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RAF 100 Group - Kindred Spirits
This remarkable book brings together for the first time writings of RAF 100 Group who, during WWII, flew secret operations deep into the heart of Germany - identifying and jamming enemy radar, working with Bletchley Park and the Y-Service, supporting SOE and the Resistance.Over 55,000 men died in Bomber Command, the highest casualty rate of any Unit. On VE Day, Churchill praised those who contributed to victory, with one glaring omission - Bomber Command, of which this Group was a valued part. What happened to his stirring words: ‘The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory'?Seventy years on, RAF 100 Group remains shrouded in mystery, their families unaware as veterans take their secrets to the grave.This book represents a tribute, a Memorial, proof of their existence, finally giving them recognition so richly deserved.
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Ready
It is 1995 and the millionaire American decathlete Marty Luther Jones aims to be the first man to break the magic 9000-points barrier.After narrowly failing, he discovers that he has been ingesting a cocktail of drugs. None of these is illegal, but this causes him to seriously question his true ability.Marty now begins to hear voices and to see an old man who is invisible to anyone but him. He constantly asks Marty if he is “ready”.Marty discovers that the old man is the ghost of Jim Thorpe, a Native American athlete / football player of the early 20th century, one of the greatest American athletes of all time. Jim wants him to come back, to compete against him.The Aetherians, a spiritualist society, transport him back to 1911, where he finds that black existence is much harder. He befriends Jim Thorpe and becomes his coach.The two friends finally compete against each other in a titanic competition, but Marty then faces the problem of returning to the present with Mary Lou, the love of his life. Alas, no one from the past has ever made it forward into the future.
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Red Dawn Rising
“Had she known that in a world of gods and mortals, she was a Titan?”It’s the middle of the 23rd century, and life has never been better. But for those less privileged, things have never been worse. Torn from her childhood at just four years of age, Morgan has known only suffering. Her young life spent locked up with others just like her in one of many underground facilities known as Basements, where they’re used for torturous experiments so severe that many never make it out. And even those who do are never truly free of the horrors they have experienced.After years of suffering, Morgan, whose eyes have turned a chilling metallic grey from the experiments she’d endured, is freed by the Rebellion.Now known to many as Titanium, Morgan seizes the opportunity to inflict revenge for everything that was ever done to her and quickly works her way up until she becomes the leader of her own army, the Titans, named after their fearless metallic-eyed leader.
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Renata- Forbidden Love
She said it’s ‘the not knowing’ that scares her. Surprisingly, it will be the truth that she discovers which will shock her even more.When Carmine Basie meets Renata Roberts, he has a spiritual encounter, triggering dreams of living with her in a previous life. Soon after his dreams occur, he is diagnosed with an inoperable cancer with only months to live.Inspired by a clairvoyant, determine by fate, Carmine must know the true meaning behind his dreams before he dies. Convincing Renata to travel with him to a country town, together there they embark on a rollercoster journey of emotions. Discovering dark secrets about mysterious past lives they once shared, they fall in love – Renata is pregnant, and Carmine creates a mortal enemy. Separated by time, divided in love, is this the cycle of life and death that has turned, or is it the end for Carmine?
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Retribution
Albion bleeds, its people suffer, its capital in ruins and still the war that put an end to the Skavite rebellion threatens the fabric of Albion civilisation. The army of the free democratic government march north against their king, determined to end the royal line forever.Duke Benedict heads the king’s army in a desperate attempt to save the royalist cause and way of life. Who will prevail in this bloody civil conflict?The second book of Devastation will settle once and for all the age-old argument of the rule of Albion, electoral representation or divine right.
