Surviving Against The Odds

Author : S. Ann Dunham
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822392613

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Surviving against the Odds by S. Ann Dunham Pdf

President Barack Obama’s mother, S. Ann Dunham, was an economic anthropologist and rural development consultant who worked in several countries including Indonesia. Dunham received her doctorate in 1992. She died in 1995, at the age of 52, before having the opportunity to revise her dissertation for publication, as she had planned. Dunham’s dissertation adviser Alice G. Dewey and her fellow graduate student Nancy I. Cooper undertook the revisions at the request of Dunham’s daughter, Maya Soetoro-Ng. The result is Surviving against the Odds, a book based on Dunham’s research over a period of fourteen years among the rural metalworkers of Java, the island home to nearly half Indonesia’s population. Surviving against the Odds reflects Dunham’s commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem solving; and her impressive command of history, economic data, and development policy. Along with photographs of Dunham, the book includes many pictures taken by her in Indonesia. After Dunham married Lolo Soetoro in 1967, she and her six-year-old son, Barack Obama, moved from Hawai‘i to Soetoro’s home in Jakarta, where Maya Soetoro was born three years later. Barack returned to Hawai‘i to attend school in 1971. Dedicated to Dunham’s mother Madelyn, her adviser Alice, and “Barack and Maya, who seldom complained when their mother was in the field,” Surviving against the Odds centers on the metalworking industries in the Javanese village of Kajar. Focusing attention on the small rural industries overlooked by many scholars, Dunham argued that wet-rice cultivation was not the only viable economic activity in rural Southeast Asia. Surviving against the Odds includes a preface by the editors, Alice G. Dewey and Nancy I. Cooper, and a foreword by her daughter Maya Soetoro-Ng, each of which discusses Dunham and her career. In his afterword, the anthropologist and Indonesianist Robert W. Hefner explores the content of Surviving against the Odds, its relation to anthropology when it was researched and written, and its continuing relevance today.

Author : Nicole Quiroz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1631297422

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Surviving Against All Odds by Nicole Quiroz Pdf

In Surviving Against All Odds, Nicole Quiroz presents an intimate and personal account of her life story. From being raised in an abusive household and moving through detention centers and group homes, to falling in with regrettable company, dealing with addiction, struggling to overcome marital obstacles, and more, this book explores the moving testimony of one young woman's perseverance and the transformative power of God's love. Nicole is a dedicated wife and mother to two growing children. She frequently writes poetry and enjoys spending time in her garden. Nicole's faith in God has sustained her during her fight to find freedom from her past. Throughout her life it has been on her heart to help others. She hopes to shine a light on the dark things of this world. Showing that there can be healing through faith in God.

Author : Shannon Rizzotto,John Davidson
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-31
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781310965234

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A Survivalist's Guide to Surviving Against the Odds by Shannon Rizzotto,John Davidson Pdf

A Survivalist’s Guide to Surviving Against the Odds Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One - Be prepared 1. A full tank of gas 2. Water 3. Food 4. Vitamins 5. Medicinal Items 6. Survival Tools Chapter Two - Surviving the Psychological Chapter Three - How to build a shelter Chapter Four - How to build and maintain a fire Chapter Five - Location is Key Chapter Six - Review Introduction There are times that we may find ourselves in situations where knowing how to survive against all the odds is the one sure thing that WILL in fact save our lives. This book will take you the reader through various scenarios and will show you the basic steps of what you will need in order to survive even the most catastrophic of events.

Author : Ian Rohr
Publisher : Blake Education
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1865098337

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Survival Against the Odds by Ian Rohr Pdf

Originally published: Glebe, Australia: Blake Education, 2002.

Author : Mary Papenfuss,The Breast Cancer Fund
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0811834816

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Climb Against the Odds by Mary Papenfuss,The Breast Cancer Fund Pdf

"Climb Against the Odds" documents the inspiring story of a group of women who joined The Breast Cancer Fund to raise awareness and money for the fight against breast cancer by endeavoring to climb some of the world's most daunting peaks, putting their post-cancer bodies and their indomitable spirits through a journey that changed them all. 100 photos.

Author : Norman Salsitz,Amalie Petranker Salsitz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
ISBN : NWU:35556022104442

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Against All Odds by Norman Salsitz,Amalie Petranker Salsitz Pdf

This is an unusually exciting story including hair-breath escapes, dangerous subterfuges, intrigues & heroic exploits shared by two people against an array of Nazi pursuers in Poland. It contains a romantic interlude which culminated in the marriage of the two protagonists. Amalie was so successful in posing as an Aryan that she received a marriage proposal from a German officer ...

Author : John Stieber
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1523347368

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Against the Odds by John Stieber Pdf

John Stieber was a twelve-year-old schoolboy in Ireland when he was sent to secondary school in Germany. Caught there by the outbreak of the Second World War, he was unable to return to his parents for seven years. In due course, he was called to serve in an anti-aircraft battery and in the National Labour Service. Just after his eighteenth birthday, he was sent to the Russian Front with the elite Paratrooper and Tank Division, Hermann Goring. He lived through an amazing series of events, escaping death many times and was one of the few survivors of his division when the war ended. In this narrative of his early life, John Stieber describes how he went from a carefree childhood through increasing hardships, until every day of his life became a challenge for survival."

Author : Kelly A. Turner, PhD
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780062268778

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Radical Remission by Kelly A. Turner, PhD Pdf

In her New York Times bestseller, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, Dr. Kelly A. Turner, founder of the Radical Remission Project, uncovers nine factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer—even after conventional medicine has failed. While getting her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Turner, a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was studying episodes of radical (or unexpected) remission—when people recover against all odds without the help of conventional medicine, or after conventional medicine has failed. She was so fascinated by this kind of remission that she embarked on a ten month trip around the world, traveling to ten different countries to interview fifty holistic healers and twenty radical remission cancer survivors about their healing practices and techniques. Her research continued by interviewing over 100 Radical Remission survivors and studying over 1000 of these cases. Her evidence presents nine common themes that she believes may help even terminal patients turn their lives around.

