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  • - The Obvious Konnektion
    av Nikkolo
    141,-

    There are many more similarities between the four Kennedy assassinations (JFK, RFK, EMK, and JFK jr.) then only the surnames. In this booklet the author presents the well-known historical facts surrounding all four assassinations. In the case of EMK a character murder is understood, which is no less a murder in ethical terms. It was not mere casual that EMK repeated the infamous question "are the Kennedys cursed?" Obviously they were not any more cursed than the average US family. EMK only repeated his enemy's words because he was heavily drugged, with a carefully studied substance that made him able to walk around and to perceive, but unable to act freely. A kind of hypnotization, one might say. What man, in full power of his mental abilities, would drive his car into a swamp, look on perplexed while his girlfriend was drowning, and next keep dwelling around the place where it all happened, as if waiting for an arrest?

  • - Memoirs of an Anglo-slovak Student Exchange
    av Mike Fox
    141,-

    The year is 1995, a few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. This has led to a whole new way of life in former Soviet satellite countries like Slovakia. Mike Fox was privileged to accompany a group of students, who went out from the UK into the country, to experience a changing culture, as Slovakia enthusiastically emerged into the ways of the western world. The UK students also enjoyed their new-found social contacts with their Slovak student counterparts, a process that was no doubt aided by liberal access to 'pivo', which is the Slovak word for beer, and which became an appropriate strap line for the tour. It turned out to be a never-to-be forgotten experience.

  • - Second Edition
    av Ozell Wilson
    126 - 215,-

  • - Attract A Soulmate
    av Rebecca Henley Aka Alairriala
    111,-

    It was a typical day of the week and two sisters decided to head to the mall. These girls were named Jennifer and Josie. They had not long turned 21. They prepared to head out when the phone rang. "Hi" Josie said. "Hi back" said her caller. Jennifer was getting antsy waiting for her sister to finish on the phone and decided to make a head start. "I'll meet you at the mall" she told Josie, who was giggling like a school girl. Which of course she thought she was. The two sisters were like chalk and cheese. They did however have one thing they liked in common. Shopping! Jennifer and Josie had been arguing earlier about the company Josie was keeping. She didn't seem to care if she was being taken for a ride. "When will she see what it is that he's doing?" Jennifer loved her little sister. She felt, since losing both their parents in a freak accident almost twelve years ago, that she had to be the one to look out for her and to ensure nothing bad happened to her. Jennifer felt that she was the smart one.The one who held it all together and kept them both grounded but, she didn't count on what was in store for her. This is her mystical miraculous story of how she met a total stranger who led her to meet her soulmate. Based on some true life events of the author.

  • - New Edition
    av W E Welbourne
    354,-

    At the outset of the Second World War on September 1, 1939, young Aussie diggers are rushed to assist Britain in its hour of need to the nearest European war zone in the Middle East and North Africa. My Uncle Arthur, young Arty is one of these a sapper with 6 years militia training as an army engineer. The ANZAC forces sweep through Libya, from Egypt to Benghazi, defeating superior numbers of heavily armed Italians the first Allied land victory of the war.Ill-equipped and lacking promised supplies, the ANZACs are then inappropriately redirected from North Africa to Greece to help the Greeks face the overwhelming German advance. Retreating to Crete, Arty is captured in the Battle of Crete and becomes a POW. I am motivated to visit the conflict zones of Gallipoli and to follow my uncles wartime exploits from the time of his capture in June 1941 until his third and final escape from a German work camp in Czechoslovakia in 1945.Modern day travel makes it possible to visit not only the more recent wartime scenes of Central Europe, but also to visit the sites of classical civilizations to discover the history, art and cultures of the Mediterranean. Accompanying me on my journey is Avril who was born in England and has vivid wartime memories of the conflict from her childhood.

  • - New Edition
    av Kevin Johnson
    186,-

    The book commences with the hero as a young man just qualified as an air force pilot and moves on through his life describing various wars and major occurrences affecting his life. He is drafted to a USA carrier and then Vietnam, where he finishes military life. He studies medicine, assists the Flying Doctor Service, then develops a large market-garden export company with a Japanese partner. Here he finds the computer Orack, and life takes a different tack. The president of the USA discovers their talents and employs both of them in the White House. They become involved in Middle East politics, blackmail, and business corruption. His wife is assassinated, and again, his life changes. He meets his second wife back in Australia, and together, the basis of the other books of the trilogy is formed. Magic, illusion, and witchcraft enter the story where space travel, evil tycoons, and business manipulation become the normal.

