An Ordinary Guy

Author : William C Johnson
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1647509769

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Just an Ordinary Guy by William C Johnson Pdf

Rico Lopez is a twice-divorced, moderately successful Mexican immigrant who is living the life of a small business owner when unexpectedly, an agent from the local DEA office shows up with a strange request. He would like to hire Rico for one day to go undercover and gather intel for them on a suspected drug cartel leader. Unfortunately, the seemingly easy, one-time assignment goes bad, and Rico is drawn into a life as a drug agent that while dangerous, also energizes him and forces him to draw on strengths he never knew he had. Rico's relationship with Mike Andress, the charismatic agent who hired him, is at the heart of the story. At times, as his operations intensify in danger and complexity, Rico becomes scared or disenchanted. But Mike persuades him to keep going, and over time, Rico realizes he's not only a good undercover agent but he's also never been happier in his life. As his confidence grows, Rico gets romantically entangled with a sexy, saucy woman who sees Rico as her very own James Bond. Their torrid love life adds a complicating wrinkle but fortunately, before things get too out of hand, Rico's first wife re-enters the picture and gets Rico centered again. This fast-moving tale, with its ordinary hero and a rich cast of nuanced, supporting characters, leads the reader through a series of improbable events until, sooner than the reader would like, the story with a twist that caps it off perfectly.

Author : John S. Klumpp
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781462053582

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An Ordinary Guy, an Extraordinary Tale by John S. Klumpp Pdf

An Ordinary Guy spirits us along his journey from the post World War Two neighborhoods of the Bronx through his days as a cadet at the New York State University Maritime College to his thirty years at sea sailing as mate on oil tankers and captain of harbor and sea-going towing vessels. He allows us a peek into the the world of boats and the crews that worked them. Along the way we are skillfully transported through the rich tapestry of history that saw the Vietnam Era, the struggle for civil rights, a resignation of a president, the horror of 9/11 and the response to international terrorism. The Ordinary Guy shares with us his interpretation of these events, all the while entertaining us with tales that range from the informative to the outrageous. We are his passengers as he takes us along on his joyous and sometimes angry romp through seventy years of the extraordinary life and times of this ordinary guy.

Author : Ken Holly
Publisher : Inspiring Voices
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781462404315

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An Ordinary Guy by Ken Holly Pdf

Ken Holly is just an ordinary guy with an ordinary past. He grew up in postWorld War II America as a middle-class boy in an old-fashioned suburban neighborhood, learning the value of hard work and absorbing the strong ethics of the Greatest Generation. But being ordinary is what makes Ken special. Whimsical and honest, An Ordinary Guy shares Kens story of how a childhood spent in Houston, Texas, in the 1950s made a lasting impact on his life. Ken was a faithful church-goer who grew up surrounded by World War II veterans and was active in Boy Scouts; in this memoir, he reveals how each of these influences shaped him into the adult he is today. He also discusses how his values sustained him in some of the most challenging times of his life. While serving in the US Navy as an aviation electronic tech and radioman, Ken had some close calls, but came out of them unscathed. Following his military service, he went back to school, built a career in electronics, and married his wife, Pat. He became a father twice with the birth of his two daughters and continued working until his retirement in 2011. Through all of lifes challenges, Ken never forgot those influential days of his youth.

Author : Daniel Stuart Olmes,Jamie Clarke
Publisher : Post Hill Press
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781637587324

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Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy by Daniel Stuart Olmes,Jamie Clarke Pdf

By most measures, Daniel Olmes is an ordinary guy—but he’s learned how to live an extraordinary life. In Memoirs of an Ordinary Guy, Daniel asserts that we are all capable of being extraordinary and redefines what it means to be just another ordinary person. He is living proof that extraordinary is there for all of us. It doesn’t mean rich or famous. It doesn’t mean better. To Daniel, “extraordinary” means grateful, honest, happy, loving, fearless, and faithful. Doing extraordinary things is not what makes us extraordinary. Being extraordinary is having an extraordinary perspective on our lives and the things that happen to us. Daniel’s narrative will inspire everyone to view their lives differently, remind us of the stories that we all share, and spark a renewed curiosity about a world that’s anything but ordinary.

