Gooch - The Autobiography

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Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1473526485
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Gooch - The Autobiography written by Colm Cooper and published by Random House. This book was released on 2017-10-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The greatest Gaelic footballer of all time.' Pat Spillane When Colm Cooper retired from inter-county football in 2017, he left behind a remarkable legacy. The holder of five All-Ireland medals and eight All-Stars, he was Kerry’s stand-out forward for fifteen years. From a family steeped in Gaelic football, and a core member of the Dr Crokes team, Colm was still in his teens when he first played for Kerry at senior level. Overcoming struggles with injury and personal tragedy, Cooper became one of the GAA’s most recognizable and best-loved figures at a time of tumultuous change in the game. But the man known nationally as ‘Gooch’ is also an intensely private figure who has never courted publicity and his personal story remains largely untold. Now Gooch – The Autobiography unlocks a previously unopened door, tracing a compelling path through the life beyond the headlines. This is the story of an ordinary man who became an extraordinary footballer.

Flannery

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Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316040657
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Flannery written by Brad Gooch and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2009-02-25 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The landscape of American literature was fundamentally changed when Flannery O'Connor stepped onto the scene with her first published book, Wise Blood, in 1952. Her fierce, sometimes comic novels and stories reflected the darkly funny, vibrant, and theologically sophisticated woman who wrote them. Brad Gooch brings to life O'Connor's significant friendships -- with Robert Lowell, Elizabeth Hardwick, Walker Percy, and James Dickey among others -- and her deeply felt convictions, as expressed in her communications with Thomas Merton, Elizabeth Bishop, and Betty Hester. Hester was famously known as "A" in O'Connor's collected letters, The Habit of Being, and a large cache of correspondence to her from O'Connor was made available to scholars, including Brad Gooch, in 2006. O'Connor's capacity to live fully -- despite the chronic disease that eventually confined her to her mother's farm in Georgia -- is illuminated in this engaging and authoritative biography. Praise for Flannery: "Flannery O'Connor, one of the best American writers of short fiction, has found her ideal biographer in Brad Gooch. With elegance and fairness, Gooch deals with the sensitive areas of race and religion in O'Connor's life. He also takes us back to those heady days after the war when O'Connor studied creative writing at Iowa. There is much that is new in this book, but, more important, everything is presented in a strong, clear light."-Edmund White "This splendid biography gives us no saint or martyr but the story of a gifted and complicated woman, bent on making the best of the difficult hand fate has dealt her, whether it is with grit and humor or with an abiding desire to make palpable to readers the terrible mystery of God's grace."-Frances Kiernan, author of Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy "A good biographer is hard to find. Brad Gooch is not merely good-he is extraordinary. Blessed with the eye and ear of a novelist, he has composed the life that admirers of the fierce and hilarious Georgia genius have long been hoping for."-Joel Conarroe, President Emeritus, John Simon Guggenheim Foundation

Gooch

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Publisher : HarperSport
ISBN 13 : 9780002184748
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (847 download)

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Book Synopsis Gooch by : Graham Gooch

Download or read book Gooch written by Graham Gooch and published by HarperSport. This book was released on 1995 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

I'm Free

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ISBN 13 : 9781537070841
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)

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Book Synopsis I'm Free by : Sheldon Gooch

Download or read book I'm Free written by Sheldon Gooch and published by . This book was released on 2016-10-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'M FREE is an autobiographical account of a life gone wrong... for so long; the story of a young confused lad, a rebel with no cause or purpose, an angry black boy whose life had a rapid downward spiral... to the bottom. Many episodes described in this book are detailed and graphic. These details are not intended to glorify the life of deviance and self-destruction I experienced. They are added only to show the power of the Good News, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and its supernatural ability to transform a life and set it on a new course.This is, therefore, a testimony of the life-changing, soul-saving goodness of God through my eventual surrender to His amazing grace.The liberty has been taken to change or modify the names of some of the people, obviously, to prevent incrimination of old acquaintances, family members, and yes, even myself.Over nearly three decades, and after numerous speaking engagements, I have been prompted by others to write this book. However, until now, I have never seemed to sense a release go get it accomplished. Finally, I am ready to compose to completion a true story that I pray will encourage and inspire all who take the time to read itTo God be all the glory!

History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
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Book Synopsis History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century by : George Peabody Gooch

Download or read book History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century written by George Peabody Gooch and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Colm 'Gooch' Cooper

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Publisher : The O'Brien Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1788491564
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (884 download)

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Book Synopsis Colm 'Gooch' Cooper by : Donny Mahoney

Download or read book Colm 'Gooch' Cooper written by Donny Mahoney and published by The O'Brien Press Ltd. This book was released on 2019-08-12 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Gaelic footballer who's won nearly every prize in the game: Including 5 All-Irelands & 8 All-Stars. 'You need a boot to kick and hands and shoulders to mark your opposition. But without a sharp brain, you'll never make it as a Kerry footballer.' Follow Colm from his days as a tiny, freckle-faced kid – the youngest of seven in a GAA-mad family from Killarney – all the way to Croke Park, where he won five All-Ireland titles. This is the story of how a boy who everyone said wasn't big enough or strong enough to wear the green and gold jersey of Kerry became one of the greatest Gaelic footballers of all time.

