What's the most important thing in life? It's fellowship with the Father. The major solution to stress is Worship; you have to raise your hands up when faced with difficult situations. You must look beyond your problems & acknowledge that you are a son or daughter of a Father, God in Heaven, who cares for you and who knows how to make you come out of that situation. In this little Worship Devotional, Tarupiwa helps you, the reader, to pray & Worship, as he shares his own personal testimonies of how he raised his hands up & worship when he was faced with hard situations. God wants to show his Glory through you, so find time to devote yourself to prayer & worship through this devotional, and see your life take a whole new meaning, be blessed.

Miss Seeton accused! The kindly Miss Seeton? A thief? A preposterous notion – until the lovable spinster mistakes tomato ketchup for blood . . . and the “wounded” man she’s trying to help is robbed by a pickpocket. In a flurry of confusion, Mis Seeton is accused of being the thief’s accomplice! And in the hands of the London police, our unlikely jailbird uncovers a veritable nest of crime . . . Serene amidst every kind of skullduggery, this eccentric English spinster steps in where Scotland Yard stumbles, armed with nothing more than her sketchpad and umbrella! What people are saying about Miss Seeton: “Miss Seeton is a hoot! I was torn between laughter and eye rolling with each page turn. The characters are loveable and thoroughly British. This is a perfect specimen of classic British mystery.“ “What a joy Miss Seeton is. Why did I wait so long to read them? Splashy characters, lovely setting, and just plain funny.” “I've become a Miss Ess addict. Great characters that get better with each book. A must for anyone who loves a good British cozy with a twist, and surprising revelations of what a good brollie can do in a pinch.” “What a great series. This is one of the best in English light reading mysteries.” “Miss Seeton is a delightful sendup of the amateur sleuth. If your doctor has prescribed laughter as the best medicine, run and buy the entire series as fast as you can.” Editorial reviews: “A most beguiling protagonist!” New York Times “Miss Seeton gets into wild drama with fine touches of farce . . . This is a lovely mixture of the funny and the exciting.” San Francisco Chronicle “This is not so much black comedy as black-currant comedy . . . You can’t stop reading. Or laughing.” The Sun “Depth of description and lively characters bring this English village to life.” Publishers Weekly “Fun to be had with a full cast of endearingly zany villagers . . . and the ever gently intuitive Miss Seeton.” Kirkus Reviews “Miss Seeton is the most delightfully satisfactory character since Miss Marple.” Ogden Nash “I think, on the whole, Miss Seeton is the most loveable and entertaining of any of today’s fiction detectives. May she live forever.” London Mystery Selection