Download or read book Making Waves Against All the Odds written by Peter King and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-09-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into this heart-wrenching young adult/adult novel that delves deep into the lives of five children struggling to rise above the hardships of their single-parent upbringing. Making Waves Against All the Odds follows their journey from primary school, where they form a self-preservation group, through the turbulent years into adulthood. At the centre of the story is Stuart, who, burdened with the responsibilities of being the man of the house from a very young age, grapples with his own challenges, including failed romances, while also managing his younger sister’s troubles. When tragedy strikes, Stuart faces an agonizing decision: become the legal guardian of a daughter from their close-knit group or marry the girl of his dreams. The emotional twists and turns of Stuart’s journey will keep you captivated until the very end.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Shirley Babashoff and published by Santa Monica Press. This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world. Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become “the female Mark Spitz.” All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German women’s team. Once celebrated as America’s golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: “Surly Shirley.” Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Kurt Weyland and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the three main waves of political regime contention in Europe and Latin America. Surprisingly, protest against authoritarian rule spread across countries more quickly in the nineteenth century, yet achieved greater success in bringing democracy in the twentieth. To explain these divergent trends, the book draws on cognitive-psychological insights about the inferential heuristics that people commonly apply; these shortcuts shape learning from foreign precedents such as an autocrat's overthrow elsewhere. But these shortcuts had different force, depending on the political-organizational context. In the inchoate societies of the nineteenth century, common people were easily swayed by these heuristics: jumping to the conclusion that they could replicate such a foreign precedent in their own countries, they precipitously challenged powerful rulers, yet often at inopportune moments - and with low success. By the twentieth century, however, political organizations had formed. As organizational ties loosened the bounds of rationality, contentious waves came to spread less rapidly, but with greater success.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Frederick Lau and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musical sounds are some of the most mobile human elements, crossing national, cultural, and regional boundaries at an ever-increasing pace in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Whole musical products travel easily, though not necessarily intact, via musicians, CDs (and earlier, cassettes), satellite broadcasting, digital downloads, and streaming. The introductory chapter by the volume editors develops two framing metaphors: “traveling musics” and “making waves.” The wave-making metaphor illuminates the ways that traveling musics traverse flows of globalization and migration, initiating change, and generating energy of their own. Each of the nine contributors further examines music—its songs, makers, instruments, aurality, aesthetics, and images—as it crosses oceans, continents, and islands. In the process of landing in new homes, music interacts with older established cultural environments, sometimes in unexpected ways and with surprising results. They see these traveling musics in Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific as “making waves”—that is, not only riding flows of globalism, but instigating ripples of change. What is the nature of those ripples? What constitutes some of the infrastructure for the wave itself? What are some of the effects of music landing on, transported to, or appropriated from distant shores? How does the Hawai‘i-Asia-Pacific context itself shape and get shaped by these musical waves? The two poetic and evocative metaphors allow the individual contributors great leeway in charting their own course while simultaneously referring back to the influence of their mentor and colleague Ricardo D. Trimillos, whom they identify as “the wave maker.” The volume attempts to position music as at once ritual and entertainment, esoteric and exoteric, tradition and creativity, within the cultural geographies of Hawai‘i, Asia, and the Pacific. In doing so, they situate music at the very core of global human endeavors.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Julie Kenner and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-06-15 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laci Montgomery is determined to be pro surfing's Golden Girl. Does she need help from her ex—hottie sports promoter Taylor Dutton? No way! Well, not unless she's on top….
Download or read book Making Waves written by Roger Lewin and published by Rodale. This book was released on 2005-09-25 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A portrait of maverick scientist and iconoclastic medical researcher Irving Dardik describes his theory that all matter moves in interconnected waves and its implications in terms of the fields of health care, biology, medicine, and applied science. 35,000 first printing.
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Sujata and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal life Manual. Do you live in the Jungle with Animals? Or live in civilized Society? If in the latter this book is for you. Are you a victim or a survivor? Survive and Protect yourself from gender discrimination, culture biases, belittling within home, educational to professional workplace, mental, verbal, physical, emotional, exploitation, rape and all kinds of sexual abuse. Trapped or stifled in unhappy marriage, parent child discord, years of working with bad bosses, compromise on a daily basis. Are you a prisoner of the moment.? Do you want to run away, feel suicidal? Politics of the Universe, society. Don’t let it shackle you. When you are pushed to the wall. Push back. When you have nothing to lose then give yourself that one chance and take a courageous step. Don’t give up. It’s hard, very hard but courage and self-belief will open doors. Gather inspiration from my journey and trust me you can do it. All of us can be leaders, all we have to do is nudge that dormant factor. Giving in easy. Tenacity and resilience are words to describe that one moment when you decide to take action even if it is swimming against the tide or Against all Odds. No matter what the problem, I am your partner to overcome the challenge and turn it into a steppingstone to progress. Leader’s walk the talk and should be accessible to make a difference in people’s lives. Money cannot do that. Care can. Do You care for yourself or others? I care for others.
