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| Author | : Gene Pantalone |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 257 |
| Release | : 2018-11-15 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1538116758 |
World champion boxer Lew Jenkins fought his whole life. As a child, he fought extreme poverty during the Great Depression; in his twenties, he fought as a professional boxer and became a world champion; and at the pinnacle of his boxing career, Jenkins fought in World War II and the Korean War. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield: The Life of War Hero Lew Jenkins details for the first time this extraordinary story. Despite his talent for boxing, Jenkins often fought and trained in drunken stupors. And though he became the world lightweight champion, he soon wasted his ring title and all his money. Unable to find meaning in life at the peak of his boxing success, Jenkins discovered values to which he could cling during World War II and the Korean War. His efforts earned him one of the highest decorations for bravery, the Silver Star. From Boxing Ring to Battlefield features exclusive interviews with Lew Jenkins’s son and grandson, providing a personal perspective on the life of this complicated war hero. The first biography of Jenkins, this book will fascinate boxing fans and historians alike.
| Author | : Gene Pantalone |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2018 |
| Genre | : Boxers (Sports) |
| ISBN | : 9781538116746 |
This book is about the extraordinary life of Lew Jenkins, a lightweight boxing champion. Raised in poverty during the Great Depression, Jenkins became a celebrated prizefighter in the late 1930s. After he squandered his winnings, Jenkins found purpose during World War II and the Korean War, earning the Silver Star for his bravery.
| Author | : Matthew Bogdanos |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 370 |
| Release | : 2008-12-09 |
| Genre | : Political Science |
| ISBN | : 1596919841 |
Thieves of Baghdad is a riveting account of Colonel Matthew Bogdanos and his team's extraordinary efforts to recover over 5,000 priceless antiquities stolen from the Iraqi National Museum after the fall of Baghdad. A mixture of police procedural, treasure hunt, war-time thriller, and cold-eyed assessment of the international black market in stolen art, Thieves of Baghdad also explores the soul of a truly remarkable man: a soldier, a father, and a passionate, dedicated scholar.
| Author | : Leigh Anne Howard |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2019-09-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0429561121 |
Performativity, Cultural Construction, and the Graphic Narrative draws on performance studies scholarship to understand the social impact of graphic novels and their sociopolitical function. Addressing issues of race, gender, ethnicity, race, war, mental illness, and the environment, the volume encompasses the diversity and variety inherent in the graphic narrative medium. Informed by the scholarship of Dwight Conquergood and his model for performance praxis, this collection of essays makes links between these seemingly disparate areas of study to open new avenues of research for comics and graphic narratives. An international team of authors offer a detailed analysis of new and classical graphic texts from Britain, Iran, India, and Canada as well as the United States. Performance, Social Construction and the Graphic Narrative draws on performance studies scholarship to understand the social impact of graphic novels and their sociopolitical function. Addressing issues of race, gender, ethnicity, race, war, mental illness, and the environment, the volume encompasses the diversity and variety inherent in the graphic narrative medium. This book will be of interest to students and scholars in the areas of communication, literature, comics studies, performance studies, sociology, languages, English, and gender studies, and anyone with an interest in deepening their acquaintance with and understanding of the potential of graphic narratives.
| Author | : James S. Hirsch |
| Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Total Pages | : 390 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 9780618087280 |
The inspiration for the recent film starring Denzel Washington, "Hurricane" recounts the miraculous journey of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter--a boxer wrongly jailed for three murders--from fierce despair to freedom and enlightenment. of photos.
| Author | : Florence Pérès |
| Publisher | : Lannoo Meulenhoff - Belgium |
| Total Pages | : 237 |
| Release | : 2023-12-12 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9401404054 |
Learn why the ancient Greeks did winter training, how a one-second lead can make all the difference, and how to overcome a bad day. Discover essential skills for the modern workplace and learn from surprising sources, such as a sheikh, a farmer, and even a lobster. This essential guide prepares you to increase adaptive resilience and navigate life successfully. Manage uncertainty, bring order to chaos, and embrace change with confidence. "This Survival Guide for Times of Change offers 25 change hacks that serve as a compass in this rapidly changing world, giving you the much-needed peace and clarity to take informed steps in both your professional and personal life." - Lode Godderis, CEO IDEWE, professor of Occupational Medicine KU Leuven and author of books about workable work "Florence Pérès brings countless insights into how to deal with change in a refreshing way. Informative, practical and very creative." - Luk Dewulf, educationalist, talent and burnout coach, and author of bestsellers about talent and burnout
| Author | : Leonard Jay Greenspoon |
| Publisher | : Purdue University Press |
| Total Pages | : 307 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1557536295 |
For some, the connection between Jews and athletics might seem far-fetched. But in fact, as is highlighted by the fourteen chapters in this collection, Jews have been participating in"and thinking about"sports for more than two thousand years. The articles in this volume cover a wide chronological range: from the Hellenistic period (first century BCE) to the most recent basketball season. The range of athletes covered is equally broad. The authors of these essays raise a number of intriguing questions such as: What differing attitudes toward sports have Jews exhibited across periods and cultures? In what sports have Jews excelled, and why? How have Jews overcome prejudices on the part of the general populace against a Jewish presence on the field or in the ring? This volume features a number of illustrations (many of them quite rare). It is accessible to the general reader and contains much information of interest to the scholar in Jewish studies, American studies, and sports history.
| Author | : Beth Linker |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 300 |
| Release | : 2011-06-15 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0226482537 |
"Linker explains how, before entering World War I, the United States sought a way to avoid the enormous cost of providing injured soldiers with pensions, which it had done since the Revolutionary War." -- Inside dust jacket.
| Author | : Laura Reece Hogan |
| Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 173 |
| Release | : 2017-01-19 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1532601077 |
How do the dark moments of suffering which we all encounter at some point in our lives connect with the divine? The words of Paul the Apostle offer an answer to this universal question in the vibrant figure and pattern of Jesus Christ, so eloquently expressed in the Philippians Christ Hymn. It is in moments of loss, moments of experience of creation and community, and moments of transformative unity with God that we discover our deep connectedness to God and one another. Laura Hogan weaves the truth of these three facets of divine-human relationship together with Paul's undivided trust in divine effectiveness; that is, that the paradox of the cross reveals that God, no matter how dire the circumstance, is supremely effective to accomplish his will. Paul's words encourage us to express the pattern of Jesus Christ in our words, actions, and very lives, a singular articulation of Christ in our time, place, identity, and circumstances. This daily living of the Christ pattern, which this book explores in lives past and present, gives rise to a true joy in God as we become increasingly aware of our relationship with the divine in all moments, from the darkest to the brightest.
| Author | : Yu BuZhou |
| Publisher | : Funstory |
| Total Pages | : 968 |
| Release | : 2020-10-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1636668860 |
Tang Chuan, the heir to the imperial family, was ordered by four beautiful mothers to find the precious treasure of the Apricot Forest, the "Nine Stars Needle". At the same time, he helped his fiancée, who he had never met, dissolve her yin and yang body, but because of the misunderstanding, Tang Chuan stayed at Zhou's house.
