Stories of the First World War from the bestselling Terry Deary, author of the hugely successful Horrible Histories. France 1917—the war in the air. An air observer is shot down behind enemy lines and meets the German flying ace, the famous Red Baron.Photographer Alfred Adams was born 1 June 1896 and became an observer in WW1, taking pictures over enemy lines. He was shot down by the famous 'Red Baron' Manfred von Richthofen over France along with his pilot Donald Stewart on 5 April 1917. They landed across enemy lines and both survived as prisoners of war. The tale tells how Alfred ended up spending his 21st birthday in a German prisoner of war camp, where he was visited by the Red Baron himself. The master historical storyteller gives readers aged 7+ a fascinating look at the First World War in the air, from both sides. Views: 19
Daniel is sick of his wonderfully boring and predictable life. He dutifully gets up every morning, goes to class, goes to work, and it never changes. He does, says and even wears exactly what others expect of him. He's so predictable that he barely notices just how unhappy he truly is. One afternoon, everything changes when Daniel meets a girl on the run from her own demons. She doesn't need Daniel's help, but he offers and she accepts--setting a course for an adventure neither will soon forget. Together, on an impromptu road trip, two strangers become friends and a bit more, all while facing money problems, car problems, and tourist traps and the naked truth: they can't run forever. Will they finally stop running long enough to discover true and lasting love? Views: 19
Building Something Hot: Chapter One"Mom, I don't see why you feel the need to move all the way to Texas!" Briella stared at her mother. In all her twenty-four years, she had never faced something that made her so angry and so sad at the same time.Chapter TwoJameson flew back to New York the next day. He wasn't helping much with the move anyway. It seemed like all he did while he was there was complain and get in the way, so the girls were secretly pleased he was out of their hair.Chapter ThreeThe girls spent the next day helping Charlee finish unpacking. The house was really shaping up and already starting to look like a home. There was plenty of space that had yet to be filled, but Charlee would enjoy taking care of that in the months to come. When the last box was finally emptied, all three women gave a yell of victory and collapsed on the living room furniture.Chapter FourKason and Dexter spent the next hour showing Briella and Mila different sites along the lake. Briella couldn't help but notice how absolutely beautiful it was on the lake, like a wonderland of nature, and how lucky Kason was to live right beside it.Chapter FiveThe plane ride home was relatively quiet, with both girls lost in their own daydreams. When they landed in New York, they hailed a cab and went back to their apartment.Chapter SixThe next morning Mila and Briella headed to work. "You look like shit, honey. Did you even get any sleep?" Mila asked, looking at Briella's puffy eyes and the dark circles underneath.Chapter Seven"So, looks like you two worked things out?" Mila asked, and smiled at a very happy Kason and Briella.Chapter EightThe next morning Briella woke up in Kason's arms. She immediately remembered the night before and smiled broadly. She felt as if the whole world could fall down around her, but as long as she was in his arms, it wouldn't matter. She could get used to waking up with him like this every morning, if only they lived in the same city.Chapter NineWhen the guys got home that night, they called to let Briella and Mila know they'd made it. They sounded exhausted, so the girls didn't talk for too long. Briella and Mila thanked them for the shirts, and said they had been wearing them all day.Chapter TenThe girls wouldn't be able to see Dexter and Kason for another three weeks, until they made it to Texas. But as Kason reminded her, there were ways around that. Briella and Kason both bought webcams so they could see each other when they were talking on the computer. It wasn't the same as being together, but it was the next best thing. They spent plenty of time talking and watching each other while they did.Chapter ElevenThe next morning, Kason's alarm clock buzzed promptly at six. He tried to shut it off before it woke Briella, but it took too long because one of his arms was underneath her. She yawned and stretched as he shifted his arm and pushed the button to silence the alarm.Chapter TwelveTwo hours later, there was still no word on Charlee's condition. Kason was pacing in front of the nurse's station, waiting for someone to give him some new information. After another fifteen minutes, a doctor came out to the lobby of the ER.Chapter ThirteenWhen the group got to the hospital, they headed straight to the fourth floor. They were told by the nursing staff that Charlee had made some progress overnight, and that she was out of Intensive Care. Visitation was no longer limited to one person at a