Author: Doug Burgum
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483427307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Retired airline captain Alex Young considers himself a very lucky old man. In his long life, he has travelled the world, visited incredible places, and met wonderful people. Now he spends his days in Spain, cared for by a kind nurse. When Maria appears genuinely interested in hearing the story of his life, Alex finally relents and begins surrendering his precious memories. With Maria's gentle encouragement, Alex reflects on a life well lived. As he leads Maria through his family history, his childhood antics in England, and his journey to become a pilot, he struggles to work through his jumbled memories that eventually reveal the fascinating details of his near-death experience, world travels and adventures, and romantic encounters. Good Morning Captain! is a fictionalized biography of one man's journey through his life as he recalls memories of glamour, romance, and the rewards of flying commercial aircraft to his beloved nurse.
Good Morning Captain!: A Fictional Biography
Author: Doug Burgum
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483427307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Retired airline captain Alex Young considers himself a very lucky old man. In his long life, he has travelled the world, visited incredible places, and met wonderful people. Now he spends his days in Spain, cared for by a kind nurse. When Maria appears genuinely interested in hearing the story of his life, Alex finally relents and begins surrendering his precious memories. With Maria's gentle encouragement, Alex reflects on a life well lived. As he leads Maria through his family history, his childhood antics in England, and his journey to become a pilot, he struggles to work through his jumbled memories that eventually reveal the fascinating details of his near-death experience, world travels and adventures, and romantic encounters. Good Morning Captain! is a fictionalized biography of one man's journey through his life as he recalls memories of glamour, romance, and the rewards of flying commercial aircraft to his beloved nurse.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1483427307
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Retired airline captain Alex Young considers himself a very lucky old man. In his long life, he has travelled the world, visited incredible places, and met wonderful people. Now he spends his days in Spain, cared for by a kind nurse. When Maria appears genuinely interested in hearing the story of his life, Alex finally relents and begins surrendering his precious memories. With Maria's gentle encouragement, Alex reflects on a life well lived. As he leads Maria through his family history, his childhood antics in England, and his journey to become a pilot, he struggles to work through his jumbled memories that eventually reveal the fascinating details of his near-death experience, world travels and adventures, and romantic encounters. Good Morning Captain! is a fictionalized biography of one man's journey through his life as he recalls memories of glamour, romance, and the rewards of flying commercial aircraft to his beloved nurse.
Good Morning, Captain
Author: Robert Keeshan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577490005
Category : Captain Kangaroo (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lavish photo history and intimate look at the career of Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781577490005
Category : Captain Kangaroo (Television program)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A lavish photo history and intimate look at the career of Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo.
Good Morning Captain
Author: David Martin Stack
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557065755
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
"World's most terrifying children's book" - New York Magazine.A young boy bravely struggles with bedtime as though cast adrift on scary seas. Illustrated in stark black and white images, and inspired by a popular sea ballad, Good Morning Captain inspires children to stare down some of the nightly shadows they might fear.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557065755
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
"World's most terrifying children's book" - New York Magazine.A young boy bravely struggles with bedtime as though cast adrift on scary seas. Illustrated in stark black and white images, and inspired by a popular sea ballad, Good Morning Captain inspires children to stare down some of the nightly shadows they might fear.
Good Morning, City
Author: Pat Kiernan
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466896558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's dark and quiet. The moon still glimmers in the sky. While the baker, the ferry boat captain, and the TV anchorman are busy at work, most people are cozily snuggled in bed. Then dawn's first light peeks through the tree branches. Wake up, city! There is much to be done in neighborhoods all across the metropolis. As the morning gets brighter, the city streets bustle with people ready to begin the day. GOOD MORNING, CITY, by morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, is sure to start the day off right.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN: 1466896558
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
It's dark and quiet. The moon still glimmers in the sky. While the baker, the ferry boat captain, and the TV anchorman are busy at work, most people are cozily snuggled in bed. Then dawn's first light peeks through the tree branches. Wake up, city! There is much to be done in neighborhoods all across the metropolis. As the morning gets brighter, the city streets bustle with people ready to begin the day. GOOD MORNING, CITY, by morning news anchor Pat Kiernan, is sure to start the day off right.
