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Emma Raducanu: When Tennis Came Home
by Mike Dickson'BRILLIANT' - Daily Mail'Is there any expectation? I'm a qualifier, so there's no pressure on me!'In 2021, Emma Raducanu shocked and charmed the tennis world as she raced to the US Open title with a smile on her face. But how did a little-known 18-year-old from Kent become the first ever qualifier to win a Major?Now Mike Dickson, who as Tennis Correspondent of the Daily Mail was one of the few journalists present in New York to see her lift the trophy, reveals what it took to become Britain's first woman Grand Slam champion since Virginia Wade in 1977. Drawing on interviews with key figures in Raducanu's development, he has written a fascinating account of a remarkable journey. From her early days falling in love with the game as a young girl in Bromley and the years of hard work and dedication that followed, he traces the ups and downs of a junior career that took her to the furthest reaches of the international circuit.But it was her breakthrough on home turf at Wimbledon, just weeks after sitting her A-levels, that really grabbed the attention of the public. It led to her first prolonged spell on the full professional tour - a life-changing trip around the hard-court tournaments of America which culminated in her unexpected triumph at Flushing Meadows.Full of authoritative insights and eye-opening details, Emma Raducanu: When Tennis Came Home paints an inspiring and compelling picture of one of the brightest new stars in British sport.
Emma V.I.P
by Sheila HockenSequel to Emma and I. Sheila talks about her life after being able to see again, about learning and relearning to read print, about seeing snow for the first time, and about the other things, including the pitfalls and joys of regaining vision. She also talks about the birth of her daughter Kerensa, and of three additions to the family, of her dreams of owning a cattery and kennels, and of Don's and her fears that Kerensa may be blind. The story is interwoven with stories of Emma, in retirement, of the publication of Emma and I, and of the new pups in the family, Bracken and Buttons.
Emma Watson: The Fantastically Feminist (and Totally True) Story of the Astounding Actor and Activist
by Anna DohertyThe perfect gift for the fantastic feminist in your life!An inspiring, empowering, fantastically feminist and totally true story, perfect for fans of Little People, Big Dreams and Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls. Meet the amazing Emma Watson: fantastically feminist, incredibly inspiring and astonishing actor and activist. The young Emma is clever, enthusiastic and at age nine, wins a part in the world's biggest film series, Harry Potter. She inspires millions with her portrayal of the much-loved Hermione but it isn't long until Emma shows she is just as smart, brave and determined in real life. She finds a passion for feminism and works to stand up for fairness and equality, becoming an inspiring force for girl power.This is the absolutely astonishing, fantastically feminist and, best of all, totally true story of one amazingly determined young woman.
Emma Watson: The Biography
by David NolanDavid Nolan provides a detailed insight into Emma Watson's career, the highs and lows of being a child star and how she is moving on from Harry Potter balancing the world of fashion with her academic studies in America.
Emmanuel Yeboah's Incredible Ride (Fountas & Pinnell Classroom, Guided Reading)
by Laura JohnsonNIMAC-sourced textbook. ONE KID, ONE LEG, ONE MOTHER'S MESSAGE. Being born into severe poverty is hard enough. What if you were also born with only one working leg? Most people would probably give up— but not Emmanuel Yeboah.
