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Book Pride   Honor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Mary Fletcher
  • Publisher : iUniverse
  • Release : 2008-04
  • ISBN : 0595503810
  • Pages : 640 pages

Download or read book Pride Honor written by Mary Fletcher and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a 1923 graduate from Colorado College of Agriculture, Heinrich Steiner never dreamed that when he returned to his native Germany he would be forced to assume position of Minister of Agronomy and High-Yield Farming for Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. With strong ties to both the United States and Great Britain, Steiner often felt like a traitor. His personal life also became filled with turmoil when he married the girl waiting for him in Germany, but was in love with the one he left in America. Spies, prison camps, love affairs, and war-all combine to make Pride and Honor a worthwhile book.

Book Pride and Honor

Download or read book Pride and Honor written by Joseph A. Horak and published by . This book was released on 2007-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murder, Arson, Burglary, Rape, Drugs, Drug Dealing, Drunk Driving, and Family Disputes, are all a part of the day to day life of a policeman. How he dealt with these issues is why Detective Horak is the kind of policeman I want in MY town. They are, with the exception of a few, dedicated, conscientious, brave and hard-working men and women. Detective Horak was a man that believed in honor and courage at the personal level. He did what he thought was right, regardless of the politics or personal sacrifice. In one story he spent 13 hours behind a door to catch five criminals... Even after his partner had gone home! I want more police men with Joe Horak's integrity and sense of duty working for me! Floyd Thompson

Book PRIDE AND HONOR

Download or read book PRIDE AND HONOR written by Daulat Singh Panwar and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The only son of an erstwhile ruler of Rajasthan province of India joins the Indian Navy and becomes one of the best fighter pilots of India. He marries a commoner instead of royal and gets thrown out of the fort for tarnishing the image of his father and hurting his pride and honor. He is chosen as commander of the spacecraft Mangalyyan 7 for Mission Mars. Since it is not economically viable by any one country, it is for the first time in the history of space travel, that NASA and ROSCOSMOS join hands with ISRO in Mission Mars. It is also for the first time that the spacecraft travels through the wormhole technology, breaking the barrier of speed of light and becoming the world leader in space travel. The commoner woman proves to be no less than royal blood lineage and helps Mars mission with her extraordinary sixth sense in bringing back the spacecraft to earth. The commander, not only regains pride, honor and the heart of his father, but also the hearts of a billion Indians and the people across the world.

Book I Should Have Honor

Download or read book I Should Have Honor written by Khalida Brohi and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-09-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fearless memoir about tribal life in Pakistan—and the act of violence that inspired one ambitious young woman to pursue a life of activism and female empowerment “Khalida Brohi understands the true nature of honor. She is fearless in her pursuit of justice and equality.”—Malala Yousafzai, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize From a young age, Khalida Brohi was raised to believe in the sanctity of arranged marriage. Her mother was forced to marry a thirteen-year-old boy when she was only nine; Khalida herself was promised as a bride before she was even born. But her father refused to let her become a child bride. He was a man who believed in education, not just for himself but for his daughters, and Khalida grew up thinking she would become the first female doctor in her small village. Khalida thought her life was proceeding on an unusual track for a woman of her circumstances, but one whose path was orderly and straightforward. Everything shifted for Khalida when she found out that her beloved cousin had been murdered by her uncle in a tradition known as “honor killing.” Her cousin’s crime? She had fallen in love with a man who was not her betrothed. This moment ignited the spark in Khalida Brohi that inspired a globe-spanning career as an activist, beginning at the age of sixteen. From a tiny cement-roofed room in Karachi where she was allowed ten minutes of computer use per day, Brohi started a Facebook campaign that went viral. From there, she created a foundation focused on empowering the lives of women in rural communities through education and employment opportunities, while crucially working to change the minds of their male partners, fathers, and brothers. This book is the story of how Brohi, while only a girl herself, shone her light on the women and girls of Pakistan, despite the hurdles and threats she faced along the way. And ultimately, she learned that the only way to eradicate the parts of a culture she despised was to fully embrace the parts of it that she loved. Praise for I Should Have Honor “Khalida Brohi’s moving story is a testament to what is possible no matter the odds. In her courageous activism and now in I Should Have Honor, Khalida gives a voice to the women and girls who are denied their own by society. This book is a true act of honor.”—Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org

Book Pride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Stevenson
  • Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
  • Release : 2016-04-19
  • ISBN : 1459809955
  • Pages : 187 pages

Download or read book Pride written by Robin Stevenson and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2016-04-19 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For LGBTQ people and their supporters, Pride events are an opportunity to honor the past, protest injustice, and celebrate a diverse and vibrant community. The high point of Pride, the Pride Parade, is spectacular and colorful. But there is a whole lot more to Pride than rainbow flags and amazing outfits. How did Pride come to be? And what does Pride mean to the people who celebrate it?

