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Download or read book I'm Not a Quitter written by Rob Kelley and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony Franks was always a natural athlete. He excelled at every sport he ever tried out for. Academics, however, did not come as easy to him. His first conflict came when trying to balance his academic grades for his mama, and his excellence at sports for his father. His poor grades in high school forced him off of three different sports teams. Once he found out he was academically ineligible for any high school sanctioned sports, he turned his attention to boxing, where he met his coach and mentor, Louie Denucci. Dealing with adversity, including an abusive father and the death of the person closest to him, Tony goes on to find solace in his boxing coach and trainer, and to live a successful life-not only as a professional fighter, but as a person. Tony would later find in life what a true family was. It is a truly heart-whelming story of tragedy and triumph.
Download or read book Quitter written by Erica C. Barnett and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Barnett's prose style is brassy and cleareyed, with echoes of Anne Lamott." --Beth Macy, The New York Times Book Review "Emotionally devastating and self-aware, this cautionary tale about substance abuse is a worthy heir to Cat Marnell's How to Murder Your Life." --Publishers Weekly (starred review) A startlingly frank memoir of one woman's struggles with alcoholism and recovery, with essential new insights into addiction and treatment Erica C. Barnett had her first sip of alcohol when she was thirteen, and she quickly developed a taste for drinking to oblivion with her friends. In her late twenties, her addiction became inescapable. Volatile relationships, blackouts, and unsuccessful stints in detox defined her life, with the vodka bottles she hid throughout her apartment and offices acting as both her tormentors and closest friends. By the time she was in her late thirties, Erica Barnett had run the gauntlet of alcoholism. She had recovered and relapsed time and again, but after each new program or detox center would find herself far from rehabilitated. "Rock bottom," Barnett writes, "is a lie." It is always possible, she learned, to go lower than your lowest point. She found that the terms other alcoholics used to describe the trajectory of their addiction--"rock bottom" and "moment of clarity"--and the mottos touted by Alcoholics Anonymous, such as "let go and let God" and "you're only as sick as your secrets"--didn't correspond to her experience and could actually be detrimental. With remarkably brave and vulnerable writing, Barnett expands on her personal story to confront the dire state of addiction in America, the rise of alcoholism in American women in the last century, and the lack of rehabilitation options available to addicts. At a time when opioid addiction is a national epidemic and one in twelve Americans suffers from alcohol abuse disorder, Quitter is essential reading for our age and an ultimately hopeful story of Barnett's own hard-fought path to sobriety.
Book Synopsis Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter by : Carmella Van Vleet
Download or read book Eliza Bing is (Not) a Big, Fat Quitter written by Carmella Van Vleet and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eliza has had many hobbies in her eleven years... and most of them haven't lasted very long. After she and her friend Tony create a baking business for a class project, Eliza becomes certain that cake decorating is her destiny. Her parents insist that the summer "Cakes with Caroline" class is too expensive—especially given Eliza's history of quickly losing interest in things. Desperate to show them that she can be diligent, Eliza volunteers to take her brother's unwanted spot in a taekwondo class. At first, she has absolutely no interest in martial arts, and the focus and discipline of taekwondo is a huge challenge for her since she has ADHD. To make things worse, mean girl Madison shows up in class. Eliza is tempted to drop out, but a true martial artist never quits. Can she rise to the challenge? A 2015 Christopher Award Winner in the Books for Young People Category
Book Synopsis I Could Give Up Coffee But I'm Not a Quitter by : Publishing Journey
Download or read book I Could Give Up Coffee But I'm Not a Quitter written by Publishing Journey and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About this notebook: Perfectly sized - 6" x 9" dimensions 120 pages Soft Cover (matte) Can be used as a journal, notebook or diary to write in Nice as a gift!
