Across Time and Space: Chronicles of Courage, Hope, Love, Persistence and Leadership: Stories for Us, Our Children and Grand Children

By Emilio Iodice

From the pen of award winning, and bestselling author Emilio Iodice, come true stories to inspire and uplift us with hope, courage, compassion, adventure, wisdom and love.These beautiful and exciting chronicles speak to us as people and occupants of this planet and tell us who we are; who we should be, and hope to be.Each essay could be a magnificent movie like that of a young girl defying the cruelest dictator on earth; to five brothers willing to die together fighting for their country; to a young man's thrilling adventure in the Amazon and a boy facing death in a ship wreck. They span time from the turn of the last century to nearly yesterday and cross the bridges of wealth and poverty where an immigrant taught the richest man on earth how to live, and a peddler fed widows and their children during the Great Depression. The author writes about his mother and aunt, two sisters, divided by an ocean, facing hunger and war as courageous young ladies who struggled with poverty, fear and injustice to nurture and protect their families with dignity, honesty and the bravery that only women can show as heroines of their time and all time. An American comedian once quipped: "How can you tell a banker with a glass eye? That's the one with the glint of human kindness." Not so for the story of America's greatest financier. He lent to the poor and never had a bad debt because he trusted others and they trusted him.A sense of spirituality comes from the tale of a longshoreman who risks his life for a stranger. An ordinary man became a hero when he found the courage to do the right thing at the right moment. It was also an amazing act of valor in the story of a black ball player who bravely confronted prejudice with dignity, patience and prayer.From the saga of a boy who hits his first home run in stick ball; to that of a legendary sports star, who the "experts" said was finished; we learn to never give up. Despite the odds; despite the criticism; and despite those who say we will not make it, we learn from these accounts to continue to pursue our dreams, no matter what. That is the essence of this marvelous book. It inspires us to fight for causes greater then ourselves and live a life of respect for our planet and all that God has given us and to love one another in the beauty of our diversity. You may be the only person left who believes in you, but it's enough. It takes just one star to pierce a universe of darkness. Never give up.Rachelle Goodrich, Smile Anyway It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya AngelouI think...if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts. Leo Tolstoy, Anna KareninaThere are not more than five musical notes, yet the combinations of these five give rise to more melodies than can ever be heard. There are not more than five primary colors, yet in combinationthey produce more hues than can ever been seen.There are not more than five cardinal tastes, yet combinations ofthem yield more flavors than can ever be tasted.Sun Tzu, The Art of War

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1798031191
• ISBN13: 9781798031193
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 321 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"