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Fire on the Track

Author : Roseanne Montillo
Publisher : Crown
ISBN 13 : 1101906170
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Fire on the Track written by Roseanne Montillo and published by Crown. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring and irresistible true story of the women who broke barriers and finish-line ribbons in pursuit of Olympic Gold When Betty Robinson assumed the starting position at the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam, she was participating in what was only her fourth-ever organized track meet. She crossed the finish line as a gold medalist and the fastest woman in the world. This improbable athletic phenom was an ordinary high school student, discovered running for a train in rural Illinois mere months before her Olympic debut. Amsterdam made her a star. But at the top of her game, her career (and life) almost came to a tragic end when a plane she and her cousin were piloting crashed. So dire was Betty's condition that she was taken to the local morgue; only upon the undertaker's inspection was it determined she was still breathing. Betty, once a natural runner who always coasted to victory, soon found herself fighting to walk. While Betty was recovering, the other women of Track and Field were given the chance to shine in the Los Angeles Games, building on Betty's pioneering role as the first female Olympic champion in the sport. These athletes became more visible and more accepted, as stars like Babe Didrikson and Stella Walsh showed the world what women could do. And—miraculously—through grit and countless hours of training, Betty earned her way onto the 1936 Olympic team, again locking her sights on gold as she and her American teammates went up against the German favorites in Hitler's Berlin. Told in vivid detail with novelistic flair, Fire on the Track is an unforgettable portrait of these trailblazers in action.

The First Lady of Olympic Track

Author : Joe Gergen
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810129582
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book The First Lady of Olympic Track written by Joe Gergen and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam were the first in which women, over the objections of many, were allowed to run in the marquee track events.

Up on melody mountain

Author : Betty Jean Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884195412
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book Up on melody mountain written by Betty Jean Robinson and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: She was born into obscurity in the hills of Kentucky as Betty Jean Rhodes. She knew nothing of life but the Appalachian Mountains, until the anonymous life of Betty Jean Rhodes became that of the famed country songwriter, Betty Jean Robinson. Betty Jean Robinson's music was recorded by America's most popular country musicians. But, in the midst of her fame and fortune, her life crumbled. In her hopelessness, she turned to her one and only Savior, Jesus. Never the same again, Betty Jean's endearing songs now bring hope to millions of people around the world. -- back cover.

Unbeatable Betty

Author : Allison Crotzer Kimmel
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780062896070
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Unbeatable Betty written by Allison Crotzer Kimmel and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Elizabeth Goes to Mars!

Author : Betty R Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780228828105
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Elizabeth Goes to Mars! written by Betty R Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elizabeth is a precocious middle-school-age student who loves science. In Elizabeth Goes to Mars! she is watching a documentary on going to Mars and falls asleep. She starts dreaming of an actual trip to Mars. Her adventure with her dog, Rigel, reflects just a few of the challenges we will face if we want to live on Mars.

Record Breaking Betty

Author : Tracy Blom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734590128
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Record Breaking Betty written by Tracy Blom and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Girls can't run! At least that is what they thought back in 1928, until Betty Robinson set a new world record at just sixteen years old! She was the first female to take home a gold medal for the United States in track and field, and overcame many obstacles throughout her life. Her story reminds us to believe in ourselves, break through barriers, and be the change that we want to see in the world. A portion of proceeds from this book goes to support The Traincatchers Foundation.

A Chance in the World

Author : Steve Pemberton
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Inc
ISBN 13 : 1595552634
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (955 download)

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Download or read book A Chance in the World written by Steve Pemberton and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stirring account of courage, hope, and victory, A Chance in the World is the extraordinary story of what is possible when you dare to believe. "Home is the place where our life stories begin. It is where we are understood, embraced, and accepted. It is a sanctuary of safety and security, a place to which we can always return. Down in the dank basement, amidst my moldy, hoarded food and beloved worm-eaten books, I dreamed that my real home, the place where my story had begun, was out there somewhere, and one day I was going to find it." Taken from his mother at age three, Steve Klakowicz lives a terrifying existence. Caught in the clutches of a cruel foster family and subjected to constant abuse, he finds his only refuge in a box of books gifted to him by a kind stranger. In these books, he discovers new worlds he can only imagine and gains hope that one day he might have a different life, that one day he will find his true home. Armed with just a single clue, Steve embarks on an extraordinary quest for his identity, only to find that nothing is as it appears. A Chance in the World is the unbelievable true story of a broken boy destined to become a man of resilience, determination, and vision. Through it all, Steve's story teaches us that no matter how broken our past, we have it in us to create a new beginning and to build a new place, where love awaits.

