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Author | : Todd Bridges |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 2010-04-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1439155895 |
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The former child star—best known as Willis Jackson on Diff’rent Strokes—shares the shocking but inspirational details of his struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and fierce fight to carve a path through the darkness and find his true identity. For Todd Bridges early stardom was no protection from painful childhood events that paved the road to his own personal hell. One of the first African-American child actors on shows like Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, and Roots, Bridges burst to the national forefront on the hit sitcom Diff’rent Strokes as the subject of the popular catchphrase, "What’chu Talkin About Willis?" When the show ended, Bridges was overwhelmed by the off-camera traumas he had faced. Turning to drugs as an escape, he soon lost control. Now, for the first time, Bridges opens up about his life before and after Diff’rent Strokes: the incredible reversals of fortune brought on by fame and the precipitous—and very public—descent that followed; the persecution from police; the drug addiction that nearly consumed him; the criminal charges that almost earned him a life sentence; and his successful legal defense led by Johnnie Cochran. Through it all, Bridges never relented in his quest to fight his way back from the abyss, establish his own identity—separate from Willis Jackson—and offer his ordeal as a positive example for those struggling to overcome similar challenges. His triumphant story of recovery and redemption is recounted here as well. Todd Bridges has lived a life of remarkable twists and turns—from the greatest heights to the lowest lows imaginable. In this shocking but ultimately hopeful memoir, he proves that what he was really talking about was survival.
Author | : Todd Bridges |
Publisher | : Touchstone Books |
Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 2010-03-16 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781439148983 |
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The former child star best known for his role on Diff'rent Strokes outlines the story of his career, the struggles with drug abuse that led to a prison sentence and his efforts to raise addiction awareness and establish an identity separate from his television character.
Author | : Graham Denyer Willis |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 2015-03-21 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0520285700 |
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We hold many assumptions about police workÑthat it is the responsibility of the state, or that police officers are given the right to kill in the name of public safety or self-defense. But in The Killing Consensus, Graham Denyer Willis shows how in S‹o Paulo, Brazil, killing and the arbitration of ÒnormalÓ killing in the name of social order are actually conducted by two groupsÑthe police and organized crimeÑboth operating according to parallel logics of murder. Based on three years of ethnographic fieldwork, Willis's book traces how homicide detectives categorize two types of killing: the first resulting from ÒresistanceÓ to police arrest (which is often broadly defined) and the second at the hands of a crime "family' known as the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC). Death at the hands of police happens regularly, while the PCCÕs centralized control and strict moral code among criminals has also routinized killing, ironically making the city feel safer for most residents. In a fractured urban security environment, where killing mirrors patterns of inequitable urbanization and historical exclusion along class, gender, and racial lines, Denyer Willis's research finds that the cityÕs cyclical periods of peace and violence can best be understood through an unspoken but mutually observed consensus on the right to kill. This consensus hinges on common notions and street-level practices of who can die, where, how, and by whom, revealing an empirically distinct configuration of authority that Denyer Willis calls sovereignty by consensus.
Author | : Benjamin Prouser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 521 |
Release | : 2020-09-02 |
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1890! A time when the Civil War is now etched in History, yet still fresh in the eyes and minds of every American. As a new century nears, there are some people who find themselves desperate enough to do anything to truly live their American Dream. For one man Colt Roy, his dream has become an obsession to gain riches . Nobody in his mind will get in his way from doing what has to be done. Until one man does: U.S Marshal Emilio Willis. As one of the best U.S. Marshals in the state of Missouri, Emilio is called upon to investigate a gruesome double murder. Murder would ultimately turn into a kidnapping as one obsessed man travels the land of Missouri. Emilio realizes he is after a man who is on a quest far more than one can imagine.From heated violent gun battles, to an adrenaline filled train ride, to a showdown at Jefferson City First National Bank; A Killing Desire shows the ways the human spirit can be tested and is a tale of heart, love, desire and passion. Will Emilio succeed in apprehending this crazed fugitive or will Colt reach the ultimate goal of finding his American Dream?
Author | : Connie Willis |
Publisher | : Spectra |
Total Pages | : 593 |
Release | : 1993-08-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0553562738 |
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Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit. “A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin—barely of age herself—finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history’s darkest hours.
Author | : William W. Johnstone |
Publisher | : Pinnacle Books |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0786028130 |
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Young Matt Bodine and Sam Two Wolves are back in their 16th rousing adventure. This time, they're heading to Mexico to rescue six pioneer girls taken captive by merciless white slavers. Original.
Author | : Cynthia Chapman Willis |
Publisher | : Feiwel & Friends |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2009-10-27 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1429981962 |
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Twelve-year-old Joey MacTagert's dad wants his son to carry on the family tradition of hunting. But Joey has "buck fever"—he can't pull the trigger on a deer, and hates the idea of killing animals. He's more interested in art and hockey, two activities that his dad barely acknowledges. Joey's dad wants him to use his special skill in tracking to hunt down the big antlered buck that roams the woods near their home. Joey knows how to track Old Buck, but has kept secret from his father the reason he's gained the deer's trust. When trouble between his parents seems to escalate, Joey and his older sister, Philly, find themselves in the middle of tensions they don't fully understand. Joey wants to keep the peace, and if conquering his buck fever will do it, he has to try. Buck Fever is a nominee for the 2003 Edgar Award for Best First Novel.
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Total Pages | : 790 |
Release | : 1915 |
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Author | : Texas. Court of Criminal Appeals |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 788 |
Release | : 1915 |
Genre | : Criminal law |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Lanette Hill Brightwell |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 92 |
Release | : 2004-08-28 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 1435736834 |
Download The WILLIS Family Genealogy Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The WILLIS Families early beginnings are found in England dating back to 1500's Records. John WILLIS was the first immigrant of this line to come to America. Descendants include the Benjamin Willis I, II, III, IV & V {to those that settled in Georgia}. Many descendants are still living in the same areas today. Turner Co., Telfair Co. Colquitt Co., Worth Co., and others in Georgia. Using Census, Wills, Property Records, Church Records, History Books, Marriage and Birth/Death Records. Family bibles; other researchers sharing information on their family lines. This book is a very treasured item for any member of the WILLIS family and will find this resource very useful in continuing to trace their own lineages.