In 2015, the beautiful jazz funeral in New Orleans for composer Allen Toussaint coincided with a debate over removing four Confederate monuments. Mayor Mitch Landrieu led the ceremony, attended by living legends of jazz, music aficionados, politicians, and everyday people. The scene captured the history and culture of the city in microcosm--a city legendary for its noisy, complicated, tradition-rich splendor. In City of a Million Dreams, Jason Berry delivers a character-driven history of New Orleans at its tricentennial. Chronicling cycles of invention, struggle, death, and rebirth, Berry reveals the city's survival as a triumph of diversity, its map-of-the-world neighborhoods marked by resilience despite hurricanes, epidemics, fires, and floods. Berry orchestrates a parade of vibrant personalities, from the founder Bienville, a warrior emblazoned with snake tattoos; to Governor William C. C. Claiborne, General Andrew Jackson, and Pere Antoine, an influential priest and secret agent of the Inquisition; Sister Gertrude Morgan, a street evangelist and visionary artist of the 1960s; and Michael White, the famous clarinetist who remade his life after losing everything in Hurricane Katrina. The textured profiles of this extraordinary cast furnish a dramatic narrative of the beloved city, famous the world over for mysterious rituals as people dance when they bury their dead.

17 goals, 195 countries, 1.2 billion youth and a million dreams…that’s all it’s gonna take for the world we are gonna make. A world without poverty, without hunger, with equality, with quality education…Can it happen? Yes, it can. The youth can make it happen. You and I can make it happen. It is just a matter of dreaming of a better tomorrow, a better world TOGETHER. “This book effectively explains the need for collective action and suggests a grassroots action plan to tackle the same. Think globally and act locally is reflected in all SDGs and nicely interpreted by the young author.” Dr. Shruti Shukla Educationist, Environmentalist, career Counselor “Inayat’s personal reflection on how each SDG relates to daily life and each person’s journey is a great example of the type of engagement and commitment that is required for their successful achievement.” Juan Pablo Ramirez Miranda Head of social and human sciences, UNESCO “Dream positive, to think and speak positive, to act positive, for peace! This book will help you.” Johan Galtung Norwegian sociologist, principal founder: peace and conflict studies “The author, a 21-year-old medical student, seeks nothing less than a world with justice and dignity for all. She is dreaming big and wants her contemporaries to join her in creating this world.” David Krieger Founder and President Emeritus, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

What does a dream sound like? "The first time the sound of a dream slammed, hard, in the center of my spirit, was almost a decade ago. It's the sound that has led me on the journey whose threads are pulled through this book, an intimate pilgrimage, often ironically nomadic, that I've struggled to comprehend; it's been unlike anything else I've ever known. It happened in a coffee shop during my thirtieth year, and in less than two hours it caused me to listen to my life anew." In these pages writer and speaker Suanne Camfield writes of the varied dreams that she has pursued over the course of her life. With captivating and eloquent stories and concepts, she guides us through what it feels like to have a stirring deep inside of us and how God guides and shapes us through that sense of calling. This is not a book primarily about vocation or even discernment. It is a book about being a dreamer who is shaped by God. It is about having the wisdom and courage to step into the places of our most vulnerable longing.

Tells the story of those people responsible for the creation and promotion of the Statue of Liberty, focusing on Auguste Bartholdi who conceived the idea of France's gift to the United States.

"We've collected useful and memorable stories to produce the kind of sampler we've always wanted to read before setting out. These stories will show you a spectrum of experiences to be had or avoided in Hong Kong"--Back cover

Trust a librarian to help you find books you’ll want to read Library Lin’s Curated Collection of Superlative Nonfiction is a librarian’s A-list of nonfiction books organized by subject area—just like a library. Linda Maxie (Library Lin) combed through 65 best books lists going back a century. She reviewed tens of thousands of books, sorted them according to the Dewey Decimal Classification system, and selected an entire library’s worth for you to browse without leaving home. Here you’ll find • Summaries of outstanding titles in every subject • Suggestions for locating reading material specific to your needs and interests In this broad survey of all the nonfiction categories, you will find titles on everything from the A-bomb to Zen Buddhism. You might find yourself immersed in whole subject areas that you never thought you’d be interested in.