Plan Z by Leslie Kove

Author : Betsy Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plan Z by Leslie Kove written by Betsy Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Fast Girls

Author : Elise Hooper
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062938002
Total Pages : 461 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (629 download)

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Download or read book Fast Girls written by Elise Hooper and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER BY POPSUGAR, FROLIC, PARADE, TRAVEL & LEISURE, SHE KNOWS, and SHE READS! NAMED A REAL SIMPLE BEST BOOK OF 2020 (SO FAR). “Fast Girls is a compelling, thrilling look at what it takes to be a female Olympian in pre-war America...Brava to Elise Hooper for bringing these inspiring heroines to the wide audience they so richly deserve.”—Tara Conklin, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Romantics and The House Girl Acclaimed author Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of female athletes, members of the first integrated women’s Olympic team, and their journeys to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. Perfect for readers who love untold stories of amazing women, such as The Only Woman in the Room, Hidden Figures, and The Lost Girls of Paris. In the 1928 Olympics, Chicago’s Betty Robinson competes as a member of the first-ever women’s delegation in track and field. Destined for further glory, she returns home feted as America’s Golden Girl until a nearly-fatal airplane crash threatens to end everything. Outside of Boston, Louise Stokes, one of the few black girls in her town, sees competing as an opportunity to overcome the limitations placed on her. Eager to prove that she has what it takes to be a champion, she risks everything to join the Olympic team. From Missouri, Helen Stephens, awkward, tomboyish, and poor, is considered an outcast by her schoolmates, but she dreams of escaping the hardships of her farm life through athletic success. Her aspirations appear impossible until a chance encounter changes her life. These three athletes will join with others to defy society’s expectations of what women can achieve. As tensions bring the United States and Europe closer and closer to the brink of war, Betty, Louise, and Helen must fight for the chance to compete as the fastest women in the world amidst the pomp and pageantry of the Nazi-sponsored 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

Hands on the Freedom Plow

Author : Faith S. Holsaert
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252098870
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Hands on the Freedom Plow written by Faith S. Holsaert and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-09-30 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hands on the Freedom Plow, fifty-two women--northern and southern, young and old, urban and rural, black, white, and Latina--share their courageous personal stories of working for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on the front lines of the Civil Rights Movement. The testimonies gathered here present a sweeping personal history of SNCC: early sit-ins, voter registration campaigns, and freedom rides; the 1963 March on Washington, the Mississippi Freedom Summer, and the movements in Alabama and Maryland; and Black Power and antiwar activism. Since the women spent time in the Deep South, many also describe risking their lives through beatings and arrests and witnessing unspeakable violence. These intense stories depict women, many very young, dealing with extreme fear and finding the remarkable strength to survive. The women in SNCC acquired new skills, experienced personal growth, sustained one another, and even had fun in the midst of serious struggle. Readers are privy to their analyses of the Movement, its tactics, strategies, and underlying philosophies. The contributors revisit central debates of the struggle including the role of nonviolence and self-defense, the role of white people in a black-led movement, and the role of women within the Movement and the society at large. Each story reveals how the struggle for social change was formed, supported, and maintained by the women who kept their "hands on the freedom plow." As the editors write in the introduction, "Though the voices are different, they all tell the same story--of women bursting out of constraints, leaving school, leaving their hometowns, meeting new people, talking into the night, laughing, going to jail, being afraid, teaching in Freedom Schools, working in the field, dancing at the Elks Hall, working the WATS line to relay horror story after horror story, telling the press, telling the story, telling the word. And making a difference in this world."

