Download or read book Pirate Alley written by Terence E McKnight and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2012-10-15 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Named a "Notable Naval Book of 2012" by Proceedings magazine, Pirate Alley is now available in paperback. The book provides an in-depth look at every aspect of Somali piracy, from how the pirates operate to how the actions of a relative handful of youthful criminals and their bosses have impacted the world economy. It explores the debate over the recently adopted practice of putting armed guards aboard merchant ships, and focuses on the best management practices that are changing the ways that ships are outfitted for travel through what’s known as the High-Risk Area. Readers will learn that the consequence of protecting high quality targets such as container ships and crude oil carriers may be that pirates turn to crime on land, such as the kidnapping of foreigners.

Download or read book The War Against Black Americans and Freedom written by Kcarl Smith and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are black Americans treated as second class citizens in the United States today?The purpose of the United States government is to permanently secure the God-given freedom and equal rights of all Americans. The US Constitution is not just a map to help us accomplish that goal. It is our supreme national law, which our founders used to establish the US government for that purpose.It will take effort, but we can still make our government accomplish its purpose and its promise.A powerful force against freedom within our country has opposed the US Constitution and worked to defeat its purpose for their benefit since the United States was founded. They have used slavery, a violent, devastating war against their own country, racial segregation, terrorism, mob violence, and seized upon other methods to defeat freedom and equal rights for black Americans and to keep us divided by race for their benefit. Their war against black Americans continues today, and they have expanded it into a war against the freedom and rights of all Americans.They have taken control over the government our founders established to secure our freedom, and are using it against all of us.Black, white, and all Americans who want to live together in freedom have the power now to peacefully defeat them in their war against us, and make our country as great as our founders established it to be for all of us.God is giving us another chance that we may never have again.

Download or read book Fabulous Fred written by Paul Amy and published by Melbourne Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fred Cook began his football career with Footscray in the VFL. But he really made his name in the game after crossing to Port Melbourne in the VFA. His prodigious goalkicking in the 1970s earned him the nickname of 'Fabulous Fred' and fame at a pop-star level. He appeared on TV, on radio and wrote newspaper columns, and he mixed with Melbourne's sporting and entertainment elite. But he fell in with a criminal crowd, formed a drug habit, lost everything and did three spells in prison. Cook has led a remarkable life, going from hero to zero. He's always wanted to tell his story, which features football, crime and drugs, and the wider issue of sportspeople who struggle with normalcy once their careers have ended. Fred Cook's name still resonates, thirty years after his career ended. Last year he was nominated for the Australian Football Hall of Fame.

Download or read book Queen City Gothic written by J. T. Townsend and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Losing a loved one to murder is life’s ultimate tragedy. But when the killer is never captured, a family’s paralyzing grief only compounds. Years pass. Pain grows. Time heals nothing. Parents, spouses, and children of the victims never find peace. Investigators continue to lie awake night after night, year after year, thinking, “If only...” Cold cases fascinate us because of the endless possibilities. What if Alice Hochhausler hadn’t driven her daughter home from work while a strangler was running loose? What if Oda Apple’s wife hadn’t sent him to the corner drugstore? What if Linda Bricca hadn’t been so beautiful – and her husband not a workaholic? J. T. Townsend takes us on a sinister journey through thirteen cases, which took place in Cincinnati, Ohio, between 1904 and 1971. You’ll meet Frances Brady, a pretty bride-to-be gunned down at her own front door. Tommy Coby, age eight, who arrived home to an empty house, and learned later his parents were lying dead in their car. Patty Rebholz, a popular cheerleader, who was bludgeoned in a neighbor’s backyard while walking to break up with her teenage boyfriend. What do these cases have in common? A fleeting, irrational act of violence with no resolution. Somebody literally got away with murder. Each episode took place in sheer moments––but hundreds of innocent people still remember, still mourn, and are still haunted by horrible, unbearable images. Townsend’s riveting accounts include never-before-published details from police files and insights from both investigators and witnesses. Finally someone has managed to put all of the pieces together. Whodunit? We’ll never know for sure––but we can certainly make some informed, calculated guesses. Meanwhile, on these pages, each victim returns to vibrant life, becomes as real to us as to those loved ones they left behind––and still cries out for justice.