  • - New Edition
    av W E Welbourne
    368,-

    Cruising the Latin Tapestry is a travelogue and adventure story of the MV Voyagers circumnavigation of South America in early 2013 as experienced by the author and his partner. It provides an interesting insight into the extraordinary beauty and colourful vigour of Latin America that a traveller can expect by visiting this fascinating continent.

  • - A Story By Book
    av Pauline Roberts
    171 - 254,-

  • - The Changing Face of World Forestry (New Edition)
    av Alastair Fraser
    141,-

    Forestry touches on all aspects of human welfare in one way or another, which is why foresters need to play an active role in determining our collective agenda. Alastair Fraser, a lifelong forester and the co-founder of LTS International, a forestry consulting company, explains how forestry changes with political cycles and how foresters can promote healthy forests at all times. He explores critical issues such as: • forests and their connection to coal; • forest's role in combatting floods and climate change; • illegal logging in Indonesia, Laos, and elsewhere; • tactics to promote sustainable forestry management; • plantations as a solution to tropical deforestation. From pulping in Sweden and Brazil, paper mills in Greece and India, agroforestry in the Philippines, "pink" disease in India and oil bearing trees of Vietnam, no topic is off limits. Based on the author's life as a forester in dozens of countries, this account shows the breadth of forestry and makes a convincing case that forestry management needs to focus on managing change and achieving sustainability. Whether you're preparing to become a forester, already in the field, or involved with conservation, the environment or government, you'll be driven to action with Forestry Flavours of the Month

  • - New Edition
    av Eileen Chatwin
    126,-

    This is a true story about two Jack Russell's who lived in Berskhire with my me and my children. They truly had a wonderful life and I think you should read about them, what they got up to and they places they visited. When you hear other people saying it's a dogs life, they mean that they think that dogs have an easy life. Well that is not true as they are always guarding their owners as well as trying to enjoy themselves. They also met some interesting animals during their travels so why not read about them.

  • - Why is it Unique on our Planet
    av Yitzhak Q Rosenthal
    171,-

    Sir Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Company, once claimed "I have proved Marx wrong". With that sentence he meant that Marx was a pessimist more than an economist. Indeed, his Motor Company provided a job to several hundreds of thousands of people in 2008. They were not mere industrial slaves, as Marx believed capitalism was compelled to produce, but they liked their jobs, because technological innovation provided enormous job diversity: quite the opposite of Charlie Chaplin's famous ¿yet historically obsolete by at least one century¿"Modern Times" criticizing industrialization. Americans did not suffer such heavy social injustices as their ancestors, the English slaves of industrialization. To the contrary: often they would have loved to have a slave-job, due to the many economic recessions. These recessions are quite unique in the history of industrialization. From their much too frequent occurrence, and their enormous unemployment numbers, these recessions are not normal. They show, by comparison to other countries, that a very influential and tightly organized bank mafia actively induced those recessions. A second point proven in this book, is the fact that the Swedish "Nobel Prizes" for economy, funded by the Swedish Royal Bank, are seriously flawed. These two facts take us directly to the American Federal Reserve System. The author proves an abysmal difference between what the FED claims to be, and what it is in reality. Many authors have done so already, as all proofs presented in this book are taken from them. The only tentative step taken in this book is its core argument: that the American debt to the FED is conspicuously absent in all presidential budgets and yearly reports, since the very foundation of the FED, in 1913.

  • av Scollo Robert
    141,-

    James has just turned eighteen, and experiencing an insurmountable tragedy leads him to examine the meaning of life. While attempting to take his own, something happens that has never occurred in the history of humankind. A visitor changes the course of James's life and gives him the knowledge to solve the world's problems. While change is in progress, terrorists threaten this miraculous change, giving the world forty-eight hours to agree to their demands. The chase is on, and they are hunted halfway around the globe, but will it be too late to stop them?

  • - 88 Mountain View Cir. (New Edition)
    av Zachary Lipscomb
    141,-

    Adventures of the Cabin Kids: 88 Mountain View Cir. is a fun book based on true events that took place at a vacation cabin in North Georgia. The author, Zachary Lipscomb (Little Bud), joins the rest of the cabin kids on the journey of conquering the island from their enemies, the field boys.

  • av Ivor Kovac
    200,-

  • - Travails and Hullabaloos in a University (New Edition)
    av Gbolagade Ayoola
    171,-

    "This book is an upfront, honest documentary of a real life experience of mine. It chronicles the "travails and hullabaloos" I encountered at Makurdi as a university don. What a difficult, often strange period that became, and what a wonderful story to relate at that in the end! Although I did my best to defend myself, repeatedly seeking refuge in the temple of justice, I found plenty of obstacles along the way. By shedding light on these midcareer problems I faced in this memoir, perhaps the aftermath of the situation would become more favourable to me."

