The Man with Two Arms

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Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1590206029
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Book Synopsis The Man with Two Arms by : Billy Lombardo

Download or read book The Man with Two Arms written by Billy Lombardo and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Undoubtedly modern America’s finest literary tribute to the baseball since Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natural” (Chicago Tribune). Henry Granville, a baseball fanatic and high school teacher, spends hours in the basement with his young son Danny, introducing him to balls of all shapes and sizes. He even turns the basement into an indoor stadium. Danny quickly distinguishes himself from his peers, most conspicuously by his ability to throw perfectly with either arm—a feat virtually unheard of in baseball. But he also possesses a visionary gift that not even he understands. Danny becomes a superior athlete, skyrocketing through the minor leagues and into the majors where he experiences immediate success, breaking records held for decades. When a journalist, a former student of Henry’s and hungry for a national breakout story, exaggerates the teacher’s obsession and exposes him to the world as a monster, all hell breaks loose and the pressures of media and celebrity threaten to disrupt the world that Henry and Danny have created. A baseball novel—and much more—The Man with Two Arms is a story of the ways in which we protect, betray, forgive, love, and shape each other as we attempt to find our way through life. “Magical realism meets baseball in [this] debut novel . . . [A] Roy Hobbs-like narrative.” —Chicago Magazine “Sings with joy and tragedy . . . An amazing debut, as a lyrical paean to the national pastime and as a touching exploration of the life of a boy becoming a man both blessed and burdened with a unique and extraordinary talent.” —Flagpole

Arms and the Man

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Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486264769
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Arms and the Man by : Bernard Shaw

Download or read book Arms and the Man written by Bernard Shaw and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1990 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.

A Farewell to Arms

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Publisher : Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN 13 : 1774649063
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (746 download)

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Book Synopsis A Farewell to Arms by : Ernest Hemingway

Download or read book A Farewell to Arms written by Ernest Hemingway and published by Rare Treasure Editions. This book was released on 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ''A Farewell to Arms'' is Hemingway's classic set during the Italian campaign of World War I. The book, published in 1929, is a first-person account of American Frederic Henry, serving as a Lieutenant ("Tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army. It's about a love affair between the expatriate American Henry and Catherine Barkley against the backdrop of the First World War, cynical soldiers, fighting and the displacement of populations. The publication of ''A Farewell to Arms'' cemented Hemingway's stature as a modern American writer, became his first best-seller, and is described by biographer Michael Reynolds as "the premier American war novel from that debacle World War I."

Becoming a Man

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Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982105100
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Download or read book Becoming a Man written by P. Carl and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “scrupulously honest” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut memoir that explores one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America. Becoming a Man is a “moving narrative [that] illuminates the joy, courage, necessity, and risk-taking of gender transition” (Kirkus Reviews). For fifty years P. Carl lived as a girl and then as a queer woman, building a career, a life, and a loving marriage, yet still waiting to realize himself in full. As Carl embarks on his gender transition, he takes us inside the complex shifts and questions that arise throughout—the alternating moments of arrival and estrangement. He writes intimately about how transitioning reconfigures both his own inner experience and his closest bonds—his twenty-year relationship with his wife, Lynette; his already tumultuous relationships with his parents; and seemingly solid friendships that are subtly altered, often painfully and wordlessly. Carl “has written a poignant and candid self-appraisal of life as a ‘work-of-progress’” (Booklist) and blends the remarkable story of his own personal journey with incisive cultural commentary, writing beautifully about gender, power, and inequality in America. His transition occurs amid the rise of the Trump administration and the #MeToo movement—a transition point in America’s own story, when transphobia and toxic masculinity are under fire even as they thrive in the highest halls of power. Carl’s quest to become himself and to reckon with his masculinity mirrors, in many ways, the challenge before the country as a whole, to imagine a society where every member can have a vibrant, livable life. Here, through this brave and deeply personal work, Carl brings an unparalleled new voice to this conversation.

