Taking the Hill
Title | Taking the Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick J. Murphy |
Publisher | Macmillan |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2008-02-19 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 9780805086959 |
Told with passion and candor, "Taking the Hill" is a moving and inspiring memoir from the first Iraq war veteran to be elected to the U.S. Congress.
Taking the Lead
Title | Taking the Lead PDF eBook |
Author | David Hill |
Publisher | Puffin Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020-03-03 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9780143774518 |
An inspiring illustrated story for children about Jacinda Ardern, and her meteoric rise to become the world's youngest female leader. Nobody is too young to start changing the world. When Jacinda was little, she wanted to be a clown. But when she saw schoolmates who didn't have lunch, or even shoes, she knew she had to do something. Some kids laughed at her for wanting to help people so much, or said she couldn't do it. But that didn't stop Jacinda. She became the Prime Minister of New Zealand, and the world's youngest female leader. This is the true story of a trailblazer who has inspired people around the planet, told by award-winning author and illustrator.
Outwitting the Devil
Title | Outwitting the Devil PDF eBook |
Author | Napoleon Hill |
Publisher | Sharon Lechter |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN |
Originally written in 1938 but never published due to its controversial nature, an insightful guide reveals the seven principles of good that will allow anyone to triumph over the obstacles that must be faced in reaching personal goals.
Ring the Hill
Title | Ring the Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Tom Cox |
Publisher | Unbound Publishing |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2019-10-03 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1783528362 |
'Always engaging, charming, funny and often moving . . . It made me want to pull on my stoutest boots and follow in his footsteps' Stephen Fry 'Beautiful, funny, fascinating, impossible-to-categorise . . . Like going on a great ramble with a knowledgeable, witty, engaging friend. Tom Cox brings magic to the most mundane of subjects' Marian Keyes 'Sheer bloody genius . . . I loved it. Then I loved it more' John Lewis-Stempel, author of Meadowland A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked ‘Quite A Lot Of Hills’ where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill – whether it’s a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump – as a starting point for one of Tom’s characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Tom’s lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.
The Hill
Title | The Hill PDF eBook |
Author | Ali Bryan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2020-11-10 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9781948340328 |
In the near future, a group of girls survive on their own on a reclaimed garbage dump they call home.
Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance
Title | Martha Hill and the Making of American Dance PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Mansfield Soares |
Publisher | Wesleyan University Press |
Pages | 455 |
Release | 2009-07-21 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0819569747 |
A lively and intimate portrait of an unsung heroine in American dance Martha Hill (1900–1995) was one of the most influential figures of twentieth century American dance. Her vision and leadership helped to establish dance as a serious area of study at the university level and solidify its position as a legitimate art form. Setting Hill's story in the context of American postwar culture and women's changing status, this riveting biography shows us how Hill led her colleagues in the development of American contemporary dance from the Kellogg School of Physical Education to Bennington College and the American Dance Festival to the Juilliard School at Lincoln Center. She created pivotal opportunities for Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Hanya Holm, José Limón, Merce Cunningham, and many others. The book provides an intimate look at the struggles and achievements of a woman dedicated to taking dance out of the college gymnasium and into the theatre, drawing on primary sources that were previously unavailable. It is lavishly illustrated with period photographs.
The Hill to Die on
Title | The Hill to Die on PDF eBook |
Author | Jake Sherman |
Publisher | Crown Publishing Group (NY) |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0525574743 |
With control of both the House and Senate up for grabs in 2018 and the direction of the nation resting on the outcome, never has a more savage, unrelenting fight been waged in the raptor cage that is the U.S. congress. From the torrid struggle between the conservative Freedom Caucus and Speaker Paul Ryan for control of the house, to the sexual assault accusations against Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh that threw the Senate into turmoil, to the pitched battles across America in primaries, the road to the midterm election has been paved with chaos and intrigue. And that's before one considers that it's all refracted through the kaleidoscopic lens of President Trump, who can turn any situation on its head with just a single tweet. With inside access that ushers readers deep into the inner workings and hidden secrets of party leadership, Politco Playbook writers Anna Palmer and Jake Sherman trace the strategy and the impulsiveness, the deal-making and the backstabbing, in a blow-by-blow account of the power struggle roiling the halls of Congress. The Hill to Die On will be an unforgettable story of power and politics, where the stakes are nothing less than the future of America under Trump.