Book Pride of Honor

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  • Author : Andrea K. Stein
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2020-02-29
  • ISBN : 9781734670813
  • Pages : pages

Download or read book Pride of Honor written by Andrea K. Stein and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if two people determined to marry anyonebut each other end up falling in love?A hatpin-wielding, parasol-armed poet with a maddening Royal Navy officer in tow races against time to attract the marital attentions of the perfect "gentleman of the ton."Sophia Brancellli, the orphaned, illegitimate child of a duke's daughter and an Italian poet, is on a mission. She must ensure her marriage to a "suitable gentleman of the ton" before her twenty-first birthday or she'll be destitute, per the terms of her ducal grandmother's will. Close to having her own poems published, Sophia has her hopes dashed each time by someone revealing her secrets. That same someone so desperately wants her to fail the terms of the will, they're willing to commit violent acts to ruin her reputation.Captain Arnaud Bellingham has ascended the ranks of the Royal Navy in spite of his half-French heritage by proving himself at the Battle of Algiers and with the West African Squadron. He seeks a simple marriage of convenience to a mature woman, a widow who has been his sometime mistress the last several years. The very thing he does not want, an exotic Italian innocent, literally falls into his life when he rescues her from kidnappers, although she disputes she needed saving. And now, honor and duty dictate he has to waste the rest of his leave guarding her through the mad whirl of the Season.

Book Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice Penguin Specials

Download or read book Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice Penguin Specials written by Nam Le and published by Penguin Group Australia. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young Vietnamese-Australian named Nam, in his final year at the famed Iowa Writers' Workshop, is trying to find his voice on the page. When his father, a man with a painful past, comes to visit, Nam's writing and sense of self are both deeply changed. Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice is a deeply moving story of identity, family and the wellsprings of creativity, from Nam Le's multi-award-winning collection The Boat. 'A tight and densely emotional journey that sucked me in and contained as much power as the lengthy title.' Killings, the Kill Your Darlings blog

Book Pride   Ownership

Download or read book Pride Ownership written by Rick Lasky and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2006 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book serves as a guide for the seasoned veteran, the new firefighter and everyone in between, bringing them together for what it all takes to have that love for the job. Each chapter addresses the next step in the leadership chain that is necessary for a fire service professional to succeed. The chapters are as follows: Our Mission; The Firefighter; The Company Officer; The Chief; Our Two Families; Sweating the Small Stuff; Changing Shirts-The Promotion; What September 11th Did For Us-The Good and the Bad; Ceremonies; Marketing Your Fire Department; Making It All Happen-Embracing Success; Have You Forgotten.

Book We Are Not Like Them

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  • Author : Christine Pride
  • Publisher : Simon and Schuster
  • Release : 2021-10-05
  • ISBN : 1982181052
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book We Are Not Like Them written by Christine Pride and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-10-05 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK Named a Best Book Pick of 2021 by Harper’s Bazaar and Real Simple Named a Most Anticipated Book of Fall by People, Essence, New York Post, PopSugar, New York Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Town & Country, Bustle, Fortune, and Book Riot Told from alternating perspectives, this “propulsive, deeply felt tale of race and friendship” (People) follows two women, one Black and one white, whose friendship is indelibly altered by a tragic event. Jen and Riley have been best friends since kindergarten. As adults, they remain as close as sisters, though their lives have taken different directions. Jen married young, and after years of trying, is finally pregnant. Riley pursued her childhood dream of becoming a television journalist and is poised to become one of the first Black female anchors of the top news channel in their hometown of Philadelphia. But the deep bond they share is severely tested when Jen’s husband, a city police officer, is involved in the shooting of an unarmed Black teenager. Six months pregnant, Jen is in freefall as her future, her husband’s freedom, and her friendship with Riley are thrown into uncertainty. Covering this career-making story, Riley wrestles with the implications of this tragic incident for her Black community, her ambitions, and her relationship with her lifelong friend. Like Tayari Jones’s An American Marriage and Jodi Picoult’s Small Great Things, We Are Not Like Them takes “us to uncomfortable places—in the best possible way—while capturing so much of what we are all thinking and feeling about race. A sharp, timely, and soul-satisfying novel” (Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author) that is both a powerful conversation starter and a celebration of the enduring power of friendship.

