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Book Synopsis You've Gotta Fight Back! by : Dirk Chase Eldredge
Download or read book You've Gotta Fight Back! written by Dirk Chase Eldredge and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thirteen riveting, in-depth stories of people who fought back with courage, humor, and a positive attitude provide valuable guidance on how to deal with depression, the value of self-help groups, and how those who are ill, injured, or disabled can have successful, fulfilling lives.
Book Synopsis Flesh and Spirit by : Felipe Luciano
Download or read book Flesh and Spirit written by Felipe Luciano and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles a Black Puerto Rican man’s odyssey and transformation from an incarcerated gang member to the Chairman of the Young Lords Party. Growing up fatherless and poor, Felipe Luciano didn’t yearn for wealth or dream of becoming a famous actor or athlete. He was tired of being poor and ached to be a man, to reach that point of sagacity, courage, and independence that would signal to the world that he was now a warrior, ready to fight the battle for truth and justice, to slay the dragon of evil, whatever that might be. In Flesh and Spirit, Luciano paints a vivid portrait of his life in New York City as a member of the city’s Latino community as well as his pivotal role in the Young Lords and The Last Poets. Luciano’s memoir begins when as a teenage Brooklyn gang member he is convicted of manslaughter. This pivotal moment changes the trajectory of his life. The American kid raised on Davy Crockett and Superman TV tales emerged from the womb of prison into a harsh, new monochromatic black/white world without the benefit of rose-colored glasses. It was a painful shattering of all his childhood beliefs and the realization that he was a poor Black Puerto Rican in white America clutching onto values that didn’t work. The only flotsam in this churning sea of ’60s social turmoil was college, poetry, revolutionary activity, and sometimes God. After getting an education, Luciano went on to become an acclaimed poet and political activist who advocates for the Latino population of New York City, for the kids growing up in the same circumstances he did. Sparing no one—not the revolutionaries, the Revolution, nor the author himself—Flesh and Spirit is written with honesty and humility to help guide young people of color and other Americans through the labyrinths of ideology, organization, missteps, false paths, and phony societal promises.
Book Synopsis Battling Jack Turpin by : Jackie Turpin
Download or read book Battling Jack Turpin written by Jackie Turpin and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in his 80th year, 'Battling' Jack Turpin is the last surviving member of his generation of Britain's best-known and best-loved boxing family. Jack's father, Lionel Turpin, came from British Guiana to volunteer for the British Army during the Great War. He was wounded on the battlefields of France and invalided to Warwick, the first black man to settle in the area. Lionel married a local girl but his early death left her struggling to raise their three sons and two daughters in pre-Welfare State England. As young men, the excitement and gladiatorial glamour of the ring lured Jack and his brothers into professional boxing. From a home-made backstreet gymnasium, they punched their way into the record books and into the hearts of the British people. Battling Jack is a wonderfully narrated account of the life and times of a remarkable man who was once Britain's busiest featherweight. It is also the history of the beginnings of a black presence in British boxing. Turpin offers us a ringside seat at heroic battles and comic encounters. He takes us behind the scenes of a scandal that rocked the sporting world and into his confidence about the mystery that surrounds his younger brother's death. Jack Turpin has out-stared ignorance and prejudice, tasted triumph and celebrity, and endured hardship and tragedy. Heart-rending, raw, honest and funny, his is a story that had to be told.
Download or read book Dragon's Child written by Leah E. Welker and published by Lightbound Media. This book was released on 2024-11-20 with total page 1031 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two children, one birthright. . . . Nineteen years after the Tree of Ice died to trap the dark Devourer in a time freeze on Earth, Earth has begun to thaw, and now Sarah and Ben's grown children must find their destined consorts to help them defeat the Devourer once and for all. Korrien Moontouched is the Heir of Light. As if the pressures of helping his mother and Queen lead their growing clan weren't enough, he and his twin sister have grown up knowing they are the keys to the Devourer's final defeat—to concluding the Battle for Earth, which has been frozen in time since before he was born, along with the rest of Earth. Yet, nineteen years after the battle, Earth's time thaw begins, throwing Rien into the Seven Realms' efforts to secretly protect humanity from their common enemy. The thaw also offers Rien his sole opportunity to find his consort—because Rien has to marry a pure human of Ice. But so far, the only young woman to have escaped the time freeze of Earth is nothing like what the logical, perfectionist prince had so carefully planned for himself. As feisty and unpredictable as she is pretty and petite, Sierra Knight encapsulates everything Rien finds aggravating . . . and irresistible. Serona Sunfilled is the Heir of Flame. Even so, the bright and bubbling young woman has only three goals in life: One, keep her oh-so-serious twin brother sane. Two, make her beloved papa and King proud. And three, find the mate the Tree of Flame promised her and live happily ever after. Yet things aren't quite that simple. When the Tree of Flame sends Rona to an unknown world in search of her consort, the dragon who awaits her is nothing like she had expected—and belongs to the rarest of Powers, one that can only be born from the dying embers of calamity. Suddenly, nothing is as perfect as the sunny princess believed it would be. Though Drevior is as tantalizingly handsome as he is scarred, he returns with her carrying secrets and sorrows—and he brings a dire warning of an entirely new threat to the Seven Realms . . . which he will risk everything, even his life, to deliver. For there are other dark powers besides the Devourer, and as the Devourer weakens and its defeat approaches, one of them turns its thirst on the Seven Realms. If the Realms and Earth are to survive the coming days, both Rien and Rona will have to claim their birthright and at last unite all four Powers of Life—Flame, Ice, Light, and Ember . . . . . . in one.