Author : Andrew Gilbrook
Publisher : tredition
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783347096462

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An Ordinary Guy, Operation Saponify by Andrew Gilbrook Pdf

The United Kingdom, Spain, Chile. A story based on real events. Few people are thought smart enough to be selected and trained as a spy for Her Majesty's Government, fewer qualify. The Author is one such man, who uniquely, was chosen at the age of 16, still the only person to pass selection without an education through the university system and one so young. In this, Andy's second book, he describes one short operation that could have stopped the Falklands War with Argentina. SAS were in position, only the final go-ahead was needed from Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. She chose to fight the war. Perhaps if the PM had decided to give Operation Saponify a chance, 907 soldier's lives would have been saved. The operation was born from a personal project over many years to find escaped WWII Nazis, using highly classified documents, only available to those inside the service and information supplied by the CIA. Would he find the top Nazi? If he did, history would have to be rewritten. One Nazi Andy did find was murdered by a little known group in France "The Avengers" after Andy deliberately passed them information. This Nazi's subsequent murder proved the existence of a mole inside MI6, London. In 2012, he was informed Karen had died from cancer, did he finally decide to reveal his secret life to his

Author : Dick Snavely
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2007-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781602664388

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An Ordinary Guy... with the Extraordinary God by Dick Snavely Pdf

Dick Snavely reveals some of his childhood experiences and personal challenges that prepared him to organize and lead Family Life Ministries for nearly fifty years. These experiences include miracles, exciting answers to prayer along with the good, the bad, and the ugly. The reader will share in Dick's early struggles from spankings in third grade, reckless driving as a teenager, the search for a wife, and getting fired as a pastor. You will also rejoice with him in his glorious victories of a personal encounter with God, working with troubled boys, the conversion of a city gang member and the building of a Christian radio station that became a network of Christian FM stations. The excitement and thrill of victory is evident in the story of Family Life Ministries/Network. Dick has often prayed "Lord I don't know where you are leading me today but help me to hang on." Dick Snavely was raised in a Mennonite family in Lancaster County, PA. He organized Family Life Ministries, New Life Homes-Snell Farm, Twin Tiers Youth For Christ, and Family Life Network. He is a graduate of Bob Jones University Dick was a film evangelist with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Film Association, and pastored a church briefly in West Virginia. In 1957 he moved his family to New York where he organized Family Life Ministries, Inc. He led the organization as President and CEO for 47 years and was succeeded by his son Rick. He is married 55 years to Jacqueline DeVere. They have four children and eleven grandchildren. All four children are active in their church and serving the Lord. Dick is just an ordinary guy. What you see is what you get. He reveals some of the good, bad, and ugly times as he candidly tells of his life experiences in this book.

Author : Mark Johnston
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681395623

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FBI & an Ordinary Guy - The Private Price of Public Service by Mark Johnston Pdf

FBI & An Ordinary Guy, -The Private Price of Public Service - is a memoir about the many chilling, sometimes comical, events in a career as an FBI agent and the personal price some of us paid. For me, coming from a rough childhood I confronted the choices of becoming a clergyman, crook or cop. As an FBI agent in New York and other large American cities, we faced outlaw motorcycle gangs, the Mafia, drug kingpins, and terrorists; land pirates. I personally had many successes, but hard-won victories eventually sapped my energy and spirit. Along the way I had to come to grips with the murders of a squad partner, two New York City cops and several government witnesses. The public knows little about the stress and high emotional costs the guardians of their safety pay in the constant battle against crime and terror. The favorite antidotes of many law enforcement peers —crawling into a bottle or the wrong bed—proved to provide little long-lasting comfort. FBI & An Ordinary Guy reveals the inner working of the FBI, the humanness of its family members, and the real life story behind some of its major cases. But, this factual account is told through a genuine framework of the bitter sweet contrast of the gritty horrors of law enforcement versus affectionate father to daughter communication via never mailed letters to my children.

Author : Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa
Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9798891600096

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Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Vol. 1 by Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa Pdf

32-year old nerdy office worker Tachibana Hinata has once again blundered at a singles mixer, no thanks to his hunky best friend who is always by his side. While he's grumbling nonstop about it on the way home, a naked goddess appears out of nowhere and sends the two friends to another world! Furthermore, the goddess plays a prank and turns Tachibana into a blond woman with a peerless body?! To return him to his manly form, the two set off on a journey to defeat the demon king, but thanks to his beauty they'll find trouble everywhere they go! Can they save the world before their lifelong bromance becomes a...romance?

Author : Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa
Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-09
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9798891608467

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Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Vol. 3 by Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa Pdf

Tachibana was once an unattractive salaryman, but ever since he was transported to another world, he's been stuck in the body of a beautiful blonde woman. That newfound beauty has gotten him entangled in a village's evil ritual. His food's drugged, his clothing switched for a barely there swimsuit, and he's served up to a giant squid. These types of troubles never would have beset him when he was a man! Can Tachibana reach the capital city in one piece?!

