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The Wizard of Foz: Dick Fosbury’s One-Man High-Jump Revolution
In 1968, perhaps the finest US Olympic men’s track-and-field team ever stirred the world in unprecedented ways, among them the victory stand black rights protest by Tommie Smith and John Carlos in Mexico City. But in competition no single athlete mirrored the free-thinking 1960s better than Dick Fosbury, a failed prep high jumper who invented an offbeat style that ultimately won him a gold medal and revolutionized the event. No jumpers today use any other style than his. Yet few know the struggles Fosbury endured to achieve his success, as he and Bob Welch recount in The Wizard of Foz. From the tragic death of a younger brother to nearly dying himself, from flunking out of college to nearly being drafted, Fosbury cleared far more obstacles than a high-jump bar. And even when he had seemingly made the US Olympic Team, he faced a “redo” that nobody saw coming. This book tells a story of loss, survival, and triumph, twined in a person (Fosbury), a time (the 1960s), and a place (a fantasy-like Olympic Trials venue high in the Sierra Nevada) clearly made for each other. It is a story of a young man who refused to listen to those who laughed at him, those who doubted him, and those who tried to make him someone he was not.
Bob Welch (Author), Grover Gardner (Narrator)
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52 Little Lessons from A Christmas Carol
Gold Medallion Award-winner Bob Welch crafts 52 nuggets of Bible-based wisdom from one of the most popular novels of all time, A Christmas Carol. First published in 1843, Charles Dickens's novella A Christmas Carol became an immediate bestseller with its timeless bedrock themes of forgiveness, humility, generosity, renewal, and the true meaning of Christmas. Award-winning author Bob Welch explores what the heartwarming classic can teach each and every one of us. From the miserliness of Scrooge to the innocence of Tiny Tim, 52 Little Lessons from A Christmas Carol will inspire you to live for what really matters, not only at Christmas, but all year long. Lessons include: - Don't let people steal your joy. - See life as a child. - Regret leads to renewal. - There's joy in starting over. - Giving changes your perspective. - Seeking forgiveness is a sign of strength. - It is never too late to change. Questions for reflection are included in the audiobook companion PDF download.
Bob Welch (Author), Mike Read (Narrator)
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52 Little Lessons from It's a Wonderful Life
Gold Medallion Award-winner Bob Welch gleans 52 nuggets of Bible-based wisdom from one of the most popular Christmas movies of all time, It's a Wonderful Life. Revisit the defining lessons in Frank Capra's 1946 classic and discover new dimensions of the film you've seen time and again. Lessons Include: - Underdogs Matter - Self-Pity Skews Our Vision - Life's Greatest Adventures Are About People, Not Places or Things - You Can't Run Away from Your Problems - It's in Helping Others That We Help Ourselves - God's Greatest Gift Is Life Join author Bob Welch for a close-up of the characters and themes that shape this beautiful story. You'll be reminded that life's most important work is often the work we never planned to do and that God can use the most unlikely among us to get the job done. From the lightheartedness of George and Mary's floor-parting dance in the school gym to the poignancy of a community that rallies to save a desperate man, 52 Little Lessons from It's a Wonderful Life will inspire you to live for the deeper stuff that, as George Bailey finds, matters most. Reflection questions are available in the audiobook companion PDF download.
Bob Welch (Author), Mark Smeby (Narrator)
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Saving My Enemy: How Two WWII Soldiers Fought against Each Other and Later Forged a Friendship That
Saving My Enemy is a Band of Brothers sequel like no other. Guilt nearly killed one of the celebrated Band of Brothers members, Sgt. Don Malarkey. He was a hero for his service in World War II, especially in the Battle of the Bulge, yet he came to the brink of suicide, haunted by the memories of the German soldiers he killed. Across the ocean, Fritz Engelbert was shackled in shame for having been a pawn of Hitler-he too had fought in the Battle of the Bulge-but for the Germans. He could not find peace. Saving My Enemy is the touching true story of two soldiers on opposite sides of WWII whose unlikely friendship, forged in their eighties, dissolves six decades of guilt and shame that had pushed both men to despair. "I contend that every vet crying over his beer in some American Legion hall about something that happened seventy years ago is doing so not because of lost buddies, but because of lost honor, of shame. Long after World War II was over, Don helped restore that honor in Fritz. And Fritz did the same for Don. I was gripped by this story." -Jeff Struecker, a former US Army Ranger who heard this story directly from the men's families Malarkey and Engelbert had completely different backgrounds, but their stories collided amid the largest and bloodiest single battle fought by the USA in WWII-the Battle of the Bulge. Beneath blankets of snow, the earth was hardened like iron. With temperatures dipping below zero degrees Fahrenheit, the conditions were as brutal as any in the history of warfare. This was Germany's last hope to stop the Allies and they were desperate for victory. Fritz, nineteen, a private in the Panzer-Lerh-Division, had the chief duty of being a krad messenger (on a military motorcycle). Don, twenty-three, is a sergeant in E Company, 506th Regiment, and is living in a foxhole in the woods overlooking villages below where Fritz and other German soldiers are awaiting the fight. Both men took quiet moments of introspection. Fritz remembered a dead American soldier he saw alongside the road and he "thought of his parents who would miss him dearly" and felt a certain "brotherhood with the enemy." Two weeks later, as Easy Company pushed Germany back, Don had a similar experience-he had just shot and killed a German soldier and was shocked to find he was only sixteen. "I looked at his face, eyes fixed forever. A face that I wouldn't forget. Not the next day. Not the next month. Not ever." Welch gives intimate glimpses into these men's souls as they fought each other during the war, lived in despair and guilt in the decades that followed, and finally found forgiveness and peace through each other. Don and Fritz's story is one of hope and inspiration that will not be forgotten.
Bob Welch (Author), Grover Gardner (Narrator)
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52 Little Lessons from a Christmas Carol
The lessons and stories from the beloved novel A Christmas Carol point to bedrock values we all share. Award-winning author Bob Welch takes readers deeper into the nuances of this classic by Charles Dickens. From the miserliness of Scrooge to the innocence of Tiny Tim, 52 Little Lessons from A Christmas Carol will inspire readers to live for what really matters, not only at Christmas, but all year long.
Bob Welch (Author), Jonathan Yen (Narrator)
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Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War
Sgt. Don Malarkey takes us not only into the battles fought from Normandy to Germany, but into the heart and mind of a soldier who beat the odds to become an elite paratrooper, and lost his best friend during the nightmarish engagement at Bastogne. Drafted in 1942, Malarkey arrived at Taccoa Camp in Georgia and was the 1 in 6 soldiers who earned their Eagle wings and went to England in 1943 to provide ground cover for the largest amphibious military attack in history: Operation Overlord. In the darkness of D-Day morning, Malarkey parachuted into France and, within days, was awarded a Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. He fought for 23 days in Normandy, nearly 80 in Holland, 39 in Bastogne; and nearly 30 more in and near Haguenau, France and the Ruhr pocket in Germany. This is his dramatic tale of those bloody days fighting his way from the shores of France to the heartland of Germany, and the epic story of how an adventurous kid from Oregon became a leader of men.
Bob Welch, Don Malarkey (Author), John Bedford Lloyd, John Lloyd (Narrator)
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