Download or read book A Little Piece of Ground written by Elizabeth Laird and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Little Piece Of Ground will help young readers understand more about one of the worst conflicts afflicting our world today. Written by Elizabeth Laird, one of Great Britain’s best-known young adult authors, A Little Piece Of Ground explores the human cost of the occupation of Palestinian lands through the eyes of a young boy. Twelve-year-old Karim Aboudi and his family are trapped in their Ramallah home by a strict curfew. In response to a Palestinian suicide bombing, the Israeli military subjects the West Bank town to a virtual siege. Meanwhile, Karim, trapped at home with his teenage brother and fearful parents, longs to play football with his friends. When the curfew ends, he and his friend discover an unused patch of ground that’s the perfect site for a football pitch. Nearby, an old car hidden intact under bulldozed building makes a brilliant den. But in this city there’s constant danger, even for schoolboys. And when Israeli soldiers find Karim outside during the next curfew, it seems impossible that he will survive. This powerful book fills a substantial gap in existing young adult literature on the Middle East. With 23,000 copies already sold in the United Kingdom and Canada, this book is sure to find a wide audience among young adult readers in the United States.

Download or read book The Last Lecture written by Randy Pausch and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Download or read book Get Your Own Damn Beer I m Watching the Game written by Holly Robinson Peete and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2005-08-15 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Year after year, Sunday afternoons and Monday nights during the NFL season have belonged to men. While they cheer and argue play calls, the women in their lives are relegated to beer and chip detail. It's time for these women to join the action, and Holly Robinson Peete, star of 21 Jump Street, For Your Love, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, and wife of NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, has written this hip, smart, cheerful guide to help them do so. In Get Your Own Damn Beer, I'm Watching the Game!, Peete shares her infectious enthusiasm for pro football and takes the complexity out of the game by breaking it down to its component parts. She explains the role of each position player, provides a rundown of all on-field penalties and referees' hand signals, and offers an illustrated guide to some of the most common plays in the NFL. She gives her take on the most memorable plays in NFL history and dishes some inside dirt-in a breezy, girl-talkin' narrative that promises to turn the novice spectator into a well-informed football fanatic.

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Download or read book Naturally Beautiful written by Debra Fulton-White and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11-18 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autumn's Song What would you do if you recently inherited more money than you could ever count in an entire lifetime? What if you were constantly considered one of the most beautiful young bi-racial women in the world? What would you do about the unfortunate hunger situation that exists right here in the United States of America? What if you couldnt decide what to do with yourself after college graduation? What should you do with all of the blessings that have been bestowed upon you? In this Inspirational Romance novel you will find the answers to these questions and more. Despite the fact that Autumn Flowers struggles with herself to discover where her passions truly lie, her priorities align to reveal the depths of her innermost desires. She is tormented by concerns of the heart when she attempts to adopt a homeless bi-racial child, she is devastated when her aunt dies and leaves her to manage the affairs of her multi-million dollar estate, she suffers with grief when her life-long caretaker is stricken with cancer, and the man of her dreams who happens to be white has moved to Italy after college graduation. Her heart of gold is revealed throughout this tale of self-realization, independence, and giving back to God.

Download or read book Get in the Game written by Cal Ripken, Jr. and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-04-10 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball's all-time Iron Man, Cal Ripken, Jr., retired from baseball in 2001 after breaking countless records, including Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played. Now, in Get in the Game, he gives us his insights on hard work and success that can be applied on and off the field, based on stories from his exhilarating career in baseball. Get in the Game includes Ripken's 8 Elements of Perseverance: 1. The Right Values 2. A Strong Will to Succeed 3. Love What You Do 4. Preparation 5. Anticipation 6. Trusting Relationships 7. Life Management 8. The Courage of Your Convictions Ripken is admired not only for his relentless perseverance but also for his unparalleled integrity. From his numerous public-speaking engagements each year to his weekly "Ask Cal" column for the Baltimore Sun, Cal Ripken, Jr., is a sought-after advisor and role model to fans from all walks of life.

