Author: Steve Gismondi
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663215111
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a daily account of everything that happened in the United States of America in 2020 as taken from the pages of the Orlando Sentinel. Steve Gismondi, a proud Navy veteran, throws in his opinions for good measure, with some of them being funny and others serious. He covers subjects from Donald J. Trump and the Republicans to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats to world events and famous athletes. Headlines he sounds off on include: • Dems Unveil Impeachment Articles; • $15 Wage Bump Will Appear on 2020 Ballot; • State Supreme Court Rules on ‘Stand Your Ground’ Charge; • Trump Says Kim Jon Un May Be Planning a Nice Present for Him. The author also shares his opinion that to get the country back on track, there needs to be a widespread vaccination to fight COVID-19—and politicians need to realize that people (not their wallets) come first. Seventy-five percent of the profits from this book will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help fight cancer.
2020: the Lost Year Under King Trump
Author: Steve Gismondi
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663215111
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a daily account of everything that happened in the United States of America in 2020 as taken from the pages of the Orlando Sentinel. Steve Gismondi, a proud Navy veteran, throws in his opinions for good measure, with some of them being funny and others serious. He covers subjects from Donald J. Trump and the Republicans to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats to world events and famous athletes. Headlines he sounds off on include: • Dems Unveil Impeachment Articles; • $15 Wage Bump Will Appear on 2020 Ballot; • State Supreme Court Rules on ‘Stand Your Ground’ Charge; • Trump Says Kim Jon Un May Be Planning a Nice Present for Him. The author also shares his opinion that to get the country back on track, there needs to be a widespread vaccination to fight COVID-19—and politicians need to realize that people (not their wallets) come first. Seventy-five percent of the profits from this book will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help fight cancer.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1663215111
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
This is a daily account of everything that happened in the United States of America in 2020 as taken from the pages of the Orlando Sentinel. Steve Gismondi, a proud Navy veteran, throws in his opinions for good measure, with some of them being funny and others serious. He covers subjects from Donald J. Trump and the Republicans to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats to world events and famous athletes. Headlines he sounds off on include: • Dems Unveil Impeachment Articles; • $15 Wage Bump Will Appear on 2020 Ballot; • State Supreme Court Rules on ‘Stand Your Ground’ Charge; • Trump Says Kim Jon Un May Be Planning a Nice Present for Him. The author also shares his opinion that to get the country back on track, there needs to be a widespread vaccination to fight COVID-19—and politicians need to realize that people (not their wallets) come first. Seventy-five percent of the profits from this book will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital to help fight cancer.
Americanaland
Author: John Milward
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252052811
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
A musical genre forever outside the lines With a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward’s Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base a hybrid of rock and country, Americana is also infused with folk, blues, R&B, bluegrass, and other types of roots music. Performers like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, and Gram Parsons used these ingredients to create influential music that took well-established genres down exciting new roads. The name Americana was coined in the 1990s to describe similarly inclined artists like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Wilco. Today, Brandi Carlile and I’m With Her are among the musicians carrying the genre into the twenty-first century. Essential and engaging, Americanaland chronicles the evolution and resonance of this ever-changing amalgam of American music. Margie Greve’s hand-embroidered color portraits offer a portfolio of the pioneers and contemporary practitioners of Americana.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252052811
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
A musical genre forever outside the lines With a claim on artists from Jimmie Rodgers to Jason Isbell, Americana can be hard to define, but you know it when you hear it. John Milward’s Americanaland is filled with the enduring performers and vivid stories that are at the heart of Americana. At base a hybrid of rock and country, Americana is also infused with folk, blues, R&B, bluegrass, and other types of roots music. Performers like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Ray Charles, and Gram Parsons used these ingredients to create influential music that took well-established genres down exciting new roads. The name Americana was coined in the 1990s to describe similarly inclined artists like Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, and Wilco. Today, Brandi Carlile and I’m With Her are among the musicians carrying the genre into the twenty-first century. Essential and engaging, Americanaland chronicles the evolution and resonance of this ever-changing amalgam of American music. Margie Greve’s hand-embroidered color portraits offer a portfolio of the pioneers and contemporary practitioners of Americana.
