I M Nobody

Author : Greg Gilhooly
Publisher : Greystone Books Ltd
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-03-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781771642460

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I Am Nobody by Greg Gilhooly Pdf

”I Am Nobody is an honest, tragic account of child sexual abuse and a powerful resource for individuals struggling with recovery. Gilhooly clearly highlights the shortcomings of the Canadian justice system’s approach; hopefully, one day, the punishment will fit the crime." —Sheldon Kennedy, former NHL player and author of Why I Didn't Say Anything In this raw, unflinching look at how his dream of playing hockey was stolen from him by charismatic hockey coach and sexual predator Graham James, Greg Gilhooly describes in anguishing detail the mental torment he suffered both during and long after the abuse and the terrible reality behind the sanitized term “sexual assault.” Although James has been convicted of sexually assaulting some of his victims, including Sheldon Kennedy and Theo Fleury, he neither confessed in court nor was convicted of sexually assaulting many of his other victims, including Gilhooly, depriving him of the judicial closure he craved. Gilhooly also provides a valuable legal perspective—as both a victim and a lawyer—missing from other such memoirs, and he delivers a powerful indictment of a legal system that, he argues, does not adequately deal with serial sexual child abuse or allocate enough resources to the rehabilitation of the victim. Most important, Gilhooly offers hope, affirmation, and inspiration for those who have suffered abuse and for their loved ones.

Author : Emily Dickinson,Edric S. Mesmer
Publisher : Scholastic
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0439295769

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I'm Nobody! Who Are You? by Emily Dickinson,Edric S. Mesmer Pdf

A collection of the author's greatest poetry--from the wistful to the unsettling, the wonders of nature to the foibles of human nature--is an ideal introduction for first-time readers. Original.

Author : Dean Atta
Publisher : Saqi
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781908906175

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I Am Nobody's Nigger by Dean Atta Pdf

Revolutionary, reflective and romantic, I Am Nobody's Nigger is the powerful debut collection by one of the UK's finest emerging poets. Exploring race, identity and sexuality, Dean Atta shares his perspective on family, friendship, relationships and London life, from riots to one-night stands. Longlisted for the Polari First Book Prize 2014'Go Dean Atta. Speak the truth. Tweet the truth. Upload it. Let it ring out over the digital domain and strike at the heart of the offline wireless and disconnected.' Lemn Sissay 'Dean Atta's poetry is as honest as truth itself. He follows no trend; he seeks no favours ... Beyond black, beyond white, beyond straight, beyond gay, so I say. Love your eyes over these words of truth. You will be uplifted.' Benjamin Zephaniah 'Righteous and forceful' Peter Tatchell'I can do nothing but take my hat off to Dean Atta for speaking out, saying what he believed, and doing it so effectively and powerfully that countless people heard it who would never normally have done so. Poetry is a powerful tool, and I Am Nobody's Nigger is a perfect example of when that tool shows its full strength.' Huffington Post' Huffington Post 'Raconteur Dean Atta doing what he does best; articulating London's dark, deep-rooted social cancers through a beautiful and intricately personal narrative.' Clash

Author : I. M. Nobody
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781304934086

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A Book About Absolutely Nothing. by I. M. Nobody Pdf

Author : Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Publisher : Carolrhoda Lab ®
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781606843222

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Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Pdf

There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away. That's why they make the perfect assassins. The Institute finds these people when they're young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated. Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute's monitoring. But now they've ID'ed her and have sent Nix to remove her. Yet the moment Nix lays eyes on her, he can't make the hit. It's as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else can really see them.

Author : Erma Steppe
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781450274005

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I’m Nobody by Erma Steppe Pdf

As sixteen-year-old Erma Steppe stood in a one-room apartment over a bar in Columbus, Ohio, her mother said to her, “You are nobody.” With no money, no clothes, and a rumbling stomach, Erma retreated into herself as her angry and intoxicated mother continued a familiar rant. Erma had always been her victim. In her poignant autobiography, Erma Steppe shares her heartbreaking story of a life shaped by desperate attempts to hear the words “I love you” from her mother. Abandoned as a toddler, Erma’s quest for love would lead her through years of abuse, neglect, broken glass, blood, and black eyes— through an uncertain childhood spent in and out of children’s homes and foster homes. In her struggle to find her mother and reconcile her past, Erma embarks on an unforgettable journey through the darkness of abuse to reach a new life on the other side where she would eventually learn to heal, forgive, and most importantly, feel safe and loved. I’m Nobody offers a brutally honest glimpse into what it is like to grow up without a mother’s love and how one woman reached from within and found the courage to survive despite facing insurmountable odds.