Book Synopsis The Bullpen Gospels: by : Dirk Hayhurst
Download or read book The Bullpen Gospels: written by Dirk Hayhurst and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his gun-toting grandmother's air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk Hayhurst steps out of the bullpen to deliver the best pitch of his career--a raw, unflinching and surprisingly moving account of his life in the minors. I enjoyed the visualizations, maybe a little too much, and would stop only when I felt I'd centered myself. . .or after one of my teammates hit me in the nuts with the rosin bag while my eyes were closed. Hilariously self-effacing and brutally honest, Hayhurst captures the absurdities, the grim realities, and the occasional nuggets of hard-won wisdom culled from four seasons in the minors. Whether training tarantulas to protect his room from thieving employees in a backwater hotel, watching the raging battles fought between his partially paralyzed father and his alcoholic brother, or absorbing the gentle mockery of some not-quite-starstruck schoolchildren, Dirk reveals a side of baseball, and life, rarely seen on ESPN. My career has crash-landed on the floor of my grandma's old sewing room. If this is a dream come true, then dreams smell a lot like mothballs and Bengay. Somewhere between Bull Durham and The Rookie, The Bullpen Gospels takes an unforgettable trot around the inglorious base paths of minor league baseball, where an inch separates a ball from a strike, and a razor-thin margin can be the difference between The Show or a long trip home. "It's not often that someone comes along who is a good pitcher and a good writer." --King Kaufman, Salon "After many minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years spent in the bullpen, I can verify that this is a true picture of baseball." --Tim McCarver "There are great truths within, of the kind usually unspoken. And as he expresses them, Dirk Hayhurst describes himself as 'a real person who moonlights as a baseball player.' In much the same manner, while The Bullpen Gospels chronicles how all of us face the impact when we learn reality is both far meaner and far richer than our dreams--it also moonlights as one of the best baseball books ever written." --Keith Olbermann "A bit of Jim Bouton, a bit of Jim Brosnan, a bit of Pat Jordan, a bit of crash Davis, and a whole lot of Dirk Hayhurst. Often hilarious, sometimes poignant. This is a really enjoyable baseball read." --Bob Costas "Fascinating. . .a perspective that fans rarely see." --Trevor Hoffman, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers "The Bullpen Gospels is a rollicking good bus ride of a book. Hayhurst illuminates a baseball life not only with wit and humor, but also with thought-provoking introspection." --Tom Verducci, Sports Illustrated "Dirk Hayhurst has written a fascinating, funny and honest account on life in the minor leagues. I loved it. Writers can't play baseball, but in this case, a player sure can write." --Tim Kurkjian, Senior Writer, ESPN The Magazine, analyst/reporter ESPN television "Bull Durham meets Ball Four in Dirk Hayhurst's hilarious and moving account of life in baseball's glamour-free bush leagues." --Rob Neyer, ESPN.com "If Holden Caulfield could dial up his fastball to 90 mph, he might have written this funny, touching memoir about a ballplayer at a career--and life--crossroads. He might have called it 'Pitcher in the Rye.' Instead, he left it to Dirk Hayhurst, the only writer in the business who can make you laugh, make you cry and strike out Ryan Howard." --King Kaufman, Salon "The Bullpen Gospels is a funny bone-tickling, tear duct-stimulating, feel-good story that will leave die-hard baseball fans--and die-hard human beings, for that matter--well, feeling good." --Bob Mitchell, author of Once Upon a Fastball
Download or read book The Quitter written by Harvey Pekar and published by Vertigo. This book was released on 2005 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Suggested for mature readers"--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Anne Sexton written by Anne Sexton and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing collection of letters from Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Anne Sexton While confessional poet Anne Sexton included details of her life and battle with mental illness in her published work, her letters to family, friends, and fellow poets provide an even more intimate glimpse into her private world. Selected from thousands of letters and edited by Linda Gray Sexton, the poet’s daughter, and Lois Ames, one of her closest friends, this collection exposes Sexton’s inner life from her boarding school days through her years of growing fame and ultimately to the months leading up to her suicide. Correspondence with writers like W. D. Snodgrass, Robert Lowell, and May Swenson reveals Sexton’s growing confidence in her identity as a poet as she discusses her craft, publications, and teaching appointments. Her private letters chart her marriage to Alfred “Kayo” Sexton, from the giddy excitement following their elopement to their eventual divorce; her grief over the death of her parents; her great love for her daughters balanced with her frustration with the endless tasks of being a housewife; and her persistent struggle with depression. Going beyond the angst and neuroses of her poetry, these letters portray the full complexities of the woman behind the art: passionate, anguished, ambitious, and yearning for connection.