A Splendid Gift
Author: Barbara Elle Prisceaux
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1954676549
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
“A forthright, poignant, and heartwarming account of a storied and beloved career in nursing.” – Kirkus Reviews A Splendid Gift: Celebrating 60 Years in Nursing tells the story of Barbara Elle Prisceaux, who turned a childhood dream into an extraordinary career. As a young girl in Yonkers, New York, Barbara was drawn to the nurses walking from their residence at the end of her block to the hospital several streets away. She decided then and there that she would become a nurse too by age fifteen, when her family was living in West Lawn Pennsylvania, she accepted a part-time nurse’s aide position at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Reading, and she bused twenty miles each way after school, and sometimes, on weekends. At eighteen, she was accepted into the School of Nursing at Bellevue Hospital, Class of 1962. Including two enlistments in the Army Nurse Corps Reserves, Barbara spent most of her career on the West Coast. In 2003, she moved from California to Central Florida and changed her patient care focus from Emergency and Critical Care to Oncology Nursing. Combining her nursing career with her love of writing, Barbara developed and coordinated educational programs in Critical Care; designed legal defense protocols for Renal Transplant litigations; cofounded Paper Chasers Medical-Legal Consultations; edited documents for Northern California District Attorneys Association, and as an Oncology Certified Nurse in Florida, specialized in clinical research and advocacy for oncology patients and their families. Throughout her six-decade career, Barbara met challenge after challenge head-on, from ever-changing technology to hospital politics. When she retired at the age of seventy-seven, she was working two 12-hour shifts each week, providing hands-on care to patients in a medical center eighty miles from her home.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1954676549
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
“A forthright, poignant, and heartwarming account of a storied and beloved career in nursing.” – Kirkus Reviews A Splendid Gift: Celebrating 60 Years in Nursing tells the story of Barbara Elle Prisceaux, who turned a childhood dream into an extraordinary career. As a young girl in Yonkers, New York, Barbara was drawn to the nurses walking from their residence at the end of her block to the hospital several streets away. She decided then and there that she would become a nurse too by age fifteen, when her family was living in West Lawn Pennsylvania, she accepted a part-time nurse’s aide position at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Reading, and she bused twenty miles each way after school, and sometimes, on weekends. At eighteen, she was accepted into the School of Nursing at Bellevue Hospital, Class of 1962. Including two enlistments in the Army Nurse Corps Reserves, Barbara spent most of her career on the West Coast. In 2003, she moved from California to Central Florida and changed her patient care focus from Emergency and Critical Care to Oncology Nursing. Combining her nursing career with her love of writing, Barbara developed and coordinated educational programs in Critical Care; designed legal defense protocols for Renal Transplant litigations; cofounded Paper Chasers Medical-Legal Consultations; edited documents for Northern California District Attorneys Association, and as an Oncology Certified Nurse in Florida, specialized in clinical research and advocacy for oncology patients and their families. Throughout her six-decade career, Barbara met challenge after challenge head-on, from ever-changing technology to hospital politics. When she retired at the age of seventy-seven, she was working two 12-hour shifts each week, providing hands-on care to patients in a medical center eighty miles from her home.
Seventy-Nine Times Across the Atlantic
Author: Suren Rao Ph.D
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In the last few years, a considerable amount of invectives have been heaped upon this blessed nation by our own citizens that the USA is a nation with built-in systemic and institutionalized racism. According to the author, nothing could be further from the truth. He came from India, legally, pursued higher education, worked in industry, government and academia and, except for one minor incident in Canada, never encountered any barrier or discrimination based on his ethnicity, religion, country of origin, or the color of his skin in both his professional and his personal life. On the contrary, he was successful beyond his dreams. The book chronicles his leaving India for Canada in the pursuit of higher education and subsequent employment in the various sectors of American enterprise. He met his wife, raised three daughters, and lived the American dream to its fullest as the book describes. It also describes the various technical challenges that he encountered and met in his professional life that lasted over three decades in the US. His financial success enabled him to travel extensively to his native India and keep in touch with the family he left behind and see various countries in Europe. Hence, the many crossing of the Atlantic Ocean as the title of the book implies. It also enabled him to satisfy his love for the mountains, both within the American continent and the mighty Himalayas in the countries of Nepal and Tibet. Those adventures are also chronicled in the book. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel as the requisite formalities become more difficult is also alluded to. Now retired, he lives most of the year in a retirement community outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where assistance is provided as one ages and spends his winters in a condo in Florida. After his residence in the US, he also helped many of his close relatives to come here. The fact that every one of them is very successful is a further testament to the fairness and nondiscriminatory nature of this great nation. If this book convinces even one individual that this great nation is not a racist one, it would have accomplished its purpose.