War Dogs

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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0241980593
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book War Dogs written by Guy Lawson and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January 2007, three young stoners from Miami Beach won a $300 million US Government contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military. Instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms, they bought cheap Communist-style surplus ammo from Balkan gunrunners. The dudes then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy Chinese ammunition and shipped it to Kabul - until they were caught by Pentagon investigators. That's the 'official' story. The truth is far more explosive. Originally published as 'The Arms and the Dudes', this is a trip that goes from a dive apartment in Miami Beach to mountain caves in Albania, the corridors of power in Washington, and the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan. This is a story you were never meant to read.

Johnny Got His Gun

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Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806537604
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (65 download)

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Book Synopsis Johnny Got His Gun by : Dalton Trumbo

Download or read book Johnny Got His Gun written by Dalton Trumbo and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo?s stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that?s as timely as ever. ?A terrifying book, of an extraordinary emotional intensity.?--The Washington Post "Powerful. . . an eye-opener." --Michael Moore "Mr. Trumbo sets this story down almost without pause or punctuation and with a fury amounting to eloquence."--The New York Times "A book that can never be forgotten by anyone who reads it."--Saturday Review

If Mom Had Three Arms

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Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1402723563
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (27 download)

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Book Synopsis If Mom Had Three Arms by : Karen Kaufman Orloff

Download or read book If Mom Had Three Arms written by Karen Kaufman Orloff and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagine what might happen if your mother had more than two arms and could shake hands with an octopus or flip numerous pancakes at the same time.

A Man with a Past (Brothers in Arms Book #2)

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Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1493431714
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (934 download)

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Book Synopsis A Man with a Past (Brothers in Arms Book #2) by : Mary Connealy

Download or read book A Man with a Past (Brothers in Arms Book #2) written by Mary Connealy and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Falcon Hunt awakens without a past, or at least not one he can recall. He's got brothers he can't remember, and he's interested in the prettiest woman in the area, Cheyenne. Only trouble is, a few flashes of memory make Falcon wonder if he's already married. He can't imagine abandoning a wife. But his pa did just that--twice. When Falcon claims his inheritance in the West, Cheyenne is cut out of the ranch she was raised on, leaving her bitter and angry. And then Falcon kisses her, adding confusion and attraction to the mix. Soon it's clear someone is gunning for the Hunt brothers. When one of his brothers is shot, Falcon and Cheyenne set out to find who attacked him. They encounter rustled cattle, traitorous cowhands, a missing woman, and outlaws that take all their savvy to overcome. As love grows between these two independent people, Falcon must piece together his past if they're to have any chance at a future.

"Arms, and the Man I sing . . ."

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Publisher : University of Delaware
ISBN 13 : 1611490030
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (114 download)

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Download or read book "Arms, and the Man I sing . . ." written by Arvid Løsnes and published by University of Delaware. This book was released on 2011-05-12 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study referred to as a "preface" is given this designation because its basic aim is not to offer an up-to-date overall assessment of Dryden's translation of Virgil's Æneid but, rather, to provide a relevant basis for such an assessment ?thus allowing for a wide range of readership. The relevance of this approach rests on two basic premises: that of R. A. Brower, who maintains "that no translation can be understood or properly evaluated apart from the conditions of expression under which it was made," supported by Dryden's expressed intention "to make Virgil speak such English, as he wou'd himself have spoken, if he had been born in England, and in this present age," together providing a genuinely relevant basis for an understanding of Dryden's translation, "the conditions of expression" here allowing the inclusion of all the possible implications this phrase includes.

