Joe Louis An Accidental Contact With Greatness
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Joe Louis An Accidental Contact With Greatness
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Author : George Joseph
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-03-20
Joe Louis An Accidental Contact With Greatness written by George Joseph and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-20 with categories.
When I speak of Joe Louis, I sum it up by saying¿¿I had an accidental contact with greatness.¿ I moved to Las Vegas from Detroit in 1974. I had the real honor and pleasure to know the greatest heavyweight boxing champion of all times, Joe Louis. I had the even greater honor and pleasure of marrying one of Joe¿s daughters, Candice¿The most beautiful woman I¿ve ever seen in my life. We¿ve been together thirty nine years, which of course means¿¿I haven¿t won a fight in 39 years.¿No other athlete in the past century was more closely associated with America and Democracy and standing up for America as was Joe Louis. It is hard to imagine a time when a boxer could ever again mean as much to an entire race of people as Joe Louis did. Long before the black athlete was given a chance to participate in American sports on a real professional level, there was only Joe Louis. It¿s hard for us to believe the significance of Joe Louis to an entire generation of our parents, grandparents and the downtrodden of those depression times. There is no one in today¿s sports world who inspires the hope and dignity that Detroit¿s Brown Bomber did for so many. This book explores the life and legacy of Joe Louis, a True American Hero and Sports Icon. Written from a family perspective, this book includes accomplishments and personal insights never before in print. Most don't know that Joe Louis was instrumental in the desegregation of the US Military, Baseball and Tennis...Joe Louis desegregated Professional Golf by being the first black man to play in a PGA sanctioned event...Not withstanding, he was the grandson of slaves.Read my "Accidental Contact With Greatness" and "Tell Your Kids".
Joe Louis The Champ
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1986
Joe Louis The Champ written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with African American boxers categories.
The Joe Louis Story
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Author : Joe Louis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
The Joe Louis Story written by Joe Louis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with categories.
Joe Louis
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Author : Joe Louis Barrow
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
Release Date : 1990-01-01
Joe Louis written by Joe Louis Barrow and has been published by Macmillan Reference USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The son of the legendary "Brown Bomber" presents the private side of the fighter, weaving into the account reminiscences from siblings, former wives, trainers, opponents, and sportswriters
The School Of Greatness
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Author : Lewis Howes
language : en
Publisher: Rodale
Release Date : 2015-10-27
The School Of Greatness written by Lewis Howes and has been published by Rodale this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-27 with Self-Help categories.
When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister’s couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches’ advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host. In The School of Greatness, Howes shares the essential tips and habits he gathered in interviewing “the greats” on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. In discussion with people like Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and Pencils of Promise CEO Adam Braun, Howes figured out that greatness is unearthed and cultivated from within. The masters of greatness are not successful because they got lucky or are innately more talented, but because they applied specific habits and tools to embrace and overcome adversity in their lives. A framework for personal development, The School of Greatness gives you the tools, knowledge, and actionable resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication, mindfulness, joy, and love to reach goals. His lessons and practical exercises prove that anyone is capable of achieving success and that we can all strive for greatness in our everyday lives.
Freakery
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Author : Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 1996-10
Freakery written by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-10 with Health & Fitness categories.
A groundbreaking anthology that probes the disposition towards the visually different Giants. Midgets. Tribal non-Westerners. The very fat. The very thin. Hermaphrodites. Conjoined twins. The disabled. The very hirsute. In American history, all have shared the platform equally, as freaks, human oddities, their only commonality their assigned role of anomalous other to the gathered throngs. For the price of a ticket, freak shows offered spectators an icon of bodily otherness whose difference from them secured their own membership in a common American identity--by comparison ordinary, tractable, normal. Rosemarie Thomson's groundbreaking anthology probes America's disposition toward the visually different. The book's essays fall into four main categories: historical explorations of American freak shows in the era of P.T. Barnum; the articulation of the freak in literary and textual discourses; contemporary relocations of freak shows; and theoretical analyses of freak culture. Essays address such diverse topics as American colonialism and public presentations of natives; laughing gas demonstrations in the 1840's; Shirley Temple and Tom Thumb; Todd Browning's landmark movie Freaks; bodybuilders as postmodern freaks; freaks in Star Trek; Michael Jackson's identification with the Elephant Man; and the modern talk show as a reconfiguration of the freak show. In her introduction, Thomson traces the freak show from antiquity to the modern period and explores the constitutive, political, and textual properties of such exhibits. Freakery is a fresh, insightful exploration of a heretofore neglected aspect of American mass culture.
