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Author : David Benedictus
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Local Hero written by David Benedictus and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 1983 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marek Fuchs
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764341502
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (415 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes written by Marek Fuchs and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Firefighters are the unsung local heroes of every community. They protect our towns and cities, risk their lives, and give up their free time when the alarm sounds. Through beautiful photography and engaging text, take a glimpse into the lives of these men and women, all of them volunteer, including an Emmy-winning songwriter, an arborist, a lawyer, and a topographic mapmaker. Experience a sampling of life at firehouses from around the country: a 100-year-old department in a small New York town, an "Old South" department in one of America's poorest counties, a Midwest department that battled one of the worst fires in Colorado's history, and a California coastline department with only nine members--none younger than 54. Their stories will leave you inspired and thankful for the local heroes we call firemen.
Author : Anders Mårtensson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes written by Anders Mårtensson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1950s and 1960s, Asbury Park, New Jersey, was the place to be-to stroll along the boardwalk, to sunbathe, and, most importantly, to listen to live music. But since the city fell into ruin, culminating in the race riots of the 1970s, many were left to wonder if the former rock 'n' roll mecca had been silenced forever. In Local Heroes, author Anders Mårtensson and photographer Jörgen Johansson revisit the myths, legends, and romantic visions of the music scene in a town that is striving to make a comeback. While the story of Asbury Park is inseparable from widely popular artists, such as Bruce Springsteen, Steven van Zandt, and Southside Johnny Lyon, Local Heroes pays tribute to these musicians alongside the many other talents who stayed behind, playing in local clubs, helping to forge what became known as the "Jersey Shore sound." In a series of original interviews, readers will hear first-hand from the people who wrote, performed, and lived the music. Accompanied by exclusive photographs, musical personalities such as Max Weinberg, Garry Tallent, Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg, Danny Federici, Bill Chinnock, Vini Lopez, Pete Yorn, and many others are brought to life. Whether the redevelopment efforts underway in Asbury Park today will someday serve as the stage for music legends of tomorrow is a story that has yet to play out. But for now, rock 'n' roll fans can delight in a stunning tribute to a city and its talents whose music continues to play on.
Author : Tom Rankin
Publisher : W W Norton & Company Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780393050288
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes Changing America written by Tom Rankin and published by W W Norton & Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2000 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using personal narratives and revealing photographs from a traveling photographic exhibition, this unique book celebrates the contributions of ordinary Americans who are working to improve their communities. 35,000 first printing.
Author : Adam Hart-Davis
Publisher : Sutton Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780750923736
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (237 download)
Download or read book 100 Local Heroes written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by Sutton Publishing Limited. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.
Author : Nora Roberts
Publisher : St. Martin's Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 1250775884
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (57 download)
Download or read book Local Hero written by Nora Roberts and published by St. Martin's Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A woman falls for a very special guy whose super powers of kindness and compassion win her love—in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts’s Local Hero. Widowed just a few years into her marriage, Hester Wallace has met the challenge of raising her son Radley as a single mom, earning enough to secure them an apartment in the heart of Manhattan. She’s proven that she has the courage and the strength to save and protect her nine-year-old’s world time and again. But when it comes to her new neighbor Mitch Dempsey, she feels powerless. The creator of Radley’s favorite comic book superhero, Mitch is as charismatic and confident as anyone fighting for truth and justice in a cape and cowl. And he has the uncanny ability to capture Hester’s heart.
Author : Adam Hart-Davis
Publisher : Alan Sutton Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780750917971
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (179 download)
Download or read book More Local Heroes written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by Alan Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A record of the stories of 50 pioneers of science, invention, and technology divided into categories such as wind and weather, food and drink, amazing machines and building blocks and roads. BBC2 covers the subjects in its series by the same name during the winter of 1998.
Author : Sandford Borins
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589013476
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (134 download)
Download or read book Innovating with Integrity written by Sandford Borins and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Innovating with Integrity presents a comprehensive portrait of the local heroes—front-line public servants and middle managers—who are reinventing state and local government, and it offers practical recommendations for innovating successfully. Based on a study of more than 200 successful government innovations, this book is the first large-scale, systematic analysis of innovation in American government. Sandford Borins identifies the components of integrity that he finds in successful innovators, including the intellectual discipline to plan rigorously and to establish measurable goals; the ability to collaborate with others and accommodate criticism; and a willingness to mobilize both the private sector and the community. In addition to analyzing the common traits driving new initiatives, Borins shows the distinctive differences among six areas of innovation: information technology, organizational redesign, environmental and energy management, policing and community development, social services, and education. This trenchant analysis of what initiatives actually work and why contributes to both the practice and theory of public management. Its practical advice will be especially valuable for front-line government workers, public managers, union leaders, agency heads, politicians, and all concerned with reforming government.
