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In "Nothing is Impossible: Reflections on a New Life", Christopher Reeve challenges readers not to accept limitations - those set by oneself or by others - but to harness our untapped resources. Christopher Reeve has mastered the art of turning the impossible into the inevitable. In "Nothing is Impossible" he shows that we are all capable of overcoming seemingly insurmountable hardships. He interweaves anecdotes from his own life with speeches and interviews he's given and with evocative photographs taken by his son, Matthew. Reeve teaches us that for able-bodied people, paralysis is a choice - a choice to live with self-doubt and a fear of taking risks - and that it is not an acceptable one. Christopher Reeve knows from experience that the work of conquering inner space is hard and that it inevitably requires some suffering - nothing worth having is easy to get, after all. He also asks challenging questions about why it seems so difficult - if not impossible - for us to work together as a society. But he never preaches; he steers the reader gently, reflecting and offering guidance, not the pat answers that often characterise works of inspiration."Nothing is Impossible" reminds us that life is not to be taken for granted but to be lived fully with zeal, curiosity, and gratitude. That is a powerful message in itself, but it is the messenger who gives it its full resonance. ... Read more

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The tale of the Black Dog of Bungay and the infamous attack on the church of St Marys in 1577, has inspired and fascinated residents and visitors to the town for centuries along with tales of Black Shuck the Ghostly Dog of Norfolk.To this day sightings of the Black Dog are common through the region and form an integral part of local folklore and myth.At the same time, the history of the legend itself tells its own tale of the town of Bungay and how the community has responded to crisis through local folklore and myth.This book, a collaborative effort between local historian Christopher Reeve and historian and anthropologist Dr David Waldron, traces the rise of this story from its origins in the trauma of the English Reformation to the contemporary era where it has become a central part of Bungay's communal and civic identity and a colourful and intriguing aspect of local folklore. ... Read more

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Havill, author of Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein offers readers the inside story of Christopher Reeve's heroic struggle with paralysis. Reeve has been in the public spotlight since his equestrian accident, giving encouragement to his millions of fans and peers in the entertainment industry. This is the first book available on this tragic, yet uplifting story. Original. ... Read more

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Chapters: Emily Davison, Christopher Reeve, List of Horse Accidents, Edward Francis Hutton, Francis Russell, Marquess of Tavistock, William Aiken. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 51. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, including his notable motion picture portrayal of the fictional character Superman. On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from his horse in an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve married Dana Morosini in April 1992, and they had a son, William, born that June. Reeve had two children, Matthew (born 1979) and Alexandra (born 1983), from his previous relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Gae Exton. Reeve was born in New York City on September 25, 1952. His father, Franklin D'Olier Reeve, is a teacher, novelist, poet and scholar. Franklin was a Princeton University graduate studying for a master's degree in Russian language at Columbia University prior to the birth of his son, Christopher. Franklin's father, Colonel Richard Henry Reeve, had been the CEO of Prudential Financial for over twenty-five years. Despite being born wealthy, Franklin spent summers working at the docks with longshoremen. Reeve's mother, Barbara Pitney Lamb, was a journalist who had been a student at Vassar College, but transferred to Barnard College to be closer to Franklin, whom she had met through a family...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=73626 ... Read more

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Produced in collaboration with U.S. Paralympics and the International Paralympic Committee, is an intimate, visually rich, elegantly produced portrayal of the international community of disability sports: individuals with disabilities who compete in a wide panoply of events from fencing to boccie, shot put to downhill slalom, cycling to equestrian events, swimming and wheelchair tennis to sitting volleyball and sailing. From the first international games in 1952 at Stoke Mandeville to today’s newly high-profile Paralympics and other non-elite events, the athletes who strive for excellence against physical challenges and social stigma are true pioneers. They bring new depth and dignity to the human effort to succeed and excel against hostile odds, and their words are collected together in this volume for the very first time.RAISING THE BAR compiles the finest portraits and sports photography on this topic, and goes further, introducing the reader to the diverse, international community of athletes with disabilities via their own words, compiled from a series of interviews conducted exclusively for thie book. The result is an in-depth, first-time portrait of a community of heroes and role models who are able to triumph by sheer grit and determination, combined at times with ingenuity and the mastery of new technological advances. RAISING THE BAR features the words and images of star athletes like Shea Cowart and Marlon Shirley, the World’s Fastest Amputees; Jean Driscoll, pioneer of wheelchair participation in the Boston Marathon; and Erik Weihenmayer, the first blind man to summit Mount Everest; as well as a preface by disabilities activist Christopher Reeve; an essay by writers and advocates Artemis Joukowsky and Larry Rothstein; and extensive resource lists. The book will also examine the new technological advances in adaptive technology that have catapulted competition into new dimensions. RAISING THE BAR aims to educate, to pay homage to, and to further advance the dialogue of what it means to be physically challenged in today’s world. New training strategies, new technology, new awareness to the capabilities of individuals with disabilities, new organized communities focused on these unique challenges: all these and more are celebrated in this ground-breaking publication. RAISING THE BAR, which will be launched as part of the US Paralymics' activities throughout the Paralympic Games in Salt Lake City, is a first, breathtakingly handsome, emotionally moving, international look at para-athletes making history in sport today. ... Read more

