Sentences with phrase «stories of survival in»

«Seeing her story of survival in the newsletter I just knew I had to go to New York and meet her.

The Walking Dead and The Last of Us are story - driven emotional roller coasters that tell the story of survival in a bleak world while also entrusting you in the care of a young lady.

Not exact matches

«I read this memoir when I was in my 20s, and to this day it remains one of the most powerful human survival stories I have read,» she raves.»

Nominated for three Oscars, it's about a river trip in the South that leads to a story of survival.

Now that she's learned her fate as a tomb raider, Lara must travel around the globe using her survival skills to explore the secret world she was exposed to in the previous chapter of her story.

Further, he insisted, a congregation's particular story, because it draws from a treasury of narrative elements available to all groups of people as they struggle for survival and meaning, is its channel to participation in the worldwide mission of establishing God's shalom.

If someone believes in the creation story to the extent that they reject scientific inquiry, they're not well - equipped to conduct the research and do the work needed in the future to benefit and improve the condition of and ensure the survival of the earth and its human and animal populations.

The miracle of relief is not that federal aid rushes in (because it doesn't) or national news highlights a feel - good story of survival to round out the broadcast (because the cameras leave soon after).

If one destroyed the Genesis story of creation and substituted the gradual emergence of different forms as they struggled for survival in their environment, then one destroyed the entire argument for the proof of God from the evidence of creation.

That's true of Dr. Toni Ginés - Rivera, whose amazing story of survival reminds us that Jesus is not merely interested in bringing us to heaven one day.

In a changing cultural environment where new ideas threaten the safety and security of the faith, Faith Unraveled is a fearlessly honest story of survival.

But what holds and connects all is Jesus» choice not to withdraw and retreat in the face of danger, not to shrink the story down to personal safety and survival.

Long story short, the capitalism that can raise standards of living around the world, is NOT the same capitalism at work in negotiating with people who are living on the edge of survival.

So instead, I would like this little spot on the Web to serve as a sort of traveler's forum, a place for exchanging adventure stories, survival tips, and those priceless hole - in - the - wall recommendations that make a journey memorable.

From the turn of the last century, through Prohibition and the Great Depression, throughout the challenges of survival in the 20th and 21st centuries, it is the story of one family's adaptation and reinvention, not once, but multiple times.

Robert Weintraub is the author of three books, including the just - released «NO BETTER FRIEND: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII», and is a regular contributor to Slate, the New York Times, Grantland, and many others.

Anicoll5@13: Henry Norris was a critical figure to the survival of our club in the second and third decades of the last century, but his is not an unalloyed story.

As my dedication to the bees began to wane, and was further discouraged by the low winter survival rate (oh and that one incident involving all the bees in my hair and the resulting trip to the ER, but that's another story for another day, and really, I think the bees were more scared than I)... as all of that was happening, I noticed that someone else was leaning closer in to the bees.

Kids feel freer to explore a story that is not overtly their own yet may bear similarities in terms of difficulties, danger or survival.

This is called postpartum pre-eclampsia or postpartum eclampsia.Don't worry, I will go more into details about each of the condition that I was diagnosed with in a longer blog post where I will share my survival story.

Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System Director Mary Jean Jakubowski had a few favorite books this year, each one about perseverance, hope and survival: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah; The Art of Risk: The New Science of Courage, Caution & Chance by Kayt Sukel; and Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island by Regina Calcaterra.

It is the story of two mother bears, their cubs and their survival in the Alaskan wilderness, getting by with the... bear necessities.

In one of the most harrowing stories of shipwreck and survival in recent memory, a young Deborah Kiley (she's now 49) escaped dehydration, hypothermia, and sharks for five days on a small rubber dinghy in the Atlantic OceaIn one of the most harrowing stories of shipwreck and survival in recent memory, a young Deborah Kiley (she's now 49) escaped dehydration, hypothermia, and sharks for five days on a small rubber dinghy in the Atlantic Oceain recent memory, a young Deborah Kiley (she's now 49) escaped dehydration, hypothermia, and sharks for five days on a small rubber dinghy in the Atlantic Oceain the Atlantic Ocean.

This is an extraordinary success story, but we should not be complacent — some regions of China have not performed as well as others, and the next step is to use lessons from the most successful regions to intensify efforts to improve child survival in the regions with the poorest child survival.»

But Hampson is hopeful that the stories collected in the field — including those of Asha's death and Flora's survival — will ultimately make a difference.

