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Carrying My Father's Torch

Author : Gail Weiss Gaspar
Publisher : Oceanwalk Press
ISBN 13 : 9781735814209
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Carrying My Father's Torch written by Gail Weiss Gaspar and published by Oceanwalk Press. This book was released on 2020-09-21 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finding your place in a family tree that has only one branch, the other shorn by the Holocaust, is a tricky business. Gail Weiss Gaspar grew up believing that her worth was tied to busyness and productivity, with achievement and education prized above all other accomplishments. Keenly aware that her beloved father survived Auschwitz and the brutal environment of the Mauthausen labor camp, she silenced her suffering because nothing could match what he endured. Gail's family had secrets, as all families do. It became her job to be the family's secret keeper. It wasn't until her 63-year-old father stood on stage at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and told his story that Gail understood that her voice mattered, too. This moving memoir honors the past while unshackling from it and highlights a generational journey through loss with tenderness and love. If you have ever said to yourself, "How could I possibly break free from my family's past?" this book is for you. When you read Carrying my Father's Torch, you will be inspired to consider how your family legacy has impacted your life, find the courage to overcome your legacy wound and become the hero of your own story

Always Carry Your Torch High

Author : George Lee Foley
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1491846801
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Always Carry Your Torch High written by George Lee Foley and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are the struggles, obstacles and afflictions experienced by George Lee Foley, ordinary or extraordinary? He is an excellent role-model for others. No matter the obstacle, whenever others are placed ahead of self, a great blessing and reward is attained. Throughout this book, it is evidenced in the lives of others that were assisted by the principles applied in this book. The theme is from The Holy Bible Hebrews Chapter 12 verses 1 7. (NKJV)

Carrying Jackie's Torch

Author : Steve Jacobson
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1556527918
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (565 download)

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Download or read book Carrying Jackie's Torch written by Steve Jacobson and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The real and painful struggles of the black players who followed Jackie Robinson into major and minor league baseball from 1947 to 1968 are chronicled in this compelling volume. Players share their personal and often heart-wrenching stories of intense racism, both on and off the field, mixed with a sometimes begrudged appreciation for their tremendous talents. Stories include incidents of white players who gave up promising careers in baseball because they wouldn t play with a black teammate, the Georgia law that forbade a black player from dressing in the same clubhouse as the white players, the quotas for the number of blacks on a team, and how salary negotiations without agents or free agency were akin to a plantation system for both black and white players. The 20 players profiled include Ernie Banks, Alvin Jackson, Charlie Murray, Chuck Harmon, Frank Robinson, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Curt Flood, Lou Brock, and Bob Watson. "

Witness

Author : Eli Rubenstein
Publisher : Second Story Press
ISBN 13 : 1772600083
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (726 download)

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Download or read book Witness written by Eli Rubenstein and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 25 years, the March of the Living has organized visits for adults and students from all over the world to Poland, where millions of Jews were enslaved and murdered by Nazi Germany during WWII. The organization's goal is not only to remember and bear witness to the terrible events of the past, but also to look forward. They want to inspire participants to build a world free of oppression and intolerance, a world of freedom, democracy and justice for all members of the human family. Rooted in a touring exhibit launched at the United Nations, this book is a compilation of photographs and text that give firsthand accounts from the survivors who have participated in March of the Living programs, together with reactions and responses from the people, young students in particular, of many faiths and cultures worldwide who have traveled with the group over the years.

Jesus is the key

Author : Judith Archer
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1925346617
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (253 download)

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Download or read book Jesus is the key written by Judith Archer and published by Australian Self Publishing Group. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book was made to emphasize His greatest love to all human races, that when He died, He offered it to His Father. He was obedient and He listened to what His Father wanted Him to fulfil, to obtain the greatest gift that He offered to mankind, the gift of love, He emphasizes to all that His love is never-ending, that He is always there for all, through the good Holy Spirit. He speaks to everyone through this servant, this servant will never leave His children, He promised that to all mankind that they will live a fruitful life if they choose the good Holy Spirit as their counsellor, their guiding light and their comfort. Jesus is the Key is design to shape peoples life, it is meticulously design to fix and dig all areas of human characteristics, negative and positive, so it enables the people to grasp the good Holy Spirit, which lead the people to hear the voice of Jesus Christ, God the Father and all the heavenly Family, that is if they are willing to ask the good Holy Spirit, and if they are focus and believe then they can acquire so many gifts that the Holy Spirit reveals, they can have knowledge and wisdom so they will have a normal, joyful and peaceful life, with compassion and humility.

