Living College Life in the Front Row
Author | : Jon Vroman |
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Release | : 2011-02-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780615513775 |
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Author | : Jon Vroman |
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Release | : 2011-02-01 |
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ISBN | : 9780615513775 |
Author | : Helen Thomas |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 745 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0684849119 |
White House journalist for more than five decades chronicles her work covering all of the presidents since John F. Kennedy. Shares personal reminiscences of the U.S. leaders as well as of the first ladies. Bestseller.
Author | : Jon Vroman |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : 2017-03-28 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780998981901 |
Discover the Art of Moment Making"It's time to live life in the Front Row(tm)'," says Jon Vroman, author of The Front Row Factor: Transform Your Life with The Art of Moment Making. This book is a collection of inspiring stories, compelling science, and life strategies that teaches you about the power of hope for the future and celebrating your past to bring power to the present moment.It helps readers cultivate an empowering mindset, create life-long relationships and design an environment where you can thrive regardless of life conditions.As the founder of Front Row Foundation, Jon has spent more than a decade helping children and adults with life threatening illnesses have a front row experience at the live event of their dreams. This book is everything you can learn about life from those fighting for it.More than anything, The Front Row Factor will challenge you to explore your values, establish priorities and reconnect you to a higher purpose and deeper meaning within your life. The author reveals timeless principles that help you Live Life In The Front Row(tm) so you can make the most of every moment, starting now.
Author | : Chris Arnade |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0525534733 |
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "A profound book.... It will break your heart but also leave you with hope." —J.D. Vance, author of Hillbilly Elegy "[A] deeply empathetic book." —The Economist With stark photo essays and unforgettable true stories, Chris Arnade cuts through "expert" pontification on inequality, addiction, and poverty to allow those who have been left behind to define themselves on their own terms. After abandoning his Wall Street career, Chris Arnade decided to document poverty and addiction in the Bronx. He began interviewing, photographing, and becoming close friends with homeless addicts, and spent hours in drug dens and McDonald's. Then he started driving across America to see how the rest of the country compared. He found the same types of stories everywhere, across lines of race, ethnicity, religion, and geography. The people he got to know, from Alabama and California to Maine and Nevada, gave Arnade a new respect for the dignity and resilience of what he calls America's Back Row--those who lack the credentials and advantages of the so-called meritocratic upper class. The strivers in the Front Row, with their advanced degrees and upward mobility, see the Back Row's values as worthless. They scorn anyone who stays in a dying town or city as foolish, and mock anyone who clings to religion or tradition as naïve. As Takeesha, a woman in the Bronx, told Arnade, she wants to be seen she sees herself: "a prostitute, a mother of six, and a child of God." This book is his attempt to help the rest of us truly see, hear, and respect millions of people who've been left behind.
Author | : Loren Pope |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2006-07-25 |
Genre | : Study Aids |
ISBN | : 1101221348 |
Prospective college students and their parents have been relying on Loren Pope's expertise since 1995, when he published the first edition of this indispensable guide. This new edition profiles 41 colleges—all of which outdo the Ivies and research universities in producing performers, not only among A students but also among those who get Bs and Cs. Contents include: Evaluations of each school's program and "personality" Candid assessments by students, professors, and deans Information on the progress of graduates This new edition not only revisits schools listed in previous volumes to give readers a comprehensive assessment, it also addresses such issues as homeschooling, learning disabilities, and single-sex education.
Author | : Mark Andrew Kelly |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2020-11-02 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781735868905 |
FRONT ROW SEAT is a novel about what it means to be a police officer, and the inevitable ways in which the job changes the people who choose to take it on. Donna Harris is an accomplished rookie eager to put her training into action, though she is somewhat naïve about the day to day reality of police work, and has a lot to learn about the citizens she serves and protects. Gerald Dennen is Donna's field training officer, and is trying to impart all the wisdom he has accumulated over the years while struggling against some disillusionment with his career. Their sergeant, Mitch Reilly, is at the end of his career and has seen more than he'd like of the world in this job, but it still dedicated to serving to the best of his ability until he reaches retirement. As Donna slowly works her way toward becoming a "real" police officer, the experiences of all three shine a light on all aspects of police work. Though this is a fictional story, it incorporates real-life training and is based on some events from the author's own extensive experience as a police officer.
Author | : Amiee Mueller |
Publisher | : Morgan James Publishing |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2015-05-30 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1630475041 |
A practical guide to achieving life success as told through the inspiring and humorous accounts of the author and other young adults. Part self-help, part memoir, Destination Awesome is both a beacon and a road map that will help young adults of every background achieve independence, success, and fulfillment. No matter if you’re living with your parents, in school housing, or couch-surfing; no matter if you have big dreams, simple plans, or are unsure of what you want to do with your life; no matter the money in your bank, the challenges you face or the number of contacts in your phone, the simple, relatable lessons in Destination Awesome will help you create the life you desire. Destination Awesome covers every strategy through Mueller’s own experiences as well as those of other young adults who have succeeded against all odds. Mueller reveals how she became the only member of her family to escape a poverty-stricken, unstable, and physically and emotionally wounding environment. She grabs at your heart, pulls you in, and offers a distinctive perspective on achievement. Whether your challenges are the same as these young adults—a negative home environment, drug addiction, a physical ailment, unplanned pregnancy, homelessness, cockroach infestation, uncontrollable vomiting—or something completely different, the strategies you’ll learn will help you create your awesome life.