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Running Wild
I have yet to decipher what the word ‘brave’ truly describes, but one thing is evident to me, judging by the number of things that do scare me, I am no braver than the next person.From his early days at Hartbeespoort Snake and Animal Park, to his military conscription during the late ’70s and up to his internationally renowned TV shows on Animal Planet, herpetologist and wildlife photographer Austin Stevens takes us through his extraordinary encounters with some of the world’s most dangerous creatures.Be it staring down a black mamba or trying to retrieve an escaped chimpanzee, these accounts are often exciting and hilarious in equal measure as Stevens dispels the myths surrounding these widely-feared creatures.Running Wild, Stevens’s fourth book, is reflective and personal. He touches on his relationship with his wife Amy, and describes dealing with depression after suffering a string of terrible misfortunes including a horrific car crash, a vicious knife attack and his struggle to rebuild a shattered life.Running Wild is the captivating story of a restless adventurer as he evolves from curator of reptiles, to wildlife photographer, author and film maker. Having faced adversity and mortality more than once, Austin shares with us his reminiscences of past experiences. With never a dull moment, Running Wild will render the reader both fearful and elated.
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Sansa (the Not-So-Smelly Skunk)
Sansa is a lovely skunkWho loves to run and skip and jumpShe wants a friend, she wants to playBut everyone says “Go away”.She searches all around the placeLooking for a friendly faceAs our story nears the endWill she find a brand new friend?
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SCAMMED: The Marshals of Richmond
When Nancy Murphy got caught up in a telephone scam, she never dreamed it would lead to murder and the underworld of drug cartels. Reporting the scam to the United States marshals may have cost her life. Her husband, Joe, in a desperate race against time, teams up with his close friend, Albert Smith, to find and rescue his wife. Not to be outdone, one of Nancy’s best friends forces her way into the search. Not realising the danger they were walking into, they set out to bring Nancy home. While this group of well-meaning friends are getting into more danger than they are equipped to handle, United States Marshal, Hershel Bing, springs into action. He recognises a connection in Nancy’s testimony that tied in with an undercover operation being conducted by another office. That operation had been compromised and the agents involved believed to be dead. Fearing a traitor had infiltrated his office, he leaves his fellow marshals behind and follows the leads in hopes of finding Nancy before it’s too late.
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Scarlett and Shabbee
Scarlett is on holiday with her parents in beautiful Cornwall when suddenly she meets a magical friend who will take her on new adventures…
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School Shit
Kevin candidly presents the highs and lows of a teaching career spanning four decades, and useful advice on how to motivate children to learn. The book is intended to appeal to practising professionals, anyone considering teaching as a career, and those with an interest in what goes on behind school doors. Kevin's style relies heavily on humour, particularly when recalling children's mischievous natures. The fun element is being systematically squeezed out of learning and teaching. Fear of failure underpins the ethos of many of our schools. Children and teachers too often find themselves operating in a stifling educational culture that prioritises performance data. Educational success is defined by the measurable.Child-centred education has become an anachronism. The case is argued that individual children and their unique talents and abilities matter. Radical changes to school practices are advocated if our institutions are to do justice to school populations of the future.
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Seal Lodge of Kintyre
Scotland is a land full of myths, legends and ghosts. None more so than at the Mull of Kintyre. Clan Donald was one of the most powerful Highland Clans for centuries. Amongst them was the great Colkitto, a giant of a man, a chieftain, pirate and warrior.Kate has been asked to look into the history of Seal Lodge on Kintyre by the new owners. She finds more than she expected, and the arrival of the new MacDonald owner awakens the spirit of the Bloody Preacher—a Covenanter clergyman whose bloodlust for enemies of the Covenant has been well documented.With the Kintyre coastline cursed by the Preacher, Kate must delve into the past to find a way to destroy him and save the man she loves. Helped by the ghost of Colkitto and the Selkies—who protect the coastline—Kate uncovers the mysteries of Seal Lodge.
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Secret Island
Christopher and David are two lecturers who have come to Egypt to visit the magnificent pyramids. But awaiting them are not the mysteries of Egypt but of a land altogether unknown. Beyond a shroud of mist and raging seas, guarded by ferocious creatures, Atlantis is as mercurial as it is eerily familiar. Its people are proud guardians of all life on earth, from the dinosaurs they have given refuge to, to the eagles they revere.This story tells of a race of people whose aim is to replenish the world with their stewardship. Chris and David are thrust into their enigmatic world with Amon, who has been separated from his homeland for years, and the first thing they have to face is a tribe of cannibals, intent on their next meal…
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