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
by Sean Qualls Laurie Ann ThompsonEmmanuel Ofosu Yeboah's inspiring true story--which was turned into a film, Emmanuel's Gift, narrated by Oprah Winfrey--is nothing short of remarkable. Born in Ghana, West Africa, with one deformed leg, he was dismissed by most people--but not by his mother, who taught him to reach for his dreams. As a boy, Emmanuel hopped to school more than two miles each way, learned to play soccer, left home at age thirteen to provide for his family, and, eventually, became a cyclist. He rode an astonishing four hundred miles across Ghana in 2001, spreading his powerful message: disability is not inability. Today, Emmanuel continues to work on behalf of the disabled. Thompson's lyrical prose and Qualls's bold collage illustrations offer a powerful celebration of triumphing over adversity.Includes an author's note with more information about Emmanuel's charity.<P><P> Winner of the Scheider Family Award
Emmanuel's Dream: The True Story Of Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah
by Laurie Ann Thompson Sean QuallsNIMAC-sourced textbook
Emma's Laugh: The Gift of Second Chances - A Memoir
by Diana KupershmitAs Diana surveyed her newborn baby's face, languid body, and absent cry, she knew something was wrong. Then the doctors delivered devastating news: her first child, Emma, had been born with a rare genetic disorder that would leave her profoundly physically and intellectually disabled. Diana imagined life with a child with disabilities as a dark and insular one—a life in which she would be forced to exist in the periphery alongside her daughter. Convinced of her inability to love her “imperfect” child and give her the best care and life she deserved, Diana gave Emma up for adoption. But as with all things that are meant to be, Emma found her way back home. As Emma grew, Diana watched her live life determinedly and unapologetically, radiating love always. Emma evolved from a survivor to a warrior, and the little girl that Diana didn’t think she could love enough rearranged her heart. In her short eighteen years of life, Emma gifted her family the indelible lesson of the healing and redemptive power of love. This is a mother’s requiem to her perfectly imperfect child—a child who left too soon, but whose lessons continue to inspire a life lived and loved.
Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
by Linda GlaserGive me your tired, your poor<P><P> Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...<P> Who wrote these words? And why?<P> In 1883, Emma Lazarus, deeply moved by an influx of immigrants from Eastern Europe, wrote a sonnet that was to give voice to the Statue of Liberty. Originally a gift from France to celebrate our shared national struggles for liberty, the Statue, thanks to Emma's poem, slowly came to shape our hearts, defining us as a nation that welcomes and gives refuge to those who come to our shores.<P> Jane Addams Children's Book Award Winner
Emma's Postcard Album: Black Lives in the Early Twentieth Century (Atlantic Migrations and the African Diaspora)
by Faith MitchellBCALA 2023 Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation Award winnerThe turn of the twentieth century was an extraordinarily difficult period for African Americans, a time of unchecked lynchings, mob attacks, and rampant Jim Crow segregation. During these bleak years, Emma Crawford, a young African American woman living in Pennsylvania, corresponded by postcard with friends and family members and collected the cards she received from all over the country. Her album—spanning from 1906 to 1910 and analyzed in Emma's Postcard Album—becomes an entry point into a deeply textured understanding of the nuances and complexities of African American lives and the survival strategies that enabled people “to make a way from no way.” As snippets of lived experience, eye-catching visual images, and reflections of historical moments, the cards in the collection become sources for understanding not only African American life, but also broader American history and culture. In Emma's Postcard Album, Faith Mitchell innovatively places the contents of this postcard collection into specific historic and biographical contexts and provides a new interpretation of postcards as life writings, a much-neglected aspect of scholarship. Through these techniques, a riveting world that is far too little known is revealed, and new insights are gained into the perspectives and experience of African Americans. Capping off these contributions, the text is a visual feast, illustrated with arresting images from the Golden Age of postcards as well as newspaper clippings and other archival material.
Emma's Story
by Sheila HockenFrom the Book Jacket: SPRING DIGGING It was lovely helping Paddy in the garden. Digging up weeds -I gave her a helping paw there watching her put things in. After lunch Paddy said she'd put in everything she wanted to, and was now going to do some baking in the kitchen, but as it was quite sunny I could stop out in the garden. I went round again sniffing all the things she'd buried. Perhaps she'd left them there and wanted to get them out later, like I did sometimes with bones? If I did that for her now it would save her such a lot of time. So I went round and dug them all up. It took me ages. There were about a hundred. Won't she be pleased, I thought, when she knows I found every one and brought them all back for her? It wasn't long before she opened the door. 'Emma, come on in, it's teatime. ' Then she spotted the bulbs. I sat there looking pleased with myself. But she suddenly started laughing. 'Oh Emma... no. What have you done?' 'My name is Emma and I'm a chocolate-coloured labrador. Most other labradors are black or yellow, but not only am I a very special colour, I used to be a very special dog. I used to be a guide dog--and that isn't something any dog can do. So I'm going to tell you how to be a guide dog, right from the beginning, from when I was a puppy.' EMMA & I and EMMA V.I.P. have made Emma a very famous guide dog indeed. Now Sheila Hocken tells the full story of Emma's training from Emma's point of view This really is Emma's story, a book as lovable and lively as Emma herself.
