Peninsula publishing apr 2012 (2 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This is a book about what many people consider the greatest of all sports. Yet, it is more than a story about hockey and its power to bring out the very best in people. Like TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, this is a story of how a few people in a small town stand up to prejudice and racial inequality. Through an incredible hockey team, issues of class, courage, inequality, compassion and gender roles are explored with an undercurrent plea for tolerance and justice It is a coming of age saga about Monte and Ted, two young hockey players on a town team that has a new coach who has vowed to turn what is termed an un-coachable pack of rogues into a cohesive team of winners. These boys become enamoured with a young Cree maiden who has a dark secret that has kept her on the periphery of respectability for many years. Is she really the dark force of evil that so many portray her to be One of the two young men will find out much more than expected when going in search of the truth.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Jasmine and Wayne Frye offer more than just a history lesson about the courage of the women who put their lives on the line to aid those who suffered on the fields of horror in war. They pay homage to these extraordinary women who answered the call to arms, not with guns and hatred for the enemy, but with compassion for those poor men who had to bear the physical and psychological scars of war. Foe or friend did not matter to these women, as their sole aim was to ease the suffering of all. And what of those who never served in war, but rather found their calling in peace-time Courage is not just reserved for battle. It can be manifested many times in many different places in a variety of circumstances. Nurses have always answered the call to serve those who need competent professional care and a psychological boost to face the harsh realities of illness or injury. This is a book about purpose and courage, and how some valiant women nobly reached out with the hand of compassion in times of peril.…