Sams Best Shot

Author : Dr. James Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525273834
Total Pages : 574 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam's Best Shot written by Dr. James Best and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 574 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Dr James Best sold the family home to finance a trip to Africa, he hoped it would have far-reaching and life-changing results for his 14 year old son Sam, who had autism. A loveable young man who knew a lot about the things that interested him but couldn't make his way to the corner shop, Sam's future was limited. James knew that Sam was the ideal age to make the journey far out of his comfort zone in which he would have to take on new and scary challenges and learn to navigate the unexpected - and that the shock of all of those new experiences would change the neuroplasticity of Sam's brain and enable him to achieve what he hadn't been able to in a familiar environment. Their time in Africa was entertaining, nerve-wracking and hugely challenging, but the results for Sam were stunning and tests proved the experiment was successful. Sam learned a huge amount and has returned far more ready and able to take on the world. A moving and inspiring true story that will give hope to many families dealing with autism.

Author : James Best
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 176063901X
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam's Best Shot written by James Best and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A father and son's life-changing journey through Autism, adolescence and Africa. Inspiring, entertaining and a beacon of hope for those touched by autism. Life with a teenage boy on the autism spectrum has its challenges. Fourteen-year-old Sam is a world authority on Harry Potter but can't get to the corner store on his own. Sam's parents Dr James Best and Benison O'Reilly decide to think radically to help their son. They sell the family home to finance a six-month-long trip to Africa for James and Sam, in the hope that it will have far-reaching and life-changing results for Sam. Their plan is to take Sam a long way out of his comfort zone, so that he has to face new challenges and learn to navigate the completely unexpected - and that the exposure of all of these new experiences will help Sam grow emotionally and conversationally to achieve what he hasn't been able to in a familiar environment. The results were extraordinary and will give hope to many families dealing with autism. Sam's Best Shot is the moving and inspiring account of the amazing journey James and Sam took through the teeming cities and stunning landscapes of ten African countries - nerve-wracking and hugely challenging, but also transformative, fulfilling and entertaining. This is a father and son story like no other. 'James Best and his son travel across Africa in the search for nothing other than randomness and unpredictability. It presents as a travelogue with autism as a sub-plot but, in fact, it is a divine love story of a father and son who are bound together in the adventure of their lifetime.' Nicole Rogerson, CEO Autism Awareness Australia

Author : James Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780369314932
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam's Best Shot written by James Best and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life with a teenage boy on the autism spectrum has its challenges. Fourteen-year-old Sam is a world authority on Harry Potter but can't get to the corner store on his own. Sam's parents Dr James Best and Benison O'Reilly decide to think radically to help their son. They sell the family home to finance a six-month-long trip to Africa for James and Sam, in the hope that it will have far-reaching and life-changing results for Sam. Their plan is to take Sam a long way out of his comfort zone, so that he has to face new challenges and learn to navigate the completely unexpected - and that the exposure of all of these new experiences will help Sam grow emotionally and conversationally to achieve what he hasn't been able to in a familiar environment. The results were extraordinary and will give hope to many families dealing with autism. Sam's Best Shot is the moving and inspiring account of the amazing journey James and Sam took through the teeming cities and stunning landscapes of ten African countries - nerve-wracking and hugely challenging, but also transformative, fulfilling and entertaining. This is a father and son story like no other. 'James Best and his son travel across Africa in the search for nothing other than randomness and unpredictability. It presents as a travelogue with autism as a sub-plot but, in fact, it is a divine love story of a father and son who are bound together in the adventure of their lifetime.' Nicole Rogerson, CEO Autism Awareness Australia

Author : James Best
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781525255502
Total Pages : 600 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sam's Best Shot written by James Best and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-26 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life with a teenage boy on the autism spectrum has its challenges. Fourteen-year-old Sam is a world authority on Harry Potter but can't get to the corner store on his own. Sam's parents Dr James Best and Benison O'Reilly decide to think radically to help their son. They sell the family home to finance a six-month-long trip to Africa for James and Sam, in the hope that it will have far-reaching and life-changing results for Sam. Their plan is to take Sam a long way out of his comfort zone, so that he has to face new challenges and learn to navigate the completely unexpected - and that the exposure of all of these new experiences will help Sam grow emotionally and conversationally to achieve what he hasn't been able to in a familiar environment. The results were extraordinary and will give hope to many families dealing with autism. Sam's Best Shot is the moving and inspiring account of the amazing journey James and Sam took through the teeming cities and stunning landscapes of ten African countries - nerve-wracking and hugely challenging, but also transformative, fulfilling and entertaining. This is a father and son story like no other. 'James Best and his son travel across Africa in the search for nothing other than randomness and unpredictability. It presents as a travelogue with autism as a sub-plot but, in fact, it is a divine love story of a father and son who are bound together in the adventure of their lifetime.' Nicole Rogerson, CEO Autism Awareness Australia

