This is the story of Jose Francisco Navarro, a Mexican American man, Chicano, who grew up amongst the Southern California gang culture. Raised in a single-parent household, he witnessed addiction from his abusive father and endured depression and financial hardship with his mother.As a teenager, Jose was exposed to a life of drugs, sex, and partying. Looking for a way out and a chance to better himself, he enlisted in the Army at age 19 and became a paratrooper in the Army's legendary 82nd Airborne Division.In 2007, Jose deployed to Afghanistan where he experienced fierce combat with the Taliban. In one life-changing engagement, Jose's scout platoon of 14 paratroopers was overrun by more than 200 Taliban insurgents, leaving him so severely injured he barely escaped with his life. Jose's injuries were so extreme that he spent the next seven and a half years in hospitals, and endured over 100 surgeries where he bat- tled to regain the use of his legs and restore his body.When Jose got out of the military and came home, another war began as he started fighting the battles within himself. He fought for love, family, purpose, and acceptance. Facing impossible odds, Jose was able to adapt and overcome. He wanted this book to prove that no matter how hopeless the circumstances may seem, you can still find joy and happiness in the end.

Unbreakable, Unstoppable an American Soldiers Story Of Coming Home

Biographies & Memoirs

Navarro, José

Community & Culture

Independently published

A wonderful book that opens the door to some 400 remarkable places. Fling open the shutters to gaze upon the Alhambra. Step straight out to hike in the sierra. Visitors can reach out of their window to pick an orange--they're in Spain. There are places where they can frolic on a shoestring, places where they can cavort in splendor.

Alastair Sawday's Special Places To Stay Spain

Travel

Europe

Alastair Sawday Pub Co Ltd

Casbahs on the edge of the desert, dromedaries under the stars, goat-hair tents, little inns lost in the wilderness--this guide features an eclectic mix of some 200 properties from riads to elegant, old-fashioned hotels. Readers will find fresh and honest writing, clear directions for each entry, color maps, useful symbols, and the usual Sawday search for color and vitality from a country that's awash in both.

Special Places to Stay Morocco

Cooke-Yarborough, Ann

Africa

Fling open your shutters to gaze upon the Alhambra. Step straight out to hike in the Sierra. Reach out of your window to pick an orange-- you're in Spain. There are places where you can frolic on a shoestring or where you can splash out in splendor. Majestic high- ceilinged bedrooms, hand-painted furniture, fountains and gardens--a Spain in which to linger . . . .This is a book that opens the door to 400 remarkable places, from old chapels and monasteries to a bishop's summer palace, a monumental catalan mas, farmhouses and fincas.

Allastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay Spain

La enfermedad es una experiencia normativa. Desde el punto de vista psicosocial combina momentos de crisis muy serios con la mezcla de carga y sufrimiento a largo plazo de la fase crónica. Supone desde el sufrimiento más íntimo y privado hasta la necesidad de tener éxito en la colaboración con personas ajenas al círculo íntimo de relaciones, los profesionales de la medicina. Pensado para todos aquellos profesionales y estudiosos relacionados con la salud mental y la medicina, desde médicos y enfermeras hasta psicólogos y trabajadores sociales, este manual revisa la compleja casuística de problemas que la enfermedad supone para la familia y la pareja. Analiza las fórmulas de colaboración entre profesionales de la salud mental y los de la medicina y, finalmente, ofrece una detallada descripción de fórmulas de intervención aplicables en contextos médicos, de grupos de autoayuda y de salud mental. Concebido desde una óptica psicosocial, el texto pone de manifiesto no sólo la experiencia personal sino también los aspectos más sociales, detallando el papel de la familia, de la red social y de los profesionales en la experiencia y en el afrontamiento de la enfermedad.

Enfermedad y familia: Manual de intervención psicosocial (Spanish Edition)

Parenting & Relationships

Ediciones Paidós