Fighting For Honor

Author : T. J. Desch-Obi
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 1643361937
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Honor written by T. J. Desch-Obi and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2021-04-12 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A groundbreaking investigation into the migration of martial arts techniques across continents and centuries The presence of African influence and tradition in the Americas has long been recognized in art, music, language, agriculture, and religion. T. J. Desch-Obi explores another cultural continuity that is as old as eighteenth-century slave settlements in South America and as contemporary as hip-hop culture. In this thorough survey of the history of African martial arts techniques, Desch-Obi maps the translation of numerous physical combat techniques across three continents and several centuries to illustrate how these practices evolved over time and are still recognizable in American culture today. Some of these art traditions were part of African military training while others were for self-defense and spiritual discipline. Grounded in historical and cultural anthropological methodologies, Desch-Obi's investigation traces the influence of well-delineated African traditions on long-observed but misunderstood African and African American cultural activities in North America, Brazil, and the Caribbean. He links the Brazilian martial art capoeira to reports of slave activities recorded in colonial and antebellum North America. Likewise Desch-Obi connects images of the kalenda African stick-fighting techniques to the Haitian Revolution. Throughout the study Desch-Obi examines the ties between physical mastery of these arts and changing perceptions of honor. Including forty-five illustrations, this rich history of the arrival and dissemination of African martial arts in the Atlantic world offers a new vantage for furthering our understanding of the powerful influence of enslaved populations on our collective social history.

Author : JB Salsbury
Publisher : JB Salsbury, LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Honor written by JB Salsbury and published by JB Salsbury, LLC. This book was released on 2023-08-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ghosts of her past aren’t finished with her yet. But he’s more than ready to fight for her honor… Caleb My childhood home in Hope Town is the perfect place to train for my next fight. Quiet. Distraction free. Or so I thought. Turns out, she’s there. Honor Cartwright, my first crush, is all grown up. I didn’t tell her how I felt all those years ago. I’m not about to make that mistake again… Honor I grew up as a small-town outcast. The local bully’s favorite plaything. And things haven’t improved over the years. I’m just trying to survive and avoid drawing any attention to myself. I do not need to be seen with someone as famous—and sexy—as Caleb. But I can’t stay away. Logically, I know falling for him could destroy me. Too bad my heart has no interest in logic… New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author JB Salsbury brings her Fighting series to Harper Sloan’s Hope Town in Fighting for Honor. This emotional, steamy, contemporary, second chance sports/MMA romance has a guaranteed happily ever after and PLENTY of angst. Download today and get ready to fall for Caleb, Honor, and Hope Town.

Author : Michael L. Cooper
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780395913758
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Honor written by Michael L. Cooper and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2000 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book examines the history of Japanese in the United States, focusing on their treatment during World War II, including the mass relocation to internment camps and the distinguished service of Japanese Americans in the American military. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white photos and appended with a map of the relocation camps, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography.

Author : K. C. Lynn
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546883166
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting With Honor written by K. C. Lynn and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a man pledges his honor to his country, that sacrifice is embedded in his soul forever. For years he's trained to fight, kill, and do whatever necessary to protect his country and its freedom, even if it means giving his own life. He becomes more of a machine than human-one that's built to destroy the enemy. When it's time to turn in his weapons, he never forgets the skills he learned. Never forgets the smell of death or feel of a rifle in his hands. The same hands that one day cradle his baby girl and caress the skin of his beautiful wife. If anything or anyone ever tried to steal away the family he has vowed to love and protect, may God have mercy on their soul.

Author : Gerald J. Berry
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1426951736
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fight for Honor written by Gerald J. Berry and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinton Williams has been an officer in the Union Army, sheriff of a small town in New Mexico Territory, and a transporter of five escaped slaves across free and slave states. Now it is time for a new adventure! War is fast developing between the northern and southern states and Clint is soon caught up in the conflict. He was heading home to Indiana when he discovered that his friends in Arkansas had been victimized by a band of guerillas and had stolen his horse! Trailing his missing friend (and horse), Clint soon found himself pressed into service in the camp of Colonel Ulysses S. Grant in the union army. Newly promoted General Grant is out to make a name for his self and Brevet Captain Clint Williams is along for the ride!

Author : Michael Ireland
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 147971741X
Total Pages : 587 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Fight for Honor written by Michael Ireland and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was and remains - the largest public/private contract ever entered into in Michigan. More than $35 million in taxpayer's money was awarded to UPSCO, a company developed to build innovative tug-barge vessels as part of a unique "rails-to-sails" transportation system that promised to revolutionize and transform the U.S./Michigan trucking and shipping industry in the early 1980s. Within seven years, however, two top company officials would be sentenced to prison; the company - and the hundreds of jobs it provided - lay in ruins; political careers were destroyed; and Michigan residents saw millions of their tax dollars disappear in an instant. But now, more than two-and-a-half decades later, federal court records, company documents, secret FBI/U.S. Postal Service Investigation reports and U.S. Attorney records reveal a reality that is hard to believe: Michigan's largest financial investment flop in history never had to happen; one of the nation's most farsighted and talented entrepreneurs never had to see the inside of a prison cell; and the level of FBI, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct, sparked by overreaching federal investigative agencies and greedy union and private shipbuilding company owners, rose to a level that is still hard to believe even in these cynical times. "A Fight For Honor: The Charles Kerkman Story" is an inside look at one of the nation's most outrageous and egregious political and law-enforcement cases told through the life and experiences of Charles Kerkman, the man who lived the governmental nightmare that haunts him to this day.

