Download or read book Charlie s Swim written by Edith Wright and published by . This book was released on 2022-03-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Age range 9 to 12 During WWII after the Japanese invasion of Java, more than 1000 refugees from the Dutch East Indies, many in flying boats, passed through Broome, which was a major refuelling point and a significant Allied military base. On 3 March 1942 Broome was attacked by Japanese fighter planes, killing at least 88 civilians and Allied military personnel. Charlie's Swim is based on the true story of the author's Uncle Charlie (Charles D'Antoine) who was working inside a flying boat when the attack began. In the midst of flying bullets, blazing fires and sharks, Charlie saw a woman and child desperately trying to keep afloat and without hesitation went to their rescue. In 1944, Charlie was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the Royal Humane Society of Australasia in recognition of his efforts and he was awarded four medals for bravery from the Dutch government. It took a further 80 years for the Australian government and military to formally recognise this bravery. 'One morning Charlie was working inside a seaplane. He suddenly heard planes flying overhead, and they seemed incredibly low. Charlie went outside. When he looked up he saw enemy planes swooping towards the bay.'
Download or read book Musing with Charlie written by Gordon Morris and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gordon Morris wrote this book originally as a kind of diary for himself. It is an account of the antics of his English springer spaniel, mainly on their walks together on Hayling Beach, near Portsmouth. It is also a cautionary tale of the hectic nature of the breed, and the enormous commitment it is to look after such an intelligent, energetic, bloody-minded type of dog. Musing with Charlie is also about Gordon’s memories and thoughts of his life, the universe and everything (to quote a phrase) as they walked together. If after reading this book you see old boys walking their dogs deep in thought, or having a discussion with their peers on a bench, you may have an insight into Gordon’s generation’s lives and experiences, and you will have had a laugh or two at Gordon’s expense - and Charlie’s antics!
Download or read book Charlie and the Love Factory written by Anna Multanen and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie was an unruly, teething yellow Labrador puppy who caused his owner Anna more headaches than joy. No amount of exercise or training could curb his fits of unbridled excitement. Charlie's ADHD-type behavior forced Anna to look for answers and solutions from many different sources and got her to explore raw feeding and natural remedies more closely. Charlie set her onto such a learning path for the rest of her life. While Anna was searching for ways to solve Charlie's behavioral problems, she came face-to-face with her own negative behaviors and feelings. This personal journey took her somewhere even deeper, to the ultimate source of unconditional love. Charlie and the Love Factory is a deep, harrowingly personal memoir that introduces the reader to complementary forms of healing and the fascinating world of animal communication. This book will make a deep impression on the reader and get them to ponder more deeply their own relationship with their pets.
Download or read book Charlie the Chimp Can t Swim written by Pamela Little and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sun is hot, and tension is brewing in the jungle. The animals are seething with envy whilst watching the adorable Charlie the Chimp up to his antics swinging through the trees. Charlie seems to be good at everything he does. At the suggestion of the giraffe, the animals decide to challenge Charlie to a race across the wide, rolling river nearby, a feat which they all believe he won’t be able to do. Will Charlie be left humiliated and demoralised? A huge problem lies before him; can he take on the challenge, face his fears and outsmart the jungle animals who all want him to fail?
Download or read book Swimmer written by Harriet May Savitz and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2005 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Skip loves swimming in the ocean. It's the perfect place to sort things out. Since his father moved away, he and his mom have been taking care of their big old boardinghouse alone. A whole summer of changing light bulbs and running errands for the tourists. Then skip meets swimmer. The big friendly dog swims with him every morning. Swimmer doesn't have an owner and Skip wants him. He's the only friend Skip has had all summer. But Skip can't take Swimmer home because his mom won't let him have a pet at the house. One thing is certain, though. Skip is not going to desert his dog. He needs Swimmer just as much as Swimmer needs him.
Download or read book Swimming for My Life written by Kim Fairley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1970s Cincinnati, Kim’s overwhelmed, financially stressed parents dragged her and her four younger siblings into swimming—starting with a nearby motel pool—as a way to keep them occupied and out of their way. When Kim was eleven, they began leaving the kids at home with a sitter while they traveled the Midwest, where they sold imported wooden ornaments from their motorhome. But when Kim’s six-year-old brother crashed his new Cheater Slick bike and the babysitter deserted the children, what started as an accident became a pattern: Mom and Dad leaving for weeks at a time and the kids wrestling with life’s emergencies on their own. As Kim coped in the role of fill-in mother while dealing with the stresses of elite swimming, she struggled to shape her own life. She eventually found strength, competence and achievement through swimming—and became the second female swimmer to win a full ride to the University of Southern California, where she earned two national titles. Swimming for My Life is a peek into the dark side of elite swimming as well as a tale of family bonds, reconciling with the past, and how it is possible to emerge from life’s toxic and lifesaving waters.
