Download or read book Sweat written by Warwick Allen and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hey Budgie, do you want to travel around south-east Asia with me?" "Sure!" One word. Just one. Even saying "I do" when getting married gives you the chance of bailing out halfway through your answer. No second chances here though, I was well and truly up the creek. And never mind the paddle, boys, I didn't even have a canoe! Without knowing which countries we were going to (not that it would have made much difference), I was about to embark on five months worth of pain, misery, excitement, enjoyment, extreme cold, extreme heat, jungles, mountains, deserts, elephants and camels. And complaining. LOTS of complaining! A constant stream of whining, moaning and whinging, performed almost exclusively by myself, and all carefully documented within SWEAT. Still, that's what being an ambassador for the western world is all about. Isn't it? Truly a 'once in a lifetime' experience!

Download or read book A Foxhole View written by Louis Baldovi and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Foxhole View is a powerful and moving oral history of the Korean War. Here are highly personal accounts of the war from the rank and file of the infantry--told in the distinctive voices of Hawaii's soldiers.

Download or read book The Sixth Grandfather written by John Gneisenau Neihardt and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a series of interviews an American Plains Indian describes his life and discusses the traditional religious beliefs of the Indians

Download or read book The Hill written by Karen Bass and published by Pajama Press Inc.. This book was released on 2016-03-31 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop—with no cell service—the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. In fact, things seem very wrong. And worst of all, something is hunting them. Karen Bass, the multi-award-winning author of Graffiti Knight and Uncertain Soldier, brings her signature action packed style to a chilling new subject: the Cree Wîhtiko legend. Inspired by the real story of a remote plane crash and by the legends of her Cree friends and neighbours, Karen brings eerie life—or perhaps something other than life—to the northern Alberta landscape in The Hill.

Download or read book Illengond written by Matthew Dickerson and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Gifted and The Betrayed, Matthew Dickersons masterful story-telling and talent for suspenseful narrative draw us into the battle to save Gondisle from the Daegmon Lord. Dickerson brings to the creation of fantasy epic his keen observation of the natural world. Gondisles woods, plains, mountains, and marshes seem as real as those of our world. Nature is a living presence in The Daegmon War, and Dickerson follows in the footsteps of Tolkien and Lewis in making of fantasy the art of re-enchanting the world. This series satisfies our hunger for meaning as well as it satisfies our thirst for adventure. Benjamin Myers, former poet laureate of Oklahoma. Daegmons have wreaked destruction on Gondisle. The hope of the land rests on a small group of heroes who possess mystical powers of healing, shaping, knowledge, speech with creatures, and supernatural strength in battle. Yet the combined strengths and gifts of these heroes seem woefully inadequate, while the enemy grows more powerful each day. In the third volume of this series of epic high fantasy, Tienna, Elynna and their companions, after suffering a devastating defeat, flee east across the wild and rugged Undeani highlands, while Thimeon and Prince Dhan and their small band race north with two treasures from the troves of Citadel: a weapon of power, and an ancient tome of wisdom. Yet Daegmons and the armies of Citadel pursue both companies, whose desperate quests to escape and reunite lead them straight toward Illengond, the ancient holy mountain of the All-Maker. To survive, Tienna must learn what it means to be a healer, Elynna must become a leader, Thimeon must understand ancient wisdom, and all must cling to courage and hope in the midst of loss.

Download or read book Saurian Summer written by William Kyle and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005-07 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Saurians built new outposts under the guise of increasing security of their border, however, the large staging areas discovered hidden in the woods behind them caused the Races of Order concern about a possible invasion. A Saurian Invasion would also cause problems for the Demon and the Bursh. It would have a major impact on the Master Plan they had been working on for many years. The major key to the Plan was the Races of Order did not have a united front and the humans were unorganized, but an invasion could change that. If the unallied races and the Races of Order united, working together they could defeat the Master Plan. The Plan was designed for world conquest by the Races of Chaos to happen so quickly that the Elden would arrive too late to help. Now had to be modified because the Elden returned to their strongholds after five hundred years due to the invasion threat. The Saurians had to be stopped or defeated quickly. Unbeknownst to the Elden and the other Races of Order they had allies in the Demon and the Bursh who were taking their own steps.