Author : Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1984815709
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting Words written by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Newbery Honor Book* *Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor* A candid and fierce middle grade novel about sisterhood and sexual abuse, by two-time Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times best seller Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, author of The War that Saved My Life Kirkus Prize Finalist Boston Globe Best Book of the Year Horn Book Fanfare Best Book of the Year School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Booklist Best Book of the Year Kirkus Best Book of the Year BookPage Best Book of the Year New York Public Library Best Book of the Year Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year ALSC Notable Book "Fighting Words is raw, it is real, it is necessary, a must-read for children and their adults—a total triumph in all ways." —Holly Goldberg Sloan, New York Times bestselling author of Counting by 7s Ten-year-old Della has always had her older sister, Suki: When their mom went to prison, Della had Suki. When their mom's boyfriend took them in, Della had Suki. When that same boyfriend did something so awful they had to run fast, Della had Suki. Suki is Della's own wolf--her protector. But who has been protecting Suki? Della might get told off for swearing at school, but she has always known how to keep quiet where it counts. Then Suki tries to kill herself, and Della's world turns so far upside down, it feels like it's shaking her by the ankles. Maybe she's been quiet about the wrong things. Maybe it's time to be loud. In this powerful novel that explodes the stigma around child sexual abuse and leavens an intense tale with compassion and humor, Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells a story about two sisters, linked by love and trauma, who must find their own voices before they can find their way back to each other. "Della’s matter-of-fact narration manages to be as funny and charming as it is devastatingly sad. . . . This is a novel about trauma [but] more than that, it’s a book about resilience, strength and healing. For every young reader who decides to wait . . . there will be others for whom this is the exact book they need right now." —New York Times Book Review "One of the most important books ever written for kids."—Colby Sharp of Nerdy Book Club "One for the history books."—Betsy Bird for A Fuse #8 Production/SLJ "Gripping. Life-changing...I am awe-struck."—Donna Gephart, author of Lily and Dunkin "Compassionate, truthful, and beautiful."—Elana K. Arnold, author of Damsel "I am blown away. [This] may be Kimberly Brubaker Bradley's best work yet."—Barbara Dee, author of Maybe He Just Likes You "A book that lets [kids] know they have never been alone. And never will be."—Kat Yeh, author of The Truth About Twinkie Pie "Meets the criteria of great children's literature that [will] resonate with adults too."—Bitch Media * "At once heartbreaking and hopeful."—Kirkus (starred review) * "Honest [and] empowering...An important book for readers of all ages."—SLJ (starred review) * "Sensitive[,] deft, and vivid."—BCCB (starred review) * "Prepare to read furiously."—Booklist (starred review) * "An essential, powerful mirror and window for any reader."—PW (starred review) * "Enlightening, empowering and--yes--uplifting."—BookPage (starred review) * "Unforgettable."—The Horn Book (starred review)

Author : Christopher S. Parker
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691140049
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Democracy written by Christopher S. Parker and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-09-06 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How military service led black veterans to join the civil rights struggle Fighting for Democracy shows how the experiences of African American soldiers during World War II and the Korean War influenced many of them to challenge white supremacy in the South when they returned home. Focusing on the motivations of individual black veterans, this groundbreaking book explores the relationship between military service and political activism. Christopher Parker draws on unique sources of evidence, including interviews and survey data, to illustrate how and why black servicemen who fought for their country in wartime returned to America prepared to fight for their own equality. Parker discusses the history of African American military service and how the wartime experiences of black veterans inspired them to contest Jim Crow. Black veterans gained courage and confidence by fighting their nation's enemies on the battlefield and racism in the ranks. Viewing their military service as patriotic sacrifice in the defense of democracy, these veterans returned home with the determination and commitment to pursue equality and social reform in the South. Just as they had risked their lives to protect democratic rights while abroad, they risked their lives to demand those same rights on the domestic front. Providing a sophisticated understanding of how war abroad impacts efforts for social change at home, Fighting for Democracy recovers a vital story about black veterans and demonstrates their distinct contributions to the American political landscape.

Author : Carin Greenberg Baker
Publisher : Puffin
ISBN 13 : 9780140360240
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fight for Honor written by Carin Greenberg Baker and published by Puffin. This book was released on 1992 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lee, an adopted Vietnamese boy and karate expert, must cope with school bullies.

Author : P. O’Connell Pearson
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 1534429328
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting for the Forest written by P. O’Connell Pearson and published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an inspiring middle grade nonfiction work, P. O’Connell Pearson tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corps—one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal projects that helped save a generation of Americans. When Franklin D. Roosevelt took office in March 1933, the United States was on the brink of economic collapse and environmental disaster. Thirty-four days later, the first of over three million impoverished young men were building parks and reclaiming the nation’s forests and farmlands. The Civilian Conservation Corps—FDR’s favorite program and “miracle of inter-agency cooperation”—resulted in the building and/or improvement of hundreds of state and national parks, the restoration of nearly 120 million acre of land, and the planting of some three billion trees—more than half of all the trees ever planted in the United States. Fighting for the Forest tells the story of the Civilian Conservation Corp through a close look at Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (the CCC’s first project) and through the personal stories and work of young men around the nation who came of age and changed their country for the better working in Roosevelt’s Tree Army.