New Orleans is a city that seems to have simply given itself over to sweat. It is so humid, there’s no escaping it, so people just go with it. Worked all weekend networking. Met a lot of great people, had a lot of real conversations. Met Congresswoman Barbara Lee, who is the author of Renegade [...]
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Ghetto Plainsman, by Jarid Manos, and published by Temba House Press, is also available on shelf at national chain and independent local book stores, including:
www.indiebound.org
www.barnesandnoble.com
SUMMARY: Every movement has its book. Gritty, raw and spiritual, Ghetto Plainsman, chronicles one man's triumph over humiliation, self-defeat, anger and violence by taking us on a chaotic journey between urban survival and the life-or-death struggles of the ravaged American Great Plains.
Contact us to book Jarid Manos at your local university, book store, church or other place of faith, County Jail, book club, conference, convention, organization, and more.
GHETTO PLAINSMAN is a "tough, beautifully written and deeply spiritual story of redemption and healing through America's underbelly and soul, from a rural childhood to the inner city streets to the even more violent outback of the American West. With comparisons to such classics as DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS and MANCHILD IN THE PROMISED LAND, GHETTO PLAINSMAN is not only a new literary classic, but has survival implications for everyone and our endangered Earth." GET A SNEAK PEAK AT THE BOOK AND READ THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS!
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~On becoming a seeker, on striving to become spiritually and physically whole and to live a life of fairness, self-worth and grace~
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July 4, 2009
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