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Call Me Coach: Alaska's Greatest Wrestling Stories
By Steve Wolfe. 2005
Steve Wolfe fresh out of college comes to the little town of Homer Alaska and begins his…
wrestling coach career Homer Alaska is at the end of the road Coach soon finds that Alaska is full of unbelievable characters--kids and adults alike--students teachers and neighbors Coach s interactions with these characters make for nonstop humor and inspiration Call Me Coach is a story of rare experiences of struggle failure but ultimately triumph Alaskans and wrestlers have a common spirit--the spirit of adventure and overcoming all adversity Call Me Coach is a humorous story of motivation and the spirit of Alaska and wrestlingCall Us Champions: More Alaska Wrestling Stories
By Steve Wolfe. 2007
Steve Wolfe knows his stuff when it comes to coaching and wrestling Call Us Champions would entertain the…
most avid wrestler all the way to a beginner This is not only a excellent and fun book for those interested in wrestling but those interested in how it is to raise a family in Alaska Wolfe writes about his young family in a way that makes you want to read more Thanks for a wonderful book Rainbow Saupe San Jose CA Steve Wolfe does a wonderful job of captivating not only the idiosyncrasies of the sport of wrestling but the essence of the human spirit I found myself laughing out loud of some of the humorous events within the book and appreciate having this coach share his experience with up and coming coaches like myself Mike Illg Lowell MADouglas Avenue: Adventures of Douglas Avenue's Bad Boys
By Sarkis Atamian. 2005
Douglas Avenue is the story of an immigrant Armenian family the Stepanians whose children grow up during the…
Great Depression In the midst of their poverty like so many other Armenians the Stepanians cling to their hope for a better tomorrow and cherish their children above all else It is a time of trials and triumphs as Dickron and Mariam struggle to make a home for their boys Garo and Harry on Douglas Avenue in Providence Rhode Island Join Garo and Harry in their boyhood adventures during the Great Depression Here are the stories of their pranks and escapades as they learn how to survive by overcoming the differences between two culturesEli's Story: A Twentieth-Century Jewish Life
By Meri-Jane Rochelson. 2018
Eli s Story A Twentieth-Century Jewish Life is first and foremost a biography Its subject is…
Eli G Rochelson MD 1907 1984 author Meri-Jane Rochelson s father At its core is Eli s story in his own words taken from an interview he did with his son Burt Rochelson in the mid-1970s The book tells the story of a man whose life and memory spanned two world wars several migrations an educational odyssey the massive disruption of the Holocaust and finally a frustrating yet ultimately successful effort to restore his professional credentials and identity as well as reestablish family life Eli s Story contains a mostly chronological narration that embeds the story in the context of further research It begins with Eli s earliest memories of childhood in Kovno and ends with his death his legacy and the author s own unanswered questions that are as much a part of Eli s story as his own words The narrative is illuminated and expanded through Eli s personal archive of papers letters and photographs as well as research in institutional archives libraries and personal interviews Rochelson covers Eli s family s relocation to southern Russia his education military service and first marriage after he returned to Kovno his and his family s experiences in the Dachau Stutthof and Auschwitz concentration camps including the deaths of his wife and child his postwar experience in the Landsberg Displaced Persons DP camp and his immigration to the United States where he determinedly restored his medical credentials and started a new family Rochelson recognizes that both the effort of reconstructing events and the reality of having personal accounts that confirm and also differ from each other in detail make the process of gap-filling itself a kind of fiction an attempt to shape the incompleteness that is inherent to the story In the epilogue the author reminds readers that the stories of lives don t have clear chronologies They go off in many directions and in some ways they never end An earlier reviewer said of the book Eli s Story combines the care of a scholar with the care of a daughter Both scholars and general readers interested in Holocaust narratives will be moved by this monographA Venture In Faith: Texas to Alaska, A Road Trip to Recovery
By Carol Weishampel Ed D. 2009
Stalked by her abusive ex-husband and in fear for her life Leah Gray plans an escape Leah s…
faith in God and in humanity shattered when she is forced out of her comfort zone she secretly purchases a used motor home as a mobile hide-out and prepares to pursue a search for a meaningful life Intrigued by her father s stories of building the Alaska Highway Leah determines to flee into the Alaska wilderness On her road trip from Texas to Alaska she encounters empowering women who encourage her on her road to self discovery Leah s fear of men intensifies when she is forced to trust Barret an Alaskan mountain man Can Leah stop running and find healing and love and return to her faith in GodEdmund Booth: Deaf Pioneer
By Harry G. Lang. 2004
Edmund Booth was born in 1810 and died in 1905, and during the 94 years of his life, he epitomized…
