We Fight to Survive
Author : Esther Stermer
Publisher : Igi Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Caves
ISBN : 9780979996399
Author : Esther Stermer
Publisher : Igi Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 14,30 MB
Release : 2008-11
Category : Caves
ISBN : 9780979996399
Author : Rhiannon Frater
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 2013-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765366832
After finding a sanctuary in a historic hotel, survivors of the zombie plague attempt to establish laws while facing the undead, who want to eat them, and bandits, who want their women and supplies.
Author : Saeed Jones
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1501132741
From award-winning poet Saeed Jones, How We Fight for Our Lives—winner of the Kirkus Prize and the Stonewall Book Award—is a “moving, bracingly honest memoir” (The New York Times Book Review) written at the crossroads of sex, race, and power. One of the best books of the year as selected by The New York Times; The Washington Post; NPR; Time; The New Yorker; O, The Oprah Magazine; Harper’s Bazaar; Elle; BuzzFeed; Goodreads; and many more. “People don’t just happen,” writes Saeed Jones. “We sacrifice former versions of ourselves. We sacrifice the people who dared to raise us. The ‘I’ it seems doesn’t exist until we are able to say, ‘I am no longer yours.’” Haunted and haunting, How We Fight for Our Lives is a stunning coming-of-age memoir about a young, black, gay man from the South as he fights to carve out a place for himself, within his family, within his country, within his own hopes, desires, and fears. Through a series of vignettes that chart a course across the American landscape, Jones draws readers into his boyhood and adolescence—into tumultuous relationships with his family, into passing flings with lovers, friends, and strangers. Each piece builds into a larger examination of race and queerness, power and vulnerability, love and grief: a portrait of what we all do for one another—and to one another—as we fight to become ourselves. An award-winning poet, Jones has developed a style that’s as beautiful as it is powerful—a voice that’s by turns a river, a blues, and a nightscape set ablaze. How We Fight for Our Lives is a one-of-a-kind memoir and a book that cements Saeed Jones as an essential writer for our time.
Author : Roberto Canessa
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 27,76 MB
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1476765464
Dr. Roberto Canessa recounts his side of the famous 1972 plane crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 in the Andean Mountains and how, decades later, the harrowing journey to survive propelled him to become one of the world’s leading pediatric cardiologists, seeing in his patients the same fierce will to live he witnessed in the Andes. As he tended to his wounded Old Christians teammates amidst the devastating carnage, rugby player Roberto Canessa, a second-year medical student at the time, realized that no one on earth was luckier: he was alive—and for that, he should be eternally grateful. As the starving group struggled beyond the limits of what seemed possible, Canessa played a key role in safeguarding his fellow survivors, eventually trekking with a companion across the hostile mountain range for help. No one could have imagined that there were survivors from the accident in such extreme conditions. Canessa's extraordinary experience on the fine line between life and death became the catalyst for the rest of his life. This uplifting tale of hope and determination, solidarity and ingenuity, gives vivid insight into the world-famous story that inspired the movie Alive! Canessa also draws a unique and fascinating parallel between his work as a doctor diagnosing very complex congenital cardiopathies in unborn and newborn infants and the difficult life-changing decisions he was forced to make in the Andes. With grace and humanity, Canessa prompts us to ask ourselves: what do you do when all the odds are stacked against you?
Author : Jim Dwyer
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 18,20 MB
Release : 2006-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780805080322
"Searing, poignant, and utterly compelling—102 Minutesdoes for the September 11 catastrophe what Walter Lord did for the Titanic in his masterpiece,A Night to Remember."—Rick Atkinson, author ofIn the Company of SoldiersandAn Army at Dawn At 8:46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the twin towers. Over the next 102 minutes, each would become part of a drama for the ages. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with rescuers and survivors, thousands of pages of oral histories, and countless phone, e-mail, and emergency radio transcripts,New York Timesreporters Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn tell the story of September 11 from the inside looking out, weaving together the stories of ordinary men and women into an epic account of struggle, determination, and grace. Hailed immediately upon its hardcover publication as the definitive account of that terrible morning,102 Minutesnow contains a new Afterword that incorporates powerful firsthand material, including tapes and documents, that Dwyer and Flynn recently obtained after more than three years of litigation with the city of New York. Eight weeks on theNew York Timesbestseller list and translated into a dozen languages,102 Minutesis a gripping narrative that is also investigative reporting of the first rank—"in a class by itself," according toReader's Digest. Dwyer and Flynn reveal the decisions, both good and bad, that proved to be the difference between life and death on a day that changed America forever.