Download or read book Death Piled Hard written by W. Patrick Lang and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Claude Devereux's brother, Patrick, is killed at the Battle of Gettysburg, he's devastated. But there is little time for grief. Devereux, a Confederate spy, has worked his way behind enemy lines in the North to become a prominent adviser to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. If General Robert Lee and his comrades in the South have any chance of succeeding in beating the Union, Devereux knows that he must keep his cover at all costs. So he steers clear of danger even when he doesn't want to do so. One of Devereux's main tasks is to find out more about General Ulysses Grant, who has come to Washington to assume command of the Union army. The general is about to lead his troops on the Overland Campaign, a series of battles through the heart of Virginia. Devereux must do all that he can to stop Grant in his tracks and help the South win its independence in Death Piled Hard.

Download or read book The Country Newspaper written by Millard Van Marter Atwood and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Coleman written by Douglas Ian Blair Ackerly and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essendon footballer, John Coleman, topped the VFL (now AFL) goalkicking in each of his five completed seasons (1949-53). He played in two premierships, and was named full-forward in the first-ever All-Australian team (1953). He was selected in that position in the AFL Team of the Century and was an inaugural Legend in the AFL Hall of Fame. The leading goalkicker in the AFL home & away season is awarded the John Coleman Medal. To coincide with the unveiling of the latest statue in the Australia Post Avenue of Legends at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, here is Coleman - the Untold Story of an AFL Legend. You will read of a man who could, just as easily, have played for Richmond, and of another who had to leave Essendon because Coleman took his spot, yet went on to emulate many of his feats. There is the explosive true story behind one of football’s most sensational on-field controversies, the Caspar incident, which cost the Bombers a flag. Likewise, the real background to that famous knee. And, so much more.

Download or read book The Brownlow written by Geoff Slattery and published by Slattery Media Group. This book was released on 2010 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brownlow Medal is the most prized individual award in Australian Football. The medal, awarded to the League's fairest and best player, has a proud history ever since Geelong's 'Carji' Greeves was the inaugural recipient in 1924. THE BROWNLOW- A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS OF AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL tells the story of every winner in a collection of essays and interviews, complemented by strong photography. There's Ivor Warne-Smith, who won the League's highest honour twice despite being gassed in World War I, there's Barry Round, the oldest winner at 31 years and 238 days, with 258 games experience, there's Jim Stynes, the Irish recruit who first heard about football in his late teens. Each member of this special family has a story to tell. This updated edition of THE BROWNLOW- A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS OF AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL features interviews with all the Brownlow Medallists since 2003, including Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley, former Eagle-turned-Tiger Ben Cousins, and the most recent recipient of the award, Gary Ablett Jnr. There will also be a feature on the 2010 winner.

Download or read book The Dominator written by Wayne Johnston and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Brotherboys written by Sean Gorman and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2005-05 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jimmy Krakouer was released from jail in August 2004, having served nine years of a sixteen year sentence for trafficking amphetamines in Western Australia's biggest ever drug bust. Twenty years earlier, Jim and his brother Phil enjoyed fans, fame and fortune in the heady days of the burgeoning AFL competition. So what went wrong? The Krakouer brothers exploded onto the football scene in Perth in the early 80s and were quickly lured by big money to play for North Melbourne. People still talk of Krakouer magic'; they were both great footballers, but together they were an almost impenetrable force on the field. But despite their uncanny ability to win the ball, Jim and Phillip were subjected to racist taunts both on and off the field. And Jim was somewhat of a firebrand. He was a regular at the tribunal and had served two prison sentences as a teenager. He floundered in retirement from the game and to pay back gambling debts, he turned to crime. It seems Jim was always on a trajectory towards trouble, while his brother Phil stayed on the straight and narrow. Brotherboys is about how two brothers handled their sporting success, how the AFL handled two unusual sporting heroes, and how as a sporting nation, we handled our Indigenous brothers. serving nine years. Phillip, meanwhile, has stayed on the straight and narrow. Jim's son Andrew plays for Richmond and one of Phillip's sons will be drafted to the Kangaroos in 2005 under the father-son rule. Sean Gorman has had the Krakouer brothers' complete cooperation throughout the writing of the book.