Download or read book Against All Odds A Friends to Lovers Pregnancy Romance written by Ajme Williams and published by Ajme Williams. This book was released on with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We loved each other... only as friends. We married each other... only in Vegas. A fake ring and a cheap dress didn’t mean anything to me. But the feelings in my heart were real. They were more intense than I wanted them to be. Because Chris and I... could never work. My brother hates him even though he’s always been my BFF. And more than anything? Chris might have said “I do” in Vegas but he only wants to be friends. It’s one thing to suppress my emotions. It’s another to hide my pregnancy. Chris can’t find out. It’ll ruin whatever it is that we have left. My focus needs to remain on the annulment. And on mending my own heart. Am I being stupid? Probably. But there’s no way that this could end in a happily ever after... could it? A full length friends-to-lovers accidental wedding romance where everything goes so wrong and is yet so right. The perfect HEA and absolutely no cliff-hanger! ‘Against All Odds’ is a part of the Heart of Hope series but stands alone. Books do not have to be read in order.
Download or read book Survival of a Black Man Against all Odds written by Harry Johnson and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2024-03-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Book (Survival of a Black Man: Against all odd) give a riveting account of how Systemic Racism is running rapid in our country’s workforce and how the Unions, Government, and State Agencies like the Department of Fair Housing and Employment are failing to protect the people their department was created to protect. This is a daily problem in our workforce today. By reading this book it will educated on the ins and outs of all aspects of the Child Support Division and our Civil Court system. It will also let you know how one man mistreatment and belittlement he received during his twenty years of employment. Racism has no place in the today’s workplaces in America, but yet it continues rear its ugly face in every nook and cranny across our country. Diversity makes up our country and our workplaces should reflect our country. My co-worker and the public kept stressing me but the Lord continued to bless me. I love my country, but do my country Love me? This is an amazing and powerful read, it will affect every emotion in your body, because it affect every emotion in Harry's body, after all he was the man that took brunt of all the cheating, lying, mistreatment, belittlement and agony. Enjoy Harry's story, but do not enjoy his agony too much because he suffered a lot both mentally and physically. Enjoy and God Bless You! BLM!
Download or read book Against All Odds written by Ellie Goldstein and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Will inspire you never to dim your light.' - Katie Piper OBE The debut book in Katie Piper's UnSeen series looks at fashion model's Ellie Goldstein's astounding journey as she overcomes adversity and makes history by becoming the first supermodel with Down Syndrome to represent prestigious brands, such as Gucci and Adidas, in major campaigns around the world. When Ellie Goldstein was first diagnosed with Down Syndrome, her mother was soon told that her new-born would amount to nothing. For 21 years and counting, Ellie Goldstein has been defying the odds and overcoming every hardship thrown at her. Told she wouldn't walk, Ellie has danced on mainstages. Told she wouldn't learn, she has gained a college education. And told not to dream, Ellie has gone on to become the first model with Down Syndrome to be photographed for Gucci and continues to change the face of fashion from the inside out in countless international campaigns. Ellie's heart, humour, and hard work has allowed her to achieve her dreams. An advocate for disability, Ellie uses her platform as a disabled model to act as a role model and inspire other people with Down Syndrome. Ellie's story highlights the importance of family, and how community and support can carry people through the toughest of times. Against All Odds includes the perspective of both Ellie and her mother Yvonne, making Ellie's story the perfect read for parents and carers of those with disabilities or those who, like Katie Piper OBE, are passionate about championing the most vulnerable in society. Against All Odds is the first book in Katie Piper's UnSeen series, which shed light on untold stories of unwavering hope that deserve to be heard. The UnSeen empowers readers to own their stories and know that they too deserve to be seen. Ellie's inspirational story will challenge you to unlearn everything you thought you knew about living with a disability and inspire you to see adversity as fuel for your fight.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Roger Lewin and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2005-09-29 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biography of a medical maverick who is challenging scientific convention with his astounding approach to achieving and maintaining health. Dr. Irving Dardik's radical notions about how all matter moves in interconnected waves has drawn deep skepticism from physicists, and his early attempts to put his theory into practice in the field of health care got him banned from practicing medicine in the 1990s. But now, after a decade's worth of rigorous research that seems to support Dardik's SuperWave theory, scientists at such esteemed institutions as MIT, Harvard, and Stanford Research International are signing on with Dardik's team to probe the possibilities. For example, Dardik's unique approach to physical exercise, based on his Principle, has achieved some remarkable successes in reversing symptoms of chronic disease. Making Waves weaves together two fascinating stories: Dardik's personal progression from vascular surgeon to scientific iconoclast and pioneer, chronicling his struggle to convince the scientific community to take him seriously; and the evolution of his mind-expanding SuperWave Principle. Colleagues--skeptics as well as supporters--consider the impact of SuperWave theory on current thinking about nature on all scales, from the universe to the subatomic world, and in the realms of biology, applied science, and medicine. The resulting read will interest those concerned with their own health and vitality as well as those curious about the fundamental workings of nature.