Rebuilding Sergeant Peck

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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 151074066X
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Rebuilding Sergeant Peck by : John Peck

Download or read book Rebuilding Sergeant Peck written by John Peck and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-05-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I met Marine Sgt. John Peck, a quadruple amputee who has received a double arm transplant, at Walter Reed in 2017. Today, it was my honor to welcome John (HERO) to the Oval, with his wonderful wife Jessica. He also wrote a book that I highly recommend, Rebuilding Sergeant Peck."—President Donald Trump Marine Sgt. John Peck survived an IED during the War on Terror that left him with a traumatic brain injury, amnesia, and cost him his marriage. He survived another three years later, one that left him with three and a half limbs missing. He’s one of only two living people to survive the flesh-eating fungus he contracted in recovery at Walter Reed, one that left him as a quadruple amputee. And that’s only the beginning of his story. What followed was a recovery nothing short of miraculous. With resilience and the help of advocates like actor and philanthropist Gary Sinise, FOX’s Jennifer Griffin, and Bill O’Reilly, John would use a specialized “Action Trackchair” wheelchair and a newly-built SmartHome to get a third lease on life. In 2016, Peck underwent a groundbreaking bilateral arm transplant, receiving two new arms. To date, the surgery has been successful. Today, Peck is a motivational speaker, a philanthropist for veteran and wounded warrior causes, and is pursuing his lifelong dream of becoming a chef with the help of Chef Robert Irvine. From the lessons learned in a difficult childhood and as a homeless teenager, to dealing with depression in recovery, to learning how to chop with another man’s arms, Rebuilding Sergeant Peck is Peck’s account of an honest, visceral, and inspirational story that is truly unique.

The Virtues of War

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 0553902008
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Book Synopsis The Virtues of War by : Steven Pressfield

Download or read book The Virtues of War written by Steven Pressfield and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father’s brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against him–but the one he never saw coming. . . . BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession.

Tides of War

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Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 055390406X
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (539 download)

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Download or read book Tides of War written by Steven Pressfield and published by Bantam. This book was released on 2007-01-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narrated from death row by Alcibiades’ bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation. Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens’ favorite son and the city’s greatest general. A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory. But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies. For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides — and ended up trusted by neither. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. Praise for Tides of War “Pressfield’s battlefield scenes rank with the most convincing ever written.”—USA Today “Pressfield serves up not just hair-raising battle scenes . . . but many moments of valor and cowardice, lust and bawdy humor. . . . Even more impressively, he delivers a nuanced portrait of ancient athens.”—Esquire “Unabashedly brilliant, epic, intelligent, and moving.”—Kirkus Reviews “Pressfield’s attention to historic detail is exquisite. . . . This novel will remain with the reader long after the final chapter is finished.”—Library Journal “Astounding, historically accurate tale . . . Pressfield is a master storyteller, especially adept in his graphic and embracing descriptions of the land and naval battles, political intrigues and colorful personalities, which come together in an intense and credible portrait of war-torn Greece.”—Publishers Weekly

Locking Arms

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Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 9780880707220
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Locking Arms written by Stu Weber and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 1995 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Discover the truth about God's design for masculine firendship, and learn to build sou-shaping, brother-to-brother relationships by LOCKING ARMS.

A Call to Arms

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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1608194094
Total Pages : 916 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (81 download)

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Book Synopsis A Call to Arms by : Maury Klein

Download or read book A Call to Arms written by Maury Klein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-07-16 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight a war across two oceans and three continents--and to do so, it had to build and equip a military that was all but nonexistent before the war began. Never in the nation's history did it have to create, outfit, transport, and supply huge armies, navies, and air forces on so many distant and disparate fronts. The Axis powers might have fielded better-trained soldiers, better weapons, and better tanks and aircraft, but they could not match American productivity. The United States buried its enemies in aircraft, ships, tanks, and guns; in this sense, American industry and American workers, won World War II. The scale of the effort was titanic, and the result historic. Not only did it determine the outcome of the war, but it transformed the American economy and society. Maury Klein's A Call to Arms is the definitive narrative history of this epic struggle--told by one of America's greatest historians of business and economics--and renders the transformation of America with a depth and vividness never available before.

The Man-at-Arms

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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3734012007
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Man-at-Arms written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-09-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: The Man-at-Arms by George Payne Rainsford James

Shoemaker's Best Selections for Readings and Recitations

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 620 pages
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The New England Magazine

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 790 pages
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Download or read book The New England Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: