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Women Longshoremen: Vilified for WorkingUnloading cargo or working at heights on a ship in roiling waters, longshoremen must be strong, agile, and able to handle a high degree of dangerous situations. But what happens when co-workers ratchet up that risk . . . just for you?Every day in her job as a longshoreman, Linda Nyland never knew if her teammate would be one holding a grudge against her working with him and purposely put her life in danger. Every day, Linda encountered sexist remarks about her body, even when pregnant. Every day, Linda suffered cruel reminders that many men just didn't want her there.Linda Nyland's Under the Hook: How One Woman Took on the Longshoremen's Union and Made a Better Environment for Everyone describes the daily harassment encountered, not only by her but also by other women and minorities working as longshoremen. Eventually, enough was enough, and Linda faced the union, which did nothing to endear her to her detractors. Threats increased. And the few men who supported her did so silently, afraid to be ostracized themselves.The hard-won battle has left scars, memories that will never fade. But the victory Linda eventually achieved cleared the way for fair treatment for all. Read Under the Hook and learn how one brave woman made a huge difference.

Author John Sager, a retired CIA intelligence officer, tells his readers how he changed from a critical suspect to a firm believer in Jesus Christ. In this anthology/apologia, he traces the historicity of the four gospels, describes their authors, and leads his readers all the way to the crucifixion and ascension of Jesus Christ. Citing reliable source material, his writing dispels any doubts his readers may have about the life and times of Jesus Christ.

Jack Fritz''s memoir-A Lifetime Adventure-is aptly titled. After reading it, you''ll come away wondering how one man could have packed so much living into eight-plus decades.From growing up on the shores of Lake Michigan to living the majority of his life on the shores of Puget Sound, Jack checked all the boxes of a life well-lived-including the pretty wife and two kids that are an essential part of the fabled "American Dream."After a Huck Finn kind of boyhood, that included learning to hunt (animals and fowl, as well as pretty maidens), he went to college and was on the football team, until a concussion ended his playing career. After college, his love of the water led him to enlist in the U.S. Navy, which afforded him his first chance to see the world-and he and his buddies took full advantage of the opportunity in the various ports of call.After mustering out of the Navy, he-like so many other veterans at the time-went to work for the Boeing Company in Seattle, where he applied his education and training in Industrial Engineering in ways that saved the company millions and led to a variety of jobs in the personnel and training fields-from the Washington state capital of Olympia to the oil fields of Alaska, with a side trip to Saudi Arabia.While working at Boeing, Jack met one Jill Johnson on a ski outing at Stevens Pass. They shared a chairlift ride and-in the words of the fairy tale-"Jack and Jill went up the hill . . ."-and on to a lifetime of further adventure-together. They took trips to Scandinavia to trace their roots, trips to many mountain resorts to fulfill their mutual love of skiing, and-in the later years-annual "snowbird" trips to their Winter home in SaddleBrooke, AZ. There, they both became champion senior swimmers and enjoyed cycling in the nearby hills-but neither interfered with their obligatory daily Happy Hour, either together or with their friends.Jack even shares a couple of health scares he had in later life-all of which he''d recovered from as he penned his page-turning assembly of recollections at the ripe old age of 87.This is one man''s memoir, and it''s also an inspirational handbook on how to live life to the fullest.