Author : Jack Capell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : WISC:89082353814

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Surviving the Odds by Jack Capell Pdf

Author : Alex Kershaw
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9780593183748

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Against All Odds by Alex Kershaw Pdf

*The instant New York Times bestseller* The untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II—all Medal of Honor recipients—from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress, by the national bestselling author of The First Wave “Pitch-perfect.”—The Wall Street Journal • “Riveting.”—World War II magazine • “Alex Kershaw is the master of putting the reader in the heat of the action.”—Martin Dugard As the Allies raced to defeat Hitler, four men, all in the same unit, earned medal after medal for battlefield heroism. Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player, became the very first American to receive every award for valor in a single war. Michael Daly was a West Point dropout who risked his neck over and over to keep his men alive. Keith Ware would one day become the first and only draftee in history to attain the rank of general before serving in Vietnam. In WWII, Ware owed his life to the finest soldier he ever commanded, a baby-faced Texan named Audie Murphy. In the campaign to liberate Europe, each would gain the ultimate accolade, the Congressional Medal of Honor. Tapping into personal interviews and a wealth of primary source material, Alex Kershaw has delivered his most gripping account yet of American courage, spanning more than six hundred days of increasingly merciless combat, from the deserts of North Africa to the dark heart of Nazi Germany. Once the guns fell silent, these four exceptional warriors would discover just how heavy the Medal of Honor could be—and how great the expectations associated with it. Having survived against all odds, who among them would finally find peace?

Author : Brenda Stockdale
Publisher : Sentient+ORM
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781591812760

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You Can Beat the Odds by Brenda Stockdale Pdf

A specialist in biobehavioral medicine presents a holistic program for enhancing immunity and improving your chances of recovery from serious illness. This guide offers practical, science-based techniques that have been proven to help cancer and chronic disease survivors. You Can Beat the Odds reveals surprising risk factors—greater than smoking, diet, or cholesterol—that can make the difference between robust health and life-threatening illness. Even your genetic inheritance isn’t as fixed as you might have imagined.’ Brenda Stockdale’s mind-body approach addresses the underpinnings of illness, health, and healing. Each technique in her program is designed to improve the way your body responds to viruses, illnesses, and even daily stress. This volume includes exercises to help you personalize your program and integrate insights quickly into your everyday life.

Author : Daniel Nagrin
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1988-07-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0688074790

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How to Dance Forever by Daniel Nagrin Pdf

One of the country's most distinguished and critically acclaimed solo dancers and choreographers debunks the myth that dancers must retire from professional life as performers in their early forties. A performing artist since 1940, Daniel Nagrin initiated his own career as a solo performer in 1957 at the age of forty. With great wisdom and wit, this fiercely passionate veteran gives us an unusual and much-needed book that combines theory, personal philosophy, experience, and knowledge about dancers, dancing, teachers, mentors, and technique with practical information that ranges from nutrition, healers and treatments, sex, meditation, kneepads, and toe grips to the special problems and needs of dancers over fifty.

Author : Tim MacWelch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781681885308

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Beat the Odds Survival Manual by Tim MacWelch Pdf

In this action-oriented book, a survival expert walks you through what to do in dozens of scary situations, from riding out a tsunami to surviving the fall of civilization. Fast-paced and remarkably practical, this latest book from best-selling survival expert Tim MacWelch breaks down the odds of your facing dozens of scary situations, from the fairly likely (getting lost in the woods or mugged on the mean streets, for example) to the unlikely but terrifying (being hit by an asteroid, attacked by zombies, or other sci-fi-worthy scenarios)—and provides concrete, doable strategies for how to improve your odds of survival. Each danger is rated with handy graphics that give an-at-a-glance idea as to how likely it is to befall you, how much you should worry about it happening, and how possible it is to increase your odds of survival. And then, in the pages that follow, he gives practical, step-by-step instructions, tutorials, and hints to help you beat the odds and live to tell the tale.

Author : Tami Boehmer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-11-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781632200488

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Miracle Survivors by Tami Boehmer Pdf

If you have received an incurable cancer diagnosis, hearing about someone “who made it” is like spotting a rescue ship when you’re drowning in a stormy sea. Miracle Survivors provides that lifeline with a collection of stories of cancer survivors who were given a terminal diagnosis but shocked everyone by thriving years past their prognoses. These “miracle survivors” have different cancers and circumstances, but share a poor prognosis and incredible drive to overcome it. After being diagnosed with stage IV breast cancer, award-winning author and blogger Tami Boehmer decided she and others like her desperately needed hope to override the dismal statistics and death sentences provided by many doctors. So she began interviewing incredible men and women from around the country who defied the odds and lived to tell about it. Miracle Survivors will help answer the question: What sets people apart who beat the odds of a terminal or incurable prognosis? Overcoming the odds wasn’t something that just happened to those who share their stories. Each person took a very active role in overcoming their challenges, whether it was activating their faith or transforming their lifestyle. Rather than passively accepting their circumstances, they decided to transform them. The book is essential reading for anyone with cancer, their loved ones, and everyone else who wants inspiration to conquer their life challenges.

Author : Jessica Buchanan,Erik Landemalm,Anthony Flacco
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476725161

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Impossible Odds by Jessica Buchanan,Erik Landemalm,Anthony Flacco Pdf

An account of the aid worker co-author's dramatic January 2012 rescue from kidnappers in Somalia by members of a Navy SEAL Team Six unit offers insight into the effective use of targeted U.S. military missions.