time for five minutes. Briella was elated to hear about her progress, and hoped that everything would be okay after all.Chapter FourteenEverything after that seemed to pass in a blur for Briella. There was so much to do, and that helped keep her from breaking down with grief. She notified all of Charlee's friends, then went to the funeral home to make arrangements. She chose a casket and headstone and made plans for the wake, all the while running on autopilot.Chapter FifteenMonday morning, everyone returned to work. No one was surprised when Briella announced she and Mila would be running the company, and that Kason was now a part owner. There were a few older architects who seemed resentful that people so young were now running the company. Briella sensed this and told everyone that if they were uncomfortable with the new management, they were free to leave and would get positive recommendations for new jobs.Chapter SixteenAfter a fun-filled weekend of shopping in New York, Briella found herself back at work Monday morning. It had been a typical Monday, between meetings, paperwork, and project updates, but that all changed with a single package that arrived just before lunch.Chapter Seventeen"Someone get over here and help her!" Kason yelled, with tears streaming down his face.Chapter EighteenThe wedding was only a month and a half away, and Briella and Kason were busy trying to tie up last minute plans. Mila had been traveling a lot, drumming up new business for the firm, making the demand for their designs higher than ever. Briella had to hire four new architects to ensure deadlines were met.Chapter NineteenA few days before the wedding, Briella went for her final dress fitting. Luckily, Briella's dress still fit, and if anything, it was a little too big in the waist. The bust was tighter, but looked as though it was made to fit that way.Chapter TwentyBriella and Kason sat in the limo cuddling on the way to the reception. The photographer had kept them and the wedding party at the church for forty-five minutes after the guests had left, then sent them on their way, telling them he would get more pictures at the reception. The wedding party was following in a different limo, giving Briella and Kason some time to be alone.Chapter Twenty-OneBriella and Kason sat in the waiting room of the doctor's office, nervously waiting to be called for Briella's first ultrasound. "We won't be able to see too much this early, mostly just the heartbeat," Briella told Kason.Chapter Twenty-TwoBriella lay in her bed watching Mila apply makeup in the bathroom. Mila was getting ready for her first date since she and Dexter had broken up, and she had asked Briella if she could get ready at her house, to avoid tension with Dexter.OTHER BOOKS BY STEPHANIE NICOLE Views: 19
Soon after Libby becomes a matchmaker, attempting to bring together her father and Annika, a gifted violinist boards the steamboat. As Annika joins Pa as a teacher in the Christina's classroom, Captain Norstad asks his students, "What is most important to you? What do you really want?"When Libby, Caleb, Jordan, and Peter seek the answer for their lives, they face mystery and hardship: Who stole the fiddler's treasured violin? Where is Jordan's biggest enemy? What has become of Annika? Can the Christina escape a winter ice storm? How can God possibly make all things work together for good?And what is the fiddler's secret? What is his challenge for Freedom Seekers of every place and time?Find out in The Fiddler's Secret, the sixth and final novel in the Freedom Seekers series. Views: 19
An obscure medical researcher develops Bevvinase, the "miracle enzyme" capable of driving carbon dioxide-to oxygen conversion within the organism, a radical innovation that opens the hostile Martian environment to permanent colonization. Decades later, several hundred Burroughs Enclave denizens are teetering on the brink of becoming a "lost colony" when former intelligence officer and alpinist Jesperson, together with his work-partner Barnes, both deported felons, are among the few hundred "Marsrats" - Mars-rationalized, carbon-dioxide-breathing humans - living within the pressurized, roof-shielded crater housing Burroughs in proximity to the long shadow of the immense Olympus Mons shield volcano and its vast aqueduct system, the sole source of essential water. A minor eruption and ensuing quake causes unknown damage to the aqueduct system, and the flow of water abruptly ceases, while at the same time a brewing earthly economic crisis provides a reason for the enclave's former... Views: 19
