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Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball
by Dan ShaughnessyIn Senior Year, Dan Shaughnessy focuses his acclaimed sports writing talents on his son Sam's senior year of high school, a turning point in any young life and certainly in the relationship between father and son. Using that experience, Shaughnessy circles back to his own boyhood and calls on the many sports greats he's known over the years -- Ted Williams, Roger Clemens, Larry Bird -- to capture that uniquely American rite of passage that is sports.Growing up, Dan Shaughnessy was so baseball-obsessed that he played games by himself and didn?ft even let himself win. His son, Sam Shaughnessy, came by his own love of sports naturally and was a natural hitter who quickly ascended the ranks of youth sports. Now nicknamed the 3-2 Kid for his astonishing ability to hover between success and failure in everything he does, Sam is finally a senior, and it's all on the line: what college to attend; how to keep his grades up and his head down until graduation; and whether his final high school baseball season, which features foul weather, a hitting slump, and a surprising clash with a longtime coach, will end in disappointment or triumph.All along the way, Dad is there, chronicling that universal experience of putting your child out on the field -- and in the world -- and hoping for the best. With gleaming insight, wicked humor, and, at times, the searching soul of an unsure father, Shaughnessy illuminates how sports connect generations and how they help us grow up -- and let go.
Senna Versus Prost
by Malcolm FolleyIn the late eighties and early nineties, Formula One was at its most explosive, with thrilling races, charismatic drivers, nail-biting climaxes - and the most deadly rivalry ever witnessed in sport. Two of Formula One's most honoured champions and iconic figures drove together for McLaren for two seasons, and their acrimonious and hostile relationship extended even after one of them had left the team. ALAIN PROST, France's only F1 world champion, the intelligent, smooth driver with the epithet 'Le Professeur'. AYRTON SENNA, the mercurial kid from a privileged background in Sao Paolo who would become the most intense and ruthless racing driver the world has ever seen. It was a story that would have a tragic ending. As the great rivals raced to victory, their relationship deteriorated badly, beginning with the breaking of a gentleman's agreement, and public spats followed, culminating in Prost accusing Senna of deliberately trying to ride him off the circuit, and fearful that the Brazilian would get someone killed with his daring overtaking feats. And the final, sad act of this drama happened at the San Marino Grand prix at Imola in May 1994, when Senna was killed. Featuring a rare interview with Prost, and insight from Martin Brundle, Damon Hill, Sir Frank Williams, Bernie Ecclestone, Derek Warrick, Johnny Herbert, Gerhard Berger, plus McLaren insiders and other F1 figures, Malcolm Folley provides us with a breath-taking account of one of the all-time classic sporting rivalries.
A Sense of Belonging: Literary, And Not So Literary, Recollections
by Miriam GrossA sparklingly witty memoir, which takes us on a seductive journey from wartime Jerusalem to the heart of Fleet Street, providing a riveting outsider's view of English cultural life.
