Download or read book Hurdles written by Nancy Leake Woodson and published by Author House. This book was released on 2010-10-20 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sudden cancer diagnosis finds a wife, mother of three and full time employee of the local university with an unexpected life changing decision. The reconstruction of her current job position forces her to choose to travel three weeks out of each month or return to the college classroom to complete her undergraduate degree. The many HURDLES all the way will pull at your heart strings, cry with laughter, challenging your spirit and fill your soul with joy. This memoir will take you on a journey to the core of author’s true self, while understanding the importance of her family and friends. On her five year cancer anniversary, this runner in her own race will hopefully encourage you to become a better spouse, parent, child, friend and leader to all. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent and the few guilty.

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Download or read book Hurdles in the Dark written by Elvira K. Gonzalez and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2024-05-28 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Mexican-American teen girl dreams of winning an athletic scholarship against all odds in a Texas border town. This true story of survival, strength, and triumph is perfect for fans of Educated and Athlete A. Twenty-four hours: that's how long fourteen-year-old Elvira Gonzalez is given to come up with the $40,000 she needs to save her kidnapped mother from a drug cartel. It's 2006 and Elvira's hometown of Laredo, Texas, has become engulfed by the Mexican Drug War. Elvira's life is unraveling around her—setting her on a harrowing path that leads her to being locked up in one of South Texas's worst juvenile detention centers. After Elvira's released from juvie, she's resolved to never go back. That's when her unexpected salvation arrives in the form of 33-inch-high plastic hurdles. Determined to win a track scholarship out of Laredo, Elvira begins breaking into the school, alone, at 5:30 in the morning to practice hurdling. Soon, she catches the attention of a renowned high school coach, an adult man in his 30s. As they train, their coach-student relationship begins to change, becoming sexual. At just seventeen years old, Elvira experiences the dangers many young athletes face, especially those who are marginalized. In spite of these towering obstacles, Elvira eventually propels herself to become one of the top ranked hurdlers in the USA and the first in her family to go to college. This inspiring true story of grit, tenacity, and hope traces Elvira's path as she overcomes impossible hurdles in her race to freedom.

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Download or read book A Drama of Reform written by Benedict J. Groeschel and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ÊA Drama of ReformÊis the story of the new order founded by Fr. Benedict Groeschel and seven other Capuchin friars, and of the first two decades of a reform in religious life begun in 1987. United in the desire to be authentic disciples of Jesus Christ and following in the footsteps of Saint Francis, they want to encourage the army of Christians of all denominations who are discouraged by the erosion of Gospel values in our culture. This inspirational volume combines more thanÊ100 dramatic photosÊfrom the interesting and varied aspects of their daily lives. Along with the wonderful photos, members of the two independent communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal provide short essays on their life, which will enable others to experience the earnestness and enthusiasm of this young and fervent group. More than one hundred sisters and friars from a dozen countries have come together with the common desire to follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ after the example of Saint Francis and the tradition of the Capuchin reform. Well-known for their work with the poor and homeless in the South Bronx and other deprived areas, these Franciscans communicate a deep sense of the joy and love of those trying to be totally committed to living the Gospel in an increasingly de-Christianized world.

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Download or read book Directors and the New Musical Drama written by M. Lundskaer-Nielsen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2008-04-14 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the first books to offer a rigorous analysis of the enormous changes in the musical theatre during the 1980s and 90s. In addition, it focuses on the contribution of well-known, serious theatre directors to the mainstream Musical Theatre and it is the first book to offer a dual Anglo-American perspective on this subject.

Download or read book The Drama of the Reform written by Benedict C.F.R. Groeschel and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Drama of Reform is the story of the new order founded by Fr. Benedict Groeschel and seven other Capuchin friars, and of the first two decades of a reform in religious life begun in 1987. United in the desire to be authentic disciples of Jesus Christ and following in the footsteps of Saint Francis, they want to encourage the army of Christians of all denominations who are discouraged by the erosion of Gospel values in our culture. This inspirational volume combines more than 100 dramatic photos from the interesting and varied aspects of their daily lives. Along with the wonderful photos, members of the two independent communities of the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal and Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal provide short essays on their life, which will enable others to experience the earnestness and enthusiasm of this young and fervent group. More than one hundred sisters and friars from a dozen countries have come together with the common desire to follow the Gospel of Jesus Christ after the example of Saint Francis and the tradition of the Capuchin reform. Well-known for their work with the poor and homeless in the South Bronx and other deprived areas, these Franciscans communicate a deep sense of the joy and love of those trying to be totally committed to living the Gospel in an increasingly de-Christianized world.

Download or read book Text Presentation 2007 written by Stratos E. Constantinidis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-08-11 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text & Presentation is an annual publication devoted to all aspects of theatre scholarship. It represents a selection of the best research presented at the international, interdisciplinary Comparative Drama Conference. This anthology includes papers from the 31st annual conference held in Los Angeles, California. Topics covered include Chicano theatre, the Vietnam War and 9/11 in the French theatre, actresses and modern Hamlet, Asian theatre, Antigone in pre- and post-communist Germany, adapting an Internet comic strip for the stage, and the future of dramatic literature in the academy, among others.

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Download or read book Bye Bye Self Sabotage written by Tracy Latz M.D. and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-10-19 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bye Bye SelfSabotage by Tracy Latz & Marion Ross Dr.s Latz and Ross lead you on a wild journey toward your own personal transformation by mindfully applying concepts in neuroscience, quantum physics, and a combination of proven techniques and practices to blast through the obstacles blocking your path. The authors define the shrinks greatest hits (a.k.a. the 12 Keys) - the core issues that create chaos, stress and lack of joy in your relationships, health, career and life. In the opening of the book, Dr. Bernie Siegel, author of Love, Medicine and Miracles, says The lessons to be learned from this book are age-old but re-framed in ways that are easy to incorporate and appropriate to our lifestyle today. They ring true for me. This book gives profound, easy-to-use practices that allow the readers to rapidly transform their lives! Dr.s Latz and Ross are called The Shift Doctors because in this book you will find: The Neuroscience behind Self-Sabotage and why it has been so difficult for you to create lasting change Bulleted, targeted recommendations at the end of each chapter to show the most rapid way to overcome issues that affect your health, emotions, relationships, finances, and career along with real-life examples of how others have shifted their lives using the tools in this book. An intensive personal healing journey allowing you to shift your perception and situation for a jump start in life A reference guide to be consulted one chapter at a time whenever a specific issue or challenge arises and stalls forward momentum in your life. For anyone truly serious about changing any long-established dysfunctional emotional patterns, thoughts or behaviors that have them stuck, Bye Bye Self- Sabotage is the answer!

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Download or read book Classical Music written by Alexander J. Morin and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 1220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encompassing more than five hundred classical composers past and present, this listener's guide to classical music discusses the best recordings of symphonies, operas, choral pieces, chamber music, and more by the world's leading composers as performed by a variety of outstanding musicians and conductors, and includes essays on the classical repertory, composers, instruments, and more. Original.

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