Book Synopsis Neil Simon's 45 Seconds from Broadway by : Neil Simon
Download or read book Neil Simon's 45 Seconds from Broadway written by Neil Simon and published by Samuel French, Inc.. This book was released on 2003 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comedy Characters: 6 male, 6 female Interior Set From America's master of Contemporary Broadway Comedy, here is another revealing comedy behind the scenes in the entertainment world, this time near the heart of the theatre district. 45 Seconds from Broadway takes place in the legendary "Polish Tea Room" on New York's 47th Street. Here Broadway theatre personalities washed-up and on-the-rise, gather to schmooz even as they lose. This touching valentine to New York
Book Synopsis The Blackboard Jungle by : Evan Hunter
Download or read book The Blackboard Jungle written by Evan Hunter and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “shocking” and “suspense-packed” bestseller about one teacher’s stand against student violence, and the basis for the Academy Award–nominated film (The New York Times Book Review). After serving his country in World War II, Richard Dadier decides to become an English teacher—and for the sin of wanting to make a difference, he’s hired at North Manual Trades High School. A tough vocational school in the East Bronx, Manual Trades is home to angry, unruly teenagers exiled from New York City’s regular public schools. On his first day, Dadier endures relentless mockery and ridicule and makes an enemy of the student body by rescuing a female colleague from a vicious attack. His fellow educators are bitter, disillusioned, and too afraid of their pupils to risk turning their backs on them in the classroom. But Dadier refuses to give up without a fight. Over the course of the semester, he tries again and again to break through the wall of hatred and scorn and win his students’ respect. The more he learns about their difficult circumstances, the more convinced he becomes that a good teacher can make a difference in their lives. His idealism will be put to the ultimate test, however, when a long-simmering power struggle with his most intimidating student explodes into a violent schoolroom showdown. The basis for the blockbuster film starring Glenn Ford and Sidney Poitier, Evan Hunter’s The Blackboard Jungle is a brutal, unflinching look at the dark side of American education and an early masterpiece from the author who went on to write the gritty 87th Precinct series as Ed McBain. Drawn from Hunter’s own experiences as a New York City schoolteacher, it is a “nightmarish but authentic” drama that packs a knockout punch (Time).
Book Synopsis Escape from the Village by : Chris Baker
Download or read book Escape from the Village written by Chris Baker and published by Chris Baker. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An eleven-year-old girl and boy live in an isolated village with 258 other citizens. Nobody has a name, and everything is calculated to break their spirits so that they surrender to an existence of gray routine. "But they have each other. They each have a passion: music and art. And a mysterious force is guiding them and protecting them. "When the savagery of those in control finally transforms the girl, the boy must help her find herself again. The path is an amazing journey through which they discover the depths of their humanity and a startling method to shake the village at its roots. Perhaps they can shift the world toward happiness. "Escape from the Village is an homage to true friendship which can sustain the human spirit even against physical and spiritual torture. It is a touching love story like no other." --Wendy McElroy She draws the pictures. He makes the music. They both share a big secret. There is no music or art in the village where a pre-adolescent boy and girl. They go to a mysterious house where they make music and art, while other citizens can not go there. Their creativity separates them from their peers in many ways. They will soon discover that there is much more being kept from them. Take the grim dystopia of the Hunger Games and combine it with the charm of Moonrise Kingdom--the result is Escape from the Village.
Book Synopsis The Quitter's Guide to Finishing: 101 Ways to Get Where You Want to Be by : Betsy Schow
Download or read book The Quitter's Guide to Finishing: 101 Ways to Get Where You Want to Be written by Betsy Schow and published by The Countryman Press. This book was released on 2017-01-10 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivational, step-by-step instructions on how you can finally keep those New Year’s resolutions It’s easy to make a resolution, but it’s also really easy to quit. And the more you want to change, the more opportunity there is to give up. Betsy Schow knows that game pretty well as when, a few years ago, she decided once and for all to lose weight. She lost 75 pounds and she’s kept it off. The Quitter’s Guide to Finishing shows readers how they can apply Schow’s unique finishing philosophy to all aspects of their lives. With humorous anecdotes and no-holds-barred frankness, Schow outlines how goal makers can move beyond “the starter’s high” and shift their perceptions in a way that allows them to actually complete their unfinished projects. The Quitter’s Guide to Finishing emphasizes action-oriented goals, planning without escape routes, using healthy rewards as motivation, and dozens of other tips and tricks to get you past the finish line.
