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Greatness in the Shadows

Author : Douglas M. Branson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803285523
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Greatness in the Shadows written by Douglas M. Branson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the color barrier in the major leagues when he became the first black player to integrate the American League, signing with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947. Doby went on to be a seven-time All-Star center fielder who led the Indians to two pennants. In many respects Robinson and Doby were equals in their baseball talent and experiences and had remarkably similar playing careers: both were well-educated, well-spoken World War II veterans and both had played spectacularly, albeit briefly, in the Negro Leagues. Like Robinson, Doby suffered brickbats, knock-down pitches, spit in his face, and other forms of abuse and discrimination. Doby was also a pioneering manager, becoming the second black manager after Frank Robinson. Well into the 1950s Doby was the only African American All-Star in the American League during a period in which fifteen black players became National League All-Stars. Why is Doby largely forgotten as a central figure in baseball’s integration? Why has he not been accorded his rightful place in baseball history? Greatness in the Shadows attempts to answer these questions, bringing Doby’s story to life and sharing his achievements and firsts with a new generation.

In the Shadow of Greatness

Author : Joshua Weston Welle
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
ISBN 13 : 1612511392
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Greatness written by Joshua Weston Welle and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings Magazine Their stories needed to be told. And classmates working together, under a blanket of trust and friendship, was the only way to allow people to open up. It was a three year journey into the hearts and souls of America’s youngest heroes to gather these important historical accounts, but it was worth every hour spent. Inside this book are the voices the first Annapolis graduates into a decade of war and they remind us that America is in good hands. They were walking to class on 9/11, wearing Naval Academy “summer working blues”, when the towers were struck. The campus went to general quarters, battle stations. They would be the first class after this attack to graduate into a nation at war and would be faced, like so many past graduates, of rising to the challenge to keeping America great. President Bush and Vice President Cheney articulated a world at the crossroads, and the U.S. would preemptively in seek enemies who threatened the national interest, America would not again be terrorized. In the Shadow of Greatness addresses issues that go beyond one USNA class, it explains the trials of most military veterans of this era. Understanding how a young person enlists to serve, deploys to the fight, and returns home is unknown to most Americans. Veterans pack up their uniforms, but never lose the call for service when the return to civilian society. The profiles in this book represent the “Next Great Generation” of American leaders. Men and women who lost their innocence in battle and their youths to a decade of deployments, throughout which they never gave up hope. In exchange for down range scars, they gained an unbreakable sense of purpose to America’s ideals—freedom, equality, and democracy. The compilation is the most authentic and raw narrative to emerge from the Wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and beyond. The reader enjoys a spectrum of stories, each patriotic and honorable. The narratives are meant to inspire, educate, and reveal a world many don’t understand. Its contents are readable and easy to appreciate. The Class of 2002—and more broadly, the one million veterans of the Long War—are America’s leaders of tomorrow. Read this book to learn what they endured and why they are prepared.

In the Shadow of Greatness

Author : Michael Menager
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1942493843
Total Pages : 848 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadow of Greatness written by Michael Menager and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this unusual biography, Michael Menager coaxes from the shadows of history ?ve women who devoted themselves to the greatness of a genius in their lives. At times the book reads like a love story, at other times an adventure, but throughout, their five lives intertwine to tell one story of selfless devotion and a greatness that doesn’t crave recognition. This book covers the lives and works of Maria Nhys (wife of Aldous Huxley), Françoise Gilot (mistress of Pablo Picasso), Véra Nabokov (wife of Vladimir Nabokov), Helen Dukas (secretary to Albert Einstein), and Isabel Burton (wife and partner of Sir Richard Burton).

Shadows of Doom

Author : Ed Greenwood
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786961511
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Doom written by Ed Greenwood and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the gods are stripped of their powers, Elminster must carry the weight of Mystra’s magic upon his mortal shoulders It was the eve of the Time of Troubles. The chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn was still to come. Unbeknownst to mortals, the gods had been summoned together—and among them was Mystra, grown proud and willful in the passing eons. With the others, she was about to be stripped of her godhood. The secret of her power gave her an idea. She made certain preparations, looking always for one who would be her successor . . . But until that person's ascension, her power must be preserved. A lone mortal must carry the greater share of her divine energy until the power could be reclaimed, and it was the fate of this mortal to risk being destroyed or driven wild, involuntarily and without warning. This was the occasion of Elminster's Doom.

