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Author : Knox-Yarra Ranges Polio Support Group
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780646521961
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (219 download)
Download or read book The Calliper Kids written by Knox-Yarra Ranges Polio Support Group and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Chambers
Publisher : John Blake
ISBN 13 : 1789462754
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (894 download)
Download or read book A Belfast Child written by John Chambers and published by John Blake. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Chambers was brought up on Belfast's notorious Loyalist Glencairn estate, during the height of the Troubles. From an early age he witnessed violence, hatred and horror as Northern Ireland tore itself apart in civil strife. Kneecapping, brutal murders, and even public tarring-and-feathering were simply a fact of life for the children on the estate. He thought he knew which side he was on, but although raised as a Loyalist, he was hiding a troubling secret: that his disappeared mother - whom he'd always been told was dead - was a Roman Catholic, 'the enemy'. In a memoir of rare power, John explores the dark heart of Northern Irish sectarianism in the seventies and eighties. With searing honesty and native Belfast wit, he describes the light and darkness of his unique childhood, and his teenage journey through mod culture and ultra-Loyalism, before an escape from Belfast to London - where, still haunted by the shadow of his fractured family history - he began a turbulent and hedonistic adulthood. A Belfast Child is a tale of divided loyalties, dark secrets and the scars left by hatred and violence on a proud city - but also a story of hope, healing and ultimate redemption for a family caught in the rising tide of the Troubles.
Author : Kathryn Heyman
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760874507
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (68 download)
Download or read book The Breaking written by Kathryn Heyman and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sarah Sweet is a watcher. She sees the way the smoke rises from the sulphide works to wreath the little Australian town of Boolaroo; she watches Dad, when he's not being a policeman, breaking horses in the back paddock behind the house. Sarah has learnt to observe, to be quiet, to avoid notice, filled with a fury so intense it threatens to overwhelm her. The Breaking is the story of a family tainted by the force of rage, of a young life haunted by it, but also of the strength it gives to fight back. In its evocation of the parched landscape of rural Australia, the strange cadences of the language and the filmic vividness of its characters, The Breaking is a unique, lyrical testament to the power of the human spirit. 'The Breaking is a book of opposites: rural heat, city rain; male power and female powerlessness; paternal tenderness and a lover's violence; silences and singing. This strong first novel is remarkable for its depiction of a family drama played out in an arid small town, with the local lock-up in the backyard, and Sarah Sweet's slow education in love and change, courtesy of a glowing, nail-biting taxi driver." Scottish Writer of the Year Judging Committee 'Powerful and accomplished ... Heyman reveals her pedigree as a playwright and poet in stunning language and original imagery ... profoundly moving.' The Scotsman 'Haunting ... compelling ... the magnetism of a violent man is made palpable.' The Times 'Fizzes with childhood energy, frustration and hilarity... Heyman's words and style leap at you with real punch.' Scotsman Weekend 'Astounding ... a writer of immense promise.' Sunday Tribune 'A pleasure ... this is a novel which never betrays its promise. The rawness of the emotion and the beauty of its conveyance into words is a potent combination which will not easily be forgotten.' Australian Book Review 'Gripping ... Heyman's poetic style adds an extra dimension to this gripping tale.' Belfast Telegraph
Author : David Weir
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849546509
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (495 download)
Download or read book Weirwolf written by David Weir and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Weir was born without the use of his legs, and not only learned from an early age to cope with his disability, but defied his limitations to become a great wheelchair racer and national hero. Here he sheds light on his journey from frustrated schoolboy to Paralympic athlete and champion, and reveals how instrumental the 2012 Paralympics were in transforming attitudes towards disability - not only in Britain but around the world. Weirwolf is the extraordinary inside story of the man who won a total of six gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Paralympic Games, and who is six-time winner of the London Marathon. It is an inspirational tale of the fight against discrimination and the desire to change the face of sport.
