Books with author Kevin Powers

In the spirit of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, writer and activist Kevin Powell’s memoir—“illuminating…an education for us all” (USA TODAY)—vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth and his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred.When Kevin Powell was three, he discovered the volatile nature of his world: a place of pain, poverty, violence, fire, rats, roaches, and a fear that would haunt him for years; but also moments of joy, transcendence, and belonging. By the time he graduated from high school, something his single mother and his grandparents did not do, Powell had survived abuse, abandonment by his father, debilitating low self-esteem, a police beating, and years of constant relocation—from school to school, neighborhood to neighborhood. He was left feeling isolated, wondering if his life had any value, and doubting that he would survive to see old age. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, Kevin Powell reflects on his tumultuous, turbulent passage from child to man. He revisits the path that led him to become a successful writer, public speaker, activist, and cast member on the influential first season of MTV’s The Real World. He also recalls the terrible lows he endured of depression, thoughts of suicide, alcoholism, bankruptcy, doomed relationships, failed political campaigns, and the soul-shattering murder of Tupac Shakur. Time and again, Powell harks back to lessons his mother taught him as a little boy: never stop learning, never stop telling the truth, always strive to be a better man, do what is right. Written with urgency and insight by one of the most gifted voices of our times, The Education of Kevin Powell is a powerful chronicle of healing and growth, survival and redemption. Ultimately, Kevin Powell’s journey is our journey, too.

In the spirit of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, writer and activist Kevin Powell’s memoir—“illuminating…an education for us all” (USA TODAY)—vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth and his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred.When Kevin Powell was three, he discovered the volatile nature of his world: a place of pain, poverty, violence, fire, rats, roaches, and a fear that would haunt him for years; but also moments of joy, transcendence, and belonging. By the time he graduated from high school, something his single mother and his grandparents did not do, Powell had survived abuse, abandonment by his father, debilitating low self-esteem, a police beating, and years of constant relocation—from school to school, neighborhood to neighborhood. He was left feeling isolated, wondering if his life had any value, and doubting that he would survive to see old age. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, Kevin Powell reflects on his tumultuous, turbulent passage from child to man. He revisits the path that led him to become a successful writer, public speaker, activist, and cast member on the influential first season of MTV’s The Real World. He also recalls the terrible lows he endured of depression, thoughts of suicide, alcoholism, bankruptcy, doomed relationships, failed political campaigns, and the soul-shattering murder of Tupac Shakur. Time and again, Powell harks back to lessons his mother taught him as a little boy: never stop learning, never stop telling the truth, always strive to be a better man, do what is right. Written with urgency and insight by one of the most gifted voices of our times, The Education of Kevin Powell is a powerful chronicle of healing and growth, survival and redemption. Ultimately, Kevin Powell’s journey is our journey, too.

In the spirit of Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, writer and activist Kevin Powell’s memoir—“illuminating…an education for us all” (USA TODAY)—vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth and his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred.When Kevin Powell was three, he discovered the volatile nature of his world: a place of pain, poverty, violence, fire, rats, roaches, and a fear that would haunt him for years; but also moments of joy, transcendence, and belonging. By the time he graduated from high school, something his single mother and his grandparents did not do, Powell had survived abuse, abandonment by his father, debilitating low self-esteem, a police beating, and years of constant relocation—from school to school, neighborhood to neighborhood. He was left feeling isolated, wondering if his life had any value, and doubting that he would survive to see old age. In this unflinchingly honest autobiography, Kevin Powell reflects on his tumultuous, turbulent passage from child to man. He revisits the path that led him to become a successful writer, public speaker, activist, and cast member on the influential first season of MTV’s The Real World. He also recalls the terrible lows he endured of depression, thoughts of suicide, alcoholism, bankruptcy, doomed relationships, failed political campaigns, and the soul-shattering murder of Tupac Shakur. Time and again, Powell harks back to lessons his mother taught him as a little boy: never stop learning, never stop telling the truth, always strive to be a better man, do what is right. Written with urgency and insight by one of the most gifted voices of our times, The Education of Kevin Powell is a powerful chronicle of healing and growth, survival and redemption. Ultimately, Kevin Powell’s journey is our journey, too.

