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Based on the candid and sometimes startling conversations that YOU were never meant to hear, THE TONYA TAPES, written by award-winning author Lynda D. Prouse, chronicles the life of the world's most infamous female athlete -- TONYA HARDING -- revealing for the first time the whole truth of her difficult and amazing life on and off the ice. Based on actual, extensive interviews with Tonya Harding, and written with her collaboration, this is her story!
This book is an actual trip into reality. It is my autobiography. I realize that I am not famous or anything. I am just another average human being who had a tough break in life. I know that I am not unique in any sense. I would like to dedicate this book to my dad. When things got tough and I seriously needed someone, he was there.
ACCOMPLISHED WELL KNOWN ENTREPRENEUR WITH SUPERB ACCOLADES, life takes an abrupt turn as a brief encounter with a particular woman who penetrates his thoughts. The explainable attraction he felt instantly resonant feelings suppressed years before. His charismatic manner attempts to gain favor, only to find her elusive toward his gesture. Startled yet intrigued he's compelled to find out more about the mysterious woman. Once her identity is revealed he uses a business endeavor to obtain an audience. Convinced shes linked to his future, although current circumstances state otherwise. As this revelation materializes it provides a glimpse into the idea of fulfillment, visualizing life with love. Transforming this career driven, pretentious party man's world into a different dimension, devoted now to creating this reality.
The attack on Nancy Kerrigan at the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships set the stage for a Winter Olympics spectacle: Tonya versus Nancy. Women on Ice collects the writings of a diverse group of feminists who address and question our national obsession with Tonya and Nancy and what this tells us about perceptions of women in twentieth century America.
No Christian will dispute the importance of properly understanding the gospel. And throughout the centuries the function of theology has been to aid that understanding. In good part, as the author of this challenging study indicates, theology has turned to philosophy, history, sociology, or yet other disciplines in an effort to make its own message clear; that is, theology has used philosophical or historical or sociological concepts of reality, and has then attempted to impose upon reality (so defined) a deeper theological significance. But that effort, Robert Roth believes, can never be completely successful, since each of these disciplines -- valuable as they are in themselves -- are comp...
While trying everything she could think of to make herself beautiful, Tonya discovers the secret of beauty is about how you act. Beloved author, Liberty Dendron writing and graphic, colorful pictures seem to jump right off the page-but they are jumping to help Tonya discover the secret of beauty! There is no secret. If you love and care for others, be kind and patient and do only good deeds, then you will look pretty. The love in your heart for others is what makes you beautiful." Mouth agape, Tonya listened intently to the butterfly. "A little while ago, you treated those poor creatures with meanness. That's how you became ugly. The more your heart is filled with cruelty and anger, the uglier you'll become," said the butterfly. Young children will learn a valuable lesson about teamwork from this funny, favorite kids story
Tommy "Tee" Treadwell's mission is to beat the odds in a small suburban town through the links that was practiced and taught through his family lineage prior to him overturning a 15–30-year sentence in Pennsylvania's penal system. Can Tee trust the old links? Do they need to be polished, fastened and resealed? Or was the order and loyalty still set in the hearts of his old team. Can Tee really abandon the drug game with his younger Brother Shorty still standing on the code of honor or will territorial zones keep his blood pumping, causing him to want his throne back through intellect and violence if need be? THIS STORY CAN ONLY BE TOLD BY A PERSON WHO HONORED THE CODE OF LOYALTY
With the death of her mother and the disappearance of her vindictive father, Alexandria is left in the care of her Uncle Frankie. Tucked away at her uncle's estate, she is sheltered from the ugly truths of her family’s past. She is loved fiercely by her uncle and is taught how to always protect herself, even if it means killing. When their compound is attacked, Alexandria must use everything that her uncle has taught her to prepare for the arduous journey ahead to her new identity and life. After twenty years, a new, but old, threat returns to disrupt the normalcy that she has worked so hard to achieve. When she needs protection the most, she will realize that her family has always protected her, and always will.
Sequel to Crank Me Up Xavier McDay and Marius Rabineaux have been together for a year now. Life has been good to both men, and though at first glance it may seem that they’re too different to make things work, the computer geek and the appliance store worker actually make quite the hot pair. Sherie and Tonya, Marius' daughter and Xavier’s niece, are definitely rooting for the men, and they both hope for wedding bells in the future so they can all be a family. After a minor misunderstanding, Marius proposes to his “Uncle Cranky” and Xavier accepts. But the stress has only just begun, with finding a house for four, planning a wedding and surviving the honeymoon. That’s a lot to handle for two men who just want to love each other, take care of their kids, and live their lives in peace. But they’ll do anything to get the happiness they deserve.