Bobby

Author : Emily Davidson
Publisher : Seven Stories Press
ISBN 13 : 160980449X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby's Book written by Emily Davidson and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1998, at the very moment that a publisher had approached Bruce Davidson about a book of his 1959 Brooklyn Gang photographs, former gang leader Bobby Powers unexpectedly telephoned the Davidsons. Over the next decade, Emily Davidson maintained an ongoing conversation with Powers in order to bring to light his struggle to overcome his drug-ridden and violent past and to inspire others with his example. Through the words and reflections of the former drug addict and petty criminal, this book relates the long, agonizing journey from youthful urban violence and despair to the life of a committed and generous professional. Beginning in a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in the mid 1950s where alcohol abuse and poverty were rampant, Bobby Powers went from being an illiterate gang leader and notorious drug dealer to a destroyed individual who had lost everything, including family members, close friends, and himself, all presented in his own words and in grim detail in this book. At a critical turning point in his life, recognizing the threat of his behaviors to survival, he entered detox and embarked on the arduous path to recovery and self-understanding. This process involved not only acknowledging and coming to terms with the injuries he had inflicted on his children and others, but also asking for their forgiveness. Having achieved a new way of life as a responsible and caring adult, Bobby Powers is today, at 69, a nationally respected drug addiction counselor who has aided a wide spectrum of people, including former gang members. His story represents a brutal and inspiring lesson in human frailty, degradation, and transformation.

Author : Lisa Yee
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545322774
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby the Brave (Sometimes) written by Lisa Yee and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Lisa Yee and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat, a hilarious sequel to Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally). In his last adventure, Bobby Ellis-Chan got stuck to a stinky tree, had underwear attached to his back, and faced down a whole wolfpack of girls. What could be scarier or more humiliating than that? Oh, how about playing sports with his football-hero dad ... a cat with 27 toes ... an asthma attack in public ... dancing on stage in the school musical ... And the list goes on! Bobby will have to overcome his fears if he's going to come out on top.

Author : Lisa Yee
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545055938
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bobby Vs. Girls (accidentally) written by Lisa Yee and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby inadvertently gets into a fight with his best friend Holly, and their disagreement develops into a boys versus girls war involving their whole fourth-grade class.

Author : Ruth Wielockx
Publisher : Bobby
ISBN 13 : 9781605373614
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Let's Go, Bobby! written by Ruth Wielockx and published by Bobby. This book was released on 2017-09-26 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bobby is on the move and he is getting around in lots of different kinds of vehicles, including a bicycle, a go-kart, and a plane.

Author : Bobby Hall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1982158255
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book This Bright Future written by Bobby Hall and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-04 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A raw and unfiltered journey into the life and mind of Bobby Hall, who emerged from the wreckage of a horrifically abusive childhood to become an era-defining artist ... A self-described orphan with parents, Bobby Hall began life as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, the only child of an alcoholic, mentally ill mother on welfare and an absent, crack-addicted father. After enduring seventeen years of abuse and neglect, Bobby ran away from home and--with nothing more than a discarded laptop and a ninth-grade education--he found his voice in the world of hip-hop and a new home in a place he never expected: the untamed and uncharted wilderness of the social media age"--

Author : Antoni Porowski
Publisher : Clarkson Potter
ISBN 13 : 1984823930
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queer Eye written by Antoni Porowski and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Fab Five--the beloved hosts of Netflix's viral hit Queer Eye--comes a book that is at once a behind-the-scenes exclusive, a practical guide to living and celebrating your best life, and a symbol of hope. Feeling your best is about far more than deciding what color to paint your accent wall or how to apply nightly moisturizer. It's also about creating a life that's well-rounded, filled with humor and understanding--and most importantly, that suits you. At a cultural moment when we are all craving people to admire, Queer Eye offers hope and acceptance. After you get to know the Fab Five, together they will guide you through five practical chapters that go beyond their designated areas of expertise (food & wine, fashion, grooming, home decor, and culture), touching on topics like wellness, entertaining, and defining your personal brand, and complete with bite-sized Hip Tips for your everyday quandaries. Above all else, Queer Eye aims to help you create a happy and healthy life, rooted in self-love and authenticity.

Author : Pat Paris
Publisher : Price Stern Sloan
ISBN 13 : 9780843119060
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Who's in the Box, Bobby? written by Pat Paris and published by Price Stern Sloan. This book was released on 1989 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boys and girls from Amy to Zelda find animals, objects, and people beginning with each letter of the alphabet behind each lift-up flap.

Author : Bobby Love
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0358566053
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Redemption of Bobby Love written by Bobby Love and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring, dramatic, and heartwarming true account of an escaped convict and his wife of thirty-five plus years who never knew his secret, which captured the imaginations of millions on Humans of New York. Bobby and Cheryl Love were living in Brooklyn, happily married for decades, when the FBI and NYPD appeared at their door and demanded to know from Bobby, in front of his shocked wife and children: "What is your name? No, what's your real name?" Bobby's thirty-eight-year secret was out. As a Black child in the Jim Crow South, Bobby found himself in legal trouble before his 14th birthday. Sparked by the desperation he felt in the face of limited options and the pull of the streets, Bobby became a master thief. He soon found himself facing a thirty-year prison sentence. But Bobby was smarter than his jailers. He escaped, fled to New York, changed his name, and started a new life as "Bobby Love." During that time, he worked multiple jobs to support his wife and their growing family, coached Little League, attended church, took his kids to Disneyland, and led an otherwise normal life. Then it all came crashing down. With the drama of a jailbreak story and the incredible tension of a life lived in hiding, The Redemption of Bobby Love is an unbelievable but true account of building a life from scratch, the pain of festering secrets in marriage, and the unbreakable bonds of faith and love that keep a family together.

Author : Bobby Finger
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593422368
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Old Place written by Bobby Finger and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-08-29 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bighearted and moving debut about a wry retired schoolteacher whose decade-old secret threatens to come to light and send shockwaves through her small Texas town. Billington, Texas, is a place where nothing changes. Well, almost nothing. For the first time in nearly four decades, Mary Alice Roth is not getting ready for the first day of school at Billington High. A few months into her retirement—or, district mandated exile as she calls it—Mary Alice does not know how to fill her days. The annual picnic is coming up, but that isn’t nearly enough since the menu never changes and she had the roles mentally assigned weeks ago. At least there’s Ellie, who stops by each morning for coffee and whose reemergence in Mary Alice’s life is the one thing soothing the sting of retirement. Mary Alice and Ellie were a pair since the day Ellie moved in next door. That they both were single mothers—Mary Alice widowed, Ellie divorced—with sons the same age was a pleasant coincidence, but they were forever linked when they lost the boys, one right after the other. Years later, the two are working their way back to a comfortable friendship. But when Mary Alice’s sister arrives on her doorstep with a staggering piece of news, it jeopardizes the careful shell she’s built around her life. The whole of her friendship with Ellie is put at risk, the fabric of a place as steadfast as Billington is questioned, and the unflappable, knotty fixture that is Mary Alice Roth might have to change after all.

Author : Ruth Wielockx
Publisher : Bobby
ISBN 13 : 9781605374802
Total Pages : 16 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Day at Home with Bobby written by Ruth Wielockx and published by Bobby. This book was released on 2020-03-24 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Clavis Music we embrace the power of reading and the power of listening. We explore a new world: that of books and the music. Will you explore it with us? Bobby and his dog, Trix, spend the day at home. Bobby takes a shower, bakes a cake, cleans the house, and does some laundry. What a busy day. Let's listen! A book filled with cozy things at home and the sounds they make. For little listeners ages 2 and up.