Download or read book Roller Hockey Radicals written by Matt Christopher and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Newcomer Kirby Childs overcomes obstacles to find his spot on a new roller hockey team.
Download or read book The Promise of Living written by George A. Goens and published by Turning Stone Press. This book was released on 2013-05-20 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2004, George Goens lost his daughter during the birth of his second grandchild. How does one respond to the simultaneous crash of life and death? In The Promise of Living: Loss, Life and Living, Goens wrestles with his conflicting emotions over the convergence of two very disparate events – one celebrating the beginning of life, one grieving the loss of another. Goens begins his story at the expected date of his daughter Betsy’s birthing of her second child, Luke – his grandson. Goens’ joy slowly twists into panic, then horror when phone calls from his son reveal that the process has gone awry. Stricken by a rare complication, Betsy delivers a healthy baby but dies soon after the birth. Thus begins Goens’ journey of grief, anger and despair as he struggles to reconcile the paradox of his daughter’s premature passing juxtaposed to the developing life of his grandchildren, their family and his own life. “Inexplicable events happen in life, many contrary to our belief in the natural order,” he writes in the book’s introduction. “Our rational plans and sense of equilibrium are upset. Chaos seems to reign in both our internal and external worlds.” Goens re-examines his beliefs, his relationships, his perceptions, his values, his fears and his dreams of the future. He relives his close relationship with his daughter, his mid-life crisis that included a scandalizing affair costing him his marriage and job, and another shocking loss involving the shooting murder of a school principal in a district for which he served as superintendent. He wrestles with a grief many of his friends label as “excessive” and is humbled by his inability to take their advice and “move on.” He comes to realize that, even while living in a community with family and friends, everyone must ultimately face loss alone in the quiet of their own hearts and souls. “Life’s only script consists of birth and death,” Goens writes. “We fill in what comes between. . . .Whimsy and mystery, serendipity and surprise fill our lives. The clichéd story of a main character succumbing to tragedy, falling into a funk, having an epiphany, and seeing the light and then proceeding back into normalcy doesn’t really happen. . . . Finding peace takes time and is a creative process of small steps, plateaus, and setbacks,” he adds. Woven throughout the book is Goens’ poetry, in equal measures stirring, contemplative, and inspiring, as exemplified in “Love and Sorrow”: Love and sorrow are two sides of the same coinOne’s sorrow is in direct proportion to one’slove for another when they are gone. I am thinking of you in this time of unrelenting sorrowin celebration of your beautiful and endearing life. In spite of heart-wrenching circumstances, Goens and his family find a way to heal through acceptance and forgiveness, and he honors the life of his daughter by living his own to its full potential. Readers who have experienced their own devastating loss – or who are close to someone else who has – will find comfort, inspiration and wisdom in his story.
Download or read book Life is for Living written by Carmel Sottile McDonald and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carmel S.R. Sottile was born and raised in the small town of Coniston, seven miles south of the city of Sudbury, Ontario. As a teacher, she thoroughly enjoyed teaching both the primary and the intermediate grades, in various cities in the province of Ontario. While teaching in London, Ontario she met and married her husband Ian A. McDonald, on November 01, of the year 1956. They celebrated their 60th year of marriage amongst family and friends from all over Canada. Carmel published her first book entitled “A Handbook for Teachers and Parents”, in 1998. Her second book “Life is for Living” not only illustrates her zest for living, but was prompted by a cry of dismay, uttered by a guest who while attending a friendly gathering made the realization...as in his words, “I have done nothing!”
Download or read book Living The American Dream written by Philip Rosen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living In America written by Roshni Rustomji-kerns and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology shows the influences of Western literature and the Western literary traditions, especially as they exist in world literature written in English. It contains stories and poems dealing with South Asian American experiences and presents the evocative themes of love, loss, and exile.
Download or read book The Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1942 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living With Cancer written by Dr. Gillian Dolansky Presner and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After happily achieving many of my personal and professional childhood dreams, I was unexpectedly diagnosed with terminal cancer while pregnant with my 3rd daughter at the age of 36. In this book I write about my lived experience since that time and give advice regarding how to engage with the people in your life with a cancer diagnosis.
Download or read book Living in the V written by John Hicks and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2006-08-17 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living in the "V" is a memoir documenting the life experiences of the author. It's been described by some as Exciting, Educational, Scary, Inspiring and Motivating. A look deep into a world seen only by one who has been there!
