Turmoil~Tragedy to Triumph
Author: Anne-Gabrielle Thompson
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780987074218
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Turmoil and Triumph
Author: George P. Shultz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-08-31
Total Pages: 1123
ISBN-13: 1451623119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGeorge Schultz recounts his years working for the Reagan administration, including foreign policy and the power struggle between the State Department and the National Security Council, in this candid reflection on his years as Secretary of State. Turmoil and Triumph isn’t just a memoir—though it is that, too—it’s a thrilling retrospective on the eight tumultuous years that Schultz worked as secretary of state under President Ronald Reagan. Under Schultz’s strong leadership, America braved a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, increasingly damaging waves of terrorism abroad, scandals such as the Iran-Contra crisis, and eventually the end of the decades-long Cold War. With the strong convictions and startling candor for which Schultz is known, this personal account takes readers into the heart of the Reagan administration, revealing the behind-the-scenes talks and churning tensions that informed a transitional decade that many Americans now look back on as one of the country’s most exalted.
We Shall Die Together
Author: R. Olin Jackson
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 383
ISBN-13: 9781880816233
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWe Shall Die Together: And Forty-Four Other Stories of Turmoil, Triumph and Tragedy in Georgia is a compilation of stories of major events in Georgia. Each chapter is a separate story, ranging from the story of Georgians on Titanic to the Great 1898 Hurricane to the 1959 Ogeechee River trestle bridge disaster in which a train derailed and two propane tank cars exploded killing 23 picnickers.
Triumph Over Tragedy
Author: Bobby Petrocelli
Publisher: WRS Group
Published: 1994-10
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781567960679
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBobby Petrocelli's story is one of personal triumph and hope following a devastating tragedy in his life. One night he went to bed in his suburban America (League City, Texas) home a happy man with a loving wife, but when he woke up dazed in his kitchen, his wife was dead and his life changed forever. A pickup had crashed into the wall of his bedroom driven by a man more than twice legally drunk. Now he tells his story nationwide to high school students, speaking of the consequences of drinking and driving.
The Triumph, Tragedy and Lost Legacy of James M Landis
Author: Justin O'Brien
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-11-13
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 1782254390
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJames M Landis – scholar, administrator, advocate and political adviser – is known for his seminal contribution to the creation of the modern system of market regulation in the USA. As a highly influential participant in the politics of the New Deal he drafted the statute which was to become the foundation for securities regulation in the US, and by extension the founding principle of financial market regulation across the world. He was also a complex and in some ways tragic figure, whose glittering career collapsed following the revelation that he had failed to pay tax for a five year period in the 1950s. The oversight was to cost possible elevation to the Supreme Court, forced prosecution and sentencing in 1963 to one month's imprisonment, commuted to forced hospitalisation, and subsequent suspension of licence to practise. This candid and revealing book sets his life in the context of his work as an academic, legislative draftsman, administrator and Dean of Harvard Law School. In rescuing from history Landis's battles and achievements in regulatory design, theory and practice, it speaks directly to the perennial problems in financial market regulation - how to deal with institutions deemed too big to fail, how to regulate the sale of complex financial instruments and what role can the professions play as gatekeepers of market integrity. It argues that in failing to learn from the lessons of history we limit the capacity of regulatory intervention to facilitate cultural change, without which contemporary responses to financial crises are destined to fail.
King of Kings
Author: Asfa-Wossen Asserate
Publisher: Haus Publishing
Published: 2015-09-15
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 1910376191
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHaile Selassie I, the last emperor of Ethiopia, was as brilliant as he was formidable. An early proponent of African unity and independence who claimed to be a descendant of King Solomon, he fought with the Allies against the Axis powers during World War II and was a messianic figure for the Jamaican Rastafarians. But the final years of his empire saw turmoil and revolution, and he was ultimately overthrown and assassinated in a communist coup. Written by Asfa-Wossen Asserate, Haile Selassie’s grandnephew, this is the first major biography of this final “king of kings.” Asserate, who spent his childhood and adolescence in Ethiopia before fleeing the revolution of 1974, knew Selassie personally and gained intimate insights into life at the imperial court. Introducing him as a reformer and an autocrat whose personal history—with all of its upheavals, promises, and horrors—reflects in many ways the history of the twentieth century itself, Asserate uses his own experiences and painstaking research in family and public archives to achieve a colorful and even-handed portrait of the emperor.
