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Dare to Take the Next Step - Adventures of a Refugee
ISBN-13: 9780981249506 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 210 str.
Hegyi reflects on his adventurous life from his days as a freedom fighter in the 1956 Hungarian student revolution to entering college as a high-school dropout and earning two college degrees to leading expeditions to the Amazonian rain forests to battling prostate cancer.
This book contains inspirational stories from the life of a man who led a colorful life, daring to take the next step in search for adventures. These stories include:- Experiences as a freedom fighter in the 1956 Hungarian student revolution, narrowly escaping execution;- Living in refugee camps and daring to enter University as a high school dropout and succeeding in earning two college degrees;- Leading expeditions to the Amazon rain forests, surviving attacks by wild animals and crew;- Travelling as a research scientist and high tech entrepreneur throughout the world representing his adopted country (Canada); - Encounters with the KGB while visiting Soviet Union as a member of a Canadian scientific delegation; and- Climbing up the ladder in service clubs to the position of District Governor, Kiwanis International.The adventurous life was put on a temporary back burner when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. The author provides a unique perspective of the courageous battles he led in beating the big C and the changes of life styles that he had to implement in order to increase the odds in survival.
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