Surviving Against The Odds

Author : S. Ann Dunham
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822392615
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surviving against the Odds written by S. Ann Dunham and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-24 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: President Barack Obama’s mother, S. Ann Dunham, was an economic anthropologist and rural development consultant who worked in several countries including Indonesia. Dunham received her doctorate in 1992. She died in 1995, at the age of 52, before having the opportunity to revise her dissertation for publication, as she had planned. Dunham’s dissertation adviser Alice G. Dewey and her fellow graduate student Nancy I. Cooper undertook the revisions at the request of Dunham’s daughter, Maya Soetoro-Ng. The result is Surviving against the Odds, a book based on Dunham’s research over a period of fourteen years among the rural metalworkers of Java, the island home to nearly half Indonesia’s population. Surviving against the Odds reflects Dunham’s commitment to helping small-scale village industries survive; her pragmatic, non-ideological approach to research and problem solving; and her impressive command of history, economic data, and development policy. Along with photographs of Dunham, the book includes many pictures taken by her in Indonesia. After Dunham married Lolo Soetoro in 1967, she and her six-year-old son, Barack Obama, moved from Hawai‘i to Soetoro’s home in Jakarta, where Maya Soetoro was born three years later. Barack returned to Hawai‘i to attend school in 1971. Dedicated to Dunham’s mother Madelyn, her adviser Alice, and “Barack and Maya, who seldom complained when their mother was in the field,” Surviving against the Odds centers on the metalworking industries in the Javanese village of Kajar. Focusing attention on the small rural industries overlooked by many scholars, Dunham argued that wet-rice cultivation was not the only viable economic activity in rural Southeast Asia. Surviving against the Odds includes a preface by the editors, Alice G. Dewey and Nancy I. Cooper, and a foreword by her daughter Maya Soetoro-Ng, each of which discusses Dunham and her career. In his afterword, the anthropologist and Indonesianist Robert W. Hefner explores the content of Surviving against the Odds, its relation to anthropology when it was researched and written, and its continuing relevance today.

Author : Nicole Quiroz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781631297427
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surviving Against All Odds written by Nicole Quiroz and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-30 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Surviving Against All Odds, Nicole Quiroz presents an intimate and personal account of her life story. From being raised in an abusive household and moving through detention centers and group homes, to falling in with regrettable company, dealing with addiction, struggling to overcome marital obstacles, and more, this book explores the moving testimony of one young woman's perseverance and the transformative power of God's love. Nicole is a dedicated wife and mother to two growing children. She frequently writes poetry and enjoys spending time in her garden. Nicole's faith in God has sustained her during her fight to find freedom from her past. Throughout her life it has been on her heart to help others. She hopes to shine a light on the dark things of this world. Showing that there can be healing through faith in God.

Author : John H. Johnson
Publisher : Amistad
ISBN 13 : 9781567430028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Succeeding Against The Odds written by John H. Johnson and published by Amistad. This book was released on 1993-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America’s wealthiest entrepreneurs, John H. Johnson rose from the welfare rolls of the Depression to become the most successful Black businessman in American history; the founder of Ebony, Jet, and EM magazines; and a member of the Forbes 400. Like the man himself, this autobiography is brash, inspirational, and truly unforgettable.

Author : Norman Salsitz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Against All Odds written by Norman Salsitz and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an unusually exciting story including hair-breath escapes, dangerous subterfuges, intrigues & heroic exploits shared by two people against an array of Nazi pursuers in Poland. It contains a romantic interlude which culminated in the marriage of the two protagonists. Amalie was so successful in posing as an Aryan that she received a marriage proposal from a German officer ...

Author : John Stieber
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781523347360
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Against the Odds written by John Stieber and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-07-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Stieber was a twelve-year-old schoolboy in Ireland when he was sent to secondary school in Germany. Caught there by the outbreak of the Second World War, he was unable to return to his parents for seven years. In due course, he was called to serve in an anti-aircraft battery and in the National Labour Service. Just after his eighteenth birthday, he was sent to the Russian Front with the elite Paratrooper and Tank Division, Hermann Goring. He lived through an amazing series of events, escaping death many times and was one of the few survivors of his division when the war ended. In this narrative of his early life, John Stieber describes how he went from a carefree childhood through increasing hardships, until every day of his life became a challenge for survival."

Author : Kelly A. Turner, PhD
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062268775
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Remission written by Kelly A. Turner, PhD and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her New York Times bestseller, Radical Remission: Surviving Cancer Against All Odds, Dr. Kelly A. Turner, founder of the Radical Remission Project, uncovers nine factors that can lead to a spontaneous remission from cancer—even after conventional medicine has failed. While getting her Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkley, Dr. Turner, a researcher, lecturer, and counselor in integrative oncology, was shocked to discover that no one was studying episodes of radical (or unexpected) remission—when people recover against all odds without the help of conventional medicine, or after conventional medicine has failed. She was so fascinated by this kind of remission that she embarked on a ten month trip around the world, traveling to ten different countries to interview fifty holistic healers and twenty radical remission cancer survivors about their healing practices and techniques. Her research continued by interviewing over 100 Radical Remission survivors and studying over 1000 of these cases. Her evidence presents nine common themes that she believes may help even terminal patients turn their lives around.

Author : Shannon Rizzotto
Publisher : Mendon Cottage Books
ISBN 13 : 1310965234
Total Pages : 33 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Survivalist's Guide to Surviving Against the Odds written by Shannon Rizzotto and published by Mendon Cottage Books. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Survivalist’s Guide to Surviving Against the Odds Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One - Be prepared 1. A full tank of gas 2. Water 3. Food 4. Vitamins 5. Medicinal Items 6. Survival Tools Chapter Two - Surviving the Psychological Chapter Three - How to build a shelter Chapter Four - How to build and maintain a fire Chapter Five - Location is Key Chapter Six - Review Introduction There are times that we may find ourselves in situations where knowing how to survive against all the odds is the one sure thing that WILL in fact save our lives. This book will take you the reader through various scenarios and will show you the basic steps of what you will need in order to survive even the most catastrophic of events.

Author : Jack Capell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surviving the Odds written by Jack Capell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ian Rohr
Publisher : Blake Education
ISBN 13 : 9781865098333
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Survival Against the Odds written by Ian Rohr and published by Blake Education. This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Glebe, Australia: Blake Education, 2002.

Author : Brenda Stockdale
Publisher : Sentient+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1591812763
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can Beat the Odds written by Brenda Stockdale and published by Sentient+ORM. This book was released on 2009-11-15 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A specialist in biobehavioral medicine presents a holistic program for enhancing immunity and improving your chances of recovery from serious illness. This guide offers practical, science-based techniques that have been proven to help cancer and chronic disease survivors. You Can Beat the Odds reveals surprising risk factors—greater than smoking, diet, or cholesterol—that can make the difference between robust health and life-threatening illness. Even your genetic inheritance isn’t as fixed as you might have imagined.’ Brenda Stockdale’s mind-body approach addresses the underpinnings of illness, health, and healing. Each technique in her program is designed to improve the way your body responds to viruses, illnesses, and even daily stress. This volume includes exercises to help you personalize your program and integrate insights quickly into your everyday life.