They Called Me Retard

Author : Gordon Walsh
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781640795822

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They Called Me Retard by Gordon Walsh Pdf

Avoidance in dealing with childhood trauma can ensnare one into a life of despair and be lacking in the sense of purpose. The darken words spoken over you as a child, or the unspeakable actions which defy any boundaries set, can necessarily become part of our DNA and become a huge hindrance to our adult life. This book is about actual traumatic events that have occurred, and in his quest you will acquire skills to overcome your past despite the fractured foundation that was laid in one's youth. These teachings will not only help you to overcome, but provide understanding about the various foundations, which encompasses us as humans. For example, you will learn: - Foundations of Faith - Foundations of Discipline - Foundations of Intimacy Just to name a few. Learn how you too can overcome childhood trauma by a person that overcame physical, mental abuse, and what began initially a journey of being victimized to discovering a relationship with Jesus Christ, which then turned these tragic events to becoming victorious. The label "Retard" was a title that became part of his DNA, but a new identity was birthed and his journey led him from brokenness to becoming a Green Beret to now finishing his Doctoral degree in Organizational Leadership emphasis in Ministry. This triumphant story and teachings will leave you with not only a better understanding of how childhood trauma becomes graphed into one's DNA, but provide the tools to overcome any obstacle.

Author : Sherman Alexie
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-10
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780316219303

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The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) by Sherman Alexie Pdf

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Author : Paul Griffin
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781101529430

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Stay With Me by Paul Griffin Pdf

A heartbreaking urban romance from award-winning author Paul Griffin Fifteen-year-olds Cece and Mack didn't expect to fall in love. She's a sensitive A student; he's a high school dropout. But soon they're spending every moment together, bonding over a rescued dog, telling their secrets, making plans for the future. Everything is perfect. Until Mack makes a horrible mistake, and suddenly the future they'd planned becomes impossible. In this stark new reality, both of them must find hope in the memories of what they had, to survive when the person they love can't stay.

Author : Ellen O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Walker & Company
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Children with mental disabilities
ISBN : 0802781977

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Somebody Called Me a Retard Today-- and My Heart Felt Sad by Ellen O'Shaughnessy Pdf

A girl expresses her sadness at being called a "retard" by people who do not know how loving and self-reliant she is.

Author : Russell Peters
Publisher : Anchor Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2011-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385669658

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Call Me Russell by Russell Peters Pdf

Up-close, personal, and yes, funny — this is the must-have celebrity memoir of the year. This candid, first-person memoir chronicles Russell's life from his humble beginnings in suburbia as a scrawny, brown, bullied kid with ADD all the way to his remarkable rise as one of the world's top-earning comics. This is a shockingly honest book filled with poignant memories of his family, his life and his career. Call Me Russell is a deeply inspirational story for aspiring artists of any culture about having hope, working hard and dreaming big.

Author : Jill M. Le Clair
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781135694241

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Disability in the Global Sport Arena by Jill M. Le Clair Pdf

Sport is often at the centre of battles for rights to inclusion linked to class, race and gender, and this book explores struggles centred on disability in different cultural settings in Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It challenges oversights and assumptions about the ‘normal’ body, and describes how individual and organizational transformations can occur through sport. The abilities of a person are recognised and placed centre stage - instead of the individual being forgotten, excluded, or placed at the margins simply because they have a disability. National, regional and global change is part of the shift to the rights based approach reflected in the 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Making sport inclusive affects the accessibility of facilities, funding, the media, policies, programs, organisations, sponsors and spectators, and at the same time changes the cultural values of the wider society. It also raises issues about competition access and eligibility for ‘different’ and technologically enhanced ‘cyborg’ bodies, and for those most socially disadvantaged. Addressing these questions which ultimately touch on the real meaning of sport can lead to profound changes in people’s attitudes, and how sport is organized locally and globally. Growth in the influential global organisations of the Paralympic Games, Special Olympics and Deaflympics is examined, as is the approach to disability in sport in both advantaged and resource poor countries. The embodied lives of persons with disabilities are explored utilizing new theoretical models, perspectives and approaches. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Author : David Karen,Robert E. Washington
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317973942

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Sociological Perspectives on Sport by David Karen,Robert E. Washington Pdf

Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the larger social world. With six original framing essays linking sport to a variety of topics, including race, class, gender, media, politics, deviance, and globalization, and 37 reprinted articles, this text/reader sets a new standard for excellence in teaching sports and society.

Author : Shi XiaoMi
Publisher : Funstory
Page : 779 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781649489487

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Thank You for Loving Me by Shi XiaoMi Pdf

Ever since high school, the female lead who liked Bai Lingyu came back after living in the United States for three years, and conquered the male lead with her new face. The male lead also had a favorable impression of the female lead from high school. But their feelings were opposed by forces such as Anzhiwei. Later on, the male lead and female lead separated for a period of time due to misunderstandings, and at the same time, Gu's deep feelings caused the female lead to waver. They split up and quarreled, and deep love and strong ugliness intertwined between them.