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Download or read book Johnny Redd written by Robert Goudreau and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnny Redd grew up amidst the poverty of rural Tennessee, where graduating from high school was the greatest ambition many could hope for. But now he has the chance to change everything. Helped by friends of his murdered father, Johnny is on his way to Chicago for a job as a right-hand man in the national labor movement. In escaping from poverty, will he also have to abandon morality, and give up on his hope to make things better for the friends and family he left behind?
Download or read book Quitter written by Kevin Hicks and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-02-02 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Standing on an icy bridge above a frozen river, he must decide if he will quit once and for all. But this time, quitting just might save his life. Sawyer Kent knew he could never go back home. Lies, broken promises, and the ruin of Sarah had settled that. Some matters were impossible to fix. Or for a man like Sawyer, too troublesome. But after squandering a promising Broadway career, he receives a plea that he cannot ignore. Sawyer's great mentor and high school director, Ed Bertollini, lay dying. The old man's hospital-bed request is for Sawyer to return home and complete Bertollini's final show. With no future, little dignity, and the loathsome prospect of disappointing the only man who genuinely loved him, Sawyer Kent finds himself traveling back to a world of familiar faces, old grudges, and a cast of talented young teens counting on him to sort it all out. With the help of a Christian friend, Sawyer begins to navigate the strange battlefield of his new life. Unknown to him, however, is an old secret that has been kept hidden from him for years. This surprising truth may threaten to crush his new life and the fragile faith that has begun to take root in his heart.
Download or read book Ride the Waves written by Tracy Friesen and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it would be like to become aware of your thoughts, record them daily for an entire year and then use them for life lessons in learning to live your life with purpose? "Ride the Waves" takes you through an amazing year long journey of a woman who lets you know that we are not alone. We all have thoughts both good and bad that lead us to our daily actions. Tracy's gift to us is the direct "How's that working for you?" wake up call to how we can choose to be more aware of our daily thoughts and make better life choices based on discernment of our daily thoughts. In taking the journey with Tracy, we learn together that we have each created our current existence through our own choices. Life is choice - and every choice is a conscious decision. Tracy shines a light to the fact that you are responsible for your own life. It's up to you where you want your life to take you! Isn't it about time you learn to "Ride the Waves"?
Book Synopsis 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn't Quit by : Nicki Koziarz
Download or read book 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn't Quit written by Nicki Koziarz and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever gotten to the place where you just couldn’t take it anymore? Dreams. Programs. Jobs. Relationships. There are so many different areas where we feel like calling it quits. It’s time for an honest conversation on how not to give in to the temptation to give up. Nicki Koziarz is a woman who has thrown in the towel a time or two. In fact, she’s quit just about everything in her life. But with God’s help, she’s discovered a few habits that have helped her and others conquer the choice to quit. 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit will enable you to: Evaluate the internal personal struggles that make you want to quit. Cultivate consistent habits to help you progress toward your goals. Receive a fresh dose of perspective from the Bible that will help you develop perseverance. You are not made to quit! Join Nicki as she identifies five habits to help you keep going no matter what struggles may come your way.
Book Synopsis Your Life, Your Success by : Karen Martin
Download or read book Your Life, Your Success written by Karen Martin and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your most difficult seasons create the survival stories. In life, you will walk through trials. How you’ll recover from your struggles and what you make of them is what matters. By embracing your own unique combination of light and darkness, flaws and rough edges, you begin to see that a failed dream does not mean failure; success can be found in failure when you keep moving forward. Your Life, Your Success will challenge you to take responsibility for your life and rise to the challenge of what “success” means to you. No matter what you walk through, you are worth loving, and you can still find success with the right tools.