Download or read book Field of Schemes written by Neil deMause and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2015-03 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book I ll Mature When I m Dead written by Dave Barry and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-04-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'll Mature When I'm Dead is the New York Times bestseller from "the funniest man in America" (New York Times). Let Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist and nationally unrecognized voice of maturity Dave Barry make the journey to adulthood a little easier—and a lot funnier. Not everyone has to be dragged kicking and screaming through adulthood. Dave Barry will help through this process—with his hilarious takes on parenting, changing self-image, the battle of the sexes, technology, health care, celebrityhood, and even vampires!

Download or read book Brutality written by Ingrid Thoft and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-12-06 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The return of gutsy, relentless Boston PI Fina Ludlow, who faces her most hard-hitting case yet in the critically acclaimed series by Ingrid Thoft. Fina Ludlow isn't looking for a case independent of Ludlow and Associates, her family's personal-injury law firm, but when Liz Barone is attacked in her kitchen, Fina sees a golden opportunity. A former college soccer star at New England University, Liz has experienced a serious cognitive decline that soured the memories of her athletic glory days, and she is determined to hold someone responsible. Fina considers this an entrée into the burgeoning world of sports-injury litigation, and if her freelance work annoys her father? All the better. Lots of people have a stake in the trouble Liz is stirring up, and the more Fina digs, the more she learns that the case transcends sports. Was Liz attacked to stop her lawsuit, or were there dangerous secrets in the seemingly innocent woman's life? Where is the line between toughness and savagery? What is the price, and ultimately, who pays it? Fina discovers that wading into the financially lucrative and emotionally charged world of collegiate sports requires nerves of steel. As the list of suspects grows and hidden agendas are revealed, she navigates the rough waters of conflicting values and beloved traditions and begins to wonder: Is any game worth the price?

Download or read book Notorious written by Allison Brennan and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2014-03-25 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times bestselling author Allison Brennan introduces an irrepressible heroine in her pulse-pounding new thriller Notorious, which Lisa Gardner says is, "Guaranteed to keep you up late at night." Maxine Revere has dedicated her life to investigating murders that the police have long since given up any hope of solving. A nationally renowned investigative reporter with her own TV show and a tough-as-nails reputation, Max tackles cold cases from across the country and every walk of life. But the one unsolved murder that still haunts her is a case from her own past. When Max was a high school senior, one of her best friends was strangled and another, Kevin O'Neal, accused of the crime. To the disgrace of her wealthy family, Max stood by her friend, until she found out he lied about his alibi. Though his guilt was never proven, their relationship crumbled from the strain of too many secrets. Now Max is home for Kevin's funeral—after years of drug abuse, he committed suicide. She's finally prepared to come to terms with the loss of his friendship, but she's not prepared for Kevin's sister to stubbornly insist that he didn't kill himself. Or for an elderly couple to accost her at the airport, begging her to look into another murder at Max's old high school. Max is more interested in the cold case at her alma mater than in digging around Kevin's troubled life, but she agrees to do both. As Max uncovers dark secrets, she finds herself caught in a complicated web of lies that hit far too close to home. And it's becoming increasingly clear that someone will do whatever it takes to make sure the truth stays buried.

