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My Call to the Ring

Author : Deirdre Gogarty

Publisher : Booklocker.com

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 35,53 MB

Release : 2014-10

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ISBN : 9780990737704

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Although in the late 1980s boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a girl named Deirdre Gogarty has one dream: to be the first Irish woman to become world champion. Unable to fit in at school and in the midst of her parents' unraveling marriage, she plans her suicide. Death hovers in the back of her mind, but boxing beckons as Gogarty defies the odds and finds a gym and coach who is willing to train her. Her fierce determination leads to underground bouts in Ireland and Britain.But how can a shy, young misfit become a professional boxer in a country that bans women from the sport?Gogarty follows her calling to compete and journeys from the Irish Sea to the Gulf of Mexico, from outcast to center ring, from the depths of depression to the championship fight of her life.



When Your Phone Doesn't Ring, It'll be Me

Author : Cynthia Heimel

Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Press

Page : 218 pages

File Size : 12,56 MB

Release : 1996

Category : Interpersonal relations

ISBN : 9780871136343

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In this collection of Heimel's revelations, she croons over sweatpants, hates Limbaugh, finds a new city to live in, and analyzes her love affair with dogs.



The Ring Bearer

Author : Floyd Cooper

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 34 pages

File Size : 46,29 MB

Release : 2017-04-04

Category : Juvenile Fiction

ISBN : 0399167404

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Mama’s getting married, and Jackson has an important job to do! A story about love, weddings, and the special joy that is a blended family. Jackson’s mama is getting married, and he gets to be the ring bearer. But Jackson is worried . . . What if he trips? Or walks too slowly? Or drops the rings? And what about his new stepsister, Sophie? She’s supposed to be the flower girl, but Jackson’s not sure she’s taking her job as seriously as she should. In a celebration of blended families, this heartwarming story, stunningly illustrated by the award-winning Floyd Cooper, is a perfect gift for any child who's nervous to walk down the aisle at a wedding, and shows kids that they can handle life’s big changes. Praise for The Ring Bearer: "Throughout, Cooper's softly textured mixed-media illustrations offer a warm, affirming depiction of this black family's life and love together . . . Readers will be joining the congregation in cheering for Jackson."--Kirkus Reviews "Written with simplicity, immediacy, and warmth....Cooper creates beautiful effects with subtle colors, textures, and suffused light in the soft-focus paintings. A heartening, reassuring picture book."--Booklist "Children will identify readily with Jackson’s fears and enjoy the way he overcomes them. A solid purchase for any picture book collection."--School Library Journal "Many children experience parental weddings, and these times are filledwith joy and nervousness. Cooper captures each moment."--Horn Book



My Corner of the Ring

Author : Jesselyn Silva

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 37,78 MB

Release : 2019-06-04

Category : Juvenile Nonfiction

ISBN : 052551841X

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The Middle Grade Memoir of a Girl Boxer and Future Olympian. In this Lean-In style inspirational memoir, twelve-year-old Jesselyn Silva offers a ringside seat to girl power and what it takes to win in the ring and in life: punch by punch. My Corner of the Ring shows kids what it means to be true to yourself and stick with your dreams even when facing adversity and ridicule. Supported by her single dad, Jesselyn (JessZilla in the ring) first donned her boxing gloves at seven years of age, making her one of very few female boxers in the country. My Corner of the Ring charts Jesselyn's oft times exhilarating and heartbreaking journey to success in a male dominated sport where she struggles to find partners to spar with and combats the viewpoint that no one wants to see a girl fight. Despite an inhospitable environment, Jesselyn still has her sights set on the Olympics. With the help of her very dad, Pedro, who has instilled in her a strong work ethic, she just might make it. It is an exciting and motivational read that will provide kids with the roadmap and encouragement to accomplish whatever goals they set for themselves. Jesselyn's positive can-do attitude and determination make this a must read.



