Resultados para "Trials and Tribulations" en Biografías y memorias

This is the autobiography of Jeremiah Semien - the short version.

This is book two of the 480 Codorus Street series. It is a continuation of the life story of a young Negro girl who was born in 1949 in York, Pennsylvania. She had become a widowed 19-year-old in 1969. It is not a book of fiction, but a book to challenge those young women and/or teen moms who are in the struggle with taking care of their young children.

This autobiography of Friday Jones, Days of Bondage, is a slave narrative with a strong theme of overcoming diversity through spiritual growth. The nonlinear narrative consists of a series of episodes, many of which are harrowing in their cruelty. Ultimately, however, Days of Bondage is a moving text and a testament to the power of resilience.

If you work at a multinational company, at some point you may be asked to travel the world to maintain, or install equipment, or seek to boost your firm’s reputation. It happened to Andrew Mackay, and he was unprepared from the moment he stepped on a helicopter to go to a Chevron platform in the North Sea, when everyone was dressed for freezing temperatures except him. Working as what he calls “a travelling prostitute”, Mackay was surprised to find that almost all of the time, he was on his own.