The World Is Waiting for You

The World Is Waiting for You
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Publisher : New Press, The
Total Pages : 118
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ISBN-10 : 9781620970911
ISBN-13 : 1620970910
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis The World Is Waiting for You by : Tara Grove

Inspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: “The perfect gift for grads-to-be” (O, The Oprah Magazine). “The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don’t listen to them,” acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College. Jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis advised new Connecticut College alums not to worry about being on time, but rather to be in time—because “time is actually your friend. He don’t come back because he never goes away.” And renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer revealed at the University of Delaware his remarkable discovery—the new disease Empathy Deficit Disorder—and assured the commencers it could be cured. The prescient, fiery feminism of Gloria Steinem sits parallel to that of celebrated writer Ursula K. Le Guin, who asks, “What if I talked like a woman right here in public?” Nobel Prize–winning author Toni Morrison sagaciously ponders how people centuries from now will perceive our current times, and Pulitzer Prize–winning author Barbara Kingsolver asks those born into the Age of Irony to “imagine getting caught with your Optimism hanging out” and implores us always to act and speak the truth. With eighteen rousing graduation speeches, The World Is Waiting for You speaks to anyone who might take to heart the advice of Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards—“life as an activist, troublemaker, or agitator is a tremendous option and one I highly recommend”—and is the perfect gift for all who are ready to move their tassels to the left.

The World is Waiting for You

The World is Waiting for You
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 48
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781426311147
ISBN-13 : 1426311141
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis The World is Waiting for You by : Barbara Kerley

"A stirring invitation to leap, dive, soar, plunge and thrill to the natural world's wonders and glories." --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW "What do you want to be when you grow up?" is a question kids get asked over and over. But very few connections are made for kids between the present and the future. This book shows kids a pathway from their current interests and talents to a future career or interest. And in so doing, it also encourages adventure, exploration, and discovery, three core principles of National Geographic's mission. It's a celebration of possibility--so simple and so profound. Jumping in puddles can inspire scuba diving. Dirty hands can lead to dinosaur bones Backyard star-gazing inspires future astronauts. Perfectly selected photos make the connections compelling and the future real for kids, then rich back matter brings the message home with inspirational quotes from the real-life adventurers pictured in the images. Grown-ups won't be able to resist sharing this inspirational message with kids, and kids won't be able to resist the invitation to let their imaginations run wild.

When the World was Waiting for You

When the World was Waiting for You
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 28
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781547606061
ISBN-13 : 1547606061
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis When the World was Waiting for You by : Gillian Shields

Illustrations and simple rhyming text tell the story of a family of bunnies anticipating the birth of a new baby.

You Are Ready!

You Are Ready!
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Publisher : Harper
Total Pages : 32
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ISBN-10 : 0062953524
ISBN-13 : 9780062953520
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis You Are Ready! by : Eric Carle

Bold illustrations and easy-to-read text encourage children who are going out into the world to spread their wings, knowing they have everything they need inside them.

Waiting for the End of the World

Waiting for the End of the World
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Publisher : Princeton Architectural Press
Total Pages : 150
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1568984669
ISBN-13 : 9781568984667
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Synopsis Waiting for the End of the World by : Richard Ross

A fascinating collection of photographs of bomb shelters around the world. Various sites people have built to protect themselves from the unthinkable

Waiting for You

Waiting for You
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 335
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780142415757
ISBN-13 : 0142415758
Rating : 4/5 (57 Downloads)

Synopsis Waiting for You by : Susane Colasanti

Fifteen-year-old high school sophomore Marisa, who has an anxiety disorder, decides that this is the year she will get what she wants--a boyfriend and a social life--but things do not turn out exactly the way she expects them to.