Emma's War
by Deborah ScrogginsEmma McCune's passion for Africa, her unstinting commitment to the children of Sudan, and her youthful beauty and glamour set her apart from other relief workers from the moment she arrived in southern Sudan. But no one was prepared for her decision to marry a local warlord--a man who seemed to embody everything she was working against--and to throw herself into his violent quest to take over southern Sudan's rebel movement.With precision and insight, Deborah Scroggins--who met McCune in Sudan--charts the process by which McCune's romantic delusions led to her descent into the hell of Africa's longest-running civil war. Emma's War is at once a disturbing love story and an up-close look at Sudan: a world where international aid fuels armies as well as the starving population, and where the northern-based Islamic government--backed by Osama bin Laden--is locked in a war with the Christian and pagan south over religion, oil, and slaves.A timely, revelatory account of the nature of relief work, of the men and women who choose to carry it out, and of one woman's sacrifice to its ideals.From the Hardcover edition.
Emmeline Pankhurst (Routledge Historical Biographies)
by Paula BartleyIn this well-structured, fluent and lively account, Paula Bartley uses new archival material to assess whether Pankhurst should be seen as a heroine or a tyrant, a conservative or a progressive. Emmeline Pankhurst was the most prominent campaigner for the women's right to vote and was transformed into a popular heroine of the early twentieth century. Early in life she was attracted to socialism, she grew into an entrenched and militant suffragette and ended up as a Conservative Party candidate. This new biography examines the guiding principles that underpinned all of Emmeline Pankhurst's actions, and places her achievements within a wider social and political context.
Emotional Memoirs and Short Stories
by Lani AlpertGrammy Award-winning vocalist Lani Hall Alpert brings the passion of her voice to the printed page, penning ten short works of fiction and non-fiction alike, all set against the living, breathing backdrop of Chicago. The characters crackle with energy: intelligent, modern women struggling to navigate the uncertain waters of adultery, therapy, cosmetic surgery, postpartum depression, and even their own sexuality. <p><p>Each story is woven into the next via a winding personal narrative, as the author takes a refreshingly honest look back at her own life. Lani takes us from memories of her upbringing, through her teenage years amidst the heady heyday of 1960s Beatnik culture, and gives us a rare glimpse at the double-edged sword that is the life of an artist.
The Empathy Diaries: A Memoir
by Sherry TurkleMIT psychologist and bestselling author of RECLAIMING CONVERSATION and ALONE TOGETHER, Sherry Turkle's intimate memoir of love and work <P><P> For decades, Sherry Turkle has shown how we remake ourselves in the mirror of our machines. Here, she illuminates our present search for authentic connection in a time of uncharted challenges. Turkle has spent a career composing an intimate ethnography of our digital world; now, marked by insight, humility, and compassion, we have her own. <P><P> In this vivid and poignant narrative, Turkle ties together her coming-of-age and her pathbreaking research on technology, empathy, and ethics. Growing up in postwar Brooklyn, Turkle searched for clues to her identity in a house filled with mysteries. She mastered the codes that governed her mother's secretive life. She learned never to ask about her absent scientist father--and never to use his name, her name. Before empathy became a way to find connection, it was her strategy for survival. <P><P> Turkle's intellect and curiosity brought her to worlds on the threshold of change. She learned friendship at a Harvard-Radcliffe on the cusp of coeducation during the antiwar movement, she mourned the loss of her mother in Paris as students returned from the 1968 barricades, and she followed her ambition while fighting for her place as a woman and a humanist at MIT. There, Turkle found turbulent love and chronicled the wonders of the new computer culture, even as she warned of its threat to our most essential human connections. The Empathy Diaries captures all this in rich detail--and offers a master class in finding meaning through a life's work.
