My Greatest Save

Author : Briana Scurry,Wayne Coffey
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647005481

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My Greatest Save by Briana Scurry,Wayne Coffey Pdf

A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup–winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women’s soccer goalie Briana Scurry Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women’s National Team. She won gold in Atlanta in 1996, the first time women’s soccer was ever played in the Olympics. She was a key part of the fabled “99ers,” making an epic save in the decisive penalty-kick shootout in the final. Scurry captured her second Olympic gold in 2004, cementing her status as one of the premier players in the world. She was the only Black player on the team, and she was also the first player to be openly gay. It was a singularly amazing ride, one that Scurry handled with her trademark generosity and class—qualities that made her one of the most popular players ever to wear a US jersey. But Scurry’s storybook career ended in 2010 when a knee to the head left her with severe head trauma. She was labeled “temporarily totally disabled,” and the reality was even worse. She spiraled into depression, debt, and endured such pain that she closed out her closest friends and soccer soulmates. She pawned her gold medals. She walked to the edge of a waterfall and contemplated suicide. It seemed like the only way out until Scurry made her greatest save of all. A memoir of startling candor, My Greatest Save is a story of triumph, tragedy, and redemption from a woman who has broken through barriers her entire life.

Author : Corey Hirsch,Sean Patrick Conboy
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-10-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781443461108

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The Save of My Life by Corey Hirsch,Sean Patrick Conboy Pdf

A riveting look behind the mask of an NHL goalie, The Save of My Life offers understanding and hope to anyone living with mental illness By the time he was twenty-two years old, goaltender Corey Hirsch had realized his childhood dream of playing in the NHL, won an Olympic medal and drunk from the Stanley Cup. While he excelled on the ice, out of the net Hirsch was plagued by persistent dark thoughts and ceaseless anxiety. On days when he could barely get out of bed, he was able to push aside the endless loop of dark thoughts running inside his brain long enough to win a game. But as soon as he got back home, the agonizing cycle started all over again. And it continued, until finally he was able to confide in a team trainer who helped him get the professional treatment he needed. Diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder, Hirsch was able to embark on the rocky road to recovery. As one of the first professional athletes to talk openly about mental health, Hirsch wrote about his OCD for the Players’ Tribune. His piece remains one of their most-read articles ever. As Hirsch says, “I am not insane. I am not a bad person. I am not weak. I have an illness, and there is a treatment.”

Author : Arlene K. Carter
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781452560465

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My Greatest Teacher - LOVE by Arlene K. Carter Pdf

You want to be in a wonderful relationship that allows you to connect, grow, and mature with your partner. In just 6 chapters, get ready to watch, learn and experience how love has been my greatest teacher and become yours as well. We all will love, we all will be hurt, and the most important things is how we choose to respond with our thoughts and actions. Sometimes we are able to navigate the waters of love better by learning from the experiences of others...so enjoy! This lesson is on the house :) Tracy Snyder Pointer; “An insightful look into one’s soul and the deep array of emotions being cultivated, as they travel through the journey of love.” Kelly Auer: Thank you for the reminder of the power of envisioning what truly makes you happy instead of dwelling on fears. It brought to mind a quote from an unknown author: "Never forget what made you smile. Just learn from the tears that followed"

Author : Johanna Carroll
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781493773176

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My Greatest Love, My Greatest Sorrow by Johanna Carroll Pdf

Mary Magdalene over the ages has been maligned and misunderstood. Thankfully history has once again been proven wrong. My Greatest Love, My Greatest Sorrow is a channeled book through one of the top intuitives in the United States Johanna Carroll. This book is a close intimate account of Mary’s personal relationship with Jesus and the commitment she made to him and their spiritual work together. Controversial in nature, yet written with tremendous love and warmth you will feel Mary standing by your side just as she did with the author while she scribed this story. This divine couple is the ultimate partnership we all seek and this book shows you how.

Author : Bob McCullough
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781466873650

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My Greatest Day in Football by Bob McCullough Pdf

As he did for his previous books, My Greatest Day in NASCAR and My Greatest Day in Golf, sports journalist Bob McCullough has crisscrossed the country interviewing legendary football players who are in the Hall of Fame. In addition to asking about their greatest day, McCullough has expanded these interviews to include thoughts on their greatest college day, greatest opponent, and greatest teammate. The players include: Chuck Bednarik *Bobby Bell *Raymond Berry *Terry Bradshaw *Willie Davis *Frank Gifford *Bud Grant *Bob Griese *Jack Ham *Michael Haynes *Sam Huff *John Henry Johnson *Sonny Jurgenson *Leroy Kelly *Paul Krause *Steve Largent *John Mackey *Wellington Mara *Gino Marchetti * Bill Parcells *Pete Pihos *Lawrence Taylor *Gale Sayers *Bob St. Clair *Jan Stenerud *Don Shula *Bart Starr *Jim Taylor *YA Tittle *Paul Warfield With first-hand accounts from so many football greats, My Greatest Day in Football is the perfect gift for football fans everywhere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : New Thought
ISBN : STANFORD:36105027569164

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The True Life by Anonim Pdf

Author : Katie Patrick
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0578221152

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How to Save the World by Katie Patrick Pdf

You want to change the world. You want your work to have meaning. Maybe you're even audacious enough to want saving the world to be fun. What if saving the Earth were a game? Not just any game, but the greatest game we've ever played. This workbook helps social and environmental change professionals learn how to implement powerful techniques from the fields of game design, behavioral psychology, design, data science, and storytelling, that are not only proven to have impact, but also can make your project fun. In a 10-step framework of exercises, tutorials, and case studies, How to Save the World will teach you the art of changing the world - and it's often not what you think. Did you know that just by putting a sign above a recycling bin that showed people the number of cans inside increased the recycling rate by 67 percent? Or when people standing in line at a cafe were told that other customers before them had ordered a vegetarian meal, that this simple intervention doubled the total rate of vegetarian meal orders? As you implement these academically researched and measurement-driven techniques, How to Save the World will drive you to dig into your creativity and unearth your greatest ideas that shift the numbers on the causes you most care about, so you can experience the joy and satisfaction of seeing your work really, actually change the world every single day.