All Shadows Fled

Author : Ed Greenwood
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 078696166X
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book All Shadows Fled written by Ed Greenwood and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shadows loom as Elminster’s archnemeses plot a desperate last grasp for power over Faerûn The Time of Troubles has almost passed. At last, the chaos of spilled blood, lawless strife, monsters unleashed, and avatars roaming Faerûn is reaching an end. However, this is not the case for Those Who Walk in Shadow. The dreaded and insidious Shadowmasters realize that they have one last chance to seize control while chaos still wreaks havoc across the Realms. In doing so, they seal the fate of not just their archenemy Elminster, but all of Mystra's minions as well. Darkness threatens to envelop all Faerûn.

The Shadow of the Great Game

Author : Narendra Singh Sarila
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1472128222
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow of the Great Game written by Narendra Singh Sarila and published by Constable. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The untold story of Indias Partition. The partition of India in 1947 was the only way to contain intractable religious differences as the subcontinent moved towards independence - or so the story goes. But this dramatic new history reveals previously overlooked links between British strategic interests - in the oil wells of the Middle East and maintaining access to its Indian Ocean territories - and partition. Narendra Singh Sarela reveals here how hte Great Gane against the Soviet Union cast a long shadow. The top-secret documentary evidence unearthed by the author sheds new light on several prominent figures, including Gandhi, Jinnah, Mountbatten, Churchill, Attlee, Wavell and Nerhu. This radical reassessment of one of the key events in British colonial history is important in itself, but its claim that many of the roots of Islamic terrorism sweeping the world today lie in the partition of India has much wider implications.

In Gatsby's Shadow

Author : Larry Haeg
Publisher : University of Iowa Press
ISBN 13 : 1587295156
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (872 download)

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Download or read book In Gatsby's Shadow written by Larry Haeg and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2004-10-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the closing decades of the nineteenth century Minnesota produced three young men of great talent who each went east to become writers. Two of them became famous: F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis. This is the story of the third man: Charles Macomb Flandrau. Flandrau, a model of style and worldly sophistication and destined, almost everyone agreed, for greatness, was among the most talented young writers of his generation. His short stories about Harvard in the 1890s were called “the first realistic description of undergraduate life in American colleges” and sold out of the first printing in a few weeks. From 1899 to 1902 Flandrau was among the most popular contributors to the Saturday Evening Post. Alexander Woollcott rated him the best essayist in America. And Viva Mexico!, Flandrau’s account of life on a Mexican coffee plantation, is a classic, perhaps the best travel book ever written by an American. Yet Flandrau turned his back on it all. Financially independent, he chose a solitary, epicurean life in St. Paul, Mexico, Majorca, Paris, and Normandy. In later years, he confined his writing to local newspaper pieces and letters to his small circle of family and friends. Using excerpts from these newspaper columns and unpublished letters, Larry Haeg has painstakingly recreated the story of this urbane, talented, witty, lazy, enigmatic, supremely private man who never reached the peak of literary success to which his talent might have taken him. This very readable biography provides a detailed and honest portrayal of Flandrau and his times. It will fascinate readers interested in writers’ life stories and scholars of American literature as well as general readers interested in midwestern literary history.

Shadows of Greatness

Author : Andy Purvis
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 9781631298226
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Shadows of Greatness written by Andy Purvis and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dear friend gave me one of Andy's books and I was captivated by the stories of the lives and contributions of people in sports that I already admired as well as some I did not know. To say that Andy is a master storyteller is an understatement, as everything I have read by Andy since then has been just as interesting, fun to read, entertaining and informative as that first book. Thanks for the literary contributions Andy. If it's by you, I'm certain it's going to be a great read." Kent Hill, 1st round pick by the Los Angeles Rams. Offensive Guard 1979-1987

In the Shadows of Greatness

Author : Linda F. Delaney
Publisher : Linda F. Delaney
ISBN 13 : 9780972825528
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book In the Shadows of Greatness written by Linda F. Delaney and published by Linda F. Delaney. This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century