Black Horizons

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ISBN 13 : 9780978676209
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (762 download)

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Book Synopsis Black Horizons by : U. L. Gooch

Download or read book Black Horizons written by U. L. Gooch and published by . This book was released on 2006-11-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Horizons is the memoir of an orphan who went from the bottom to become a pioneering aviator, businessman and politician in the post-Tuskegee Airmen era. As a poor African-American youngster picking cotton in a 1930s Tennessee field, U.L. Rip Gooch would look to the sky as airplanes flew overhead and think about escaping to a better life. Soon after World War II, he earned his pilot's license with "Chief" C. Alfred Anderson, but found that racist hiring practices among airlines and other companies did not allow employment of black aviators, even those who gained fame as Tuskegee Airmen. Rip fought back using business principles instead of violence. In time he built a million-dollar aviation business selling Mooney Aircraft in the Air Capital of the World (Wichita, Kansas), accrued 20,000 flight hours, and became one of the few black politicians in one of the most conservative states in the nation. *** "Sen. Rip Gooch is a man of integrity, a role model and a leader. He has served the people of Wichita and Kansas in ways that can never be measured." - Kathleen Sebelius, former governor of Kansas *** "As told in this book, the life of Rip Gooch has been a combination of joys and sorrows, challenges, opportunities and successes." - George Haley, former U.S. ambassador to Gambia

Dating the Greek Gods

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743255623
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Dating the Greek Gods written by Brad Gooch and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2003-06-06 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the highly successful and influential Finding the Boyfriend Within comes an inspirational guide for gay men seeking spiritual fulfillment. When Brad Gooch began promoting his self-help book Finding the Boyfriend Within, the first of its kind directed toward a gay readership, he was overwhelmed by the response it generated. Thousands of gay men embraced the book's message of looking into themselves to find comfort and purpose in life. So enthusiastic was the response to the book that Gooch began conducting workshops and, in the process, conceived Dating the Greek Gods as both a follow-up and a companion to the earlier book -- a self-help book designed as a sort of "advanced class" for readers of Finding the Boyfriend Within. Because of the conflicted reaction many gay men have to any discussion of religious spirituality, Gooch hit upon the idea of drawing on an older spiritual base -- that of Ancient Greece -- for examining and explaining his approach to achieving a higher understanding of self through spirituality. The stories of the Greek gods have inspired human consciousness for more than thirty centuries, the outgrowth of a society in which homosexuality was an accepted aspect of human behavior. Dating the Greek Gods explores these stories as well as the dominant characteristics of those Greek deities, tying the spirituality of being a gay male to the inner patterns -- or archetypes -- that shape men's personalities and personal relationships. Gooch organizes the book into a series of meditations and personal exercises shaped around the characters, stories, and dominant traits of the deities. For example, in chapter one, Apollo addresses wisdom; chapter two concerns Dionysus and deals with sexuality and disco nights; chapter three is about Hermes and concerns communication, and so on, from Hephaestos and Eros (creativity and romance) to Zeus (independence and freedom). Gooch delves into these enduring archetypes to show men how, by understanding the philosophy behind these gods, they can come to better understand themselves and, in the process, enrich their lives. Unique in its approach and totally accessible in its realization, Dating the Greek Gods is an enlightened and literary self-help book that encourages readers to turn to their own inner oracle -- the inner voice that prompted them to "come out" in the first place -- and in the process to revitalize themselves through viewing the world's spiritual traditions in a more inclusive and caring fashion.

Mussolini and His Generals

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521856027
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Mussolini and His Generals written by John Gooch and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-12-24 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Study of the relationship between the military and foreign policies of Fascist Italy, 1922 to 1940.

City Poet

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Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062303422
Total Pages : 711 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book City Poet written by Brad Gooch and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 711 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive biography of Frank O’Hara, one of the greatest American poets of the twentieth century, the magnetic literary figure at the center of New York’s cultural life during the 1950s and 1960s. City Poet captures the excitement and promise of mid-twentieth-century New York in the years when it became the epicenter of the art world, and illuminates the poet and artist at its heart. Brad Gooch traces Frank O’Hara’s life from his parochial Catholic childhood to World War II, through his years at Harvard and New York. He brilliantly portrays O’Hara in in his element, surrounded by a circle of writers and artists who would transform America’s cultural landscape: Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock, Gregory Corso, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones, and John Ashbery. Gooch brings into focus the artistry and influence of a life “of guts and wit and style and passion” (Luc Sante) that was tragically abbreviated in 1966 when O’Hara, just forty and at the height of his creativity, was hit and killed by a jeep on the beach at Fire Island—a death that marked the end of an exceptional career and a remarkable era. City Poet is illustrated with 55 black and white photographs.

