Mayor of the Tenderloin
Mayor of the Tenderloin

Author: Alison Owings

Publisher: Beacon Press

Published: 2024-09-10

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 0807020575

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The unforgettable account of Del Seymour, who overcame 18 years of homelessness and addiction to become one of the most respected advocates in San Francisco In Mayor of the Tenderloin, journalist Alison Owings slips behind the cold statistics and sensationalism surrounding San Francisco’s Tenderloin to reveal a harrowing and life-affirming account of Del Seymour—whose addiction led him into eighteen years of homelessness, pimping, and drug dealing. Once sober, he started Tenderloin Walking Tours and later Code Tenderloin, the remarkable organization teaching homeless, recovering addicts, sex workers, dealers, ex-felons, and other marginalized people how to get and keep a job. Owings traces Del’s story and those in his orbit: from his daughters, sobriety buddy, and ex-girlfriend, to a police captain and a psychiatric social worker, housing activists and corporate philanthropists, and Del’s Code Tenderloin students. In the Tenderloin, in a city known for its beauty and currently infamous for its divide between haves and have-nots, Owings highlights how Del gives back to people struggling with the same daunting setbacks—including a criminal record—he once faced. Honest and compelling, Mayor of the Tenderloin follows homelessness in one of America’s toughest neighborhoods as it was lived—in the words of someone who lived it and is now fighting to solve it.

The Dish
The Dish

Author: Carolyn O'Neil

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-03-30

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1439196915

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Welcome to The Dish, where new nutrition aptitude meets stylish lifestyle attitude! Serving up heaping helpings of nutrition know-how designed to fit a busy schedule and a sense of taste, The Dish is here to proclaim that you can have your chocolate torte and eat it, too! Forget starve-yourself regimens and diet gimmicks that just don't work; instead join Carolyn O'Neil and Densie Webb as they invite you to wine and dine, entertain and travel, and feel fabulous. As registered dietitians, they know their stuff, but call them the Dish Divas as they put the fun into eating right and feeling great. In these pages they dish out smart tips on how to fit nutrition into hectic days, how to make healthy eating stylish, and how to be trim by eating more, not less (yes, it can be done!). There are no food police on patrol here, just some real-life advice from two nutrition experts, who talk you through food challenges with wit and wisdom. Eating out? The dish is here, from four-star tables to the fast-food lane. What about a bit of the bubbly? The Dish Divas offer the lowdown on the liquid portion of portion control. Need to get your rear in gear? From power walking to karate kicks, they'll help you find the moves that appeal to you. They've even dished up plenty of fresh advice on beauty and fashion. To show you how to maximize flavor with flare, there are loads of easy-to-cook recipes from top chefs, dubbed Gourmet Gurus. And to answer that oft asked question, how do stylish women stay fit and still live the high life, Carolyn and Densie gather the secrets that work for their Hip & Healthy Heroines. A marvelous mix of nutrition advice, culinary wisdom, and chic insight, The Dish is here to help you create your own hip and healthy lifestyle.

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Gib McConnell
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow with Gib McConnell

Author: Gilbert McConnell

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2008-06

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0595473105

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At this point in my life, I decided to put life's memories together for my family. In 1922, I was born on a farm in the southwest corner of Mahaska County, Iowa. I am now 85 years old and have lived the BEST life! With this book I hope I can pass along some of the highlights of these 85 years! In my mind, all of it has been fun! World War II entered my life in December of 1942. After 30 hours of pilot training I washed out and went to airplane mechanics school in Biloxi, Mississippi. Out of the War in February of '46, on a Friday. Bought a restaurant on Saturday and went to work on Monday-my life has centered around it ever since. I met my wife of 56 years in 1950. Dorene and I had 4 great children and she has a great business sense. Along the way I was in numerous sidelines (wholesale route, bottling works, grocery store, Joe's Short Order in the Chicago Loop). All the way from Bussey, Iowa to Indianola, it's been great. I hope my family and friends will enjoy this story of my life.

Prescott Brothers
Prescott Brothers

Author: Mignon Mykel

Publisher: Mignon Mykel

Published: 2022-11-05

Total Pages: 1356

ISBN-13:

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They were born into hockey. Follow these brothers as they navigate the game—and the fight for love. This complete series includes: • Interference, featuring Caleb and Sydney, as Caleb finds himself starring on a dating show. • The Playmaker, featuring Porter and Asher, as Porter realizes there are harder things in life than fighting through the shadows his older siblings cast. • Butterfly Save, featuring Jonny and Summer, as Jonny learns life after divorce. Also includes The Prequels (Troublemaker and Breakaway), the time right before Porter and Asher meet! To note, Breakaway contains dark subjects. For Fans Of: Helena Hunting, Sawyer Bennet, Samantha Chase, Samantha Cole, Rachel Gibson, Elle Kennedy, Catherine Cowles, Jami Davenport, Brenda Rothert, Elisa Faber, Kate Meader, Kelly Jamieson, Melanie Ting, Avery Flynn, Mira Lyn Kelly, Hannah Grace, Sarina Bowen, Keywords: Hockey romance, family saga, complete series, romance box set, romance complete series, hockey hero, cinnamon roll hero, golden retriever hero, tortured heroine, trauma, trigger warnings, tragedy, foster care, religious cult, new adult, contemporary, new adult romance, contemporary romance, hockey goalie, goaltender, standalone romance, long distance romance, bachelor, dating show, reality television, reality tv, divorce, family tragedy

Street Teaching in the Tenderloin
Street Teaching in the Tenderloin

Author: Don Stannard-Friel

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-11-04

Total Pages: 411

ISBN-13: 1137564377

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This book is an ethnographic account of San Francisco’s most inner city neighborhood, the Tenderloin. Using its streets as campus and its people as teachers, Stannard-Friel uses storytelling as a way of explaining why inner city social problems, such as homelessness, drugs, prostitution, untreated mental illness, and death of young people by murders and suicides, exist and persist there. The work delves into who lives in the Tenderloin and why, the role of dedicated service providers in meeting people’s needs and encouraging social change, and what lessons university students, many coming from their own challenging backgrounds, learn through community engagement and service learning that encourage understanding, compassion, and meaningful contributions to society. The work also explores how life in the area is changing, and why so many youth report that they “love living in the Tenderloin.”

New York Scene
New York Scene

Author: John Sloan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-12

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13: 1351503049

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One of "The Eight"—a major group in the history of American painting—John Sloan was also an illustrator and cartoonist. Sloan kept an almost daily diary for eight years, for the most part to entertain his first wife, Dolly. Sloan's second wife and widow, Helen Fan Sloan, turned over the diaries and his letters, as well as notes and drawings to Bruce St. John of the Delaware Art Center, which houses the Sloan collection. John Sloan was interested in every social issue that went on around him: the people across the street, the people in the parks, and the policies of his country. He and Dolly entertained almost every night, though they were so poor that often the only dish was spaghetti, and their guests included Robert Henri (Sloan's mentor) and Walt Kuhn, Walter Pach, Rollin Kirby, Stuart Davis (and his father), Alexander Calder (and his father), Rockwell Kent, John Butler Yeats, William Glackens, and George Luks. Even if John Sloan had not been such an important figure in the American art world, these diaries would be splendid reading: they reveal a perceptive man and the city that fascinated him during one of its most interesting epochs. The editor writes that Sloan "was a direct and honest man, not afraid of expressing his opinions." This fascinating, unique, first-person view of New York City is a masterpiece. This edition includes a new introduction by Herbert I. London, providing insight into the social and political vision that animated Sloan's art.