Ebony
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-03
Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-03 with categories.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Funky
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Author : Ben Askren
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-10-25
Funky written by Ben Askren and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-25 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A riveting memoir by former MMA champion and Olympic wrestler, Ben Askren, who cut a polarizing path through amateur wrestling and professional mixed martial arts as a firebrand figure who fans loved or hated—but could never keep down. “This is a wonderful and revealing look at one of the greatest American athletes of the last twenty years.” —Ariel Helwani? One of the most dominant college wrestlers in history, Ben Askren became a folk hero during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, before going on to become a multiple time MMA champion and one of the sport’s biggest stars. Through it all, he emerged as a cult figure in combat sports. Here, in the pages of Funky, this record-breaking wrestler and polarizing UFC fighter shares how he came to dominate opponents while blazing a trail through competitors in unprecedented ways. Not blessed with natural athleticism, he revolutionized folkstyle wrestling by innovating his own technique, developing a scrambling, unorthodox style, which earned him the famous nickname, “Funky.” “While legendary wrestler Ben Askren’s memoir Funky is not a self-help book, it is one of the most helpful books you can read if you want to achieve more in life. Unlike the superficial portraits of success that most self-help books give, Funky explains in unvarnished detail the thoughtful persistence that is required—persistence that can take a long time to be rewarded, with plenty of setbacks along the way.” —Alex Epstein, philosopher, energy expert, bestselling author, and BJJ Black Belt What ensued was an improbable takeover of combat sports by a firebrand who defied tradition, becoming the University of Missouri’s first ever national champion while twice winning the prestigious Dan Hodge trophy. Now, Askren opens up about how he bucked convention, how he used his wrestling base to seize the world of cage-fighting, and how he eventually forced UFC president Dana White to end their decade-long public feud via a historic trade to give the fans what they wanted: Ben Askren in the UFC. Love him or hate him, win or lose, Ben Askren showed what determination means by staying true to one of his earliest revelations on the mats: “I was never going to let anybody outwork me.” “Whether you are an elite level athlete or the furthest thing from it, Funky is an inspiring read for all.” —Laura Sanko, broadcast analyst and reporter
Torn From The Inside Out
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Author : Sara Niles
language : en
Publisher: Josephine Thompson
Release Date : 2024-02-19
Torn From The Inside Out written by Sara Niles and has been published by Josephine Thompson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-19 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Extreme Abuse Memoir Malignant, Psychopathic, Narcissists create warped tools of manipulation and control skillfully gathered from the wreckage of their own childhoods, which they will use to sadistically torture and destroy you. A violent abuser will win at all costs, for what they eventually can no longer control, they seek to destroy. The legacy of such darkness is chaos and despair, and too often death. In 1973, when only sixteen years old and freshly baptized as a Jehovah’s Witness, Sara Niles married such a man in the visage of Thomas Niles. The ‘Mask of Sanity’ which he wore, hung loosely, for the least disruption revealed the evil behind the mask. The surreal world of love and horror, of elation and heart-breaking despair capable of crushing hopes and dreams, is a pain that tears the soul “From the Inside Out.’ Malicious Abusers will break not only bones of their victims, but their spirit over time, in a horrific attempt to dominate and control every facet of their victims’ lives. The nightmare that began in 1973 lasted almost fifteen years; but it did not start there. Arkansas, 1960 On a sunny morning, a white haired, eighty-year-old man, walked up a steep hill deep in the countryside of Southern Arkansas, and walked away with a three- and one-half year old, little dirty girl-child, riding high atop his shoulders, holding tightly onto the old man’s bald head. The little girl was scared, hungry, as always, and she had no idea of the home she was going to. The little girl had been given away by her biological mother to an elderly Great-uncle, the brother of her maternal grandmother. That little girl was Me, Sara Niles. I lived a fairytale life on 'the Flower Bed of Eden', at least, that is how it all began. Fast Forward February 13, 1987 "I am going to kill you DEAD!', screamed my husband and father of my five children, Thomas Niles, as I flew down the stairs of the townhouse, two steps at a time, running for my life. Domestic Violence homicide had taken the lives of two local ladies that I knew well, only a few years earlier, murdered by their long-time husbands, each much like mine. I was about to suffer the same fate. I was going to die that night, I knew it, as the thunder storm raged outside, a worse storm raged inside Every life carries a tale, a backstory of origins, choices, successes, and failures; for a life is no small thing to live, some lives are smooth like paved roads, while others are bumpy and fraught with danger. An unconventional life, one without the prerequisite cushions of predictability and stability, is especially fraught with dangers, as was mine. The crisis created by unforeseeable events and circumstances, as biblically stated, “Time and unforeseen occurrences befall them all,” befell me more times than I could count. I lived a dangerous life with a dangerous, barely escaping with my life. Sara Niles From the Garden of Eden straight into 'Hell' In 1973, Sara married Thomas Niles, which negatively altered the outcome of Sara Nile's life. Saved from trauma as a child, nurtured, and trained in sound moral principles by loving relatives, nothing prepared Sara for life with Thomas Niles. The Fairy-tale wedding in a Jehovah's Witness Kingdom hall packed to the four walls, soon became a prolonged nightmare in which the hopes and dreams of a talented child, were singularly shelved in favor of survival. The Storm that ignited as an innocent marriage before man and God, would last awhile, because unbeknown to Sara, she had married a monster in disguise. I am a different Sara Niles, than the young girl of my long-gone youth; I have the insight young Sara never had, and I am much wiser and stronger than the infatuated young girl that I once was. I will be your narrator as you journey with me across time and space, back to where it all began.
Ebony
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1980-03
Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-03 with categories.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.