Download or read book The Prophecy of the Heron An AI Dystopia Novel written by Craig W. Stanfill and published by Bad Rooster Press. This book was released on 2022-11-19 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An impassioned cautionary tale espousing the potential dangers of artificial intelligence in an increasingly dependent world.” – The Independent Book Review Welcome to District 33, a crime-infested slum in which only the strongest and most savvy can hope to survive. Kim never set out to be a rebel; all she ever wanted was to settle down with Shan, but the AIs caught them in a flagrant act of unsanctioned intimacy, and now she has been exiled to the dangerous and decrepit outer districts. Unbowed and defiant, she struggles to survive, even as the dark masters of the AIs scheme to draw her back under their control. She disappears into the shadows and thinks she has escaped—until an unexpected encounter in the parallel world of virtual reality draws her back into the fire. And sets the stage for an epic confrontation that threatens a new world order. Drawing on images of decaying civilizations, Stanfill creates a dark and forbidding world in which nothing is ever as it seems and the only way to survive is to claim the shadows as your own. Praise for The Prophecy of the Heron: “A wonderfully complex and thoroughly immersive book perfect for readers who grew up on dystopian YA. Tight plotting, a rich tapestry of character-centric threads, and nonstop action make this a must-read. Highly recommended.” –The Prairies Book Review “An impassioned cautionary tale espousing the potential dangers of artificial intelligence in an increasingly dependent world. With even pacing and a plot that keeps you guessing, this book ends up both as an enjoyable page turner and a resource that could teach us all a thing or two about artificial intelligence.” – The Independent Book Review

Download or read book The Haunt of Home written by Zachary Michael Jack and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to deeply love a home place that haunts us still? From Mark Twain to Grant Wood to Garrison Keillor, regionalists from the Gilded Age to the Digital Age have explored the American Gothic and the homegrown fatalism that flourish in many of the nation's most far-flung and forgotten places. The Haunt of Home introduces us to a cast of real-life Midwestern characters grappling with the Gothic in their own lives, from promising young professionals debating the perennial "Should I stay or should I go" dilemma, to recent émigrés and entrepreneurs seeking personal reinvention, to faithful boosters determined to keep their communities alive despite the odds. In The Haunt of Home Zachary Michael Jack considers the many ways a region's abiding spirit shapes the ethos of a land and its people, offering portraits of others who, like himself, are determined to live out the unique promise and predicament of the Gothic.

Download or read book I m Wearing Tunics Now written by Wendi Aarons and published by Andrews McMeel Publishing. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An honest and hilarious memoir about second acts, self-acceptance, and celebrating what happens when a woman gets older, wiser, and a lot more excited by sales at Eileen Fisher. A late bloomer who came to her career later in life, humorist Wendi Aarons shares the joys, stumbles, and outfit mishaps she’s experienced on her road to no longer giving a f***. It's a journey from chunky heels and bad choices from the juniors department to the panache of a comfortable linen tunic (metaphorically, but also literally), enjoying her second act and unapologetically chasing her dreams. With relatable personal anecdotes, an irresistible comedic voice, and inspirational takeaways—you, too, can find self-acceptance and also age-appropriate fashion pajamas—I’m Wearing Tunics Now is a comic memoir with humor and heart.

Download or read book Finding Mr Madini written by Jonathan Morgan and published by New Africa Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An assemblage of the lives and stories of several homeless people. There's Valentine from Cameroon whose grandfather taught him how to catch mermaids; Pinky who was eight in the 1976 riots; Gert the horse thief who never attends a meeting but whose stories make a big impression on the group; Virginia the actress with the narrow bed; Patrick the cartoonist who is forced to eat live birds; Fresew the Ethiopian chemist; Steven the ex-boxer who can change the colour of a cow; Robert who explains how to remove tattoos with condensed milk; and Sipho the much-loved poet who lives in a drain under the city and who goes missing. This title is full of stories of struggle and triumph.

