A Life of Obstructions


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On November 17, 1973, the world changed and a legend was born. A band of girls from tiny Granby High School won Connecticut's first-ever state field hockey tournament They beat Guilford High School scoring the winning goal in the second sudden death overtime. This is a journey through a life of highs and lows. A regular season of sticks and obstructions. Games against long-time rivals and emerging powerhouse teams. The joy and pain of a single elimination tournament. This memorable season is a bridge to a fifty-year journey for the game of field hockey in Connecticut's public high schools: overcoming the barriers of systemic oppositions by state municipalities to federal guidelines for Title IX, the institutionalized practices of gender bias, discrimination and homophobia. A Life of Obstructions by Rob Penfield tells a story about common people and their accomplishments playing a game, not because they had to, but because they wanted to be a part of something special. Because on November 17, 1973, the world really did change and a legend was born.







Monographic Medicine


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A Digest of Railway Decisions


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No Obstructions


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A vibrant, good-looking, and funny young twenty-year-old man (I wonder who wrote this), Barton White, with everything ahead of him, is suddenly struck by disease that has him in and out of hospitals, on copious amounts of medication, and becoming so emaciated that his doctor says, "You're melting away." Barton goes through doctors as often as he changes his underwear- approximately once a month (give or take a month). Halfway through university, his life could not have been much worse. Between illness and long hours at school and work, he is physically and mentally drained. He then meets a tremendous surgeon who fixes everything, he marries a beautiful woman, and he becomes the picture of good health-not quite (except for the beautiful woman). Many stumbling blocks were still in front of him, but he decides not to let these obstructions in his path hold him back from achieving his personal and professional goals. For the past twenty-eight years most of his friends, and none of his colleagues or customers, know the details of his past difficulties and the fight he endures even today. The journey takes you from his family life as a child and today as an adult, through his basic (and no-brainer) methods to be a success in business. You will laugh and cry (okay, probably not), but in the end, you will see that this is a truly inspirational success story.







Obstruction of Justice


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Investigative reporter Luke Rosiak is being hailed as “one of the smartest, most diligent reporters in Washington” (TUCKER CARLSON) and “a bulldog” (DANA LOESCH) for uncovering “what is possibly the largest scandal and coverup in the history of the United States House of Representatives” (NEWT GINGRICH). It’s like something out of a spy novel: In the heat of the 2016 election, an unvetted Pakistani national with a proclivity for blackmail gained access to the computer files of one in five Democrats in the House of Representatives. He and his family lifted data off the House network, stole the identity of an intelligence specialist, and sent congressional electronic equipment to foreign officials. And that was only the beginning. Rather than protect national security, Congress and the Justice Department schemed to cover up a politically inconvenient hack and an underlying fraud on Capitol Hill involving dozens of Democrats' offices. Evidence disappeared, witnesses were threatened, and the supposed watchdogs in the media turned a blind eye. Combining tenacious investigative reporting and high-tech investigative techniques, Luke Rosiak began ferreting out the truth, and found himself face to face with the "Deep State," observing how Nancy Pelosi's Democrats manipulated the Department of Justice, the media, and even Republican leadership to sabotage the investigation into what Newt Gingrich calls possibly the biggest congressional scandal in history.




Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)


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Change can often seem like an impossible task, but this practical book will help you put it into perspective. With guidance from two experts, you’ll recognise the behaviours and thoughts that hold you back, and will develop skills to think more positively, act more calmly and feel better about yourself. Using the same tools employed by CBT practitioners, this book is full of activities and experiments to explore and challenge, stories and exercises to provide perspective, and a clear framework to encourage and guide you. The authors’ friendly and supportive approach will help you learn to manage recurrences of negative thinking and behaviours, and to develop strong coping strategies. CBT incorporates the latest therapies and research, including ACT and mindfulness, and explicitly addresses problem areas like insomnia and depression.