Hand Me Down Dreams

Author : Mary H. Jacobsen
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Families
ISBN : 0609602314

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Hand-me-down Dreams by Mary H. Jacobsen Pdf

"My son the doctor! My daughter the lawyer!" Or whatever you heard while growing up. Sure, Mom and Dad are proud of what you've accomplished, but has anyone asked you (the one with the supposedly wonderful career) how you feel? If you feel trapped or disappointed in your current career or job, or if you feel you let your family's wishes, rather than your own natural talents, interests, and passions, guide your ultimate choice of career, you are living someone else's dream. If you are in this position, Mary Jacobsen's insightful wisdom, culled from her professional expertise and from her own personal life, illuminates the problems you'll encounter when you try to change this family dynamic. Then, by using her 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Career, you'll be armed with the knowledge you'll need to find the motivation and, finally, the courage to make the changes needed to fulfill your own dreams and attain success on your own terms. Over the last fifteen years, Mary H. Jacobsen has helped many people in this situation work through career transitions, and she can help you, too. You'll understand how even well-intentioned family expectations about work are passed on from one generation to the next, sometimes openly, but often in subtle and indirect ways, and how these expectations influence not only your career choice but also color your role, relationships, and values on the job.

Author : Phillip Wilhite
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663218223

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Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Phillip Wilhite Pdf

Xavier and Ida Magee, once college sweethearts, appear happily married. They take trips to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, eat at fancy restaurants, and enjoy the cushy lifestyle of a 1980s major league baseball star. Then, everything goes wrong. Xavier is released from his position as a New York Yankees pitcher and falls into heavy drinking. That’s not all. Xavier finds a love letter penned by Ida to the Reverend Reynaldo Tippins, a prominent and handsome Oakland, California, minister. When the situation gets worse, the couple goes to a marriage counselor, and just as things appear to be looking up, Ida makes a shocking announcement that ruins everything. Despite his pain and confusion, Xavier is now determined to cut back on the booze and make a baseball comeback, while also working to become a writer. Amid Xavier trying to save his adulterous marriage and revive his stalled career, he finds a new lease on life. He must redeem himself, but will he succeed?

Author : George Dohrmann
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780345530127

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Hand-Me-Down Dream (Essay) by George Dohrmann Pdf

In this eBook exclusive essay, Pulitzer Prize–winning sports journalist George Dohrmann follows a father and son separated by prison bars—but bonded by their pursuit of basketball glory. The dream of playing big-time basketball never came true for Bruce Nelson, so he passed it on to his son Roberto. His every waking moment as a father was devoted to securing Roberto a Division I scholarship. Oftentimes he worried that his son’s lack of competitive fire might put that dream in jeopardy—when in fact it was Bruce’s own actions that would do so. When Bruce is forced to monitor Roberto’s progress from behind penitentiary walls, his influence recedes—and so too does Roberto’s commitment to the aspirations they once shared. In a story that combines deep insight into family relationships with the deft storytelling that distinguished his award-winning Play Their Hearts Out, George Dohrmann follows Roberto as he addresses his life’s most difficult decisions in the absence of his best friend and most constant companion. In doing so, Dohrmann sheds new light on the larger story of basketball dreams and the pressures they place on young athletes. Includes an excerpt from George Dohrmann’s Play Their Hearts Out, winner of the PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sportswriting and the Award for Excellence in the Coverage of Youth Sports. Praise for Play Their Hearts Out “Often heartbreaking, always riveting.”—The New York Times Book Review “Tremendous.”—The Plain Dealer “Indispensable.”—The Wall Street Journal “A tour de force of reporting, filled with deft storytelling and vivid character studies.”—The Washington Post “One of the finest sports books of all time.”—Harper’s Magazine “Amazing stuff . . . the Friday Night Lights of youth basketball.”—Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam “A landmark achievement in basketball journalism.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE LOS ANGELES TIMES • THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR • KIRKUS REVIEWS

Author : Carol Antoinette Peacock
Publisher : Schocken Books Incorporated
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105036372048

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Hand-me-down-dreams by Carol Antoinette Peacock Pdf

A young social worker records her efforts with 4 delinquent teenage girls to break the poverty cycle.

Author : Isabel Lopez
Publisher : Createspace Indie Pub Platform
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-10-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1466311347

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Isabel's Hand-Me-Down Dreams by Isabel Lopez Pdf

In a mice-infested tenement in Spanish Harlem, a young girl finds solace in the pages of classic novels and photographs of distant horizons. With her mind's eye focused on her personal visions, she takes chances against overwhelming odds, because some things happen only once in a lifetime. This is the autobiography of a girl uprooted from Puerto Rico to El Barrio in New York at the age of three. Isabel and her siblings are raised by their temperamental mother and nurturing grandmother in a stifling, claustrophobic upbringing that paradoxically fosters her imagination. Without support and guidance in a teeming metropolis where few understand their language and culture, Isabel learns to rely on her inner strength to overcome adversity against reason and others' discouragement. The roads she takes are paved with fated events as she forges forward with blind faith, unaware that her childhood fantasies would eventually be recaptured in the crowning pages of her own life story. Told with panache and comedic flair and saturated with the color and vibrancy of life in El Barrio in the turbulent 60s and spirited 70s, Isabel immerses us in her proud cultural heritage while asserting her conviction that it's never too late to find happiness.

