My Past Your Future

'Harry Leslie Smith is a vital and powerful voice speaking across generations about the struggle for a just society' Jeremy Corbyn THIS A CALL TO ARMS FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW: DON'T LET THE PAST BECOME OUR FUTURE Harry Leslie Smith is a great British stalwart. A survivor of the Great Depression, a Second World War veteran, a lifelong Labour supporter and a proud Yorkshire man, Harry's life has straddled two centuries. As a young man, he witnessed a country in crisis with no healthcare, no relief for the poor, and a huge economic gulf between the North and South. Now in his nineties, Harry wanders through the streets of his youth and wonders whether anything has actually changed. Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just as Clement Attlee provided hope in 1945, Labour's triumphant comeback of June 2017 is a beacon of light in this season of discontent. Britain has overcome adversity before and will do so again - a new nation will be forged from the ashes of grave injustice. Moving and passionate, Don't Let My Past be Your Future interweaves memoir and polemic in a call to arms. Above all, this book is a homage to the boundless grace and resilience of the human spirit.

'A kind of epic poem, one that moves in circular fashion from passionate denunciation to intense autobiographical reflection ... should be required reading for every MP, peer, councillor, civil servant and commentator. The fury and sense of powerlessness that so many people feel at government policy beam out of every page.' The Guardian 'It is not enough to read Harry's record of the struggles and hopes of a generation – we have to re-assert his principles of common ownership and the welfare state. If Harry can do it, we should too!' Ken Loach, Director of I, Daniel Blake 'As one of the last remaining survivors of the Great Depression and the Second World War, I will not go gently into that good night. I want to tell you what the world looks like through my eyes, so that you can help change it...' In November 2013, 91-year-old Yorkshireman, RAF veteran and ex-carpet salesman Harry Leslie Smith's Guardian article – 'This year, I will wear a poppy for the last time' – was shared over 80,000 times on Facebook and started a huge debate about the state of society. Now he brings his unique perspective to bear on NHS cutbacks, benefits policy, political corruption, food poverty, the cost of education – and much more. From the deprivation of 1930s Barnsley and the terror of war to the creation of our welfare state, Harry has experienced how a great civilisation can rise from the rubble. But at the end of his life, he fears how easily it is being eroded. Harry's Last Stand is a lyrical, searing modern invective that shows what the past can teach us, and how the future is ours for the taking. 'Smith's unwavering will to turn things around makes for inspirational reading.' Big Issue North '[With] sheer emotional power ... Harry Leslie Smith reminds us what society without good public services actually looks and feels like.' New Statesman

The material of the book, MY PAST IS NOT WHAT MY FUTURE HOLDS, is very deep and full of meaning. It covers countless topics and centers on an assortment of areas in one's life. The book is very intimate: You may even discover that a number of topic areas touches close to heart. Maybe you experienced such a topic area at one point in your life, which to enable you to better relate to the material or initiative being conferred. Maybe you happen to know of someone currently dealing with a situation similar to a topic area in the book. Devin amazingly captures the mind of his audience by addressing parts which we all come into contact with at some point in our life. Because we are living in such a fast-paced century, we rarely have time to stop and re/evaluate ourselves. Thanks to Devin, we don't have to agonize about such apprehensions any longer because this book will allow us the opportunity to successfully conclude such worries!

The Bible says every person sins and falls short of the glory of God. But past failures can only bring guilt and condemnation. And when one lives in the past, it is impossible to see a future filled with hope. In Don't Judge My Future by My Past, Bishop Leonard reveals God's good plan for each of us.

'Harry Leslie Smith is a vital and powerful voice speaking across generations about the struggle for a just society' Jeremy Corbyn THIS A CALL TO ARMS FOR THE MANY, NOT THE FEW: DON'T LET THE PAST BECOME OUR FUTURE Harry Leslie Smith is a great British stalwart. A survivor of the Great Depression, a Second World War veteran, a lifelong Labour supporter and a proud Yorkshire man, Harry's life has straddled two centuries. As a young man, he witnessed a country in crisis with no healthcare, no relief for the poor, and a huge economic gulf between the North and South. Now in his nineties, Harry wanders through the streets of his youth and wonders whether anything has actually changed. Britain is at its most dangerous juncture since Harry's youth - the NHS and social housing are in crisis, whilst Brexit and an unpopular government continue to divide the country - but there is hope. Just as Clement Attlee provided hope in 1945, Labour's triumphant comeback of June 2017 is a beacon of light in this season of discontent. Britain has overcome adversity before and will do so again - a new nation will be forged from the ashes of grave injustice. Moving and passionate, Don't Let My Past be Your Future interweaves memoir and polemic in a call to arms. Above all, this book is a homage to the boundless grace and resilience of the human spirit.

My Life in Color offers a unique way to create a vibrant self-portrait. Conceived by Brittany Watson Jepsen, founder of the beloved blog The House That Lars Built, this guided journal is divided into eight color-themed chapters that are filled with thought-provoking prompts. Uncover your passions in the red section, ponder your personal growth in the green section, and think about what calms and centers you in the blue section. This hardcover journal has a removable jacket and exposed binding that shows off its multicolored signatures. It lies perfectly flat and features space to gather mementos and organize them by color. Within these pages, the random aspects of your life--your memories, current obsessions, and dreams for the future--will fall into harmony, because everything is beautiful when it is arranged in rainbow order! Inspired by Craft the Rainbow, also by Brittany Watson Jepsen, My Life in Color is part of a vibrant collection of journals, including one hardcover and one paperback notebook.

Mark Crandall, LMSW, LCDC, is a transformational life and business coach, workshop facilitator, Keynote Speaker, Author of Eulogy of Childhood Memories, and the host of Purpose Chasers Podcast. Mark went from a lost boy with countless traumatic experiences to drug addiction, prison, and an undying self-hatred to building multiple a highly sought after motivational speaker, transformational life and business coach, found or the Purpose Chasers Academy, and leads life-changing workshops where he empowers others to break free from their limiting beliefs towards creating the lives of their dreams. In Part 1 of Embrace Your Past Win Your Future Mark shares his story of enduring childhood abuse, trauma, drug addiction, homelessness, and years of incarceration, Mark learned to turn his victimhood into victory. He studied his and other mindset masters' means of harnessing the now. Mark has grown out of pain through a continual process of awareness, dialogue shifts, and transformation. This is the process that Mark teaches audiences through authentic storytelling and engaging group work so that they can integrate hope, resiliency, and a mindset of abundance into their daily lives.Audiences are drawn to Mark because of his vulnerability, humor, and his inspirational story. While pieces of his story are dramatic, he demonstrates that everyone has access to the kinds of shifts he has been able to make in his mindset and his life.Embrace Your Past, Win Your Future will guide any reader past mental blocks and the limiting beliefs preventing them from living the lives of their dreams. Why, you may ask? Because your dreams should NEVER be on hold.

Finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2018 A powerful, timely, dazzling collection of sonnets from one of America's most acclaimed poets, Terrance Hayes, the National Book Award-winning author of Lighthead "Sonnets that reckon with Donald Trump's America." -The New York Times In seventy poems bearing the same title, Terrance Hayes explores the meanings of American, of assassin, and of love in the sonnet form. Written during the first two hundred days of the Trump presidency, these poems are haunted by the country's past and future eras and errors, its dreams and nightmares. Inventive, compassionate, hilarious, melancholy, and bewildered--the wonders of this new collection are irreducible and stunning.