virtually everything that characterized an American legend of that century. In his prime, Booth stood 6 feet, 3 inches tall, weighed in at 210 pounds, and wore a long, full beard. He taught school in Hartford, CT, then followed his wife-to-be Mary Ann Walworth west to Anamosa, Iowa, where in 1840, he built the area's first frame house. He pulled up stakes nine years later to travel the Overland Trail on his way to join the California Gold Rush. After he returned to Iowa in 1854, he became the editor of the Anamosa Eureka, the local newspaper. Edmund Booth fit perfectly the mold of the ingenious pioneer of 19th-century America, except for one unusual difference -- he was deaf. Edmund Booth: Deaf Pioneer follows the amazing career of this American original and his equally amazing wife in fascinating detail. Author Harry G. Lang vividly portrays Booth and his wife by drawing from a remarkable array of original material. A prolific writer, Booth corresponded with his fiancé from the American School for the Deaf in Hartford, and he kept a journal during his days on the California trail, parts of which have been reproduced here. He also wrote an autobiographical essay when he was 75, and his many newspaper articles through the years bore first-hand witness to the history of his times, from the Civil War to the advent of the 20th century. Edmund Booth depicts a larger-than-life man in larger-than-life times, but perhaps its greatest contribution derives from its narrative about pioneer days as seen through Deaf eyes. Booth became a respected senior statesman of the American Deaf community, and blended with his stories of the era's events are anecdotes and issues vital to Deaf people and their families. His story proves again that extraordinary people vary in many ways, but they often possess a common motive in acting to enhance their own communities.No Map To This Country: One Family's Journey Through Autism
By Jennifer Noonan. 2016
A heartbreaking yet also funny and ultimately empowering memoir revealing the a multi-year journey into the latest science and treatments…
in order to rescue her kids and her family from autism.Dirty White Boy: Tales of Soho
By Clayton Littlewood. 2008
What is the correct etiquette for visiting a brothel? How should one react when a transsexual wants to show off…
her latest surgery? Is it appropriate to speak to television personalities when they're buying underwear? These are the questions that matter in London's Soho neighborhood, where Clayton Littlewood runs the cult clothing store Dirty White Boy. From his window on one of the busiest street corners in the world, Littlewood watches the daily parade of fashion queens, prostitutes, gangsters, and celebrities that make up the population of this strangest of villages. Dirty White Boy is a vivid mosaic of modern London, caught between the ghosts of the past and the uncertainties of the future. With an unforgettable cast of characters ranging from Chico the camp queen to Pam the Fag Lady (with guest spots by stars like Kathy Griffin and Graham Norton), these compulsively readable true tales offer a wry panorama of Soho's rich and often raucous subcultures.Waiting for Grace
By Holly L. Springer. 2015
This book continues the story of one woman's experiences in recovering from a near fatal brain aneurysm. Learning how to…
cope with the new person challenges the author daily. However, learning to live with the unique person she now has become with the help of new insights allows a new perspective on life, to which others may relate.Breakup: The End of a Love Story
By Catherine Texier. 1998
I will never forgive you.I will never make love with you again.I do not love you anymore.Breakup is the erotically…
charged chronicle of the tempestuous final months of an eighteen-year romantic and literary partnership, self-destructing in the aftermath of the ultimate betrayal. Fearlessly and courageously, Texier chronicles the end of that love as it is wrecked by infidelity and deceit in a literary tour de force reminiscent by turns of Marguerite Duras and Henry Miller.Texier writes in harrowing detail about the powerful sexual relationship she shared with her husband even during their breakup, how sex between them became a substitute for real intimacy, and how the fabric of a marriage (a shared cup of café au lait on a yellow table every morning, the memories of giving birth to two glorious daughters, of coediting their own literary magazine) is brutally dissolved.Breakup is unsentimental and unflinching, a journal of love's exquisite torture. Every emotion, including rage, disgust, self-pity, hatred, sympathy, and jealousy, is mined. Heartbreaking, too, is the effect of the breakup on Texier's two children who, sometimes caught in the crossfire of their parents' turmoil, are trapped as the relationship spirals out of control and their once-secure home becomes a battlefield.Ultimately, Breakup is about the risks one great passion involves. It is a journey of the heart in all its wild beating; a courageous diary of a soul laid bare, and the redemptive power of love.Black Rainbow: How Words Healed Me, My Journey Through Depression
By Rachel Kelly. 2015
In 1997, Oxford graduate, working mother and Times journalist Rachel Kelly went from feeling mildly anxious to being completely unable…
