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Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and author Andy Kirkpatrick. Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.
‘The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.’Unknown Pleasures is a collection of works by the climber and award-winning author Andy Kirkpatrick.Obsessed with climbing and addicted to writing, Kirkpatrick is a master storyteller. Covering subjects as diverse as climbing, relationships, fatherhood, mental health and the media, it is easy to read, sometimes difficult to digest, and impossible to forget.One moment he is attempting a rare solo ascent of Norway’s Troll Wall, the next he is surrounded by the TV circus while climbing Moonlight Buttress with the BBC’s The One Show presenter Alex Jones. Yosemite’s El Capitan is ever-present; he climbs it alone – strung out for weeks, and he climbs it with his thirteen-year-old daughter Ella – her first big wall.His eye for observation and skilled wordcraft make for laugh-out-loud funny moments, while in more hard-hitting pieces he is unflinchingly honest about past and present love and relationships, and pulls no punches with an alternative perspective of our place in the world. Unknown Pleasures is Andy Kirkpatrick at his brilliant best.
Eleven stories in a darker mood from Hugh Ashton, the acclaimed author of the Deed Box and Dispatch-box of Sherlock Holmes adventures. Settings range from a 16th-century Italian galley, through a 19th century country house, to the author's home city of Lichfield. Contains strong language and adult themes.
After her marriage to a high-powered CEO ends after 28 years, Wimsey Reade moves to the Old England Retirement Village on Lake LBJ in Texas' beautiful Hill Country. All she wants is some peace and quiet-but her first day in the village, a woman she meets by chance is inexplicably murdered. Because of what Wimsey may have witnessed, the detective in charge of the case asks for her help. At that time the news hits that Wimsey's ex-husband, head of an international communications company, is indicted on felony charges of mail fraud and money laundering, and she stumbles upon evidence that may convict him. Soon Wimsey is being stalked. Is it because of her ex-husband or the woman's murder? To find out, Wimsey throws a Halloween party which succeeds a little too well when a mannequin comes to life.
If you can't stand the heat...Rachel Jackson hails from one of Driscoll Lake's wealthiest families. Like her father, she became a doctor and is now a respected physician. But despite her successful career, Rachel feels something is missing from her life-until she crosses paths with Brian Nichols.The son of a hard-working mother and alcoholic father, Brian acted out when he was young, earning a reputation as a troublemaker. As an adult, he's worked hard to clean up his act and now owns a burgeoning construction company.Rachel and Brian form an unlikely friendship which begins to blossom into something more. But a series of structure fires-determined to be arson-puts Brian in the hot seat. The properties are all associated with his work, making him the prime suspect. Toss in his juvenile history, and he finds himself the focus of a tenacious investigator. Even Rachel starts to have doubts.Brian struggles to save his relationship, his company, and his reputation. But unless the real arsonist is caught before striking again, everything Brian holds dear may go up in smoke.
Disjointed thoughts. Fragments of memory. A secret war. Conflict in Vietnam began many years before the official record, and it was never really about communism. It also didn't end in 1975 as history books say. In fact, it never did. From a foregone past to a distant future, black ops programs toil in the shadows to transform men into super soldiers. But the art of creating killers is far from perfect, and these men inevitably find themselves lost in the surreal landscape of their own minds, clouded by the fog of war. Their stories are different, yet the same. They remember leaving for war, and being in the war, but they don't remember ever going home. Whether in the 1960's or the 2100's, they dwell in the same world. One in which they all could be the same person, the same Unknown Soldier.
I am writing this book because I want to discuss a piece of American/World History about World War II that no one has thoroughly examined. I am not a historical revisionist, nor am I a member of the American right-wing. I am neither a supporter in no shape or form of fascist ideology either. I just want to take a closer look at a piece of World War II history that has not been looked at very much by mainstream historians.
The year is 2144; cities and farmlands have been destroyed by the encroaching ocean; genocides were carried out to cull the human population to save resources for those deemed worthy of them. Society, as we know it, no longer exists; in its place, a globalist, governing system based on genetic segregation. Layla, a prostitute only as a means to provide for her mother and siblings, is procured into indentured servitude by the handsome and well-meaning son of a corrupt politician. A strange love arises between the two as they struggle against the adversity of a segregated society, their inner demons, and embark on a perilous journey to the other side of the world, in search of a place where their love isn't a criminal offense.
