Seán Mannion was once ranked the #1 US light middleweight boxer and in 1984 he fought Mike McCallum for the world title, only to fall just short of his dreams. Featuring exclusive interviews with Mannion, this book provides an inside perspective on his boxing career, 1980s Boston, and his present search for purpose outside the ring. In 1977, looking to fulfill a dream as a pro boxer, 17-year-old Seán Mannion flew into Boston from Ireland, straight into a world of gun smugglers, drug dealers, and the world’s best boxers. By 1983, Mannion was ranked the number one US light middleweight boxer. In The Man Who Was Never Knocked Down: The Life of Boxer Seán Mannion, Rónán Mac Con Iomaire recounts Mannion’s struggles and triumphs in and out of the ring. Despite dubious management and the attention of the Boston Irish Mafia, Mannion quickly climbed his way up from the lower rungs of one of the most competitive weight divisions in boxing history. This biography is more than a boxing story; it’s a personal story that also intersects with notorious crime figures, world-class fighters, and several pivotal moments in history. Featuring the likes of Micky Ward, Pat Nee, Marty Walsh, and Kevin Cullen, The Man Who Was Never Knocked Down is provides an inside perspective on the boxer, the fighting culture of his era, and on 1980s South Boston.

A laugh-out-loud memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, pregnant, and faced with five months of doctor-prescribed bed rest because of unusually large fibroids. Aileen Weintraub has been running away from commitment her entire life, hopping from one job and one relationship to the next. When her father suddenly dies, she flees her Jewish Brooklyn community for the wilds of the country, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a man who knows a lot about produce, tractors, and how to take a person down in one jiu-jitsu move. Within months of saying “I do” she’s pregnant, life is on track, and then wham! Her doctor slaps a high-risk label on her uterus and sends her to bed for five months. As her husband’s bucolic (and possibly haunted) farmhouse begins to collapse and her marriage starts to do the same, Weintraub finally confronts her grief for her father while fighting for the survival of her unborn baby. In her precarious situation, will she stay or will she once again run away from it all? Knocked Down is an emotionally charged, laugh-out-loud roller-coaster ride of survival and growth. It is a story about marriage, motherhood, and the risks we take.

Hi-Lo Novel for Reluctant and Struggling Teen Readers. Tennison Sanders is a gifted high school football player with a great future. But he ruins it all by making bad decisions. Lexile measure 400.

""Knocked Down" is a hilarious memoir about a free-spirited, commitment-phobic Brooklyn girl who, after a whirlwind romance, finds herself living in a rickety farmhouse, knocked up, and faced with bed rest due to an incompetent cervix"--

Pastor Joseph B. Omosigho is an experienced preacher and teacher of the uncompromising word of God, serving to reach the world with the surpassing love of Jesus Christ. Married to Yav (Gloria) and blessed with three children: David, Samuel and Hannah. He is a graduate of Christ for the Nations, All Nations for Christ Bible Institute, Freedom Ministries Deliverance School, Lagos State University, and also holds a bachelor's degree from Calvary Institute. The senior pastor of New Life Christian Center, Lewisville, Texas, (The Redeemed Christian Church of God) and President of The Ministry of Christ, a global outreach ministry reaching the world for Jesus Christ. I strongly believe that the Holy Spirit has brought you to this book to express that He wants to comfort and encourage you, and develop the champion within you. What you are going through has an expiration date attached it. The sound of celebration will soon be heard from your lips, "if God be for you, who can be against you." Do you know that only God has the final say in your life? In this book you will find that God desires to lift you up through the circumstances where you have been knocked down, train you, and place you back into the arena to win. This book is timely, truly inspired by the Spirit of God to encourage all who are down cast, those who are frustrated and at the point of asking "God, have You forsaken me?" No matter what you are going through or been through, this book is strategically needed to awaken your faith and trust in God's unfailing love and faithfulness. This book will encourage, enlighten and empower you for all your lifetime. Remember, "only God has the final say in your life." Welcome to His presence.

The POWER OF FORGIVENESS "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also..."(Luke 6:29) You may have been knocked down, but it's time to get up! Pastor Billy Joe Daugherty was hit in the face during a Sunday morning church service. He continued the service, forgiving the man and leading people in praise to God. The news went across Asia, Australia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Around the world the scene was replayed--even Russia, China, and Iran carried the story. Knocked Down, But Not Out is a book to help you rise above the hurts you have experienced. Some people bleed on the outside, while others are brokenhearted and bleeding on the inside. You will get the help you need to: forgive those who have hurt you rise above your problems overcome adversity and difficulty live a full life of joy Even if you feel like you have been knocked down, you can get back up and be victorious. You will read inspiring stories of others who have risen above loss, pain, abuse, and trials.

Some people get knocked down to the point they never knew what hit them. This book will open the eyes to those who have felt hurt, rejected, abused, slander, in grief and at the point of despair or loss. You may have talked yourself in believing No one cares, no one really needs to know what you are going through. The truth is, God has never taken a nap and is concerned about you! Hes looking. Know Down Long Enough to Pray is a book about one woman who found the strength to overcome deformity, sexual abuse, gain and domestic violence, addiction, sickness, denial, hurt, grief, shattered dreams and the ultimate betrayal. She is still standing. Her story has swept the world as a Keynote speaker in Conferences, Seminars, Church Services, Television, Radio and Newspapers from the United States to Africa. When you listen to her story or read about it, you will find the encouragement to find your place of purpose and passion to fulfill your destiny and watch dreams come to pass. Some may say, When life deals you lemons, make lemonade. But this author sees it quite differently; She says, When Life deals you lemons, take the seeds out and plant you an orchard and sale the lemons and prosper. The inspiration the author finds out of lifes situations, wont keep you down, but you can find your way to a special place and have time alone with a loving Heavenly Father. Its in that place you learn whats really important and how important your existence in the earth realm truly is. You will never live another day without having your prayers answered. When you are knocked down, there may be times you have to fight your way back up. Yes, so while youre down, you may as well stay Knocked Down, Long Enough to Pray. There is victory on the other side.