Author : Lawrence Anthony,Graham Spence
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-07-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781250015099

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The Last Rhinos by Lawrence Anthony,Graham Spence Pdf

When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts his attempts to save these remarkable animals. The demand for rhino horns in the Far East has turned poaching into a dangerous black market that threatens the lives of not just these rare beasts, but also the rangers who protect them. The northern white rhino's last refuge was in an area controlled by the infamous Lord's Resistance Army, one of the most vicious rebel groups in the world. In the face of unmoving government bureaucracy, Anthony made a perilous journey deep into the jungle to try to find and convince them to help save the rhino. An inspiring story of conservation in the face of brutal war and bureaucratic quagmires, The Last Rhinos will move animal lovers everywhere.

Author : Bill Brewster,Frank Broughton
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
Page : 521 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-13
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780802194367

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Last Night a DJ Saved My Life by Bill Brewster,Frank Broughton Pdf

“A riveting look at record spinning from its beginnings to the present day . . . A grander and more fascinating story than one would think.” —Time Out London This is the first comprehensive history of the disc jockey, a cult classic now updated with five new chapters and over a hundred pages of additional material. It’s the definitive account of DJ culture, from the first record played over airwaves to house, hip-hop, techno, and beyond. From the early development of recorded and transmitted sound, DJs have been shaping the way we listen to music and the record industry. This book tracks down the inside story on some of music’s most memorable moments. Focusing on the club DJ, the book gets first-hand accounts of the births of disco, hip-hop, house, and techno. Visiting legendary clubs like the Peppermint Lounge, Cheetah, the Loft, Sound Factory, and Ministry of Sound, and with interviews with legendary DJs, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is a lively and entertaining account of musical history and some of the most legendary parties of the century. “Brewster and Broughton’s ardent history is one of barriers and sonic booms, spanning almost 100 years, including nods to pioneers Christopher Stone, Martin Block, Douglas ‘Jocko’ Henderson, Bob ‘Wolfman Jack’ Smith and Alan ‘Moondog’ Freed.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Markus Zusak
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780307433848

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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST YA BOOKS OF ALL TIME The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. “The kind of book that can be life-changing.” —The New York Times “Deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank.” —USA Today DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 670 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1909
Category : Flour mills
ISBN : UIUC:30112074909158

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American Miller by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeff Gordinier
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781440639616

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X Saves the World by Jeff Gordinier Pdf

Read Jeff Gordinier's posts on the Penguin Blog In this simultaneously hilarious and incisive "manifesto for a generation that's never had much use for manifestos," Gordinier suggests that for the first time since the "Smells Like Teen Spirit"breakthrough of the early 1990s, Gen X has what it takes to rescue American culture from a state of collapse. Over the past twenty years, the so-called "slackers"have irrevocably changed countless elements of our culture-from the way we watch movies to the way we make sense of a cracked political process to the way the whole world does business.

Author : Pele,Robert L. Fish
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2007-11-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781628732771

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My Life and the Beautiful Game by Pele,Robert L. Fish Pdf

While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning. Today, the name is famous worldwide as belonging to history's greatest soccer player. Here, in Pelé's own words, is his incredible life story: his five goals in the last two games of the 1958 World Cup at the tender age of 17, his glory years with his Brazilian club FC Santos, his role in four World Cup tournaments, his comeback as a member of the storied New York Cosmos, and his lifelong role as goodwill ambassador for the world's favorite sport. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books, Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy, and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.

Author : Rod Dreher
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781941393772

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How Dante Can Save Your Life by Rod Dreher Pdf

The opening lines of The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri launched Rod Dreher on a journey that rescued him from exile and saved his life. Dreher found that the medieval poem offered him a surprisingly practical way of solving modern problems. Following the death of his little sister and the publication of his New York Times bestselling memoir The Little Way of Ruthie Leming, Dreher found himself living in the small community of Starhill, Louisiana where he grew up. But instead of the fellowship he hoped to find, he discovered that fault lines within his family had deepened. Dreher spiraled into depression and a stress-related autoimmune disease. Doctors told Dreher that if he didn’t find inner peace, he would destroy his health. Soon after, he came across The Divine Comedy in a bookstore and was enchanted by its first lines, which seemed to describe his own condition. In the months that followed, Dante helped Dreher understand the mistakes and mistaken beliefs that had torn him down and showed him that he had the power to change his life. Dreher knows firsthand the solace and strength that can be found in Dante’s great work, and distills its wisdom for those who are lost in the dark wood of depression, struggling with failure (or success), wrestling with a crisis of faith, alienated from their families or communities, or otherwise enduring the sense of exile that is the human condition. Inspiring, revelatory, and packed with penetrating spiritual, moral, and psychological insights, How Dante Can Save Your Life is a book for people, both religious and secular, who find themselves searching for meaning and healing. Dante told his patron that he wrote his poem to bring readers from misery to happiness. It worked for Rod Dreher. Dante saved Rod Dreher’s life—and in this book, Dreher shows you how Dante can save yours.

Author : Jesse Paxon Tillson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Autographs
ISBN : STANFORD:36105118260251

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The Dramatic Works of a New Author ... Individual American Sentiments by Jesse Paxon Tillson Pdf