RetailIn an America torn apart by the Vietnam War and the demise of sixties idealism, airplane hijackings were astonishingly routine. Over a five-year period starting in 1968, the desperate and disillusioned seized commercial jets nearly once a week, using guns, bombs, and jars of acid. Some hijackers wished to escape to foreign lands, where they imagined being hailed as heroes; others aimed to swap hostages for sacks of cash. Their criminal exploits mesmerized the country, never more so than when the young lovers at the heart of Brendan I. Koerner’s The Skies Belong to Us pulled off the longest-distance hijacking in American history.A shattered Army veteran and a mischievous party girl, Roger Holder and Cathy Kerkow commandeered Western Airlines Flight 701 as a vague protest against the war. Through a combination of savvy and dumb luck, the couple managed to flee across an ocean with a half-million dollars in ransom, a feat that made them notorious around the globe. Koerner spent four years chronicling this madcap tale, which involves a cast of characters ranging from exiled Black Panthers to African despots to French movie stars. He combed through over 4,000 declassified documents and interviewed scores of key figures in the drama—including one of the hijackers, whom Koerner discovered living in total obscurity. Yet The Skies Belong to Us is more than just an enthralling yarn about a spectacular heist and its bittersweet, decades-long aftermath. It is also a psychological portrait of America at its most turbulent, and a testament to the madness that can grip a nation when politics fail.Review"A star-crossed, anti-hero love story that will transport you back to the '70s." –New York Post"The true story of young lovers who commandeer a flight from LAX to Seattle and get away with one of the biggest skyjackings in American history." –Los Angeles Magazine"A riveting, highly readable tale of terror in the skies." –Kirkus Reviews"Koerner crafts thorough research into a perceptive, riveting presentation." –Booklist"Gripping… A fascinating look at the history of skyjacking. The odyssey of Holder’s life before and after his act of terror, aided by his lover, Cathy Kerkow, makes for a compelling read.” –Publishers Weekly"Brendan I. Koerner has meticulously reconstructed one of the maddest and most fascinating crime stories in American history. The result is a riveting and illuminating book that will hold you in its spell.” – David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z"The Skies Belong to Us is one of the most exciting and fascinating books that I've read this year. It recreates a time when American skyjackings were so common – and casual – that they occurred every week, and brings you into the thrilling heart of one of the most audacious hijackings in history. I couldn't stop reading, and what's most amazing is that it's all true.” – Charles Duhigg, author of The Power of Habit"Brendan I. Koerner has turned an odd, nearly forgotten aerial-hijacking episode into an astonishing, hilarious, and un-put-downable true-crime narrative. I had no idea that any story could connect the Eldridge Cleaver of the Sixties with the TSA miseries of today's air travel, but The Skies Belong to Us does that and much more. This is a marvelously entertaining, instructive, and humane book.” – James Fallows, National Correspondent for The Atlantic and author of China Airborne"Besides being a can't-put-it-down page-turner and an evocative recollection of a forgotten slice of history, The Skies Belong To Us feels uncannily relevant today in its depiction of how political forces can impede rational solutions to criminal violence.” – Benjamin Wallace, author of The Billionaire’s Vinegar"A thrill ride through the turbulent times when airline hijackings were a weekly occurrence, The Skies Belong to Us is true-crime writing at its best. Fast-paced and hard to put down, Brendan I. Koerner’s historical page-tuner artfully reconstructs one of the most astonishing skyjackings of Vietnam War era while telling a larger story of politics, money, and how air travel became what it is today.” – Nick Turse, author of Kill Anything That MovesFrom the Publisher“Such pure pop storytelling that reading it is like hearing the best song of summer squirt out of the radio. Both the author and his subjects are so audacious that they frequently made me laugh out loud.” –Dwight Garner, New York Times "The ratio of astonishing facts to words per page makes this book a terrifically fun summer read." –Kathryn Schulz, New York Magazine Views: 19
General history of life in the Middle Ages covering how people in the British Isles lived from 500-1500. From the peasants meals to the royal banquet table, clothing styles and fabric worn by both men and women, medical and dental care treatments, family life and women's roles, festivals, music, titles, knights, castles, wenches, saints, The Church, weapons and war. Written by New York Times #1 Bestselling author Sherrilyn Kenyon as a guide to building the worlds for her many bestselling historical novels.
About the Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon is the recipient of the prestigious Georgia College Alumni Achievement Award. She was Literary guest of honor at the 2010 national Sci-Fi and Fantasy Convention, Dragon*Con. Sherrilyn Kenyon has had seventeen #1 Bestsellers in three years in four different genres, is published in over 100 countries, and has over 30 million copies in print.
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