Author : Shikhi Sharma
Publisher : Sristhi Publishers & Distributors
ISBN 13 : 939044182X
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)
Download or read book Unbeatable written by Shikhi Sharma and published by Sristhi Publishers & Distributors. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God gives responsibilities to those who have the ability to fulfil them. I feel I am one of those blessed ones. When one of Ajay’s twin sons Tapasvi is diagnosed with cerebral palsy, he is perplexed. Even though his path is filled with obstacles, he is determined to go to the ends of the world to make Tapasvi’s dreams come true. Thus begins a journey where Ajay and his family go through a series of experiences which equip them to understand the intricacies of cerebral palsy and support Tapasvi through thick and thin. Unbeatable captures the life experiences of a young dreamer and a devoted father as they find their way through a highly sceptical society. The book also shares anecdotes from medical professionals, special educators and several others.
Author : Sean Longden
Publisher : Constable
ISBN 13 : 1849018278
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)
Download or read book Blitz Kids written by Sean Longden and published by Constable. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the dangers of London streets during the Blitz to working on the high seas in the Merchant Navy during the Atlantic Convoy, children were on the frontline of battle during the Second World War. In Sean Longden's gripping retelling of the conflict, he explores how the war impacted upon a whole generation who lost their innocence at home and abroad, on the battlefield and the home front. Through extensive interviews and research, Longden uncovers previously untold stories of heroism and courage: the eleven year old boy who was sunk on the SS Benares and left in frozen water for two days; the teenage Girl Guide awarded the George Medal for bravery; the merchant seaman sunk three times by the age of seventeen; the fourteen year old who signed up for the army three times before finally seeing action in the Normandy campaign; the fourteen year old 'Boy Buglers' of the Royal Marines on active service onboard battleships; as well as the harrowing experiences of the boy who was survived the Bethnal Green Tube Disaster; the horrors of being a child captive in the German PoW camps. Blitz Kids will change forever the way one sees the relationship between the Second World War and the generation - our grandparents and great grandparents- who bravely faced the challenge of Nazism. Allowing them to tell their stories in their own words, Sean Longden brings both the horrors and the humour of young lives lived in troubled times. The book includes stories of: The seventeen year old boy who signed up 4 times before he made it onto the beaches at Normandy. The Girl Guide who saved a family during the blitz. The teenage merchant seaman who was sunk three times. What it was like to be a teenage POW after the disasters of Dunkirk. Praise for Sean Longden: "A rising name in military history ... able to uncover the missing stories of the Second World War." The Guardian 'A tenacious sleuth of Second World War secrets.' Andrew Roberts. 'At times you have to stop and remind yourself that you're reading history and not an 007 thriller." The Soldier. 'First class history from a first class historian' Military Illustrated. 'Fascinating'. Financial Times.
Author : Kristina Olsson
Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
ISBN 13 : 0702267112
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Boy, Lost written by Kristina Olsson and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kristina Olsson's mother lost her infant son, Peter, when he was snatched from her arms as she boarded a train in the hot summer of 1950. Young and frightened and trying to escape a brutal marriage, she was not prepared for this final blow, this breathtaking punishment. She would not see her son again for nearly forty years. Kristina was the first child of her mother's second, much gentler marriage and, like her siblings, grew up unaware of the reasons behind her mother's sorrow, though Peter's absence resounded through the family. Yvonne dreamt day and night of her son, while Peter grew up a thousand miles and a lifetime away, dreaming of his missing mother. Thirty-six years later he arrived at her front door. Boy, Lost tells an unforgettable story of the legacy of grief and loss across generations, and is a tribute to the power of memory and faith.
Author : Nicholas Harrison
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 1038310687
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (383 download)
Download or read book Safe Space written by Nicholas Harrison and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas was nine years old when he accidentally walked into a movie theatre playing Star Wars: A New Hope. It was 1977, and he unknowingly had just stumbled upon the thing that he would later credit in saving his life. From kindergarten through grade four, Nicholas endured horrific abuse at the hands of the Catholic priests who were entrusted with his education. As he grew up, he blamed himself for what had been done to him. His childhood had been stolen from him, and he had no way to cope. Star Wars gave Nicholas hope at the time he needed it most. His path to healing has been long and often dark, but that band of Rebels he met in his childhood proved to him that light could ultimately triumph. In this shocking, heartbreaking, yet forever hopeful memoir, Nicholas takes readers with him on his journey from victim, to survivor, to Jedi. Safe Space: A True Story of Faith, Betrayal, and the Power of the Force is for anyone who wants to understand how abuse continues to affect victims and their families long after the act. Follow him online: @therealnicktheguy and nicholasjharrison.com
Author : Eric Carle
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524739553
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)
Download or read book The Very Hungry Caterpillar written by Eric Carle and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The all-time classic picture book, from generation to generation, sold somewhere in the world every 30 seconds! Have you shared it with a child or grandchild in your life? For the first time, Eric Carle’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar is now available in e-book format, perfect for storytime anywhere. As an added bonus, it includes read-aloud audio of Eric Carle reading his classic story. This fine audio production pairs perfectly with the classic story, and it makes for a fantastic new way to encounter this famous, famished caterpillar.