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In the last few years, a considerable amount of invectives have been heaped upon this blessed nation by our own citizens that the USA is a nation with built-in systemic and institutionalized racism. According to the author, nothing could be further from the truth. He came from India, legally, pursued higher education, worked in industry, government and academia and, except for one minor incident in Canada, never encountered any barrier or discrimination based on his ethnicity, religion, country of origin, or the color of his skin in both his professional and his personal life. On the contrary, he was successful beyond his dreams. The book chronicles his leaving India for Canada in the pursuit of higher education and subsequent employment in the various sectors of American enterprise. He met his wife, raised three daughters, and lived the American dream to its fullest as the book describes. It also describes the various technical challenges that he encountered and met in his professional life that lasted over three decades in the US. His financial success enabled him to travel extensively to his native India and keep in touch with the family he left behind and see various countries in Europe. Hence, the many crossing of the Atlantic Ocean as the title of the book implies. It also enabled him to satisfy his love for the mountains, both within the American continent and the mighty Himalayas in the countries of Nepal and Tibet. Those adventures are also chronicled in the book. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel as the requisite formalities become more difficult is also alluded to. Now retired, he lives most of the year in a retirement community outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where assistance is provided as one ages and spends his winters in a condo in Florida. After his residence in the US, he also helped many of his close relatives to come here. The fact that every one of them is very successful is a further testament to the fairness and nondiscriminatory nature of this great nation. If this book convinces even one individual that this great nation is not a racist one, it would have accomplished its purpose.
Walter Hagen's Caddie
Author: John van Weenen
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
ISBN: 1800313195
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Walter HagenHenry CottonDai ReesBobby JonesBen HoganBobby LockePeter ThomsonPercy AllissGeorge DuncanAbe MitchellJoyce WetheredBabe DidriksonCharles WhitcombeErnest WhitcombeReg WhitcombeJoe KirkwoodJoe EzarThe Prince of WalesThe Aga KhanPrince Aly KhanBob HopeBing CrosbyPlus thirteen amazing fictional stories published for the first time - all with a golfing connection."e;How very pleasant to read of the golfing experiences of such a remarkable man as Leo van Weenen, who caddied for my father back in the 1920s. I enjoyed the book immensely and would thoroughly recommend it to others interested in the exploits of the past masters of the game."e; Peter Alliss, Golf World Ltd
Publisher: New Generation Publishing
ISBN: 1800313195
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
Walter HagenHenry CottonDai ReesBobby JonesBen HoganBobby LockePeter ThomsonPercy AllissGeorge DuncanAbe MitchellJoyce WetheredBabe DidriksonCharles WhitcombeErnest WhitcombeReg WhitcombeJoe KirkwoodJoe EzarThe Prince of WalesThe Aga KhanPrince Aly KhanBob HopeBing CrosbyPlus thirteen amazing fictional stories published for the first time - all with a golfing connection."e;How very pleasant to read of the golfing experiences of such a remarkable man as Leo van Weenen, who caddied for my father back in the 1920s. I enjoyed the book immensely and would thoroughly recommend it to others interested in the exploits of the past masters of the game."e; Peter Alliss, Golf World Ltd
On Time
Author: T. G. Colbert
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039170994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
“Okay, so according to your questionnaire,” she said, touching it as if reading, “you got together over forty-two years ago. In 1977.” “September 21, 1977,” I specified. “It was a Thursday.” “And how did this come about? How did you meet?” “Actually, we’d met the previous Monday, but it was Thursday the first time we made love. Or tried to. That’s what we’ve always celebrated as our anniversary.” So begins the love story of Gregor Carlyle and Tim Sellers, as told to reporter Joanne Arnold over martinis at Twin Peaks Tavern in San Francisco’s famed Castro District. Based on the author’s own relationship with his long-time partner, this novella chronicles the couple’s journey, beginning with their meeting at seminary in 1977. Forsaking ordination for love, the two remain inseparable, from Illinois to Kansas to California, from the AIDS years to COVID 19. Their story, however, is not one of earth-shattering pandemics and sweeping political movements; it is a story of particulars, of the sweet, intimate details that make up a life. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, On Time is a remarkable achievement, and a loving tribute to a truly time-tested partnership.
