The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
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The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy
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Author : Al Rivera
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2008-09
The Barefoot Shoeshine Boy written by Al Rivera and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This is a the true story of Al Rivera, who was not the only boy who suffered from parental abuse and extreme poverty, but what makes his story unique was his daily determination to find food and shoeshine customers and to be positive with his life. He didn't whine, cry, complain, or daydream. He cheerfully went about surviving in a real world.
The Shoeshine Boy
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Author : Walter Reinhard
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
The Shoeshine Boy written by Walter Reinhard and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Shoe shiners categories.
The Shoeshine Boy
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Author : Harrison O. Akingbade
language : en
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Release Date : 2002
The Shoeshine Boy written by Harrison O. Akingbade and has been published by Trafford Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is about Akin Quicksilver's struggle to acquire education, which every Nigerian knows to be the surest means of ascending from poverty. With the death of his benefactor and a mediocre performance at the West African School Certificate Examinations, he knows that the only way to advance himself academically must be through his own exertion and determination. The inability to fulfill his educational ambition in Nigeria sets him out on adventure, which eventually takes him to Liberia where he has to eke out an existence by shining shoes. Through his dedication to his shoeshine business, he gets a lucky break. An Episcopal Mission in the country employs him as a utility man. In spite of suffering a series of setbacks, he obtains a scholarship to an American university and eventually wends his way to America. His strongest motivation for success is his love for Jumoke Phoenix, which is seriously threatened by his poor performance in the West African School Certificate Examinations. Jumoke is in grade one and Akin in three, with little or no chance for further advancement. The problem is further complicated by the appearance of a rival who seems to be gaining an upper hand in the competition for Jumoke's affection. Akin is determined not to give Jumoke the satisfaction of saying in future: "I m glad I left him at the time I did."
The Shoeshine Boy
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Author : David A Mucci
language : en
Publisher: Manor Books
Release Date : 2004-10-01
The Shoeshine Boy written by David A Mucci and has been published by Manor Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-01 with categories.
World As Seen Under The Lens Of A Scientist
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Author : Dr. B. Vithal Shetty
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2009-03-23
World As Seen Under The Lens Of A Scientist written by Dr. B. Vithal Shetty and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-03-23 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Dr. Shetty’s provocative statements and prescriptive solution to various problems facing the oldest and the largest democracies in the world has been thoroughly analyzed and scrutinized. The author’s life history has been highlighted to show to the younger disillusioned generation that one can reach pinnacle of success in spite of all the ups and down in life. Dr. Shetty, a highly educated and qualified drug discovery scientist, received his Ph.D. two M.S. and two B.S. degrees from U. Penn and University of Science in Philadelphia. He has received scientific awards, authored and coauthored scientific papers and patents, lectured and chaired national and international conferences all over the world. Dr. Shetty was born in India, became a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, the country he loves, which has become his permanent home.
Af Press Clips
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971
Af Press Clips written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Africa categories.
Mukti Free To Be Born Again
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Author : Sachi Dastidar
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2015-10-16
Mukti Free To Be Born Again written by Sachi Dastidar and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-16 with Fiction categories.
“Mukti: Free to Be Born Again” is a history-based autobiographical nonfiction created on three decades of fieldwork in Muslim-majority Bangladesh and Hindu-majority India. Many strands of real-life drama have been weaved together with 1947 Hindu-Muslim, secular-Islamic, and 1971 Islamic-secular, ruling-minority vs. oppressed-majority partitions of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Because of precarious plight, individual and village names have been fictionalized. The story focuses on transformation of a society by the oppressor, oppressed, Islam, and Hinduism. The story ties Indian and Bengali history, views of Muslims and Hindus, role of Bangladeshi Hindu refugee elites in India, pogroms, devastation of minority communities, role of anti-Hindu Islamism and anti-tradition Communism, life of poor oppressed-caste Hindus left behind in Muslim-majority Bangladesh, and more. Dastidar is the first to break a taboo by writing in 1989 about the poor, oppressed Hindu minority left behind by the Hindu-refugee elites in India.