Download or read book Marvel Visionaries written by Roy Thomas and published by Marvel Entertainment. This book was released on 2019-07-24 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collects Modeling With Millie #44; Avengers (1963) #35, #57-58 And #100; Submariner (1968) #8 And #14; Captain Marvel (1968) #19; X-Men (1963) #64; Fantastic Four (1961) #119 And #176; Giant-Size Invaders #1; And Material From Tales Of Suspense (1959) #73; Not Brand Echh #12; Chamber Of Darkness #4; Amazing Adventures (1970) #8; Incredible Hulk (1968) #147; Dracula Lives #1 And Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme #9. Celebrate the career of a true Marvel Visionary! Relive some of Rascally Roy Thomas’ greatest stories as, under his pen, the Fantastic Four confronts racism, social injustice and…the Impossible Man?! Vision joins the Avengers! The Hulk finds his way to “Heaven!” Namor fights Dragon Man! Captain Marvel escapes the Murder Maze! The origin of the Invaders! Doctor Strange’s secrets revealed! Dracula in Salem and the X-Men in Japan! And who is Starr the Slayer? Plus: Rarely seen Silver Age stories of humor and romance!
Book Synopsis Manhood Impossible by : Scott Melzer
Download or read book Manhood Impossible written by Scott Melzer and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-08-31 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Manhood Impossible, Scott Melzer argues that boys’ and men’s bodies and breadwinner status are the two primary sites for their expression of control. Controlling selves and others, and resisting being dominated and controlled is most connected to men’s bodies and work. However, no man can live up to these culturally ascendant ideals of manhood. The strategies men use to manage unmet expectations often prove toxic, not only for men themselves, but also for other men, women, and society. Melzer strategically explores the lives of four groups of adult men struggling with contemporary body and breadwinner ideals. These case studies uncover men’s struggles to achieve and maintain manhood, and redefine what it means to be a man.
Download or read book Plumage written by Nancy Springer and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this feminist-inspired fantasy, a rejected wife starts seeing birds everywhere, including the sleek, cobalt-blue parakeet staring back at her in the mirror After being dumped by her husband of twenty-seven years, losing her house, and selling her jewelry at auction, Sassafras “Sassy” Hummel takes the only job she’s qualified for: maid at a luxury hotel. As if her life weren’t surreal enough, a bird poops on her head while she’s cleaning a suite. But Sassy’s sure she’s really gone off the deep end when, instead of her reflection in the mirror, a tiny blue parakeet stares back at her. Now she’s seeing birds everywhere: cranes, crows, hornbills, a quacking, green-headed duck, a quail, and something red and blue that bobs as it flies past. Sassy’s only friend is Racquel, the owner of Plumage, the hotel’s upscale boutique. Racquel isn’t the preening, froufrou, silk-and-sequins-enamored lady she seems to be. Soon Sassy and Racquel are traveling into an uncharted land where Sassy just might find out who she is and what she really wants. Plumage is a wise, witty, and poignant novel about a woman whose life is for the birds . . . until she discovers her wings, and her world takes flight. “Springer has redefined the concept of ‘knight in shining armor.’ With a touch of Alice Hoffmanesque magic, a colorfully painted avian world and a winning heroine, this is pure fun.” —Publishers Weekly “A writer’s writer, an extraordinarily gifted craftsman.” —Jennifer Roberson “Irresistible . . . charming, eccentric . . . thoughtful and significant.” —Kirkus Reviews “Nancy Springer writes like a dream.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Book Synopsis Some Explicit Polaroids by : Mark Ravenhill
Download or read book Some Explicit Polaroids written by Mark Ravenhill and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-02-17 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the celebrated and controversial writer of Shopping and Fucking Some Explicit Polaroids premiered at the New Ambassadors Theatre, London in October 1999 in a production directed by Max Stafford-Clark for Out of Joint, prior to a national tour. "There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill . . . He is - it is now yet more evident - a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism" (Financial Times)