A Sense of Belonging: From Castro's Cuba to the U.S. Senate, One Man's Pursuit of the American Dream
by Mel MartinezThe swift and improbable rise of Mel Martinez to the top echelon of America's government began not with a political race but with a burst of gunfire. In April 1958, an eleven-year-old Martinez huddled on his bedroom floor while Cuban soldiers opened fire on insurgents outside his family's home in the normally sleepy town of Sagua la Grande. With that hail of bullets, the idyllic Cuba of his boyhood was shattered. If political unrest made daily life disturbing and at times frightening, Fidel Castro's Communist Revolution nine months later was nothing short of devastating. Martinez's Catholic school was suddenly shuttered as the Communist regime threw priests out of the country. A sixteen-year-old boy from his town was seized and killed by a firing squad. When armed militiamen shouted violent threats at Martinez for wearing a cloth medallion as a sign of his Catholic faith, his parents made a heartrending decision: their son would have to escape the Castro regime--alone. Under the greatest secrecy, the Martinez family arranged through a special church program to have Mel airlifted out of Cuba to America. After months of painstaking planning (and a simple mistake that nearly scuttled the entire arrangement), fifteen-year-old Martinez stepped on a plane bound for Miami. He had no idea when--or if--he would see his family again.A Sense of Belonging is the riveting account of innocence lost, exile sustained by religious faith, and an immigrant's gritty determination to overcome the barriers of language and culture in his adopted homeland. Martinez warmly recalls a bucolic childhood in Cuba, playing baseball, fishing at the beach, and accompanying his father on veterinary visits to neighboring farms. He also vividly recounts the harrowing changes under Castro that forced him to flee, as well as the arduous years he spent in American refugee camps and foster homes. And he captures the sheer joy of being reunited with his family after four years of wrenching separation. Having embraced life in America, he set about the delicate task of guiding his parents through their struggles with assimilation while also building his own family and career. Through it all, Martinez embodies the ideal of service to others, whether comforting a younger child on the flight from Havana to Miami or giving legal advice pro bono to his father's friends in the Cuban-American community. Though his story ends in the hallowed halls of the U.S. Capitol, Martinez has never forgetten the boy who experienced the loss of liberty under Communism. A Sense of Belonging is a paean to the transformative power of the American Dream.From the Hardcover edition.
A Sense of Direction: Pilgrimage for the Restless and the Hopeful
by Gideon Lewis-KrausIn medieval times, a pilgrimage gave the average Joe his only break from the daily grind. For Gideon Lewis-Kraus, it promises a different kind of escape. Determined to avoid the kind of constraint that kept his father, a gay rabbi, closeted until midlife, he has moved to anything-goes Berlin. But the surfeit of freedom there has begun to paralyze him, and when a friend extends a drunken invitation to join him on an ancient pilgrimage route across Spain, he grabs his sneakers, glad of the chance to be committed to something and someone. Irreverent, moving, hilarious, and thought-provoking, A Sense of Direction is Lewis-Kraus's dazzling riff on the perpetual war between discipline and desire, and its attendant casualties. Across three pilgrimages and many hundreds of miles - the thousand-year-old Camino de Santiago, a solo circuit of eighty-eight Buddhist temples on the Japanese island of Shikoku, and, together with his father and brother, an annual mass migration to the tomb of a famous Hasidic mystic in the Ukraine - he completes an idiosyncratic odyssey to the heart of a family mystery and a human dilemma: How do we come to terms with what has been and what is - and find a way forward, with purpose? .
A Sense of Duty
by Quang X. PhamA memoir by a former Vietnamese refugee who became a U. S. Marine, Quang Pham'sA Sense of Dutyis an affecting story of fate, hope, and the aftermath of the most divisive war the United States has ever fought. This heartfelt salute to the spirit of America is also the account of the author's reunion with his long-absent father, Hoa Pham, himself a devoted officer who saw combat firsthand as a South Vietnamese fighter pilot. Hoa's revelations about his wartime experience leave Quang even more conflicted about his service in the Marines in the first Gulf War, and after years of struggling to reconnect with each other and the homeland they left behind, the two set out on a final, profound quest-to make sense of the war in Vietnam. Tracing Quang Pham's uniquely spirited yet agonizing journey from his experiences as an uprooted refugee to his becoming a combat aviator,A Sense of Dutyreveals the turmoil of a family torn apart and reunited by the fortunes of war. It is an American journey like no other.
A Sense of Freedom
by Jimmy BoyleForeword by Irvine Welsh 'My life sentence had actually started the day I left my mother's womb...'Jimmy Boyle grew up in Glasgow’s Gorbals. All around him the world was drinking, fighting and thieving. To survive, he too had to fight and steal… Kids’ gangs led to trouble with the police. Approved schools led to Borstal, and Jimmy was on his way to a career in crime. By his twenties he was a hardened villain, sleeping with prostitutes, running shebeens and money-lending rackets. Then they nailed him for murder. The sentence was life – the brutal, degrading eternity of a broken spirit in the prisons of Peterhead and Inverness. Thankfully, Jimmy was able to turn his life around inside the prison walls and eventually released on parole. A Sense of Freedom is a searing indictment of a society that uses prison bars and brutality to destroy a man's humanity and at the same time an outstanding testament to one man's ability to survive, to find a new life, a new creativity, and a new alternative.