Download or read book Life Plug written by R. Morello and published by Cathedral Rocks. This book was released on 2024-02-21 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In "Life Plug," Franco and Page lead seemingly ordinary lives within a sophisticated virtual reality simulation. Unbeknownst to them, their existence is a carefully crafted illusion, meticulously controlled by unknown forces, which were put in place by their wealthy ancestors to protect their lineage. Franco possesses a unique talent: the ability to manipulate the digital realm, bending it to his will with a mere thought. Their world is upended when Page experiences a traumatic event that transcends the boundaries of the virtual world, revealing the harsh reality beyond their comprehension—a world ravaged by nuclear devastation. Shocked and disoriented, Page grapples with the realization that their entire existence is a fabricated lie. With newfound clarity, Page awakens Franco from the digital world that ensnares him. Together, they embark on a daring escape from the confines of their artificial reality, pursued by digital world stewards intent on maintaining control over their simulated lives in a building referred to as ‘Eden’. As they journey through the desolate wastelands of the post-nuclear world, Franco and Page encounter mutated humans and face unimaginable dangers at every turn. Their survival hinges on their ability to navigate treacherous terrain, trust the right mutants, discern those mutants that want their ‘clean’ bodies for themselves, and avoid capture by those who seek to imprison them once more. Driven by a desire for freedom and a thirst for truth, Franco and Page must confront the dark secrets that lie buried within their pasts as they strive to carve out a new existence in a world that has collapse. "Life Plug" is a gripping tale of self-discovery, resilience, and the enduring power of the human spirit in the face of adversity.

Download or read book The Opening Battles written by Kevin Campbell and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2016-06-10 with total page 675 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author Kevin Campbell in this work examines in detail the swirling cavalry fight at Brandy Station. He also gives a lucid, well-written account of the debacle that befell Robert H. Milroy and his ill-fated division at Winchester and Carters Woods. Those battles, bloody in their own right, were soon relegated to the back pages when the horrific Battle of Gettysburg began dominating the press and the postwar reminiscences of the veterans. We can learn much from this new work, with its treasury of pertinent eyewitness accounts and clear prose. His skill in digging through the regimentals, official records, diaries, and other materials is evident, as well as his ability to interweave them into a cohesive narrative that brings the battles, personalities, and long hours of marching to light.

Download or read book The Dichotomy of Evil written by Andras Tower and published by The Dichotomy of Evil. This book was released on 2007-09-27 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dichotomy of Evil is an expos? on good and evil, which provides new theories on Demonology. It explains how to spot demons, how to defend yourself from demonic attack, how to attack demons and how to have great sex with them.

Download or read book Outlaw written by Charles G. West and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-05-02 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A good man becomes a wanted one in this gripping tale of the Old West from Spur Award-winning author Charles G. West. When war came to the Shenandoah Valley, Matt Slaughter and his older brother, Owen, joined the Confederate army. But three years defending his homeland as a sniper has weighed heavily on Matt’s conscience. With the cause lost, the brothers desert—only to find upon their arrival home that Owen’s farm has fallen into the hands of swindlers. When Owen accidentally kills a Union officer, Matt takes the blame. But now—facing a sham trial and a noose—he escapes to the west, where he saves the life of another fugitive down-and-outer. Both men are a breed apart from other outlaws. Neither kills for pleasure or steals for profit. But that doesn’t matter to the cold-blooded men who are going to give them hell to pay—and get the same in return....

Download or read book The Big People written by K. H. Linville and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2015-01-31 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1897 in Seattle, Washington, as Elmer trudges through the streets in search of food and work. Across town, Elmers uncle Henry goes about his day scooping horse droppings, a job he is grateful to have. But everything is about to change when Elmer gets wind that ordinary men are striking it rich by panning for gold in the Klondike. Despite the rumors that traveling to the Yukon can be treacherous, the two men are determined to escape their wretched existence and experience the heyday of the gold rush. After their heroism in saving a stranger from a bloody assault results in two free steamship tickets, Henry and Elmer race to Skagway, Alaska. As they experience the incredible events, strange spectacles, and amazing characters of the time, Henry and Elmer also suffer unexpected perils and hardships. But it is not until the two men acquire a seemingly insignificant object during a street brawl that they are quickly driven toward big trouble and to solve a complex mystery. The Big People is the exciting tale of two men during the late 1800s as they journey toward the Yukon and the glittering city of gold with the hope of realizing all their financial dreams.

Download or read book Caution written by Antione Cunningham and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To Make a Long Story short Caution is and outlook on the way the world changes and a true concept of the real world. This book is a story on the way growing up in the hood becomes a way of life for me. Crime and unity that's in our neighborhood involves living for the future and a commitment to change. The message is very important that being aware of your surroundings makes the environment a peaceful and better place to stay in which we live in.