Download or read book Motivation Learning and Technology written by J. Michael Spector and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motivation, Learning, and Technology is a fresh, thorough, and practical introduction to motivational research, theories, and applications for learning and instruction. Written for both instructional designers and teachers, this foundational textbook combines learning design and learning technologies, synthesis of current research and models, and practical advice for those looking to improve how they motivate learners. Building from existing models in an interactional, holistic approach, J. Michael Spector and Seung Won Park guide readers through all steps of educational motivation, from designing a motivation plan through implementation and assessment.
Download or read book The Sea We Swim In written by Frank Rose and published by W. W. Norton. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical guide to "narrative thinking," and why it matters in a world defined by data.
Download or read book Cuda written by Stacy A. Wright and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Charlie Steiner is an investigator for the US Navy. He is a decorated officer, having served with the SEAL teams, a loving husband, and soon to be father. His latest case involving a series of top secret munitions hijackings, is about to change his life, forever. Conspiracies, cover up, sabotage and murder envelope his life, forcing a miraculous transformation to take place. The once Charlie Steiner becomes Cuda; a creature seeking vengeance for the loss of his love, life, and humanity.
Download or read book Charlie s Ark written by Mike Payne and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlie’s Ark is a collection of stories about a five-year-old boy and his toy box ark which contain many animals which magically come to life when he whispers a ‘Wordspell’. Engaging, charming and a moral within every story together with beautiful illustrations, this book is a delight. Created and written by award-winning artist Mike Payne who is also the creator and original artist of the grey, blue-nosed bear “Tatty Teddy”. “Classics, children’s classics in particular, endure because a child’s soul inherently recognises a communion we adults only faintly remember. Storytelling is an art. Story writing is a craft. What has been collectively accomplished here is the gem at the pinnacle of the creative crown – inspiration. May Charlie’s Ark join the classics of yore to be loved by legions of children as yet unborn and generations beyond that. Magic has been created here.” MARY JANE, NEW ORLEANS USA
Download or read book THE GUARDIAN written by Bethany Campbell and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GUARANTEED PAGE-TURNER From the bestselling author of See How They Run and Don't Talk to Strangers comes a compelling story of drama and suspense. And a romance you won't forget! The only rule. Don't get involved. To Hawkshaw, they're words to live by. He left the Secret Service because he didn't want to take care of anyone but himself. Then an old friend asks him for a favor…. The last case. A woman and her young son need a place to hide—and someone to protect them. A stalker wants her and he'll do anything to have her…. The wrong woman. Hawkshaw agrees to help, but he's more than a little reluctant. Kate Kanaday's not the woman he wants living in his house. Even worse, she's got him thinking about breaking his only rule….
Download or read book So Long Charlie written by and published by iUniverse. This book was released on with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charlie s Fly Box written by Charlie Craven and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Learn to tie 17 best-selling patterns for trout, bass, and saltwater flats species such as bonefish and permit * Over 750 step-by-step photos * 60 pattern recipes, with author's favorite variations Charlie Craven has been a commercial fly tier for more than thirty years, tying flies for almost every species of gamefish, freshwater and saltwater, though he specializes in trout flies for the Rockies. He is a signature tier for Umpqua Feather Merchants, which produces fifteen of his patterns. His first book is Basic Fly Tying (978-0-9793460-2-6). He was the photographer and fly tier for Barr Flies (978-0-8117-0236-2), and photographer, author, and tier for the Fly Fisherman Foundation Forty found on flyfisherman.com, as well as the tier for the FlyBench iPhone app. Craven is co-owner of Charlie's Fly Box in Olde Town Arvada, Colorado, which was the winner of the 2009 Fly Fishing Retailer of the Year Award.
Download or read book How to Teach Yourself and Your Family to Swim Well written by Charles Sava and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 1960 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a special section on introducing young children to water.
Download or read book Tying Streamers written by Charlie Craven and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn all the essential tying techniques for the top streamer patterns from master fly tier Charlie Craven. The 18 featured patterns with recipes and complete step-by-step instructions include a mix of classic and modern patterns to showcase not only fish-catching flies, but also the best range of techniques. Includes tips from other top tiers, the latest information on new materials, 50 additional top patterns and recipes, and more than 800 color photos. Featured flies include Baby Gonga, Black Ghost, Clouser, Dirty Hippy, Double Bunny, Game Changer, Heifer Groomer, Lead Eyed Bugger, Matuka, Mickey Finn, Muddler, Platte River Special, Platte River Spider, Sculpzilla, Slumpbuster, Sparkle Minnow, Tequeely, and Thin Mint.