A Sense of No Direction
by Stan VinesLeaving his settled village life in England, Stan impulsively sets out for Australia with his friend Chris, neglecting to do any real preparation or research in advance. It is the beginning of a journey around the world that will test their resolve and friendship and will bring them to the brink of disaster more than once. From the first page, A Sense of No Direction gives a direct, often-humorous look at other cultures and situations from the point of view of two carefree young lads travelling the world. As they do so, they find that they get to know the local people as if they were still at home: 'We found that people opened themselves to us as we did with them - and almost every time, thoughtfulness and humour were a major factor in getting along. As strangers, we were welcomed as long as we did not act too oddly and displayed kindness and consideration for them and their towns and villages. As in our own backyard, it's clear that it was the people around us that made it a kind and considerate place to be.' During their travels, Stan and Chris find that they have subconsciously taken their village to the other side of the world. They return with their old village sentiments intact, but now with a respect for others and a more global outlook on life.
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
by Jason RobertsA biography of James Holman (1786-1857). James Holman was a 19th-century British naval officer who became blind at 25, but nevertheless became the greatest traveler of his time. With little money, and long before motorized conveyances made travel easy or popular, James Holman independently traveled over a quarter of a million miles, visiting more than 200 distinct cultures. Be forewarned, this book also contains some rather graphic and disturbing descriptions of the treatment of the Blind in the 19th century.
A Sense of the World: How a Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler
by Jason RobertsHe was known simply as the Blind Traveler -- a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Af-rica, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon, and helped chart the Australian outback. James Holman (1786-1857) became "one of the greatest wonders of the world he so sagaciously explored," triumphing not only over blindness but crippling pain, poverty, and the interference of well-meaning authorities (his greatest feat, a circumnavigation of the globe, had to be launched in secret). Once a celebrity, a bestselling author, and an inspiration to Charles Darwin and Sir Richard Francis Burton, the charismatic, witty Holman outlived his fame, dying in an obscurity that has endured -- until now.A Sense of the World is a spellbinding and moving rediscovery of one of history's most epic lives. Drawing on meticulous research, Jason Roberts ushers us into the Blind Traveler's uniquely vivid sensory realm, then sweeps us away on an extraordinary journey across the known world during the Age of Exploration. Rich with suspense, humor, international intrigue, and unforgettable characters, this is a story to awaken our own senses of awe and wonder.
Sense of Wonder: My Life in Comic Fandom--The Whole Story
by Bill SchellyA fascinating story of growing up as a gay fan of comic books in the 1960s, building a fifty-year career as an award-winning writer, and interacting with acclaimed comic book legendsAward-winning writer Bill Schelly relates how comics and fandom saved his life in this engrossing story that begins in the burgeoning comic fandom movement of the 1960s and follows the twists and turns of a career that spanned fifty years. Schelly recounts his struggle to come out at a time when homosexuality was considered a mental illness, how the egalitarian nature of fandom offered a safe haven for those who were different, and how his need for creative expression eventually overcame all obstacles. He describes living through the AIDS epidemic, finding the love of his life, and his unorthodox route to becoming a father. He also details his personal encounters with major talents of 1960s comics, such as Steve Ditko (co-creator of Spider-Man), Jim Shooter (writer for DC and later editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics), and Julius Schwartz (legendary architect of the Silver Age of comics).
