Speed Bumps

Author : Cherie Kirby Hill Wren
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 110 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781469791883

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Speed Bumps and Angels by Cherie Kirby Hill Wren Pdf

Tornado warnings were posted in Canton, Ohio, on the night of author Cherie Kirby Hill Wren's birth in 1943. The storm was just a normal occurrence, but she can't help think it was a precursor of her life to come. In Speed Bumps and Angels, Wren recaps the storms and speed bumps she has experienced in her life: nearly drowning when she was just two years old; being hit by a car; getting jilted, twice; running away from home and marrying a man who was abusive and ultimately tried to kill her; developing type 2 diabetes; being diagnosed with benign essential blepharospasm; having her mitral and aortic valves replaced; gaining a pacemaker; and enduring pulmonary hypertension. In this memoir, Wren shows how these bumps served their purpose. First, they slowed her down so she didn't run out of control. Second, they gave her a little jolt, sometimes back to reality. Third, they kept her from getting too complacent. She shows that by conquering challenges, we grow and learn. We are here for a purpose, and by living each day to the fullest we can, knowingly or unknowingly, accomplish that purpose.

Author : Bailey Bruner
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781532065262

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Never Ending Speed Bumps by Bailey Bruner Pdf

The book is about my journey when I was diagnosed with cancer. My book begins when I was younger, talking about where I am from and what made me who I am today. Through my story, I’ll take you through an emotional but inspirational roller coaster. I hope it’s an inspiration to others and a helpful tool for life.

Author : April Vider
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643006833

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Speed Bumps on the Way to Heaven by April Vider Pdf

Is the Bible relevant? Of course it is. It is the story of God's redemptive love for mankind, but is it relevant to me and the particular circumstances of my life? In Speed Bumps on the Way to Heaven, I relive my own life-changing transformational stories and then put the Bible to the test. Does it have value? Yes! Is it relevant? Yes! Each chapter, each speed bump, proves that it is. Stories of all types are found within the pages of the Bible. Marvelous, wonderful stories are there. Terrible, frightening stories as well. Many are well-loved and well-known, but many are overlooked and barely known. Do the names Tamar, Amnon, and Absalom ring any bells? Their story, for example, causes their three lives and the lives of their entire nation to irrevocably and drastically change. Few today know the story, yet it is profoundly relevant to far too many of us. Join me as I survey the Bible for its parallels between my life and its characters and themes. Stories from my childhood include, but are not limited to, those relating to mother-daughter conflicts, guilt, early failure, and young marriage. Stories from adulthood include those, for example, relating to poor health, my mother's suicide, and aging parents. They are my own Speed Bumps on the Way to Heaven. I found myself in the pages of the Bible. Will you find yourself there?

Author : Pip McCracken
Publisher : Ambassador International
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781620203477

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Speed Bumps and Roundabouts: Lessons I’ve Learned on the Journey by Pip McCracken Pdf

Why didn’t life work out as I planned? My plan was great! I would grow up with a loving family. I would have many friends to make pinky promises with. I would get top grades through school and be popular to boot. I would study for a degree I was passionate about, and I would meet . . . “The One” (sigh) . . . we would get married and have children who looked and behaved like baby angels. Oh, and I’d live happily ever after, of course. Was that too much to ask? I didn’t plan for my parents to divorce. I didn’t plan to change schools because of bullying. I didn’t plan for university to fill me with doubts about whether I was good enough. I didn’t plan to be single at 28. I didn’t plan to run away to the other side of the world. But look where I’ve ended up. Life is never the smooth and straightforward journey we expect. Along the way, things slow us down and turn us around. Speed Bumps and Roundabouts is a story of those things: Hope. Vulnerability. Apathy. Gratitude. Beauty. Boundaries. Waiting . . . The journey is worth it, the scenery can be captivating, but we’ll never know unless we keep going . . . over the speed bumps and around the roundabouts.