Author : Bettina L. Love
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 0807069159
Winner of the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award Drawing on personal stories, research, and historical events, an esteemed educator offers a vision of educational justice inspired by the rebellious spirit and methods of abolitionists. Drawing on her life’s work of teaching and researching in urban schools, Bettina Love persuasively argues that educators must teach students about racial violence, oppression, and how to make sustainable change in their communities through radical civic initiatives and movements. She argues that the US educational system is maintained by and profits from the suffering of children of color. Instead of trying to repair a flawed system, educational reformers offer survival tactics in the forms of test-taking skills, acronyms, grit labs, and character education, which Love calls the educational survival complex. To dismantle the educational survival complex and to achieve educational freedom—not merely reform—teachers, parents, and community leaders must approach education with the imagination, determination, boldness, and urgency of an abolitionist. Following in the tradition of activists like Ella Baker, Bayard Rustin, and Fannie Lou Hamer, We Want to Do More Than Survive introduces an alternative to traditional modes of educational reform and expands our ideas of civic engagement and intersectional justice.
Author : Peter DeLeo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 2005-01-12
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0743276566
The man who accomplished one of the most remarkable feats of survival in history finally tells the story of the event that made worldwide news. This inspiring story shows what sheer determination can achieve against impossible odds. When Peter DeLeo set out one Sunday morning on a sightseeing and photography trip over the central Sierra Nevada mountains in California, he had no idea that he would soon be fighting for his life with the odds stacked very much against him. DeLeo’s single-engine plane encountered turbulence, and he and his two passengers crashed in the mountains. All three survived the accident but sustained multiple injuries. DeLeo had broken ribs, a shattered ankle, and a badly damaged shoulder. After assessing their situation, they decided that the passengers should remain with the plane while DeLeo would hike out to bring back help. It was already winter; he left the limited emergency supplies with the plane’s passengers; and he was hampered by his injuries, but DeLeo was determined to get help. He found or improvised shelter at night, carefully warmed himself during the daytime, drank from small pools of melted snow and ice, and slowly but steadily made his way toward civilization. Suffering from exhaustion and on the verge of collapse, he found a hot spring that provided him with temporary warmth and insects to eat. Injuries, dehydration, malnutrition, and a two-day blizzard slowed him, and a rockslide nearly killed him just as he glimpsed the valley and highway that he so desperately sought, but DeLeo’s courage saw him through. Meanwhile, Civil Air Patrol planes searched fruitlessly for the lost plane and for survivors; twice, DeLeo frantically tried to signal the search planes, but to no avail. When DeLeo finally reached a highway, he found it almost impossible to convince the authorities that he was the lost pilot who had been all but given up for dead. His astonishing survival, one of the most remarkable feats of endurance on record, made national and even international news. Now, for the first time, Peter DeLeo tells his remarkable story in gripping detail. His amazing saga is destined to become a classic.
Author : Lisa L. Valvano
Publisher :
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 1996-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781585001491
We all travel many roads on our journeys through life, some are smooth and some are rocky. At times, we wonder where the roads are leading. We feel lost and have doubts we will ever reach our destiny. Yet, no matter how many obstacles are placed in our paths, we somehow find the courage to keep going. In my autobiography, I have taken a tragic event and tried to use it to spread a message of hope. My story is unique because I am the only person on record to ever survive my type of broken neck. I have been as open and honest as possible, sharing my thoughts and my coping strategies. My story will make you laugh and cry, but most of all, it will show you that devastating events can be overcome. It is my hope that you will read my book, and that you will come away with a feeling of peace and a sense of wonder.
Author : Michael Burgan
Publisher : Compass Point Books
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 27,92 MB
Release : 2020-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0756565685
"Deadly tornadoes. Devastating earthquakes. Killer tsunamis. When it comes to nature's fury, people can do little more than hold on tight and hope to live through it. Learn the true stories of Carmen Chévere Ortiz, Evans Monsignac, William and Dennie Spann, and others as they fought to survive through terrifying natural disasters." -- Page [4] cover.
Author : Terry Bisson
Publisher : Scholastic Paperbacks
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 31,88 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780439548809
When Boba Fett is left alone in a dangerous galaxy, he must struggle for safety -- and vengenece -- using his strength, his intelligence, and his father's hard lessons.