Author | : Carla Yanni |
Publisher | : U of Minnesota Press |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2019-04-02 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 1452959552 |
An exploration of the architecture of dormitories that exposes deeply held American beliefs about education, youth, and citizenship Every fall on move-in day, parents tearfully bid farewell to their beloved sons and daughters at college dormitories: it is an age-old ritual. The residence hall has come to mark the threshold between childhood and adulthood, housing young people during a transformational time in their lives. Whether a Gothic stone pile, a quaint Colonial box, or a concrete slab, the dormitory is decidedly unhomelike, yet it takes center stage in the dramatic arc of many American families. This richly illustrated book examines the architecture of dormitories in the United States from the eighteenth century to 1968, asking fundamental questions: Why have American educators believed for so long that housing students is essential to educating them? And how has architecture validated that idea? Living on Campus is the first architectural history of this critical building type. Grounded in extensive archival research, Carla Yanni’s study highlights the opinions of architects, professors, and deans, and also includes the voices of students. For centuries, academic leaders in the United States asserted that on-campus living enhanced the moral character of youth; that somewhat dubious claim nonetheless influenced the design and planning of these ubiquitous yet often overlooked campus buildings. Through nuanced architectural analysis and detailed social history, Yanni offers unexpected glimpses into the past: double-loaded corridors (which made surveillance easy but echoed with noise), staircase plans (which prevented roughhousing but offered no communal space), lavish lounges in women’s halls (intended to civilize male visitors), specially designed upholstered benches for courting couples, mixed-gender saunas for students in the radical 1960s, and lazy rivers for the twenty-first century’s stressed-out undergraduates. Against the backdrop of sweeping societal changes, communal living endured because it bolstered networking, if not studying. Housing policies often enabled discrimination according to class, race, and gender, despite the fact that deans envisioned the residence hall as a democratic alternative to the elitist fraternity. Yanni focuses on the dormitory as a place of exclusion as much as a site of fellowship, and considers the uncertain future of residence halls in the age of distance learning.
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Publisher | : UM Libraries |
Total Pages | : 472 |
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Author | : John Hitchcock |
Publisher | : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Wrestling |
ISBN | : 9781500956196 |
You''ll love this action-packed, lavishly illustrated look back at the Golden Age of Professional Wrestling-the greatest stars of the mighty Mid-Atlantic, the WCW and WWE. John Hitchcock shares his vivid memories attending live matches and television broadcasts from Greensboro during the 1960s on through the 1990s. You''ll read about wrestlers on their way up and on the way down: Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Arn Anderson, Johnny Valentine, Wahoo McDaniel, Rip Hawk, Terry Funk, Ernie Ladd, Johnny Weaver, the Four Horsemen, Klondike Bill, even the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling! "They were a staple during grappling''s heyday in Greensboro, N.C., and routinely appeared in front of thousands of jeering fans at arenas throughout the Jim Crockett-run territory. Unlike their "Four Horsemen" contemporaries, though, this roguish group was comprised of vocal ringside fans who occupied a prominent spot at the Greensboro Coliseum during the 1980s and early ''90s. Long before the days of "smart fans" and "cool heels," there was "Front Row Section D." "Hitchcock relishes all the memories of attending live matches and television broadcasts during the 1960s on through the ''90s, and there are plenty of photos and clippings to go along with the stories. Long-forgotten stars live on the pages of this book, and there are laughs galore on every one of them as readers relive some of the Mid-Atlantic glory days through Hitchcock and his eclectic cast of characters. "Like those long-revered shows of the past, this book is well worth the price of admission." -Mike Moneyham, Charleston Post & Courier "Front Row Section D is a collection of stories Hitch has been honing for many years, stories that he lived while running his mouth from the front row at (mostly) Jim Crockett Promotion wrestling shows at the Greensboro Coliseum. Hitch is a world class heckler, and, as he straightforwardly explains, used his Fine Arts degree to help him design signs to take to the shows. "Hitch, never shy about talking himself up, oddly never writes that he''s responsible for the sea of doofuses carrying signs to every TV wrestling show, looking to get on the air. In the ''80s Crockett Promotions taped a lot of their TV in our area, and Hitch and his friends (like, you know, me) were the shows because we were right up front with those signs. It got to where I would rush home from work on Saturdays to check my VCR to see if we got on the air for yet another week. "There''s also the single most caustic, least respectful chapter in any wrestling book on the biggest wrestling star of the day, Hulk Hogan, and how he left the Greensboro Coliseum with his tail between his legs and and a plastic fist on his head, not to be seen for years and years. "Hitch isn''t just some asshole aggravating the crap out of people working for a little ving just like everybody else. The best serious chapter of the book is his appreciation of the great U.S. Champion Johnny Valentine. There are personal profiles of Rip Hawk, a gross story about the lengths Brute Bernard would go to protect kayfabe, and an account of the famed U.S. Title Tournament. Hitch also tells the story of how the Front Row was instrumental in the organic origin of Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Ole Anderson, and Arn Anderson becoming the Four Horsemen, a story Horsemen manager J. J. Dillon has verified on the PWTorch Livecast." - Bruce Mitchell, Pro Wrestling Torch "Hitchcock is a born storyteller. You can easily imagine him weaving these yarns to customers at his store or to friends at Denny''s after the matches, and this book is the better for it. It''s not really a history of the so-called "sport" in Greensboro, though reading about some of the stars and feuds of the past will bring back memories for longtime fans. It''s more a memoir, bringing you into this group of friends who got a peek into wrestling''s inner circle and had a good time doing it." Jay Reddick, GSO News & Record