Fernando Bermudez, proven innocent in 2009 with help from pro bono lawyers from Washington, D.C. to New York continues sharing, as he puts it, his «survival story of enduring over 18 years in a six - by - nine - foot prison cell as a provocation for reform.»

As a story of survival, though, Colony remains the sort of engrossing television that gets lost in the mix, due to all the other captivating television out there.

Synopsis: In this adaptation of the autobiography «The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939 - 1945,» Wladyslaw Szpilman... [MORIn this adaptation of the autobiography «The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939 - 1945,» Wladyslaw Szpilman... [MORin Warsaw, 1939 - 1945,» Wladyslaw Szpilman... [MORE]

This documentary tells the story of the survival of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of his vessel «The Endurance,» which shipwrecked in the ice floes and frigid ocean of the Antarctic in 1914.

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 is not the best game in this series of fighters, graphically it's good for a Wii game, the sound is good, the voice acting is great, the controls are ok, there is a large number of characters to play as which is great and even some game exclusive characters, multiplayer is ok, the story mode introduces an new and unique story with some interesting characters but kind of falls short, and the difficulty can be down right frustrating at times, there is some good versus modes and a fun survival mode, all in all i would only recommend this to Naruto fans, and people who love fighting games.

In The Long Dark you get an unique player experience that give you many moments of frustration and satisfaction, and epic personal survival stories.

I don't know what director Angelina Jolie thinks her movie Unbroken is, but the last thing it seems to be is the story of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian and war hero whose life story was told in Laura Hillenbrand's New York Times - bestselling book «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemptiostory of Louis Zamperini, the Olympian and war hero whose life story was told in Laura Hillenbrand's New York Times - bestselling book «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemptiostory was told in Laura Hillenbrand's New York Times - bestselling book «Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and RedemptioStory of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption ``.

Needless to say, there are some excellent moments in the game and players would do well to pay attention to some of the nuances and story as nearly everything serves a purpose to school the player in survival.

Bitter Harvest, in theaters on February 24, is a powerful story of love, honor, rebellion and survival as seen through the eyes of two young lovers caught in the ravages of Joseph Stalin's genocidal policies against Ukraine in the 1930s.

In the campaign, we delve deeper into the story of the last Capital Intellects whilst Open Protocol mode is the game's survival mode, pitting you against the ever increasingly difficult horde of Abaddon clusters.

It's those narrative conveniences that make «In Darkness» feel slick and worked over - the sense that an immensely powerful story of survival has been cut to fit the cloth of a by now well - established genre.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

Coppola's version of the story lived up to expectations and delivered a powerful depiction of survival in the time of war as well as subtle messages littered throughout.

«EUROPA, Europa» director Agneska Holland returns to the Holocaust with the Oscar - nominated «In Darkness,» a grueling but rewarding story of survival.

Look for the trials of a Mongolian colt and his human caregivers in The Story of the Weeping Camel, the survival of stray birds in San Francisco in The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill, the ties that bind a fictional African family in The Gods Must Be Crazy 2 and the sibling relationship captured in the Japanese anime film My Neighbor Totoro.

9 ARES by Geneva Robertson - Dworet The survival story of an astronaut whose space capsule crash lands in the African desert and whose mission to space was part of a larger conspiracy.

In fact, the game itself does a great job of finding the balance between telling an interesting story, showcasing how far Frank has come, and still keeping it's over the top violence and survival aspect intact.

There are two kinds of people in the world, those who like survival stories and those who don't.

For 2014, the film is Bears, the story of two bear cubs learning the art of survival in Alaska.

The film, based on the nonfiction book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, showcases the parts of Zamperini's life that took place both immediately before and during WWII — with a bit of childhood flashbacks thrown in for story purposes as Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand, showcases the parts of Zamperini's life that took place both immediately before and during WWII — with a bit of childhood flashbacks thrown in for story purposes as story purposes as well.

Great story of survival, great acting and I think good effects for a film made in 1972.

If I suggest that the film did a beautiful job of blending personal stories with a historical overview, crises of individual integrity with the survival of a craft and a code, the credible drift of lives with the fond distancing of nostalgia, I don't do so merely because Newsfront's timeframe and textures uncannily recall my own first memories of the outside world in the late Forties.

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127 Hours Here is a grueling film about one man's incredible story of survival, trapped in a horrifyingly real, physical prison and another inside his head.

While a decent story isn't a particularly pressing prerequisite for a good survival based horror game on iOS, I still enjoyed the narrative techniques used by Foursaken in setting the tone for the rest of the game.