No one spent more time with Barack Obama during his historic first campaign and term than "body man" Reggie Love, whose professional coming of age story--from team captain of Coach K's 2001 NCAA title team through junior Senator Obama's mailroom to becoming the President's confidant, friend, and Chief of Stuff--is like no other"--
Reggie Miller on the New York Knicks: I'm telling you right now, I hate the Knicks. Absolutely hate those kids....Face it: The Knicks are dirty players. Let me take the back. They're not dirty players, but when things aren't going New York's way, they're going to do whatever it takes to win. And if that means hurting someone, then they'll do it. I'm not going to say that's dirty, but sometimes they take it to the extreme. On the mental side of the game: Everybody in the NBA knows how to play basketball or else they wouldn't be there. But what separates the good players from the great players is their mental capacity, not only to overcome their opponent, but to get through the tough spots...I always feel mentally stronger than any opponent I step on the same floor with. He might have more talent than I do, but I don't think anybody is mentally stronger than me. I'll match wills with anybody. On determination: On Cheryl Miller: "Cheryl, I got 39." "Reggie, that's great." "Yeah, so how'd you do?" "Uh, I got 105." Thing was, Cheryl didn't say it to be mean, But, damn, 105 points in one game? But I got my revenge a few years later... We got out to the court and shesaid, "Your ball." I told her she could have it first. So she kind of crouched down, made her usual strong first move, got right past me and put up the shot.Cheryl paused for a moment and then said, in a real serious tone, "We're going to play Hors
This little book is about a wonderful cat, who shared his life with his devoted adopted parents, Reggie and Anita. Sunshine began his life as a kitten, under a pier on Topsail Island, North Carolina. His wonderful mommy was called, Mama Motley and she adored her baby Sunshine. Sunshine spent many happy and loving years with Reggie and Anita. He was the smartest and sweetest cat imaginable. He made many friends both humans and animals during his precious life. This little book is dedicated to Sunshine's memory and life. It is the authors' sincerest wish that this little book brings you happiness. They also hope that it will teach children some very important lessons about love, life, service to others, and the acceptance of all living creatures and their role in this wonderful world. Click here to hear a recent radio interview from the author about his books.
Reginald Knox was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 1961. He moved to Long Beach, California, in 1964. Reggie lived in a two-bedroom house on Linsley Court, located between Pacific Coast Highway and Martin Luther King Boulevard. During Reggie's childhood, he would experience gangs, murders, prostitution, and drug dealers, on a daily basis. Reggie's family would later move from the tough streets on the Eastside of Long Beach, to a nice home on the Westside. Reggie would later experience another setback in his life, when his Mom and Dad would go through a divorce. Looking for love, Reggie would later join a gang called the "Westbound Crips." Only to see his best friend murdered, by a rival gang member. Through all the trials and tribulations he experienced as a child, Reggie would succeed to live the American Dream. This is Reggie's true story from the bottom streets of Long Beach, California, to the top of the world.
Jesus had little patience with institutional religion that cared for its own needs while neglecting the plight of ordinary people. In one of his most famous parables, he sets up as a model of Christian behavior a man who, unlike some religious folks, actually gets down off his donkey and helps a person in dire need. With energy and enthusiasm, Reggie McNeal calls believers to dismount, get down and dirty, and live a life that makes a difference. He shows readers how to recalibrate their spiritual efforts to move from church-centric service to greater community engagement in order to do their essential part in creating a world worth living in. McNeal also shows readers that helping others actually helps the one doing the service just as much as the one being served. In fact, serving is the very best way to learn about yourself and grow spiritually. Anyone who longs to have the impact on the world that Jesus did will love this provocative and inspirational message.
When tennis star Harper Reed headed off to a prestigious college on the Philadelphia Main Line, little did she know her life would soon change forever. There, on her first day of classes, the demure virgin meets the gorgeous football star, Wes Wood, a senior from a rich, prominent political family. Wes leads a privileged life, flush with multi-million dollar homes and countless perks, a life Harper has always dreamed of. The rising lawyer promptly becomes Harper's first lover, and the pair engage in an affair filled with glitzy parties, glamorous gifts, and political intrigue. Awed by Wes and his world, Harper is certain Wes is the man of her dreams, but is he?Entirely in her own words, Harper takes you on her sexy, fun, fast-paced, coming of age journey through life in search of true love. Will her journey wind up where it began, with Wes? Or will she fall for another lover she encounters along the way, perhaps the sensual heart surgeon, Dr. Raj Sharma. Harper describes the exotic healer as making her "feel like a woman rather than a girl."Or maybe the irresistible actor, Cam Carpenter, is Harper's love match. Harper becomes "like an animal in heat" when she sweats up next to him at a trendy Manhattan club, and the pair quickly consummate their mutual infatuation.If not Cam, could Harper's tennis pro, the sexy Spaniard, Gabriel Garcia, be her true love? Harper's passion for him is unworldly as she describes, "It was as if Gabriel was the Greek god Eros and he shot his arrow in me inflicting almost unbearable love and sexual desire. I became addicted to him like an illegal drug I couldn't get enough of. Gabriel was so good I would have paid for it."Which of these smoking hot lovers is Harper's true love, her mirror? Will she wind up with Wes and find happiness in his elite world, the world she has always desired? Read Harper's account of her wildly entertaining adventures and find out. The fascinating beauty will instantly captivate you with her remarkable life, straight out of Sex and the City, and leave you yearning for more.