Author : William Cheng
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-05
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780199970001

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Sound Play by William Cheng Pdf

Video games open portals to fantastical worlds where imaginative play and enchantment prevail. These virtual settings afford us considerable freedom to act out with relative impunity. Or do they? Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of people's creative engagements with gaming's audio phenomena-from sonorous violence to synthesized operas, from democratic music-making to vocal sexual harassment. William Cheng shows how video games empower their designers, composers, players, critics, and scholars to tinker (often transgressively) with practices and discourses of music, noise, speech, and silence. Faced with collisions between utopian and alarmist stereotypes of video games, Sound Play synthesizes insights across musicology, sociology, anthropology, communications, literary theory, philosophy, and additional disciplines. With case studies spanning Final Fantasy VI, Silent Hill, Fallout 3, The Lord of the Rings Online, and Team Fortress 2, this book insists that what we do in there-in the safe, sound spaces of games-can ultimately teach us a great deal about who we are and what we value (musically, culturally, humanly) out here. Foreword by Richard Leppert Video Games Live cover image printed with permission from Tommy Tallarico

Author : Colleen Chapman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781546260813

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Bits N’ Pieces by Colleen Chapman Pdf

This book briefly covers my early life up to present, age eighty-four. I started this project several years ago, just me, for my kids. Then I decided it would be fun to ask my family and friends to contribute. Just one rule: No one could say anything negative about another person. It is mostly fond memories and funny stories or incidents. It is a little bit of family history, such as a story by my oldest sister about leaving Oklahoma during the Depression, about picking cotton and working in other crops. I was about eighteen months old when we left and about seven when we reached California. Included also are some true stories about strange things that have happened to myself and some family members.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105216506225

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American Education by Anonim Pdf

Author : Duncan Lloyd
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524660093

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Elena by Duncan Lloyd Pdf

Teddy Schoendienst is a brilliant but isolated teenager. He is bullied out of school because of his stutter and troubled by constant sexual fantasies, which he is certain will never become real. But one night he sees a lovely young girl walk out of his closet. Her name is Elena, and she promises to fulfill all his fantasies if he will promise never to tell his little familyhis father and his beloved sister, Ellenabout her. He quickly agrees, and she fulfills her end of the bargain with apparent enthusiasm. He falls in love and walks around his house all day, saying her name under his breath. But Ellen hears him and tells him that Elena is constantly appearing in her dreams too, forcing her to do disgusting things with boys. Teddy reassures her that such dreams are natural at her age, but he inwardly suspects that Elena is playing a double game with his family. But before he can confront her about this, Ellens decapitated corpse is found by the side of the river, which runs at the back of their house. Teddy, an amateur detective, vows to discover the identities of not only the killer but also of his strange lover. He succeeds, but what he finds is so horrible that it threatens his sanity, his life, and even his soul.

Author : Barbara Ingersoll
Publisher : Main Street Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-04
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780307768643

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Your Hyperactive Child by Barbara Ingersoll Pdf

The authoritative handbook provides a wealth of urgently needed information to help parents of a hyperactive child understand and cope with their child's baffling behavior.

Author : Snowmonn
Publisher : Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
Page : 1246 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Lucifer's Angel by Snowmonn Pdf

Angela Santos, an innocent but independent woman has been waiting for her childhood bestfriend and first love Carlo ever since he moved away to study abroad. Angela believes that someday, her first love will come back. Until Lucifer Moden came, the first love of her best friend. Being extremely arrogant and hurting the feelings of Angela's bestfriend, Lucifer received a powerful punch from Angela that he will never forget for the rest of his life.

Author : Christopher Wilson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735233980

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The Zoo by Christopher Wilson Pdf

Patrick deWitt meets Catch 22, when a guileless young boy gets mixed up in Stalin's inner circle. There are certain things that Yuri Zipit knows: 1. That being official food-taster for the Great Leader of the Soviet Union requires him to drink too much vodka for a twelve-year-old. 2. That you do not have to be an Elephantologist to see that the Great Leader is dying. 3. Yuri's father is somewhere here in the Dacha. 4. It's a crime to love your family more than you love Socialism, the Party or the Republic. 5. That, because of his damaged mind, everyone thinks Yuri is a fool. But Yuri isn't. He sits quietly through excessive state dinners and witnesses it all--betrayals, body doubles, buffoonery. He's starting to get the hang of this politics thing, but there's so much to learn. Who knew that a man could be in five places at once? That someone could break your nose as a sign of friendship? That people could be disinvented? The Zoo is a cutting satire, told through the refreshing voice of one gutsy boy who will not give up on hope.