Carrying My Father's Torch

Author : Kalu Ogbaa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611634945
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (349 download)

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Download or read book Carrying My Father's Torch written by Kalu Ogbaa and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This memoir chronicles the remarkable spiritual and educational journey of a poor village boy from Nigeria who, through sheer dint of hard work and unwavering Christian faith he learned from his father, struggled to realize his American dream. It serves as a model for contemporary immigrants to this land, especially Blacks from Third World countries, who struggle to add their individual strands to the sociocultural mosaic of the United States of America. Besides, as time goes on and the rapidly Americanized Ogbaa clan expands, none of its members may have to look beyond the book to find their roots. Carrying My Father's Torch is part of the African World Series, edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin. "From the wrestling matches in which he tussled as a young boy living in an Igbo village where the winds swirled against udara trees during the West African harmattan season, to his early Christian schooling, through the horrors of the Biafra War and his eventual move to the United States where he earned his PhD, Kalu Ogbaa's memoir, Carrying My Father's Torch, is a moving, unflinchingly candid look at the life and times of a Nigerian man living in the country during one of its most tumultuous eras. Ogbaa's memoir spans a history dating back to the mid-20th century and furnishes us with fresh insights into the political and social changes during that period, while intimately detailing the personal trials, frustrations, and triumphs of one man's journey to live up to, and grow beyond, his father's desires for him to carry on the family name with honor. No one reading this memoir will doubt that Kalu Ogbaa has lived up to those early expectations, and has truly earned his father's praise name, Ikenga nna ya -- The right hand of his father." -- Tony Morris, Professor of English at the College of Liberal Arts, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, Georgia "This memoir is the best literary counterpunch to what I see as the contemporary degeneracy in the lifestyles of recent immigrants, thereby supplying a gradualist, honorable and decent vision of life based on hard work, faith, integrity, and dedication to work and family." -- Toyin Falola, author of A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt, the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor, University of Texas at Austin

The Secrets of Success

Author : Meredith Premium Publishing
Publisher : Time Home Entertainment
ISBN 13 : 1547859466
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book The Secrets of Success written by Meredith Premium Publishing and published by Time Home Entertainment. This book was released on 2021-07-09 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research continues to show that factors such as resilience, experience, attitude and even luck can translate to success through all walks of life. Whether that means advancement in your career or shaping a healthy family, reconsider what success mean to you. Explore how a shift in attitude can increase your odds for success, and examine manageable, simple actions that will compound over time. Inside this special edition, there's a closer look at the biology and psychology of success, the importance of resilience, success in social media, and the secrets of world leaders, politicians, athletes and businesspeople who have achieved personal and professional success. Let this special edition carve out a path for a successful and happy life.

A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases

Author : Yuri Dolgopolov
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786459956
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book A Dictionary of Confusable Phrases written by Yuri Dolgopolov and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering over 10,000 idioms and collocations characterized by similarity in their wording or metaphorical idea which do not show corresponding similarity in their meanings, this dictionary presents a unique cross-section of the English language. Though it is designed specifically to assist readers in avoiding the use of inappropriate or erroneous phrases, the book can also be used as a regular phraseological dictionary providing definitions to individual idioms, cliches, and set expressions. Most phrases included in the dictionary are in active current use, making information about their meanings and usage essential to language learners at all levels of proficiency.

Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories

Author : S. Aderinto
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137492937
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Children and Childhood in Colonial Nigerian Histories written by S. Aderinto and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together the newest and the most innovative scholarship on Nigerian children—one of the least researched groups in African colonial history. It engages the changing conceptions of childhood, relating it to the broader themes about modernity, power, agency, and social transformation under imperial rule.