Author : Jordan Flaherty
Publisher : AK Press
ISBN 13 : 1849352674
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (493 download)
Download or read book No More Heroes written by Jordan Flaherty and published by AK Press. This book was released on 2016-10-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Missionaries of the left, saviors are people of privilege who believe they have all the answers. They want to help, but don’t want to listen; they lead but never follow. From post-Katrina New Orleans, to anti-sex-traficking work, to do-gooder journalists, Flaherty’s book reveals saviors’ misdeeds but also shows how activists can build new, stronger movements.
Author : Kathryn Stoner-Weiss
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691228043
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes written by Kathryn Stoner-Weiss and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Local Heroes, Kathryn Stoner-Weiss analyzes a crucial aspect of one of the great dramas of modern times--the reconstitution of the Russian polity and economy after more than seventy years of communist rule. This is the first book to look comprehensively and systematically at Russia's democratic transition at the local level. Its goal is to explain why some of the new political institutions in the Russian provinces weathered the monumental changes of the early 1990s better than others. Using newly available economic, political, and sociological data to test various theories of democratization and institutional performance, Stoner-Weiss finds that traditional theories are unable to explain variations in regional government performance in Russia. Local Heroes argues that the legacy of the former economic system influenced the operation of new political institutions in important and often unexpected ways. Past institutional structures, specifically the concentration of the regional economy, promoted the formation of political and economic coalitions within a new proto-democratic institutional framework. These coalitions have had positive effects on governmental performance. For democratic theorists, this may be a surprising conclusion. However, it is possible, as Stoner-Weiss suggests, that the needs of democratic development may be different in the short run than in the long run. The "local heroes" of today may be impediments to the further development of democracy tomorrow. This provocative work, solidly grounded in research and theory, will interest anyone concerned with issues of economic and political transition.
Author : Nikki Rogers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648723233
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (232 download)
Download or read book A Hero Like You written by Nikki Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-10 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Hero Like You looks at everyday heroes and highlights qualities such as loyalty, compassion, resourcefulness, justice, and courage. The lyrical rhyme and relatable illustrations remind us that we all have the opportunity to be a hero by helping others, doing right and making the world a better place. "What the world needs is a hero like you!"
Author : Adam Hart-Davis
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752494759
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book 100 Local Heroes written by Adam Hart-Davis and published by The History Press. This book was released on 1999-07-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than five years, Adam Hart-Davis travelled the length and breadth of Britain, bringing to life in his TV series, "Local Heroes", pioneers of science, invention and technology. This book presents 100 of the best stories: ingenious or odd, different or daft, but always entertaining.
Author : Pascal Jousselin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781942367611
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (676 download)
Download or read book Mr. Invincible written by Pascal Jousselin and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unflappable Mister Invincible uses his ability to break the rules of comic books to protect his hometown.
Author : Ria Brodell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262038978
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Butch Heroes written by Ria Brodell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portraits and texts recover lost queer history: the lives of people who didn't conform to gender norms, from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. “A serious—and seriously successful—queer history recovery project.” —Publishers Weekly Katherina Hetzeldorfer, tried “for a crime that didn't have a name” (same sex sexual relations) and sentenced to death by drowning in 1477; Charles aka Mary Hamilton, publicly whipped for impersonating a man in eighteenth-century England; Clara, aka “Big Ben,” over whom two jealous women fought in 1926 New York: these are just three of the lives that the artist Ria Brodell has reclaimed for queer history in Butch Heroes. Brodell offers a series of twenty-eight portraits of forgotten but heroic figures, each accompanied by a brief biographical note. They are individuals who were assigned female at birth but whose gender presentation was more masculine than feminine, who did not want to enter into heterosexual marriage, and who often faced dire punishment for being themselves. Brodell's detailed and witty paintings are modeled on Catholic holy cards, slyly subverting a religious template. The portraits and the texts offer intriguing hints of lost lives: cats lounge in the background of domestic settings; one of the figures is said to have been employed variously as “a prophet, a soldier, or a textile worker”; another casually holds a lit cigarette. Brodell did extensive research for each portrait, piecing together a life from historical accounts, maps, journals, paintings, drawings, and photographs, finding the heroic in the forgotten.
Author : Kurt Busiek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781401202811
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes written by Kurt Busiek and published by . This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells tales of ordinary people and their brush with the Super-Heroes, and villains, that make up Astro City Ages 12+.
Author : William R. Berkowitz
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 9780669158304
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (583 download)
Download or read book Local Heroes written by William R. Berkowitz and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 1987 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bill Berkowitz, a Community Psychologist, interviews twenty-two men and women from all over America, men and women who have proven themselves heroes all they've come in contact with. From a Los Angeles bus driver who sings to his passengers to Curtis Sliwa, founder of the Guardian Angels, these collected vignettes showcase the stories of individuals who endeavor to improve the lives of others and have dedicated their lives to this task.
Author : Garth Ennis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781563894046
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Hitman written by Garth Ennis and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A contract is put out on Tommy Monaghan -- a.k.a. Hitman -- and Tommy's closest friends may suffer the consequences before it's over. This bullet-riddled volume also features a tale of Tommy's first childhood experience with firearms.