Author : Mary Anderson
Publisher : Atheneum Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1974-01-01
Category : Friendship
ISBN : 0689301286

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I'm Nobody! Who are You? by Mary Anderson Pdf

Unattractive and lonely, Ellie is amazed and delighted when the unusual new girl at school singles her out as a friend and suggests that they combine the psychic powers they both seem to have.

Author : Edna Barth
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1979-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : PSU:000018246445

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I'm Nobody! Who are You? by Edna Barth Pdf

A biography of the woman whose posthumously published poetry brought her the public attention she had carefully avoided during her lifetime.Includes many of her poems.

Author : Allen Zadoff
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-11
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780316243896

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Boy Nobody by Allen Zadoff Pdf

They needed the perfect assassin. Boy Nobody is the perennial new kid in school, the one few notice and nobody thinks much about. He shows up in a new high school in a new town under a new name, makes a few friends, and doesn't stay long. Just long enough for someone in his new friend's family to die-of "natural causes." Mission accomplished, Boy Nobody disappears, moving on to the next target. But when he's assigned to the mayor of New York City, things change. The daughter is unlike anyone he has encountered before; the mayor reminds him of his father. And when memories and questions surface, his handlers at The Program are watching. Because somewhere deep inside, Boy Nobody is somebody: the kid he once was; the teen who wants normal things, like a real home and parents; a young man who wants out. And who just might want those things badly enough to sabotage The Program's mission. In this action-packed series debut, author Allen Zadoff pens a page-turning thriller that is as thought-provoking as it is gripping, introducing an utterly original and unforgettable antihero.

Author : Sheldon Kennedy
Publisher : Insomniac Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781554830619

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Why I Didn't Say Anything by Sheldon Kennedy Pdf

In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked the insular world of Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor-league coach, Graham James -- the Hockey News 1989 Man of the Year -- had sexually abused him more than 300 times. The media portrayed Kennedy as a hero for breaking the code of silence in professional hockey and bringing James to justice. The heroic myth intensified in 1998 when Kennedy announced that he was going to in-line skate from Newfoundland to British Columbia to raise awareness of sexual abuse. The skate raised over $1 million for Canadian Red Cross sexual abuse programs, and Kennedy settled in Calgary with his wife and young daughter. Anyone who has followed hockey in the last ten years is familiar with the story of ex-NHL player Sheldon Kennedy. As one of the most promising hockey talents to emerge from the Canadian minor leagues in the last two decades, Kennedy was destined for hockey greatness. But after he was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in 1988, he attracted more attention for his off-ice antics than for his contributions to the score sheet. Plagued by rumours of drug and alcohol abuse and a string of injuries, Kennedy drifted from team to team. The happy ending promised by the headlines never materialized. Still haunted by the demons of sexual abuse, Kennedy's life spiralled out of control. Now he has finally come forward to tell his story, and the story of coach Graham James, who is out of prison and currently coaching hockey in Europe.

Author : Anne Perry
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345510617

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Acceptable Loss by Anne Perry Pdf

Anne Perry’s seventeenth William Monk novel, now in paperback, is a mesmerizing masterpiece of innocence and evil on London’s docks, a welcome addition to this successful and beloved series. NATIONAL BESTSELLER On a London riverbank, when the body of small-time crook Mickey Parfitt washes up with the tide, no one grieves. But William Monk, commander of the River Police, is puzzled by the murder weapon: an elegant scarf whose original owner was obviously a man of substance. Dockside informers lead Monk to a floating palace of corruption on the Thames managed by Parfitt, where a band of half-starved boys is held captive for men willing to pay a high price for midnight pleasures. Though Monk and his fearless wife, Hester, would gladly reward Parfitt’s killer, duty leads them in another direction—to an unresolved crime, to a deadly confrontation with some of the empire’s most respected men, and ultimately to a courtroom showdown with Monk’s old friend, Oliver Rathbone, in a trial of nearly unbearable tension and suspense. “Masterful storytelling . . . [the] best in the series to date.”—The Star-Ledger