Author : Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa
Publisher : Seven Seas Entertainment
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-28
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9798891603509

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Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Vol. 2 by Yu Tsurusaki,Shin Ikezawa Pdf

Ever since a goddess suddenly appeared and transported him to another world, Tachibana Hinata has been turned from an average man into a gorgeous blonde woman. In order to return to his home world and old body, he and his best friend Jinguji Tsukasa are on a journey to defeat the demon king. However, the two have been accosted by forest guardians, bandits, and elves. It's non-stop and all are drawn by Tachibana's beauty! Complicating things further, Tachibana and Jinguji find the slightest brushes of their hands and glance between them will send each other's hearts racing. They're just friends though, right? Amidst the chaos, the two make their way to a bustling trading hub. But what shadows will come for them there?

Author : Andrew Gilbrook
Publisher : tredition
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9783749738069

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An Ordinary Guy, An Unknown Spy by Andrew Gilbrook Pdf

The United Kingdom. A story based on real events. Few people are deemed smart enough to be selected and trained as a spy for Her Majesty's Government, fewer qualify. The Author is one such man, who uniquely, was chosen at the age of 16, the only person still to pass selection without an education through the university system. Andy describes his unbelievable life, from the beginning, as a child, playing in the woods and fields around his home in Maple Cross, Hertfordshire, learning the skills he had no idea he would need in his future spy world, tracking, moving silently and invisibly, undetected. His career ended, leaving him suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, after facing interrogation, torture and being stood in front of a firing squad in war-torn Angola, he escaped by stealing a small aircraft piloting, alone and injured, 700 miles to safety with only 4 hours unqualified flying experience. He faced the rest of his life knowing a dark secret had to be kept from everyone he knew. Only in 2012, when he was informed his ex-MI6 secretary had died from cancer, close to breaking down mentally, did he finally decide to reveal his secret life to his friends and family to release the buried secrets from his struggling sanity. A risky choice, one he did not take lightly, but he knew deep inside it was the only way forward for his peace of mind. Carefully written to avoid revealing any government secrets, this is his personal story, thrilling, surprising and an eye-opener into the life of, An Ordinary Guy, who truly was, An Unknown Spy.

Author : Paul Newman
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-07-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780593467718

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The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man by Paul Newman Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts/comments throughout from Joanne Woodward, George Roy Hill, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan and many others. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME and Vanity Fair "Newman at his best…with his self-aware persona, storied marriage and generous charitable activities…this rich book somehow imbues his characters’ pain and joy with fresh technicolor." —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman’s family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor’s life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman’s voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices—from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston—that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman’s often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward—their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is revelatory and introspective, personal and analytical, loving and tender in some places, always complex and profound.

Author : William Lee Goff
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781622302420

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Adventures of an Ordinary Man by William Lee Goff Pdf

Few people can claim careers in two biblical professions: minister and tax collector. In his captivating memoir, Adventures of an Ordinary Man, William Lee Goff shares the triumphs and tragedies of his life as both a Presbyterian minister and an IRS Revenue Agent. Goff writes unpretentiously with deep humanity and subtle humor about his life's adventures: learning to play the cello from a freedom fighter; overcoming his fears to become an amateur stage actor; and traveling in South Africa, Israel, Russia and Denmark. Adventures of an Ordinary Man is a compelling and rewarding read. Although a native of St. Louis, Missouri, William Lee Goff spent his formative years in Los Angeles, California. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from UCLA and then went on to Fuller Theological Seminary where he completed a Doctor of Ministry degree. Goff has had dual careers, one as an ordained Presbyterian minister who served as pastor in churches in California, Colorado, and Idaho. His alter ego had a nearly 25-year career with the IRS. Goff lives with his wife, Tatyana, in Southern California.

Author : Kevin Virgil Wallace
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595122646

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Ordinary Guy by Kevin Virgil Wallace Pdf

Ordinary Guy tells the story of Brad Mitchell, a man with an unusual gift, who faces an adventure which changes his life forever.Told in a boldly original manner and featuring a cast of eccentric, yet familiar characters, it is a story you will never forget.

Author : Terry Bachynski
Publisher : Terry Bachynski
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Man-woman relationships
ISBN : 1897544065

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Ordinary Guy - Extraordinary Marriage by Terry Bachynski Pdf