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An inspiring and heart-warming short story of canine devotion and bravery.When Corporal Jenny Chester was matched with Arms and Explosives search dog Bonnie it felt like the best Christmas present ever.Friends from day one, partners beyond doubt, through service in Bosnia and Iraq they shared food on the run, sleeping in bags in the cold and shade of the same tree. A bond made in wartime that created a partnership for life.Extracted from the bestselling title The Dog That Saved My Life.
| Автор | Isabel George |
On 27 August 1979, Paul Burns's life changed for ever. Travelling through Warren Point in Northern Ireland when the IRA detonated two massive bombs, he was involved in a devastating explosion – eighteen soldiers were killed that day; Paul was one of only two who survived.Newly recruited to the Parachute Regiment, Paul was performing a tour of duty in Northern Ireland when a four-tonne truck in which he was travelling was destroyed by a massive IRA bomb. Eighteen of his friends and colleagues...
| Автор | Paul Burns |
The full story of Taylor Swift’s stratospheric rise to fame; all any dedicated Swifty needs to know about the pop superstar who’s taking over the world.A small-town girl with an incredible talent, and the strength to realise her dream, Taylor has grown into an award-winning, chart-topping artist and worldwide star, as well as a strong and stylish woman. But how did she get there? And what lies in store for her in the future?From childhood dreams of a musical future in Pennsylvania, to determined...
| Автор | Chas Newkey-Burden |
Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour.In his ambition to provide a male heir to the throne, Henry VIII married six times. Divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, caused England’s break from the Catholic church in Rome. He went on to divorce Anne of Cleves and behead Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard for infidelities. Jane Seymour died and Catherine Parr survived Henry.Henry VIII’s Wives in an Hour will introduce you to these six entirely diverse and captivating...
| Автор | Julie Wheeler |
Sixteen, Sixty-one is the powerful and shocking true story of an illicit intergenerational affair, in the vein of Nikki Gemmell and Lynn Barber.Natalie Lucas was just 16 when she began a close relationship with an older family friend. Matthew opened Natalie’s mind and heart to philosophy, literature and art. Within months they had begun an intense, erotic affair disguised as an innocent intergenerational friendship. They mocked their small town’s busybodies, laughing at plebs like her parents...
| Автор | Natalie Lucas |
The Choice resurrects iconic Conservative Ronald Reagan, making him 32 years younger and places him in the middle of the 2012 election. Using actual Reagan speeches and quotes, The Choice is the answer for anyone who has ever asked the question, "What would Reagan do?"<br><br>The year is 2012. The United States is in peril as it faces rampant unemployment and unprecedented inflation. Â Angry mobs of young people have taken to the streets in random acts of...
| Автор | Matthew Ph.D Lysiak |
This first book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "South Australian Executive Woman of the Year". These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
This third book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the "Speaking Awards" organised for the members of the Australian Executive Women's Network. <br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women wanting to start their own small businesses and those keen to climb...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
A third year High School education was enough for Lucille Orr to achieve success in the corporate world and in her own businesses. She has owned over a dozen small enterprises and three national businesses. In her twenties her Key Punch Centres employed over 100 permanent staff and in her thirties her Australian Executive Women's Network had 19 branches across Australia. <br><br>In her fifties she started AWARE Properties; the first real estate company for women in Australia...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
This final book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "Telecom Australian Executive Woman of the Year" in its inaugural year as a national award organised by the Australian Executive Women's Network. <br><br>These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
Fast moving and insightful, Black and Gold is an extraordinary reminiscence of an extraordinary time—at once both an optimistic coming-of-age story and the depiction of the end of the most famous decade in the 20th century. This sharp and poignant story is told from the viewpoint of those who were just the right age to best experience that dangerous decade. <br><br>Set in the Midwest in a small university town, this book tells of change from the viewpoint of Mark, an...
| Автор | Mike Jr. Trial |
The renowned FreewayBlogger, aka Patrick Randall, tells the story of one of his earliest decision to take direct action—he hears a report of poverty in Mexico, loads up his trusty old VW bus and hits the road with half a ton of clothes, no map, some good tunes and a sense of adventure.<br><br>The trip turns into an exploration in discovery, friendship and the power of acting on your beliefs in a tale of a journey that's part travelogue, part exhortation to take...
| Автор | Patrick Randall |
This second book in a series of four books; includes the success stories of business and professional women who won the title of "South Australian Executive Woman of the Year". These women are the founders of the prestigious, "Telstra Business Women's Awards".<br><br>This series of books have been used in "Career Study Classes" in High Schools, Universities and Business Colleges since the nineties.<br><br>Women...