  • av Mike Honeycutt
    126,-

    For author Mike Honeycutt, theres nothing more exciting than a remote trip with great scenery. In Mike Honeycutts World of Hunting and Fishing, he shares a travelogue that speaks to his passion for traveling the world to exotic locales to hunt and fish for unusual animal species.Based on his extensive travel experiences, Honeycutt narrates stories from all over the world on all continents. From the savannas of northern Cameroon to the jungles of southern Cameroon, and from the mountains of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, to a Himalayan tahr hunt in the mountains of New Zealand, he describes an array of real-life experiences and excursions. He tells about bird hunting in Argentina, turkey hunting in Old Mexico, and looking for the Gobi Argali Sheep in Mongolia.From airplanes to snowmobiles, to boats, horses, jeeps, four-wheelers, and pickups, Honeycutt has traversed the world experiencing an array of terrain, cultures, religions, food, and personalities. He offers insights into his travel in Mike Honeycutts World of Hunting and Fishing

  • - Pleasures and Pain The Series
    av Chris Phillips
    215,-

    There is a unique story in each of us. Where that story begins, how it unfolds and how it will end are vital parts of our considerations. We are usually pretty clear about how it is currently unfolding but the other two ends of the spectrum are often clouded or confused by conflicting religious beliefs and mythology.The objective of this series, "Pleasure and Pain", is to shed some light on the process by which we grow in spirit. After almost 50 years of working as a psychologist, visiting over 36 countries and working with thousands of people who have told me their story, I can see some patterns to our spiritual growth. I can also see good reasons to put aside many religious teachings and more clearly focus on the nature of the human spirit. This means that instead of looking at "Original Sin" we need to focus on our "Original Blessings" and recognize that we are eternal beings. But the Gift of Eternal Life involves both pleasure and pain. For various reasons, some of us enjoy more of the first and suffer less of the second. For other people the reverse is true. In this book we identify some of the underlying reasons and explore some ways to make a positive difference.

  • - New Edition
    av Richard Groves
    156,-

    Reg was a quiet unemployed unassuming man living on his own in his small red-brick terraced house in Walford. Until one day he read an article on Einstein's Theory of Relativity in a newspaper, he discovered a fundamental flaw in the Theory that was to be the making of him and taking him on a fabulous journey through the Universe. Through the fabric of time and space itself.

  • - New Edition
    av Chris Peck
    141,-

    This book and its author grew up together. The 1960s in America transformed everyone who lived through this amazing time in our nation's history. Civil rights laws were fought for and passed; women began to find a voice and break down barriers. Immigrant workers and Native Americans raised their voices. We became a smarter, more aware nation-for a while. The Vietnam War became a symbol of those times. The music helped define us, and the illegal use of banned substances gave some of us the temporary courage to face the insanity head-on. The ranch is a mostly accurate first-person account of one young man's strange journey from gung ho high school student to landing himself in the middle of the world's most dangerous navy. Our hero slowly evolves into a war resister who gets into the exact amount of trouble to get assigned to a horse ranch in the U.S. Navy. There are a few rants that I included for mostly therapeutic reasons and several well-chosen fits of profanity that help to paint the military experience as it was and, I believe, still is to this day. I consider this book funny and thoughtful, but then I'm severely prejudiced. I wrote this back cover account myself because George Carlin and Joseph Heller had busy schedules in the afterlife, and I don't know Sara Silverman-yet. The Ranch is my first attempt at being considered a writer. I have plans to write a second book, which will document my experience as a telephone man in Northeast New Jersey. There will be plenty of danger, sex, drugs, and rock and roll with a hint of The Sopranos, so don't spoil my enthusiasm and buy this book. Thanks, America.

  • - New Edition
    av Naomi Skye
    141,-

    The Halls of Trepidation are Verstra's worst prison-the hell into which criminals and terrorists are thrown, never to reemerge. The Rainbow is all powerful, the only thing standing between Verstra and the forces of darkness, the demons and vampires and werewolves. Only the threat of looming war-war that seems set to destroy not only the Rainbow but Verstra as a whole-could drive the omnipotent organization into the bowels of hell in search of salvation. When Yarra White-notorious assassin, militia leader, and all-round dangerous criminal-is sprung from the world's worst prison by the very organization that sent her there, an organization that wants her dead, she fears the worst. Ray Mossman is a young lord of the Rainbow. He knows Yarra has both the power and potential to save them all. But Trepidation has changed her. How can he ask her to help him save his own family when he stood idly by and allowed her to be imprisoned? Caught in the middle of lies and misdirection, trapped in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, and caught in an ancient web of deceit, buried under truths and revelations long since forgotten by the world, truths that should never be uncovered, Yarra must find a way to survive in this new world to use every piece of knowledge and magic available to her to ensure she retains this grasp on freedom. Because after a lifetime of chains, Yarra will sacrifice it all in order to remain free.

