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- The whole language : the power of extravagant tenderness / by Boyle, Greg,author.;
Gregory Boyle, the beloved Jesuit priest and author of the inspirational bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart and Barking to the Choir, returns with a call to witness the transformative power of tenderness, rooted in his lifetime of experience counseling gang members in Los Angeles. Over the past thirty years, Gregory Boyle has transformed thousands of lives through his work as the founder of Homeboy Industries, the largest and most successful gang-intervention program in the world. Boyle's new book, The Whole Language, follows the acclaimed bestsellers Tattoos on the Heart, hailed as an "astounding literary and spiritual feat" (Publishers Weekly) that is "destined to become a classic of both urban reportage and contemporary spirituality" (Los Angeles Times), and Barking to the Choir, deemed "a beautiful and important and soul-transporting book" by Elizabeth Gilbert and declared by Ann Patchett to be "a book that shows what the platitudes of faith look like when they're put into action." In a community struggling to overcome systemic poverty and violence, The Whole Language shows how those at Homeboy Industries fight despair and remain generous, hopeful, and tender. When Saul was thirteen years old, he killed his abusive stepfather in self-defense; after spending twenty-three years in juvenile and adult jail, he enters the Homeboy Industries training and healing programs and embraces their mission. Declaring, "I've decided to grow up to be somebody I always needed as a child," Saul shows tenderness toward the young men in his former shoes, treating them all like his sons and helping them to find their way. Before coming to Homeboy Industries, a young man named Abel was shot thirty-three times, landing him in a coma for six months followed by a year and a half recuperating in the hospital. He now travels on speaking tours with Boyle and gives guided tours around the Homeboy offices. One day a new trainee joins Abel as a shadow, and Abel recognizes him as the young man who had put him in a coma. "You give good tours," the trainee tells Abel. They both have embarked on a path to wholeness. Boyle's moving stories challenge our ideas about God and about people, providing a window into a world filled with fellowship, compassion, and fewer barriers. Bursting with encouragement, humor, and hope, The Whole Language invites us to treat others-and ourselves-with acceptance and tenderness.- Subjects: Boyle, Greg.; Christian life; Church work with juvenile delinquents; Church work; Compassion.; Gang prevention.;
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- Jump : my secret journey from the streets to the boardroom / by Miller, Larry(Larry G.),author.; Lacy, Laila,author.;
In 'Jump', one of the most successful Black businessmen in the country, who has led Nikes Jordan Brand from a $200M sneaker company to a $4B global apparel juggernaut, tells the remarkable story of his rise from gangland violence to the pinnacles of international business. #OwnVoices.- Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Miller, Larry (Larry G.); Nike (Firm); Portland Trail Blazers (Basketball team); African American businesspeople; African American executives; Businesspeople; Executives; Juvenile delinquents;
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- Dear Zoe. by Wells, Gren,film director.; Capshaw, Jessica,actor.; Bartha, Justin,actor.; Collins, Kweku,actor.; Sink, Sadie,actor.; Rossi, Theo,actor.; Lyra, Vivien,actor.; Freestyle Digital Media (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Jessica Capshaw, Justin Bartha, Kweku Collins, Sadie Sink, Theo Rossi, Vivien Lyra BlairOriginally produced by Freestyle Digital Media in 2022.A powerful coming-of-age story of resilience in which teenage Tess enlists the support of her biological father - a lovable slacker - and the charming juvenile delinquent next door in the aftermath of the death of her little sister Zoe.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Coming of age.; Families.;
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- Shameless. [videorecording] / by Wells, John,1956-; Macy, William H.,1950-; Rossum, Emmy,1986-; Chatwin, Justin,1982-; Cutkosky, Ethan,1999-; Hampton, Shanola.; Kenney, Emma,1999-; Monaghan, Cameron.; White, Jeremy Allen.; Wiggins, Laura Slade,1988-; Cusack, Joan,1962-; Warner Home Video (Firm); Showtime Networks.;
William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Emma Kenney, Cameron Monaghan, Jeremy Allen White, Laura Slade Wiggins, Joan Cusack.Season two dives headfirst into the sweltering heat of a Chicago summer, grabs Gallagher family life by the throat, and never lets go. Boozed-up Frank's scams constantly fizzle. Grammy Gallagher visits after a prison stint. Bipolar Monica returns to fan Frank's flames. Fiona plays the field--until Steve comes back with a hot new wife. Lip drops out to care for his and Karen's baby. Ian's gunning for West Point.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, widescreen presentation, Dolby Digital Surround 5.1.- Subjects: Television comedies.; Dysfunctional families; Alcoholic fathers;
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- The Nickel boys : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.;
In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy.- Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Reformatories; African American teenagers; Racism;
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- The Nickel boys [sound recording] : a novel / by Whitehead, Colson,1969-author.; Jackson, JD,narrator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.; Books on Tape, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by JD Jackson ; acknowledgements read by the author.In this bravura follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize, and National Book Award-winning The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead brilliantly dramatizes another strand of American history through the story of two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida. As the Civil Rights movement begins to reach the black enclave of Frenchtown in segregated Tallahassee, Elwood Curtis takes the words of Dr. Martin Luther King to heart: He is "as good as anyone." Abandoned by his parents, but kept on the straight and narrow by his grandmother, Elwood is about to enroll in the local black college. But for a black boy in the Jim Crow South of the early 1960s, one innocent mistake is enough to destroy the future. Elwood is sentenced to a juvenile reformatory called the Nickel Academy, whose mission statement says it provides "physical, intellectual and moral training" so the delinquent boys in their charge can become "honorable and honest men." In reality, the Nickel Academy is a grotesque chamber of horrors where the sadistic staff beats and sexually abuses the students, corrupt officials and locals steal food and supplies, and any boy who resists is likely to disappear "out back." Stunned to find himself in such a vicious environment, Elwood tries to hold onto Dr. King's ringing assertion "Throw us in jail and we will still love you." His friend Turner thinks Elwood is worse than naive, that the world is crooked, and that the only way to survive is to scheme and avoid trouble. The tension between Elwood's ideals and Turner's skepticism leads to a decision whose repercussions will echo down the decades. Formed in the crucible of the evils Jim Crow wrought, the boys' fates will be determined by what they endured at the Nickel Academy.- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Bildungsromans.; Historical fiction.; Reformatories; African American teenagers; Racism;
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