Smash Cut

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062354981
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Smash Cut written by Brad Gooch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-04-14 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the acclaimed City Poet returns with a searing memoir of life in 1980s New York City—a colorful and atmospheric tale of wild bohemians, glamorous celebrity, and complicated passions—with cameo appearances by Madonna, Robert Mapplethorpe, William Burroughs, and a host of others legendary artists. Brad Gooch arrived in New York in the late 1970s, yearning for artistic and personal freedom. Smash Cut is his bold and intimate memoir of this exhilarating time and place. At its center is his love affair with film director Howard Brookner, pieced together from fragments of memory and fueled by a panoply of emotions, from blazing ecstasy to bleakest despair. As both men try to reconcile love and fidelity with the irresistible desire to enjoy the freedom of the age, they live together and apart. Gooch works briefly as a model in Milan, then returns to the city and discovers his vocation as an artist. Brookner falls ill with a mysterious virus that soon has a terrifying name: AIDS. And the story, and life in the city, is suddenly overshadowed by this new demon plague that will ravage a generation and transform the creative world. Gooch charts the progress of Brookner through his illness, and writes unforgettably about endings: of a great talent, a passionate love affair, and an incandescent era. Beautifully written, full of rich detail and poignant reflection, recalling a time and a place and group of friends with affection and clarity, Smash Cut is an extraordinary memoir and an exquisite account of an epoch. Illustrated with 30 black-and-white photographs.

Rumi's Secret

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Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062199072
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (621 download)

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Download or read book Rumi's Secret written by Brad Gooch and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-01-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Smash Cut, Flannery, and City Poet delivers the first popular biography of Rumi, the thirteenth-century Persian poet revered by contemporary Western readers. Ecstatic love poems of Rumi, a Persian poet and Sufi mystic born over eight centuries ago, are beloved by millions of readers in America as well as around the world. He has been compared to Shakespeare for his outpouring of creativity and to Saint Francis of Assisi for his spiritual wisdom. Yet his life has long remained the stuff of legend rather than intimate knowledge. In this breakthrough biography, Brad Gooch brilliantly brings to life the man and puts a face to the name Rumi, vividly coloring in his time and place—a world as rife with conflict as our own. The map of Rumi’s life stretched over 2,500 miles. Gooch traces this epic journey from Central Asia, where Rumi was born in 1207, traveling with his family, displaced by Mongol terror, to settle in Konya, Turkey. Pivotal was the disruptive appearance of Shams of Tabriz, who taught him to whirl and transformed him from a respectable Muslim preacher into a poet and mystic. Their vital connection as teacher and pupil, friend and beloved, is one of the world’s greatest spiritual love stories. When Shams disappeared, Rumi coped with the pain of separation by composing joyous poems of reunion, both human and divine. Ambitious, bold, and beautifully written, Rumi’s Secret reveals the unfolding of Rumi’s devotion to a "religion of love," remarkable in his own time and made even more relevant for the twenty-first century by this compelling account.

Real Characters

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Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725281090
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Book Synopsis Real Characters by : David Lyle Jeffrey

Download or read book Real Characters written by David Lyle Jeffrey and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some of the most interesting and genuinely commendable people in the world are systematically overlooked by our celebrity-obsessed media. This book is a reminder of just what a mistake that is—here you will meet some truly extraordinary people, from subsistence farmers, cattle ranchers, rodeo rascals, a miraculous middle school teacher, and a munificent unlicensed auto mechanic, to Italian Franciscans, out-of-the-box college and university professors, an independent-minded British poet, and a northern timber wolf. All of these characters have something to teach, but they do it in eccentric ways that will challenge your expectations and reward your willingness to break a mold or two yourself.

Coming Back to Me

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ISBN 13 : 9781407436562
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (365 download)

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Book Synopsis Coming Back to Me by : Marcus Trescothick

Download or read book Coming Back to Me written by Marcus Trescothick and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Trescothick's brave and soul-baring account of his mental frailties opens the way to a better understanding of the unique pressures experienced by modern-day professional sportsmen. At twenty-nine, Marcus Trescothick was widely regarded as one of the world's batting greats. But in February 2006, as he walked from the field he fought to calm the emotional storm that was raging inside him. In the dressing room he broke down in tears, overwhelmed by anguish, uncertainty and sadness. Within hours he was on the next flight home. Coming Back to Me will replace the myths and rumours with the truth, as Trescothick talks with engaging openness and enthusiasm about his rise to the top of international cricket - and describes with equal frankness his tortured descent into private despair.

Deep Breaths

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Publisher : Top Shelf Productions
ISBN 13 : 1684067928
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Deep Breaths written by Chris Gooch and published by Top Shelf Productions. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A space bounty hunter tracks down a frog princess, a woman finds a condom where it shouldn't be, and a spoiled art student works his first freelance job. Deep Breaths is a collection of short comics about tension, violence, monsters, and moments... including the award-winning story "Mooreland Mates" and nine other tales rarely or never before seen.

Entrances

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Publisher : Viking Adult
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Entrances written by Alan Schneider and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1986 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kiss Alive Forever

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ISBN 13 : 9780823083220
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (832 download)

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Book Synopsis Kiss Alive Forever by : Curt Gooch

Download or read book Kiss Alive Forever written by Curt Gooch and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides overviews of each tour, road crew interviews, opening act listings, and index of all of the band's songs, and more than 200 photos chronicling their concert history. Original.