Download or read book Match Point written by Katherine Reilly and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-20 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ***Pre-order RIDE THE WAVE, the new sexy sports rom-com from Katherine Reilly, now!*** *** A brand new spicy sports rom-com, full of sizzling chemistry and epic romance for fans of ICEBREAKER and THE FAKE OUT. In tennis, love means nothing For two weeks Wimbledon hosts the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and this year everyone is talking about player Kieran O'Sullivan, the infamous bad boy of the sport with one last chance to win a Grand Slam. Everyone, that is, except Flora Hendrix. Flora might live in Wimbledon, but she's renting out her flat for the summer while she explores the fresh start that she's longing for. Except when Flora's plans unexpectedly fall through, the last thing she expects is her house guest to refuse to leave. Especially when it's none other than Kieran O'Sullivan. Thrown together for the summer, sparks fly between Flora and Kieran. But they're not going to let a few sparks distract them from finally following their dreams. Are they? *** Perfect for fans of: Enemies to lovers Forced proximity Sports romance *** Readers LOVE Match Point: 'A perfect summer read, best consumed with strawberries and cream and in the sun. Honestly, now I want more romances like this in my life.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5* 'A delightful read, full of angst, romance and heapings of humour!' - NetGalley reviewer, 5* 'If you think you don't need to read a tennis romance this summer, you do... and its this book!' - NetGalley reviewer, 5* 'Match Point was magical, I got transferred directly into Wimbledon whilst I was reading... The ending has me on the edge of my seat and I could not wait to see how this ended.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5* 'I LOVED this book... It made me cry, giggle, scream and everything in between!' - NetGalley reviewer, 5* 'So well-written... full of charm and just the right amount of spice. Match Point is a grand slam.' - NetGalley reviewer, 5*
Download or read book Making Waves written by Mark Ramsey and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio is on the verge all right, but on the verge of what? Are we on the cusp of a new renaissance, a time of unprecedented excitement and opportunity? Or are we headed, as some naysayers argue, towards an industry-wide twilight? Making Waves argues that it's the former, not the latter. This book can help any broadcaster navigate a digital wonderland of infinite choice and endless competition. Dive in. The water's fine. Let's make some waves. Foreword by Greater Media CEO Peter Smyth.
Download or read book Making Waves written by Mario Vargas Llosa and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning thirty years of writing, Making Waves traces the development of Mario Vargas Llosa's thinking on politics and culture, and shows the breadth of his interests and passions. Featured here are astute meditations on the Cuban Revolution, Latin American independence, and the terrorism of Peru's Shining Path; brilliant engagements with towering figures of literature like Joyce, Faulkner, and Sartre; considerations on the dog cemetery where Rin Tin Tin is buried, Lorena Bobbitt's knife, and the failures of the English public-school system.
Download or read book All of the Above written by Dorothy Barresi and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 1991-04-30 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction by Olga Broumas Winner of the 1990 Barnard New Women Poets Prize
Download or read book Making Waves written by Libby Brown and published by Cross Roads Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making Waves written by Randi Reisfeld and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2008 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alyssa, Jenna, and LJ have been a tight trio forever. When they meet new girl Aubrey at the summer pool, they're ready to make room for a fourth! But it's not so easy to keep a new friend when she flakes on plans... even if she does come through with things like front-row concert tickets!