Author : F. M. Worden
Publisher : CCB Publishing
ISBN 13 : 192736048X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Two Sams written by F. M. Worden and published by CCB Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Two Sams is a story of a Father and Son in the 1800's. The story follows each of their lives from birth to death. As the story of each man unfolds the reader will feel kinship to the people they meet. Most will have met people of the same caliber. Some are good and many are not so good. While each man has occasion to leave home in their teen years, the reader will marvel at how they find their way. Adventures with mountain men, a slave auction, buffalo hunts, famous lawmen of the west, facing down a bully bragger, feel the passion and desire for their women. In the century of the America we so proudly hail as the foundation of our civilization it was a hard and demanding time in our history. Life in the 1800's had few luxuries for frontier living. These men and their women with their courage, compassion and thoughtfulness helped to pave the way for us into the twentieth century. About the Author Francis M. (Frank) Worden was born in Oklahoma in 1930. He migrated to Tucson, Arizona, as a youngster with his family for the health of his mother. Growing up he became an avid student of the history of Arizona and America, especially the Civil War and the Western movement. He served seventeen and a half years in the National Guard of Arizona and Army Reserve, honorably discharged as a Captain. Frank has a deep admiration and love for his ancestors and the people who through courage, resourcefulness and hard work settled and developed this great nation. He lives in Tucson with his wife Beverly, is the father of five sons, a daughter, twelve grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. He owns a small business, race horses, is an outdoors-man and gun collector.

Author : James Lincoln Collier
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1620641984
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book My Brother Sam Is Dead written by James Lincoln Collier and published by Blackstone Publishing. This book was released on 2012-05-01 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic story of one family torn apart by the Revolutionary War All his life, Tim Meeker has looked up to his brother. Sam is smart and brave, and is now a part of the American Revolution. Not everyone in town wants to be a part of the rebellion. Most are supporters of the British, including Tim and Sam's father. With the war soon raging, Tim knows he will have to make a choice between the Revolutionaries and the Redcoats, and between his brother and his father.

Author : Micheal J. Darby
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1434968189
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridging the Generation Gap through Sports written by Micheal J. Darby and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childhood memories of Joe Louis, Willie Mays, Lenny Moore, Johnny Unitas and several other sports icons are recalled in the idolizing mind of Freddie, a lifelong sports fan, who grew up in Western, North Carolina during the 1950s and 60s. The early careers of Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and O.J. Simpson, are written as personal narratives. The timeline spans five decades. Fanatical eyewitness accounts of sitting in the stands watching teenagers David Thompson, James Worthy, Eric Sleepy Floyd, and Michael Jordan are recalled and shared from the perspective of a tenacious sports fan. The early careers of Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson are also recalled. Several associate Gastonia, NC Highland Junior-Senior High scholar athletes are highlighted. Florida State basketball coach Leonard Hamilton is one of the athletes. Leonard was a teammate of Sam Lowery a great Highland basketball players. Sam helped lay the foundation for James Worthy, Sleepy Floyd, Bubba Wilson, Daryl Armstrong and other NBA players. Sam died much too young. The closing chapter highlights wisdom and knowledge that should have been shared with the Sam Lowerys of the world.

Author : Susan Woodward Springer
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513261681
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Misadventures of Seldovia Sam written by Susan Woodward Springer and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2018-04-24 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All four books of Seldovia Sam's exciting misadventures are now collected in one book! Eight-year-old Sam Peterson from Seldovia, Alaska, doesn't go looking for trouble, but he always seems to find it! This book collects the entire series of Seldovia Sam's exploits, from digging up clams and rescuing sea otters to encountering wildfires and meeting bears.

Author : Joe Holley
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292745699
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slingin' Sam written by Joe Holley and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Jenkins calls him “the greatest quarterback who ever lived, college or pro.” Slingin’ Sammy Baugh, who played for TCU and the Washington Redskins, single-handedly revolutionized the game of football. While the pros still wore leather helmets and played the game more like rugby, Baugh’s ability to throw the ball with rifle-like accuracy made the forward pass a strategic weapon, not a desperation heave. Like Babe Ruth, who changed the very perception of how baseball is played, Slingin’ Sam transformed the notion of offense in football and how much yardage can be gained through the air. As the first modern quarterback, Baugh led the Redskins to five title games and two NFL championships, while leading the league in passing six times—a record that endures to this day—and in punting four times. In 1943, the triple-threat Baugh also scored a triple crown when he led the league in passing, punting, and interceptions. Slingin’ Sam is the first major biography of this legendary quarterback, one of the first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Joe Holley traces the whole arc of Baugh’s life (1914–2008), from his small-town Texas roots to his college ball success as an All-American at TCU, his brief flirtation with professional baseball, and his stellar career with the Washington Redskins (1937–1952), as well as his later career coaching the New York Titans and Houston Oilers and ranching in West Texas. Through Holley’s vivid descriptions of close-fought games, Baugh comes alive both as the consummate all-around athlete who could play every minute of every game, on both offense and defense, and as an all-around good guy.

Author : Tina Leonard
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373753977
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cowboy Sam's Quadruplets written by Tina Leonard and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Defending his family's New Mexico ranch against a hostile takeover is the only reason Sam Callahan would even consider getting married. With four of his brothers already happily hitched, the youngest Callahan could end up being the last bachelor standing. Unless Seton McKinley says yes...Seton came home to Diablo to hang out her P.I. shingle. But the real reason is her unrequited crush on one hunky cowboy. The footloose charmer is proposing they make it legal-in name only! Of course she says no...until Sam flashes that infamous Callahan charm. Now the newlyweds are getting ready to become a family...of six! Fatherhood can change a man's perspective, especially with quadruplets on the way. But nothing-not even the revelation of a shocker of a family secret-is going to change Sam's feelings for Seton...and their three baby girls and boy!"--P. [4] of cover.