Countryside Tales

Author : Bhupendra Dogra
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 1637453663
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book Countryside Tales written by Bhupendra Dogra and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2021-04-09 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An interesting literary journey back in time, capturing — within the breathtaking stories — the joys and sorrows, thrills and disappointments of growing up in rural Punjab.” “Bhupendra’s stories bring out the simplicity, sensibilities, vibrancy, languor, humour and irony in lives from the Punjab countryside.” “Countryside Tales is the closest you can get to the Malgudi Days of Punjab.” “Bhupendra’s powerful narratives transport the readers back in time to that place and situation, where they become a part of the action and emotion. One can visualise the scenes so clearly that the feeling is of actually being present there.” “Great memories narrated with utter simplicity. Bhupendra really has an amazing talent for bringing alive the people he writes about — and that too with crystal clear precision.” “Bhupendra Dogra exhibits a great skill of transmuting personal memories into an impersonal and universal art. While reading the stories, I felt like a toddler once again in the company of my young and muscular dad, working in the fields in the village.” “Bhupendra’s stories capture the mood and aura of a bygone era perfectly. They remind me of R.K. Narayan’s short stories especially Swami & his Friends!” “Bhupendra is an amazingly gifted writer… a master story teller who is unbeatable in narrating and converting simple incidents into interesting stories.” “A raconteur par excellence.” “Bhupendra’s relationship with his father must have been very very special. His abiding love for his father peeps through every word he writes about him.” “Intensely engaging, some of the best short stories that I have ever read in my life.” “Bhupendra Dogra’s stories are fine examples of creating interesting artistic constructs out of some banal or commonplace experiences, interspersed with a subtle sense of humour and a mild critique of typical middle class Hindu family ethos and ethics.”

Tales of Sonoma County

Author : William Chapman Shipley
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738507675
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Tales of Sonoma County written by William Chapman Shipley and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Endurance

Author : Rick Broadbent
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472920244
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Endurance written by Rick Broadbent and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year "A runner must run with dreams in his heart." Emil Zatopek. In the summer of 1952 Emil Zatopek became the king of the running world with an unprecedented distance treble at the Olympic Games in Helsinki. Together with his wife Dana, who won another gold medal in the javelin, they were the embodiment of sporting romance. Born on the same day, they were champions on the same day too. Yet in 1968 this affable but eccentric Czech solider was betrayed by his Communist paymasters and cast out into wilderness. Hidden from world view, monitored by the secret police and forced to live in a caravan in mining country, he became the invisible hero. 'Endurance' is the first biography to document the remarkable rise, fall and rehabilitation of a man voted the 'greatest runner of all time' by 'Runner's World' in 2013. It is also the story of a golden age of sport played out against a backdrop of Cold War politics and paranoia. From the London Olympics of 1948 to Czech concentration camps, this is an uplifting and harrowing story of survival. As Emil rises to global fame, his old coach is locked up and tortured by StB henchmen. Their diverging paths expose the fickleness of popularity and eventually cross again when Zatopek's world is torn asunder. All both men can do is endure. The running world of this era is brought to life by dramatic accounts of Zatopek's great triumphs, manifold records and a rich collection of characters vying to dethrone him. In Britain the sharp-tongued Gordon Pirie falls foul of the media as he becomes obsessed with Zatopek and adopts increasingly-masochistic methods; mild-mannered marathon champion Jim Peters begins a quest that would make “women weep and grown men lose their lunch”. In France Alain Mimoun crawls from the bloody carnage of his war-time exploits to overcome racial snubs and become known as Zatopek's Shadow; and in the Soviet Union, the tragic figure of Vladimir Kuts is moulded into a brutal running machine at huge cost. Only Zatopek manages to bridge this East-West divide as a savage power struggle is fought in both the Olympic arena and in the corridors of power. Due to extensive access to those involved, including Dana herself, award-winning Times author Rick Broadbent has written a vivid history involving blood and guns and a love that sustained the cruellest twists of fate. From heady nights at White City to the brave resistance during the Prague Spring, this is a book that plants the son of a carpenter at the very centre of a revolution. Whether talking to his rivals on the track or Red Army troops as tanks roll into Prague, Zatopek's humanity shines through and carries all. With traces of 'Chariots of Fire' and Laura Hillenbrand's 'Unbroken', Endurance is both a wonderful love story and a landmark tale of hope and strength in the face of crushing opposition. "It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys." Emil Zatopek

Twisted Head

Author : Carl Capotorto
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 0767928628
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (679 download)

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Download or read book Twisted Head written by Carl Capotorto and published by Crown. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's in a name? For Carl Capotorto, everything is in a name. The literal translation from Italian to English of Capotorto is "twisted head." This is no accident. Carl grew up in the Bronx in the 1960s and ’70s with the Mangialardis ("eat fat") and Mrs. Sabella ("so beautiful"), incessant fryers and a dolled-up glamour queen. Carl's father, Philip Vito Capotorto, was the obsessive, tyrannical head of the family--"I'm not your friend, I'm the father" was a common refrain in their household. The father ran Cappi's Pizza and Sangwheech Shoppe, whose motto was "We Don't Spel Good, Just Cook Nice." It was a time of great upheaval in the Bronx, and Carl's father was right in the middle of it, if not the cause of it, much to the chagrin of his long-suffering mother. Twisted Head is the comedic story of a hardscrabble, working-class family's life that represents the real legacy of Italian-Americans--labor, not crime. It is also the poignant memoir of the author's struggle to become himself in a world that demanded he act like someone else. Tragic and funny in equal measure, Carl's story is propelled by a cast of only-in-New-York characters: customers at the family pizza shop, public school teachers, nuns and priests at church, shop owners and merchants--all wildly entertaining and sometimes frightening. Somewhere in all the rage and madness that surrounded Carl in his youth, he found the bottom line: he loved his family, but he had to let them go. Twisted Head is an exorcism of sorts. With plenty of laughs.