Download or read book The Coach written by John Powers and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ultimate inside story about football. In 1977, writer John Powers was a fly on the wall at the North Melbourne Football Club when revered coach Ron Barassi was in control. The book that emerged from that season, 'The Coach', recorded the months of often brutal training leading up to the spine-tingling Grand Final draw between North Melbourne and Collingwood, and on to North Melbourne's ultimate victory. Nominated as 'the bible on motivation' by 'The Age' newspaper, this account of the team's massive commitment and Barassi's extraordinary motivation techniques is as relevant and fascinating today as it was in 1978. Republished nearly three decades on, with Ron Barassi's own reflections on that amazing season and a new introduction by John Powers.

Download or read book Diesel written by Greg Williams and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1995 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autobiography of Greg Williams, one of the stars of AFL/VFL football and winner of two Brownlow Medals. Recalls his childhood when he wore callipers on both legs, his rejection by Carlton Football Club when he was a teenage country star, his ultimate rise to stardom and the winning of the two medals. Reveals some of the secrets of his success and the financial offers he has received, as well as the inside story of football at the elite level, including the troubles, the politics and the joys. Includes several photographs and statistics of important matches.

Download or read book My Game written by Allen Aylett and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The 500 Club written by Kevin Sheedy and published by Herald Sun. This book was released on 2004 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1,200 men have coached in VFL/AFL football, yetonly six have lead their teams 500 times or more. Theyare the very best leaders of men, creators of dynastiesand moulders of myth in a century of Australian football.Kevin Sheedy, a stalwart of 24 years at Essendon andwinner of four premierships. David Parkin who lead theHawks, Carlton and Fitzroy with distinction. Tom Hafey,the irresistable force which forged the Richmond legend:four premierships in eight years gave birth to 'TigerTough'. Allan Jeans, the youngest-ever senior VFLcoaching appointment, who delivered St Kilda's onlypremiership in 1966 and later assembled a dominantHawthorn team that flattened all in its path. No singleman encapsulated the national potential of the AFL moreso than Ron Barassi, who took the helm at Melbourne andthen Carlton, before creating North Melbourne's first-ever premiership team. And, finally, the late JockMcHale. If Collingwood is the best-known, most successfulclub in Australian sport, it is due to the incredibleefforts of McHale, who coached the Magpies from 1912 to1949 and won eight premierships.

Download or read book My World of Football written by Peter McKenna and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legends of the Australian Football Hall of Fame written by Bruce Eva and published by . This book was released on 2019-06-15 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Created in 1996, the Australian Football Hall of Fame celebrates the achievements of more than 200 of the game's greatest names. It seeks to recognise and enshrine players, coaches, umpires, administrators and media representatives who have made significant contributions to Australian Football - at any level - since the game's inception in 1858. Inducted individuals are selected for Legend status if they have caused the game to change significantly for the better. This book charts the careers of 24 Legends, with an inspiring look at their successes and memorable moments, written by fans for fans. Legends include: Barrie Robran, who dominated football in South Australia during the late 1960s and early 1970s, winning the Magarey Medal in 1968, 1970 and 1973; Gordon Coventry, one of the most prolific goal kickers in league history; and Haydn Bunton, who played 322 league games before making his mark as a tactician, leading Swan Districts to their first three premierships as captain-coach in 1961-63.

Download or read book Barrie Robran MBE written by Bruce Morrell Pointon and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unauthorised biography of champion footballer Barrie Robran.