Download or read book Swimming Across written by Andrew Grove and published by Plunkett Lake Press. This book was released on 2019-08-09 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elegant and concise, this childhood memoir of Andy Grove, one of the pioneers of Silicon Valley, begins in Budapest, Hungary where the author was born into a secular Jewish family in 1936. As a small child, Andris Grof was told, “Jesus Christ was killed by the Jews, and because of that, all of the Jews will be thrown into the Danube.” Grof’s school years were marked by such anti-semitism and interrupted first by the Nazi occupation and then by the post-war Communist regime. He was a good student who excelled at chemistry which he was studying at the University of Budapest when the Hungarian uprising of 1956 persuaded him to “swim across” the border and emigrate to the West. Grove provides an interesting sketch of a boy’s coming of age in a deeply dangerous 20th century Budapest under the control of Nazis and then Communists and concludes the memoir with an account of his escape and eventual resumption of his studies at the City College of New York. “Haunting and inspirational. It should be required reading in schools.” — Tom Brokaw “A poignant memoir... a moving reminder of the meaning of America and the grit and courage of a remarkable young man who became one of America’s phenomenal success stories.” — Henry Kissinger “This honest and riveting account gives a fascinating insight into the man who wroteOnly the Paranoid Survive.” — George Soros “Andy Grove is a tremendous role model, and his book sheds light on his amazing journey. I would choose him as my doubles partner any day!” — Monica Seles “Combines a unique and often harrowing personal experience with the virtues of fiction at its most engrossing — vivid scenes, sharply delineated characters, and an utterly compelling narrative... a wonderful reading experience.” — Richard North Patterson “A poignant tale leading to human courage and hope.” — Elie Wiesel “Grove, the founder and chairman of Intel Corporation, does not whine about his hardships. Instead he recalls ordinary events and matter-of-factly juxtaposes these against the turmoil of midcentury Hungary, creating a subtle though compelling commentary on the power to endure.” — Diane Scharper, The New York Times “Swimming Across tells the childhood stories [Grove] has guarded since first entering the public eye four decades ago... [It] is driven not by executives battling for money and power, but the experiences — some mundane, some extraordinary — of a nonobservant Jewish boy growing up in Hungary through a fascist regime, a Nazi invasion and a Soviet occupation.” — Chris Gaither, The New York Times “ The intelligence, dedication and ingenuity that earned him fame and fortune (he wasTime’s Man of the Year in 1997) are evident early on... Grove’s story stands smartly amid inspirational literature by self-made Americans” — Publishers Weekly “A tight, simply told, extremely intimate memoir... a polished, solid portrait of a particular time and place.” — Kirkus “[A] moving and inspiring memoir... Grove’s account of life in Hungary in the 1950s is a vivid picture of a tumultuous period in world history.” — Booklist
Download or read book Breakthrough Swimming written by Cecil Colwin and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before has one book taken such a comprehensive look at the evolution, science, and coaching application of competitive swimming. In Breakthrough Swimming, legendary swimming coach and researcher Cecil Colwin provides a rich perspective on the development of the sport and explains major advances in stroke mechanics, training methods, and racing techniques. Accompanied by richly detailed illustrations, this engaging text is one of the most insightful written works on the sport. It makes clear sense out of the scientific principles and puts into context the historical changes in the sport. Not only will you gain a greater understanding of competitive swimming through its origins and evolution, but you'll also gain these valuable skills: - Improve your stroke technique, starts, and turns. - Improve your feel of the water by learning to anticipate and effectively manipulate the reacting flow of the water. - Understand the hydrodynamics of swimming and learn how water reacts to the forces you apply with each swimming stroke. - Improve your conditioning and develop a better training program by understanding the principles of training. - Learn how to design different types of workouts to produce specific physiological effects. - Learn how to plan a seasonal program and how to relate your training to the pace of the race you intend to swim. The book includes a chapter contributed by Dr. David Pyne, sport physiologist to the 2000 Australian Olympic swimming team. Pyne covers the physiology of modern swimming training and the preparation of swimming teams for top-flight international competition. Breakthrough Swimming covers every aspect of competitive swimming from its spawning ground in early 19th-century England to the present day, including the profound changes that occurred in the last decade of the 20th century. The book also explains the societal changes of recent years, such as the advent of professional swimming and the specter of performance-enhancing drugs. Combining history with the latest innovations, Breakthrough Swimming is the definitive work on the past, present, and future of competitive swimming.
