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5000 Miles - Carrying A Dream

Author: Mark Mukuru

Publisher: eBook Partnership

Published: 2018-03-27

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 191159673X

The saying that, ';life is what you make of it', echoes hope for those with high expectations, as they expect better things to come. Sadly, this is not always matched by reality. One can be complacent, with familiar surroundings and lifestyles that they are accustomed to. If goalposts are moved, lifelong dreams may not be realised. Blessing, hails from a less privileged background and is resigned to his ';destiny'. This is the norm for many. He may not know any different and people may resort to coping strategies, in the face of adversity. This is when the best comes out of people and motivate them to fight for their dreams. Aspirations may be dashed, as people are forced to exist in a harsh environment which strengthens their determination. For Blessing, he cannot help imagining what a better life could be Five Thousand Miles away carrying his dream about future aspirations. In many contexts, the youth have no choice but to prepare for a future and Blessing was no exception. Spurred-on by hardship and other negative factors, Blessing will chase his dream with a challenge and hope that this to come true.

The National Dream

Author: Pierre Berton

Publisher: Anchor Canada

Published: 2011-06-22

Total Pages: 465

ISBN-13: 0385673558

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In 1871, a tiny nation, just four years old—it's population well below the 4 million mark—determined that it would build the world's longest railroad across empty country, much of it unexplored. This decision—bold to the point of recklessness—was to change the lives of every man, woman and child in Canada and alter the shape of the nation. Using primary sources—diaries, letters, unpublished manuscripts, public documents and newspapers—Pierre Berton has reconstructed the incredible decade of the 1870s, when Canadians of every stripe—contractors, politicians, financiers, surveyors, workingmen, journalists and entrepreneurs—fought for the railway, or against it. The National Dream is above all else the story of people. It is the story of George McMullen, the brash young promoter who tried to blackmail the Prime Minister; of Marcus Smith, the crusty surveyor, so suspicious of authority he thought the Governor General was speculating in railway lands; of Sanford Fleming, the great engineer who invented Standard Time but who couldn't make up his mind about the best route for the railway. All these figures, and dozens more, including the political leaders of the era, come to life with all their human ambitions and failings.

Dangerous Dreams

Author: GK Jurrens

Publisher: UpLife Press

Published: 2017-11-03

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13: 1952165024

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New York Times best-selling author and top-selling Amazon author, Nick Russell, says, ”Nasty and nice! Good people in bad situations, and bad people in positions of power make ‘Dangerous Dreams’ an engaging romp. GK nails it.” Firing a vindictive serial killer is dangerous business, especially when that killer and the boss are also traitors. Between them, George Janis rides an emotional roller coaster. As a disadvantaged executive of a multinational company, this corporate climber evolves from a strong leader to a potential homicide victim, to a reluctant intelligence operative, to an avenging angel. With the help of his old friend, Sam Braxton, a retired executive of America’s intelligence community, they stumble onto a plot of international intrigue. How will they respond? Who will survive? John W. Stevens, President of the United States, recalls Sam Braxton to military service. The mission? Leverage Colonel Braxton’s unique off-the-books network, including George, to root out domestic and international leaders of a massive shadow organization. Their intent? Decimate American democracy for profit. Under White House direction, a covert military operation aims to neutralize a foreign government's massive attempts to subvert the American political process with the support of nefarious domestic operatives. Will they succeed?

This Isn't a Picture I'm Holding

Author: Kathy J. Phillips

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2004-06-30

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780824827571

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The bodhisattva Kuan Yin remains one of the most popular figures in Buddhism, loved and worshiped throughout Asia for over a millennium. She arrived in Hawaii with the first Chinese plantation workers, each of whom would have kept a rice paper print of her over a small altar in his room. In this delightful book, Kathy Phillips and Joseph Singer celebrate Kuan Yin’s many incarnations in words and images that exhibit humor, poignancy, and the open-endedness of a koan. An introduction examines Kuan Yin and her place in religion, legend, art, changing social prescriptions for gender, and the everyday lives of Hawaii’s people.