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Author: Jake Maddox
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
Published: 2016-01-01
Total Pages: 97
ISBN-13: 1496526325
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFourteen-year-old Cam loves riding BMX bikes, but he is also a careful rider--but when his new friend insists on trying out a particularly dangerous course and breaks his leg on a jump, Cam has to ride the treacherous Copper Devil trail alone in order to get help.
Author: Erik Kenyon
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-02-08
Total Pages: 173
ISBN-13: 1475848129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCan you be brave if you’re afraid? Why do we “know better” and do things anyway? What makes a family? Philosophers have wrestled with such questions for centuries. They are also the stuff of playground debates. Ethics for the Very Young uses the perplexities of young children’s lives to spark philosophical dialogue. Its lessons scaffold discussion through executive function games (Telephone, Red Light Green Light), dialogic reading of picture books and Reggio Emilia’s art-based inquiry. In the process, children develop skills of dialogue and critical thinking through increased selective attention, self-control, cognitive flexibility and perspective taking. While the elements of this method are familiar, they are here fused into an organic whole grounded in the history of philosophy and defended by current work in developmental psychology. Building on Wartenberg’s Big Ideas for Little Kids, the present curriculum uses a series of 23 picture books to frame discussions of character, bravery, self-control, friendship, the greater good, respect and care. Its goal is not to “teach morals” but to help children articulate and develop their own perspectives through dialogue with each other. Each lesson presents teachers’ reflections on how this exploration of life's enduring questions transformed their school’s culture.
Author: Chris Job
Publisher: Lerner Publications
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 0822512432
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to BMX cycling's history, equipment, techniques, terms, styles, and stars.
Author: Lisa Gallate
Publisher: Fair Play Publishing
Published: 2023-03-02
Total Pages: 183
ISBN-13: 1925914488
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life changing moment when Lisa’s 21-year-old sister Zoie, and Zoie’s 26-year-old partner James, died in a shocking car accident, is now memorialised by a beautiful oak tree. But Lisa then lost her 31-year-old husband Andrew to suicide, and her 32-year-old younger brother Justin to brain cancer. Faced with compounded grief from the untimely death of loved ones as well as a myriad of other losses, Lisa embarked on a journey of self-healing and renewal. Just Because acts as a measure of wisdom about the often unspoken but universal topics of loss and grief, depression, suicide, miscarriage, Alzheimer’s Disease and the loss of a loved one to COVID-19. These candid pages offer comfort, warmth, honesty, hope and humour, as well as strategies for healing in the belief that loss and grief change your life, but they do not define you. Just Because is a self-help memoir infused with unwavering accounts of how all sense of meaning in life may be lost, but we can manage our loss and grief to reshape and renew our own lives.
Author: Nina Lesowitz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2010-10-01
Total Pages: 181
ISBN-13: 1573445665
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.” — Anais Nin Looking for the confidence to face life's challenges? Feeling the need for new inspiration and adventure? Do you know what it takes to be really brave? Courage comes by taking action before we are forced to do so. And in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: “We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face...we must do that which we think we cannot.” Courage, also known as bravery, will, and fortitude, is the ability to confront fear, danger, uncertainty, or intimidation. Physical courage is courage in the face of physical pain, hardship, and threat of death, while moral courage is the ability to act rightly in the face of popular opposition, shame, or discouragement. Authors Mary Beth Sammons and Nina Lesowitz have gone to the front lines of adversity and fear to surface the brave hearts who took action before they were forced to, confronting and overcoming their fears in ways that inspire us all. From world-class athletes to spiritual teachers, to cancer patients, to ordinary people who took extraordinary action to transform their lives, these courage warriors will show you how to turn apprehension into action. Enriched with motivational quotes, expert advice, and power practices, this courage guidebook will show you how to live your life with guts and gusto.
Author: Johnny Blue
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1412052521
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Blue Riders Club is based on a real-life group of philogynists living in modern day Europe who took their name from "Der Blaue Reiter," an expressionist art movement originating in Germany in 1911. The story begins with this posse of hand picked Lotharios being invited to Paris by a wealthy nightclub owner for an all expenses paid mystery rendezvous. As they arrive at the chosen location, each character is introduced to the reader, and it is revealed that this "dirty dozen of debauchery" is being assembled to help write a 21st century "seduction manual" to be presented to each of their sons on the occasion of their 21st birthday. The book is the product of these brainstorming sessions and is an "Art of War" meets "Kama Sutra" style "bible" of seduction. The manuscript blends the philosophical musings of "Sophie's World," the humor of "Sex and the City," and the sexual candour of "The Bride Stripped Bare." It is a "boys'" own literary rebuttal to the multi-million copy bestseller "The Rules" in a unique mix of the narrative and "how to" genres, loaded with risque humor. Each chapter is introduced with a transcript recorded during the meetings in a swanky Parisian bar. The dialogues are in the tradition of Plato's "Republic" however the subject matter and quirky verbal exchanges are more reminiscent of Pulp Fiction or Reservoir Dogs. These humorous slices of real life banter between the characters serve as a relevant prelude to the theme of each chapter and make reference to famous artists, writers and scientists throughout history. They also explore the thoughts of great philosophers in relation to sex, and the characters' interpretation of their ideas. Within each chapter, the "How to" element offers the layman practical strategies for meeting, attracting and bedding women successfully. Included are detailed methods of approaching and seducing women in any situation, the philosophies and psychology of attraction, proven tactics for dating, descriptions of sexual techniques and the makeshift sexual positions, and a comprehensive guide to specific nightclubs around the world. In addition to this eclectic instruction, each "player" delivers witty personalized tips and opinions on chosen topics to cover all the possible scenarios a girl-crazy reader may encounter.
