Different Strokes

Download or read book Different Strokes written by Steven Boorstein and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-10-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will inspire anyone who is recovering from a stroke, and provide support for family...

Download or read book Killing Willis written by Todd Bridges and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-04-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former child star—best known as Willis Jackson on Diff’rent Strokes—shares the shocking but inspirational details of his struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and fierce fight to carve a path through the darkness and find his true identity. For Todd Bridges early stardom was no protection from painful childhood events that paved the road to his own personal hell. One of the first African-American child actors on shows like Little House on the Prairie, The Waltons, and Roots, Bridges burst to the national forefront on the hit sitcom Diff’rent Strokes as the subject of the popular catchphrase, "What’chu Talkin About Willis?" When the show ended, Bridges was overwhelmed by the off-camera traumas he had faced. Turning to drugs as an escape, he soon lost control. Now, for the first time, Bridges opens up about his life before and after Diff’rent Strokes: the incredible reversals of fortune brought on by fame and the precipitous—and very public—descent that followed; the persecution from police; the drug addiction that nearly consumed him; the criminal charges that almost earned him a life sentence; and his successful legal defense led by Johnnie Cochran. Through it all, Bridges never relented in his quest to fight his way back from the abyss, establish his own identity—separate from Willis Jackson—and offer his ordeal as a positive example for those struggling to overcome similar challenges. His triumphant story of recovery and redemption is recounted here as well. Todd Bridges has lived a life of remarkable twists and turns—from the greatest heights to the lowest lows imaginable. In this shocking but ultimately hopeful memoir, he proves that what he was really talking about was survival.

Download or read book Different Strokes written by Richard Douglas Bouslough and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Had a stroke? Know someone who has? What happened? How could anything go wrong in an organ protected by a helmet of bone? Here's hope, and exciting prospects for the future.

Download or read book Different Strokes for Different Folks written by Amy Finger Ziegler and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-12-21 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many younger people (in their 30s and 40s) are having strokes and are stuck in a rehabilitation process designed for eighty year olds. I was a dedicated runner and professional outdoor sports enthusiast when I had my stroke at age 47. I had to be creative and forceful in my rehab to take advantage of my youth and strength. I was seriously debilitated (paralyzed from my face to my toes on the left side), but my vision, speech, and cognitive areas (memory, reasoning, geographic orientation) were largely left intact. Exercise was already a daily habit easily replaced by dedicated physical therapy. After the first very hard month in the hospital, I had to push my therapists to give me more than their established routines. I had to insist with my family that I was capable of doing more than the doctors said I could. I took risks that might have proved fatal to an elderly stroke survivor but they enabled me to regain my former life. This is my story, its not a model rehab program. It might be just what you have been craving to hear is possible in stroke recovery.

Download or read book Different Strokes written by Cecil Harris and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The days of tennis as a country club sport for the aristocracy have long passed, as have the pre–Open era days when black players faced long odds just to be invited to the four Grand Slam events. An entire generation of sports fans has grown up seeing Venus and Serena Williams as the gold standard in American professional tennis. Although the Williams sisters have done more than any other players to make tennis accessible to a diverse population, it’s not as if the tennis revolution is over. When you watch tennis next, take a close look at the umpire, the person sitting in the high chair of authority at courtside. Look at the tournament referee and the tournament director, the officials who run the tournament. In those seats of power and influence, blacks are still woefully underrepresented. Different Strokes chronicles the rise of the Williams sisters, as well as other champions of color, closely examining how African Americans are collectively faring in tennis, on the court and off. Despite the success of the Williams sisters and the election of former pro player Katrina Adams as the U.S. Tennis Association’s first black president, top black players still receive racist messages via social media and sometimes in public. The reality is that while significant progress has been made in the sport, much work remains before anything resembling equality is achieved. Watch a book trailer.

Download or read book DIFFERENT STROKES written by IKE MORAH and published by Author House. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this third book and final one in a trilogy, the gods send different groups of emissaries down to earth to see what man was doing with himself. This ranged from colonization through watching gages and festivals to observing churches and schools amongst others. The idea was to see how man governed himself as well as others and how he had been living in a way that is not consistent with expectations, ethics and morality. In other words they had come to observe and report on the social aspects of human existence. The had observed many funny things that might make the reader laugh aloud!

Download or read book On the Set of Diff'rent Strokes written by Shavar Ross and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 1971-07-07 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short memoir of how veteran actor Shavar Ross landed the role of Dudley Ramsey, Gary Coleman's best friend on the hit television series "Diffrent Strokes." Shavar talks about The First Day On The Set: Meeting Gary Coleman, Todd Bridges and Dana Plato. What it was like going to school (on the set) with the cast members. Shavar also gives details about the fun things he did with Gary such as the sleep overs, bowling, and other fun times they had as real life friends. Shavar mentions what the seasonal wrap parties on the show was like and reminisces about doing the very last episode of the show. Also, learn how a television show like "Diff'rent Strokes" is produced on a weekly basis.