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Black Knights and Fighting Irish
by Richard Cacioppe
For thirty-three years, the football rivalry between West Point and Notre Dame provided countless thrills to fans across the country. Yet, both schools decided to end the series at the peak of its popularity after the 1946 game, which many consider to be the “Game of the Century. ”Black Knights and Fighting Irish traces the history of one of the most storied rivalries in college football. However, it’s also a story of a nation emerging from years of carnage and sacrifice, learning to again enjoy the pleasures of sports and community. In 1948, Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy described the rivalry: “They were . . . rivals on the football field, who died as comrades-in-arms on the field of battle.” Seventy-four years later, Black Knights and Fighting Irish renews the tribute to these young men, their rivalry, and the institutions they represented.
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1, 2, 3 with Mrs. C.
by Kathleen Covens
In 1,2,3 with Mrs. C, Kathleen Covens shares alternate ways to interact and impact todays’ children. She shares with us her struggles as a young teacher and mother of a handicapped child, and how later in her career she and others benefited from her unusual path. Her insight and magical techniques will inspire those interacting with children. From putting magic in daily activities and learning ways to savor moments to the importance of setting goals, and even failure, and importance of self-esteem. Kathleen gives examples of ways you can make a difference in your own way and how you do it. She addresses how to ration the use of technology. This delightful book will empower those seeking new approaches that will make a difference to those interacting with children. She even suggests that if you follow her insightful ways, you too will become a momenteur, a word she coined while writing, and has lived and worked within for years. Momenteurs create an awareness of purposeful time.
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A Black Man’s Point Of View: Mind, Body, and Soul From the Voices of Black Men
by Dr. James Cooley
James Cooley unpacks his thoughts on the challenges that many Black men face due to their ancestors being taken away from their homeland over 400 years ago and forced into slavery and colonization. Based on history, his experiences, and trying to adjust to being treated like a second-class citizen because of the color of his skin, Cooley highlights how that affects his vision, understanding, and focus in life. This impacts many areas of a Black man’s life, including self-worth and the ability to love, trust, and forgive. He also discusses the stereotypes that many Black men face today based on the labels society has given them and how many Black men move forward despite this. Most importantly, he conveys that all men, regardless of race, creed, or color, are capable of love, respect, and dignity. With ten contributing authors, Black men discuss their perspectives, how they feel and adjust to the past and present norms, and how they have overcome adversities and continue to do so.
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Crossing Fifty-One: Not Quite a Memoir
by Debbie Russell
A week before Christmas 1951, Dr. Ralph Russell risked everything to voluntarily enter a locked federal drug-treatment facility. He was fifty-one years old and a well-to-do family doctor and surgeon. Dr. Russell documented his four-month experience of living with fellow recovering addicts through a series of letters written to his family. Sixty-five years later, Dr. Russell’s granddaughter Debbie suffers a debilitating crisis of identity when her father is accepted into hospice. Despite being a successful criminal prosecutor, Debbie is also the daughter of a mother who rejected and shamed her at every pivotal point in her life. Debbie decides to start therapy—coincidentally, just two days before Christmas, also at age fifty-one. Desperate to learn everything she can about her father before he is gone, Debbie immerses herself in her grandfather’s letters. When therapy fails her, the grandfather Debbie never knew saves her, and she collaborates with her dying father one last time to make her biggest dream come true. Crossing Fifty-One pulls back the curtain on the internal struggles of midlife and provides a blueprint for redefining one’s self beyond the constraints of addiction and dysfunctional family dynamics.
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French Fry Leadership
by Bruno Hilgart with Aditya Shekhar
Great leaders are needed now more than ever. The trouble is that most leaders are not taught how to inspire their teams. Want to learn how to get the people you manage passionate about what they do each day? In French Fry Leadership: How to Attain Profits Through Serving People, Bruno calls on his thirty-plus years of experience in the quick service restaurant world to show the value of profiting in ways besides money. He describes easily understandable methods to keep team members excited, committed, and motivated to perform any and all tasks by exploring what true “servant” leadership is all about—while applying these principles to their teams, their guests, and their vendor partners. French Fry Leadership demonstrates the value of the premise that when leaders take care of their people properly, the numbers take care of themselves.
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On the Rocks
by Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins
On the Rocks chronicles the real-life journey of restaurateur Joseph Costanzo Jr., from his rise to success in the 1990s as a radio host, columnist, owner of the highly acclaimed Primadonna Restaurant, and aspiring politician to his sharp fall in the early 2000s, ending in an investigation and a stint in federal prison. Costanzo is a complex character, simultaneously confident and arrogant, generous and egotistical, and whom we learn from in both his attention to detail and lack thereof. This driven, not-your-average-Joe is an unforgettable character who achieves the seemingly impossible but can’t help getting in his own way. Come along with Joe for a bumpy ride On the Rocks!
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The General’s Briefcase
by Ray Collins
When General Winston invites a beautiful woman to his hotel room in Tysons, Virginia, he expects a romantic sexcapade. But Dana Hussein al-Sadi turns the tables, assassinates the general, and steals his briefcase, which contains a blueprint for terrorism. Dana’s elite terrorist cell is soon off to Europe to acquire nuclear weapons from the Russian Mafia. Though Alex Werth initially suspects Jolene Martin, author of the blueprint report, of the murder, he realizes her expertise will be crucial in the hunt for Winston’s killer and stopping the impending disaster. Everything comes to a head in rural Virginia, where the fate of the world will be decided.
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Naked Truth: A Fight Against Racism, Religious Discrimination and Retaliation in My Federal Government Career
by Jean D. Francis, P.H.D.
Jean served successfully for eighteen years in various government agencies—until her stellar career came to a screeching halt. Naked Truth is the riveting true story of one woman’s experiences with discrimination, racism, and unlawful retaliation from the government entity meant to watch over and protect the people. After seven years of suffering under widespread corruption, lies, and mismanagement, Jean uses this deeply painful and personal experience to help motivate, empower, and inspire others who seek justice, are committed to ending systemic racism, and are determined to speaking truth to power.
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Redemption: Blood, Brothers and Badges
by Brian Francis Ellis III
Tommy Spenser, a decorated combat veteran and narcotics cop born into a family of cops, is a functioning addict, hooked on daily cocktails of Oxycontin, whiskey, and self-loathing—and his cancer is back. But everything changes when Tommy is summoned to a domestic call down the street from a drug bust. Claire Samuels-Hewitt is a shell of her former self, but Tommy sees something in her—or perhaps it’s the other way around. The two lean on each other for support, and an unlikely romance blossoms. Then a hit against the Washington family drug syndicate turns his world upside down: all clues point to somebody in Tommy’s family. As Tommy puts the pieces together and learns the truth about those closest to him, he must also come face-to-face with Claire’s past and his own demons. At its core, Redemption is a story about survivor’s guilt, PTSD, abuse, alcoholism, and recovery—but it is also about brotherhood, the inseparable bonds between soldiers, cops, and families, and the healing power of forgiveness.
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Run! Katie!
by Doris Pariso
Peter has possessed unique abilities for as long as he can remember—abilities that propel him into a career as a renowned psychic. But hearing voices from the afterlife is a new experience for him. When he hears a voice belonging to a woman named Sharon, Peter seeks out Sharon’s family, including her daughter, Katie. Peter finds satisfaction in bringing peace and closure to the family. However, as the messages become more urgent and take on an ominous tone, Peter realizes Sharon is doing more than comforting her loved ones. She’s warning them! Peter and Sharon’s family soon find themselves in a race against time to save Katie from the same fate that befell her mother twelve years earlier. Can they save her in time?
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