Clara Hughes is one of Canada's most decorated Olympians and a champion for mental health. In 2006, when Clara Hughes stepped onto the Olympic podium in Torino, Italy, she became the first and only athlete ever to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games. Four years later, she was proud to carry the Canadian flag at the head of the Canadian team as they participated in the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. But there’s another story behind her celebrated career as an athlete, behind her signature smile. But after more than a decade in the grueling world of professional sports that stripped away her confidence and bruised her body, Clara began to realize that her physical extremes, her emotional setbacks, and her partying habits were masking a severe depression. After winning bronze in the last speed skating race of her career, she decided to retire, determined to repair herself. In 2010, she became national spokesperson for Bell Canada’s Let’s Talk campaign in support of mental health awareness, using her Olympic standing to help try to end the stigma. Told with honesty and passion, Open Heart, Open Mind is Clara’s personal journey through physical and mental pain to a life where love and understanding can thrive. This inspiring story will touch the hearts of readers everywhere. Excerpt: Pages 88 - 89 FYI: This book is rated m for mature.
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Tibor "Max" Eisen was born in Moldava, Czechoslovakia into a Jewish family. But in the spring of 1944 — five and a half years after his region had been annexed to Hungary and the morning after the family's yearly Passover feast — armed guards forcibly removed Eisen and his family from their home. They were brought to a brickyard and eventually loaded onto crowded cattle cars bound for Auschwitz-Birkenau. At 15 years of age, Eisen survived the selection process and was inducted into the camp as a slave labourer. One day, Eisen received a terrible blow from an SS guard. Severely injured, he was dumped at the hospital where a Polish political prisoner and physician, Tadeusz Orzeszko, operated on him. Despite his significant injury, Orzeszko saved Eisen from certain death in the gas chambers by giving him a job as a cleaner in the operating room. After his liberation, Eisen to Canada in 1949, where he has dedicated the last 22 years of his life to educating others about the Holocaust across Canada and around the world. Ultimately, the book offers a message of hope as the author finds his way to a new life in Canada. Book Trailer: https://www.cbc.ca/books/by-chance-alone-by-max-eisen-1.4024041 Excerpt: Pages 3-4 FYI: This book is rated m for mature. "Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this time he has broken into a Space Station with a Swiss army knife, disposed of a live snake while piloting a plane, and been temporarily blinded while clinging to the exterior of an orbiting spacecraft. The secret to Col. Hadfield's success-and survival-is an unconventional philosophy he learned at NASA: prepare for the worst-and enjoy every moment of it. In An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, Col. Hadfield takes readers deep into his years of training and space exploration to show how to make the impossible possible." An engaging, informative, and entertaining piece of nonfiction text that is sure to captivate all audiences. Summary courtesy of GoodReads. (excerpt: pages 1- 2) |
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