Mycall

Author : Jeanette Michelle

Publisher : Infinity Publishing

Page : 450 pages

File Size : 15,19 MB

Release : 2005-04

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ISBN : 0741422611

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The Dare Ring

Author : Titus Powell

Publisher : Titus Powell

Page : 314 pages

File Size : 49,81 MB

Release : 2010-05-03

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1445758415

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The Dare Ring is an action-packed thriller about a passionate but troubled young man searching for redemption in extreme ways... ways which may destroy him and everyone he cares about in the process. Charlie's world is turned upside-down when his father dies in a car crash and he himself is diagnosed with cancer. Desperate to escape his demons and find meaning in the few months he has left, he discovers that he feels most alive when putting himself in danger. He and a friend start The Dare Ring, an extreme thrill-seeking club for restless young people. His pregnant girlfriend is against it but he is convinced he's on to something important. Charlie and his friends embark on progressively more dangerous stunts. Then his friend's glamorous girlfriend joins the gang and things spiral out of control... From the author of Harm and Kingdom of Flame.



Coming Home

Author : Brittney Griner

Publisher : September Publishing

Page : 287 pages

File Size : 31,96 MB

Release : 2024-07-11

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1914613767

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the nine-time WNBA all-star and two-time Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner - a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home. On 17 February 2022, Brittney Griner arrived in Moscow ready to spend the WNBA off-season playing for the Russian women's basketball team for which she had been the centrepiece of previous championship seasons. Instead, a security checkpoint became her gateway to hell when she was arrested for mistakenly carrying less than one gram of medically prescribed cannabis oil. Brittney's world was violently upended, a crisis she has never spoken in detail about publicly - until now. In Coming Home, Brittney shares the harrowing full story of her sudden arrest days before Russia invaded Ukraine; her bewilderment and isolation while navigating a foreign legal system during her trial and sentencing; her emotional and physical anguish as the first American woman ever to be detailed at the IK-2 prison camp, while the #WeAreBG movement rallied for her release; the chilling prisoner swap for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout; and her remarkable rise from hostage to global spokesperson on behalf of America's forgotten. In haunting and vivid detail, Brittney takes readers inside the horrors of a geopolitical nightmare spanning ten months. And yet Coming Home is more than Brittney's journey from captivity to freedom. In an account as gripping as it is poignant, she shares how her deep love for Cherelle, her college sweetheart and wife of six years, anchored her during their greatest storm; how her family's support pulled her back from the brink; and how hundreds of letters from friends and neighbours lent her the resolve to keep fighting. Coming Home is both a story of survival and a testament to love - the bonds that brought Brittney home to her family and, at last, to herself.



Ring

Author : Connie Myres

Publisher : Feather and Fermion Publishing

Page : 175 pages

File Size : 11,31 MB

Release : 2021-07-12

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 138626766X

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Bloodthirsty vampires, obedient gargoyles, and a creepy castle on the shore of Lake Michigan, just might give Cassie the alternative future that she thought she wanted. Cassie co-owns C & N Rare Books with her best friend Nicole in Black Water, Michigan. Desperately wanting to be a wife and mother, she decides her longtime boyfriend Derrick is the man she should marry, even though he wasn’t everything that she thought she wanted in a husband. Then an intriguing man enters the shop and Cassie reconsiders her options. Maybe Gustave was the right man for her—fate stepped in just in time. Will bookstore owner Cassie Fields marry her longtime love and have children before her biological clock runs out, or will the mysterious man and the found ring drive her to madness, causing her to lose everything she's ever wanted? Vampires, obsession, and a series of haunting events plague Cassie and influence her life decisions. Can she break the hypnotizing pull of the mysterious stranger, Gustave Veil?



The Fellowship of the Ring

Author : John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

Publisher : HarperCollins UK

Page : 571 pages

File Size : 40,44 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0007203586

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'The Fellowship of the Ring' is the first part of JRR Tolkien's epic masterpiece 'The Lord of the Rings'. This 50th anniversary edition features special packaging and includes the definitive edition of the text.|PB



Ring Game

Author : Pete Hautman

Publisher : Simon and Schuster

Page : 452 pages

File Size : 17,38 MB

Release : 1998-10

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0671021451

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Ex-cop Joe Crow, unexpectedly finds himself drawn into the midst of a con man's scheme and must keep one-step ahead of a family friend bent on revenge, a group of cultists, counterfeiters, and a woman bodybuilder who wears her dead goldfish around her neck.