Goat for Azazel
Author: George Oscar Lee
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469111802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
"GOAT FOR AZAZEL" - A WORLD WAR II STORY is the saga of the friendship between two Poles, a Christian and a Jew,against the backdrop of events that enfolded in Europe between 1939-1945. During this six-year span,Henry Kaplinski, a Jew, is forced to live and survive as a Christian. A sequence of events propels him from the Red Army to the German Wehrmacht. At the same time,his childhood friend, Edward Daszkiewicz is drawn closer to Jewish values and culture through his love of a woman who, while raised Catholic,discovers her Jewish roots in the mids of war. The action of the story moves from Soviet-occupied Poland to Finland,Russia,Germany,Italy and England. There is also a parallel sub-plot involving a U.S.Air Force pilot,Col.Paul Krafchin,who sees action in the European campaign. The various twists and turns of fate alternatively separates and rejoins the characters, always under the constantly-changing and immensely trying circumstances of the war. The novel,much like the film,"Saving Private Ryan", uses true historical facts and details to uncover the essential elements of human nature. It is only under difficult times that what is true and real of people becomes revealed. The enduring values of loyalty,human dignity and freedom are put to test over again in the extreme conditions of deprivation,hunger and fear for one's survival.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1469111802
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
"GOAT FOR AZAZEL" - A WORLD WAR II STORY is the saga of the friendship between two Poles, a Christian and a Jew,against the backdrop of events that enfolded in Europe between 1939-1945. During this six-year span,Henry Kaplinski, a Jew, is forced to live and survive as a Christian. A sequence of events propels him from the Red Army to the German Wehrmacht. At the same time,his childhood friend, Edward Daszkiewicz is drawn closer to Jewish values and culture through his love of a woman who, while raised Catholic,discovers her Jewish roots in the mids of war. The action of the story moves from Soviet-occupied Poland to Finland,Russia,Germany,Italy and England. There is also a parallel sub-plot involving a U.S.Air Force pilot,Col.Paul Krafchin,who sees action in the European campaign. The various twists and turns of fate alternatively separates and rejoins the characters, always under the constantly-changing and immensely trying circumstances of the war. The novel,much like the film,"Saving Private Ryan", uses true historical facts and details to uncover the essential elements of human nature. It is only under difficult times that what is true and real of people becomes revealed. The enduring values of loyalty,human dignity and freedom are put to test over again in the extreme conditions of deprivation,hunger and fear for one's survival.
Munsey's Magazine
Small Miracles
Author: Edward M. Lerner
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765320940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
After surviving an explosion while using a technologically engineered protective suit, Brent Cleary catches the attention of the military and alarms his best friend with increasingly disturbing post-accident personality changes.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0765320940
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
After surviving an explosion while using a technologically engineered protective suit, Brent Cleary catches the attention of the military and alarms his best friend with increasingly disturbing post-accident personality changes.
Miscellaneous Documents
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1150
Book Description
Circle Time for Emotional Literacy
Author: Sue Roffey
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446224406
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Emotional literacy has become an important issue in schools, and the ethos behind Circle Time is complementary to the thinking behind this. The Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills curriculum (SEBS) is being established in schools, and it is recognised as contributing to a positive and successful school environment. Offering many new ideas and activities to try out in Circle Time, this book covers: - why your school needs Circle Time - how you go about starting Circle Time in your school - the underlying philosophy and basic rules - he role of the teacher as facilitator - how you make it work - what to do if language and attention issues are problematic - how to tackle common problems that can occur The activities look at promoting listening and attention skills, self-awareness and self-esteem, class cohesion and empathy, co-operation and friendship skills.
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446224406
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325
Book Description
Emotional literacy has become an important issue in schools, and the ethos behind Circle Time is complementary to the thinking behind this. The Social, Emotional and Behavioural Skills curriculum (SEBS) is being established in schools, and it is recognised as contributing to a positive and successful school environment. Offering many new ideas and activities to try out in Circle Time, this book covers: - why your school needs Circle Time - how you go about starting Circle Time in your school - the underlying philosophy and basic rules - he role of the teacher as facilitator - how you make it work - what to do if language and attention issues are problematic - how to tackle common problems that can occur The activities look at promoting listening and attention skills, self-awareness and self-esteem, class cohesion and empathy, co-operation and friendship skills.
Tango Dragon and the Asteroid
Author: Robert Denton
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452596239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The first story, Ice Dragon Rising, explains how three young men sacrificed their own lives to create the Ice Dragon to save their world from a terrible War Lord. Broken for two thousand years, the next episode begins in 2012. The Reluctant Hero tells of Henry Barton-Jones, now ready but reluctant to take up the fight. Almost blinded by a rainstorm lashing deserted streets, he collides with Charlotte Masterson. She is wandering forlorn and desperate to free herself from Ricardo Bettencourt, a notorious and psychopathic but brilliant villain and drug baron. Henry connects with his old CIA partner, and together they fight Ricardos global blackmail scheme as it begins to go wrong with threatening and catastrophic consequences. In Tango Dragon and the Asteroid, Henry finds an innocent tango school in Toulouse is a cover for a private combat-training school. Ricardo still wants to kill Charlotte but then changes his mind. In a psychopathic mind game, Ricardo deviously binds Henry and Charlotte into another grotesque but daring blackmail scheme to bleed $380 billion from the worlds governments and walk away scot free.
Publisher: Balboa Press
ISBN: 1452596239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
The first story, Ice Dragon Rising, explains how three young men sacrificed their own lives to create the Ice Dragon to save their world from a terrible War Lord. Broken for two thousand years, the next episode begins in 2012. The Reluctant Hero tells of Henry Barton-Jones, now ready but reluctant to take up the fight. Almost blinded by a rainstorm lashing deserted streets, he collides with Charlotte Masterson. She is wandering forlorn and desperate to free herself from Ricardo Bettencourt, a notorious and psychopathic but brilliant villain and drug baron. Henry connects with his old CIA partner, and together they fight Ricardos global blackmail scheme as it begins to go wrong with threatening and catastrophic consequences. In Tango Dragon and the Asteroid, Henry finds an innocent tango school in Toulouse is a cover for a private combat-training school. Ricardo still wants to kill Charlotte but then changes his mind. In a psychopathic mind game, Ricardo deviously binds Henry and Charlotte into another grotesque but daring blackmail scheme to bleed $380 billion from the worlds governments and walk away scot free.