Download or read book Pain Is a Game We All Got to Play written by Trixie James and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-24 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trixie resides in the Island of Barbados, for many visitors to Barbados, the Island is beautiful, tranquil and peaceful, but beneath the surface of this paradise lies a class structure that is so tightly held in place that for many reaching the top of this structure is hard to accomplish, and only a few are able to penetrate enabling them to move up the ladder. Trixie is one of the few, who was able to penetrate and move up the ladder, but the journey wasn't easy, because Trixie from the beginning was set up to fail, with a mother who loved her but had difficulty putting Trixie's needs above her own, a father who constantly abandoned her because he was a dead beat, her mother's family except for two aunts who resented her because they felt she was given everything, and her father's family who except for an uncle and great uncle acted as if she didn't exist.

Download or read book Pain Gang written by Neil Reynolds and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No sport demands toughness more than professional football, and no sport celebrates it with as much joy, excitement, and pride. John Madden annually offers his picks of the top tough guys, and sick hits are shown repeatedly on jumbotrons nationwide and ESPN's Sportscenter. Anyone who's ever watched an NFL Films production can surely hear "the voice"--that distinctive narrator--lauding the warriors of the gridiron who lay it all out there. Imagine his voice as you say: "These tough men came to do battle today, and only the fiercest will win." Into this atmosphere comes Neil Reynolds, public relations manager for the NFL in Europe, and his new book Pain Gang: Pro Football's Fifty Toughest Players. From early day heroes, such as Bronko Nagurski, Clark Hinkle, and Frank "Bruiser" Kinard, to Hall of Famers like Ronnie Lott, Walter Payton, and Dick Butkus, to such modern-day iron men as Emmitt Smith, Brett Favre, and Rodney Harrison, Reynolds lauds some of the toughest, meanest, most inspirational, and hardest-working men in the roughest sport. He includes interviews with teammates, coaches, opponents, and the players themselves on what it means to be tough, how they characterize toughness, and even who was the toughest of them all. Some players fought through broken bones and tired bodies. Others laid out opponents with the hardest of hits. Still others proved themselves on the battlefields of World War II before joining this secondary field of battle. And some played hard and fast--mostly within the rules--in order to intimidate their opponents through sheer fear. Whatever their means, these guys were tough and knew it--and they made sure everyone else did as well. Meet the Pain Gang, and you'll know it too.

Download or read book Winning In Life And Work Dare To Dream written by Keith Blakemore-Noble and published by Be Your Change. This book was released on 2019-11-09 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dare To Dream is about exploring how amazing and fulfilling life can be, if only we would dare to dream - for how can you follow your dreams if you don't dream in the first place? It is a book which explores the concepts and really brings them to life through sharing the experiences of 17 diverse people from around the globe who dared to dream. Each author shares their own experiences - the highs, the lows, the obstacles, and the eventual triumphs, in a way which seeks both to inspire us as to what it possible, and to motivate us to keep going and to achieve it. By reading them all, the book becomes greater than the sum of its parts, as the various experiences and lessons resonate across chapters, reinforcing in surprising ways, and build within the reader the desire, the will, the commitment to Dare To Dream. "Dare to Dream offers a collection of beautiful stories and powerful perspectives from a variety of authors. It shows us how the human spirit can shine through a myriad of challenges and how we each can develop the courage to live our dreams." - Marci Shimoff- #1 NY Times bestselling author of "Happy for No Reason", and "Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul". Dare To Dream is the eagerly anticipated fourth book in the internationally bestselling Winning in Life and Work series (which includes Volume 1 [2013], New Beginnings [2015], and Success Secrets [2017]) Like its predecessors, this book is concerned with helping you to win in life and work. It follows the same well-proven premise - experts sharing their experience, skills, and knowledge in specific areas to help you to become even better at winning in life and work. As with previous books, the chapters follow a specific theme – in this case, that of daring to dream, to believe in our dreams, and to follow our dreams wherever they may take us. It is not necessary to have read the previous volumes in order to get the most from this one, although after reading this book you might become inspired to seek out the guidance and suggestions offered within the first three. For this book, creator Keith Blakemore-Noble brings together 17 international experts to share their messages, learnings, experiences, and insights into the power of dreams, all of whom seek to inspire us all to Dare o Dream. Contributors - Keith Blakemore-Noble, Laura Di Franco, Lynn Dehnke, Jennifer Whitacre, Paula Kalik, Shelia Heard, Veronica B. Light, Manuela Rohr, Karen Fulkerson, Margie O’Kane, Amy Boyer, Nadia Gualtieri, Jason Withers, Gila Nehemia, Stephen Bryant, Nick Manci, and Lori Zeltwanger. Chapters include - 1 - It’s Never Too Late 2 - Transformation is a warrior’s path 3 - Adversity: Make It Count 4 - The Subtleties of Self-Sabotage 5 - The Elephant In The Room 6 - Life Happens 7 - At The Centre Of Your Being 8 - Broken Dream 9 - I Pressed On: Destigmatizing Depression 10 - No Time For Regret 11 - Taking Responsibility for our Inner Pain 12 - The Power Of Beliefs 13 - Pocket More, Stress Less – Simple Pathways to Profit 14 - Forgiveness Leads to Peace 15 - First Steps Into The Unknown 16 - The Solo Search For Sanity 17 - Pain Pain Go Away - Don’t Come Back Another Day! "Dare to Dream is not only a good book, it’s a way of life. There are some great examples in these stories of how to live outside the box that so many people are stuck in. If you want more from life, you should read this book." - David Alan Arnold - Helicopter Cameraman of The Deadliest Catch and Author of Help From Above