Author: Iwan Thomas
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2024-07-04
Total Pages: 241
ISBN-13: 1399413619
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Lays bare the realities of a sporting career' Lord Sebastian Coe 'Gripping, revealing and honest' Steve Cram OBE 'A gripping read ... Iwan runs and runs and runs, and arrives at himself' Jeremy Vine Running has been Iwan Thomas's life. He put everything into becoming and remaining an elite athlete to such a point that his efforts left him scarred. Iwan reveals the highs of his career, but also his battles with the dark side of running – the loneliness, the doubts, the hurt and, ultimately, the serious mental health issues. After a youthful stint as a world-class BMX rider, Iwan dedicated himself to running. Between 1995 and 1998, he became one of the world's fastest men, taking silver in the 4x400m at the Olympics and gold at the European and World Championships. Yet, although his British 400m record of 44.36s would stand unbroken for 25 years, niggling injuries were already beginning to limit his ability to compete with the best. His response to setbacks had always been to train even harder, but this was no longer an option. Without the structure of training, the motivation of competition and the buzz of race day, Iwan struggled. He suffered an extended period of anxiety and depression, before eventually coming to terms with his life as a former athlete. In this deeply reflective, utterly engaging and sensationally open book, Iwan shares an absorbing, sometimes uncomfortable, but totally memorable story, and finally reveals the truth behind his life in sport.
Author: Dean S. Anderson
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Published: 2023-08-07
Total Pages: 69
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHave you struggled with drinking or some form of addiction for some time now? Maybe even years? Have you stopped but still feel emotionally or spiritually bankrupt? Have you tried several times to quit but simply can't stay stopped? Have you been told by many others that you need to cut back? Have consequences from your addiction piled up to the point it's overwhelming? If so, this book might be for you. It discusses twelve principles that one can learn in the journey of recovery. Most people think life is over if they must quit drinking or using drugs. The truth is if you're truly an alcoholic or an addict, sobriety is where life begins. These twelve principles were likely taught to you as a child before the addiction began. However, maybe your addiction wiped all those away and that's when the trouble started and began to accumulate problems in health, money, relationships, or spirituality. You deserve a life of happiness, abundance, and love. You simply have to be willing to put down the drink or the drug and follow a few suggestions. A twelve-step program can help with that, but this book talks in detail about the principles that come alive again within us and bring us back to being the person that we were created to be in the first place. What are you waiting for? How free do you want to be? I hope this book sparks an interest in you to get sober. Or if you're already in recovery, it makes you believe that true happiness is possible when these principles are put into practice. Think of how many alcoholics or addicts you can help once you recover yourself. Your story could change or save someone's life. These principles are paramount in that journey. I wish you much success.
Author: Jeremy Withers
Publisher:
Published: 2020-06-04
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 1789621755
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the extensive influence of the 'transport revolution' on the past two centuries (a time when trains, trams, omnibuses, bicycles, cars, airplanes, and so forth were invented), and given science fiction's overall obsession with machines and technologies of all kinds, it is surprising that scholars have not paid more attention to transportation in this increasingly popular genre. Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles is the first book to examine the history of representations of road transport machines in nineteenth-, twentieth-, and twenty-first-century American science fiction. The focus of this study is on two machines of the road that have been locked in a constant, often bitter, struggle with one another: the automobile and the bicycle. With chapters ranging from the early science fiction of the pulp magazine era in the 1920s and 1930s, to the postcyberpunk of the 1990s and more recent media of the 2000s such as web television, zines, and comics, this book argues that science fiction by and large perceives the car as anything but a marvelous invention of modernity. Rather, the genre often scorns and ridicules the automobile and instead promotes more sustainable, more benign, more restrained technologies of movement such as the bicycle.
Author: Anastasia Suen
Publisher: Raintree
Published: 2010-02
Total Pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9781406213737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe boys and girls in these books face obstacles, and meet mental and social challenges as well. Readers will discover that an athlete's inner strength, persistence, and courage are just as important as a steady hand or a chance for a goal.
