Michael Monroe

Tee kuten Michael Monroe: Valitse positiivisuus!Hersyvän särmikkäässä inspiraatiokirjassa koko maailman tuntema rocktähti paljastaa elämänmyönteisen asenteensa ja ehtymättömän energiansa salat. Miten on mahdollista, että ikinuori rokkari valloittaa lavat ja kuulijat vuosikymmen toisensa jälkeen? Voisiko osuutensa olla kuntoilulla ja kissoilla - tai ystävyydellä ja rakkaudella? Mietelauseita ja ajatelmia sisältävä kirja hurmaa rosoisuudellaan. Pienet tuokiokuvat jo teini-iässä maailmaa valloittamaan lähteneen Michaelin erityislaatuisesta tarinasta riemastuttavat ja liikuttavat. Oivaltava kirja saa katsomaan omaakin elämää uusin silmin.

Rocklegenda Michael Monroe yllättää suloisella kuvakirjalla.Äidiltä saatu Nupu-nalle on Makken tärkein lelu, joka kulkee kaikkialla mukana. Nupun voimat piilevät sen kirkkaanpunaisissa valkopilkullisissa korvissa, sillä niiden avulla se pystyy suojautumaan vaaroilta. Voimillaan se voi suojella myös muita, mikä huomataan, kun Makke juoksee ajatuksissaan auton alle. Nupu kainalossaan hän selviytyy lähes säikähdyksellä ja oppii olemaan jatkossa tarkkaavaisempi.Makken ja Nupun tarina perustuu tositapahtumiin rockmuusikko Michael Monroen lapsuudesta. Teoksen on kuvittanut Ilona Partanen.

Until the Sun Stops Rising is a collection of poems by Michael Monroe. These poems have a musical quality and vivid imagery. Themes include nature, beauty, life, and death. There are poems that are both aesthetically pleasing and thought provoking. The poet's major influences include Walt Whitman, Pablo Neruda, Sylvia Plath, E. E. Cummings, and the British Romantics among others.

Traces of Ecstasy is a collection of poems by Michael Monroe. It is a raucous semi-autobiographical romp featuring poems with themes such as drug addiction and recovery, partying, travel, love, life, and everything in between. Several of these poems have been published in renowned journals and magazines but this is the first time they've been available as a compilation. Here you will find the humor, heartbreak, insanity, and wisdom of someone who has lived life to the fullest. Some influences include Charles Bukowski, Allen Ginsberg, Sylvia Plath, and Pablo Neruda.

A mother's love knows no boundaries. Abeba Habtu is met with war, poverty, domestic violence, and terrible human rights violations, yet she remains strong for the sake of her children. Her life is a testament to what a mother is willing to endure for her children. This is true in any time and place, even Eritrea, Africa, where death and unjust imprisonment is all too familiar.The tiny country has fought for its independence and survival for many decades. It's sometimes called the "North Korea of Africa" due to its human rights violations and lack of international media presence. You've probably never heard of it because it ranks dead last on the World Press Freedom Index.Abeba was born in this war-torn country. She was forced to marry an abusive older man. She has run from bullets and seen bombs fall from the sky, lost loved ones, been thrown into prison, and then escaped the country with her two youngest sons. Abeba is now in Germany where she is battling cancer."Despite all my hardships, I am blessed and remain hopeful for the future," Abeba says. "Sometimes my story is hard to stomach, but I believe it may inspire others who are struggling through domestic violence, are stuck in a seemingly powerless situation, or battling life-threatening illness."Why this book with its accompanying risk?Abeba's amazing story demands to be told. It gives voice to domestic violence survivors, human rights violations, and gender inequality. But it doesn't beg for sympathy. It offers hope and inspiration in the face of injustice and cruelty.Read BECOME COURAGEOUS ABEBA and get an inside look into an extraordinary life in a country that has kept the world out for decades.This story is autobiographical fiction. It is based on Abeba's life, but names, places, and some events have been changed in order to protect the family and add to the reader's experience.

Among the highlights of this book documenting twenty years in the life and work of a major Texas artist is Watkins' creation of the double-walled caldron that has become his forte. Offering an extensive photographic explanation of Watkins' techniques, the book shows how the vessels are built, how various materials are used to create different surfaces, how clay slips are made from organic materials collected at the various sites Watkins often visits in Texas, and how both technology and serendipity are part of the firing process. Describing the construction and the aesthetics of Watkins' pottery, the book also illustrates the influence of place and experience both externally and in dreams and memories. Drawing upon his love for the land and nature of the American Southwest, Watkins also derives inspiration from memories of growing up in rural Alabama in the 1960s; the influence of various teachers; his African-American heritage; and, his belief in the power of dreams. Readers will discover the rare beauty of parts of the American Southwest not often seen and how those landscapes translate into the aesthetic. Watkins, a professor in the Texas Tech University College of Architecture, blends the subject of his teaching drawing into his ceramic work. His work has been included in the White House Collection of American Crafts exhibit and in the Smithsonian Institution.