to function within the space of just three days. Prescribed antidepressants by her doctor, and supported by her husband and her family, Rachel slowly began to get better, but her anxiety levels remained high, and six years later, as a stay-at-home mother, she suffered a second collapse even worse than the first. Throughout both of Rachel's periods of severe depression, the healing power of poetry became an integral part of her recovery. As someone who had always loved poetry, it became something for Rachel to cling on to in times of need - from repeating short mantras to learning and reciting entire poems - these words and verses became a powerful force for change in her life. In Black Rainbow Rachel analyses why poetry can be one answer to depression, and the book contains a selected 40 of the poems that provided Rachel with solace and comfort during her breakdown and recovery. At a time when mental health problems and depression are becoming more common, and the stigma around such issues is finally being lifted, this book offers a lifeline for anyone seeking to understand depression and seek new ways to treat it. Poetry is free, has no side-effects and, as Rachel can attest, 'prescribing words instead of pills' can be an incredibly powerful remedy.Disillusioned with life in the city and spurred on by childhood dreams of adventure and discovery a young…
geologist take a chance and moves his family to Alaska during the 1970s pipeline boom Awed and humbled by the Great Land and its unpredictable inhabitants--animal and human--he begins a 20-year search for the elusive tundra daisy--a giant oilfield with the potential to put him and his discovery o the map Unexpectedly however this young explorer s search yields more than black gold when he discovers that life s greatest lessons are often learned under difficult circumstances A mix of harrowing humorous and heartwarming true stories Craig White s Tundra Daisy embodies the spirit of a real Alaskan and recaptures a bygone era of discovery in the Last FrontierNo Picnic on Mount Kenya: The Story Of Three P. O. W's Escape To Adventure
By Felice Benuzzi. 2016
In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the…
inmates of POW Camp 354. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer.When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea--an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea.Not many people would break out of a POW camp and trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meager rations, and a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef as their most accurate guide. Fewer still would break back into the camp on their return.This is the remarkable story of three such men--a powerful testament to the human spirit of rebellion and adventure--reissued in a deluxe edition featuring Benuzzi's own watercolor paintings of the expedition and a final chapter that has never before appeared in English.When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection (Dover Thrift Editions)
By Norman R. Yetman. 2002
More than 2,000 interviews with former slaves, who, in blunt, simple language, provide often-startling first-person accounts of their lives in…
bondage. Includes some of the most detailed, compelling, and engrossing life histories in the Slave Narrative Collection, a project funded by the U.S. Government. An illuminating source of information.I'll Never Write My Memoirs
By Grace Jones, Paul Morley. 1972
Iconic music and film legend Grace Jones gives an in-depth account of her stellar career, professional and personal life, and…
the signature look that catapulted her into the stardom stratosphere. Grace Jones, a veritable “triple-threat” as acclaimed actress, singer, and model, has dominated the entertainment industry since her emergence as a model in New York City in 1968. Quickly discovered for her obvious talent and cutting-edge style, Grace signed her first record deal in 1977 and became one of the more unforgettable characters to emerge from the Studio 54 disco scene, releasing the all-time favorite hits, “Pull Up to the Bumper,” “Slave to the Rhythm,” and “I’m Not Perfect (But I’m Perfect for You). ” And with her sexually charged, outrageous live shows in the New York City nightclub circuit, Grace soon earned the title of “Queen of the Gay Discos. ” But with the dawn of the ’80s came a massive anti-disco movement across the US, leading Grace to focus on experimental-based work and put her two-and-a-half-octave voice to good use. It was also around this time that she changed her look to suit the times with a detached, androgynous image. In this first-ever memoir, Grace gives an exclusive look into the transformation to her signature style and discusses how she expanded her musical triumph to success in the acting world, beginning in the 1984 fantasy-action film Conan the Destroyer alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, then the James Bond movie A View to a Kill, and later in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang. Featuring sixteen pages of stunning full-color photographs, Miss Grace Jones takes us on a journey from Grace’s religious upbringing in Jamaica to her heyday in Paris and New York in the ’70s and ’80s, all the way to present-day London, in what promises to be a no holds barred tell-all for the ages.Aviation Mysteries of the North: Disappearances in Alaska and Canada
By Gregory Liefer. 2011
Russia's most famous aviator disappears on a world record flight over the North Pole. A commercial airliner with thirty-eight people…
