[PDF] Nobody Unprepared eBook

Author : T. E. Apter
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 37,77 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780393323177

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A parent's guide to dealing with teenagers explains how to provide guidance and support while promoting responsibility, respect, maturity, and independence.

Author : John L. Bowman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 16,19 MB
Release : 2004-01-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0595753639

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Apparently many people find me amusing It is not my intention to be amusing but in dealing with the opposite sex dignity pride boredom and humility I have found that I am not perfect This book includes short vignettes that others might identify with and thus help them look at their life

Author : Sean Feast
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,69 MB
Release : 2017-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 1473891558

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Coming Down in the Drink is the story of Flight Lieutenant John Brennan DFC. John is an Irishman who need not have fought in the war at all. A sense of adventure took him to London where he trained as a chef before joining the RAF and qualifying as a wireless operator/air gunner.Posted to 148 Squadron in the Middle East in 1941, John was soon in the fray as the front gunner of a Wellington, flying daily sorties to Benghazi in what was known as the mail run, bombing enemy ships that were offloading vital supplies to Rommel and the Afrika Korps. As much at risk from faulty engines as enemy action, John completed a tour of almost 300 hours of operational flying, including an operation in March 1942 in which his Wellington suffered an engine failure and came down in the sea. He thus became a member of the Goldfish Club.Posted home and commissioned, he spent time instructing in Scotland, surviving yet another accident in which his pilot crashed into a mountainside. Volunteering for a second tour, John joined 78 Squadron in the summer of 1944, being crewed with one of the flight commanders. He completed his tour, this time as a wireless operator, in March 1945, by which time they were operating in daylight in support of the Allied advance. He was awarded the DFC.John is one of the only surviving wartime members of the Goldfish Club, and has a fascinating record of 63 operations that covers both the forgotten bombing war in the Middle East in 1941/42, operating from strips of sand in the barren desert, to a main force heavy bomber squadron in the snow of Yorkshire at the end of the war.

Author : Gordon A. A. Wilson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 17,98 MB
Release : 2021-11-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1445690942

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A complete history of Bomber Command, including its crucial role in WWII and later nuclear role in the Cold War.

Author : Ian M. Philpott
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 1351 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 2013-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1473831709

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Ian Philpott presents us here with a compendium of facts, operational histories and photo illustrations, combined to create a comprehensive account of the early years of the Royal Air Force. Illustrated throughout, it features details of all military operations from 1914 to 1918 which impacted upon the organisation. Also included are operational details of the Independent Bomber Force throughout 1918, a supplementary historical strand that is sure to appeal to Aviation enthusiasts with a taste for features of niche focus. Details of the airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases and various other landmarks of this era are given, and readers are encouraged to use the work as a reference book, being as it is a weighty tome of encyclopedic scope. Sure to make a welcome addition to any aviation enthusiasts library, this well-researched piece of work has been a long time in the making. Philpott brings his typical flare to the project, leaving no stone unturned when it comes to this dynamic, defining period of Royal Air Force history.As featured in the East Kent Mercury and Essence Magazine.

Author : Thomas de Quincey
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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Thomas de Quincey's novel takes us to a troubled time and world. A town in North-Eastern Germany is besieged by a strange set of circumstances in which many innocent people lose their lives. The story slowly reveals how and why this is happening.

Author : Marc Lamont Hill
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 11,16 MB
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1501124943

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An "analysis of deeper meaning behind the string of deaths of unarmed citizens like Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Freddie Gray, providing ... [commentary] on the intersection of race and class in America today"--

Author : Don Höglund
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 31,18 MB
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Nature
ISBN : 0743293665

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Descended from the greatest horses of the American West, the wild horses living on the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico -- one of the most dangerous places on Earth -- were a national treasure and a living legend. Big, strong, beautiful, and fierce, their ancestors were the mounts of the famous lawmen, hardy cowboys, and notorious outlaws who had once ruled the Wild West. Over the years, these far-flung herds of the Land of Enchantment had inspired many myths, and were said to be guarded by an implacable band of enormous, ghostly stallions that kept them from harm. But in 1994, after decades of suffering through droughts, food shortages, and all the dangers that go with living on a military-weapons testing site, scores of horses suddenly died. And almost two thousand were in such dire straits that they were unlikely to survive. In a race to prevent more tragic deaths, large-animal veterinarian Don Höglund was called in to organize and lead a team of dedicated cowboys, soldiers, and other professionals in removing the surviving horses and their babies to safety. Then would come the challenge of rehabilitating them, and eventually placing them in loving homes with people who could meet the needs of the highly spirited wild animals. For the first time in book form, Nobody's Horses tells the dramatic story of these noble horses' celebrated history, their defiant survival, and their incredible rescue. During the complex rescue, stampedes, escapes, and injuries ensued as well as struggles with animal rights activists and army officials. Everyone was in constant danger from unspent munitions on the ground and missile testing in the air. Cowboys, Native Americans, and ranchers -- all of whom cared deeply about the fate of the horses -- clashed in a battle of wills. And, of course, there were the horses themselves -- wild, extraordinarily powerful animals, not easily managed or moved, who would become known to their rescuers as fascinating, individual characters -- the wily old mares who evaded capture and led their bands to water and food, the beautiful colts and their amazing resilience and ability to bond with humans and each other, and the magnificent, powerful stallions who protected their harems and young against humans and predators. Luckily Höglund's team was also extraordinary, and their mission a celebrated success for all the people involved, the horses that were rescued, and the grateful families who adopted these living pieces of an American legacy. Filled with history and heroism, adventure and rivalry, and, ultimately, the heartwarming alliances between horses and people, which made the whole endeavor worthwhile, Nobody's Horses will stir the emotions and imaginations of horse lovers, humanitarians, and anyone who loves an uplifting tale of second chances. It's a story of how Nobody's Horses became Everybody's Horses.