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Solitary Courage
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Author : J. Patrick Boyer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-12-28
Solitary Courage written by J. Patrick Boyer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-12-28 with categories.
Solitary Courage is the story of a mother's tough-love determination, her severely disabled daughter's astonishing triumphs, and a documentary record of the political battles, organizational conflicts, and human struggles that citizens with disabilities face and fight every day of their lives. Mona Winberg became a pioneer of independent living, and emerged a leading advocate for citizens with mental and physical disabilities. Her courageous causes erupted from her deep reservoir of compassion and concern. Her unflinching challenges to the status quo expressed both optimism and realism about life and society. Her life is testament to the power of Solitary Courage. Between 1986 and 1999 she was the only newspaper columnist in North America regularly writing about disability issues. Through her award-winning column ''''Disabled Today'''' in Toronto's Sunday Sun, Mona Winberg painstakingly built up a body of work of more than 600 articles chronicling front-line battles for equality. She was a realist, a wise person with a no-nonsense approach, kindly, but clear-eyed. Solitary Courage begins with the story of Mona Winberg's life, followed by a representative selection of 156 of her columns organized into 20 thematic chapters, the best of Mona in her own words. The last part of the book reflects upon Mona Winberg's legacy of lessons that still connect to programs and policies touching the lives of Canadians with disabilities today. The subjects are wide-ranging and engaging because Mona used personal examples of individuals with disabilities and news-making issues raised by their plight. She also reported on the street-level outcomes of government policies. This variety and approach to disability issues provides real education and genuine human interest, whatever a reader's background or experience.
Solitary Courage
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Author : Mona Winberg
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2010-10-26
Solitary Courage written by Mona Winberg and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Solitary Courage is the story of a mother’s tough-love determination, her severely disabled daughter’s astonishing triumphs, and a documentary record of the political battles, organizational conflicts, and human struggles that citizens with disabilities face and fight every day of their lives. Mona Winberg became a pioneer of independent living, and emerged a leading advocate for citizens with mental and physical disabilities. Her courageous causes erupted from her deep reservoir of compassion and concern. Her unflinching challenges to the status quo expressed both optimism and realism about life and society. Her life is testament to the power of Solitary Courage. Between 1986 and 1999 she was the only newspaper columnist in North America regularly writing about disability issues. Through her award-winning column "Disabled Today" in Toronto’s Sunday Sun, Mona Winberg painstakingly built up a body of work of more than 600 articles chronicling front-line battles for equality. She was a realist, a wise person with a no-nonsense approach, kindly, but clear-eyed. Solitary Courage begins with the story of Mona Winberg’s life, followed by a representative selection of 156 of her columns organized into 20 thematic chapters, the best of Mona in her own words. The last part of the book reflects upon Mona Winberg’s legacy of lessons that still connect to programs and policies touching the lives of Canadians with disabilities today. The subjects are wide-ranging and engaging because Mona used personal examples of individuals with disabilities and news-making issues raised by their plight. She also reported on the street-level outcomes of government policies. This variety and approach to disability issues provides real education and genuine human interest, whatever a reader’s background or experience.
The Solitary Path Of Courage
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Author : M.B. Tosi
language : en
Publisher: WestBow Press
Release Date : 2015-04-29
The Solitary Path Of Courage written by M.B. Tosi and has been published by WestBow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-04-29 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
In The Solitary Path of Courage, a young woman, Sam O’Brien, heads west with her father to the Idaho Territory, where he hopes to become a prospector during the gold rush. Tragedy strikes along the way, and Sam is abandoned at a mission in southern Idaho. When one of her new stepsisters runs off to avoid an arranged marriage, Sam secretly travels to rescue her in the rough-and-tumble boomtown of Lewiston, which is in the heart of gold country. Daring and resourceful, the young woman finds employment as a newspaper reporter and boldly makes her way in a man’s world. In this realistic and dangerous tale of the Old West of the 1870s, Sam unintentionally becomes embroiled in the struggles of the Nez Perce to remain on their ancestral lands. Torn between her two stepbrothers, she becomes caught in the middle of the Nez Perce War and the tribe’s final flight to Canada. Before escaping to the safety of Lewiston with the stepbrother she loves, Sam O’Brien courageously travels with the Nez Perce and reports from the frontlines of war. “M.B. Tosi continues her series of wonderful books with The Solitary Path of Courage, an exciting story of the Old West. As with all of her books, this one is alive with adventure, genuine history, difficult decisions, and faith. It is a book to enjoy.” —Jim Langford, Director Emeritus of University of Notre Dame Press
The Mystery Of Courage
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Author : William Ian Miller
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-30
The Mystery Of Courage written by William Ian Miller and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-30 with History categories.
Miller culls sources as varied as soldiers’ memoirs, heroic and romantic literature, and philosophical discussions to get to the heart of courage—and to expose its role in generating the central anxieties of masculinity and manhood.
Cold Lonely Courage
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Author : Soren Paul Petrek
language : en
Publisher: CreateSpace
Release Date : 2011-12-15
Cold Lonely Courage written by Soren Paul Petrek and has been published by CreateSpace this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-15 with Fiction categories.
