Author: George O. Pabo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1291021779
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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One Man's Dream talks about those dreams each of us have and throw away because of a lack of conviction. It also talks about the differences between Europe and Africa and the contracts between both continent's culture.
Author: Steve Blum
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1480959944
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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One Man’s Dream By: Steve Blum The mountains had called to Steve for the better part of thirty years, but not until John Lang came into his life did he have the opportunity to make his dreams a reality. A host of interesting stories about a long life in the mountains and a unique proposition by John finally brought Steve to a hidden valley in the Rocky Mountains, where he quickly fell into a contented life of solitude. A life in the remote mountains wasn’t easy, and Steve soon found predators to be a daily source of concern. But Steve and his trusty dog, Mouse, soon became part of the land, living a comfortable life and preparing for a long, harsh winter. However, a small plane crash soon jolted Steve out of his quiet life and into a world where love was realized and where human predators were a far bigger threat than any animal he would encounter. Steve’s devotion to a young woman and her children and an urgent need to protect not only their lives, but his life as well, soon led Steve to hatch a plan that would require using everything he had learned about the land—along with the unexpected help of a young pup.
Author: Frank White
Publisher: Ascend Books Llc
ISBN: 9780985631420
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 271
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The former all-star second baseman of the Kansas City Royals recounts his life and career in baseball.
Author: Sharon Reed-Hendricks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780962973529
Category : Baby boom generation
Languages : en
Pages : 238
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In August of 1999 Steve and Sharon Hendricks untied their dock lines and left their marina in Washington state to sail the world aboard their 37 foot sail boat Poet's Place. This is the story of their six year journey half way around the world. They tell about the storm that almost devastated the trip and the pirate encounter off Colombia. They describe the beautiful enchanting islands and countries they visited and the wonderful people they met along the way that touched their lives and their hearts. They don't hide how difficult it gets when sailing a boat for weeks in the open sea looking at the same person night and day. So many folks of the baby boomer age are wondering if they can retire and live their dream on limited funds-and this is the true story of how they did it on a shoestring budget. It's an adventure book, a travel journey, a technical journal and love story rolled into one. It's written from her point of view and his point of view-very different. It's also the story of the five years it took to rebuild the boat and prepare themselves for this journey and the emotional part of leaving friends and family behind. So come along as they take you on the epic journey of One Man's Dream and One Woman's Reality.
Author: Phyllis Vine
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0060938277
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 372
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In this buried chapter of American history, a nearly forgotten case of famed attorney Clarence Darrow comes hauntingly to the surface. In 1925 the NAACP approached Darrow to defend Ossian Sweet -- a highly respected black doctor who, after integrating an all-white neighborhood in Detroit, found himself the victim of a community attack. When Sweet and his family fought back, they were caught in a melee in which a white man was fatally shot. The trial that ensued, one of the most urgent and compelling in the nation's history, would test the basic tenets of the American Dream -- the right of a man to defend his own home. Tautly researched and harrowingly reported, One Man's Castle is an important slice of American legal history and the history of the civil rights (Kirkus Reviews).
Author: Tammy Jones
Publisher: Self Publisher
ISBN: 9780615442372
Category : Adventure and adventurers
Languages : en
Pages : 287
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Tammy Jones describes the experiences she and her husband undergo when they decide to build a cabin and live summers on an isolated Alaskan inlet.
Author: S.B. Misra
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
ISBN: 9351940098
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 195
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In Deora, a remote village near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, Shiva Balak walked 24 kilometres to and back from his school each day, only to be left wondering why there were no schools in his own village. A brilliant student, he struggled through extreme hardships, and achieved laurels by winning a scholarship to fund his post-graduate degree in geology in Canada. 'This book chronicles the journey of an extraordinary Indian who has the courage to be ordinary. I went to his village and came away humbled. Dr Misra turned his back on what the affluent West had to offer him, and returned to his country to serve the people of rural India. His is an underdog story of a young scientist from an Indian village whose credit as a discoverer was snatched by his Western colleagues . who had to honour him decades later. This book is a must read for every Indian.' - Mahesh Bhatt, Filmmaker S.B. Misra became a star in the scientific community when he discovered 565-million-year-old fossils that were the oldest records of multicellular life on earth. However, he pondered over the long walk to school each day, which thousands of children were still making in his rural backyard. Abandoning a promising world of fame and recognition, he returned to India to realize his dream - a dream of education for young children in his village. This is an inspiring story of an ordinary Indian in rural India, where class barriers and gender discrimination still exist. This is a story of courage, determination, faith and the will to dream big and fulfill those dreams in the face of adversity.
Author: Linda Howard
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439187878
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Had she finally met the man she longed for...or was she dreaming? Marlie Keen was trying to lead a quiet, ordinary life. She thought the knowing -- the clairvoyance that allowed her to witness crimes as they happened -- had been destroyed in the nightmare of her past. Then one night it returned with a vengeance, and she desperately needed to find someone to make it stop. Detective Dane Hollister of the Orlando police department had never met anyone like Marlie. He had doubts about her clairvoyance, but there was no doubt how much he desired her. Her soft, sweet scent set his blood afire, and he wanted to wrap her in his arms and chase the sadness from her eyes. To Marlie, Dane was all heat and hard muscle, and he made her body come alive as it never had before. But not even she could foresee where their passion would lead: a hungry quest for the elusive, dreamy ecstasies of love...and a dangerous journey into the twisted mind of a madman who would threaten their happiness and their lives....
Author: Henrietta Harrison
Publisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 0804767467
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 221
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A vivid study of China’s modernization through the lens of one schoolteacher’s life: “A tour de force of originality, clarity, and skillful organization.” —Chinese Historical Review In this beautifully crafted study of one emblematic life, Henrietta Harrison addresses large themes in Chinese history while conveying with great immediacy the textures and rhythms of everyday existence in the countryside in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Liu Dapeng was a provincial degree-holder who never held government office. Through the story of his family, the author illustrates the decline of the countryside in relation to the cities as a result of modernization, and the transformation of Confucian ideology as a result of these changes. Based on nearly four hundred volumes of Liu’s diary and other writings, the book illustrates what it was like to study in an academy and to be a schoolteacher, the pressures of changing family relationships, the daily grind of work in industry and agriculture, people’s experience with government, and life under the Japanese occupation. “Should be on any short-list of ‘necessary’ books on modern China.” —American Historical Review “Harrison does nothing less than open up for us a whole new world.” —Journal of Asian Studies
Author: Latitta Waggoner
Publisher: Every Man's Dream
ISBN: 9781790481651
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Jream is every man's desire and every woman's nightmare. She is surrounded by others who are in love with her. But when their love for her turns into obsession and envy, her life becomes in danger. On the outside looking in, Jream seems to be a classy woman of great integrity and an humble college student who has her whole life figured out. What others don't see is she has the weight of the world on her shoulders at the moment.In order to buy her mother's freedom and help save her sister from an abusive relationship, Jream has decided to do something she'd thought never do. Seemingly having the worst timing, the only man she has ever truly loved, Crawl, comes in only to find out what her new occupation has her doing: having sex for money. Disapproving, he tries his hardest to find a way to convince her to stop; but every time he does, he seems to push her further and further away from him. What Jream know is that Crawl's new occupation is just as bad as hers. For the last few years, he has been making a living off of taking the lives of others. After Jream has pissed off the wrong wife, she becomes a target and her former lover, Crawl, is hired to kill her. Will love overpower money and allow Jream's life to be spared or will nightmare finally come to pass?
