Chasing the Bear
Title | Chasing the Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Robert B. Parker |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780399247767 |
Spenser reflects back to when he was fourteen-years-old and how he helped his best friend Jeannie when she was abducted by her abusive father.
Chasing the Bear
Title | Chasing the Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Lars Anderson |
Publisher | Grand Central Publishing |
Total Pages | 304 |
Release | 2019-09-03 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1538716496 |
A dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty. Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won more national championships -- six apiece -- than anyone else in the history of the game. Chasing the Bear examines how they did it, revealing along the way their similarities in style, background, football philosophy, and recruiting methods, while providing readers a rare inside look at two of the greatest leaders in the history of sports. Bear Bryant and Nick Saban never met, but they have more in common than either of them realize. Both grew up in small towns -- Bryant in Moro Bottom, Arkansas, a dot on the map, and Saban from Monongah, West Virginia, population five hundred. As a child, Saban pumped gas at his father's service station, washing and waxing cars and doing anything he could to help the business. Bryant's father suffered from multiple physical ailments, which forced Bryant to work to keep the family farm going. Both men knew the value of hard work from the time they were young boys, and both understood that there were no shortcuts to success. But both dreamed of escaping their hometowns, and both used football as the means to do so. Separated by two generations, Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are mythic figures linked by a school, a town, and a barroom debate centering on one question: Which is the greatest college coach of all time?
Chase the Bears
Title | Chase the Bears PDF eBook |
Author | Ric Keller |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 256 |
Release | 2022-09-27 |
Genre | Self-Help |
ISBN | 0757324495 |
An inspiring, humorous, and original book of conventional and unconventional self-help ideas from former Congressman Ric Keller, who rose from humble beginnings to the US House of Representatives. We are all born with a gift—a unique skill or talent that brings us joy and serves the greater good. At some point, we come to a crossroads: should we take a risk and chase our dreams or play it safe? Should we “chase the bears,” a metaphor for chasing our dreams, or are we fearful? In Chase the Bears, Ric Keller shows you that it is never too late. No matter your age or stage in life, you can still be what you wish to be. This inspiring book weaves together practical, actionable steps with fascinating stories about how other successful people have applied secret techniques to convert their thoughts and dreams into reality. You can, too!
Chasing Bears
Title | Chasing Bears PDF eBook |
Author | Earl Fleck |
Publisher | Duluth, Minn. : Holy Cow! Press |
Total Pages | 140 |
Release | 1999 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780930100902 |
A rite-of-passage adventure set in the lakes country bordering northern Minnesota and Canada for a father and his two teenage sons.
Chasing the Ghost Bear
Title | Chasing the Ghost Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Mike Stark |
Publisher | U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | 275 |
Release | 2022-04 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 1496231945 |
Reading the West Longlist for Nonfiction No animal shakes the human consciousness quite like a bear, and few compare to the giant short-faced bears that stalked North America during the Pleistocene. Even among the mammoths and saber-toothed cats, they were a staggering sight: on all fours, the biggest would stare a six-foot person in the face and weigh close to a ton. On hind legs they towered more than ten feet, with jaws powerful enough to crush skulls and snap bones like twigs. The bears weren't invincible, however. Despite their size, they were swept off the planet in a mysterious wave of Ice Age extinctions more than ten thousand years ago, then mostly forgotten. Chasing the Ghost Bear is Mike Stark's journey into the bear's enigmatic story--its life, disappearance, and rediscovery--and those trying to piece it together today. An engaging guide through his intrepid search, Stark's story leads us from the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles to a cornfield in Indiana, the far ends of the Arctic, the plains of Texas, and the swamps of Florida. Part natural history, part travelogue, and part meditation on extinction and loss, Chasing the Ghost Bear returns these magnificent beasts to their rightful place in our understanding of the world just an epoch past.
Touching Spirit Bear
Title | Touching Spirit Bear PDF eBook |
Author | Ben Mikaelsen |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 324 |
Release | 2010-04-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0062009680 |
In his Nautilus Award-winning classic Touching Spirit Bear, author Ben Mikaelson delivers a powerful coming-of-age story of a boy who must overcome the effects that violence has had on his life. After severely injuring Peter Driscal in an empty parking lot, mischief-maker Cole Matthews is in major trouble. But instead of jail time, Cole is given another option: attend Circle Justice, an alternative program that sends juvenile offenders to a remote Alaskan Island to focus on changing their ways. Desperate to avoid prison, Cole fakes humility and agrees to go. While there, Cole is mauled by a mysterious white bear and left for dead. Thoughts of his abusive parents, helpless Peter, and his own anger cause him to examine his actions and seek redemption—from the spirit bear that attacked him, from his victims, and, most importantly, from himself. Ben Mikaelsen paints a vivid picture of a juvenile offender, examining the roots of his anger without absolving him of responsibility for his actions, and questioning a society in which angry people make victims of their peers and communities. Touching Spirit Bear is a poignant testimonial to the power of a pain that can destroy, or lead to healing. A strong choice for independent reading, sharing in the classroom, homeschooling, and book groups.
The Bear's Song
Title | The Bear's Song PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Chaud |
Publisher | Chronicle Books |
Total Pages | 33 |
Release | 2013-09-17 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1452129479 |
Papa Bear wakes up to find his son missing, and his search leads him to an opera house and a command performance.