Author : Lois Weis,Michelle Fine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0807739669

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Speed Bumps by Lois Weis,Michelle Fine Pdf

This unique collection of essays invites readers to trespass the borders of schooling in order to understand the range of spaces within which youth are forming and reforming identities, relations, and, in some cases, social movements amidst the cloudy backlash to feminism, civil rights, welfare rights, and lesbian/gay movements.

Author : John Cohen
Publisher : powerHouse Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1576879267

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Speed Bumps on a Dirt Road by John Cohen Pdf

Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadis a living document of country music's founding fathers and mothers. John Cohen photographed musicians, at home, backstage at public events, from the wings at fiddlers' conventions, out in country music parks, and in the studio for live radio show performances and recording sessions. Back in 1961 it was still possible to know a few of America's original country musicians from the '20s and '30s. Renowned and celebrated musician and artist John Cohen came of age at the confluence of old time and early bluegrass music, the historic intersection of traditional and folk music. Cohen traveled the country playing music, recording, and documenting what was to be a generation of musicians who would influence American music and culture for decades to come. Traveling between the Union Grove fiddlers' convention to the Grand Ole Opry to a coal celebration in Hazard, Kentucky, Cohen made historic photographs of performers like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, the country's very first all-bluegrass show, and a bluegrass bar in Baltimore, among much more.Speed Bumps on a Dirt Roadpresents old time music as the root of country music. Includes photographs of: Flatt & Scruggs, fiddler "Eck" Robertsonin Amarillo, Texas, Doc Watson, bluegrass fiddler "Tex" Logan, the Stanley Brothers at Sunset Park, Sara and Maybelle of the Carter Family, and Cousin Emmy, Alice & Hazel, and a dulcimer in a parking lot.

Author : Teik-Hua Law,Baohua Guo
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 937 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781000750546

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Frontier Research: Road and Traffic Engineering by Teik-Hua Law,Baohua Guo Pdf

This book contains selected papers resulting from the 2020 International Conference on Road and Traffic Engineering (CRTE 2020) covering Road Engineering and Traffic Engineering, aiming to provide an academic and technical communication platform for scholars and engineers engaged in scientific research and engineering practice in the field of Road Engineering and Materials, Traffic Engineering and Management and Transportation Engineering. By sharing the research status of scientific research achievements and cutting-edge technologies, it helps scholars and engineers all over the world to comprehend the academic development trends and broaden research ideas. So as to strengthen international academic research, academic topics exchange and discussion, and promote the industrialization cooperation of academic achievements.

Author : Teri Garr
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2006-10-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0452285712

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Speedbumps by Teri Garr Pdf

The acclaimed Oscar-nominated comedic actress describes her experiences in the making of such films as Young Frankenstein and Tootsie, her advocacy for multiple sclerosis awareness, and her adventures in motherhood. Reprint. 75,000 first printing.

Author : David Engwicht
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : City planning
ISBN : 0858812096

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Mental Speed Bumps by David Engwicht Pdf

Author : Ken Casper
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781426800962

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Speed Bumps by Ken Casper Pdf

Star NASCAR driver Gabby O'Farrell can't believe her mother is harping at her again. How many times does she have to say it? She's not going to help run the family's corporation. She's not shopping for a husband of the right pedigree. And there's no way she's ever going to give up racing! Who cares what the other macho, hothead drivers are saying about her? Gabby knows team owner Vaughn Steiner has got her back. And since they started sharing kisses and strategy in equal measure, she's determined to go all the way…to win the coveted NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship. But now that she's growing close to Vaughn's adorable daughter, is she ready for the mommy track, too?

Author : Krzysztof Goniewicz,Frederick M. Burkle,Dorota Lasota
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Science
ISBN : 9782889666225

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Advances in Road Safety Planning by Krzysztof Goniewicz,Frederick M. Burkle,Dorota Lasota Pdf

Author : Dr. Paul Thomas
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781491795378

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The Bump in the Road by Dr. Paul Thomas Pdf

Journeying through grief when a loved one dies is something people struggle with. Many are faced with difficult and painful feelings. Many feel abandoned by relatives, friends and even God. When one journeys through grief, often times you will find the first year is the hardest. In Psalm 147:3, it states, He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. The Bump in the Road helps the reader to know the sovereignty of God outweighs any test or trial you face. God will never leave you or forsake you. One must remember to stay connected to God, our source of strength and comfort.

