Author : Matt Mitter
Publisher : Reader's Digest Association
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 2007-06-26
Category : Board books
ISBN : 9780794412920
Cheryl the firefighter drives the truck to a fire and puts it out before helping a kitten out of a tree, in a story that includes bulletins for how to prevent and react to fires. On board pages.
Author : Cheryl Wills
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 34,48 MB
Release : 2011-01-03
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1935098403
When award-winning television news anchor Cheryl Wills discovers that her great-great-great grandfather, Sandy Wills, was a runaway slave who joined the historic fight for freedom in the American Civil War, she embarks on a gut-wrenching search to learn more. Cheryl¿s journey leads her to a courageous ancestor who demonstrated the same courage that she knew in her beloved father, an intrepid New York City firefighter, who died when she was thirteen. Her father never knew his family¿s notable legacy. Told with deep love and brow-raising honesty, "Die Free" stretches from Haywood County, Tennessee, in the 1860s to New York City in the twentieth century. Cheryl shares the unvarnished truth about the Wills¿ family roots, ever entwined in passion, music, and faith. Cheryl also exhumes the spirit of her great-great- great grandmother Emma Wills, an illiterate lionhearted widow, who was discriminated against as she fought to obtain her husband¿s Civil War pension and unwittingly dictated her historic life, from slavery to freedom, in sworn depositions to a lawyer. The century-old pension papers become the Holy Grail for the newscaster who nails a scoop that has forever changed her life and that of future generations. A lesson in the pruning of one¿s imagination, "Die Free" takes readers on a haunting yet exhilarating ride through the side door of American history.
Author : Sandra Millers Younger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 46,13 MB
Release : 2013-09-03
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0762799323
The Fire Outside My Window: A Survivor Tells the True Story of California's Epic Cedar Fire is both a poignant memoir and a veteran journalist's narrative nonfiction account of a catastrophic event that crippled postcard-perfect San Diego and dominated international headlines in October 2003. Author Sandra Millers Younger's miraculous saga of escape, ruin and renewal unifies a tapestry of experiences woven from more than 100 interviews with firefighters, survivors and the families of those who died. The fire itself, one of the biggest and most destructive in California history, is the main character in this epic story--a rampaging monster, framed within historical context, battled by understaffed, under-equipped firefighters, and confronted from the rare perspective of terrified civilians caught in its path. Timing, location and weather conspired against air tankers, fire engines and bulldozers, enabling a lost hunter's signal fire to gather strength in the mountains east of San Diego. Overnight, a swelling wind sent flames galloping toward the Pacific, killing 15 people, 12 of them the author's neighbors; incinerating more than 2,200 homes, including hers; and creating a lunarscape 20 times the size of Manhattan In this revealing narrative, Younger takes readers into the heart of an epic firefight, telling the stories of fire chiefs and air tanker pilots trying to combat a catastrophe bigger than they had ever imagined, and recounting both survivors' and victims' desperate efforts to escape flames moving faster than fire engines could drive. The Fire Outside My Window is a riveting and nuanced tale that captures the intensity of a runaway wildfire, honors those lost to its fury, and celebrates the human spirit's innate capacity to triumph over adversity.
Author : M. Margaret Tanaka
Publisher : Center for Oral and Public History California State Ty Fulle
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 34,72 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Neal Shusterman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 18,36 MB
Release : 2002-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0142300942
The Shadow Club starts simply enough: the kids who are tired of being second-best get together and, for the first time, talk about how they feel. But soon the members decide to play practical jokes on the first-place winners they envy, and things begin to spin dangerously out of control. "This is a provocative novel . . . The plot is ingeniously simple and the course of events compelling. Brisk enough to snag a popular audience, but forceful in impact, it will leave readers thinking." (Booklist, starred review)
Author : Stephen Clouse
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 149 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 2024-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1666951633
Is heroism possible for everyone? Should it be? What kinds of stories do we tell when we talk about heroes and what do these stories reveal about how we view ourselves? This book takes up these questions and more by reflecting on twenty-first century American television shows. Among the shows examined are Only Murders in the Building, Game of Thrones, The Good Lord Bird, The Boys, and Severance. What we find is an entertainment landscape unsure about what a hero is or even what qualifies as heroic. In a nation uncertain about heroism, we see a dramatic rise in the popularity of the anti-hero and even in worlds without heroes. This fragmented variety highlights how the American political mind is similarly fragmented in what it believes are its highest aspirations—and its deepest anxieties. It is this fragmentation that may help us understand why twenty-first century entertainment has elevated the heroic to the supernatural while simultaneously democratizing heroism to the point where anyone may become one. A Hero in All of Us?: Heroism and American Political Thought as Seen on TV explores this multifaceted landscape to better understand how Americans view their heroes and themselves.