Sensing the Rhythm: Finding My Voice in a World Without Sound
by Mark Atteberry Mandy HarveyThe inspiring true story of Mandy Harvey—a young woman who became deaf at age nineteen while pursuing a degree in music—and how she overcame adversity and found the courage to live out her dreams.When Mandy Harvey began her freshman year at Colorado State University, she could see her future coming together right before her eyes. A gifted musician with perfect pitch, she planned to get a music degree and pursue a career doing what she loved. But less than two months into her first semester, she noticed she was having trouble hearing her professors. In a matter of months, Mandy was profoundly deaf. With her dreams so completely crushed, Mandy dropped out of college and suffered a year of severe depression. But one day, things changed. Mandy’s father asked her to join him in their once favorite pastime—recording music together—and the result was stunningly beautiful. Mandy soon learned to sense the vibrations of the music through her bare feet on a stage floor and to watch visual cues from her live accompaniment. The result was that she now sings on key, on beat, and in time, performing jazz, ballads, and sultry blues around the country. Full of inspiring wisdom and honest advice, Sensing the Rhythm is a deeply moving story about Mandy’s journey through profound loss, how she found hope and meaning in the face of adversity, and how she discovered a new sense of passion and joy.
The Sensitives: The Rise of Environmental Illness and the Search for America's Last Pure Place
by Oliver BroudyA compelling exploration of the mysteries of environmental toxicity and the community of &“sensitives&”—people with powerful, puzzling symptoms resulting from exposure to chemicals, fragrances, and cell phone signals, that have no effect on &“normals.&”They call themselves &“sensitives.&” Over fifty million Americans endure a mysterious environmental illness that renders them allergic to chemicals. Innocuous staples from deodorant to garbage bags wreak havoc on sensitives. For them, the enemy is modernity itself. No one is born with EI. It often starts with a single toxic exposure. Then the symptoms hit: extreme fatigue, brain fog, muscle aches, inability to tolerate certain foods. With over 85,000 chemicals in the environment, danger lurks around every corner. Largely ignored by the medical establishment and dismissed by family and friends, sensitives often resort to odd ersatz remedies, like lining their walls with aluminum foil or hanging mail on a clothesline for days so it can &“off-gas&” before they open it. Broudy encounters Brian Welsh, a prominent figure in the EI community, and quickly becomes fascinated by his plight. When Brian goes missing, Broudy travels with James, an eager, trusting sensitive to find Brian, investigate this disease, and delve into the intricate, ardent subculture that surrounds it. Their destination: Snowflake, the capital of the EI world. Located in eastern Arizona, it is a haven where sensitives can live openly without fear of toxins or the judgment of insensitive &“normals.&” While Broudy&’s book is wry, pacey, and down-to-earth, it also dives deeply into compelling corners of medical and American history. He finds telling parallels between sensitives and their cultural forebears, from the Puritans to those refugees and dreamers who settled the West. Ousted from mainstream society, these latter-day exiles nonetheless shed bright light on the anxious, noxious world we all inhabit now.
Sensory Biographies: Lives and Deaths Among Nepal's Yolmo Buddhists
by Robert R. DesjarlaisSensory Biographies details the life histories of two Yolmo elders, a women in her late eighties known as Kisang Omu, and a Buddhist priest in his mid eighties known as Ghang Lama.
Sent By An Angel: A True Story of Tragic Loss & Unexpected Love
by Kevin SkeltonKevin Skelton watched helplessly as a bomb ripped apart the life he knew. It was 15 August 1998, and the place was Omagh, in Northern Ireland. Kevin's wife Mena was one of the 29 people killed that day, and his daughter Shauna was horrifically injured. Kevin had lost the love of his life. He sank into the depths of despair after the bomb. At a time when his family needed him most, he turned to drink and self-loathing, often wishing he could have taken Mena's place that day. More than once, he held a loaded shotgun to his mouth, but he could never go through with it.Mena was the angel who saved him. Before she died, she and Kevin had been bringing a young girl, Andreea, from a Romanian orphanage, for holidays to their home. In memory of Mena, Kevin decided to adopt Andreea, but on his first trip to Romania to start proceedings, he was shocked to discover that her mother, Maria, was still alive. In the most unlikely of circumstances, a love blossomed between them, convincing Kevin that Mena had sent Andreea and Maria to him so that he could find happiness again. He believes Mena has been a constant presence in the family's lives since her death, watching over them and protecting them. Sent by an Angel is a true story of love rising from the ashes of tragedy, a romance that reaches beyond the boundaries of this world.