Author : Annah Faulkner
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466829079
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Beloved written by Annah Faulkner and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It came one morning with the milk, and it seemed - at first - almost as innocent..."When Roberta "Bertie" Lightfoot is struck down with polio, her world collapses. But Mama doesn't tolerate self-pity, and Bertie is nobody if not her mother's daughter – until she sets her heart on becoming an artist. Through drawing, the gifted and perceptive Bertie gives form and voice to the reality of the people and the world around her. While her father is happy enough to indulge Bertie's driving passion, her mother will not let art get in the way of the future she wishes for her only daughter.In 1955 the family moves to post-colonial Port Moresby, a sometimes violent frontier town, where Bertie, determined to be the master of her own life canvas, rebels against her mother's strict control. In this tropical landscape, Bertie thrives amid the lush pallette of colours and abundance, secretly learning the techniques of drawing and painting under the tutelage of her mother's arch rival.But Roberta is not the only one deceiving her family. As secrets come to light, the domestic varnish starts to crack, and jealousy and passion threaten to forever mar the relationship between mother and daughter.Tender and witty, The Beloved is a moving debut novel which paints a vivid portrait of both the beauty and the burden of unconditional love.
Author : Andy Hughes
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665581182
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)
Download or read book The Story so Far written by Andy Hughes and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ramblings herein, will hopefully enlighten the reader to some of the things that I had to go through as a child. And some of the pitfalls of growing up with a disability. It may will lead you through a tsunami of different emotions. Hopefully It will show you just how little tolerance people had back in the 1970’s and 80’s to somebody who wasn’t quite ‘run of the mill.’ The book is also a way of me expressing my anger and sadness because of what Polio has made me go through and what it has done to me both physically and mentally and how it has left me. You will hopefully understand better, the reasons why some of us end up being bitter and angry with the people who we love the most. It’s not easy being different. It’s not easy living in pain.
Author : Treive Nicholas
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 139810678X
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)
Download or read book A Nun and the Pig: Tales from South Africa written by Treive Nicholas and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Heartwarming story of the year Treive Nicholas spent in a forgotten corner of apartheid South Africa, where humour and kindness flourished amid grinding poverty and brutal racism. Funny and shocking in equal measure, tale of a British teenager far from home - and his unlikely friendship with a local nun - is one of adventure, ambition and hope.
Author : Ellie Dean
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1446492028
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (464 download)
Download or read book There'll Be Blue Skies written by Ellie Dean and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-04 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE FIRST CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN When sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, she is terrified by what lies ahead of her. All she knows are the sights and sounds of London's East End - but Sally swallows her tears as they leave the familiar landmarks behind, knowing that she has to be a Grown-Up Girl and play mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie. Playing mother is nothing new for Sally - their real mother Florrie, a good-time girl, hasn't even come to the station to wave them off and Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio, is used to depending on his older sister. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House where they're welcomed by the open-hearted Reilly family headed up by warm, loving Peggy, and life begins to improve. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay her way - and to pay for Ernie's expensive medicines - but then Florrie arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie ... A fabulous, heart-warming Second World War novel in Ellie Dean's bestselling Cliffehaven series (previously called the Beach View Boarding House series).
