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  West Pac - A Young Sailor’s Journey

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  When a carrier goes to sea, those who work on the dangerous flight deck are at an average age of twenty years old. To add to the danger, those who work with aircraft ordnance, the bombs and missiles of these planes, are at even more risk of injury on the pitching deck. This is a true story of one young man, an aviation ordnanceman, who went to sea on his second cruise in 1978 at age twenty. What he discovered in the hot Pacific and Indian Oceans would change his life forever and set him on a path to discovery. Follow the author on his personal and poignant journey as he explores the universal truths of those who must succeed under arduous conditions.

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  Pilgrim Soul - WB Yeats and the...

  Daniel Mulhall

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  When W.B. Yeats became the first Irish person to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923, the Swedish Academy was crediting him with giving expression to xe2x80x98the spirit of a whole nationxe2x80x99. The prize established Yeats as the unofficial poet laureate of a country that had, in his own words, been xe2x80x98transformed utterlyxe2x80x99 during the preceding decade.
  From the Celtic Twilight of the 1890s to his death in 1939, Yeatsxe2x80x99s writings offer a unique window through which to view the changing Ireland of his time. In PILGRIM SOUL, Daniel Mulhallxe2x80x99s highly accessible and illuminating guide to Yeats, the poetxe2x80x99s special role in Irish affairs is examined closely. Each chapter opens with a major Yeats poem through which Mulhall examines the historical events that inspired it. Along the way, he explores Yeatsxe2x80x99s xe2x80x98indomitablexe2x80x99 Irishness, the roots of his periodic disenchantment with Ireland and the conservative politics of his later years as well as the way Yeatsxe2x80x99s lifelong encounter with Irish affairs helped reshape his poetry.
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  Fly Fishing Small Streams

  John Gierach

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  Small-stream fishing wisdom with the same insight and pungent humor that has become Gierach's trademark. Advice on tackle selecting, reading water, and scouting.

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  Nelson Mandela: Quotes Collection

  Quotes Metaverse

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  NELSON MANDELA: QUOTES COLLECTION 
  100+ SELECTED QUOTES 
  ABOUT NELSON MANDELA: 
  Nelson Mandela, in full Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, byname Madiba, (born July 18, 1918, Mvezo, South Africa—died December 5, 2013, Johannesburg), Black nationalist and the first Black president of South Africa (1994–99). His negotiations in the early 1990s with South African Pres. F.W. de Klerk helped end the country’s apartheid system of racial segregation and ushered in a peaceful transition to majority rule. Mandela and de Klerk were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1993 for their efforts. 
  QUOTES SAMPLES 
  “There can be no greater gift than that of giving one’s time and energy to help others without expecting anything in return”. 
  “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” 
  “Do not judge me by my success, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again.” 
  “It only seems impossible until it's done.” 
  “Fools multiply when wise men are silent.” 
  “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” 
  “If you want the cooperation of humans around you, you must make them feel they are important - and you do that by being genuine and humble.”

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  The Boy Who Reached for the...

  Elio Morillo

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  “Inspiring and joyous.”—People 
  ""Heartwarming . . . infectious . . . Morillo's The Boy Who Reached for the Stars is every bit the inspiration he means it to be.""—Kirkus Reviews 
  The engineer known as the “space mechanic” speaks to both our future and past in this breathless memoir of his journey from Ecuador to NASA and beyond. 
  Elio Morillo’s life is abruptly spun out of orbit when economic collapse and personal circumstances compel his mother to flee Ecuador for the United States in search of a better future for her son. His itinerant childhood sets into motion a migration that will ultimately carry Elio to the farthest expanse of human endeavor: space. 
  Overcoming a history of systemic adversity and inequality in public education, Elio forged ahead on a journey as indebted to his galactic dreams as to a loving mother whose sacrifices safeguarded the ground beneath his feet. Today, Elio is helping drive human expansion into the solar system and promote the future of human innovation—from AI and robotics to space infrastructure and equitable access. 
  The Boy Who Reached the Stars is both a cosmic and intimate memoir spun from a constellation of memories, reflections, and intrepid curiosity, as thoroughly luminous as the stars above.

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  The Game Of Life - Releasing The...

  Dacía James Lewis

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  Do you feel stuck in the waiting room of life—restless, anxious, or ready to give up? Frustrated watching other people’s dreams come true while you wait for your own name to be called?  
  Let’s face it, waiting sucks. Although we may all be waiting for something different, the waiting game still feels the same. Feelings like disappointment, discouragement, and anxiety chip away at happiness and our confidence in God.  
  In the Game of Life, Dacia James Lewis tackles the taboo subject of waiting by taking us through her wait journey. Her humorous, quick-witted, yet candid take on her authentic life experience will give you the tools to lift every weight you may be carrying while pushing through a waiting season.

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