  • - New Edition
    av Joyce Zeck
    126,-

    My book is about a very ugly man who kidnaps women to work on his farm in the mountains. As they die he throws their bodies in a ravine and looks for another. This last through 20 years and 25 women. Inside is the story of each of these women.

  • - My Voyage to Freedom and Womanhood
    av Heip Thi Le
    156,-

    An unforgettable voyage...Memoir of an 8-year old "boat person" who flees post-war communist Vietnam in search of a father and brother rumored to have escaped to the West. Braving sea storms and pirates in a overloaded fishing boat, Hiep and her younger sister are rescued by British sailors and interned in a series of horrific Hong Kong refugee camps. Surviving by their wits, these displaced children of the sea create their own primitive society amid the dispirited and desperate adults awaiting sponsors in the U.S.Finally settling in California, Hiep's family is reunited only to confront the promise and perils of modern America. Especially meaningful to young readers struggling to find their own identities, Daughter of the Sea depicts an epic, extraordinary journey from East to West, from childhood lost to premature adulthood and the rebirth of a most remarkable young woman. Young Adult Non-Fiction.

  • - Me, The Ouija Board and My Ancient Friend
    av Julian Black
    126,-

    This is a story about a young man who lives alone and the lives life of isolation and fear of himself and the world around him. He cannot find peace and contentment in his life something he craves yet fear's at the same time. Out of the blue while cleaning his attic he comes across a Ouija board something he instinctively associates with evil but a board he is fascinated at the same time.Through the Ouija board he contacts "people" and a world he becomes to have to no control over as his body becomes possessed by something or somebody he thinks is a "friend".Very strange and disturbing and paranormal things start happening to the young man as his communication with the Ouija board gets far more intense and he gets taken into a world he has no control over and finds he is helpless to stop his body being over and used to commit evil acts towards his gay community.He has to find a way to save his own soul by coming face to face with evil itself and asking God to save his soul from the very claws of the evil.

  • - The Journey Continues
    av Bryan Paul Lai
    354,-

    My first book "The Joy of Life" was the catalyst that inspired me to write my second book. Being a novice, the journey had not been easy. The final push to present the final product to the publisher had been slow, due to glitches. In spite of this, I kept pushing on, knowing that dreams could only be achieved through hard work and perseverance. I need to fulfil this quest that I had since young. I need to prove to myself and my family that nothing is impossible to achieve once you set your mind to it.After my maiden book was published and made available to the public, the positive responses had been exciting. This inspired me and invigorated me to continue with my second book.The second book, "A glance of Tawau in the Sixties" took me two years to complete. Extra photos were added to enhance the story. After all, "A picture is worth a thousand words".With this book, my third one, I write with the intention to conclude the final episode of the story, as I MOVE ON towards the reflection and experiences of my life.

  • - New Edition
    av Celeste Barnard
    126,-

    To summarise, I would just like to say that I hope you have enjoyed my story.I hope too that some of the events I have had to deal with will be of help to you. You might feel alone at times, but after you read this book, I hope you feel comfort in knowing that whatever you are experiencing as a diabetic is being experienced by others as well.A very big thank you to my husband, Charl, who has stood by me from the very beginning up until now. He has literally been my lifesaver on more than one occasion.I would also like to thank my two beautiful children, Charl Jnr and Carrin, for walking this very long path with me. As children, this could have been quite a traumatic event for them to have to witness, but with us educating them, they were able to deal with it and have been there to help me on so many occasions, some of which were life-threatening. My family have been and still are my rock, with all the love, care, concern, and support that they continuously show me every single day. I could never have survived for so long without them. A huge thank you too to the specialists, doctors, nurses, and diabetic educators and pathologists who have been involved with me along the way. As the patient, I felt irritable whilst lying in the various hospital beds, but I am very grateful for all the work and effort the medical staff put into taking care of me throughout the years.Diabetes will always be a part of my everyday living. I will never be free from it, but I am so fortunate to have come this far and have learnt so much about the disease.To my friends, I thank you for all your support, love, and care.To my readers, I thank you for your interest in my story, and I hope I have given you something to relate to along the way. Look after yourselves. It's the only body you will ever have.Thank you.

