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Author : Edward Hoffman
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Despite All Odds written by Edward Hoffman and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Merilee S. Grindle
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691118000
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Despite the Odds written by Merilee S. Grindle and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2004-07-26 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Despite the Odds' examines five examples of education reform in South America, focusing on the political battle to secure reform in the face of powerfully entrenched opposition. It shows how strategic choices by reformers can reshape power equations & undermine institutional biases.
Author : Warren Allen Rhodes
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Why Some Children Succeed Despite the Odds written by Warren Allen Rhodes and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1991-05-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the "resilient" or "invulnerable" child in various at-risk situations. These children are at risk of developing later psychological dysfunctions, but do not. Topics include: divorce, black children from single-parent families, stepchildren, loss of a sibling, teen pregnancy, and attention deficits.
Author : Roma Flood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781925833799
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (337 download)
Download or read book Despite the Odds written by Roma Flood and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roma brings authenticity and refreshing keys that guide you out of despair, pain and grief to a place where you can smile again. A life filled with one trauma after another; her daughter brutally murdered, her husband and grand-daughter killed in a light plane crash. Roma has stepped out of the prison of grief and become a prisoner of hope and wholeness.
Author : Sally Liberman Smith
Publisher : Tarcher
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Succeeding Against the Odds written by Sally Liberman Smith and published by Tarcher. This book was released on 1991 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers techniques and stories to help individuals with learning problems succeed in school as well as life.
Author : Lucy Maud Montgomery
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Against the Odds written by Lucy Maud Montgomery and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The common thread among the 18 stories in Against the Odds is the way people can resourcefully overcome obstacles to realize their ambitions and dreams. The “odds” are varied in these skillfully written tales. An obstacle to one’s success or happiness may lie in one’s own character or the prejudice of someone else. A potential employer may cast a suspicious eye on an individual’s background. A guardian seems reluctant to sponsor any further education for his charge. Other characters here are looking as much for increased self-respect as financial reward or better training. Set in locales as varied as Ontario, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island, the stories of Against the Odds are peopled with orphans, teachers, actors, struggling single-parent families, intransigent relatives. It’s a world, though distant from our own, where Montgomery’s characters have problems similar to ours, and their methods of solving them are not very different from what we would try.
Author : Nathaniel Rich
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374224242
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (742 download)
Download or read book Odds Against Tomorrow written by Nathaniel Rich and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While working for a financial consulting firm that offers insurance against catastrophic events, a young mathematician becomes increasingly obsessed with doomsday scenarios until one of his worst-case scenarios unfolds in Manhattan.
Author : Matt Roloff
Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 9781576735831
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Against Tall Odds written by Matt Roloff and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who watched part three in the Star Wars movie trilogy, Return of the Jedi, saw Matt Roloff. His handicap helped land him a part as one of the diminutive, furry Ewoks. In Matt's biography Against Tall Odds, readers view a world of fast-walking giants, where common obstacles for most are mountains for little people, and stares from strangers are the norm. Through perseverance and faith, Matt shows that success comes not by trying to be what you're not, but by being what God has made you.
Author : Scott Brown
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780062015556
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Scott Brown and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scott Brown’s greatest win did not occur on a cold January election night in 2010 when he came from behind to capture the U.S. Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy for nearly fifty years. It began when he survived a savage beating at the drunken hands of a stepfather when he was barely six years old while trying to protect his mother. In this gripping memoir of resilience and redemption, written with clear-eyed conviction and unflinching candor, Brown recalls his difficult childhood marked by innumerable hardships. He tells the story of how basketball showed him the way out of family chaos. Later, as a law student and member of the Massachusetts National Guard, he was picked as Cosmopolitan’s “America’s Sexiest Man” and vaulted into the glamorous world of New York modeling. But the man who was once ushered into the backrooms of Studio 54 returned to Massachusetts to raise a family, and soon found an unlikely path that would lead him to national political stardom. Poignant, heartfelt, humorous, and profound—including details from the unprecedented Senate race and victory that captured the country’s imagination—this is the story of one man’s dream and determination to fight for a better future.
Author : Richie Contartesi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780996618526
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)
Download or read book In Spite of the Odds written by Richie Contartesi and published by . This book was released on 2015-09-26 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At 5'7" and 155 pounds, Richie overcame the obstacles and the naysayers to earn a full SEC scholarship and a place in Ole Miss tradition. His journey chronicles the trials and tribulation of a boy with a dream and the realities of Division I college football in the SEC.