Download or read book Long-Range Goals written by Beau Dure and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2010 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All over the world, soccer is known as "the Beautiful Game" and is the most popular sport. But in the United States, professional soccer still has a hard time catching on. It has had some successes here. The American Soccer League of the 1920s, Pélé and other international stars in the North American Soccer League's glamorous 1970s, the indoor soccer phenomenon of the 1980s, and the U.S. women's win in the Women's World Cup of 1999 all hinted that the American public is ready to embrace pro soccer. In its short history, Major League Soccer (MLS) has survived and even started to thrive, drawing steady crowds and loyal fans. In Long-Range Goals, Beau Dure profiles teams and players, including D.C. United, the Los Angeles Galaxy, Landon Donovan, Freddy Adu, and Coach Bruce Arena, who are all vital to MLS. Some of the triumphs include an expansion of the league and its ownership group, the contribution of MLS players to a strong U.S. World Cup showing in 2002, and the construction of soccer stadiums nationwide. At the same time, MLS has occasionally stumbled, during costly legal battles with players and seeing two teams fold, but its investors have remained strong, figured out how to make money, and support the league. From the league's formation in 1993 to the David Beckham era, this book reveals all the action on and off the pitch: the politics, the lawsuits, the management of its teams, and the savvy business deals that helped MLS rebound. It also revels in the big personalities of its stars, the grace of its utility players, and the obstacles the league faces in meeting its long-range goals.
Book Synopsis Ravenhill Plays: 1 by : Mark Ravenhill
Download or read book Ravenhill Plays: 1 written by Mark Ravenhill and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-04-05 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ravenhill has more to say, and says it more refreshingly and wittily, than any other playwright of his generation" Time Out "There are few stage authors writing more interestingly than Mark Ravenhill ... He is - it is now yet more evident - a searing, intelligent, disturbing sociologist with a talent for satirical dialogue and a flair for sexual sensationalism." - Financial Times Shopping and Fucking: "is a darkly humorous play for today's twenty-somethings ... a real coup de theatre" - Nicholas de Jongh, Evening Standard Faust: "...an intelligent and witty reappropriation of the legend ... alive, pertinent and disturbing" - Michael Coveney, Observer Handbag: "...combines urban grit with sly wit, and reveals Mark Ravenhill as a writer of real daring" - Daily Telegraph Some Explicit Polaroids: "laudably ambitious, pulsates with energy ... very funny" - Financial Times
Book Synopsis Natural Born Gangster by : C. J. H. MOORE
Download or read book Natural Born Gangster written by C. J. H. MOORE and published by Page Publishing, Inc. This book was released on 2020-03-09 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris Bell was born on the West Side of Chicago and attended Catholic elementary school on the South Side. He was an unusual and gifted star child who was beyond his mother's understanding. His gang activities kept him out of the regular sequential leap from grade to grade. He joined his first martial arts gang, GGWB (Good Guys Wear Black), just after kindergarten, because he was being bullied everyday by an older kid. He earned his high school diploma by challenging the GED at his mother's behest, after reading books on math, language arts, classics, and Aesop's Fables, which he loved the most, in local libraries day and night, well before his eighteenth birthday, and earned the title "the richest man in the world" by working and fighting in the underground. In his youth, he consolidated the dangerous Black Disciples and Vice Lord gangs of Chicago and all their subdivisions to complete his dream in building another Black Wall Street on the West Side. After he met Madi, Derek Jenkins, and the Stepfather, he moved closer to his dreams. When the Shadow of Knights confiscated sixty tons of drugs and guns off the Chicago streets and placed them on the FBI's doorstep, the ghetto ninjas were a marked group.