Higher Is Waiting

Higher Is Waiting
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Publisher : Random House
Total Pages : 225
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780812989342
ISBN-13 : 0812989341
Rating : 4/5 (42 Downloads)

Synopsis Higher Is Waiting by : Tyler Perry

In this intimate book of inspiration, Tyler Perry writes of how his faith has sustained him in hard times, centered him in good times, and enriched his life. Higher Is Waiting is a spiritual guidebook, a collection of teachings culled from the experiences of a lifetime, meant to inspire readers to climb higher in their own lives and pull themselves up to a better, more fulfilling place. Beginning with his earliest memories of growing up a shy boy in New Orleans, Perry recalls the moments of grace and beauty in a childhood marked by brutality, deprivation, and fear. With tenderness he sketches portraits of the people who sustained him and taught him indelible lessons about integrity, trust in God, and the power of forgiveness: his aunt Mae, who cared for her grandfather, who was born a slave, and sewed quilts that told a story of generations; Mr. Butler, a blind man of remarkable dignity and elegance, who sold penny candies on a street corner; and his beloved mother, Maxine, who endured abuse, financial hardship, and the daily injustices of growing up in the Jim Crow South yet whose fierce love for her son burned bright and never dimmed. Perry writes of how he nurtured his dreams and discovered solace in nature, and of his resolute determination to reach ever higher. Perry vividly and movingly describes his growing awareness of God’s presence in his life, how he learned to tune in to His voice, to persevere through hard times, and to choose faith over fear. Here he is: the devoted son, the loving father, the steadfast friend, the naturalist, the philanthropist, the creative spirit—a man whose life lessons and insights into scripture are a gift offered with generosity, humility, and love.

I'm Waiting for You

I'm Waiting for You
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 337
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780062951489
ISBN-13 : 0062951483
Rating : 4/5 (89 Downloads)

Synopsis I'm Waiting for You by : Kim Bo-young

“Her fiction is a breath-taking piece of a cinematic art itself. Reminiscent of the world we experienced in Matrix, Inception, and Dark City, still it leads us to this entirely original structure, which is a ground-breaking, mystic literary and cinematic experience. Indeed, powerful and graceful.”—Bong Joon-ho, Oscar-winning director of Parasite In this mind-expanding work of speculative fiction, available in English for the first time, one of South Korea’s most treasured writers explores the driving forces of humanity—love, hope, creation, destruction, and the very meaning of existence—in two pairs of thematically interconnected stories. Two worlds, four stories, infinite possibilities In “I’m Waiting for You” and “On My Way,” an engaged couple coordinate their separate missions to distant corners of the galaxy to ensure—through relativity—they can arrive back on Earth simultaneously to make it down the aisle. But small incidents wreak havoc on space and time, driving their wedding date further away. As centuries on Earth pass and the land and climate change, one thing is constant: the desire of the lovers to be together. In two separate yet linked stories, Kim Bo-Young cleverly demonstrate the idea love that is timeless and hope springs eternal, despite seemingly insurmountable challenges and the deepest despair. In “The Prophet of Corruption” and “That One Life,” humanity is viewed through the eyes of its creators: godlike beings for which everything on Earth—from the richest woman to a speck of dirt—is an extension of their will. When one of the creations questions the righteousness of this arrangement, it is deemed a perversion—a disease—that must be excised and cured. Yet the Prophet Naban, whose “child” is rebelling, isn’t sure the rebellion is bad. What if that which is considered criminal is instead the natural order—and those who condemn it corrupt? Exploring the dichotomy between the philosophical and the corporeal, Kim ponders the fate of free-will, as she considers the most basic of questions: who am I?

Everything Is Waiting for You

Everything Is Waiting for You
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0962152463
ISBN-13 : 9780962152467
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis Everything Is Waiting for You by : David Whyte

Whyte and O'Donohue explore memory, change, loss, and our place in life.

The World Waiting to Be

The World Waiting to Be
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Publisher : Time Being Books
Total Pages : 110
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781568091914
ISBN-13 : 1568091915
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis The World Waiting to Be by : Louis Brodsky

In this fifty-eight-poem collection, Brodsky examines the highs and lows authors experience as they practice their craft. Portraying everything from writer's block and the terror of the blank page to the overwhelming joy of finishing a work, The World Waiting To Be is both lamentation and love song to creative inspiration and the intersection of time and eternity, in the act of writing.