Books

The Irish Ties That Bind

A Shared Hundred-Year Journey

From the green hills of southern Ireland to the heartland of America, four families are united by faith, perseverance, and an enduring legacy that spans generations.
As famine and hardship drive Irish immigrants across the Atlantic in the mid-nineteenth century, the Power and Coughlin families plant new roots in the American Midwest. Their...

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Embracing a Competitive Life

Trials, Triumphs, and 150 Life Lessons in Six Decades of Competition


Embracing a Competitive Life offers an autobiographical sketch of the role that competition played, both informally and formally, in the life of Michael J. Hopkins for six decades. Nearly the first twenty-five years of this competitive life were as a student-athlete and coach in his hometown of Beloit, Wisconsin. After accepting a full-time...

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