Die Young

Author : Rob Rufus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501142635

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Die Young with Me by Rob Rufus Pdf

In the tradition of John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, this incredibly moving and harrowing true story of a teenager diagnosed with cancer is “a resounding affirmation of how music can lift one’s spirits beyond gray skies and bad news (Kirkus Reviews).” Punk’s not dead in rural West Virginia. In fact, it blares constantly from the basement of Rob and Nat Rufus—identical twin brothers with spiked hair, black leather jackets, and the most kick-ass record collection in Appalachia. To them, school (and pretty much everything else) sucks. But what can you expect when you’re the only punks in town? When the brothers start their own band, their lives begin to change: they meet friends, they attract girls, and they finally get invited to join a national tour and get out of their rat box little town. But their plans are cut short when Rob is diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that has already progressed to Stage Four. Not only are his dreams of punk rock stardom completely shredded, there is a very real threat that this is one battle that can’t be won. While Rob suffers through nightmarish treatments and debilitating surgery, Nat continues on their band’s road to success alone. But as Rob’s life diverges from his brother’s, he learns to find strength within himself and through his music. Die Young with Me is a “raw, honest picture of the weirdness of growing up” (Marky Ramone) and the story of a brave teen’s battle with cancer and the many ways music helped him cope through his recovery.

Author : Hayley DiMarco,Michael DiMarco
Publisher : Crossway Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Christian life
ISBN : 1433530570

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Die Young by Hayley DiMarco,Michael DiMarco Pdf

Challenging believers to die to the bondage of living for self, best-selling husband and wife team show you're never too old to die young and live for Christ.

Author : Harriet McBryde Johnson
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-04-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780805081800

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Too Late to Die Young by Harriet McBryde Johnson Pdf

With a voice as disarmingly bold, funny, and unsentimental as its author, a thoroughly unconventional memoir that shatters the myth of the tragic disabled life Harriet McBryde Johnson isn't sure, but she thinks one of her earliest memories was learning that she will die. The message came from a maudlin TV commercial for the Muscular Dystrophy Association that featured a boy who looked a lot like her. Then as now, Johnson tended to draw her own conclusions. In secret, she carried the knowledge of her mortality with her and tried to sort out what it meant. By the time she realized she wasn't a dying child, she was living a grown-up life, intensely engaged with people, politics, work, struggle, and community. Due to a congenital neuromuscular disease, Johnson has never been able to walk, dress, or bathe without assistance. With help, however, she manages to take on the world. From the streets of Havana, where she covers an international disability rights conference, to the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, to an auditorium at Princeton, where she defends her right to live against philosopher Peter Singer, she lives a life on her own terms. And along the way, she defies and debunks every popular assumption about disability. This unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends with a surprising sermon on pleasure. In between, we get the tales Johnson most enjoys telling from her own life. This is not a book "about disability" but it will surprise anyone who has ever imagined that life with a severe disability is inherently worse than another kind of life.

Author : Lawrence Frascella,Al Weisel
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-10-04
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780743291187

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Live Fast, Die Young by Lawrence Frascella,Al Weisel Pdf

When it was released in 1955, the film Rebel Without a Cause had a revolutionary impact on moviemaking and youth culture, virtually giving birth to our concept of the American teenager. For the first time, Live Fast, Die Young tells the complete story of the explosive making of Rebel, a film that has rocked every generation since its release. Set against a backdrop of the Atomic Age and an old Hollywood studio system on the verge of collapse, it vividly evokes the cataclysmic, immensely influential meeting of four of Hollywood's most passionate artists. When James Dean, Natalie Wood, Sal Mineo, and director Nicholas Ray converged, each was at a crucial point in his or her career. The young actors were grappling with fame, their burgeoning sexuality, and increasingly reckless behavior. As Ray engaged his cast in physical melees and psychosexual seductions of startling intensity, the on- and off-set relationships between his ambitious young actors ignited, sending a shock wave through the film. Through interviews with the surviving members of the cast and crew and firsthand access to both personal and studio archives, Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel reveal Rebel's true drama -- the director's affair with sixteen-year-old Wood, his tempestuous "spiritual marriage" with Dean, and his role in awakening the latent homosexuality of Mineo, who would become the first gay teenager to appear on film. Complete with thirty photographs, including ten never-before-seen photos by famed Dean photographer Dennis Stock, Live Fast, Die Young tells the absorbing inside story of an unforgettable and absolutely essential American film -- a story that is, in many ways, as provocative as the film itself.

Author : Rob Rufus
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-04
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781501142628

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Die Young with Me by Rob Rufus Pdf

Rob Rufus, an identical twin, reflects on growing up with his brother in a punk band, and how his plans were cut short when he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

Author : Bennet Omalu
Publisher : Neo Forenxis Books
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : UOM:39015082750541

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Play Hard Die Young by Bennet Omalu Pdf

"Forensic neuropathologist Bennet Omalu, MD, explains the science of brain trauma, offers practical solutions, and recounts the moving stories of the lives, and tragic deaths, of NFL stars cut down by gridiron dementia."-- Cover.

Author : Chantilly
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008-07-25
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781435736528

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Die Young Stay Pretty by Chantilly Pdf

Have you ever sat in your room and just thought? Thought about who you are and where you want to go. Die Young Stay Pretty is about a soul searching teenager who eventually finds her way. It is a long road to being an adult and this book talks about it all.

