Download or read book Captured at Arnhem written by Norman Hicks and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A memoir of a young soldier’s training as a paratrooper during WWII, his wartime service, imprisonment and return to his career for the British railways. After spending the 1930s working for the London Midland Scottish railways, Tom Hicks volunteered for war service in 1939 and was initially placed in the military railway of the Royal Engineers. In search of adventure, he successfully applied to join the newly formed 1st Parachute Squadron of the Royal Engineers. The intensity and rigors of parachute training are described in detail, as are the comradeship and humor that came to the fore as this small 150-man unit fought throughout the Second World War as part of the 1st Parachute Brigade. The excitement of the first parachute jumps is relived together with the parachute operations in North Africa, Sicily, and the Battle of Arnhem. It was here after nine days’ fighting with his mates falling around him that Tom was wounded and taken prisoner. Following the battle, Tom was transported in a cattle truck to Germany where he was used as forced labor in a lead mine until being liberated by the Americans in 1945. With insightful commentary from Tom’s son Norman, this is the story of an ordinary soldier, who was motivated by pride in his unit. Tom has recounted his experiences with a keen eye and a sense of humor that has always enabled him to triumph in the face of adversity.
Download or read book The 3S S written by Roy Dainty and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-08-19 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of true anecdotes, most with hilarious outcomes, some naming and shaming the famous, all grouped together under the headings of Shave, S**t, and Shower. A whimsical, occasionally sarcastic, though usually just downright funny, round-up of novelties, mishaps, and unfortunate events involving the author, Roy Dainty, which have helped shape the world during the past sixty years. How Led Zeppelin nearly didnt happen, the hidden joys of 1960s passenger flight, the phantom cra**er of BEA, surviving crucifixion, the hidden delights of the Marrakesh Express, and attempted suicide on the Orient Express all feature in this eclectic compendium. Written from other recollections that came to mind when he was editing S**T, this collection evolved as its pan-side companion. Just make sure that you are sitting comfortably before opening its pages.
Download or read book Once Too Many Times written by Oliver E Cadam and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2015-07-31 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Old Flo sat there, watching and listening, she became easily convinced of several important observations. The first was that her daughter-in-law seemed uncharacteristically distracted, even remote, from the events around her. Secondly, she understood with complete clarity that her own son was infatuated with the pretty little thing sitting opposite. She could see the longing in his eyes and trace it through every behavioural tick on show. She felt sure that the others, including the girl herself, must surely have registered such transparency, and she wondered what fireworks lay ahead. Another intriguing factor was the big blonde lad who sat there, apparently comfortable and confi dent, and yet in some way preoccupied. Something there required further investigation. Flo just couldn't see why the man's attractive wife would ever fi nd anything worth straying for in her own son's rather tawdry realm. Time would tell, but she knew her son wanted that girl.Spanning a generation, this mystery thriller moves between the City of London and Cape Town, rural Kent and the hills of Girona in north-eastern Spain, weaving a tale of lust and deception, romance and retribution.
Download or read book Modelling Engine Sheds and Motive Power Depots of the Steam Era written by Terry Booker and published by Crowood. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many railway modellers include an engine shed somewhere on their layout. However, all too often the shed is squeezed into a quite improbable location and is little more than a place to 'park' engines when they are not in use. This well-illustrated and comprehensive book, written by an experienced railway modeller, helps even the beginner to develop a far more realistic approach and to capture the unforgettable grimy but exciting atmosphere of the locomotive shed in the steam era. The book covers all types of engine shed from the branch line sub-shed to the main line motive power depot, and discusses research, planning, the building process, readily available materials and simple tools. It goes on to explain how to obtain the very best from kits, how to site and operate sheds, and how to make them look authentic. It demonstrates the construction of over a dozen kits, including off-the-shelf kits and the newest computer downloadable kits, and shows the modeller how to create special dioramas depicting the whole shed scene and how to scratch-build complete sheds, including coal stages and other infrastructure. With further advice for those with a limited amount of space, and 'top tips' throughout, this is essential reading for modellers of all abilities who wish to incorporate a realistic locomotive shed of the steam era into their layout. Well illustrated with 323 colour photographs.