Author : David Reynolds
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393244296
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (932 download)

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Download or read book The Long Shadow: The Legacies of the Great War in the Twentieth Century written by David Reynolds and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2014 PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize for the Best Work of History. "If you only read one book about the First World War in this anniversary year, read The Long Shadow. David Reynolds writes superbly and his analysis is compelling and original." —Anne Chisolm, Chair of the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize Committee, and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature. One of the most violent conflicts in the history of civilization, World War I has been strangely forgotten in American culture. It has become a ghostly war fought in a haze of memory, often seen merely as a distant preamble to World War II. In The Long Shadow critically acclaimed historian David Reynolds seeks to broaden our vision by assessing the impact of the Great War across the twentieth century. He shows how events in that turbulent century—particularly World War II, the Cold War, and the collapse of Communism—shaped and reshaped attitudes to 1914–18. By exploring big themes such as democracy and empire, nationalism and capitalism, as well as art and poetry, The Long Shadow is stunningly broad in its historical perspective. Reynolds throws light on the vast expanse of the last century and explains why 1914–18 is a conflict that America is still struggling to comprehend. Forging connections between people, places, and ideas, The Long Shadow ventures across the traditional subcultures of historical scholarship to offer a rich and layered examination not only of politics, diplomacy, and security but also of economics, art, and literature. The result is a magisterial reinterpretation of the place of the Great War in modern history.

Greatness in the Shadows

Author : Douglas M. Branson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803285949
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Greatness in the Shadows written by Douglas M. Branson and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just weeks after Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, Larry Doby joined Robinson in breaking the color barrier in the major leagues when he became the first black player to integrate the American League, signing with the Cleveland Indians in July 1947. Doby went on to be a seven-time All-Star center fielder who led the Indians to two pennants. In many respects Robinson and Doby were equals in their baseball talent and experiences and had remarkably similar playing careers: both were well-educated, well-spoken World War II veterans and both had played spectacularly, albeit briefly, in the Negro Leagues. Like Robinson, Doby suffered brickbats, knock-down pitches, spit in his face, and other forms of abuse and discrimination. Doby was also a pioneering manager, becoming the second black manager after Frank Robinson. Well into the 1950s Doby was the only African American All-Star in the American League during a period in which fifteen black players became National League All-Stars. Why is Doby largely forgotten as a central figure in baseball's integration? Why has he not been accorded his rightful place in baseball history? Greatness in the Shadows attempts to answer these questions, bringing Doby's story to life and sharing his achievements and firsts with a new generation.

Decoding Greatness

Author : Ron Friedman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982135808
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (821 download)

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Download or read book Decoding Greatness written by Ron Friedman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-01-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National Bestseller For readers of Outliers, Atomic Habits, and Deep Work, comes a game-changing approach to unlocking your greatness, using a secret strategy that’s vaulted business titans and creative geniuses to the top of their profession. We’ve long been taught there are two ways to succeed—either talent or practice. In Decoding Greatness, award-winning social psychologist Ron Friedman illuminates a powerful third path—one that has launched icons in a wide range of fields, from artists, writers, and chefs, to athletes, inventors, and entrepreneurs: reverse engineering. To reverse engineer is to look beyond what is evident on the surface and find a hidden structure. It’s the ability to taste an intoxicating dish and deduce its recipe, to listen to a beautiful song and discern its chord progression, to watch your favorite film and grasp its narrative arc. “Clear, concise, and backed by science” (Daniel Pink, author of When), Decoding Greatness marries “alluring stories and illuminating studies” (Adam Grant, author of Think Again) of top performers—from Agatha Christie to Andy Warhol, Barack Obama, to Serena Williams—with groundbreaking research on pattern recognition and skill acquisition. You’ll learn how to take apart acheivements you admire, pinpoint precisely what makes them work, and apply that knowledge to develop novel ideas and products that are uniquely your own. Bursting with unforgettable stories and actionable strategies, Decoding Greatness is an indispensable guide to learning from the best, upgrading your skills, and sparking breakthrough ideas.