Empathy Economics: Janet Yellen's Remarkable Rise to Power and Her Drive to Spread Prosperity to All
by Owen UllmannNamed one of Investopedia's 7 Best Economics Books of 2022The trailblazing story of Janet Yellen, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics, and her lifelong advocacy for an economics of empathy that delivers the fruits of a prosperous society to people at the bottom half of the economic ladder. When President Biden announced Janet Yellen as his choice for secretary of the treasury, it was the peak moment of a remarkable life. Not only the first woman in the more than two-century history of the office, Yellen is the first person to hold all three top economic policy jobs in the United States: chair of both the Federal Reserve and the President&’s Council of Economic Advisors as well as treasury secretary. Through Owen Ullmann&’s intimate portrait, we glean two remarkable aspects of Yellen&’s approach to economics: first, her commitment to putting those on the bottom half of the economic ladder at the center of economic policy, and employing forward-looking ideas to use the power of government to create a more prosperous, productive life for everyone. And second, her ability to maintain humanity in a Washington policy world where fierce political combat casts others as either friend or enemy, never more so than in our current age of polarization. As Ullmann takes us through Yellen&’s life and work, we clearly see her brilliance and meticulous preparation. What stands out, though, is Yellen as an icon of progress—the &“Ruth Bader Ginsburg of economics&”—a superb-yet-different kind of player in a cold, male-dominated profession that all too often devises policies to benefit the already well-to-do. With humility and compassion as her trademarks, we see the influence of Yellen&’s father, a physician whose pay-what-you-can philosophy meant never turning anyone away. That compassion, rooted in her family life in Brooklyn, now extends across our entire country.
The Empathy Exams: Essays
by Leslie JamisonFrom personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction PrizeA Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to act out symptoms for medical students to diagnose, Leslie Jamison's visceral and revealing essays ask essential questions about our basic understanding of others: How should we care about each other? How can we feel another's pain, especially when pain can be assumed, distorted, or performed? Is empathy a tool by which to test or even grade each other? By confronting pain—real and imagined, her own and others'—Jamison uncovers a personal and cultural urgency to feel. She draws from her own experiences of illness and bodily injury to engage in an exploration that extends far beyond her life, spanning wide-ranging territory—from poverty tourism to phantom diseases, street violence to reality television, illness to incarceration—in its search for a kind of sight shaped by humility and grace.
Empecemos de cero
by Lucía FernándezLa popular figura de TikTok, Lucía Fernández, nos cuenta las luces y sombras de ser una influencer. Todo lo que escriba aquí va a quedar para siempre y eso nunca va a cambiar. ¡Hola, yo soy Lucía Fernández! Puede que algunos ya me conozcáis por las redes sociales o por mi canal de YouTube, pero quizás otros no sabéis nada de mí. Por eso, me gustaría que me conocierais a través de este libro donde he querido plasmar mis sentimientos. Empecemos de cero lo he dividido en dos partes, porque creo que así es como soy yo: en la primera tenéis a la Lucía que ve todo el mundo día a día y a través de las redes sociales, donde incluiré mi infancia y mi adolescencia (y algunos secretos), y en la segunda parte encontraréis lo que muy pocas personas pueden ver de mí, lo que siento en cada momento y que a veces me cuesta compartir. Bienvenidos a mi vida. Espero que disfrutéis este libro que es tan necesario para mí. ¡Nos vemos pronto!
