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Author: Gareth Thomas Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473502209 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
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**WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR** **Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award** Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero, a sporting icon. He was a leader of men, captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural identity, a sacred code. It was no mere ball game. It gave him everything, except the freedom to be himself. This is the story of a man with a secret that was slowly killing him. Something that might devastate not only his own life but the lives of his wife, family, friends and teammates. The only place where he could find any refuge from the pain and guilt of the lie he was living was on the pitch, playing the sport he loved. But all his success didn’t make the strain of hiding who he really was go away. His fear that telling the truth about his sexuality would lose him everything he loved almost sent him over the edge. The deceit ended when Gareth became the world’s most prominent athlete to come out as a gay man. His gesture has strengthened strangers, and given him a fresh perspective. Gareth’s inspiring and moving story transcends the world of sport to tell a universal truth about feeling like an outsider, and facing up to who you really are.
Author: Jamie Purnell Publisher: Scruffie Munster Media ISBN: 9781532328770 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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From award-winning singer-songwriter Jamie Purnell, Proud Penguin tells the feel-good tale of a penguin whose spirits are lifted from building a new friendship with a seagull. Proud Penguin will delight and entertain families as they read and sing along to the free downloadable song and story that embodies a universal message of kindness and self- acceptance.
Author: Gareth Thomas Publisher: Random House ISBN: 1473502209 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 336
Book Description
**WINNER British Sports Book Awards SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR** **Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award** Gareth Thomas had it all. He was a national hero, a sporting icon. He was a leader of men, captain of Wales and the British Lions. To him, rugby was an expression of cultural identity, a sacred code. It was no mere ball game. It gave him everything, except the freedom to be himself. This is the story of a man with a secret that was slowly killing him. Something that might devastate not only his own life but the lives of his wife, family, friends and teammates. The only place where he could find any refuge from the pain and guilt of the lie he was living was on the pitch, playing the sport he loved. But all his success didn’t make the strain of hiding who he really was go away. His fear that telling the truth about his sexuality would lose him everything he loved almost sent him over the edge. The deceit ended when Gareth became the world’s most prominent athlete to come out as a gay man. His gesture has strengthened strangers, and given him a fresh perspective. Gareth’s inspiring and moving story transcends the world of sport to tell a universal truth about feeling like an outsider, and facing up to who you really are.
Author: Hunter S. Thompson Publisher: Ballantine Books ISBN: 0307826627 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 722
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Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists--Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a Who's Who of luminaries from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez--not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors--Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective. Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
Author: DK Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0744037085 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 18
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The star character, Pride, is here to teach your little ones how to recognize this strong emotion and name their feelings. This adorable book explains what kinds of things make you feel proud, like finishing an amazing drawing. The book encourages kids to enjoy their achievements and feel confident about their talents. This brightly illustrated board book is a gentle and simple introduction to strong emotions. This will help your preschooler tell you how they are feeling and understand what pride feels like in the body. The Pride character evokes the feelings that small children have experienced, but might not have the words for just yet. Help them understand what the emotions are and how to recognize pride in others. The little star, Pride, also wants to teach young children not to bring down other people's confidence by making their accomplishments seem small. It's an important skill, especially for making new friends! The easy language makes for fun and educational reading time. This helps children with language, vocabulary and talking about their emotions, especially if they have difficulty expressing feelings. Let the Pride character help your toddler answer difficult questions with simple explanations. Why Do I Feel Proud Today? This fantastic kids' feelings guide includes: Easy-to-understand descriptions of the key emotion: Pride Easy-to-read text that encourages vocabulary building Beautiful illustrations that will engage preschoolers The little star Pride from this delightful book has friends! Look out for the ray of sunshine in I Feel Happy, the raincloud in I Feel Sad, the little flame in I Feel Angry and all of them together in How Do I Feel?
Author: Pauli Murray Publisher: Beacon Press ISBN: 0807072273 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 376
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First published in 1956, Proud Shoes is the remarkable true story of slavery, survival, and miscegenation in the South from the pre-Civil War era through the Reconstruction. Written by Pauli Murray the legendary civil rights activist and one of the founders of NOW, Proud Shoes chronicles the lives of Murray's maternal grandparents. From the birth of her grandmother, Cornelia Smith, daughter of a slave whose beauty incited the master's sons to near murder to the story of her grandfather Robert Fitzgerald, whose free black father married a white woman in 1840, Proud Shoes offers a revealing glimpse of our nation's history.
Author: Jeremy Lewis Publisher: Viking Books ISBN: Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 520
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Biography of Alan Lane, publisher of Penguin books, who has had a major influence on the cultural and political life of post-war Britain. He revolutionized our reading habits by his insistence that the best writing in the world should be made available for the price of a packet of cigarettes.
Author: Mary Packard Publisher: Cartwheel Books ISBN: 9780439321020 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 32
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Rollie the penguin is an expert swimmer, but what he really wants to do is fly, as he tells Santa Claus, so one Christmas Eve Santa invites him along for the ride.
Author: Katharine Burdekin Publisher: Feminist Press at CUNY ISBN: 9781558610675 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 372
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   Originally published in England in 1934, this searing, timely novel offers and incisive critique of the sexual politics and militarism of England, and the West as a whole, in the post-World War I years. The novel is told from the perspective of a "Genuine Person" who has been hurtled thousands of years back in time from a future society whose citizens are peaceful, androgynous, self-fertilizing, vegetarian, and without national government and artificial social divisions of gender and class. Taking on first female, then male form, the Genuine Person confronts the reality of England in the 1930s: a society deeply troubled by fascism, the aftermath of war, gender and class divisions, religious hypocrisy, national chauvinism, and the breakdown of families and other social institutions. The protagonist is drawn into relationships with a priest who teachers her/him the English language, a woman struggling with sexual politics and sexual identity, and a man haunted by a murder he committed, driven by his deeply ingrained hatred and fear of women. This powerful novel by a master of dystopian fiction raises disturbing questions about war and peace and the nature of human relationships in an oppressive culture.
Author: Amy Moy Publisher: ISBN: 9780578965642 Category : Languages : en Pages : 36
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Daddy and Mommy Penguin have an egg that looks different from all the other eggs. The other penguins are interested in what kind of baby penguin will hatch from this polka-dotted egg! When Dottie the Polka-Dotted Penguin is born, she is a little smaller and a stands out a bit from the other baby penguins. Will the other penguins learn to accept her? Will Dottie be treated differently at school? This book is perfect for children and families of all abilities to discuss what makes people different, and how to behave. With loving text written by a mother of a child with Down Syndrome, debut author Amy Moy wanted to provide a story that could teach children the value of inclusion and celebrating differences. Her favorite animal is the penguin, and it's hard to find anything cuter than a baby penguin! Whether someone with special needs, a child who is learning about their peers, or new parents of a child with disabilities, this book will warm your heart.
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