Download or read book New Story for Humanity written by Susan Altschwager and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2013-08 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan Altschwager was once a very ordinary woman, busy creating a life around her family, friends, career, and community. Then one fateful day, she experienced something that would change her life forever. An interaction with a non-physical being from an ancient civilization was the start of a new life for Susan. As an electromagnetic energy field penetrated her whole physical body, activating her DNA codes of remembrance, she entered and connected to Mother Earth. Susan began to see the truth around her. She gained awareness of humanity's cycle of life, and great knowledge and wisdom became her human reality. Twenty-five years after that extraordinary encounter, she has reached a place of total acceptance. She now embraces her destiny as a pioneer of this time who bears the responsibility to educate and inspire others. She wants everyone to understand that each person has a role in the bigger picture. Accepting her role-as the voice for Mother Earth-has been challenging for Susan, but once she surrendered to her fate, her journey truly began. Susan Altschwager is an ordinary woman, wife, mother, and grandmother with great love for her family-and an amazing message for humanity.

Download or read book Everything Makes Sense written by Tim Garvin and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2024-06-28 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is a gift that will allow ready seekers to forego years of preoccupation with trifling intellectual distractions and get on with close-notice of life and consciousness.' Peter Nordeen, historian of the life and work of Avatar Meher Baba, writer and producer of God in Human Form and other films for Meher Filmworks Science and religion study the same phenomenon - the cosmos itself - but an impenetrable barrier seems to separate them. Author Tim Garvin removes that barrier and offers a resonant handshake. Instead of sitting across from each other in opposition, scientists and seekers can sit at a table made round by wonder. As Everything Makes Sense dives into the nature of knowing and existence, it reveals a mutuality in humankind unimagined by theology or biology, a mutuality in the nature of being itself. From there, Everything Makes Sense develops an explanation of existence by employing the thought and insight of the inner world's two most penetrating cartographers, Aurobindo Ghose and Meher Baba, whose work and a close-notice of life itself reveal the deep purpose of creation.

Download or read book Royal Pain written by Morgan Jane Mitchell and published by Morgan Jane Mitchell. This book was released on 2023-04-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Royal Bastards MC 5th Run From USA Today Bestselling Author Morgan Jane Mitchell comes the next installment of her Royal Bastards MC: Nashville, TN Chapter series, Royal Pain. Biker Prince of the Smokey Rollers MC, Riff was born bad. A biker rat, he was set to inherit the Presidency. But after his father’s motorcycle club disbanded, his prospects of ruling one day all but disappeared. That was until he found the Royal Bastards MC in Nashville and quickly became Road Captain. Dead set on taking over for Kingpin one day, Riff has become a Royal Pain around the club. All that changes once Mary arrives. Finally free of her childhood prison, Mary knows nothing of the outside world, let alone the biker lifestyle at Royal Road. After choosing to leave her Amish family, being offered a job as a live-in nurse seems like a dream come true. She quickly finds out how different things are at Royal Road. Not only different but depraved. The more she learns the more she questions leaving her Godly home. Thankfully there’s a hot biker around, more than willing to show her the ropes. Can Riff convince her it’s not all bad when the outlaw biker life is all he’s ever known? Riff having something he wants more than becoming President of an MC couldn’t come at a worse time as Kingpin’s disaster comes to a head. Will his focus on not only showing Mary around but also protecting her from the evils of the club make him miss the perfect opportunity to take the reins from his President? Pushing Mary away puts her in unknown danger. Can she ever forgive him? Can he forgive himself? More importantly to Riff, will she stay at Royal Road?