Download or read book I m Getting a Sports Complex written by Kevin Lagowski and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm Getting a Sports Complex is author Kevin Lagowski's twisted love note to all things Philadelphia sports throughout his lifetime. As he hits the highlights (2008 Phillies!) and low points (Chip Kelly!), Kevin tackles all the important bits of the last quarter-century along the way, spreading praise, disdain and ridicule wherever they are deserved, both in town and among its biggest rivals. No one is safe. He brings his unique views on Philly's teams, players and coaches to life through the lens of an extreme fan as he also weaves his personal life into the conversation and gives the reader a glimpse behind the curtain of his time working in the Philadelphia sports scene with some never-before-shared tales and anecdotes. As our author grows from a child to a young man into a husband and father, so too does his understanding of the place of sports in his life. Through decades of meticulous note-keeping and his own sharp memory and recall ability (plus a little help from the internet), Kevin takes you back to the moments that defined the best and worst for his teams while also pointing out the minutiae you may have missed or have long since forgotten because you had better things to do. Kevin didn't. For all Philadelphia fans, but especially those between the ages 20 and 40, I'm Getting a Sports Complex is an unapologetic reminder of why we are the way we are and support our teams so voraciously. On top of all this, Kevin serves up a list of his 50 Most Disliked Philadelphia Athletes, which is sure to start debates and elicit more than a few agreeing nods and laughs at the expense of those dubious players who made the dishonor roll. There are plenty of ups and downs along the way, but spoiler alert: Everything turns out just fine thanks to a certain football team in green. In writing that is at turns humorous and heartfelt, it is painfully obvious that the author has a major complex when it comes to Philadelphia sports. Author Kevin Lagowski resides in Delaware and is a proud graduate of Our Lady of Fatima and Salesianum Schools. He considers himself an adopted Philadelphian because of his decades of commitment to its teams and his time spent at La Salle University. He works professionally as a technical director in the television industry and can be followed @BigLagowski on Twitter.

Download or read book HBR s 10 Must Reads on Leadership Lessons from Sports featuring interviews with Sir Alex Ferguson Kareem Abdul Jabbar Andre Agassi written by Harvard Business Review and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2018-01-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world's elite athletes and coaches achieve high performance through inspiring leadership, mental toughness, and direction-setting strategic choices. Harvard Business Review has talked to many of these high performers throughout the years to learn how their success translates to the world of business. If you read nothing else on management lessons from the world of sports, read these 10 articles by athletes, coaches, and leadership experts. We've combed through our archive and selected the articles that will best help you drive performance. This book will inspire you to: Improve on your weaknesses, not just your strengths Take care of your body for sustained mental performance Increase your confidence and manage your energy before an important event Turn a struggling team around Understand the limits of performance metrics Focus on long-term goals to overcome setbacks Understand where the analogy of sports and business doesn't work This collection of articles includes "Ferguson's Formula," by Anita Elberse with Sir Alex Ferguson; "Life's Work: An Interview with Greg Louganis"; "The Making of a Corporate Athlete," by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; "The Tough Work of Turning a Team Around," by Bill Parcells; "How an Olympic Gold Medalist Learned to Perform Under Pressure: An Interview with Alex Gregory"; "Mental Preparation Secrets of Top Athletes, Entertainers, and Surgeons," an interview with Daniel McGinn by Sarah Green Carmichael; "SoulCycle's CEO on Sustaining Growth in a Faddish Industry," by Melanie Whelan; "Life's Work: An Interview with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar"; "Major League Innovation," by Scott D. Anthony; "Looking Past Performance in Your Star Talent," by Mark de Rond, Adrian Moorhouse, and Matt Rogan; "Life's Work: An Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov"; "How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better," by Graham Jones; "Life's Work: An Interview with Joe Girardi"; "Why There Is an I in Team," by Mark de Rond; "Life's Work: An Interview with Andre Agassi"; and "Why Sports Are a Terrible Metaphor for Business," by Bill Taylor.

Download or read book Higher written by Lexy Timms and published by W.J. May. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 in the University of Gatica Series Book Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FdSZUaJ2q0 High Jumper Jani Felix is on a full ride at the University of Gatica, a Division One NCAA school. She is determined to make NCAAs, enjoy the year with her new roommate, Aileen Nessa, A hurdler from Ohio. What she is trying not to do, is focus on one of the varsity team’s top swimmers, Carter Daily. When Jani’s grades begin slipping she keeps it quiet, afraid to ask for help. When her performance results start dropping, she can’t hide from it anymore. She has to make the decision if she’s going to sink or swim. "This is NOT erotica* It is a new adult & college sport romance. Readers who enjoy J.S. Scott, Addison Moore, Mara Jacobs, J.S. Cooper, CM Doporto, CM Owens will enjoy this College Sport Romance at the University of Gatica.