Sentada Aqui a Escutar
by Suzana Lima Valerie HockertEnquanto guardava recordações e fotos em uma caixa e um álbum e relembrava seus momentos, ela teve a ideia de realizar uma festa, pedindo a cada convidado que trouxesse alguma coisa antiga e nostálgica - um lenço, uma joia, uma pequena ferramenta, um souvenir, botão, um recibo ou coisas semelhantes. Uma mulher de meia-idade, que gosta de entreter os amigos. recentemente perdeu seu marido e achou que sua vida não fazia mais sentido e que não tinha mais utilidade para nada. Enquanto guardava recordações e fotos em uma caixa e um álbum e relembrava seus momentos, ela teve a ideia de realizar uma festa, pedindo a cada convidado que trouxesse alguma coisa antiga e nostálgica - um lenço, uma joia, uma pequena ferramenta, um souvenir, botão, um recibo ou outros pequenos itens. A ideia era que cada convidado teria que contar a história sobre o item. Mal sabia ela que alguns convidados teriam segredos surpreendentes aos quais sua recordação estava ligada. Uma vida anterior, um filho perdido, um acidente - muitos tinham tristezas ligadas a suas recordações, mas as mantinham para continuar ligadas à realidade. Depois de ouvir todas as histórias tristes, a mulher decide que sua vida não era tão ruim, afinal de contas, e que ela tinha um propósito de ser amiga dessas pessoas.
Sentado aquí pescando
by Valerie Hockert Carla J. ScottaMientras Jack pesca sentado a la orilla de uno de los diez mil lagos de Minnesota, se cuestiona cosas y, entonces, su mente viaja con cada pez que atrapa El lucio come dos veces al día: a la mañana y al atardecer. Nunca se le había ocurrido eso antes, aunque no suele ir a pescar solo, pero todos sus amigos tenían otras cosas que hacer hoy. Comer por la mañana. Desayuno. Sí, hay que desayunar. Esto es lo curioso: cuando desayuna, como esos raros domingos en que va a desayunar con la familia después de la primera misa del día, se siente satisfecho y entonces no vuelve a comer hasta el final del día, y entonces, come algo liviano, como una ensalada de pechuga de pollo. Quizás debiera comer así todos los días y bajaría la barriga cervecera. Hablando de barrigas cerveceras. Son puras mentiras. Y de mentiras pasamos al crappie: ¿de dónde proviene ese nombre? Aunque casi todos los que conoce lo pronuncian “cropi”. Los crappies se alimentan de piscardos, de otros peces pequeños y de insectos que tienen aspecto de excremento (que, en inglés, se dice “crap”). Quizás por eso le pusieron ese nombre. Como el grandote Bill que asusta bastante con sus modos hoscos… quizás la gente piensa que se los va a comer. Aunque podría hacerlo, y luego escupirlos si tuviera la oportunidad. Como el devorador morado. Hablando de eso, es cierto que usa muchas camisetas de color morado (camisetas morado oscuro y camisas morado claro). Y verde. Jack continúa comparando a cada una de las personas importantes de su vida con los peces del agua, y al hacerlo tiene una revelación…
Sentence: Ten Years and a Thousand Books in Prison
by Daniel GenisA memoir of a decade in prison by a well-educated young addict known as the "Apologetic Bandit"In 2003 Daniel Genis, the son of a famous Soviet émigré writer, broadcaster, and culture critic, was fresh out of NYU when he faced a serious heroin addiction that led him into debt and ultimately crime. After he was arrested for robbing people at knifepoint, he was nicknamed the &“apologetic bandit&” in the press, given his habit of expressing his regret to his victims as he took their cash. He was sentenced to twelve years—ten with good behavior, a decade he survived by reading 1,046 books, taking up weightlifting, having philosophical discussions with his fellow inmates, working at a series of prison jobs, and in general observing an existence for which nothing in his life had prepared him. Genis describes in unsparing and vivid detail the realities of daily life in the New York penal system. In his journey from Rikers Island and through a series of upstate institutions he encounters violence on an almost daily basis, while learning about the social strata of gangs, the &“court&” system that sets geographic boundaries in prison yards, how sex was obtained, the workings of the black market in drugs and more practical goods, the inventiveness required for everyday tasks such as cooking, and how debilitating solitary confinement actually is—all while trying to preserve his relationship with his recently married wife. Written with empathy and wit, Sentence is a strikingly powerful memoir of the brutalities of prison and how one man survived then, leaving its walls with this book inside him, &“one made of pain and fear and laughter and lots of other books.&”