Download or read book Healthy Joints for Life written by Richard Diana and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2013-09-24 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking book, leading orthopedic surgeon and former NFL player Richard Diana, M.D., applies his unique experience and training to tackle join pain. Based on cutting-edge research that has clarified the crucial role of a molecule known as NFkB in regulating inflammation, Dr. Diana's proven eight-week program teaches you to harness the power of this research to reduce inflammation, relieve pain and rejuvenate your joints.

Download or read book Pleasure and Pain written by Chrissy Amphlett and published by Hachette Australia. This book was released on 2013-05-22 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chrissy Amphlett is a true legend of Australian rock’n’roll. Here, the spellbinding performer who inspired and outraged as lead singer of the Divinyls tells her own amazing story. In this raw, gripping and searingly honest account, Chrissy spares no one – least of all herself. She reveals how she formed the Divinyls and, with a unique voice, steely ambition and an outrageous stage act powered them to Australian and international stardom. Having battled alcohol, drugs and a million dollars worth of debt, Chrissy tells of her fight with MS and of finally finding peace with the love of her life in New York. Brave, sad, funny, ferocious, there's never been anyone like Chrissy Amphlett.

Download or read book The Pain in the Promise written by Nikki J and published by NikNak Nation Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-27 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikki was a bright and precocious child that loved her mom and siblings. Due to circumstances that she couldn't control, she ended up in foster care. There she experienced all sorts of abuse and fell victim to the system that should have protected her. Not long after adoption, a spiral of events led to the climatic throw down that forever changed the course of her life. Take the journey with her back to the beginning as she endured “the pain” of abuse and the instability of foster care; while staying determined to live “in the promise” of knowing that God will never leave you or forsake you. That if you hold on, keep the faith, and keep hope, He always has something better. According to most statistics Nikki J. should be a neglectful mother of at least three children, incarcerated, a high school dropout, or dead. But fortunately for the world she’s just too darn stubborn to do what anybody says. She decided to write this book instead. Take the ride to the beginning as against all odds Nikki hangs on long enough for her promise to arrive. Determined not to let her hurt, pain, anger, and disappointment determine her future; here’s her incredible story of forgiveness, unbelievable strength, hope, perseverance, and faith. Allow her experiences to spark change so no matter what your pain is, you keep faith in your promise!

Download or read book Giants Of Scottish Rugby written by Jeff Connor and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-09-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the heights of the Grand Slams to a near whitewash in the 2000 Six Nations championship, one factor has remained constant in Scottish rugby - its huge resource of characters. Early in the year 2000, Jeff Connor set out on a mission to track down some of Scotland's best-known players, the true giants of the game, and discover whether there is life after international rugby. The result was 40 exclusive interviews and a book that is enlightening, hilarious and moving in equal measure. There are rare and extended interviews with Ken Scotland, Jim Telfer, Ian McLauchlan, Sandy Carmichael and Andy Irvine. There is the Hawick humour of Jim Renwick, the history of Finlay Calder's greatest wind-ups and the emotive story of Gordon Brown's battle with his most vicious opponent of them all, cancer. Bruce Hay's confrontation with the Duke of Edinburgh, Iain Paxton's disgust at the attitude of some English players on a British Lions tour and David Leslie's fearsome pre-match preparations are all vividly described, along with frankly expressed views from active modern-day players like Gregor Townsend. All rugby fans will find something to treasure in Giants of Scottish Rugby.