Author : Holly Elissa Bruno,Janet Gonzalez-Mena,Luis A. Hernandez,Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan
Publisher : Redleaf Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781605542607

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Learning from the Bumps in the Road by Holly Elissa Bruno,Janet Gonzalez-Mena,Luis A. Hernandez,Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan Pdf

The journey to professional and personal growth takes time, and the road isn’t always smooth, but it is a learning-filled adventure Holly Elissa Bruno, Janet Gonzalez-Mena, Luis Antonio Hernandez, and Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan are accomplished professionals and respected leaders in the early childhood field. After a decade of speaking together at national professional development conferences, they now give you twelve of their most important presentation topics as essays. Each chapter presents a dialogue among the authors about a particular topic and the lessons gleaned from facing and overcoming uncertainty and obstacles. Merging each author’s distinct voice, expertise, and life experiences, this collection unveils the authors’ personal and meaningful histories, insecurities, and insights. You will be encouraged and challenged to think more deeply and openly about your own practices and philosophies. You will gain a renewed sense of purpose as you help children reach their full potentials. And you will discover—as the authors did—that every bump in the road is an invitation to grow and opportunity to learn. Holly Elissa Bruno, MA, JD; Janet Gonzalez-Mena, MA; Luis Antonio Hernandez, MA; and Debra Ren-Etta Sullivan, EdD, are acclaimed keynote speakers, authors, and experts on a variety of topics in early childhood.

Author : Randall Munroe
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780544272996

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What If? by Randall Munroe Pdf

From the creator of the wildly popular webcomic xkcd, hilarious and informative answers to important questions you probably never thought to ask Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe's iconic webcomic. His stick-figure drawings about science, technology, language, and love have an enormous, dedicated following, as do his deeply researched answers to his fans' strangest questions. The queries he receives range from merely odd to downright diabolical: - What if I took a swim in a spent-nuclear-fuel pool? - Could you build a jetpack using downward-firing machine guns? - What if a Richter 15 earthquake hit New York City? - Are fire tornadoes possible? His responses are masterpieces of clarity and wit, gleefully and accurately explaining everything from the relativistic effects of a baseball pitched at near the speed of light to the many horrible ways you could die while building a periodic table out of all the actual elements. The book features new and never-before-answered questions, along with the most popular answers from the xkcd website. What If? is an informative feast for xkcd fans and anyone who loves to ponder the hypothetical.

Author : Alex Wilson
Publisher : New Society Publishers
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : House & Home
ISBN : 9781550923865

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Green Building Products by Alex Wilson Pdf

Interest in sustainable, green building practices is greater than ever. Whether concerned about allergies, energy costs, old-growth forests, or durability and long-term value, homeowners and builders are looking for ways to ensure that their homes are healthy, safe, beautiful and efficient. In these pages are descriptions and manufacturer contact information for more than 1,400 environmentally preferable products and materials. All phases of residential construction, from sitework to flooring to renewable energy, are covered. Products are grouped by function, and each chapter begins with a discussion of key environmental considerations, and what to look for in a green product. Over 40% revised, this updated edition includes over 120 new products. Categories of products include: Sitework and landscaping Outdoor structures Decking Foundations, footers and slabs Structural systems and components Sheathing Exterior finish and trim Roofing Doors and windows Insulation Flooring and floor coverings Interior finish and trim Caulks and adhesives Paints and coatings Mechanical systems/HVAC Plumbing, electrical and lighting Appliances Furniture and furnishings Renewable energy Distributors and retailers An index of products and manufacturers makes for easy navigation. There is no more comprehensive resource for both the engaged homeowner and those who design and build homes.