In the tradition of Roddy Doyle's The Woman Who Walked Into Doors comes a brilliant feat of literary ventriloquism, a debut novel by a male author introducing a one-of-a-kind female narrator. Meet Mary Nolan (née Marelli), a tough-talking Jersey City native who comes of age during the turbulent 1970s. Adored by the small-time mafia types in her extended Italian American family–formidable but doting figures like her grandpa Louie, Tony the Horse, and Charlie Cuppacoffee–Mary grew up believing she could always count on men to protect her. But after marrying young to escape her parents, Mary finds herself sidelined by life with a philandering husband and two needy young sons, her dreams as shattered as the city around her. By turns hilarious and heartbreaking, Mary tells of her unusual route to independence, and about the lives she touches–and is touched by–along the way. From Aunt Dot and Aunt Loretta, who get her started in "business," to the ex-nuns who listen to her troubles even as they ask her for relationship advice, to the nosy neighborhood housewives determined to befriend her, Mary finds allies in the unlikeliest of places. How she learns to stand on her own "legitimately"–triumphantly–is the heart of Bill Gordon's remarkable first novel.
In Life as a Spiritual Path, Bill Gordon did his best to put into print the many levels of inspiration that guided his life from its beginnings in Depression Chicago. Twenty years later, just after he was introduced to the gumbos of New Orleans, he went through the awful experience of exploding shells and machine-gun fire as he lay prone on the battlefield in WWII. Bill survived war knowing that he wanted more from life. He sought meaning with the French in Paris and found exquisite taste in food as well as interesting thought. Then, inspired by Thomas Merton's Seven Story Mountain, Bill spent four years in a Catholic monastery. When his health broke down, he returned to New Orleans. He then found inspiration in the work of Henry Miller and wrote one book about him, The Mind and Art of Henry Miller, and one with him, Writer and Critic; a Correspondence with Henry Miller. Bill then made a career out of teaching English and American literature at the University of Kentucky. A sharp change occurred when he found, while on sabbatical, a book by Tibetan Meditation Master Chogyam Trungpa, Meditation in Action. He began studies with Trungpa, then started a meditation center in Lexington, KY. After continued studies with Shambhala International, Bill began a life of teaching and practicing dharma. Now, thirty-five years later, and retired from teaching both at the University and at the Shambhala Center, Bill has hoped to share his long and many-sided life with others by writing this book.
There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White. Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before launching a stellar broadcasting career with the New York Yankees for 18 years. He left the broadcast booth to become the President of the National League for five years. A true pioneer as an African-American athlete, sportscaster, and top baseball executive, White has written his long-awaited autobiography in which he will be candid, open, and as always, most forthcoming about his life in baseball. Along the way, White shares never-before-told stories about his long working relationship with Phil Rizzutto, insights on George Steinbrenner, Barry Bonds, Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Bob Gibson, Bart Giamatti, Fay Vincent, and scores of other top baseball names and Hall of Famers. Best of all, White built his career on being outspoken, and the years fortunately have not mellowed him. UPPITY is a baseball memoir that baseball fans everywhere will be buzzing about.
The workbook addresses several concepts and starts with the prevention of relapse. The major part of the workbook is how to develop support systems for maintaining recovery that contribute to successful recovery. The text shows many elements that contribute to addiction. It goes into detail about the genetic aspects of addiction. There is also a segment of how executive functioning of the brain can get impaired with addiction that compromises judgment, impulse control, and the ability to organize. But these impairments can be temporary with practicing having good judgment and impulse control, since new neuropathways can develop with exercising these functions. The stages of recovery and change are reviewed as well as the twelve steps of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous. One chapter is dedicated to powerlessness and unmanageability. At the end of each chapter, there are references for the reader to consult that have been used for the content of the workbook chapters.
It Came by Loss concentrates on Pete Gordon, about to graduate from Stanford. The tale launches with Pete sitting at the hospital bed of his extroverted and charismatic mother, as he tries to come to grips with her demise from alcoholic liver failure. An attraction with the young nurse caring for his mother draws Pete to reveal his vulnerabilities. A connection develops, since Julia's father also died of alcoholic liver failure. She suggests an experiment that they become intimate and face any personal or relational conflict, and talk-it-through. The relationship is curative for both of them. Pete is haunted by the tragic death of his friend, Alf, when the two young men surfed monster waves at Todos Santos Island in Mexico. The accident was foreshadowed by a trip to Patzcuaro, Mexico, for El Día de los Muertos, when the two friends ruminated on the Mexicans' relationship with death and pondered their own responses to mortality. After graduation Pete becomes an assistant at Scripps Institute of Oceanography. He shares a lab with a woman, Valerie. They become an item. The ISO position involves a trip to the Sea of Cortez with an unstable marine biologist that risks their lives. Dr. Fields is crazed to go out gathering specimens and Pete and Valerie fervently advise against diving after a violent squall. Fields is washed away from the research boat at night. Pete rescues him in the dramatic ferocity of the sea. Valerie and Pete discuss their future and through the backdoor Valerie proposes to Pete. Pete rises from the tragedies of his past.
There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White. Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s, was an All-Star first baseman for many years with the New York Giants, St.Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies before launching a stellar broadcasting career with the New York Yankees for 18 years. He left the broadcast booth to become the President of the National League for five years. A true pioneer as an African-American athlete, sportscaster, and top baseball executive, White has written his long-awaited autobiography in which he will be candid, open, and as always, most forthcoming about his life in baseball. Along the way, White shares never-before-told stories about his long working relationship with Phil Rizzutto, insights on George Steinbrenner, Barry Bonds, Reggie Jackson, Thurman Munson, Bob Gibson, Bart Giamatti, Fay Vincent, and scores of other top baseball names and Hall of Famers. Best of all, White built his career on being outspoken, and the years fortunately have not mellowed him. UPPITY is a baseball memoir that baseball fans everywhere will be buzzing about.
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