Author : Karen King
Publisher : Accent Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1786153904
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (861 download)
Download or read book Perfect Summer written by Karen King and published by Accent Press Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-10 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a society obsessed with perfection, being different is a crime... An utterly unputdownable dystopian YA novel, perfect for children aged 12 - 15. READERS ADORE KAREN KING'S UTTERLY CAPTIVATING TALES: 'Phew, this is an amazing, and unputdownable book... I highly recommend that you read it, whatever your age' ***** Reader Review 'Amazing and Emotional must read...' ***** Reader Review 'This is an excellent book from start to finish, with very believable characters, a very believable story, that could just happen!' ***** Reader Review 'Karen King's books are always so captivating, and this is no exception' ***** Reader Review 'Truly eye-opening and challenging book, with a carefully created plot and many wonderfully-imagined heroes & heroins' ***** Reader Review 'Thank you Karen King for this book it really was brilliant!' ***** Reader Review ______________ Set in a society obsessed with perfection, 15-year-old Morgan is best friends with the seemingly perfect Summer. But when Morgan's brother Josh, who has Down's syndrome, is kidnapped, they uncover a sinister plot and find themselves in terrible danger. Can they find Josh before it's too late?
Author : Keith Cox
Publisher : Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN 13 : 1761261304
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (612 download)
Download or read book A Caring Life written by Keith Cox and published by Macmillan Publishers Aus.. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a nurse for nearly fifty years, Keith Cox provided expert care and comfort to countless people facing the unimaginable. With insight and sensitivity, A Caring Life takes us behind the scenes of his remarkable nursing career and the moving stories of hope, determination and loss that underpinned it. Along the way, he shares lessons gained from a career spent confronting mortality, from finding joy in difficult circumstances to understanding that true strength comes in thinking of others and being part of a community. Over the years, Keith has seen dramatic advances in medical treatment, as well as the limits of what medical intervention can achieve - which is why compassion and grace are his guiding principles, both on the ward and in his own life. A Caring Life is the inspirational story of a nursing trailblazer who has learnt firsthand the value of human connection and kindness, in challenging times and in everyday life - and the satisfaction of living a life of service and meaning. Praise for A Caring Life 'A Caring Life is an appropriate testimony to one of this country's silent heroes. His empathy, knowledge and gentle grace have become hallmarks in the compassionate treatment and care of cancer patients.' - Anthony Warlow AM 'A firsthand account of those dealing with cancer is presented here as a reminder to us that at times of despair, we are not alone.' - Max Cullen 'Keith Cox is the angel you'd hope to have by your bedside when it matters most, that humane and reassuring presence when illness turns the world upside down.' - Matthew Condon
Author : Sir Bert Massie CBE DL
Publisher : Mereo Books
ISBN 13 : 1861519052
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (615 download)
Download or read book A Life Without Limits written by Sir Bert Massie CBE DL and published by Mereo Books. This book was released on 2019-04-18 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Severely disabled after contracting polio as a baby in working class Liverpool, Bert Massie found himself wondering as a boy why disabled people were expected to adapt to the world around them, and not the other way round. In his teens he began to campaign for rights for disabled people, and having battled his way through prejudice and the education system to become a Bachelor of Arts and a qualified social worker, he became a prominent figure in the fight for fair treatment for disabled people leading to the ground breaking Disability Discrimination Act. He went on to serve as Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission and became a founding commissioner of the subsequent Equality and Human Rights Commission. His extraordinary achievements were recognised by the award of an OBE, then a CBE and finally, in 2007, a knighthood. This is his remarkable and engaging story, completed by his wife Maureen and friends after his death in October 2017.
Author : Tom Scott
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1760639664
Total Pages : 479 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (66 download)
Download or read book Drawn Out written by Tom Scott and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-10-25 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawn Out is a hilarious, heartbreaking, heart-warming account of Tom Scott's tragicomic childhood, his manic student-newspaper days, his turbulent years stumbling through the corridors of power, his fallings out with prime ministers, his collaborations with comic legends John Clarke, A.K. Grant and Murray Ball, his travels to the ends of the earth with his close friend Ed Hillary, and more... 'A first-class memoir of a highly memorable life. Here is an important (often hilarious) writer and immensely gifted cartoonist, insightfully chronicling quite momentous changes in our political and social landscape.' Jim Mora, New Zealand Books