Download or read book Give Them a Volley and Charge written by Patrick Mercer and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The day after the Battle of Balaklava, the Russians attempted an armed reconnaissance of the Allied right flank aimed at the exposed Inkermann position, but the remnants of the British 2nd Division bloodily repulsed them. This book describes the battle.

Download or read book The Enterprise of Death written by Jesse Bullington and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2011-03-24 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the witch-pyres of the Spanish Inquisition blanket Renaissance Europe in a moral haze, a young African slave finds herself the unwilling apprentice of an ancient necromancer. Unfortunately, quitting his company proves even more hazardous than remaining his pupil when she is afflicted with a terrible curse. Yet salvation may lie in a mysterious tome her tutor has hidden somewhere on the war-torn continent. She sets out on a seemingly impossible journey to find the book, never suspecting her fate is tied to three strangers: the artist Niklaus Manuel Deutsch, the alchemist Dr. Paracelsus, and a gun-slinging Dutch mercenary. As Manuel paints her macabre story on canvas, plank, and church wall, the young apprentice becomes increasingly aware that death might be the least of her concerns.

Download or read book The Collected Works written by Theodore Roosevelt and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-11-13 with total page 2353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition includes: Autobiography The Naval War of 1812 Hero Tales from American History The Winning of the West Through the Brazilian Wilderness Letters to His Children The Rough Riders A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open Hunting The Grisly And Other Sketches America and the World War Average Americans The Strenuous Life Expansion and Peace Fellow-Feeling as Political Factor Character & Success History as Literature Biological Analogies in History The World Movement The Thraldom of Names Productive Scholarship Dante and the Bowery The Foundations of the Nineteenth Century The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit The Ancient Irish Sagas An Art Exhibition The Duties of American Citizenship Professionalism in Sports Practical Work in Politics Resignation Letter Colonel Roosevelt's Reports Strength & Decency The Square Deal Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech The Man With the Muck Rake Sons of the Puritans Where We Can Work With Socialists Where We Cannot Work With Socialists Citizenship in a Republic (the Man in the Arena) International Peace The New Nationalism Duty & Self-control The Right of the People to Rule I Have Just Been Shot Address to the Boys Progressive League Address to the Knights of Columbus

Download or read book The Mammoth Book of How it Happened World War I written by Jon E. Lewis and published by Robinson. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spectre of the Great War still haunts us. No other conflict so dramatically illustrates the waste of life, and the slaughter of innocents, as that of 1914-18. And none has so dramatically shaped the modern world: the Russian Revolution, the rise of Hitler, the break-up of Empire, the supremacy of America and World War II all stem from the four years of the 'war to end all wars'. Here is the eye-witness chronicle of that war, from the trenches of Flanders to the staff rooms of the Imperial Germany Army, from T. E. Lawrence in the desert to the 'Red Baron' in the air, from Land Girls in England to German U-boat crews in the Atlantic, it leaves nothing out. And if all the horror of the war fought by the Tommies in the trenches is captured, so too are the machinations of the 'top brass' and politicians.

Download or read book Hill of Squandered Valour written by Ron Lock and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of Spion Kop was fought during the campaign to relieve Ladysmith, South Africa, after the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State had gotten a jump on the British Empire and besieged a British army in the town. It was the single bloodiest episode in the campaign, as well as a harbinger of the bitter and desperate fighting still to come in the Second Boer War. Spion Kop, just northeast of Ladysmith, was the largest hill in the region, being over 1,400 feet high, and it lay almost exactly at the center of the Boer line. If the British could capture this position and bring artillery to the hill they would then command the flanks of the surrounding Boer positions. On the night of 23 January 1900, a large British force under Major General Edward Woodgate was dispatched to secure the height, with Lt. Colonel Alexander Thorneycroft selected to lead the initial assault. However, the Boers refused to give up the position and a bitter two days of fighting ensued. In the initial darkness the British mistakenly entrenched at the center of the hill instead of the crest, and suffered horribly from Boer marksmen clinging to the periphery. Suffering badly themselves, the Boers were finally inclined to admit defeat when they discovered that the British had retreated, leaving behind their many dead. Yet, in light of the devastation wrought on both sides, the British were finally able to rally and relieve Ladysmith four weeks later. Ron Lock, esteemed author of many Zulu warfare histories, brings to life this bitter and previously overlooked campaign in vivid and complete detail, with supporting sources including then-journalist Winston ChurchillÕs battle report, as well as many previously unpublished illustrations and 6 newly commissioned maps. His account will be valuable to both historians and strategists wanting to better understand this difficult and devastating conflict.