Author : Laura Drake
Publisher : Forever
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538746417

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The Last True Cowboy by Laura Drake Pdf

The award-winning author who "writes real cowboys with heart and soul" (Carolyn Brown, New York Times bestselling author) welcomes you to Unforgiven, New Mexico, a small western town filled with love and second chances! This cowboy's got one last chance to prove himself. Carly Beauchamp has loved cowboy Austin Davis since first grade. Ask anyone in their dusty, backwater New Mexico town of Unforgiven, and they'll say "Carly and Austin" the way some say "big trucks and country boys." But after years of waiting for a wedding ring, Carly's done with being a rodeo widow . . . Austin never meant to put his career on the circuit before Carly. She's always been his future, his one and only. But now that she's moved on, he's beginning to see where he went wrong, and he'll do anything to win her back. The only thing is, Carly's suddenly acting differently, and she's definitely hiding a secret-one that will test the depth of their love and open up a whole new world of possibilities. Praise for Laura Drake and The Last True Cowboy: "Brilliant writing, just brilliant!" -- Lori Wilde, New York Times bestselling author "Laura Drake writes real cowboys with heart and soul." -- Carolyn Brown, New York Times bestselling author "Drake (Sweet on You) takes readers on a beautifully imperfect journey with two people who can no longer have their ideal future, but learn that the real one might be even better." -- Publishers Weekly "This is a romance with grit, heart and just the right amount of sizzle." -- BookPage

Author : Tajuana Butler
Publisher : One World/Ballantine
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2008-02-26
Category : African American women
ISBN : 9780345501264

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Hand-Me-Down Heartache by Tajuana Butler Pdf

Nina Lander moves back home after graduating from college to look for a job, but becomes frustrated with the turbulence in her parents' marriage and her relationship with a charming but unfaithful rookie NBA player.

Author : Kara Kootstra,Bobby Orr
Publisher : Tundra Books
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780735265332

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Bobby Orr and the Hand-me-down Skates by Kara Kootstra,Bobby Orr Pdf

Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr. Bobby eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He's seen the exact pair he wants in the shop window: sparkling blades, shiny leather, clean new laces tied in perfect bows. But when Bobby opens his gift, he's dismayed to find hand-me-down skates: scuffed leather, nicked blades, floppy laces. Once Bobby breaks them in, though, he and the hand-me-down skates become inseparable, and he can't imagine life without them . . . until the brand-new skates come into his life. How can he leave his hand-me-down skates behind? Log Driver's Waltz illustrator Jennifer Phelan brings this classic story to life with timeless, gorgeous art, and Kara Kootsra's words evoke the joy and dedication that Bobby Orr brought to his favorite sport. A perfect gift for readers and fans big and small, this book is destined to be a classic that is reached for time and time again.

Author : Jenny Bauer,Robert Fischer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110494983

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Perspectives on Henri Lefebvre by Jenny Bauer,Robert Fischer Pdf

The articles take a decidedly interdisciplinary look at the opus of the French philosopher, sociologist and pioneer of spatial analysis Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991). His works are reflected upon from theoretical and practical perspectives by authors from various fields (literature, history, philosophy, sociology, ethnology) closely examining text references from Lefebvre.

Author : Paul I. Hettich,R. Eric Landrum
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781412999311

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Your Undergraduate Degree in Psychology by Paul I. Hettich,R. Eric Landrum Pdf

Combining empirical data with practical experience, Landrum and Hettich provide essential advice and tools to help psychology students survive and thrive in the workplace.

Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1454 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Copyright
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006357458

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Catalog of Copyright Entries by Library of Congress. Copyright Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : MINN:30000007201373

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Resources in Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Gustavus Hindman Miller,Linda Shields
Publisher : Union Square + ORM
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-10-04
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781402790836

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12,000 Dreams Interpreted by Gustavus Hindman Miller,Linda Shields Pdf

“Popular psychic and medium Shields has paired up with Skomal to update Miller’s classic dream manual . . . a fun book for lay readers to leaf through.” —Library Journal A bestselling classic, back and bigger than ever! Nearly a century ago, Gustavus Hindman Miller published his groundbreaking masterwork, 10,000 Dreams Interpreted, the most compelling and thorough study of all the symbols that appear in our dreamscape. Miller offered an enlightening introduction to dream history and types, and organized his symbols into eminently logical categories. Now, popular psychic and medium Linda Shields has updated this classic, featuring revisions and additions to more than 2,000 of his original interpretations as well as 2,000 entirely new entries. This brings the book up to speed with our modern life, including objects unknown in Miller’s time, such as cell phones, computers, televisions, and more. An exciting, enriching, and elegantly packaged revision that’s a must-have for anyone who dreams!

Author : Yiyun Li
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780399589126

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Must I Go by Yiyun Li Pdf

"One of our major novelists" (Salman Rushdie) tells the story of a woman reflecting on her uncompromising life, and the life of a former lover, in this provocative novel--her first set in America. Lilia Liska is eighty-one. She has shrewdly outlived three husbands, raised five children, and seen the arrival of seventeen grandchildren. Now she has turned her keen attention to the diary of a long-forgotten man named Roland Bouley, with whom she once had a fleeting affair. Increasingly obsessed by this fragment of intimate history, Lilia begins to annotate the diary with her own rather different version of events. She reveals to us the surprising, long-held secrets of her past. And she returns inexorably to the memory of her daughter, Lucy. This is a novel about life, in all its messy glory. Life lived, for the extraordinary Lilia, absolutely on its own terms. With great candor and insight, Yiyun Li navigates the twin poles of grief and resilience, loss and rebirth, that compass a human heart.

Author : Dennis Patrick Slattery
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-02
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780595862689

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A Limbo of Shards by Dennis Patrick Slattery Pdf

"A glance at these 30 essays reveals Professor Slattery's astoundingly vast and varied range of scholarly interests....These disciplines function for Dennis as modes of knowing, modes of imagining." --Peter C. Phan, Ignacio Ellacuria Chair of Catholic Social Thought, Georgetown University. Elizabeth Fergus-Jean, Ph.D., is an artist and professor at Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio and faculty in the Humanities Program, Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her artwork appears on numerous book and journal covers.