Madeleine Toche races to the front only to find her brother mortally wounded during the German Blitzkrieg attack on France at the outset of World War II. His death and her rape at the hands of an SS Stormtrooper cast Madeleine down a path of death and violence as her desire for revenge reaches a crescendo. Award-Winning Novel, Best Fiction, Fade-In Magazine. Review Mary Ann Grossmann Book Editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press says: "If you like strong heroines, you'll love Madeleine Toche." The New York Journal of Books: "Overall, this heroine belongs on the big screen." The Book Connection "This is a superb story from talented debut author Soren Paul Petrek." About the Author Soren Paul Petrek is a practicing trial attorney with a passion for studying World War II. He lived in France and England listening to people's stories of sacrifice and struggle during the darkest periods of the war. Soren's Debut novel, Cold Lonely Courage was inspired by the true story of a young Belgian woman who helped countless Jewish children escape from the terrors of the Nazi regime.
Lonely Courage
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Author : Rick Stroud
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2017-02-23
Lonely Courage written by Rick Stroud 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 2017-02-23 with History categories.
‘A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book – told with tremendous pace and excitement’ William Boyd 'This compelling and complete account of the extraordinarily courageous women of SOE is at turns enthralling, edge-of-smart exciting and also heart-breaking. The way in which they were sent into Nazi-occupied Europe and left to face unspeakable danger remains astonishing and Stroud's book is a reminder and fitting testimony to their immense bravery.' James Holland On 18 June 1940 General de Gaulle broadcast from London to his countrymen in France about the catastrophe that had overtaken their nation – the victory of the invading Germans. He declared ‘Is defeat final? No! . . . the flame of French Resistance must not and will not be extinguished’. The Resistance began almost immediately. At first it was made up of small, disorganised groups working in isolation. But by the time of the liberation in 1944 around 400,000 French citizens, nearly 2 per cent of the population, were involved. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) set up by Winston Churchill in 1941 saw its role in France as helping the Resistance by recruiting and organising guerrilla fighters; supplying and training them; and then disrupting the invaders by any means necessary. The basic SOE unit was a team of three: a leader, a wireless operator and a courier. These teams operated in Resistance circuits and the agents were given random codenames. The aim of this work was to prepare for the invasion of Europe by Allied forces and the eventual liberation of France. It was soon decided that women would play a vital role. There were 39 female agents recruited from all walks of life, ranging from a London shop assistant to a Polish aristocrat. What linked them was that they knew France well, were fluent in French and were prepared to sacrifice everything to help defeat the enemy. The women trained alongside the men, learning how to disappear into the background, how to operate a radio transmitter and how to kill a man with their bare hands. Once trained they were infiltrated behind the lines by parachute or tiny aircraft that could land in remote fields. Some of the women went on to lead thousands of Resistance fighters, while others were arrested, brutally interrogated and sent to concentration camps where they endured torment and death. Lonely Couragetells their story and sheds light on what life was really like for these brave women who tumbled from the sky.
Pagoda Of Light
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Author : Yuan Meng
language : en
Publisher: Dundurn
Release Date : 2008-11-25
Pagoda Of Light written by Yuan Meng and has been published by Dundurn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-25 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This true story of the Bai Family in China traces how their devotion to truth placed them on a collision course with the Communist Party. When they became practitioners of Falun Gong, it paved the way for a painful and torturous, yet enlightening, path in life, especially for the two brilliant brothers Xiaojun and Shaohua. After the Chinese Communist regime began its systematic repression of Falun Gong practitioners in 1999, Bai Xiaojun was tortured to death in one of the laogai or "re-education through labour" camps. His brother Bai Shaohua also disappeared in another such prison for three years. Through blood and sweat, Shaohua made it alive out of prison but was once again abducted in early February, 2008. The details in this gripping account of how Falun Gong practitioners are being repressed reveal the larger pattern of life, and death, under a totalitarian regime. Authors Long Tu and Yuan Meng, now living in Canada, compiled this account through personal contact with members of the Bai Family. They also write from personal experience. Long Tu is a computer program designer and Yuan Meng an architect and urban designer. Yuan Meng was herself imprisoned for 16 months in a laogai camp before leaving China, where unusual "meals" caused her body to swell and her back bones were broken during the persecution. They now live in Toronto and wrote Pagoda of Light to honour their imprisoned friends, noting that "the experience of the Bai family is but one of thousands of examples."
On Courage
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Author : Geoffrey Scarre
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
On Courage written by Geoffrey Scarre and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Courage categories.
What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so often portrayed as a "manly" virtue? Is courage an emotion or a capability, a psychological or physical phenomenon? In this insightful and crisply written book, Geoffrey Scarre examines these questions and many more.
Courage Under Fire
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Author : James B. Stockdale
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Press
Release Date : 2013-09-01
Courage Under Fire written by James B. Stockdale and has been published by Hoover Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-01 with Philosophy categories.
When physical disability from combat wounds brought about Jim Stockdale's early retirement from military life, he had the distinction of being the only three-star officer in the history of the navy to wear both aviator wings and the Congressional Medal of Honor. His writings have been many and varied, but all converge on the central theme of how man can rise with dignity to prevail in the face of adversity.
A Sermon On 1 Chron Xxix 28 Preached In Harrow On The Hill On The 6th Of February 1820 On The Death Of George The Third
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Author : John William Cunningham
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1820
A Sermon On 1 Chron Xxix 28 Preached In Harrow On The Hill On The 6th Of February 1820 On The Death Of George The Third written by John William Cunningham and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1820 with categories.