Author : Nascosta InCristo
Publisher : Balboa Press
ISBN 13 : 1452528152
Total Pages : 191 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)
Download or read book For This Cause written by Nascosta InCristo and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To be a drug addict is to be a slave to a beast that constantly screams to be fed. It’s a feeling that Nascosta InCristo discovered as a teenager in Australia, where she grew up feeling ignored by her parents. She began skipping school and found new friends that made her feel loved. It was with them that she took her first toke of marijuana, rolling around on the grass and laughing uncontrollably after smoking it. In this candid memoir, she recalls how that first joint led her to a figurative and literal prison. More importantly, she reveals how she escaped to a brand new life full of possibilities. Whether you’re a parent, teacher or counselor seeking to help a troubled loved one, a former drug addict or someone seeking to rediscover the freedom you’ve lost, you’ll be inspired to overcome obstacles with For This Cause.
Author : Suzanne Gordon
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801472923
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Nursing Against the Odds written by Suzanne Gordon and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading health care journalist unravels the complexity of the current nursing shortage while offering possible solutions to the resulting health care crisis.
Author : Donna Kauffman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733542725
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (427 download)
Download or read book Against the Odds written by Donna Kauffman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Amram Shapiro
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062343068
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (623 download)
Download or read book The Book of Odds written by Amram Shapiro and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the popular Book of Odds website, this stylish and accessible reference book offers a fascinating peek at the probabilities that govern every aspect of human life Did you know that your odds of dying from drowning are higher than the odds of meeting your mate on a blind date? That the odds a child has seen Internet porn are the same as the odds a person is right-handed? That nearly one in three adults believes in UFOs and nearly one in six has reported seeing one? Drawing from a rigorously researched trove of more than 400,000 statements of probability, based on the most accurate and current data available, The Book of Odds is a graphic reference source for stats on the everyday, the odd, and the outrageous—from sex and marriage, health and disease, beliefs and fears, to wealth, addiction, entertainment, and civic life. What emerges from this colorful and captivating volume is a rich portrait of who we are and how we live today.
Author : Paul Connolly
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843582031
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (435 download)
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Paul Connolly and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It had been years since I had seen any of the children with whom I had grown up. When I left the children's home, I promised myself that I would have nothing to do with them, I was sure that my only chance of living a good life would be to put the past behind me, even though that meant saying goodbye to some of the people I loved the most - as well as the ones I hated...it turned out that six of us had died, several by slow suicide in the form of heroin abuse, and at least two by faster means. When two police officers arrived out of the blue at Paul Connolly's door, he learned the shocking news that, out of the eight children with whom he shared a dormitory in care, only two were still alive. The revelation unearthed painful memories of a childhood that, until this point, Paul had tried desperately to put behind him. Abandoned at two weeks old, Paul came of age in the infamous St Leonards's Children's Home in East London. The children there were routinely abused, often over the course of many years. All were underfed and unloved and told that they would amount to nothing. Angry and frustrated, Paul channelled his rage into boxing - but when an accident shattered his ambition to turn professional, he found his true calling and became a successful trainer, even working as a consultant on the pilot of a top model's fitness video. Paul has finally found peace and fulfilment beyond anyhing he could have imagined all those years ago. He has found happiness with his wife and children and now helps to heal broken bodies, build confidence and transform lives - but he will never forget his past and the unnecessary victims of broken society...
Author : John H. Johnson
Publisher : Amistad
ISBN 13 : 9781567430028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Succeeding Against The Odds written by John H. Johnson and published by Amistad. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, John H. Johnson rose from the welfare rolls of the Depression to become the most successful Black businessman in American history; the founder of Ebony, Jet, and EM magazines; and a member of the Forbes 400. Like the man himself, this autobiography is brash, inspirational, and truly unforgettable.
Author : Andrew Pike
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1868429814
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (684 download)
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Andrew Pike and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Recording the time as 12.05 am and date as 4 August, musician Moss Hills added calmly: "so I guess we're going down".' In August 1991, excited holiday-makers boarded the Oceanos at East London for the trip of a lifetime. Despite treacherous weather, the captain ordered the ship to set sail for Durban. And so began the ill-fated voyage. Hurricane force winds and giant rogue waves aggravated the hostile storm. Soon the ship started taking water. Panicked senior crew members scrambled into lifeboats leaving the ship's evacuation to the on-board entertainers. At one point, a musician manned the bridge, at another, a magician. Women and children clambered aboard lifeboats which were launched into terrifying seas, leaving their husbands behind, unsure if they would see each other again. After all the operational lifeboats had been utilised, 221 passengers and junior crew were left stranded on the rapidly sinking ship. During this catastrophe the South African Air Force embarked on their biggest air rescue ever, with helicopter crews and Navy divers risking everything to evacuate the remaining passengers. In Against All Odds, maritime lawyer Andrew Pike, who was part of the legal investigation into the Oceanos' sinking, recreates the compelling drama and extraordinary heroism of the greatest maritime rescue in South African history.