4 Chair Discipling

Author : Dann Spader
Publisher : Moody Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0802491227
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (24 download)

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Download or read book 4 Chair Discipling written by Dann Spader and published by Moody Publishers. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dann Spader is a disciple-maker who has spent his adult life exploring what it means to take someone from being a seeker to making disciples themselves. Over 750,000 people in 80 countries have been trained to make disciples through organizations he has led. Through studying the life of Christ and His disciple-making methods, Dann developed 4 Chair Discipling, a simple picture for others to follow. Jesus’ last words on earth had a few very specific instructions: Go, make disciples, baptize, and teach. But what does that mean for us today? Well, it’s not easy. But it is simple. Teacher and leader Dann Spader explains disciple-making as a process of moving people through four chairs, from someone seeking to know more about Christ to someone who makes disciples themselves. Chair 1: Come and See (John 1:39) Chair 2: Follow Me (John 1:43) Chair 3: Become a Fisher of Men (Matthew 4:19) Chair 4: Go and Bear Fruit (John 15:16) In the process of His four-year ministry, Jesus realized that different people are at different stages of growth and development, and He works to challenge each of them to the next level. In 4 Chair Discipling, you’ll get a clear and simple picture of how to follow in Jesus’ footsteps and do the same thing.

The Austerity Olympics

Author : Janie Hampton
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1781310017
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book The Austerity Olympics written by Janie Hampton and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘An enthralling account.’ —Independent ‘A fascinating book … researched with an awesome thoroughness.’ —Daily Telegraph ‘Hampton’s excellent book should be compulsory reading for everyone involved in the 2012 London Olympics.’ —Daily Mail Critic’s Choice The budget for the 2012 Olympic village alone is already a billion pounds short. The likelihood of corporate sponsorship recedes with every day of the credit crunch. How on earth are we going to match the opening and closing ceremonies of Beijing, let along top them? Fortunately, London has been through just such hard times before in the run-up to an Olympics, and in 1948 it showed just how to run a fantastic Games on a tiny budget – indeed, make them all the better for it. Janie Hampton’s book about the last time the Olympics came to London is a tale of female competitors sewing their own kit, teams ferried to the Games on red London buses and billeted in Spartan hostels or even army camps, and the main stadium being hastily cleared of greyhound racing to allow the athletics to take place. The total budget was £760,000, great athletes like Emil Zatopek and Fanny Blankers-Koen thrilled the crowds, and at the end a profit was turned! This is a book that becomes more relevant and ironically entertaining every day nearer to 2012.

Studies in Psychoanalysis

Author : Charles Baudouin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Studies in Psychoanalysis written by Charles Baudouin and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

An Eye on Ireland

Author : Justine McCarthy
Publisher : Hachette Books Ireland
ISBN 13 : 1399729179
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book An Eye on Ireland written by Justine McCarthy and published by Hachette Books Ireland. This book was released on 2023-10-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOR FOUR DECADES, Justine McCarthy's fearless journalism and commentary has challenged stereotypes and held power to account as she, in her own words, 'grew up alongside my country'. The book opens with an extended piece of new writing in which Justine describes her formative years and entering the male-dominated Irish newspaper culture in the 1980s, a time when a woman getting too many bylines could, and did, lead to a National Union of Journalists bar. From Mary Robinson making history as Ireland's first female president to a present-day RTÉ in crisis, over thirty years of stories are collected here. In her long career, Justine broke child sexual abuse scandals and reported from the frontline of the Northern Ireland Troubles; she covered the major reforming referenda, documented political turmoil and charted the role of Ireland on the world stage. She followed the times the country let down its people, through its ailing health system, its legal system, the domination of the church, and its treatment of women. An Eye on Ireland maps a transformative era in Irish life towards a more progressive and just society, and one woman's extraordinary career at the forefront of change.