Author: F. G. Tinker Publisher: ISBN: 9781913693251 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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Frank G. Tinker Jr was a freelance US pilot who signed up with the Republican forces in Spain because he didn't like Mussolini. He was also attracted by the prospect of adventure and a generous pay cheque. Once over in Spain he took on the bombers and fighter pilots lent to the Fascist rebels by Hitler and Mussolini, who used the Spanish Civil War as a practice ground for the mass bombing of civilian populations. Tinker chalked up the largest number of acknowledged kills with a total of 8 Junkers, Fiats and Messerschmitts. When he returned to the US he was unable to rejoin the Armed Forces and, depressed by Franco's victory, he was found in a hotel room in June 1939 with an empty bottle of whisky and a bullet in his head. This is his account of his experiences in Spain.
Author: Rebecca L. Chauncey Publisher: CreateSpace ISBN: 9781517250928 Category : Languages : en Pages : 104
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How many remarkable ways are you experiencing life? Do you know the power of personal letters that speak to your soul? Are you tired of certain situations? Are you too busy to read a lot, but you appreciate empowering words? Then You Can Still Live is tailored made for you! This gentle life guide simply helps you see how valuable you are and how to live with more ease, keeping your busy schedule in mind. It is set so two letters are read monthly: one anytime, one seasonal - with six bonus messages to read when desired. They serve as brief, kind companions on your life journey to help you appreciate the beautiful parts of yourself and your multifaceted life. And you learn ways you can still live and better your life in the midst of challenges like dealing with negativity, moving forward after loved ones pass away, overcoming relationship changes, and working in frustrating settings.You will also benefit from messages of:* Growth* Love* New Directions* Peace* Trusting YourselfGet your copy of You Can Still Live now to learn ways to celebrate your life and move through it with more ease - without a huge time commitment!
Author: Helen Macinnes Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1781161550 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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English girl Sheila Matthews’ innocent holiday to Poland becomes a nightmare when the German Army invade in the summer of 1939. Working for the Polish underground as a double-agent, she plays a dangerous game, and is soon suspected by the Germans. Forced to flee to the forest and hunted by a ruthless German officer, she must rely on the dashing Captain Adam Wisniewski to help her home.
Author: Reshma Ruia Publisher: Renard Press Ltd ISBN: 180447021X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 260
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‘The glow of my cigarette picks out a dark shape lying on the ground. I bend down to take a closer look. It’s a dead sparrow. I wondered if I had become that bird, disoriented and lost.’ Young, handsome and contemptuous of his father’s traditional ways, PK Malik leaves Bombay to start a new life in America. Stopping in Manchester to visit an old friend, he thinks he sees a business opportunity, and decides to stay on. Now fifty-five, PK has fallen out of love with life. His business is struggling and his wife Geeta is lonely, pining for the India she’s left behind. One day PK crosses the path of Esther, the wife of his business competitor, and they launch into an affair conducted in shabby hotel rooms, with the fear of discovery forever hanging in the air. Still Lives is a tightly woven, haunting work that pulls apart the threads of a family and plays with notions of identity. Shortlisted for the SI Leeds Literary Prize
Author: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D. Publisher: St. Martin's Press ISBN: 1466800526 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 340
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People who are single are changing the face of America. Did you know that: * More than 40 percent of the nation's adults---over 87 million people---are divorced, widowed, or have always been single. * There are more households comprised of single people living alone than of married parents and their children. * Americans now spend more of their adult years single than married. Many of today's single people have engaging jobs, homes that they own, and a network of friends. This is not the 1950s---singles can have sex without marrying, and they can raise smart, successful, and happy children. It should be a great time to be single. Yet too often single people are still asked to defend their single status by an onslaught of judgmental peers and fretful relatives. Prominent people in politics, the popular press, and the intelligentsia have all taken turns peddling myths about marriage and singlehood. Marry, they promise, and you will live a long, happy, and healthy life, and you will never be lonely again. Drawing from decades of scientific research and stacks of stories from the front lines of singlehood, Bella DePaulo debunks the myths of singledom---and shows that just about everything you've heard about the benefits of getting married and the perils of staying single are grossly exaggerated or just plain wrong. Although singles are singled out for unfair treatment by the workplace, the marketplace, and the federal tax structure, they are not simply victims of this singlism. Single people really are living happily ever after. Filled with bracing bursts of truth and dazzling dashes of humor, Singled Out is a spirited and provocative read for the single, the married, and everyone in between. You will never think about singlehood or marriage the same way again. Singled Out debunks the Ten Myths of Singlehood, including: Myth #1: The Wonder of Couples: Marrieds know best. Myth #3: The Dark Aura of Singlehood: You are miserable and lonely and your life is tragic. Myth #5: Attention, Single Women: Your work won't love you back and your eggs will dry up. Also, you don't get any and you're promiscuous. Myth #6: Attention, Single Men: You are horny, slovenly, and irresponsible, and you are the scary criminals. Or you are sexy, fastidious, frivolous, and gay. Myth #7: Attention, Single Parents: Your kids are doomed. Myth #9: Poor Soul: You will grow old alone and you will die in a room by yourself where no one will find you for weeks. Myth #10: Family Values: Let's give all of the perks, benefits, gifts, and cash to couples and call it family values. "With elegant analysis, wonderfully detailed examples, and clear and witty prose, DePaulo lays out the many, often subtle denigrations and discriminations faced by single adults in the U.S. She addresses, too, the resilience of single women and men in the face of such singlism. A must-read for all single adults, their friends and families, as well as social scientists and policy advocates." ---E. Kay Trimberger, author of The New Single Woman
Author: Tony Burgess Publisher: Chizine Publications ISBN: 9781926851044 Category : Cannibalism Languages : en Pages : 0
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"It is what it is. That's her car out there and, well, that's her right there."Jeremy looks at the woman again. There's a few flies dipping in and out of the back of her skull."What happened to her?"I feel a little uncomfortable. I wasn't really planning to lay it all out like this."Well, I hate to say this but I killed her."Jeremy nods slowly. He's starting to take this in and I'm relieved."Don't ask me why. Anything I say is just gonna sound ridiculous."I rub my hand in my hair. I want to appear frustrated."Things just got out of control."