Download or read book Era of Steam Engines written by David Hunt and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2010-04-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steam supreme. There are lots of railwaymen, who have departed from this world, and many are still alive, however very few have written about their experiences as employees while working for the Western Australian Government Railways. These incidents laughable or sad would be lost forever. The age of steam running supreme has vanished but the memories live on in the minds of men and women who worked in this steam-era. This book details what it was like to be one of those people; working diligently in this era, making many permanent friends for life and enjoying working steam and diesel locomotives.
Download or read book Harold Gasson s Steam Days written by Harold Gasson and published by Crecy. This book was released on 2020-12-12 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Harold Gasson first put pen to paper more than forty years ago, it was at a time when there was a growing resurgence of interest in the steam railway. Three of his books described his life as a fireman based at Didcot shed from the early 1940s. Firing Days was followed by Footplate Days and then Nostalgia Days. Finally, after Harold had forsaken the footplate for the signal box, came the final instalment, Signalling Days. All were eagerly sought after at the time for they described the railway readers wanted to hear about, providing a nostalgic perspective which could be enjoyed from the comfort of ones arm chair. Out of print for several decades, all four books have now been reprinted and are available together for the first time complete with a new set of illustrations. The steam engines and most of the mechanical signal boxes of Harolds working days may have been long consigned to history but in these well-written and enjoyable books they are brought vividly back to life for a new audience to enjoy as well for those who recall his era for whom these tales will reawaken treasured memories.
Download or read book The Stories of My Life written by Victor Wilfred Rogers and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-07-13 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a writing class and many people who told him Oh, you have led such an interesting life with so many stories to tell, he decided to write down some of those stories, beginning with a brief synopsis on how his mother and father got to the point in their lives where his began. While he was born in the United States, he spent much of his childhood and young adult life in Canada and England. He considered himself very fortunate to have traveled to so many places around the world. This book is a collection of random stories from his life and an expression of how he marveled at the many technological changes that happened during his lifetime.
Download or read book Daddy s Money written by Jo McDougall and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jo McDougall brings a poet's sensibility to memoir. Recounting five generations of Delta rice farmers, through family archives and oral histories, she traces how the clan made their way into the fabric of America, beginning with her Belgian-immigrant grandfather, a pioneer rice farmer on the Arkansas Delta at the turn of the twentieth century. As John Grisham has for a 1950s Arkansas cotton farm, McDougall illuminates an Arkansas rice farm in the 1930s and 1940s. The Garot family's acreage near DeWitt and the town itself provide the stage for McDougall's wry, compelling, and layered account of the day-to-day of rice growing on the farm that her father inherited. In that setting she discovers a rich "universe of words" in the Great Depression, comes of age during World War II, and finds her way alongside "that whole quirky, compelling cast of characters" that comprised her kin. In this conflicted, ironic, southern-but-universal account of betrayal, heartbreak, loss, and joy, "the vagaries and the grace" of the land join forces with the power of money as family bonds are both forged and dissolved. Deeply felt, unsentimental, and often humorous,Daddy's Money presents McDougall's life and the lives of her relatives in the way that all our lives are eventually framed-as stories. "When all else is lost," the author maintains, "the stories remain."
Download or read book R M Ballantyne Collected Works written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-05-17 with total page 13417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this unique action & adventure collection with sea adventure novels, western classics, historical thrillers, treasure hunt tales, war stories._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ The Coral Island_x000D_ Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders)_x000D_ Ungava_x000D_ Martin Rattler_x000D_ The Dog Crusoe and his Master_x000D_ The World of Ice_x000D_ The Gorilla Hunters_x000D_ The Golden Dream_x000D_ The Red Eric_x000D_ Away in the Wilderness_x000D_ Fighting the Whales_x000D_ The Wild Man of the West_x000D_ Fast in the Ice_x000D_ Gascoyne_x000D_ The Lifeboat_x000D_ Chasing the Sun_x000D_ Freaks on the Fells_x000D_ The Lighthouse_x000D_ Fighting The Flames_x000D_ Silver Lake_x000D_ Deep Down_x000D_ Shifting Winds_x000D_ Hunting the Lions_x000D_ Over the Rocky Mountains_x000D_ Saved by the Lifeboat_x000D_ Erling the Bold_x000D_ The Battle and the Breeze_x000D_ The Cannibal Islands_x000D_ Lost in the Forest_x000D_ Digging for Gold_x000D_ Sunk at Sea_x000D_ The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands_x000D_ The Iron Horse_x000D_ The Norsemen in the West_x000D_ The Pioneers_x000D_ Black Ivory_x000D_ Life in the Red Brigade_x000D_ Fort Desolation_x000D_ The Pirate City_x000D_ The Story of the Rock_x000D_ Rivers of Ice_x000D_ Under the Waves_x000D_ The Settler and the Savage_x000D_ In the Track of the Troops_x000D_ Jarwin and Cuffy_x000D_ Philosopher Jack_x000D_ Post Haste_x000D_ The Lonely Island_x000D_ The Red Man's Revenge_x000D_ My Doggie and I_x000D_ The Giant of the North_x000D_ The Madman and the Pirate_x000D_ The Battery and the Boiler_x000D_ The Thorogood Family_x000D_ The Young Trawler_x000D_ Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished_x000D_ Twice Bought_x000D_ The Island Queen_x000D_ The Rover of the Andes_x000D_ The Prairie Chief_x000D_ The Lively Poll_x000D_ Red Rooney_x000D_ The Big Otter_x000D_ The Fugitives_x000D_ Blue Lights_x000D_ The Middy and the Moors_x000D_ The Eagle Cliff_x000D_ The Crew of the Water Wagtail_x000D_ Blown to Bits_x000D_ The Garret and the Garden_x000D_ Jeff Benson_x000D_ Charlie to the Rescue_x000D_ The Coxswain's Bride_x000D_ The Buffalo Runners_x000D_ The Hot Swamp_x000D_ Hunted and Harried_x000D_ The Walrus Hunters_x000D_ Wrecked but not Ruined_x000D_ Six Months at the Cape_x000D_ Memoirs:_x000D_ Personal Reminiscences in Book Making
Download or read book The Complete Novels of R M Ballantyne written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 13416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This carefully crafted ebook: "The Complete Novels of R. M. Ballantyne" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Six Months at the Cape Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making
Download or read book The Greatest Action Books Ballantyne Edition written by R. M. Ballantyne and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2020-12-17 with total page 13445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you this unique action & adventure collection with sea adventure novels, western classics, historical thrillers, treasure hunt tales, war stories. Table of Contents: The Coral Island Snowflakes and Sunbeams (The Young Fur Traders) Ungava Martin Rattler The Dog Crusoe and his Master The World of Ice The Gorilla Hunters The Golden Dream The Red Eric Away in the Wilderness Fighting the Whales The Wild Man of the West Fast in the Ice Gascoyne The Lifeboat Chasing the Sun Freaks on the Fells The Lighthouse Fighting The Flames Silver Lake Deep Down Shifting Winds Hunting the Lions Over the Rocky Mountains Saved by the Lifeboat Erling the Bold The Battle and the Breeze The Cannibal Islands Lost in the Forest Digging for Gold Sunk at Sea The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands The Iron Horse The Norsemen in the West The Pioneers Black Ivory Life in the Red Brigade Fort Desolation The Pirate City The Story of the Rock Rivers of Ice Under the Waves The Settler and the Savage In the Track of the Troops Jarwin and Cuffy Philosopher Jack Post Haste The Lonely Island The Red Man's Revenge My Doggie and I The Giant of the North The Madman and the Pirate The Battery and the Boiler The Thorogood Family The Young Trawler Dusty Diamonds, Cut and Polished Twice Bought The Island Queen The Rover of the Andes The Prairie Chief The Lively Poll Red Rooney The Big Otter The Fugitives Blue Lights The Middy and the Moors The Eagle Cliff The Crew of the Water Wagtail Blown to Bits The Garret and the Garden Jeff Benson Charlie to the Rescue The Coxswain's Bride The Buffalo Runners The Hot Swamp Hunted and Harried The Walrus Hunters Wrecked but not Ruined Six Months at the Cape Memoirs: Personal Reminiscences in Book Making
Download or read book Overcoming an Inconvenient Life written by Beni par Dieu and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2018-07-24 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dear Reader, curiosity made you pick up this book. Perhaps hope will compel you to read it. As victims of any form of abuse-be it emotional, mental, physical, or sexual-we are brainwashed by our tormentors to believe that not only do we deserve what we are getting, but also that we are alone. We're told no one will believe us or, if we tell, we will be the ones blamed. This is what the monsters who torments us want us to believe, so they carefully groom us to be quiet and compliant. Silence is their best weapon and their protection. I finally, through faith, found the courage to raise my voice and to share my story of the years of abuse I was subjected to. By doing so, I took away their power over me. I hope that in reading my story, you, dear reader, will see that you are not alone, that you never have been because there's others just like you. Once you have read about my journey, I sincerely hope that you will find your own courage, faith, and strength to raise your voice against the abuse the innocents are suffering each and every day. May you find peace and forgiveness for yourself as you travel along with me.