La emperatriz del nuevo mundo
by Irene DischeUna historia conmovedora sobre la relación entre una abuela, su hija y su nieta en la bulliciosa Nueva York de la posguerra. Elisabeth Rother, la emperatriz del nuevo mundo, ha decidido escribir sus memorias y no piensa morderse la lengua. Y para ello hace un recorrido por el clan de su familia alemana católico-judía afincada en Estados Unidos: su marido, un médico judío converso; su talentosa hija, Renate; su nieta, Irene Dische, pasando por capítulos enteros de la historia del siglo XX, desde el ascenso del nazismo en Alemania hasta su exilio forzoso en Nueva York. Pero en el centro de sus preocupaciones está la rebeldía de Renate e Irene. La emperatriz del nuevo mundo es tanto un singular relato sobre la inmigración y la vida en Nueva York de toda una generación que tuvo que huir de sus países por culpa del nazismo, como una carta de amor conmovedora sobre la relación entre abuelas, madres e hijas. La crítica ha dicho:«Increíblemente ingenioso, escrito de un modo precioso, La emperatriz del nuevo mundo es un potente guiso de clase, sexo y religión, además de choques culturales y generacionales. Dische recrea a una magnífica misántropa en la versión novelada de su abuela.»The Star-Ledger «Brillante, desconcertantemente divertida, la narradora es todo lo cautivadora que un lector podría desear. Una exploración maravillosa del honor y la identidad, la codicia, el sacrificio y las disputas. Al igual que los ritmos de staccato de Dische y las frases inexpresivas se extienden hasta alcanzar el lirismo, también lo que parece crudo, incluso cínico, se convierte en un amor nada sentimental, profundamente gratificante (y a veces temible).»Newsday «No puede decirse que los narradores egocéntricos e insufribles sean extraños para la ficción contemporánea, pero ayuda si son tan divertidos como grandilocuentes. [...] La voz de la emperatriz réproba es perfecta. [...] Dische ha recreado a su abuela novelada con habilidad y gracia.»The Boston Globe «Un viaje vívido y divertidísimo. [...] Lo verdaderamente elevado de La emperatriz del nuevo mundo yace en la voz de la narradora. Clara como el agua, con una inequívoca personalidad propia, Frau Rother se retrata con la precisión del escalpelo de un cirujano. Y eso es lo que hace la autora aquí, llevar a cabo la autopsia de los personajes de su familia.»Los Angeles Times
Emperatriz Matilda de Inglaterra
by Laurel A. Rockefeller¡La leona rugiente de Inglaterra! Nacida en 1102 del rey Enrique I de Inglaterra y la reina Matilda de Escocia, la herencia real única de Matilda, normanda, sajona y escocesa fue destinada a unificar a una Inglaterra todavía dividida por las conquistas de su abuelo en 1066. Cuando en 1120, el Desastre del Barco Blanco la hizo la única hija sobreviviente de sus padres y Matilda se volvió la heredera al trono inglés en un tiempo en el que el viejo Witan sajón y no la voluntad del rey decidían la sucesión. Descubre la verdadera historia de la primera mujer en reclamar el trono de Inglaterra por su propio derecho e inspírate. Incluye el árbol genealógico de Matilda, una línea del tiempo detallada y lecturas sugeridas para que puedas seguir aprendiendo.
Emperatriz Matilda de Inglaterra: Edición Alumno - Maestro (Mujeres Legendarias de la Historia Mundial #7)
by Laurel A. Rockefeller¡La leona rugiente de Inglaterra! Nacida en 1102 del rey Enrique I de Inglaterra y la reina Matilda de Escocia, la herencia real única de Matilda, normanda, sajona y escocesa fue destinada a unificar a una Inglaterra todavía dividida por las conquistas de su abuelo en 1066. Cuando en 1120, el Desastre del Barco Blanco la hizo la única hija sobreviviente de sus padres y Matilda se volvió la heredera al trono inglés en un tiempo en el que el viejo Witan sajón y no la voluntad del rey decidían la sucesión. Descubre la verdadera historia de la primera mujer en reclamar el trono de Inglaterra por su propio derecho e inspírate. La edición alumno-maestro contiene diferentes acertijos y preguntas a manera de guía de estudio después de cada capítulo, además de una detallada línea del tiempo y una extensa lista de lecturas sugeridas.
