"On September 2, 2013, at the age of 64, Diana Nyad emerged onto the shores of Key West after completing a 110 mile, 53 hour, record-breaking swim through shark-infested waters from Cuba to Florida. Her memoir shows why, at 64 she was able to achieve what she couldn't at 30 and how her repeated failures contributed to her success."--
Using his knowledge of the sea and stars, Vahi-roa the navigator guides a group of Tahitians aboard a great canoe to the unknown islands of Hawaii.
With lovely language and a sly sense of humor, this beautiful picture book celebrates the tenacious temperaments of these pesky plants and is sure to have little ones chanting, “Way to go, weeds!”
We worked our way around to the side of the village and sneaked in. We didn't exactly know what we were looking for but somehow we found a pottery jar filled with what appeared to be some kind of food and we stole another empty jar to ...
"We're getting closer," Dad says some time later as he takes an exit from the highway and turns down a country road. The farm is just over the ridge. Finding the right mailbox, Dad turns down a gravel driveway that stretches for an ...
Carefully I pull out of the parking space and onto the road, not sure exactly where I'm headed. ... I make a turn and find myself on Park Avenue. It's not exactly a route I usually take, but as I drive a little way I see a sign.
I don't know why. But it did. He never told me one thing about Laura, not the first time, or the last time he saw her." "Because it was private, something he couldn't share." She paused. "The way we couldn't share our kiss with him.
Brad Hurtig lost his hands in an industrial accident just after his sophomore year of high school. This is his story of how he rehabilitated himself to the point of not only playing football again, but to earn all-state honors.
Carly Fiorina believes beyond a shadow of a doubt that your potential can be unleashed. In Find Your Way, she shows you the path to getting there.
What if the person you thought you’d lost forever walked back into your life?
This volume introduces Roman Catholic Womenpriests and bishops who are shaping a more inclusive, Christ-centered, Spirit-empowered Church of equals in the 21st century.