Author : Chris Price,Joe Harland
Publisher : Summersdale
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781848399372

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Live Fast, Die Young by Chris Price,Joe Harland Pdf

Disappointed to learn that Hotel California isn’t actually in the phone book, radio producers Chris and Joe resolve to seek out the true spirit of rock and roll America. Roof down and stereo up, they drive coast to coast on a mission to ‘live the music’. It’s a tale of friendship tested to the limit, great melodies, and noble myths.

Author : Larry L. Oexner D.C.
Publisher : Page Publishing Inc
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781642980981

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Live Hard Die Young by Larry L. Oexner D.C. Pdf

The healthtrarian is a cousin to the greener. Both are creations that follow the basis of the trinity of life diet and health plan. Unconditional faith in the three divisions of ultimate health is the backbone of this book that is presented to the reader. The message rings loud and clear: "Live hard. Die Young". When you are hardly living due to afflictions of poor eating habits, loss of body fitness, and negative attitude, remember, miracles do lie within us. With easyaEUR"toaEUR"follow advice, you now have the information that guides you on your journey to significantly reduce illnesses, disease and lose weight. Live hard, not hardly...Continue a younger life with dignity! Grasp the concept of what it means to achieve and become a Healthtrarian. The Trinity of Life awaits you".

Author : Richard Lockridge
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781504050708

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The Old Die Young by Richard Lockridge Pdf

It’s curtains for a vain actor in this Nathan Shapiro whodunit—the final book written by the coauthor of the “excellent” Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan’s finest, but that doesn’t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . Called upon to investigate the suspicious death of actor Clive Branson, Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro and his right-hand man, Det. Anthony “Tony” Cook, are confronted with something strange: a dead man in makeup. It seems the thespian was keen on hiding his real age, and made himself up to appear much younger. Now, that’s the mortician’s job. The cast and crew of Branson’s current Broadway production, Summer Solstice, are all shocked by the actor’s sudden death. Or so they seem. But when it’s revealed that barbiturates were used to take Branson out, Shapiro and Cook start auditioning suspects—because one of them is putting on a most-convincing performance to hide the fact that beneath a mask of innocence lurks a cold-hearted killer. The Old Die Young is the 10th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

Author : John B. Fuller
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-22
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781483601106

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Only the Good Die Young by John B. Fuller Pdf

This is the story of a man who was born and grew up in NOVA SCOTIA. HE slipped out of high school when he was seventeen and a half years of age and joined the RCAF. After starting training to be a pilot, he transferred to gunnery school and eventually became a flight sergeant air gunner. After two and a half years, and the end of the war, he was discharged and worked in various parts of eastern Canada. He travelled and played in several areas of the world including such places as South America, Central America, Europe, Australia, and parts of East Asia. This book is the story of hismyadventures. It is intended to be a work of nonfiction but, because of a defective and sometimes selective memory, may also be viewed as fiction. Should this work ever reach print, I might, for a slight remuneration, be willing to include your name, remove your name, or provide a signed first edition. I should also advise that as I am a painter, I can supply a crappy 14 x 11 framed painting of a local scene for a minimal fee, painted with acrylic paint for only fifty dollars. This is a limited time offer. Dont worry that the fact that I am eighty-six years old might preclude me from concluding any or all transactions. Remember . . . ONLY THE GOOD DIE YOUNG.

Author : Chubbouy Christian Freeman
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781447850656

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I Don't Want to Die Young by Chubbouy Christian Freeman Pdf

Author : Roy Macbeth Pitkin
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781434991997

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Whom the Gods Love Die Young by Roy Macbeth Pitkin Pdf

Author : Chris Marie Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101600825

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Only the Good Die Young by Chris Marie Green Pdf

FIRST IN A NEW SERIES You know the theory that ghosts are energy trapped when someone dies violently? It’s true. I know it for a fact.... My name is Jensen Murphy, and thirty years ago, I was just an ordinary California girl. I had friends, family, a guy who might have been the One. Ordinary—until I became a statistic, one of the unsolved murders of the year. Afterward, I didn’t go anywhere in pursuit of any bright light—I stayed under the oak tree where my body was found, and relived my death over and over. So when a psychic named Amanda Lee Minter pulled me out of that loop into the real world, I was very grateful. Now I’m a ghost-at-large—rescued by Amanda (I found out) to be a supernatural snoop. I’m helping her uncover a killer (not mine—she promises me we’ll get to that), which should be easy for a spirit. Except that I’ve found out that even ghosts have enemies, human—and otherwise… From the Paperback edition.

Author : Nikki Haverstock
Publisher : Ranch Dog Entertainment, LLC
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Only the Good Mages Die Young by Nikki Haverstock Pdf

Three assumptions Ella has: __She can never fall in love __She can always save her friends __She’ll never find out why she can have a dragon familiar But you know what they say about assumptions. When Ella and Vanessa investigate the murder of a prominent businessman they assume it will be like every other case. But an explosion at his funeral nearly kills several people in her circle and she has to question everything. Does she really knows those around her? She must solve the biggest case of her career while adsorbing some truths about her life. Nothing will ever be the same… if she can survive that long.