Living in the Shadows of Greatness

Author : Raymond H. Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780977713905
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Living in the Shadows of Greatness written by Raymond H. Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Larry Doby

Author : Joseph Thomas Moore
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486270203
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Download or read book Larry Doby written by Joseph Thomas Moore and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, this biography chronicles the life of the second black player to reach the Major Leagues: Hall of Famer and seven-time All Star, Larry Doby.

The Emigrants

Author : W. G. Sebald
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811221296
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Emigrants written by W. G. Sebald and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A masterwork of W. G. Sebald, now with a gorgeous new cover by the famed designer Peter Mendelsund The four long narratives in The Emigrants appear at first to be the straightforward biographies of four Germans in exile. Sebald reconstructs the lives of a painter, a doctor, an elementary-school teacher, and Great Uncle Ambrose. Following (literally) in their footsteps, the narrator retraces routes of exile which lead from Lithuania to London, from Munich to Manchester, from the South German provinces to Switzerland, France, New York, Constantinople, and Jerusalem. Along with memories, documents, and diaries of the Holocaust, he collects photographs—the enigmatic snapshots which stud The Emigrants and bring to mind family photo albums. Sebald combines precise documentary with fictional motifs, and as he puts the question to realism, the four stories merge into one unfathomable requiem.

The Shadow Rising

Author : Robert Jordan
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1429960191
Total Pages : 943 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Shadow Rising written by Robert Jordan and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2010-01-19 with total page 943 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wheel of Time is now an original series on Prime Video, starring Rosamund Pike as Moiraine! In The Shadow Rising, the fourth novel in Robert Jordan’s #1 New York Times bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel of Time®, Rand al’Thor now wields the sword Callandor. He is both the Champion of Light and the Dragon Reborn. Now, he seeks answers to another prophecy that lies with the warrior people known as the Aiel to put him on the path of learning how to wield the One Power. Accompanied by Moiraine Damodred, Rand arrives at the Aiel Waste and is granted permission by the Wise Ones to enter the sacred city of Rhuidean. After passing through a doorframe ter'angreal, Moiraine gains foresight while the Aiel await Rand's return, either with both arms marked by dragon symbols, validating his identity as He Who Comes With the Dawn, the Chief of Chiefs of all the Aiel—or to never emerge at all. Since its debut in 1990, The Wheel of Time® has captivated millions of readers around the globe with its scope, originality, and compelling characters. The last six books in series were all instant #1 New York Times bestsellers, and The Eye of the World was named one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read. The Wheel of Time® New Spring: The Novel #1 The Eye of the World #2 The Great Hunt #3 The Dragon Reborn #4 The Shadow Rising #5 The Fires of Heaven #6 Lord of Chaos #7 A Crown of Swords #8 The Path of Daggers #9 Winter's Heart #10 Crossroads of Twilight #11 Knife of Dreams By Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson #12 The Gathering Storm #13 Towers of Midnight #14 A Memory of Light By Robert Jordan and Teresa Patterson The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time By Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, and Maria Simons The Wheel of Time Companion By Robert Jordan and Amy Romanczuk Patterns of the Wheel: Coloring Art Based on Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Shadow Speaker

Author : Nnedi Okorafor
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 0756418763
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book Shadow Speaker written by Nnedi Okorafor and published by Astra Publishing House. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deluxe, expanded edition of an out-of-print early novel from Africanfuturist luminary Nnedi Okorafor, with a brand-new introduction from the author. Niger, West Africa, 2074 It is an era of tainted technology and mysterious mysticism. A great change has happened all over the planet, and the laws of physics aren’t what they used to be. Within all this, I introduce you to Ejii Ugabe, a child of the worst type of politician. Back when she was nine years old, she was there as her father met his end. Don’t waste your tears on him: this girl’s father would throw anyone under a bus to gain power. He was a cruel, cruel man, but even so, Ejii did not rejoice at his departure from the world. Children are still learning that some people don’t deserve their love. Now 15 years old and manifesting the abilities given to her by the strange Earth, Ejii decides to go after the killer of her father. Is it for revenge or something else? You will have to find out by reading this book. I am the Desert Magician, and this is a novel I have conjured for you, so I’m certainly not going to just tell you here.