| Автор | Lucille Jr. Orr |
What does it really take to flip houses with no money or credit? Are you finally ready to regain your job and finally quit the rat race? <br><br>Finally be able to take vacations when you want? No more asking your boss for time off, and finally give to live life on your own terms. <br><br>Well you're about to discover the hidden secret on how to truly create income on demand through "no money down investing" real estate investing....
| Автор | Christopher Bruce |
This work is a memoir. As a child and a young man, I rarely felt entitled to breath air. Emotionally neglected by my father, as a teen, I left home for a prep school at which I would spend the worst three years of my life. Trouble followed two failed attempts at undergraduate college, until I found my way to a horseshoeing school out west. I was able to work as a professional farrier for several years until a ruptured disc in my back forced a career change. I chose psychology as somewhere in the...
| Автор | Dr. Peter J. Swartz Swartz |
Imam Mohammad Tawhidi is a third-generation Iranian-born Australian Muslim Imam and a publicly ordained Islamic authority who comes from a prominent Islamic lineage. His ancestors were the companions of Prophet Mohammad and played a significant role in the early Islamic conquests.<br />Imam Tawhidi ended his relationship with the Iranian regime and continued his studies in the Holy Cities in Iraq. In 2014, ISIS conquered large parts of Iraq’s territory and murdered members of Tawhidi’s...
| Автор | Imam Mohammad Tawhidi |
The Frederick Douglass Megapack provides a selection of the works of Frederick Douglas, including 2 autobiographies as well as essays, speeches, and slave narratives. Included are:<p> NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS, AN AMERICAN SLAVE<BR> MY BONDAGE AND MY FREEDOM<BR> RECEPTION SPEECH<BR> THE NATURE OF SLAVERY<BR> INHUMANITY OF SLAVERY<BR> WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?<BR> THE INTERNAL SLAVE TRADE<BR> THE SLAVERY...
| Автор | Frederick Douglass |
An autobiographical narrative, BEHIND THE SCENES traces Elizabeth Keckley's life from her enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House during Abraham Lincoln's administration. It was quite controversial at the time of its release–an uncompromising work that transgressed Victorian boundaries between public and private life, and lines of race, gender, and society.
| Автор | Elizabeth Keckley |
One of the most important sources of information on Alfred the Great (King of Wessex from 871 to 899) is Asser's «The Life of King Alfred». Asser was a Welsh monk who accepted a position in the court of King Alfred around 886. His work is both a translation of part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (for the years 851-887), as well as eyewitness accounts and opinions of Alfred's kingship. Although the only copy of the manuscript was destroyed by fire in 1731, transcriptions and material from...
| Автор | Asser |
В книге описан жизненный путь выдающегося церковного деятеля и духовного писателя митрополита Вениамина (Федченкова). Он был свидетелем и участником важнейших событий Российской истории первой половины XX века. Святитель принимал участие в Поместном Соборе Русской Православной Церкви в 1917-1918 гг., возглавлял духовенство армии и флота генерала Врангеля и много лет провел в эмиграции. В качестве экзарха Московского Патриархата в Америке митрополит Вениамин осуществлял сбор помощи для Красной...
| Автор | Ростислав Просветов |
One of the most famous and admired African-American women in U.S. history, Sojourner Truth sang, preached, and debated at camp meetings across the country, led by her devotion to the antislavery movement and her ardent pursuit of women's rights. Born into slavery in 1797, Truth fled from bondage some 30 years later to become a powerful figure in the progressive movements reshaping American society.This remarkable narrative, first published in 1850, offers a rare glimpse into the...
| Автор | Sojourner Truth |
I enjoy many things in life. A good steak, a chocolate doughnut, chocolate candy, chocolate cake, well, just about anything chocolate. I also enjoy a good movie, especially the kind that make me laugh. I enjoy laughing, and making other people laugh. I enjoy nostalgia. I have many happy memories of growing up, and I enjoy looking and thinking about the toys I had, the TV shows I watched, the clothes I wore, and the cars I knew. What I enjoy the most is cars. If you were to ask me why I like...
| Автор | John Mahoney |
ME AND MY DAD'S '57 FORD is the third and final book about a young boy and his fascination with cars. In the first two books, John's rambunctiousness from 1954 to 1962, can be forgiven because of his age. But in this final installment, John is entering his teen years and therefore maturing…slightly. He still likes cars, but he is also discovering the wonderful world of the opposite sex, even though that discovery does him little good. He is the tallest of his friends, thereby...
| Автор | John Mahoney |
"Me and My Dad's '50 Mercury" is the continuing story of a young boy's fascination with cars. The book's point of view is the author's own life as he was growing up in the 1950's. He recollection of the family cars, toys, TV shows, pets, and a large family, is bound to strike a nostaligic chord in whoever lived through that era. This is the second book of three. Like the first book, «Me and My Dad's '39 Plymouth», this book is a short read, but filled...
| Автор | John Mahoney |