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In the spirit of Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets and Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, this powerful memoir by writer and activist Kevin Powell vividly recounts the horrific poverty of his youth; his struggles to overcome a legacy of anger, violence, and self-hatred; and his journey to be a man and a voice for others. Driven by his single mother's dreams for his survival and success, Kevin Powell became the first in his family to attend a university, where he became a student leader keenly aware of widespread social injustice. But the struggle to define himself and break out of poverty continued into adulthood, with traumatic periods of homelessness and despair. As a young star journalist with Vibe magazine, Powell interviewed luminaries such as Tupac Shakur, writing influential chronicles of the evolution of hip-hop from his eyewitness view. Now, with searing honesty, Powell examines his troubled relationships, his appearance on MTV's first season of The Real World, his battles with alcohol and depression, his two campaigns for Congress, and the uplifting trip to Africa that renewed his sense of personal mission. Finally, Powell embarks on a search for the father he never really knew in a redemptive passage from abandonment to self-discovery. A striking memoir by a child of post-Civil Rights America, The Education of Kevin Powell gives eloquent testimony to the power of the soul to heal.

★★BUY THE PAPERBACK VERSION, AND GET THE KINDLE EBOOK FOR FREE★★Don't have enough time in the day to read your favorite books? Want to get ahead of the competition? Would you like to DOUBLE your reading speed in less than 2 hours? If so then keep on reading...The is THE ultimate guide to improving your reading, memory and learning capabilities. That's right this is a two-book bundle so you're getting TWO BOOKS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE. With this bundle, you'll be getting Accelerated Learning: Proven Scientific Techniques to Learn Absolutely Anything and Speed Reading and Unlimited Memory How to Double Your Reading Speed and Improve Memory in Under 2 Hours! Learn Faster, Improve Productivity and Accelerate Learning.How much easier would your life be if you could blaze through emails at work, read through your newspaper in minutes or retain every piece of information in a long textbook?Speed reading has many practical uses in this busy world. It can help someone advance in their career, get a college student through graduate school, or make reading a more enjoyable and meaningful experience.Speed reading IS the most important skill you can have in this day and age, where information is so readily available, but time is not. But speed reading isn't everything, whats' the point in reading fast if you can't retain all that information? This is why this book will not only teach you how to speed read BUT it will also teach you how you can retain and recall information from your brain.Did you know that most people never tap into even 10% of their potential for memory? With the help of this book, you'll become an information consuming MACHINE.What you'll learn:Speed reading defined and how it has changed since its inception in the late 1950sThe benefits this skill brings to daily life, as well as to careersAn understanding of how the mind processes information and what happens when a person readsWhy what you may have heard about speed reading is most likely untrueWays to adapt speed reading techniques based on learning stylesA primer on the most often used techniques and methodsHow to use these proven methods to ensure a faster and more efficientHow to hack your brain into memorizing and recalling anything you desireThe specifics on how your brain learns and processes information. Once you've learned about the brain, you can learn about anything Why you should be learning throughout your entire lifeWhat is exactly memory is and how you can expand your memory in ways you've never thought of beforeAdvanced learning techniques you'll only find in this bookWhat you can learn from Albert Einstein, Issac Newton, Richard Feynman and some of the greatest thinkers in history

In 2007, Writer and Director Kevin Powis and Producer Nigel Davey convinced Sir Norman Wisdom to come out of retirement to make one more screen appearance in their short film Expresso. Norman's comic performance, as a vicar plagued by a fly, was genius - but sadly this film was to be Norman's last screen role.Now ten years later the film making pair have teamed up again with plans to bring a new feature length screen play of Norman's Life and Adventures to reality and this ebook contains the full script of this planned movie. The script, penned by Powis, which has garnered great feedback, covers Norman's early life growing up in poverty and follows him through his childhood adventures in London, Argentina and later as a teenager in the army in India where he discovered his love of show business before making his breakthrough on to the stage and later the silver screen.

In 2007, Writer and Director Kevin Powis and Producer Nigel Davey convinced Sir Norman Wisdom to come out of retirement to make one more screen appearance in their short film Expresso. Norman's comic performance, as a vicar plagued by a fly, was genius - but sadly this film was to be Norman's last screen role.Now ten years later the film making pair have teamed up again with plans to bring a new feature length screen play of Norman's Life and Adventures to reality and this ebook contains the full script of this planned movie. The script, penned by Powis, which has garnered great feedback, covers Norman's early life growing up in poverty and follows him through his childhood adventures in London, Argentina and later as a teenager in the army in India where he discovered his love of show business before making his breakthrough on to the stage and later the silver screen.