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1039170994
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
“Okay, so according to your questionnaire,” she said, touching it as if reading, “you got together over forty-two years ago. In 1977.” “September 21, 1977,” I specified. “It was a Thursday.” “And how did this come about? How did you meet?” “Actually, we’d met the previous Monday, but it was Thursday the first time we made love. Or tried to. That’s what we’ve always celebrated as our anniversary.” So begins the love story of Gregor Carlyle and Tim Sellers, as told to reporter Joanne Arnold over martinis at Twin Peaks Tavern in San Francisco’s famed Castro District. Based on the author’s own relationship with his long-time partner, this novella chronicles the couple’s journey, beginning with their meeting at seminary in 1977. Forsaking ordination for love, the two remain inseparable, from Illinois to Kansas to California, from the AIDS years to COVID 19. Their story, however, is not one of earth-shattering pandemics and sweeping political movements; it is a story of particulars, of the sweet, intimate details that make up a life. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, On Time is a remarkable achievement, and a loving tribute to a truly time-tested partnership.
The Challenge of Joseph H. Jackson
Author: Jared E. Alcántara
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197598811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson remains one of the most important but least known figures of twentieth-century African American Christian history. In this book, Jared E. Alcántara sets out a definitive academic biography of this complex figure.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0197598811
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
The Rev. Dr. Joseph H. Jackson remains one of the most important but least known figures of twentieth-century African American Christian history. In this book, Jared E. Alcántara sets out a definitive academic biography of this complex figure.
The Book of the Činggis Legend
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004683216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
The Book of the Činggis Legend is a product of the steppe’s oral historiography, referring to events from the 13th−17th centuries, and presents the collective historical consciousness of the nomadic peoples of the Volga region's Turco-Tatar world. The stories offer abundant information on the society, way of thinking and morals of the nomads, one of them can even be regarded as a kind of nomad “mirror of princes”. The other ones incorporate such crucial events in the Volga region as the islamization of nomad clans, epidemic, famine, the appearance of Halley’s Comet, the uprising of the Bashkirs, etc. This book includes the first critical text edition of the source, the first full translation into English along with a glossary, historical comments, a huge apparatus and the three most complete facsimiles of the manuscript.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004683216
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 403
Book Description
The Book of the Činggis Legend is a product of the steppe’s oral historiography, referring to events from the 13th−17th centuries, and presents the collective historical consciousness of the nomadic peoples of the Volga region's Turco-Tatar world. The stories offer abundant information on the society, way of thinking and morals of the nomads, one of them can even be regarded as a kind of nomad “mirror of princes”. The other ones incorporate such crucial events in the Volga region as the islamization of nomad clans, epidemic, famine, the appearance of Halley’s Comet, the uprising of the Bashkirs, etc. This book includes the first critical text edition of the source, the first full translation into English along with a glossary, historical comments, a huge apparatus and the three most complete facsimiles of the manuscript.