  • av Lily Violet
    126,-

    Cinnia's Story is the true story of a girl whose life was full of unexpected events. From a very young age, she found herself in a war zone, losing her home and having to live day to day in fear for her own life and her family's lives. Throughout her teenage years, she was bullied, but that only made her humbler and kinder. Family support and love played very important roles in her upbringing. Moving to Australia, getting married in her early twenties, experiencing very difficult years, and going through a divorce definitely have an impact on who she has become. She loves food and being a professional chef. All the health issues she faced tested her passion for the industry, but they've only made her more determined in what she really wants to achieve. The most beautiful parts of her life occur, and she realizes how blessed she has been in finding the courage to love, to truly be happy, and to believe in the magic of life and that miracles do happen. Becoming a mother is one of the greatest gifts in her life and her greatest accomplishment.

  • - FROM GOD TO MAN AND FROM MAN TO GOD (New Edition)
    av Deva Prakash Kalita
    126,-

    The first three part of this book is to establish a unified theory of creation that will be possible to establish by human knowledge in this century. That is from god to the creation of human. The human being was developed with a large brain and intelligence and developing now very fast with the use of science. But still there exists a huge discrepancy and difference among the people of earth. In this book the fourth part is written to feel that all the human being is same at least in the sense of time. Because, everything in the universe is moving with the time, like the breathing of us. All these are written on the basis of ancient Indian philosophy. There are still a huge scope of study and research about Indian philosophy to reveal some truth for the mankind. The complete story of time is a little approach to reveal the nature of time of this creation.

  • av Mg Wanjiku
    141,-

    JENNY is a fourteen-year-old girl whose destiny is determined at birth. But her vision is to be different from the other girls in her community in Kenya. When she witnesses girls and women being treated harshly in her village, she is determined not to let anyone map her destiny. When her friend dies right in front of her eyes, she refuses to be tied down by her community culturally acclaimed traditions. She runs away from home to the city of dreams Nairobi Kenya. She hopes to build a queendom that she can rule and conquer with the hope of liberating the women from mental slavery as the weakest gender. However, she later finds out that life in the city of dreams is not a bed of roses after a woman she meets at a city garden narrates her story to her. She realises that life is about the survival of the fittest. However, her inner strength drives her to overcome the challenges. But will JOHNNY a stranger from England who is in search of his kingdom in a place of tranquillity get in her way of fulfilling her desire? Right from the start, Jenny makes it clear to Johnny who is the boss. But when she gets romantically enticed by him, she lowers her guard down because she believes he is different from other men. But she soon finds herself in a situation she fiercely wants to get out from, but she is trapped and on the verge of death. When Johnny thinks he has finished her off, she manages to gather her strength, rises up and walks through the door bloodied and weak. As her last chance of survival through the darkness, she shouts to a stranger for help before she collapses. The books focus is to empower and help women understand their power, embrace it daily and rise to any challenge's life throws at them. 'A Woman's World and the Men In-Between' crushes through sex and gender stereotypes, proving that every human is equal, robust and equipped to rise to any challenge. While fiction, this bold volume is poised and ready to change lives around the world.

  • - Poetry of Love to Our Heavenly Father (New Edition)
    av Ram
    126,-

    Do you feel alone in this world?There are times of tragedy, deep trouble, or sadness when a person's life direction is completely changed by circumstances beyond their reach and the outcome is out of their control.After a diagnosis of terminal breast cancer, the feeling of being alone and isolated and the uncertainty of my earthly future were overwhelming, and I found my feelings bleeding out into words from deep within. The poems and devotionals in this book are about finding a permanent love, to never feel alone again, and a love that is so deep that it lives in us. It is during these dark, lonely times when one feels directionless that we need to know that there is a wonderful savior, Jesus Christ, just waiting to fill us with his love. When we lose our human strength, we fully rely on our Heavenly Father that the power of the Holy Spirit comes to comfort and guide us, bringing us out the other end with a stronger belief, enduring faith, and a transcendental peace than the world without Jesus cannot understand.This is a complete assurance.As you read this collection of heartfelt poetry and the accompanying powerful scriptural messages, may God reveal to you that you are far from being alone.

  • - Poems of Life Love Faith (New Edition)
    av Larry E Reinheardt
    141,-

    Moments in Time: Poems of Life, Love, and Faith are poems and thoughts that were written for the enjoyment of all. It is a collection of poems and thoughts over a lifetime of travel through the world in which we live. It is a celebration of life's experience of the triumphs and failures as we move forward. The language is simple and easy to understand yet intended to be thought provoking and questioning.Included in Moments in Time are poems like: * The Christian * Traces We Leave Behind * Nobody Is Perfect * Our Once Proud Country The poem "The Christian" was published in The Isle of View, The National Library of Poetry in 1997 as part of a collection of poetry from all over the United States.

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