Sentenced to Science: One Black Man's Story of Imprisonment in America (G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects)
by Allen M. Hornblum Harriet WashingtonFrom 1951 until 1974, Holmesburg Prison in Philadelphia was the site of thousands of experiments on prisoners conducted by researchers under the direction of University of Pennsylvania dermatologist Albert M. Kligman. While most of the experiments were testing cosmetics, detergents, and deodorants, the trials also included scores of Phase I drug trials, inoculations of radioactive isotopes, and applications of dioxin in addition to mind-control experiments for the Army and CIA. These experiments often left the subject-prisoners, mostly African Americans, in excruciating pain and had long-term debilitating effects on their health. This is one among many episodes of the sordid history of medical experimentation on the black population of the United States.The story of the Holmesburg trials was documented by Allen Hornblum in his 1998 book Acres of Skin. The more general history of African Americans as human guinea pigs has most recently been told by Harriet Washington in her 2007 book Medical Apartheid. The subject is currently a topic of heated public debate in the wake of a 2006 report from an influential panel of medical experts recommending that the federal government loosen the regulations in place since the 1970s that have limited the testing of pharmaceuticals on prison inmates.Sentenced to Science retells the story of the Holmesburg experiments more dramatically through the eyes of one black man, Edward “Butch” Anthony, who suffered greatly from the experiments for which he “volunteered” during multiple terms at the prison. This is not only one black man’s highly personal account of what it was like to be an imprisoned test subject, but also a sobering reminder that there were many African Americans caught in the viselike grip of a scientific research community willing to bend any code of ethics in order to accomplish its goals and a criminal justice system that sold prisoners to the highest bidder.
El sentido de la soledad: Memorias (1961-2001)
by Roger Santiváñez"El asunto era muy sencillo: mi siguiente paso era la tumba. Y no: yo quería escribir, seguir escribiendo y, obviamente, para escribir debía mantenerme vivo".
Sentimental Economy
by Edoardo NesiIn a warm, perceptive essay that touches on economics, fashion, literature, and politics, the Strega Prize–winning author of Story of My People reflects on the seismic shifts of 2020 and the diverse ways we&’re adapting.Attempting to make sense of the incredible upheaval of 2020—from the devastating impact of COVID-19 to the sudden loss of his father—Edoardo Nesi considers the changing global economy and its effect on our lives. He shares the stories of Alberto Magelli, a small textile entrepreneur; Livia Firth, a prominent advocate for sustainability; Elisa Martelli, a young Sangiovese winemaker; Enrico Giovannini, a leading economist and statistician; Rino Pratesi, a proud butcher from the heart of Tuscany; and more. From the overworked to the unemployed, we&’re all grappling with difficult questions about our current disorienting world: Will we ever feel healthy again, and what will it take to regain &“normality?&” What does progress mean today? Have science and technology let us down? What will the increased prevalence of remote working mean for our cities, and for our lifestyles generally? Deftly weaving together the personal and the economic, Nesi takes us on a fascinating journey to understanding.
Sentimental Journey Home I (1965 to 2018): One Professor's Memories and Reflections
by Arnold LeUnesThe book focuses on assorted memories, meanderings, and musings related to my 52-year tenure as a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. Reflections on teaching, favorite students, funny and/or quirky colleagues with whom I have worked, the history of the university, fascinating clients I have met in counseling, my wife and children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, thirty-five years of playing, officiating, and coaching softball, fifteen summers of Study Abroad experiences with over 400 Aggies, life experiences in Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Iran, and a great part of mainland Europe, and stories of people and events that have transpired over the last fifty-two years of my life are grist for the mill. My wish is to amuse, educate, entertain, and perhaps occasionally antagonize the reader with my take on life as I have experienced it in the last half-century. The interested reader may want to also take a look at Okie Boy, Texas Aggie to gain a fuller understanding of the background events that shaped those in the present volume.
