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Author: Benson Bobrick
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 162
ISBN-13: 0375872523
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A history of the Olympic Games, starting with their inception in Ancient Greece and leading up to the 1936 games in Nazi Berlin.
Author: Jules Lobel
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: 2006-02
Total Pages: 331
ISBN-13: 0814751911
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An examination of how some legal issues are losing cases - but that's okay because advances are still possible.
Author: Jill Ewert
Publisher: Ellie Claire Gifts
Published: 2011-07-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781609362034
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Thirty devotions, featuring today's sports stars like Albert Pujols, Colt McCoy, and Tamika Catchings, that focus on a different kind of success--one that goes all the way to the soul. Fame, success, and a big paycheck are not the real motivation for some of the world's greatest athletes. Their main passion is not winning games but being their best for God. Through their experiences, fans and competitors can learn to focus on a success that goes beyond victory on the field or court. Be challenged by the example of Albert Pujols as he uses his sports platform to speak for those who can't , who finds his way back to faith after a journey through addiction, and be encouraged by the perseverance that brought Tamika Catchings from shy girl to confident Olympian. With practical wisdom, meaningful quotes from the athletes, and wrap-up questions, these devotions lay out the game plan for being your best for God.
Author: Clement Horvath
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Published: 2020-10-30
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9781526782731
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From the mountains of Italy to the beaches of Normandy, and from the deserts of North Africa to the ruined cities of Germany, experience the history of the Second World War in Western Europe from 1939-1945 in an entirely different way.Using unpublished letters and diaries, follow the journeys of some fifty Allied soldiers (American, British, French, Canadian...) as they liberate the continent from Nazi rule, sometimes at the cost of their own lives. Arranged in chronological order and placed in historical context, their stories and letters are illustrated with many personal photographs, war memorabilia and original uniforms.Having miraculously escaped wartime censorship, these new first-hand testimonies are transcribed as is, whether they come from an elite soldier, a combat medic or a USO dancer. These poignant writings, completed in the mud of the European battlefields, reveal the hopes, doubts and fears of these young people sent to hell, making Till Victory first and foremost a book about peace.
Author: Pankaj Maurya
Publisher: Notion Press
Published: 2017-09-11
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1947634461
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Love is not a business but a power that can help one understand the world. This is the story of a person who was a failure his whole life, but to others, not to himself. Alin sold vegetables on the road and later became an English language trainer, motivational speaker, novelist and psychologist. Love was his passion. He became an inspiration for many. "The victory of love" is the story of Alin who wanted people to be confident, valuable, ethical and self-educated. He aimed to spread the message of love with his story, and inspire confidence in many people world over.
Author: Linda Hirshman
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2012-06-05
Total Pages: 472
ISBN-13: 0062202251
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In the vein of Taylor Branch’s classic Parting of the Waters, Supreme Court lawyer and political pundit Linda Hirshman delivers the enthralling, groundbreaking story of the gay rights movement, revealing how a dedicated and resourceful minority changed America forever. When the modern struggle for gay rights erupted in the summer of 1969, forty-nine states outlawed sex between people of the same gender. Four decades later, in 2011, New York legalized gay marriage and the armed services stopped enforcing Don't Ask, Don't Tell. Successful social movements are always extraordinary, but these advances seem like something of a miracle. Linda Hirshman recounts the long roads that led to these victories, detailing the remarkable and revolutionary story of the movement that has blurred rigid gender lines, altered the shared culture, and broadened our definitions of family. Written in vivid prose, at once emotional and erudite, Victory is an utterly vibrant work of reportage and eyewitness accounts and demonstrates how, in a matter of decades, a focused group of activists forged a classic campaign for cultural change that will serve as a model for all future political movements. “Remarkable for its emotional punch as for its historical insight.”—New York Times Book Review
Author: Grace Victory
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2021-01-07
Total Pages: 119
ISBN-13: 1529119308
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Introducing the new 'How To...' series from #Merky Books: unlock your potential with our short, practical pocket-sized guides. _________________________________ How to Calm It: Relax Your Mind This is not your typical book about mindfulness. This book is an insight into how we can learn to process what's going on inside our heads, heal our bodies for the better, and learn to love ourselves. Full with tangible tools, creative exercises and tailored tips. This book is yours to read at your leisure and use when you want. The perfect accompaniment on your journey to detangling your mind, and making a commitment to value yourself each and everyday. Written by Grace Victory Foreword by Black Minds Matter UK _________________________________ Designed to inspire and encourage readers to unlock their potential and provoke change, the How To series offers a new model in publishing, helping to break down knowledge barriers and uplift the next generation. Creatively presented and packed with clear, step-by-step, practical advice, this series is essential reading for anyone seeking guidance to thrive in the modern world on their own terms. Curate your bookshelf with these collectible titles.