Download or read book A Vagabond Life written by Tom Peart and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2023-08-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to a career in coaching sports, there is no teaching without doing—and practice doesn’t just make perfect, it makes a whole life. In this heartfelt memoir, first-time author Thomas H. Peart recounts the story of his experiences growing up in Alexandria, Minnesota, playing hockey, joining the US Marine Corps, attending college, and eventually entering a lengthy and impressive career as a coach for high school, college, and professional hockey—both stateside and overseas—alongside a number of other sports. Beginning in childhood and throughout his life, all the way up to the moment of his authoring this very book, Peart’s career as a coach is a testament to the value of learning through experience, teaching with care and respect, and always remaining open to opportunity. A satisfying slice of life in the postwar American Midwest, this book will make a great addition to the shelves of Peart’s contemporaries, as well as anyone interested in the worlds of amateur and professional sports. Because those who do, teach—and those who teach, do.
Download or read book The Layman s Magazine of the Living Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs and Reflections written by Roy McMurtry and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From “the Kid” on the Varsity Blues football team to “the Chief” at Osgoode Hall, R. Roy McMurtry has had a remarkably varied and influential career. As reformist attorney general of Ontario, one of the architects of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario, he made a large and enduring contribution to Canadian law, politics, and life. These memoirs cover all these facets of his remarkable career, as well as his law practice, his work on various commissions of inquiry, and his reflections on family, sport, and art. This volume is both an account of his life in public service and a portrait of a humane, humorous, still optimistic, and always decent man.
Download or read book Littell s Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Experiments in Life written by Steven Sage and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-04-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story details how Steven Sage went from a middle-class life of privilege to teen delinquency, to the young adult life of a ne’er-do-well who was working jobs he hated, and to finding himself on the doorstep of community college. With a family and working twenty to thirty hours a week and having decided to better himself morally and educationally, he ultimately obtained a PhD in psychology and a career as a professor. It should be entertaining for most and perhaps inspirational. It shows that with a shift in personal mission, one can make amends for wrongs, recover from setbacks, and still make the most of life.
Download or read book The Living Age written by and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Alone Creatively written by Stanley Ely and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of Americans are living fulfilling lives without partners today. This book profiles twelve. "Singles, be prepared to be inspired, uplifted, and validated by reading this book. It shows the single lifestyle as (contrary to popular opinion) an opportunity to live a meaningful and fulfilling life." Jean Zartner, Author of Upside of Being Single "Living alone does not mean being isolated as Stanley Ely illustrates in these fascinating interviews with a diverse group of people. Here we get to know how single people stay connected and remain involved with their passions and interests. Read their stories, see how they create full lives, and get ideas that you can use to enrich your own life."-Peter M. Nardi, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology and author, Pitzer College. "If anyone has a lingering regret about not sharing his life with another, Stanley Ely's true stories will dispel that cloud. Anyone without a partner can use this book to find a way through the forest or reinforce the path already taken."-Pauline Graivier, The Dallas Morning News columnist and personal communications consultant.
Download or read book Arcadia written by Mark Lages and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2019-10-02 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s a chilling fact that suicide is today’s number two cause of death for young people. Arcadia is a story about suicide, but it’s also a story about life. This is the fascinating tale of a suicidal teen named Jacob Harper, told vividly and unforgettably by his loving father. It’s a journey through Jacob’s private world of torment, disappointment, fear, humor, hope, love, and finally, success. Arcadia is as relentlessly personal as it is entertaining, and as honest as it is encouraging.
Download or read book Home Ice written by Angie Abdou and published by ECW Press. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the Canada Reads–nominated The Bone Cage tackles the ups and downs of amateur hockey, from a mother’s point of view Over 570,000 people are registered in Hockey Canada and over 600,000 in Hockey USA. It’s a national obsession. But what does that really mean when your child wants to play on a team? As a former varsity athlete and university instructor teaching sport literature, novelist Angie Abdou is no stranger to sport obsession, but she finds herself conflicted when faced with the reality of the struggles, joys, and strains of having a child in amateur hockey. In Home Ice, with equal parts humour and anguish, Abdou charts a full season of life as an Atom-level hockey mom, from summer hockey camp to the end-of-season tournament. Her revealing stories and careful research on issues such as cost, gender bias, concussion, and family pressures offer a compellingly honest and complex insider’s view of parenting today’s young athlete in a competitive and high-pressure culture.
