Making Lemonade

In order to earn money for college, fourteen-year-old LaVaughn babysits for a teenage mother.

Out of the “lemons” handed to Mexican American workers in Corona, California--low pay, segregated schooling, inadequate housing, and racial discrimination--Mexican men and women made “lemonade” by transforming leisure spaces such as baseball games, parades, festivals, and churches into politicized spaces where workers voiced their grievances, debated strategies for advancement, and built solidarity. Using oral history interviews, extensive citrus company records, and his own experiences in Corona, José Alamillo argues that Mexican Americans helped lay the groundwork for civil rights struggles and electoral campaigns in the post-World War II era.

"What would you do if your seven-year-old suffered a mysterious brain hemorrage, and was not expected to survive emergency surgery? This is the story of Ben's extraordinary spirit and resolve, a tale of triumphant woe"--Page 4 of cover.

Over the past twenty-two years, Mr. Mazorra has helped literally hundreds of investors design and maintain their long-term portfolios, and in the process has discovered the secret to long-term investment success. And you won't find it in a financial magazine, at a seminar, or on one of the popular financial news networks. The beauty of this secret is its simplicity. It's not some groundbreaking concept or complicated strategy, in a word it's behavior. How investors behave when it comes to their money, will inevitably determine their degree of investment success. Inspired by the hopes, fears, dreams and aspirations of his clients, this little book is a compilation of client newsletters and newspaper articles on the subjects of investing and the economy that Mr. Mazorra has authored over the years. These brief essays, written during times of euphoria and times of despair, will illustrate for you how becoming a successful long-term investor may just be one of the easiest things you'll ever do.

Through her personal testimony, Angela will help you regain your self-worth and life after divorce. In this emotional memoir, she walks you along the path she followed from despondency to recovery.

Making Lemonade A Guidebook for Life After Divorce. By Jodi Seidler This Guidebook dissects, explores and gleans the experiences out of 15 years of single parenting; weaving them into 88 pages of insights, wit, prose and hard core facts. Its a quick study manual for all single parents starting a new life. Nothing was worse than not getting asked to prom. And then you had to deal with the bar circuit and dating in your 20s. Then, your 30s roll around and you wonder why you are still single when you are finally secure with who you are. And then, you get married and have children, and your Prince Charming turns out not to be so charming after 10 years of marriage, so you depart with the pumpkin. And now you are in your 40s, and back on the dating circuit, teenage child in tow. How do you not just survive, but prosper as a single parent and also prove (to yourself) youre still a catch in todays market? When we first realize we are on our own, life can feel surreal. Maybe we got used to someone else pumping our gas, cooking our meals, paying our bills, cleaning our house. Perhaps we could not wait to leave the relationship, but no one told us the challenges and feelings we would be experiencing. We ask ourselves - whose life is this anyway? Well - turns out its your NEW life, and its time to buckle your seat belt and experience YOUR new life head on! Jodi Seidler shares tips, tidbits, prose and inspiration on what its like to be a(divorced) single parent in todays world. Jodi is The Mother of Re-Invention and Founder of the internets first single parenting site back in 1997 - www.makinglemonade.com - The Single Parent Network; and Creator of the whimsical HIP community - www.hipsterclub.com for people who have had a hip replacement.

Introduces readers to the process of making lemonade.

Sprague shares how he found a positive pathway to healing and recovery following his sister's murder.