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich Publisher: Metropolitan Books ISBN: 1429926643 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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The New York Times bestselling work of undercover reportage from our sharpest and most original social critic, with a new foreword by Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted Millions of Americans work full time, year round, for poverty-level wages. In 1998, Barbara Ehrenreich decided to join them. She was inspired in part by the rhetoric surrounding welfare reform, which promised that a job—any job—can be the ticket to a better life. But how does anyone survive, let alone prosper, on $6 an hour? To find out, Ehrenreich left her home, took the cheapest lodgings she could find, and accepted whatever jobs she was offered. Moving from Florida to Maine to Minnesota, she worked as a waitress, a hotel maid, a cleaning woman, a nursing-home aide, and a Wal-Mart sales clerk. She lived in trailer parks and crumbling residential motels. Very quickly, she discovered that no job is truly "unskilled," that even the lowliest occupations require exhausting mental and muscular effort. She also learned that one job is not enough; you need at least two if you int to live indoors. Nickel and Dimed reveals low-rent America in all its tenacity, anxiety, and surprising generosity—a land of Big Boxes, fast food, and a thousand desperate stratagems for survival. Read it for the smoldering clarity of Ehrenreich's perspective and for a rare view of how "prosperity" looks from the bottom. And now, in a new foreword, Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, explains why, twenty years on in America, Nickel and Dimed is more relevant than ever.
Author: Zelvan Phillips Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 1477104097 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 94
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Yes, I know, most poems are drawn from personal experiences. Well just to let you know, this book is not solely on my personal experiences. Some of the events in the book did involve me, but some are just things that I observed in a regular day. Youre free to decide what I went through or what I simply saw someone else go through. However, the main purpose of this book is to open up your eyes and mind to the deeper things of life. My intention is to change or mould the way an ordinary person thinks while exciting the reader and make getting the information or motive interesting. Please note the poems are done mostly on serious life based topics, from love to success and health etc. While this book makes some harsh points throughout, I dont intend to verbally harm anyone. Please read with an open mind and if you fi nd yourself guilty of any remarks, its for you to use it as a motivation to do the right thing. While writing, I tried various styles of poems, word play, different forms and basically just developed each poem with its own special form which I created. While writing, all ideas of the styles of poem came directly from my own thoughts. Please forgive me if any of the styles that I used was already established, I honestly didnt research any forms of poems as I tried to come up with my own. Again, read with an open mind and enjoy
Author: Lee Thompson Publisher: Lee Thompson ISBN: 144146820X Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 191
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What lengths are you willing to go to for truth and vengeance? In a world where vampires, mages and werewolves live hidden in plain sight among the human population, three people are swept into the machinations of Omaha's most powerful vampires. Lilith is a bodyguard for a formidable vampire who has given her everything she needs, but her heart thirsts for vengeance against the man who took advantage of her as a teenage runaway. The vampire Jeremy is dragged against his will into the dark world of power struggles amongst his own kind, where he must protect himself at all costs. Natalie is focused on completing her degree and never guessed it would lead to the tragic death of the man she loves. Caught between two worlds, Natalie must work alone to find the murderers and avenge his death. Will Lilith, Jeremy and Natalie find the answers they need, or will they end up ensnared in situations they may not survive?
Author: F. G. Tinker
Author: Rebecca L. Chauncey
Author: Achsa White Sprague
Author: Helen Macinnes
Author: Reshma Ruia
Author: Bella DePaulo, Ph.D.
Author: Tony Burgess
Author: Barbara Ehrenreich
Author: Zelvan Phillips
Author: Lee Thompson