Download or read book Performance Theories in Education written by Bryant Keith Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-12-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Breaking new ground by presenting a range of approaches to understanding the role, function, impact, and presence of performance in education, this volume is a definitive contribution to a beginning dialogue on how performance, as a theoretical and

Download or read book In the Arms of Baby Hop written by Kenneth Attaway and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many times in my adult life, I have had what I would call an "awake out-of-body experience." During these times, I was peeking in at my life in a dream state; thinking this cannot be my life. I found myself asking the questions of what happened to the child who outsmarted the world and what happened to the teen who had all the answers and confidence to boot, and the young adult who never settled for can't. Well, somewhere along the way, the only thing left of who I was once was, were just shreds of an almost non-existent life. Now, don't get me wrong, there were some good times along the way, but it certainly was not always smooth sailing. But what came later in life was no comparison to the early years. Not that long ago, my life was filled with disappointment, brokenness, worry, anxiety, and fear. I survived breakups and breakdowns, sadness and pain, grief and loss beyond description, all of which led to a one-way ticket to Depression Central. Getting off the road to depression was very difficult for me, but there is no job too hard for God. If you can relate to the paralyzing despair that I went through, then please know that I fellowship with you and understand the grip depression and anxiety can have on your life. However, I want you to know that your destination does not have to be a one-way ticket to the land of despair, instead, your journey can bring you to a place of joy and peace if you simply trust and believe in God.

Download or read book The Lion s Roar written by Chogyam Trungpa and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2001-11-13 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on two historic seminars of the 1970s, in which Chögyam Trungpa introduced the tantric teachings of Tibetan Buddhism to his Western students for the first time. Each seminar bore the title "The Nine Yanas." Yana, a Sanskrit word meaning "vehicle," refers to a body of doctrine and practical instruction that enables students to advance spiritually on the path of Buddha-dharma. Nine vehicles, arranged in successive levels, make up the whole path of Buddhist practice. Teaching all nine means giving a total picture of the spiritual journey. The author's nontheoretical, experiential approach opens up a world of fundamental psychological insights and subtleties. He speaks directly to a contemporary Western audience, using earthly analogies that place the ancient teachings in the midst of ordinary life.

Download or read book Still Running written by Nathaniel Northington and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than fifty years ago, Nathaniel "Nate" Northington changed the face of sports as the first African American to play college football in the Southeastern Conference. When this trailblazing athlete stepped onto the field for the University of Kentucky vs. Ole Miss game on September 30, 1967, he played not only for his team, but for his best friend and roommate, Greg Page, whose tragic death pushed Northington further into the spotlight—and into the fight for equality. In Still Running: My Life as the First Black Football Player in the SEC, Northington recounts how he and other African American football players fought on the gridiron throughout the civil rights movement to achieve success both on and off the field. Northington shares the story of his life—growing up in hardworking, self-reliant neighborhoods, first in Louisville's "Little Africa" and later in Newburg; the strong, supportive foundation provided by his parents; and the events of his childhood that forged in him a desire to confront racial injustice and violence. His athletic ability, character, and scholastic achievement took him to the front lines of the struggle, compelling Kentucky Governor Ned Breathitt and UK president John Oswald to select him to help lead the way for integration in Kentucky college football. Northington reveals what life was like in the locker room and on campus, and how his brotherly friendship with Greg Page—also a Black member of UK's 1966 freshman team—and subsequently Page's devastating death, propelled him forward in his goal of integrating the SEC. Containing new material and an updated history addressing the ongoing racial justice movement, Northington's story is about more than integration within college football—it is an honest and inspirational testament to a life defined by faith, strength, resilience, and determination.

Download or read book Julianna and the Autobiography of Pain written by Judith A. Helmker and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: N/A *no book description

Download or read book Just a Thought written by C. Mike Sopranik and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From behind the bar, to the back porch swing on a summer night, I've learned to listen. Listening to the tales of the old folks and grasping the shiny clumps of wisdom from the stories of their lives. Sit with you dog; you won't have any more fleas than he does and he'll get use to the smell. Learning to love yourself, no matter what, is the hardest thing you'll ever have to do. No need to run in the rain, unless you're playing in it. Be thankful for what you already have. You could lose it all tomorrow. Just a Thought is a journey. A menagerie of stories, thoughts and lessons learned that wander down the lanes of life. Pull up a chair, have a cup of coffee and let's talk for awhile.

Download or read book Broken Bones Paper Back written by Graeme Austin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-11-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to work can be murder. When one tightly-bound guy goes to work and finds he's there on the wrong day, his taut world begins to unravel. It takes all his emotional capability to get back home and go to a party. If that isn't enough for him, his partner is having an affair and the party is being hosted by her lover. Meanwhile, his inner torment is played out by a man who is confessing to killing his girlfriend. But given his mental state, can we be sure that anything has actually happened? This is a post-modern journey where fantasy and reality have become confused and melded around a series of failing hopes and dreams. Magical realism meets existential angst. And then there's the blood ...