In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson

Author : Bette Bao Lord
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062857363
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson written by Bette Bao Lord and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timeless classic that will enchant readers who love Jennifer L. Holm and Thanhhà Lại, about an immigrant girl inspired by the sport she loves to find her own home team—and to break down any barriers that stand in her way. Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle happens: baseball! It's 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is a superstar. Suddenly Shirley is playing stickball with her class and following Jackie as he leads the Brooklyn Dodgers to victory after victory. With her hero smashing assumptions and records on the ball field, Shirley begins to feel that America is truly the land of opportunity—and perhaps has also become her real home.

Living Amazed

Author : James Robison
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 149340606X
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book Living Amazed written by James Robison and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-02-28 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his life blessed by God, James Robison has had countless opportunities to witness clearly the power of God and his amazing grace. He has shared insight with church leaders, ministers, presidents, entertainers, and celebrities. Millions have been inspired through his television outreach, and countless others have found relief through his ministry's humanitarian efforts. In this powerful book, Robison desires to show readers that they too can witness God at work in transforming ways. His remarkable stories and biblical insights will inspire and empower readers to - recognize the spiritual significance of ordinary events and how God orchestrates encounters to change our lives and others' - see God at work in and through us to make a difference in the world - learn to live in constant holy amazement of God's great love God is continually working in this world, and he is using us to accomplish kingdom purposes for his glory and the benefit of all those he loves. From the improbable to the extraordinary, these "divine encounters" will elicit awe even as they leave readers looking for God's amazing work through their own lives and relationships.

Betty

Author : David A. Robertson
Publisher : Portage & Main Press
ISBN 13 : 155379995X
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (537 download)

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Download or read book Betty written by David A. Robertson and published by Portage & Main Press. This book was released on 2021-02-24 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen Betty Osborne, known as Betty to her closest friends and family, dreamed of becoming a teacher. She left home to attend residential school and later moved to The Pas, Manitoba, to attend high school. On November 13, 1971, Betty was abducted and brutally murdered by four young men. Initially met with silence and indifference, her tragic murder resonates loudly today. Betty represents one of almost 1,200 Indigenous women in Canada who have been murdered or gone missing. This is her story. Betty: The Helen Betty Osborne Story has been selected as a White Raven 2016 by the International Youth Library for its annual catalogue of book recommendations in the field of international children’s and youth literature. This year’s White Ravens catalogue contains 200 titles in 42 languages from 60 countries.

Betty

Author : David Robertson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (136 download)

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Download or read book Betty written by David Robertson and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

First Harp Book

Author : B. Paret
Publisher : Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780793555239
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book First Harp Book written by B. Paret and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 1987-03 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harp

Witch in Training

Author : Michelle Robinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781406377804
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book Witch in Training written by Michelle Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes

Author : Phoebe Robinson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593184920
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes written by Phoebe Robinson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-06-21 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER, NOW IN PAPERBACK “Another hilarious essay collection from Phoebe Robinson.”—The New York Times Book Review “Strikes the perfect balance of brutally honest and laugh-out-loud funny. I didn’t want it to end.”—Mindy Kaling, New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me? With sharp, timely insight, pitch-perfect pop culture references, and her always unforgettable voice, New York Times bestselling author, comedian, actress, and producer Phoebe Robinson is back with her most must-read book yet. In her brand-new collection, Phoebe shares stories that will make you laugh, but also plenty that will hit you in the heart and inspire a little bit of rage, and maybe a lot of action. That means revealing her perspective on performative allyship, white guilt, and what happens when white people take up space in cultural movements; exploring what it’s like to be a woman who doesn’t want kids living in a society where motherhood is the crowning achievement of a straight, cis woman’s life; and discussing how the dire state of mental health in America means that taking care of one’s psychological well-being—aka “self-care”—usually requires disposable money. She also shares tales of her mom slowpoking before a visit with Mrs. Obama, the stupidly fake reassurances of zip-line attendants, her favorite things about dating a white person from the UK, and how the lack of Black women in leadership positions fueled her to become the Black lady-boss of her dreams. By turns perceptive, hilarious, and heartfelt, Please Don’t Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes is not only a brilliant look at our current cultural moment, it's also a collection that will stay with readers for years to come.