I Wouldn't Want Anybody to Walk in My Shoes

I Wouldn't Want Anybody to Walk in My Shoes
Author: Sabina Kosofsky
Publisher: Xulon Press
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2016-05-31
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781498475815

I was born and raised in New York. I now live in Colorado. I was at a point in my life where I was giving up, I have had a very hard life, I have been abused at a very young age it went on till just recently. I know what it is like to be homeless with a child and know what it's like not to have family help you. I have always been overweight and always felt ugly; I lost 160 pounds and I feel like a new person. I raised my son on my own, I have depression and PTSD, and trust issues but I have gotten better. I am now dating, I volunteer for Spirit Crossing Club House, and NAMI (National Alliance On Mental Health) I do pretentions for (IN OUR OWN VOICES) I am a work in progress. I have become a very strong woman, I am a very positive person and I take it one day at a time. I am looking forward to becoming a peer specialist, the key is not to give up...I almost did but I got the help that I needed. I am happier now then I have ever been!"

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere
Author: ZZ Packer
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2004-02-03
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781573223782

The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls; a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decide where his allegiance lies; an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work; a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream. With penetrating insight, ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. Fresh, versatile, and captivating, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking and unforgettable collection, sure to stand out among the contemporary canon of fiction.

Backstage Stories

Backstage Stories
Author: Barbara Baker
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2013-11-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1441111778

Gaining a view behind the scenes into the jobs and personalities of people who work in the theatre is a privilege afforded to few. This book grants that privilege to all its readers. Twenty-one highly respected backstage professionals are interviewed, from artistic director to wig maker, working in all kinds of theatres in Britain and the United States. Their stories inform and entertain as they describe what they do and how they got to do it. Their anecdotes and observations intrigue and amuse as they reminisce about working with people such as Alan Bennett, Judi Dench, Placido Domingo, Ian McKellen and Andrew Lloyd Webber, to name just a few. Whether you enjoy watching theatrical performances and want to know more about them, or you would like to work in the theatre, Backstage Stories is the book for you.

They Said I Wouldn't Make It

They Said I Wouldn't Make It
Author: Frederick Ronzell Best
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2008-03-07
Genre: African American clergy
ISBN: 1434358216

They Said I Wouldn't Make It. This is a book that needs to be read by all. It is full of everyday life situation. A book about one man's dreams and strggles to get custody of his ten siblings and reunite his family together again. This book is a pure inspiration to millions. I was always challenged by people that said that they were normal, telling me that I wouldn't make it in life because of how I was born. Not only is this book written from my heart, but it is also written through my pain and tears, triumphs and victories. It is my desire that kids that are born handicap would have the understanding that no on can make you handicap, if you chose not to be that handicap is a state of one's mind. It is my desire that the department of Social Services will remove the name 'foster' from kids. There is no such thing as a false child, all kids are real. For those that are single parents, I hope that you receive new strength. You can make it, don't give up. For the parents that have kids that were born handicap, if you want them normal, don't raise them handicap. For you that have lost your family through the system, don't give up, miracles still happen. For those of you that had been through sexual, physical, psychological, or any other abuse you can be healed. Many people's childhoods destroyed their adulthoods. For you this does not have to be so. Remember a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits. Last, those who say they can and those wh say they can not, are both correct.

Ski Films

Ski Films
Author: Bryan Senn
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2022-05-02
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476645035

Skiing in movies, like the sport itself, grew more prevalent beginning in the 1930s, when it was a pastime of the elite, with depictions reflecting changes in technique, fashion and social climate. World War II saw skiing featured in a dozen films dealing with that conflict. Fueled by postwar prosperity, the sport exploded in the 1950s--filmmakers followed suit, using scenes on snow-covered slopes for panoramic beauty and the thrill of the chase. Through the free-spirited 1960s and 1970s, the downhill lifestyle shussed into everything from spy thrillers to beach party romps. The extreme sports era of the 1980s and 1990s brought snowboarding to the big screen. This first ever critical history of skiing in film chronicles a century of alpine cinema, with production information and stories and quotes from directors, actors and stuntmen.

Everybody's

Everybody's
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1078
Release: 1928
Genre: American periodicals
ISBN:

Inspiring Literacy

Inspiring Literacy
Author: Sam Leaton Sebesta
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Total Pages: 206
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781412826310

A Salute to Nebraska's Tom Osborne

A Salute to Nebraska's Tom Osborne
Author: The Lincoln Journal Star
Publisher: Sports Publishing LLC
Total Pages: 296
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781571672308

Through the stories and photographs in A Salute to Nebraska's Tom Osborne, the staff of the Lincoln Journal Star has captured the essence of the remarkable man who, over a span of 25 years, made winning a way of life for his Cornhusker players. Readers will learn about the coach's life before coming to Lincoln, his devotion as a family man, his love for kids, his work as a humanitarian, and how he dealt with the tragic death of Brook Berringer.

What Do You Think about It?

What Do You Think about It?
Author: Warren O. Monroe
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2012-03
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1466917083

A Collection of Daily Thoughts The word thought generally refers to any mental or intellectual activity involving an individual's subjective consciousness. It can refer either to the act of thinking or the resulting ideas or arrangements of ideas. Over the past few years, I've put my thoughts down on paper and shared them with family and friends. Some said to me "it's too long," some said to me "I've heard that before," and some said nothing, as if my thoughts were delivered and had fallen into a black hole. On the other hand, there were those who cheered me on and encouraged me to keep distributing my thoughts and consider some day writing a book. What Do You Think about It is a labor-of-love collection of my best thirty-one weekly thoughts (plus two bonus thoughts because I couldn't decide on just 31) for your daily preview. In addition, you can take an active part in my literary endeavor by writing down your thoughts at the end of each chapter. One difference between humans and other animals is our ability to think, process our thoughts, and make life-changing decisions on the results. As you read and hopefully enjoy this book of daily thoughts, do your best to retain the messages intended in each thought. It's not really our efforts that define us; it's our ability to open our minds and hearts to the depths of our true thoughts and honest feelings. Paracelsus, renaissance period physician, chemist, and surgeon, wrote, "Thoughts are free and subject to no rule. On them rest the freedom of a man and they tower above the light of nature . . . create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy from which new art flows." This book represents a small piece of my heaven, my new firmament, my new source of energy from which my new art will flow. I hope you enjoy all my thoughts, but I don't expect you will just sail away on a literary cruise navigated by everything I've written. So I've provided space at the end of each chapter for your thoughts on each topic. Hence the title What Do You Think about It. Bon voyage!