Diary Of An Ordinary Man As In Extraordinary

Author : Peter Kerestur
Publisher : Eloquent Books
ISBN 13 : 9781609768423
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of an Ordinary Man As in Extraordinary written by Peter Kerestur and published by Eloquent Books. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 10, 1993, author Peter Kerestur underwent his second open heart surgery. Diary of an Ordinary Man As in "EXTRAORDINARY" presents a year's worth of the events, thoughts, incentives, and reactions that came about in the wake of this highly traumatic experience. The author notes that life not only goes on without bothering to slow down, but rather picks up speed while expanding on its range of topics. No subject is taboo in this extraordinary journal. It expounds on such varied topics as night driving, a beach thunderstorm, snowstorms, car repairs, religion, immortality, the funny bone, small man vs. corporate man, citizen vs. cop, near-death moments vs. reality. It features poems; it presents short-story synopses. It explores the times when Pepsi was still the other Cola, when gas was $1.30 a gallon for unleaded super, when terminology continued to devolve and "rain forest" was replacing "jungle." And yes, it sometimes feels racist, opinionated, slanted, even seeing red. The anchor event of the book is the author's car crash, which might well have led to his aortic valve replacement. It is also what motivated the Diary, and gave birth to philosophical essays not normally expected to be triggered by such an event. Author Bio: Raised in Europe, Peter Kerestur now lives in Bushkill, Pennsylvania, with his wife, the mother of his two grown children. Diary is his second book, following the novel Perspective: A Driver's Tale. He is working on his next book about the Industrial Revolution. Publisher's website: http: //SBPRA.com/PeterKerestur

Author : Peter Kerestur
Publisher : Peter Kerestur
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of an Ordinary Man As in "EXTRAORDINARY" written by Peter Kerestur and published by Peter Kerestur. This book was released on with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On March 10, 1993, the author underwent his second open-heart surgery. Diary is a year’s worth of events, thoughts, incentives, and reactions to, that came about in the wake of this highly traumatic experience in one’s life. It records that life not only goes on without bothering to slow down; it rather picks up its speed while expanding on its subjects. Night driving, beach thunder storm, snow winter storms, car repairs; indoctrination, religion, immortality, funny bone; small man vs. corporate man, citizen vs. cop, near-death moments vs. reality, poems; seemingly racist, opinionated, slanted, color red; Europeans and the scourge of the world; times when Pepsi was still another Cola; no subject is a taboo. When gas was $1.30 for a gallon of unleaded super. Entries are dramatized somewhat, yet faithful to the spirit of the events treated. Some could be cut out and pasted on a refrigerator door, such as “Ridicule is an offshoot of arrogance, arrogance of superiority, and superiority of ignorance (page 332).” The anchor event is the author’s car crash that might or might not have led to his aortic valve’s replacement. And it is the event that conceived the Diary, in retrospect notwithstanding. The event that also gave birth to philosophical essays not normally expected to be triggered by. Almost twenty years since, is the history repeating itself? Back then, “rain forest” replaced “jungle,” today “climate change” replaces “global warming.” Whom are we kidding?

Author : Tom Barry
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Diary of an Ordinary Man written by Tom Barry and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book The Diary of an Ordinary Man is an autobiography of a man who hailed from alcoholic parents in a distressed neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. Tom Barry dropped out of high school and joined the U.S. Army, where he did tours in Korea and Germany. After his military service, he drifted from job to job before joining the New York City Department of Corrections as a new corrections officer. This book introduces the reader to some of the diverse characters employed in the department at that time and reviews some of the many aspects of working in a jail, including Tom’s perspective of the formative 1970 New York City jail riots and their aftermath. During his twenty years with the agency, Tom worked his way through the ranks to become a warden and in the process he put himself through college (NYIT) and graduate school (St. John’s University in Queens, New York). One of the author’s many successes was preparing and managing the nation’s first municipal direct supervision facility for operation. Under his leadership, the facility became a model for the department and an example for the nation. The Diary of an Ordinary Man was written from the perspective of a blue-collar worker. Within the book the reader will be entertained with some humorous and human-interest stories. The book covers a particularly volatile period in our nation’s history, wherein major societal changes occurred, which resulted in many challenges and innovative solutions, some of which may be relevant today. Tom’s many difficulties during the course of his career and his methods for overcoming them may inspire the reader in dealing with his or her own challenges, for no life is without its problems. Everyone must climb their own fences on their road to success. About the Author Tom Barry lives in San Antonio with his wife, Nancy. Together they enjoy hosting backyard barbeques, traveling, dancing to country music, salsa, oldies, and listening to blues. In his retirement he immerses himself in woodworking, chess, bowling with his wife and friends, and shooting skeet and targets. He is an amateur student of history, having read many texts on a wide variety of historical subjects. His reading tends to be nonfiction and an occasional novel. Additionally, he enjoys Southwestern art and the poetry of Robert Frost. Prior to his retirement in the early 2000s, Tom was a jail auditor for the National Sheriff’s Association and the American Correctional Association. He served as president for the North American Association of Wardens and Superintendents and the American Jail Association, and finally as a member of the Board of Directors for the International Correctional Arts Network (ICAN). He attends church regularly and is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He also is a life member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and a member of the American Legion.

