[PDF] True Grits eBook

Author : Charles Portis
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 20,10 MB
Release : 2010-11-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590206509

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The #1 New York Times bestselling classic frontier adventure novel that inspired two award-winning films! Charles Portis has long been acclaimed as one of America’s foremost writers. True Grit, his most famous novel, was first published in 1968, and became the basis for two movies, the 1969 classic starring John Wayne and, in 2010, a new version starring Academy Award® winner Jeff Bridges and written and directed by the Coen brothers. True Grit tells the story of Mattie Ross, who is just fourteen when the coward Tom Chaney shoots her father down in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and robs him of his life, his horse, and $150 in cash. Mattie leaves home to avenge her father’s blood. With one-eyed Rooster Cogburn, the meanest available U.S. Marshal, by her side, Mattie pursues the killer into Indian Territory. True Grit is eccentric, cool, straight, and unflinching, like Mattie herself. From a writer of true status, this is an American classic through and through.

Author : Junior League of Atlanta
Publisher : Favorite Recipes Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 47,30 MB
Release : 1995-01
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9780871974259

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Ture Grits is a wonderful contemporay collection of 318 regional recipes, inspired photography, and lively, charming stories by some of the Souths most renowned authors.

Author : Angela Duckworth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 14,57 MB
Release : 2016-05-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1501111124

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In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People). The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal).

Author : Michael Lewis
Publisher : Citadel Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,9 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9781559724548

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From the Alamo Burger to Donovan's Beef, from the Quiet Man Corned Beef and Cabbage to the Crumb Buns of Katie Elder, "True Grits" features 100 recipes inspired by the Duke's greatest films. Each movie from which a recipe comes is examined in a brief essay and in many classic photos.

Author : Raymond A. Uzanas
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 43,91 MB
Release : 2011-09-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1467039020

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During the latter months of 2008 a financial calamity was unfolding and fears of another Great Depression were sweeping across the globe. In America, once all-powerful behemoths of corporate finance were collapsing into a mere shell of their former selves under a debt avalanche of unknown proportions. Unemployment was rising rapidly and showing no favorites among white and blue-collar workers. Personal and business bankruptcies and foreclosures would skyrocket. In March of 2009, with the U.S. stock market averages down over 50% from their record highs of a couple of years earlier, Uzanas set out on a road trip through much of the Middle Atlantic and Southeastern United States. From the coal country of western Virginia to the gilded avenues of Palm Beach, Ray visited places and met people that mirrored a wide swath of Americas complex profile. True Grits is a collection of his stories from those travels that portray the varying challenges faced by Americans as they adapt to an uncertain, but decidedly altered economic landscape.

Author : Edie Hand
Publisher : John F. Blair, Publisher
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Businesswomen
ISBN : 9780982539606

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Women of True Grit relates the stories and secrets from the women who attained the pinnacles of success in their various fields. These individual profiles of over 40 women offer readers first-person narratives from women who have reached the top despite adversity and great personal suffering. Many of these women were the first in their fields, compounding their challenges. In their own words, these women share insights about how they were challenged, what inspired them, what sacrifices they made, and what drove them to become successful.

Author : Joni K. Miller
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,77 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780894803444

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The first complete source guide to hard-to-find, must-have Southern foods. With up-to-date mail-order information for more than 150 products, it uncovers the essential ingredients that even Southerners didn't know were available by mail. Packed with regional lore, spicy sidebars, and dozens of unusual recipes. Photos and line drawings throughout.

Author : John Hillkirk
Publisher : Mariner Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 39,72 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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Two "Money" reporters at USA Today uncover the secrets behind big successes such as Corona beer, Florida Power and Light, Motorola, and "Roseanne". Hillkirk and Jacobson show the risk-takers, the deal-makers and the creative masterminds behind 30 high-profile business, media and entertainment triumphs.

Author : Erin Byers Murray
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1250116082

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Grits is a fascinating cultural history and examination of the current role of grits in Southern cuisine. For food writer Erin Byers Murray, grits had always been one of those basic, bland Southern table necessities—something to stick to your ribs or dollop the butter and salt onto. But after hearing a famous chef wax poetic about the terroir of grits, her whole view changed. Suddenly the boring side dish of her youth held importance, nuance, and flavor. She decided to do some digging to better understand the fascinating and evolving role of grits in Southern cuisine and culture as well as her own Southern identity. As more artisan grits producers gain attention in the food world, grits have become elevated and appreciated in new ways, nationally on both sides of the Mason Dixon Line, and by international master chefs. Murray takes the reader behind the scenes of grits cultivation, visiting local growers, millers, and cooks to better understand the South’s interest in and obsession with grits. What she discovers, though, is that beyond the culinary significance of grits, the simple staple leads her to complicated and persisting issues of race, gender, and politics.