Book Grandmama s Pride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Becky Birtha
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-11
  • ISBN : 9781484498866
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Grandmama s Pride written by Becky Birtha and published by . This book was released on 2016-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Six-year-old Sarah Marie, her mother, and her little sister travel down south to visit Grandmama in the summer of 1956. Now that Sarah Marie can read, she notices Grandmama's town is filled with signs and rules that she's never understood before. Wil

Book Why Honor Matters

    Book Details:
  • Author : Tamler Sommers
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Release : 2018-05-08
  • ISBN : 0465098886
  • Pages : 214 pages

Download or read book Why Honor Matters written by Tamler Sommers and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A controversial call to put honor at the center of morality To the modern mind, the idea of honor is outdated, sexist, and barbaric. It evokes Hamilton and Burr and pistols at dawn, not visions of a well-organized society. But for philosopher Tamler Sommers, a sense of honor is essential to living moral lives. In Why Honor Matters, Sommers argues that our collective rejection of honor has come at great cost. Reliant only on Enlightenment liberalism, the United States has become the home of the cowardly, the shameless, the selfish, and the alienated. Properly channeled, honor encourages virtues like courage, integrity, and solidarity, and gives a sense of living for something larger than oneself. Sommers shows how honor can help us address some of society's most challenging problems, including education, policing, and mass incarceration. Counterintuitive and provocative, Why Honor Matters makes a convincing case for honor as a cornerstone of our modern society.

Book Be Amazing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Desmond Napoles
  • Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
  • Release : 2020-07-21
  • ISBN : 0374388377
  • Pages : 21 pages

Download or read book Be Amazing written by Desmond Napoles and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Be Amazing, drag kid Desmond is Amazing walks you through the history of the LGBTQ community, all while encouraging you to embrace your own uniqueness and ignore the haters. Desmond is amazing—and you are, too. Throughout history, courageous people like Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and RuPaul have paved the way for a safer, more inclusive society for LGBTQ individuals, and it’s thanks to them that people just like Desmond can be free to be who they really are. Featuring illustrations by Dylan Glynn

Book Grandad s Camper  A Grandad s Camper LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids in partnership with GLAAD

Download or read book Grandad s Camper A Grandad s Camper LGBTQ Pride Book for Kids in partnership with GLAAD written by Harry Woodgate and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-02-07 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Stonewall Honor Book Children's Illustrated Book of the Year--British Book Awards Best Illustrated Book -- Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2022 Discover a wonderful grandfather-granddaughter relationship, as a little girl hatches the perfect plan to get her Grandad adventuring again. And don't miss the inspiring sequel, Grandad's Pride, available now! "As warm and friendly as a kind grandparent." Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW "For the hope for new adventures, and the glimpse of intergenerational kindness and understanding, this lovely book should be on every shelf." School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW Best Picture Books of 2021--School Library Journal Future Classic Picture Books of 2021--Bookstagang's Best of 2021 "An effective tool for teaching empathy, and the intergenerational bond at the story's center is a heartstrings puller. This picture book, in which a girl helps her grandfather embrace life again following the death of Gramps, may well aid young readers in understanding others' grief." Shelf Awareness Gramps and Grandad were adventurers. They would surf, climb mountains, and tour the country in their amazing camper. Gramps just made everything extra special. But after Gramps died, granddad hasn't felt like traveling anymore. So, their amazing granddaughter comes up with a clever plan to fix up the old camper and get Grandad excited to explore again. This beautiful picture book honors love and reminds us not only to remember those we have lost, but to celebrate them.

