Walking The Highwire

Author : Emily Arnold McCully
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698114434
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mirette on the High Wire written by Emily Arnold McCully and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-04-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One day, a mysterious stranger arrives at a boardinghouse of the widow Gateau—a sad-faced stranger, who keeps to himself. When the widow’s daughter, Mirette, discovers him crossing the courtyard on air, she begs him to teach her how he does it. But Mirette doesn’t know that the stranger was once the Great Bellini—master wire-walker. Or that Bellini has been stopped by a terrible fear. And it is she who must teach him courage once again. Emily Arnold McCully’s sweeping watercolor paintings carry the reader over the rooftops of nineteenth-century Paris and into an elegant, beautiful world of acrobats, jugglers, mimes, actors, and one gallant, resourceful little girl.

Author : Philippe Petit
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811228657
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the High Wire written by Philippe Petit and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “On the High Wire is fascinating to read. You will learn about the man, his work, his passion, his tenacity and lucidity” (Marcel Marceau) In this poetic handbook, written when he was just twenty-three, the world-famous high-wire artist Philippe Petit offers a window into the world of his craft. Petit masterfully explains how preparation and self-control contributed to such feats as walking between the towers of Notre Dame and the World Trade Center. Addressing such topics as the rigging of the wire, the walker’s first steps, his salute and exercises, and the work of other renowned high-wire artists, Petit offers us a book about the ecstasy of conquering our fears and reaching for the stars.

Author : Olli Rehn
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030345920
Total Pages : 379 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking the Highwire written by Olli Rehn and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-02-23 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking the Highwire tells the story of the Eurozone Crisis from the perspective of the former Vice-President of the European Commission who was responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs in 2010-2014. It is a comprehensive European account that covers both events and decisions in Brussels and Frankfurt and in the member states, both in distressed countries and creditor states. It also provides an economic-political analysis of the crisis and its management, recognising that the Euro was created politically, and saved politically. Thoroughly researched and based on economic analysis of the time, reports on various meetings and the author's own speaking notes and diary, this book begins with a narrative of crisis management 2009-2012, before moving on to address the beginning of the recovery from 2013-2014. It concludes with the lessons learnt from the crisis and a programme for reform of the Eurozone in the 2020s, with contemporary policy relevance. This is an entertaining and engaging account which will be of interest to a wide audience: scholars and students, practitioners and commentators of the Eurozone.

Author : Tino Wallenda
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1458798798
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking the Straight and Narrow written by Tino Wallenda and published by Destiny Image Publishers. This book was released on 2004-12-22 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovery Channel said about the author: "In the rarified world of aerialists, Tino Wallenda is royalty." With the eighth generation of the Wallendas now in the act and hundreds of years of spectacular circus tradition to uphold, the family has secured not only a place in history, but also a place in the Guinness Book of World Records...

Author : Kathy Kacer
Publisher : Second Story Press
ISBN 13 : 1772602523
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hidden on the High Wire written by Kathy Kacer and published by Second Story Press. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irene grew up traveling around Germany with her family’s circus, surrounded by her loved ones and thrilling the crowds with her performance on the high wire...until one day, the audience boos. The Lorch family is Jewish, and the increasing power of Adolf Hitler’s Nazis has put them all in grave danger. When the circus is forced to shut down and Irene’s father is taken away, Irene and her mother must go into hiding with another circus. Every day is a frightening new kind of balancing act, caught between the desire to perform and the need to hide—even in plain sight.

Author : Nik Wallenda
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0785234284
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Facing Fear written by Nik Wallenda and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to overcoming fear from the daredevil who has walked on a tightrope across Times Square and the Grand Canyon. Nik Wallenda is a seventh-generation member of the Flying Wallendas, a circus family known for performing dangerous feats without safety nets. Nik is known for his daring televised tightrope walks over Niagara Falls, the Grand Canyon, Times Square, and an active volcano. Nik has been walking the wire since he took his first steps, but he had never experienced fear until a tragic accident in 2017. The eight-person pyramid he and several members of his family were practicing collapsed, and five of its members fell thirty feet to the ground. While severely injured, they all survived miraculously, but the accident changed Nik’s life forever. For the first time he felt overwhelming fear, and Nik had to find it in himself to move on, release the past, and get back out on the wire. Most of us will never walk a tightrope, but we face things that scare us every day. Whether putting ourselves out there socially or seeking a dream job, all of us allow anxieties and fears to hold us back. In Facing Fear, you will: Discover how to overcome lifelong areas of personal fear Understand the importance of dealing with trauma to fully heal and move forward Gain the determination to pick yourself up, grow in faith, and purposely walk toward success one step at a time Facing Fear weaves parts of Nik’s personal story of the accident and how he conquered his fear with practical advice to help you overcome whatever fears are holding you back. This practical book will help you step out in faith and trust that God will hold you steady, even when you're afraid.

Author : Shelburne
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
ISBN 13 : 9780395898772
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Walking the Highwire written by Shelburne and published by Houghton Mifflin. This book was released on 1998 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Philippe Petit
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0865476519
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Reach the Clouds written by Philippe Petit and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1974, 100,000 people on the ground watched 24-year-old high wire artist Petit make eight crossings between the World Trade Towers. In this visually and verbally stunning book, Petit tells for the first time the story of his walk, from conception and clandestine planning to the performance and its aftermath. 140 illustrations.

Author : Mordicai Gerstein
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312368784
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man Who Walked Between the Towers written by Mordicai Gerstein and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-04-17 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lyrical evocation of Philippe Petit's 1974 tightrope walk between the World Trade Center towers.

Author : Tyler Staton
Publisher : Zondervan
ISBN 13 : 031036051X
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Searching for Enough written by Tyler Staton and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique and validating look at the tension you feel between disillusionment and a desire for truth, Searching for Enough helps you see your doubt not as an emotion to fear but as an invitation to be followed. Do you ever find yourself thinking, "I'm not enough, and I'm never going to be. And I know I'm not supposed to say this, but God's not enough for me either." Whether or not we attend church, deep down we wonder if the biblical story of faith is really enough for the complexity of the world in which we live. We fill our lives with other things, hoping that maybe the next experience or accomplishment will complete us. Yet with every goal we reach, we still feel discouraged and anxious. In Searching for Enough, Pastor Tyler Staton draws on ancient and modern insights to introduce us, as if for the first time, to Jesus' disciple Thomas: history's most notorious skeptic. Like Thomas, we are caught between two unsatisfying stories: We want to believe in God but can't reconcile his presence with our circumstances and internal struggles. But what if there's a better story than shame? What if there's redemption so complete that there's nothing left to hide? What if there is a God who can heal your resentments, fears, and loneliness in such a profound way that you feel whole? From a place of spiritual companionship and deep authenticity, Tyler shows us that it is not an empty tomb that will change our lives, but the presence of the living God. Whether you are a distant skeptic, an involved doubter, or a busy but bored Christian, Searching for Enough invites you to find enough in a God who offers the only promises that never disappoint.