Author: Glenn C.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059579596X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
William E. Correll (Life Treatment Center) "This book describes the way alcoholics actually think better than anything I have ever read." The world of the good old-timers of the early Alcoholics Anonymous movement comes alive in this book. It tells the interlocking stories of seven people from diverse backgrounds-men, women, black, white, wealthy, poor-who lived and taught the A.A. program with such clarity and spiritual depth, that people came from miles away to sit at their feet and be taught by them. This account was originally written for the local intergroups, to tell how A.A. began during the 1940's and 50's in the cities and towns along the St. Joseph river, as it wound its way through Indiana and Michigan to empty into the Great Lakes. But then all across the country, people struggling with alcoholism and addiction began asking for copies, and psychotherapists and counselors too. It spoke to the heart, they said. It made the twelve step program come alive and showed how it really worked. And above all, they reported, they had found that the words of these men and women were filled with a kind of spiritual wisdom and deep compassion which had the power to heal the soul. So this new edition of The Factory Owner & the Convict has now been prepared, with the last half now printed as a separate volume entitled The St. Louis Gambler & the Railroad Man.
The St. Louis Gambler & the Railroad Man
Author: Glenn C.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059579596X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
William E. Correll (Life Treatment Center) "This book describes the way alcoholics actually think better than anything I have ever read." The world of the good old-timers of the early Alcoholics Anonymous movement comes alive in this book. It tells the interlocking stories of seven people from diverse backgrounds-men, women, black, white, wealthy, poor-who lived and taught the A.A. program with such clarity and spiritual depth, that people came from miles away to sit at their feet and be taught by them. This account was originally written for the local intergroups, to tell how A.A. began during the 1940's and 50's in the cities and towns along the St. Joseph river, as it wound its way through Indiana and Michigan to empty into the Great Lakes. But then all across the country, people struggling with alcoholism and addiction began asking for copies, and psychotherapists and counselors too. It spoke to the heart, they said. It made the twelve step program come alive and showed how it really worked. And above all, they reported, they had found that the words of these men and women were filled with a kind of spiritual wisdom and deep compassion which had the power to heal the soul. So this new edition of The Factory Owner & the Convict has now been prepared, with the last half now printed as a separate volume entitled The St. Louis Gambler & the Railroad Man.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059579596X
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
William E. Correll (Life Treatment Center) "This book describes the way alcoholics actually think better than anything I have ever read." The world of the good old-timers of the early Alcoholics Anonymous movement comes alive in this book. It tells the interlocking stories of seven people from diverse backgrounds-men, women, black, white, wealthy, poor-who lived and taught the A.A. program with such clarity and spiritual depth, that people came from miles away to sit at their feet and be taught by them. This account was originally written for the local intergroups, to tell how A.A. began during the 1940's and 50's in the cities and towns along the St. Joseph river, as it wound its way through Indiana and Michigan to empty into the Great Lakes. But then all across the country, people struggling with alcoholism and addiction began asking for copies, and psychotherapists and counselors too. It spoke to the heart, they said. It made the twelve step program come alive and showed how it really worked. And above all, they reported, they had found that the words of these men and women were filled with a kind of spiritual wisdom and deep compassion which had the power to heal the soul. So this new edition of The Factory Owner & the Convict has now been prepared, with the last half now printed as a separate volume entitled The St. Louis Gambler & the Railroad Man.
The Railroad Man
Author: Rosemary Di Masi
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683485831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Book Delisted
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1683485831
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Book Delisted
Lincoln's Railroad Man: Herman Haupt
Author: Francis Alfred Lord
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The Railroad Man in My Life
Author: Janie Blake
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483650731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
I am Janie Elizabeth Waters Blake, and my goal in writing this is to put together the genealogy of the Waters family, to share what I have been able to learn, to answer questions, to know these people who are your bloodline, and to help you know yourself better.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1483650731
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
I am Janie Elizabeth Waters Blake, and my goal in writing this is to put together the genealogy of the Waters family, to share what I have been able to learn, to answer questions, to know these people who are your bloodline, and to help you know yourself better.
The Man from the Train
Author: Bill James
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476796270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated baseball statistician and true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal. In turn, they uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. Riveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1476796270
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Jewelry and valuables were left in plain sight, bodies were piled together, faces covered with cloth. Some of these cases, like the infamous Villasca, Iowa, murders, received national attention. But few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated baseball statistician and true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal. In turn, they uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. Riveting and immersive, with writing as sharp as the cold side of an axe, The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history.
Ralph of the Roundhouse: or, Bound to Become a Railroad Man
Author: Allen Chapman
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040517564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040517564
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
The Railway Man
Author: Eric Lomax
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781444819854
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.
Publisher: Charnwood
ISBN: 9781444819854
Category : Large type books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.
Nothing Like It In the World
Author: Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743203173
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.
Railroad Man
Author: Tina Wald
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936838004
Category : Musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781936838004
Category : Musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Train Man
Author: P. T. Deutermann
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312973704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A terrorist sabotages bridges over the Mississippi as a military train heads west with a shipment of chemical weapons. FBI agents Hush Hanson and Carolyn Lang set out to catch him before disaster strikes. By the author of Zero Option.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312973704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
A terrorist sabotages bridges over the Mississippi as a military train heads west with a shipment of chemical weapons. FBI agents Hush Hanson and Carolyn Lang set out to catch him before disaster strikes. By the author of Zero Option.