The Non Professional Actor
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Author : Catherine O'Rawe
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2023-11-16
The Non Professional Actor written by Catherine O'Rawe and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-16 with Performing Arts categories.
Provides the first critical overview of acting, stardom, and performance in post-war Italian film (1945-54), with special attention to the figure of the non-professional actor, who looms large in neorealist filmmaking. Italian post-war cinema has been widely celebrated by critics and scholars: films such as Bicycle Thieves (De Sica, 1948) and Paisan (Rossellini, 1946) remain globally influential, particularly for their use of non-professional actors. This period of regeneration of Italian cinema initiated the boom in cinemagoing that made cinema an important vector of national and gender identity for audiences. The book addresses the casting, performance, and labour of non-professional actors, particularly children, their cultural and economic value to cinema, and how their use brought ideas of the ordinary into the discourse of stars as extraordinary. Relatedly, O'Rawe discusses critical and press discourses around acting, performance, and stardom, often focused on the 'crisis' of acting connected to the rise of non-professionals and the girls (like Sophia Loren) who found sudden cinematic fame via beauty contests.
The Shoe Shine Boy
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Author : Wallace Brazzeal
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-01
The Shoe Shine Boy written by Wallace Brazzeal and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In one brief summer a thirteen-year-old became a Texas Shoeshine Boy, creating a story to add to the family history...a springboard to link the threads together. The Houston Ice Houses played cowboy songs to lonesome folks whose shoes needed a good shine. It was a place sandwiched between a boy growing up and a country expanding beyond its borders. It was as simple as two people discovering each other and as uncharted as the heavens above. But these thoughts could only be understood later, when growing older seasons memories and makes sense from a perspective far in the future. A place where all such stories are weaved and knitted into a tapestry that can only be seen and read after a life well-lived, where tear-drops are not lost in rain, but merge with all sorrows into the oceans of humanity.
Returning Fire
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Author : Col. James W. Booth
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-09-28
Returning Fire written by Col. James W. Booth and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-28 with History categories.
This book is the factual story of the development of armed helicopters in the US Army and their first employment in combat. The story is dramatically told by the courageous men who lived it--flying daily into enemy infested areas facing murderous fire from automatic and anti-aircraft weapons. In late 1961 the US Government deployed five Transportation Helicopter Companies (H-21 lift ships) to South Vietnam to increase the mobility of South Vietnamese ground forces. The Viet Cong quickly recognized that the H-21s were unarmed and began shooting at them endangering the lives of American crewmen. A helicopter company equipped with 25 UH-1 helicopters had been cobbled together on Okinawa by the Commander US Army Pacific. Believing the company was soon to be deployed to Vietnam, the men assigned to the unit armed its helicopters by scrounging weapons systems left over from WW ll and Korea stored in Army/Air Force depots in Okinawa. Machine guns and 2.75 inch rockets were jury rigged onto the UH-1s. .Officially designated the Utility Tactical Helicopter Company, but widely known as the UTT, the company deployed to Saigon in September 1962. After some jurisdictional squabbles with the Air Force over roles and missions, UTT began combat operations in October. It quickly became widely known for professionalism and the courage of its crew members. Such was its fame that for years South Vietnamese military personnel called all armed helicopters UTT. Unfortunately over its years in RVN the Company endured frequent designation changes--UTT/68th/197th/334th Armed Helicopter Company. Why remains a mystery even today. The Companys legacy is strong and endures today. Armed helicopters are a major component of US Army combat forces. The current Army Apache program (over 600) is a direct descendent. Additionally, the Marines and Navy have strong armed helicopter programs, as does every major military power in the world. Ironically it all began with a small group of courageous men mounting scavenged weapons [mostly outmoded] on helicopters originally designed for medical evacuation. This is their story.