Emperatriz Wǔ Zétiān
by Roberto Carlos Pavón Carreón Laurel A. Rockefeller¡La mujer más odiada en la historia de China! Viaje en el tiempo más de mil años y conozca al primer y único emperador femenino de China. Nacida Wǔ Zhào, recibió el título de su reinado como "Zétiān" pocas semanas antes de su muerte en el año 705 de nuestra era. Fue la hija no deseada del Canciller Wǔ Shì Huo: demasiado brillante, demasiado educada, y demasiado políticamente centrada para fungir como una buena esposa según las contemporáneas interpretaciones de las Analectas de Confucio. ¿Puede ser de extrañar que al día de hoy ella sigue siendo la mujer más odiada en toda la historia de China y una de las más controvertidas? Explora la vida de la emperatriz Wǔ y descubre por qué el mundo es un lugar muy diferente ya que se atrevió a lo que ninguna mujer en China antes o desde entonces había soñado.
Emperor: A New Life of Charles V
by Geoffrey ParkerThis “elegant and engaging” biography dramatically reinterprets the life and reign of the sixteenth-century Holy Roman Emperor: “a masterpiece” (Susannah Lipscomb, Financial Times).The life of Emperor Charles V (1500–1558), ruler of Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and much of Italy and Central and South America, has long intrigued biographers. But capturing the nature of this elusive man has proven notoriously difficult—especially given his relentless travel, tight control of his own image, and the complexity of governing the world’s first transatlantic empire.Geoffrey Parker, one of the world’s leading historians of early modern Europe, has examined the surviving written sources in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish, as well as visual and material evidence. In Emperor, he explores the crucial decisions that created and preserved this vast empire, analyzes Charles’s achievements within the context of both personal and structural factors, and scrutinizes the intimate details of the ruler’s life for clues to his character and inclinations. The result is a unique biography that interrogates every dimension of Charles’s reign and views the world through the emperor’s own eyes.
The Emperor, C'est Moi
by Linda Coverdale Hugo HoriotHugo Horiot is in love with wheels and all that cranks or turns. He is obsessed with the otherworldly language of pipes--they run, he imagines, from his family home to the center of the earth. He causes endless trouble at home and hates school. He muses: "I dream asleep, I dream awake"--but he dreams so hard he shuts out the world with reveries that are not just curious but dangerous and painful too. School is a prison he must escape, his teachers oppressors, and his classmates "a band of jolly torturers." This is the portrait of a boy who might happen to suffer from autism, but who is also a beautiful rebel inspired to blaze his own path through childhood to find an enduring sense of personal freedom.From the Hardcover edition.
The Emperor Commodus: God and Gladiator
by John S. McHughThis historical biography goes beyond popular legend to present a nuanced portrait of the first century Roman emperor.Commodus, who ruled over Rome from 177 to 192, is generally remembered as a debaucherous megalomaniac who fought as a gladiator. Ridiculed and maligned by historians since his own time, modern popular culture knows him as the patricidal villain in Ridley Scott’s film Gladiator. Much of his infamy is clearly based on fact, but John McHugh reveals a more complex story in the first full-length biography of Commodus to appear in English. McHugh sets Commodus’s twelve-year reign in its historical context, showing that the ‘kingdom of gold’ he supposedly inherited was actually an empire devastated by plague and war. Openly autocratic, Commodus compromised the privileges and vested interests of the senatorial clique, who therefore plotted to murder him. Surviving repeated conspiracies only convinced Commodus that he was under divine protection, increasingly identifying himself as Hercules reincarnate. This and his antics in the arena allowed his senatorial enemies to present Commodus as a mad tyrant—thereby justifying his eventual murder.