Book Pride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ibi Zoboi
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2018-09-18
  • ISBN : 0062564072
  • Pages : 247 pages

Download or read book Pride written by Ibi Zoboi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a timely update of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi skillfully balances cultural identity, class, and gentrification against the heady magic of first love in her vibrant reimagining of this beloved classic. A smart, funny, gorgeous retelling starring all characters of color. Zuri Benitez has pride. Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding. But with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. "Zoboi skillfully depicts the vicissitudes of teenage relationships, and Zuri’s outsize pride and poetic sensibility make her a sympathetic teenager in a contemporary story about race, gentrification, and young love." (Publishers Weekly, "An Anti-Racist Children's and YA Reading List")

Book The Book of Pride

Download or read book The Book of Pride written by Mason Funk and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE BOOK OF PRIDE captures the true story of the gay rights movement from the 1960s to the present, through richly detailed, stunning interviews with the leaders, activists, and ordinary people who witnessed the movement and made it happen. These individuals fought battles both personal and political, often without the support of family or friends, frequently under the threat of violence and persecution. By shining a light on these remarkable stories of bravery and determination, THE BOOK OF PRIDE not only honors an important chapter in American history, but also empowers young people today (both LGBTQ and straight) to discover their own courage in order to create positive change. Furthermore, it serves a critically important role in ensuring the history of the LGBTQ movement can never be erased, inspiring us to resist all forms of oppression with ferocity, community, and, most importantly, pride

Book Pride

    Book Details:
  • Author : Robin Stevenson
  • Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
  • Release : 2020-03-24
  • ISBN : 1459821262
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Pride written by Robin Stevenson and published by Orca Book Publishers. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ★ “An indispensable and celebratory primer on the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights. An excellent resource that is as thorough as it is visually appealing.” —School Library Journal, starred review Like the original version, this new edition of Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle celebrates the LGBTQ+ community's diversity and the incredible victories of the past 50 years—but it also has a larger focus on activism, the need to keep fighting for equality and freedom around the world and the important role that young people are playing. The new edition has been updated and expanded to include many new Proud Moments and Queer Facts as well as a profile of LGBTQ+ refugees from Indonesia, a story about a Pride celebration in a refugee camp in Kenya and profiles of young activists, including teens from a Gender and Sexuality Alliance organizing Pride in Inuvik and a trans girl from Vancouver fighting for inclusion and support in schools. There is also a section on being an ally, a profile of a family with two gay dads (one of them trans) and much, much more! Praise for the first edition, Pride: Celebrating Diversity & Community “LGBTQ culture and rights are covered through the prism of Pride in this timely work...This attractive work will be welcomed by readers searching for guidance and hope.”—Kirkus Reviews “Informative...Positively festive in its attitudes and outlook, this book more than lives up to the word celebrating in its subtitle.”—Booklist “Upbeat and matter-of-fact...These stories, sad and happy, are where vulnerable preteen kids may see themselves.”—Quill & Quire “An excellent and necessary addition for all collections.”—School Library Journal

Book Scout s Honor

    Book Details:
  • Author : Lily Anderson
  • Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
  • Release : 2022-04-05
  • ISBN : 1250246741
  • Pages : 297 pages

Download or read book Scout s Honor written by Lily Anderson and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A PRINTZ HONOR BOOK *FOUR STARRED REVIEWS Prudence Perry is a third-generation Ladybird Scout who must battle literal (and figurative) monsters and the weight of her legacy in Scout's Honor by Lily Anderson, a YA paranormal perfect for fans of Stranger Things and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Sixteen-year-old Prudence Perry is a legacy Ladybird Scout, born to a family of hunters sworn to protect humans from mulligrubs—interdimensional parasites who feast on human emotions like sadness and anger. Masquerading as a prim and proper ladies' social organization, the Ladybirds brew poisons masked as teas and use knitting needles as daggers, at least until they graduate to axes and swords. Three years ago, Prue’s best friend was killed during a hunt, so she kissed the Scouts goodbye, preferring the company of her punkish friends lovingly dubbed the Criminal Element much to her mother and Tía Lo’s disappointment. However, unable to move on from her guilt and trauma, Prue devises a risky plan to infiltrate the Ladybirds in order to swipe the Tea of Forgetting, a restricted tincture laced with a powerful amnesia spell. But old monster-slaying habits die hard and Prue finds herself falling back into the fold, growing close with the junior scouts that she trains to fight the creatures she can’t face. When her town is hit with a mysterious wave of demons, Prue knows it’s time to confront the most powerful monster of all: her past.