num_pages: 224
description: They are your neighbours across the back fence They are someone you work with They are a best friend's grandparent They are ordinary people doing extraordinary things They are super ordinary heroes in Alberta-- From the Introduction by T J Georgi In Super Ordinary Heroes , journalists T J Georgi and Lisa Wojna turn the spotlight on a group of dedicated, selfless Albertans who in ways great and small have helped make this world a better place Not all of their names are well known, but their stories are universal The tales in Super Ordinary Heroes run the gamut from exciting to Read about the Olympic diver who risked life and limb to save a pregnant woman after her car plunged into the Bow RiverLearn of the men who risked it all to help a forest ranger after an attack by a black bear in the wilds of the Rocky Mountain foothillsFollow the dramatic saga of a woman's race against time to find a new kidney and the donor who saved her lifeTrek through the rugged mountains of Nepal with a university professor intent on taking light into the darknessVisit with a group of courageous children living under the cloud of the world's worst nuclear disasterRead of one man's heroic battle to survive after saving his wife and children from a burning buildingAnd take a lesson from a cancer-stricken woman who spent the last days of her life pleading with Alberta's teens to stop smoking
language: English
title: Super Ordinary Heroes: True Stories of Big-Hearted Albertans
titlecomplete: Super Ordinary Heroes: True Stories of Big-Hearted Albertans
publisher: Fifth House Publishers