Author : Cheryl Benard
Publisher : Rand Corporation
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 38,50 MB
Release : 2004-03-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0833036203
In the face of Islam's own internal struggles, it is not easy to see who we should support and how. This report provides detailed descriptions of subgroups, their stands on various issues, and what those stands may mean for the West. Since the outcomes can matter greatly to international community, that community might wish to influence them by providing support to appropriate actors. The author recommends a mixed approach of providing specific types of support to those who can influence the outcomes in desirable ways.
Author : Logan Chance
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 2019-11-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781707860876
NOW A TOP 100 AMAZON BESTSELLER From USA Today bestselling author Logan Chance comes a laugh-out-loud comedy centered around a zany kindergarten teacher and the insane antics she goes through to meet a smokin' HOT firefighter. Five Things. That's the title of the video I'm watching. Each day, a social media coordinator picks a fireman from the Hightower Hills Fire Department to interview, and she asks him 'five things' about himself that the community may not know. I keep rewinding back to the man of my desire--Corbin Carmack. If you ask me five things about myself that people may not know, it would go a little something like this: 1. I love a man with brown eyes. 2. I've never wanted a stranger as much as I do him.3. I'm going to extremes that could get me tossed in jail just to steal glimpses of him.4. For the last two months I've blown off friends, family, and everything in between just to stay up late at night and watch this video as I pleasure myself to sleep.5. I set my house on fire to meet him.In my defense, I never meant for there to be so much smoke. And I never meant to pass out before my firefighter hero could save me. But, looks can be deceiving, and this firefighter is nothing like he portrays on social media. In fact, he's much worse. He's a cold-hearted bastard and I hope I never have to see him again. But I do. Because now he seems to appear everywhere I go. And I can't get enough. "Corbin And Olivia Are Setting The World On Fire! This is absolutely one of my favorite reads all year. I laughed so hard out loud that I forgot where I was and had people look at me strangely." Cheryl, Goodreads Reviewer Corbin, he is just everything you would want in a sexy, arrogant fireman! Cocky, swoony.... just smokin!" Meghann, Meg Talks Romance NovelsCold Hearted Bastard is the second book in the Cold Hearted Series. Other titles include Cold Hearted Baller, a deliciously addictive sports romance that features a brooding hero and a strong female lead. If you love relatable, sassy heroines with mysterious gorgeous heroes then you will love this fast-paced page-turning romantic comedy. Grab your copy of this fresh new standalone today!
Author : Sheryl Sandberg
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,45 MB
Release : 2017-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1524732699
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From authors of Lean In and Originals: a powerful, inspiring, and practical book about building resilience and moving forward after life’s inevitable setbacks After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. “I was in ‘the void,’” she writes, “a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe.” Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps people can take to recover and rebound from life-shattering experiences. We are not born with a fixed amount of resilience. It is a muscle that everyone can build. Option B combines Sheryl’s personal insights with Adam’s eye-opening research on finding strength in the face of adversity. Beginning with the gut-wrenching moment when she finds her husband, Dave Goldberg, collapsed on a gym floor, Sheryl opens up her heart—and her journal—to describe the acute grief and isolation she felt in the wake of his death. But Option B goes beyond Sheryl’s loss to explore how a broad range of people have overcome hardships including illness, job loss, sexual assault, natural disasters, and the violence of war. Their stories reveal the capacity of the human spirit to persevere . . . and to rediscover joy. Resilience comes from deep within us and from support outside us. Even after the most devastating events, it is possible to grow by finding deeper meaning and gaining greater appreciation in our lives. Option B illuminates how to help others in crisis, develop compassion for ourselves, raise strong children, and create resilient families, communities, and workplaces. Many of these lessons can be applied to everyday struggles, allowing us to brave whatever lies ahead. Two weeks after losing her husband, Sheryl was preparing for a father-child activity. “I want Dave,” she cried. Her friend replied, “Option A is not available,” and then promised to help her make the most of Option B. We all live some form of Option B. This book will help us all make the most of it.
Author :
Publisher : Lyrick Studios
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 42,51 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Alphabet
ISBN : 9781571326300
Learn the alphabet with Barney.