Download or read book The Velvet Sofa written by Judy Pappalardo and published by PublishAmerica. This book was released on 2010-11-15 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Memoirs of a Royal Air Force Oil Rag written by Bob Blackmore and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An incredible life that spanned for nearly a century... Robert Collins Blackmore, or 'Blackie' as he was known in the RAF, grew up as a sickly child, but would soon become one of the unsung heroes of World War Two. Stricken with family tragedy, the young Blackmore continued with his fascination with anything mechanical, only to find more hardships to follow. Honoured with the Atlantic Star for bravery, burned in a freak engine room explosion, and meeting Winston Churchill on a cold and sinister night, are just some aspects of this humble unpresuming man. This is the story of one man's fight for survival, lost love, and an inner strength to knuckle down and get the job done. Bob left the RAF to enjoy the rest of his life with his wife Jacque until his passing in 2009 at the age of 92. Excerpt 'BANG! - My right knee was torn apart as I was blown past the starboard engine gear lever. I was thrown out of the engine room, over the well deck, and smashed into the cabin entrance.' Bob Blackmore
Download or read book The All American Hot Rod written by Michael Dregni and published by . This book was released on with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A True Australian Outback Story written by Colin Barnes and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2023-10-02 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colin Barnes traces the life of his father, Ronald Barnes, from his modest beginnings on a property about three miles west of a little town in New South Wales called Peak Hill, to a lovely coastal spot called Kings Point near Ulladulla, New South Wales. He also shares memories from his mother, Margaret Barnes. The book—filled with an assortment of family photos—is sad, happy, curious, and funny with a little adventure thrown in. As you read, you’ll learn what it was like growing up in the Australian outback from the 1930s to the 1960s. Eventually, the author’s parents left the bush and moved to the city. After a lifetime of hard work, they finally were able to enjoy a comfortable retirement. This family history will leave you reflecting on how a positive attitude, perseverance, and an attitude of gratitude can lead to living the life you always wanted.
Download or read book Eurasians at the Grassroots Vol 1 written by Dennis De Witt and published by NUTMEG PUBLISHING. This book was released on 2013-12-27 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eurasians at the Grassroots - Vol.1 is a collection of short stories regarding Eurasians and the memories of Eurasians. Its purpose is to collect and publish stories as a collective work about Eurasians, by Eurasians and for Eurasians. It is intended for this publication to consist of a collection of stories about the background, history, culture and heritage of the average Eurasian family. It is not intended for this publication to be about famous or historical Eurasian figures, but to include stories from the grassroots of the Eurasian society. The stories were contributed by people from Malaysia and outside Malaysia; and about all aspects of Eurasian heritage and culture from Malaysia and all over the world. Most people understand the term Eurasian as simply a hybrid between European and Asian. Many more do not understand the term at all and others simply find it curious why there is a need to categorise such a race at all. In this part of the world, Eurasians refers to people of mixed Asian and European ancestry. They are descended from colonial times of the Portuguese, Dutch and British. The Portuguese descendants, who mostly have their roots in Malacca, call themselves Kristang. There are also Dutch and British descent Eurasians in Malaysia and Singapore. However, there are also Eurasians whose ancestors were from other parts of Europe, such as Spain, Germany and France, who came out East with the ships of the Colonial powers of their time. We must not also leave out the Eurasians in The Netherlands who came from Indonesia. From an article received, we now also know that there were Eurasians from China. These days, in the advent of a globalised world, there are Eurasians living in practically every corner of the globe. Therefore, it is a joy to find that we have here contributors from near and far. There are articles from those in Malaysia, Singapore, as well as from Australia, The Netherlands and USA. This makes a good start to what should be the first in a series of articles on the Eurasians and we look forward to expand the project in the future to collect more of such stories. It will help to provide a better understanding of the heritage and culture of the Eurasians and a glimpse to view our many similarities. It also provides valued information on the many individuals and sub-groups of Eurasians for the sake of putting their stories on record for the benefit of the future generations.