Download or read book WHAT YOU PAY FOR written by Walt Manning and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-08-18 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Dunn came out of the slums of Kensington Philadelphia, with two things, a brain and a bad temper that didn't go with it. A strange combination of the two got him into trouble and into Harvard. What You Pay For traces his development from the slums through college, into the world of high finance and the beginnings of the Cable TV industry. What You Pay For deals with violence, friendship, love, and betrayal. And Marcus Dunn must navigate his way through them all. But after living in the world of the very rich, he must return to the streets of Kensington to find his salvation. ""SUSPENSEFUL. A clever exploration of personal growth and survival from poverty to wealth, and perhaps back to poverty. The dialogue is fun and entertaining. Great summer reading" - Charlie Reilly "A REAL PAGE TURNER. An amazingly fascinating cast of characters. - Joe Stead "Ramblings""
Download or read book Battling Jack written by Jackie Turpin and published by Mainstream Publishing. This book was released on 2005-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Battling" Jack Turpin is the last surviving member of his generation of Britain's best-known, best-loved boxing family. Now almost 80 years old, he is as charismatic and feisty as ever, and in Battling Jack, Turpin tells his own unique story. It is the remarkable tale of a man whose indomitable spirit has out-stared ignorance and prejudice, tasted triumph and celebrity, and endured hardship and tragedy. It offers a ringside seat at heroic battles and comic encounters as Turpin vividly recalls the sport, sex, and slapstick of life in the now-forbidden boxing booths of the travelling fairs. He takes us behind the scenes of a scandal that rocked the sporting world and into his confidence over the mystery that surrounds his younger brother's death by gunshot. Complete with previously unpublished photographs, this is a wonderfully candid account of the life of a very singular man.
Book Synopsis Junior Dragster Dreams by : C. J. Carter
Download or read book Junior Dragster Dreams written by C. J. Carter and published by C.J. Carter. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only young people's novel about junior drag racing, "Junior Dragster Dreams: How Sam Found His Own Ride" is the story of Sam McCormick. There are secrets in Sam's life - secrets he knows nothing about. But these secrets - one in the basement of the home where he lives with his mom and one in his granddad's barn - are the keys to changing Sam from an unhappy ten year old to a boy with plans and dreams of his own. Discovery of these secrets not only alters Sam's life but also the lives of his best friend, Chloe, and the class bully, Truman.
Book Synopsis Praising the Surface Behind the Scenes of Reality TV by : Stella Lory
Download or read book Praising the Surface Behind the Scenes of Reality TV written by Stella Lory and published by Europe Comics. This book was released on 2023-10-25T00:00:00+02:00 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who has never watched a reality TV show (even for just 5 minutes) and liked it (even just a little)? Come on, be honest, people! Thirty-five-year-old Yasmina is addicted to reality TV. Hailing from a family of academics, she decides to prove to them that these programs are a worthy subject of research, and she joins the team of a hit show to analyze this captivating and universal phenomenon from the inside! Moved by a shared passion for the social sciences, Tilila Relmani, a psychologist by training, and Stella Lory, a comics artist, shrewdly question the psychosocial mechanisms at play in the addictive desire to watch strangers' private lives unfold on television.
Book Synopsis Kicker: Going the Distance by : Cy Young
Download or read book Kicker: Going the Distance written by Cy Young and published by Cy Young Books. This book was released on 2021-11-06 with total page 613 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meet FRANKIE SCARMAZINO a man of bravery and valor, who transitions from a gridiron superstar into a powerhouse private investigator. Frankie's grit and magnetism make him a force to be reckoned with. Lethal against any enemy, he's triumphed over a trio of airborne killers, outwitted a Mexican cartel, thwarted a terrorist attack, or combated a rattlesnake’s kiss. If you admired Lee Child’s Jack Reacher, you’ll go bananas over the multi-talented Frankie Scarmazino, another winning creation from the pen of author Cy Young. Young’s experience in various theatre venues led him to write award-winning short stories, plays, screenplays, and animation scripts. His works offer a richness of scope. Deathload, a top-notch thriller, was recently optioned by several film companies. The Frankie Scarmazio Mystery Series takes you alongside the NFL star as he uncovers dark secrets of corruption and deceit. Tormented by childhood loss and fueled by intolerance for power-hungry scumbags, join Frankie as he conquers the criminal element. Can Frankie solve his first case as a private eye before the murderer strikes again? Click the Buy Now Button to enter Frankie’s world to find out!
Book Synopsis Lives Interrupted by : Michael O’Loughlin
Download or read book Lives Interrupted written by Michael O’Loughlin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-07-12 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lives Interrupted: Psychiatric Narratives of Struggle and Resilience provides insight into the everyday experiences of individuals struggling with severe psychic distress during a six-month immersion program at the Fountain House headquarters, a New York-based organization that works to address the effects of serious mental illness. These narratives add complexity and objectivity to the expanding discussion of psychiatric treatment plans. Contributors to this collection argue that narratives are vital to treatment and should not be treated as secondary options to standard diagnosis and treatment practices that rely heavily on pharmaceuticals and often result in short-term revolving-door interventions for complex forms of human suffering.