is never found. The wreckage of a strategic bomber is discovered years later and hundreds of miles from where it was lost, without its nuclear payload. Two United States Congressmen on a routine campaign tour vanish, spurring accusations of cover-up and conspiracy. These are but a few of the stories detailed in Aviation Mysteries of the North. Far distant from major media outlets and occurring over remote and unforgiving wilderness, many of the mysteries have been overlooked or forgotten, until now. Meticulously researched, the accounts are a compilation of historically significant mysteries and large capacity aircraft which have been lost over a span of four decades. From takeoff and in flight until the final moments, through searches and controversy, the factual events are presented with captivating insight. Historical perspectives and aircraft descriptions add an informative background to the text.Devil's Heart: Native American Lore and Modern Police Work
By Ron Walden. 2009
Jodi Eagle knew at an early age that he was going to leave the reservation Being raised by his…
grandfather Jodi had learned the ways of his Sioux heritage but reservation life was not for him He had seen too many friends come to a bad end With help from friends he had made along the way Jodi became a Deputy Sheriff at North Bend Washington where a killer was kidnapping and killing children Local parents were terrified for their children One of the victims was the son of Jodi s friend Earl Campbell Jodi s own son was a school mate and friend of the murdered child Jodi tried to help control his own son s grief with stories and customs of his Native American heritage After eight years fingerprint evidence gathered at one of the crime scenes is matched with a body found near Anchorage Alaska This would solve the child murders but opened a new question Who killed the killer The effect of this turmoil on residents of the small western Washington town was great and the wounds deep His department would find closure to this eight year search with the implication of a one-time deputy With enough twists to keep the reader engrossed and turning the pages and enough surprises to bend the mindOn Dreams (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
By Sigmund Freud, M. D. Eder. 2001
Among the first of Sigmund Freud's many contributions to psychology and psychoanalysis was The Interpretation of Dreams, published in 1900,…
and considered his greatest work -- even by Freud himself. Aware, however, that it was a long and difficult book, he resolved to compile a more concise and accessible version of his ideas on the interpretation of dreams. That shorter work is reprinted here. Since its publication, generations of readers and students have turned to this volume for an authoritative and coherent account of Freud's theory of dreams as distorted wish fulfillment.After contrasting the scientific and popular views of dreams, Freud illustrates the ways in which dreams can be shown to have been influenced by the activities or thoughts of the preceding day. He considers the effect on dreams of such mental mechanisms as condensation, dramatization, displacement, and regard for intelligibility. In addition, the author offers perceptive insights into repression, the three classes of dreams, and censorship within the dream.Students and psychologists will welcome this inexpensive edition of an always-relevant work by the father of modern psychoanalysis. This volume will also appeal to anyone interested in dreams of the workings of the unconscious mind.The Life of Olaudah Equiano: Large Print (Dover Thrift Editions Ser.)
By Olaudah Equiano. 1999
Compelling work traces the formidable journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy and recounts his enslavement…
in the New World, service in the Seven Years War with General Wolfe in Canada, voyages to the Arctic with the Phipps expedition of 1772-73, six months among the Miskito Indians in Central America, and a grand tour of the Mediterranean as a personal servant to an English gentlemen. Skillfully written, with a wealth of engrossing detail, this powerful narrative deftly illustrates the nature of the black experience in slavery.The Last Season
By Stuart Stevens. 2015
Fathers, sons, and sports are enduring themes of American literature. Here, in this fresh and moving account, a son returns…
to his native South to spend a special autumn with his ninety-five-year-old dad, sharing the unique joys, disappointments, and life lessons of Saturdays with their beloved Ole Miss Rebels. After growing up in Jackson, Stuart Stevens built a successful career as a writer and political consultant. But in the fall of 2012, not long after he turned sixty, the presidential campaign he'd worked on suffered a painful defeat. Grappling with a profound sense of loss and mortality, he began asking himself some tough questions, not least about his relationship with his father. The two of them had spent little time together for decades. He made a resolution: to invite his father to attend a season of Ole Miss football games together, as they'd done when college football provided a way for his father to guide him through childhood--and to make sense of the troubled South of the 1960s. Now, driving to and from the games, and cheering from the stands, they take stock of their lives as father and son, and as individuals, reminding themselves of their unique, complicated, precious bond. Poignant and full of heart, but also irreverent and often hilarious, The Last Season is a powerful story of parents and children and of the importance of taking a backward glance together while you still can.From the Hardcover edition.