Author: Bambi Deville Engeran
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Limited
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780764338717
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Nearly 200 images of pins, necklaces, bracelets, and more document the efforts of patriotic Americans to support the war effort during the 1940s.
Author: Keanon Lowe
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Published: 2022-05-10
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1250807646
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Blindside meets Friday Night Lights in Keanon Lowe's Hometown Victory when an NFL coach returns home after losing a friend to coach a team of struggling high school kids on a 23-game losing streak. Keanon Lowe was working as an offensive analyst for the San Francisco 49ers when his childhood friend and former high school teammate suddenly died from an opioid overdose. Keanon dropped everything––including the plum NFL job he had been working towards since childhood––leading him to a position as football coach at a struggling high school back in his hometown. At the time, Parkrose High School was in the middle of a 23-game losing streak--they were the ultimate underdogs. In many ways, the road to Parkrose was paved by Keanon's life-defining experiences––from a childhood spent dodging racist bullies and finding the support and mentorship he craved on the football team, to an NFL season where he worked closely with Colin Kaepernick as he evolved his sideline protest. Keanon was drawn to the young men on the Parkrose team, and to the school itself. After two years, he pushed them to become conference champions, mentoring countless players along the way. But still, there was that nagging sense that his calling wasn't meant to stop there. He was at that school for a reason. In May 2019, he got his answer when a 19-year-old student entered a Parkrose classroom with a trench coat and shotgun. Keanon disarmed him and pulled the boy into a hug, telling him he cared. In the boy, Keanon saw himself, and the young men he grew up with or mentored along the way––and weren't so many of them just looking for acceptance, for comfort, for love? With the heart of favorite football classics––The Blindside, Friday Night Lights, Remember the Titans––Keanon’s journey at Parkrose is the true account of a life spent striving forward, even when faced with the unimaginable. Hometown Victory is a story about gratitude, service, and most of all, hope.
Author: Ellen Gilchrist
Publisher: Diversion Books
Published: 2014-01-17
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 1940941148
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Originally published in 1984, this collection of 14 short stories set in Arkansas and Mississippi went on to win that year’s National Book Award for fiction, confirming Ellen Gilchrist’s place as one of the preeminent literary talents of her generation. Victory Over Japan takes us into the lives of an unforgettable group of Southern women — beautiful, complicated, enchanting, and sometimes dangerous — in and out of bars, marriages, divorces, lovers' arms, and even earthquakes, in an attempt to find happiness, or at least some satisfaction. Throughout these stories, one hears echoes of Flannery O'Connor and Eudora Welty, but Ms. Gilchrist has her own unique literary voice, and it is outrageously funny, moving, tragic, and always appealing. PRAISE: “To say that Ellen Gilchrist can write is to say that Placido Domingo can sing. All you need to do is listen.” —Jonathan Yardley, The Washington Post “She is what they call a natural, writing with passion, authority and a noticeable lack of the self-consciousness that weighs down much of contemporary fiction.” —San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle “Ellen Gilchrist’s achievement is to create lives which refuse to be bound on the page by words and sentences . . . the writing is full of understanding that doesn’t advertise itself as perception or insight.” —London Daily Telegraph