Challenging the Misconceptions of the United Nations
Author: Michael C. Curtin, M.A.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1649137575
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Challenging the Misconceptions of the United Nations: Promoting a Greater Understanding One Blog at a Time By: Michael C. Curtin, M.A., A compilation of Michael C. Curtin's, M.A., blog posts over a ten-year period, Challenging the Misconceptions of the United Nations seeks to alter the negative narrative surrounding the United Nations. Not only does Curtin address present-day issues, but he paints a picture of the post-World War II time period when delegates at a San Francisco conference came together to form what we now call the United Nations. While looking into the past progress the UN has made, Curtin examines the current stigma against it and how its dismantlement, as some in the current US political climate would like to see, could dramatically affect the welfare of millions worldwide. Curtin's message is powerful and addresses the importance of the world the UN assists, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and to many vulnerable populations across the globe. While some would have us believe the UN is an outdated institution, with a global pandemic, climate change, global economic inequalities taking place in our current era, and refugees fleeing the violence of war, the United Nations holds an even greater necessity now to the millions around the world who depend on their aid.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1649137575
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Challenging the Misconceptions of the United Nations: Promoting a Greater Understanding One Blog at a Time By: Michael C. Curtin, M.A., A compilation of Michael C. Curtin's, M.A., blog posts over a ten-year period, Challenging the Misconceptions of the United Nations seeks to alter the negative narrative surrounding the United Nations. Not only does Curtin address present-day issues, but he paints a picture of the post-World War II time period when delegates at a San Francisco conference came together to form what we now call the United Nations. While looking into the past progress the UN has made, Curtin examines the current stigma against it and how its dismantlement, as some in the current US political climate would like to see, could dramatically affect the welfare of millions worldwide. Curtin's message is powerful and addresses the importance of the world the UN assists, especially in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and to many vulnerable populations across the globe. While some would have us believe the UN is an outdated institution, with a global pandemic, climate change, global economic inequalities taking place in our current era, and refugees fleeing the violence of war, the United Nations holds an even greater necessity now to the millions around the world who depend on their aid.
Mind Games
Author: Alzheimer's Society
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1804942251
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
'Not just good for you. Hugely challenging and hugely enjoyable' - Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 'Give your grey matter a workout with these memory-boosting exercises' The Telegraph Solve over 150 mind-bending puzzles - and boost your brain health at the same time! Challenge your memory, test your logic and sharpen your focus with brilliantly fun pictures, words, numbers puzzles. With regular practice, puzzles may help to improve brain function and prevent age-related cognitive decline. Mind Games offers a workout for a wide range of brain functions. Featuring over 150 puzzles of varying difficulty, this book aims to target different areas of the brain and improve cognition. This book includes a 7-day programme, plus practical tips and advice to keep your mind active and engaged. But Mind Games is more than just a collection of puzzles - this book will help you to create new habits to keep your grey matter active and healthy. Here, Dr. Tim Beanland, Head of Knowledge at Alzheimer's Society, provides expert insights into the science of brain health and the benefits of regular mental exercise. Whether you're looking to improve your memory, sharpen your focus, or reduce your risk of dementia, Mind Games will help you achieve your goals. With its comprehensive range of puzzles and expert guidance, this book is the ultimate resource to improve your brain health and enhance mental agility. Part of the proceeds of sale of this publication (estimated to be an amount of no less than £50,000) will be paid to Alzheimer's Trading Limited (a registered charity, charity number 296645). Alzheimer's Trading Limited pays all of its taxable profits through 'gift aid' to Alzheimer's Society.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1804942251
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
'Not just good for you. Hugely challenging and hugely enjoyable' - Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2 'Give your grey matter a workout with these memory-boosting exercises' The Telegraph Solve over 150 mind-bending puzzles - and boost your brain health at the same time! Challenge your memory, test your logic and sharpen your focus with brilliantly fun pictures, words, numbers puzzles. With regular practice, puzzles may help to improve brain function and prevent age-related cognitive decline. Mind Games offers a workout for a wide range of brain functions. Featuring over 150 puzzles of varying difficulty, this book aims to target different areas of the brain and improve cognition. This book includes a 7-day programme, plus practical tips and advice to keep your mind active and engaged. But Mind Games is more than just a collection of puzzles - this book will help you to create new habits to keep your grey matter active and healthy. Here, Dr. Tim Beanland, Head of Knowledge at Alzheimer's Society, provides expert insights into the science of brain health and the benefits of regular mental exercise. Whether you're looking to improve your memory, sharpen your focus, or reduce your risk of dementia, Mind Games will help you achieve your goals. With its comprehensive range of puzzles and expert guidance, this book is the ultimate resource to improve your brain health and enhance mental agility. Part of the proceeds of sale of this publication (estimated to be an amount of no less than £50,000) will be paid to Alzheimer's Trading Limited (a registered charity, charity number 296645). Alzheimer's Trading Limited pays all of its taxable profits through 'gift aid' to Alzheimer's Society.