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"Our goal is to help you find what you need to stay as healthy, active and independent as possible." The goal of this book is to help people navigate the chaos of paralysis. We do this with reliable information, and with a message of hope." ... Read more

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Title: ¿Reeve o Sampedro?(Christopher Reeve, actor; Rocco Butiglione, candidato a comisario europeo para Libertad, Seguridad y Justicia)
Author: Christian C. Freeman
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 15, 2004
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Chapters: Christopher Reeve, Curtis Mayfield, Steven Fletcher, Sam Sullivan, Teddy Pendergrass, Mike Smith, Vic Chesnutt, Chuck Close, Darryl Stingley, Darren Drozdov, Joni Eareckson Tada, Ior Bock, Mark Zupan, Christopher Nolan, John Callahan, Chucky Mullins, Max Brito, Hilary Lister, Sam Schmidt, Ruth Sienkiewicz-Mercer, Jill Kinmont, Ray Murphy, Jr., Jesse Billauer, Travis Roy, Matt Hampson, Brooke Ellison, Minnie Rojas, Luca Pancalli, Neil Sachse, Celestine Tate Harrington, Jonathan Magbie. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 158. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, including his notable motion picture portrayal of the fictional character Superman. On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from his horse in an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve married Dana Morosini in April 1992, and they had a son, William, born that June. Reeve had two children, Matthew (born 1979) and Alexandra (born 1983), from his previous relationship with his longtime girlfriend, Gae Exton. Reeve was born in New York City on September 25, 1952. His father, Franklin D'Olier Reeve, is a teacher, novelist, poet and scholar. Franklin was a Princeton University graduate studying for a master's degree in Russian language at Columbia University prior to the birth of his son, Christopher. Franklin's father, Colonel Richard Henry Ree...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=73626 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Siempre!, published by Thomson Gale on October 17, 2004. The length of the article is 969 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Cher el adiós de una diva: cantante y actriz.(incluye notas sobre Christopher Reeve, Nacho Cano, Gloria Trevi)(Biografía)
Author: Susana Moscatel
Publication: Siempre! (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 17, 2004
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Volume: 51Issue: 2679Page: 78(2)

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Chapters: Charles Manson, Sharon Stone, William S. Burroughs, Nicole Kidman, Gloria Gaynor, Christopher Reeve, Werner Erhard, Karen Black, Mimi Rogers, Adi Da, Jason Beghe, Patrick Swayze, Ingo Swann, Demi Moore, Paul Haggis, Stanley Clarke, Lou Rawls, Harry Palmer, Al Jarreau, Vince Offer, Mary Bono Mack, Philip Gale, Mark Rathbun, James Packer, Paul Twitchell, Arnie Lerma, Robert Hunter, Tory Christman, John Brodie, Gerry Armstrong, Harold E. Puthoff, Steven Fishman, Cyril Vosper, Mike Rinder, Robert Vaughn Young, Ronald Dewolf, Lawrence Wollersheim, Bonnie Woods, Astra Woodcraft, Kate Bornstein, Jenna Miscavige Hill, Larry Anderson, Mona Vasquez, Kendra Wiseman, Michael Ray Bower, Dini Petty, Robert Degrimston, Stacy Brooks, Diana Canova, Jesse Prince. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 392. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Charles Milles Manson (born November 12, 1934) is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family (the "Family"), a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was found guilty of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders, carried out by members of the group at his instruction. He was convicted of the murders themselves through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in furtherance of the conspiracy's object. Manson is closely associated with the term "Helter Skelter", from the Beatles song of that name. At Mansons trial and in a subsequent book, also called Helter Skelter, prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi presented the theory that Manson considered this and other Beatle recordings prophetic messages about an apocalyptic race war, which the Family would not only survive but precipitate, by recording prophetic music of its own. Ultimately, Bugliosi ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=42635 ... Read more

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Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 ? October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, including his notable motion picture portrayal of the fictional character Superman. On May 27, 1995 Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from his horse in an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Reeve died at 52 on October 10, 2004, from cardiac arrest caused by a systemic infection. Reeve married Dana Morosini in April 1992, and they had a son, William, born that June. Reeve had two children, Matthew (born 1979) and Alexandra (born 1983), from his previous relationship with girlfriend Gae Exton. ... Read more

