Books in Inspirational Lives series

Laurie Katz has always been a city girl. She thrived during her childhood in Boston, MA, and was all set to explore new places, beginning with her college experience in Chicago. Just three weeks in, however, that college experience took a sinister turn. What had started as a fun night out ended with Laurie alone in her dorm room, struggling to even think about what had happened ... she had been sexually assaulted. Laurie set out to get justice against her attacker, but it wasn’t that simple. Dismissed by the Resident Assistant at college, failed by the dean of students, and warned that she was facing expulsion from her course, Laurie was running out of options – and then her attacker filed his own case.

Here's a book for those who want more - more simplicity, more order, and more insight. Ultimately, they all come from having more of God! Popular author Karon Phillips Goodman - whose books, You're Late Again, Lord!, Grab a Broom, Lord!, and You Still Here, Lord?, have sold a combined 350,000 copies - knows the frustrations and stresses of being a wife, mother, and stepmother. Her reflections on finding the abundant life work - not just on Sunday, but in everyday life. It's time to get more out of life! In the everyday stress and frustration, you can find God's abundance in simplicity, order and insight.

The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.This title explores how Tim Bernes-Lee, the British born computer scientist, became the man to invent the World Wide Web. Carrying on to become the Director of the World Wide Web Consortium, Tim Bernes-Lee has been awarded for 'ground breaking innovation in engineering that has been of global benefit to humanity', and will continue to inspire for generations.

What does it do to you when someone you love tries to end their life?Paul McGregor’s dad tried to kill himself, but survived. He went into hospital, came home, and got better. Or at least that’s what people thought. A few months later, the battle continued. And on the 4th March 2009, Paul's Dad ended his life.You're a young man, and your dad has just taken his life. How do you grieve? Tormented by the question of why, you lock it away and man up. You wear a mask to show others you're coping, but you spend every moment you have alone an emotional wreck. Wishing he was still here. You chase money, status, success all as a way to distract yourself from those feelings. But none of it works. You find yourself feeling like you too, will end your own life. Man Up Man Down is Paul’s tale of recovery. Taking off that mask and being able to answer the questions that surrounded his Dad's suicide. It also explores what it means to be a man in today's society, and what it takes to be able to deal with a heatbreaking suicide. How do you cry? How do you show emotion? When we're conditioned to tell others we're fine and man up? If you've ever lost somebody to suicide, this book is for you.

Biographies about people who are remarkable for their achievements and contribution to their time and industry.Find out how David Attenborough became the face of natural history. Named the greatest broadcaster of our time, this book spans his entire career, exploring his broadcasting and wildlife film making as well as his prestigious career within the BBC as a whole, and his other inspiring efforts towards environmental causes today.The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book in the Inspirational Lives series looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.

Find out how David Attenborough became the face of natural history over the course of 60 years. Named the greatest broadcaster of our time, this book spans his entire career, exploring his broadcasting and wildlife film making as well as his prestigious career within the BBC as a whole, and his other inspiring efforts towards environmental causes today.The series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.

Regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein, Stephen Hawkins has also defied the odds and this book explores his whole journey from his shocking diagnosis at age 21, through his career at Cambridge, to his current work as an author. The Inspirational Lives series focuses on the people who inspire children today. Each book looks at the background, life and achievements of a personality, their impact on popular culture as well as detailing the everyday facets of their job and how they have gained such success.