Author : Richard E. Crabbe
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 647 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2002-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429972567

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Suspension by Richard E. Crabbe Pdf

May 31, 1883, 3:55 p.m. Twenty thousand men, women, and children, their faces shining in the late afternoon sun, are strolling the Eighth Wonder of the World. The Brooklyn Bridge is open just a week, its promenade a magnet for the teeming masses of New York and Brooklyn. Anxious to escape the heat, overcrowding, and disease of the tenements, thousands stream onto the soaring span. To breathe free, high above the choking confines of the city is an experience like no other. An engineering marvel of transcending beauty, the bridge is simply breathtaking. In precisely five minutes, it will fall. Seven desperate men, former Confederate soldiers turned saboteurs, have labored for years to destroy the bridge. A symbol of hated Yankee supremacy, the bridge is the creation of Chief Engineer, Washington Roebling. They have stalked him down through the years, with hatred born of bitter loss. His actions at Gettysburg have earned him terrible retribution. It is his bridge, his life's work that will pay the price. The river will run red but for one man. Sergeant Detective Tom Braddock is one step behind the conspirators. Working through a series of murderous dead-ends, Braddock has dogged the seven men from the cables of the bridge to the shadowy alleys of the Lower East Side and the back streets of Richmond, Virginia. With the help of an eager roundsman, new to the force, he has slowly drawn closer to the unthinkable truth, a truth that none can accept. Braddock's adversaries are many. Enemies within the police department seek to draw him deeper into a cesspool of corruption from which there seems no escape. To lose that battle is to surrender all hope, for his hands are far from clean already. Braddock must prevail against the enemy within if the bridge is to be saved. It is the love of Mary, the captivating Madame of a mid-town brothel that helps him find the way. Their fates are bound together, as surely as they are bound to the bridge. But it is Mike, a boy of the tenements, who literally holds the key to all their futures. Suspension is a riveting historical thriller filled with fascinating details of the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge.

Author : Eid Mohamed,Yasser Fouad Selim
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-06-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443862035

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Who Defines Me by Eid Mohamed,Yasser Fouad Selim Pdf

Who Defines Me: Negotiating Identity in Language and Literature is a collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of identity. The articles start from the premise that identity is, and always has been, unstable and mutable; which is to say that identity is constructed and deconstructed and reconstructed – only to be deconstructed and reconstructed again, in turn to be deconstructed and reconstructed (and so on ad infinitum). Time and place are variables. So, too – as Who Defines Me underscores – are ethnicity, religion, politics and power, race and color, nationality, gender, culture, language, and socio-economic status. With all of these variables in mind, Who Defines Me focuses on language and literature as the portal through which identity is explored. The overarching rubrics under which the explorations are conducted are Arabs and Muslims, race identity in America, and language identity.

Author : Martha Tupinamba de Ulhoa,Cláudia Azevedo,Felipe Trotta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135954857

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Made in Brazil by Martha Tupinamba de Ulhoa,Cláudia Azevedo,Felipe Trotta Pdf

Made in Brazil: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century Brazilian popular music. The volume consists of essays by scholars of Brazilian music, and covers the major figures, styles, and social contexts of pop music in Brazil. Each essay provides adequate context so readers understand why the figure or genre under discussion is of lasting significance to Brazilian popular music. The book first presents a general description of the history and background of popular music in Brazil, followed by essays that are organized into thematic sections: Samba and Choro; History, Memory, and Representations; Scenes and Artists; and Music, Market and New Media.

Author : Emily Dickinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : UOM:49015000922923

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I'm Nobody! Who are You? by Emily Dickinson Pdf

With full-color illustrations on every page, all faithful to nineteenth-century New England, the book gives loving attention to such poems as "A narrow fellow in the grass", "Hope is the thing with feathers", "I never saw a moor", "There is no frigate like a book" and many others. All chosen to represent the poet and delight all readers.