Tragedy to Triumph Poetry
Author: Stevie Kane
Publisher:
Published: 2021-12-18
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the second iteration of Stevie Kane's poetry. Turning his strife into creative beauty, Kane comes back after "White Boy Writes Poetry" with poems of overcoming suffering, mental health and spirituality. Like his first work, Stevie hopes this inspires your own creative potential. Enjoy, and vibe.
My Promised Land
Author: Ari Shavit
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013-11-19
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 0812984641
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AND ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR “A deeply reported, deeply personal history of Zionism and Israel that does something few books even attempt: It balances the strength and weakness, the idealism and the brutality, the hope and the horror, that has always been at Zionism’s heart.”—Ezra Klein, The New York Times Winner of the Natan Book Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award Ari Shavit’s riveting work, now updated with new material, draws on historical documents, interviews, and private diaries and letters, as well as his own family’s story, to create a narrative larger than the sum of its parts: both personal and of profound historical dimension. As he examines the complexities and contradictions of the Israeli condition, Shavit asks difficult but important questions: Why did Israel come to be? How did it come to be? Can it survive? Culminating with an analysis of the issues and threats that Israel is facing, My Promised Land uses the defining events of the past to shed new light on the present. Shavit’s analysis of Israeli history provides a landmark portrait of a small, vibrant country living on the edge, whose identity and presence play a crucial role in today’s global political landscape.
Tragedy, Truth, Triumph
Author: Diane Bisson
Publisher: Publish America
Published: 2005-04
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781413726404
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book focuses on the choices we make that sometimes result in misfortune, regardless of the guise in which it appears, positive or negative. It attempts to prove to the reader that we all have freewill and the power to choose. The story depicts the events that led to a complete shutdown. Anyone who has experienced, or is still going through, a trauma or crisis will benefit from reading this personal story. This testimony will reinforce the one who is living a personal victory, and it will encourage the one who is living the pain. The reader will be convinced that everyone needs a support system, which can be found in family, friends, and God, and will be encouraged to embark on a spiritual journey that culminates in faith, victory, and miracles.
Chaos
Author: Noah Asher
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2024-01-12
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy did you choose to read this book description? Is it because of the cool cover? It’s okay...we have all judged a book by its cover at one time or another. Or is it because the word Chaos completely describes your life right now? Or maybe, just maybe, you thought the author was awesome and decided this book would be a New York Times Bestseller? Probably not the last scenario. If I had to guess, I’d say it has something to do with that overwhelming stress weighing down on you. Reality is, there are many people in this world facing hard times: Anxiety, incarceration, loss, addiction, divorce, sickness, and I could go on, but I need this description to fit on the back of the book... How do we overcome these overwhelming times? Great question. I don’t have all the right words, which probably isn’t what you want to hear from an author. But I know Who does. His Name is Jesus. And He is the only One Who can bring unexplainable peace in the midst of your Chaos. Whether you are reading this behind prison bars, in the hospital room, at the funeral home, or on the awesome World Wide Web, I hope you choose to read this book. Chaos is inevitable. It comes like a thief in the night— stealing, killing, and destroying all we hold dear. But there is hope. Where the enemy comes to destroy, God comes to rebuild. He comes to restore. He comes to bring life and joy. This book isn’t some self-help book. Nor is it an autobiography. It’s a collaboration of real people experiencing real pain, learning how to overcome the overwhelming. Jesus isn’t just the center of this book. He’s the beginning, middle, and end. And spoiler alert: He always wins.