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Chapters: Juilliard School Alumni, Juilliard School Faculty, Robin Williams, Kevin Spacey, Val Kilmer, Christopher Reeve, Luciano Berio, Thelonious Monk, Mandy Patinkin, Kelsey Grammer, Tim Blake Nelson, Milton Babbitt, Itzhak Perlman, Christopher Durang, William Hurt, Elliott Carter, James Marsters, John Houseman, Tony Kushner, Vincent Persichetti, Laura Linney, Patti Lupone, Teo Macero, Kevin Kline, List of Juilliard School People, Alan Shulman, Lillian Fuchs, Kevin Conroy, Rose Bampton, Alan Tudyk, Marcia Cross, Ving Rhames, Kathleen Parlow, Karen Tuttle, William Schuman, Gregory Jbara, Eugene List, Henry Brant, Andrew Russo, Elizabeth Reaser, Elizabeth Mcgovern, Orlando Digirolamo, Indrani Rahman, John Mctiernan, Ryan Mcadams, David Ogden Stiers, Edie Adams, Bebe Neuwirth, Kelly Mcgillis, Sharon Isbin, Bradley Whitford, Megan Dodds, Michael Urie, David Hammond, Lee Pace, Anthony Mackie, Fred Herko, Homer Mensch, Robert Ward, Morena Baccarin, Robert Duncan Mcneill, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Marian Seldes, Bessie Schonberg, Luke Macfarlane, Herschel Burke Gilbert, Pina Bausch, Glenn Dicterow, Felix Salmond, Carrie Preston, Steven Lubin, Richard Cross, Gillian Jacobs, Samuel Witwer, Rutina Wesley, Joel Krosnick, Joseph Alessi, Robert Beaser, Edouard Dethier, Andre Braugher, Ivan Galamian, Mark Snow, Jeffrey Carlson, Tracie Thoms, Michael Arden, Samuel Adler, James Depreist, Jennifer Carpenter, Eric Ewazen, Marsha Norman, Frances Conroy, Moshe Cotel, Michael Wincott, Robert Folk, Andrew Thomas, Tim Cobb, György Sándor, Alfredo Silipigni, Dorothy Delay, Jane Adams, David Denman, Joann Falletta, Paul Doktor, Robert Mann, Emanuel Ax, Sixten Ehrling, Jeffrey Milarsky, Giora Schmidt, Israel Horowitz, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Franklyn Seales, Christopher Rouse, Wladimir Jan Kochanski, Olga Samaroff, John Mack, Teddy Wilson, Rosemary Glyde, Gerre Hancock, Matthew Sklar, Monica Huggett, Martha Hill, Jake Weber, Paul Jacobs, Regan Ryzuk, Glenn Ho...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=73626 ... Read more

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Chapters: Christopher Reeve, Ann Romney, Bruce Davidson, Vladimir Littauer, Richard Spooner, Anne Kursinski, James C. Wofford, Ben Lear, Laura Kraut, F. Ambrose Clark, Karen O'connor, Guy Henry, Michael R. Matz, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Rick Rockefeller-Silvia, Debbie Mcdonald, Melissa Moore, Robert Dover, David O'connor, Foxhall P. Keene, Meredith Michaels-Beerbaum, William Steinkraus, Harry Chamberlin, Beezie Madden, Phillip Dutton, Earl Foster Thomson, Greg Best, George H. Morris, John Williams, Quail Dobbs, Sloan Doak, Chris Kappler, Torrance Watkins, Stephen Bradley, Hiram Tuttle, Ann Lowdon Call, Jean Baptiste Casmiere Breschard, Kimberly Severson, Frank Chapot, Victor Pépin, Mclain Ward, Joseph Fargis, Richard Henry Dulany, Michael Plumb, Ephraim Graham, Ruth Roach, Will Simpson, Frank Henry, John Montgomery, Peter Wylde, Conrad Homfeld, Isaac Kitts, Edmund Coffin, Karen Stives, Leslie Burr-Howard, Sandy Pflueger, Torrance Fleischmann, Edwin Argo, Kitty Canutt, Melanie Smith, Mary Anne Tauskey, Alvin Moore, Gina Miles, Kay Meredith, Charles Anderson, Jan Youren. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 228. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 October 10, 2004) was an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved stardom for his acting achievements, including his notable motion picture portrayal of the fictional character Superman. On May 27, 1995, Reeve became a quadriplegic after being thrown from his horse in an eventing competition in Culpeper, Virginia. He required a wheelchair and breathing apparatus for the rest of his life. He lobbied on behalf of people with spinal cord injuries, and for human embryonic stem cell research afterward. He founded the Christopher Reeve Foundation and co-founded the Reeve-Irvine R...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=73626 ... Read more