Sentimental Journey Home II (1938-1965): Okie Boy, Texas Aggie
by Arnold LeUnesThis book is a chronicle of “coming of age” in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s in Oklahoma and Texas. The initial pages of this book are devoted to a brief recapitulation concerning the state of my birth, Oklahoma, and my home town, Dewey, and the influence exerted on the culture by Native Americans. Other topics include my ancestry, school days and refl ections on teachers, coaches, and sports teammates, everyday life in small-town Oklahoma in the halcyon days of the 1940’s and 1950’s, and having a second summer home in Texas City, Texas. The middle portion is devoted to my undergraduate experiences at Texas A&M University, at the time an all-male military school. There are takes on favorite professors and interesting classmates. The same can be said for my two tours of duty at the University of North Texas in Denton where I received my master’s and doctoral degrees. The third major section is devoted to my cherished 32 months in the US Army. This book is intended to be a companion volume to Stamping out ignorance in Aggieland, and it is my fondest hope that it provides additional insights into what has been a wonderful 80-year ride for this old Professor, Okie Boy, and Texas Aggie.
Sentiments of a British-American Woman: Esther DeBerdt Reed and the American Revolution
by Owen S. IrelandAt the time of her death in 1780, British-born Esther DeBerdt Reed—a name few know today—was one of the most politically important women in Revolutionary America. Her treatise “The Sentiments of an American Woman” articulated the aspirations of female patriots, and the Ladies Association of Philadelphia, which she founded, taught generations of women how to translate their political responsibilities into action. DeBerdt Reed’s social connections and political sophistication helped transform her husband, Joseph Reed, from a military leader into the president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, a position analogous to the modern office of governor.DeBerdt Reed’s life yields remarkable insight into the scope of women’s political influence in an age ruled by the strict social norms structured by religion and motherhood. The story of her courtship, marriage, and political career sheds light both on the private and political lives of women during the Revolution and on how society, religion, and gender interacted as a new nation struggled to build its own identity.Engaging, comprehensive, and built on primary source material that allows DeBerdt Reed’s own voice to shine, Owen Ireland’s expertly researched biography rightly places her in a prominent position in the pantheon of our founders, both female and male.
Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy: Educating For Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation
by Laura I. Rendón Mark NepoLaura Rendon is a scholar of national stature, known for her research on students of color and first-generation college students, and on the factors that promote and impede student success. The motivation for the quest that Laura Rendon shares in this book was the realization that she, along with many educators, had lost sight of the deeper, relationship-centered essence of education, and lost touch with the fine balance between educating for academics and educating for life. Her purpose is to reconnect readers with the original impulse that led them to become educators; and to help them rediscover, with her, their passion for teaching and learning in the service to others and for the well being of our society. She offers a transformative vision of education that emphasizes the harmonic, complementary relationship between the sentir of intuition and the inner life, and the pensar of intellectualism and the pursuit of scholarship; between teaching and learning; formal knowledge and wisdom; and between Western and non-Western ways of knowing. In the process she develops a pedagogy that encompasses wholeness, multiculturalism, and contemplative practice, that helps students transcend limiting views about themselves, fosters high expectations, and helps students to become social change agents. She invites the reader to share her journey in developing sentipensante pedagogy, and to challenge seven entrenched agreements about education that act against wholeness and the appreciation of truth in all forms. She offers examples of her own teaching and of the classroom practices of faculty she encountered along the way; as well as guidance on the challenges, rewards and responsibilities that anyone embarking on creating a new vision of teaching and learning should attend to. Though based on the author's life work in higher education, her insights and approach apply equally to all teaching and learning contexts.