Author : Paul Newman
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 059346771X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man written by Paul Newman and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest movie star of the past 75 years covers everything: his traumatic childhood, his career, his drinking, his thoughts on Marlon Brando, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, John Huston, his greatest roles, acting, his intimate life with Joanne Woodward, his innermost fears and passions and joys. With thoughts/comments throughout from Joanne Woodward, George Roy Hill, Tom Cruise, Elia Kazan and many others. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME and Vanity Fair "Newman at his best…with his self-aware persona, storied marriage and generous charitable activities…this rich book somehow imbues his characters’ pain and joy with fresh technicolor." —The Wall Street Journal In 1986, Paul Newman and his closest friend, screenwriter Stewart Stern, began an extraordinary project. Stuart was to compile an oral history, to have Newman’s family and friends and those who worked closely with him, talk about the actor’s life. And then Newman would work with Stewart and give his side of the story. The only stipulation was that anyone who spoke on the record had to be completely honest. That same stipulation applied to Newman himself. The project lasted five years. The result is an extraordinary memoir, culled from thousands of pages of transcripts. The book is insightful, revealing, surprising. Newman’s voice is powerful, sometimes funny, sometimes painful, always meeting that high standard of searing honesty. The additional voices—from childhood friends and Navy buddies, from family members and film and theater collaborators such as Tom Cruise, George Roy Hill, Martin Ritt, and John Huston—that run throughout add richness and color and context to the story Newman is telling. Newman’s often traumatic childhood is brilliantly detailed. He talks about his teenage insecurities, his early failures with women, his rise to stardom, his early rivals (Marlon Brando and James Dean), his first marriage, his drinking, his philanthropy, the death of his son Scott, his strong desire for his daughters to know and understand the truth about their father. Perhaps the most moving material in the book centers around his relationship with Joanne Woodward—their love for each other, his dependence on her, the way she shaped him intellectually, emotionally and sexually. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man is revelatory and introspective, personal and analytical, loving and tender in some places, always complex and profound.

Author : Mark Bajerski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781483988931
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of an Accidental Psychic written by Mark Bajerski and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-31 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a secret, a wisdom that many believe to be lost or only revealed to those who live in monasteries, meditate under trees or to Spiritual seekers. Or so we were led to believe.I was a successful auctioneer living an ordinary life. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, my life changed dramatically. I now know this wisdom exists; it is all around us and within us. The clues are contained in our past, present and our future and within the incredible stories that fill our lives. The secret is in how to recognise the clues - the messages that exist in our everyday life, but hidden in plain sight. My purpose in sharing my diary - a collection of true stories and secrets to raising your mystical awareness - is to show how a higher intervention plays a powerful role in our everyday lives and to help you recognize your own divine messages.In a world that has become somewhat disconnected from the true essence of living, this book will allow you to move beyond fear and pain, bringing you and everyone who loves you closer to peace and happiness. These true stories all happened to me, they changed lives and they will help change your life forever.Because everything is as it should be !

Author : Simon Garfield
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0091903874
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We are at War written by Simon Garfield and published by Random House. This book was released on 2006 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes portions of the diaries of: Pam Ashford, Christopher Tomlin, Tilly Rice, Eileen Potter, and Maggie Joy Blunt.

Author : Kadek Yoga Pramartha
Publisher : One-Tap Online Services
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Diary of An Ordinary Contemplator written by Kadek Yoga Pramartha and published by One-Tap Online Services. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a guide for those that lose direction. The words in it are wrapped very lightly in a language easy to understand. Each meaning is recorded in a precise and captivating manner. Readers will be led to enjoy the process of gratitude and to recognize happiness in a simple way to realize that it is us that have to create our own happiness, not other people. 100% of the royalty will be allocated for charitable activities

Author : Jennifer Sinor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing written by Jennifer Sinor and published by . This book was released on 2002-11-13 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting and beautifully crafted, The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing provides an entirely new way of viewing “ordinary writing,” the everyday writing we typically ignore or dismiss. It takes as its center the diary of Jennifer Sinor's great-great-great-aunt Annie Ray, a woman who homesteaded in the Dakotas in the late nineteenth century. Diaries such as this have long been ignored by scholars, who prefer instead to focus on diaries with literary features. Reading diaries through this lens gives privileged status to those that are coherently crafted and ignores the very diaries that define the form through their relentless inscription of dailiness. Annie Ray’s diary is not literary. By considering her ordinary writing as a site of complex and strategic negotiations among the writer, the form of writing, and dominant cultural scripts, Sinor makes visible the extraordinary work of the ordinary writer and the sophistication of these texts. In providing a way to read diaries outside the limits and conventions of literature, she challenges our approaches to other texts as well. Furthermore, because ordinary writing is not crafted for aesthetic reception (in contrast to autobiography proper, memoirs, and literary diaries), it is a productive site for investigating how both writing and culture get made every day. The book is truly original in its form: nontraditional, storied, creative. Sinor, an accomplished creative writer, includes her own memories as extended metaphors in partnership with critical texts along with excerpts from her aunt's diary. The Extraordinary Work of Ordinary Writing will be a fascinating text for students of creative writing as well as of women's studies and diaries.

Author : Chris Lowndes
Publisher : Boolarong Press
ISBN 13 : 1921555866
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ordinary Men, Extraordinary Service written by Chris Lowndes and published by Boolarong Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The World War One experiences of the 9th Battalion (Queensland) AIF & Reflections of the Gallipoli Campaign... The men of the 9th Battalion, a Queensland based unit of the AIF, were among the very first wave of volunteers to enlist for war service in what was initially thought of as the 'great adventure¿ with their mates following the outbreak of World War 1. For these young men reality would soon see their world turn upside down. Chris follows this Battalion of brave men through their experiences, recounting the lives of individual men within the battalion obtained from diary and service records. This book also take time to present in a well paced manner, the military strategy and planning behind the Gallipoli campaign.

Author : Ashok Mitra
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714630823
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Calcutta Diary written by Ashok Mitra and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1977 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1977. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.