Comedian and musician Reggie Watts shares his story of growing up in Montana as a biracial oddball struggling to navigate life, girls, drugs, and his own identity in America’s heartland—and having a blast doing it. Reggie Watts is weird. But you knew that. Anyone who’s seen his multifaceted, entirely improvised comedy and music shows knows that. Reggie Watts is also from the town of Great Falls, MT. These two facts are not unrelated. Watts grew up in Montana in the ‘80s, half French, half American, half white, half Black, speaking a bunch of different languages and slipping between the orchestra geeks and the football jocks until he finally found a squad of fellow misfits with an affinity for trouble. It was a wide-open time and place that invited freedom and exploration—as well as car theft and the not infrequent use of recreational cough syrup. And it helped him become the uniquely strange creative voice he is today. In Great Falls, MT, Watts takes us through his story, hitting on the culture shock he experienced after moving from Europe to the heart of America, where he was called racial slurs by neighbors but wasn’t Black enough for his father’s extended family. Where he fought with his authoritarian dad, built a new family of antiestablishment, post-punk oddballs—and ultimately knew he had to leave. But after Watts’s career exploded in Seattle and New York, ultimately scoring him a nightly place next to James Corden on The Late Late Show, he found himself drawn back to his hometown after the deaths of his parents. This is his love letter to the town that made him. But like love itself, it’s messy and complicated and dirty and beautiful—and as weird and wonderful as Watts himself.
To that powerful, ever enduring voice of love, peace, righteousness, equality, justice, wisdom, knowledge and understanding, I give the highest of Praises for dictating these works to me. May the Spirit of the voice, let these words touch clean hearts that are willing to fulfill the desire of the words spoken; realizing it's our daily obligation to live in brotherly and sisterly love, striving always in the paths of righteousness. Creating a better environment through love, the ever prevailing factor.
Reflections: A Moment In Time" Is an autobiographical look into the life of Reggie Hamilton. The man, the music, the mission and more. Growing up in and overcoming a turbulent and abusive household; and overcome a horrific, recent near-death experience. He's turned all of his "negative" obstacles into positives as he forges headfirst into to brighter genesis in life. This book expounds upon the various array of topics of life, love, sex, relationships, religion, spirituality, politics, social consciousness, individual growths and plights; hence overcoming obstacles despite the odds. This book is a great literary feat and a MUST for ALL literary lovers.
I know there's books and movies about successful teachers, principals, schools etc., but this isn't about them. This is a story of good and bad, God and the devil. I pray that someone, anyone, will find they can be successful if they let Jesus Christ lead them. That anyone has a chance to love and be loved. To say I'm hard headed is an understatement, but I'm living proof that the Lord can work with anyone. The names of individuals, and agencies are fictional. Any relationship to a real person is accidental and is not intentional. The story is true and did happen. May the Glory of God rest in you. Dr. Reginald E. Kelley, D. Div, M.S. of Ed.
The Hazeltons welcome you back to the Island in the Field. Welcome to a place in the middle of the Jim Crow south that was so 21st Century the natives called it an island. Love and basketball, racial harmony, and a loyalty among the Hazeltons that still exists today will make you long to be a part of that tradition. Witness how the teenagers of that era overlooked the stupidity of racism and set the example some have trouble following even today. Experience the agony and thrill of two incredible young ladies involved in a heart wrenching love triangle and how a basketball game was to decide their fate. Come have all of your senses exercised in this very human saga from days gone by. Bite your lip to hold back the tears you're guranteed to cry and hold your stomach to avoid busting your sides with the laughter you'll encounter throughout these pages. Whether it's your first visit or your return to the Island; you'll be glad you vacationed here and we promise you'll hate to leave. Welcome Back to the Island!
If you like reading Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn; you'll love reading about the Hazeltons as well. Love, Drama, Adventure, Horror, Pain, Happiness, Laughter, Grief, Fear, Agony, Celebration, Passion, and all the emotions of well written sagas await you. You won't be able to put this book (#3 in the series) down. I guarantee it! You will crave more experiences with the Hazeltons and find yourself returning to the Island in the Field time and time again! Are you ready? Got your ticket? Then ......... All Aboard!
This book is about who I was after my father, a successful and prominent physician, took his life by hanging himself in the psych ward of the same hospital where he had walked the floors taking care of patients for years. I began this journey trying to find the meaning of life for me. I was forty-five at the time, and suddenly everything, I knew and believed in vanished, and my world became dark. In the process of this journey, I not only found new meaning, but a life that was meaningful! Slowly, over time, I wrote my thoughts out to share with my children as I became aware that we each should try to shine a light on the path we are walking on so others can choose to follow or not. At least they won't stumble if they follow you. As you read and discover with me this meaning of life and meaningful life, you will find in the epilogue who I am today and why I chose to share this book with others.
As a former atheist, I was a strong advocate for science verses God as the answer for creation. This book is a series of trials throughout my life and the experiences of a few close friends, that explains how God worked in our lives. It also addresses some difficult questions I had when First becoming a believer.
When Dr. Reggie Anderson is present at the bedside of a dying patient, something miraculous happens. Sometimes as he sits vigil and holds the patient’s hand . . . he can experience what they feel and see as they cross over. Because of these God-given glimpses of the afterlife—his “appointments with heaven”—Reggie knows beyond a doubt that we are closer to the next world than we think. Join him as he shares remarkable stories from his life and practice, including the tragedy that nearly drove him away from faith forever. He reveals how what he’s seen, heard, and experienced has shaped what he believes about living and dying; how we can face the passing of our loved ones with the courage and confidence that we will see them again; and how we can each prepare for our own “appointment with heaven.” Soul-stirring and hope-filled, Appointments with Heaven is a powerful journey into the questions at the very core of your being: Is there more to life than this? What is heaven like? And, most important: Do I believe it enough to let it change me?
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