ABOUT THE BOOKSeventeen-year-old Jared leads a normal but boring life. Then, one night, an oval-shaped stone with strange markings lands in his backyard during a strange thunderstorm with green lightning. As Jared explores the power of the stone, known as an Incognal, it begins transporting him to and from a strange alternate world called the Kingdom of Onteria.Jared attempts to keep the Incognal and Onteria hidden from his family. But when Jared's mother discovers the Incognal's presence, the secret life she's been living (for over ONE HUNDRED years ) becomes exposed. It turns out that the Incognal did not appear randomly but rather chose Jared for a destiny previously unknown to him. Will Jared overcome a difficult odyssey to fulfill that destiny, or will dark forces in Onteria prevent him from doing so? Read and find out.ABOUT THE AUTHORJOHNNIE WEST grew up in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he joined the Army, later retiring in 2015. During his time in the Army, Johnnie was awarded the Bronze Star and numerous other awards for his role during tours in Iraq and Afghanistan and as an Intelligence Analyst for Sapper Company, a unit of combat-focused engineers. He currently lives in Utah with his wife, whom he married in 1991, and he has four children and seven grandchildren. Johnnie enjoys traveling with his wife, visiting Las Vegas, and going on cruises. He also enjoys writing and published his award-winning sci-fi novel, Alien Orders, in 2022.
Unknown Battlefields, The Footsteps of a Soldier
Marvis Cox; Dave Mills; Barbara Scandrick-Smith
Pa-Pro-VI Publishing
2022
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There are a number of reasons one would choose to go into battle. The word battle, according to Webster Dictionary, is defined as, a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces or participation in such hostile encounters or engagements.Individuals choosing to join the military, do so with the understanding that they are going to be trained for "battle." Some join to find a purpose or learn a skill while others might join as a sense of patriotic duty or a desire to serve their country. Regardless the reason, because of their choice, we are able to enjoy the freedoms we hold so dearly. The collection of stories contained within these pages are the true accounts of the Unknown Battlefields these individuals faced during their service to our country. Whether they saw battle in Vietnam, Desert Storm, Iraq or was a military spouse or rendered dedicated service to the Department of Defense, these are their stories.
A young man whose mother had been killed while his father was driving drunk continued to live with his father. The abuse he suffered while the drink controlled his dad was unbearable. He decided to leave home and live under a bridge if he had to Looking for a warm place to sleep, he tried to get into a church. He remembered that some friends had said that churches were heated all the time. Before he got in the window, he swore a demon tried to get him Finally, he walked to his grandmother's house. As he played the piano, he and a group of friends became famous as the Bad Boys. But life was miserable. Finding his grandmother dead in her chair as she waited up for his "gig" to end devastated him. Changing his life wasn't as easy as he thought it might be. But the process, which he determined to travel, was wrought with many problems. After many years of serving God, he realized, as he looked at the bodies of his buddies who were part of the Bad Boys, his choice was the best.
Charlotte Mary Yonge was a British writer during the 19th century. She devoted her writing to the church and the Oxford Movement, which strove to bring the church back to the ideals of the 17th century. Among the best known of her works are Heartsease; or, The Brother's Wife (1854), The Daisy Chain; or, Aspirations (1856), A History of Christian Names (1863, revised 1884), A Book of Golden Deeds (1864), The Dove in the Eagle's Nest (1866), Life of John Coleridge Patteson: Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands (1873) and Hannah More (1888). In Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland the story of Cicely Tailbot is told. Cicely was the daughter of Mary Stewart. The story of Mary's captivity is told in detail and the portrait of Elizabeth is done in an excellent manner.
Book 1 of the Omega House Series, an Alpha/Omega MPreg book. Max was rescued from the Roger & Associates breeding farm...but he wasn't actually a breeding omega there. He was hidden away for most of his life by a caring beta, just trying to survive. When he gets to Omega House, he's not sure who he can trust, so he keeps everyone at a distance. Until an alpha walks in that stirs feelings in Max that he doesn't understand. They're scary and foreign...and arousing. He tries to fight the pull, but when he's placed in a dangerous situation, only one person is connected enough to help him.
Jennifer Wilson spent the last seventeen years raising her younger sister Kelsey, after a boating accident killed their parents. It hasn't always been easy - especially with her sister's best friend, Riley Blake, always hanging around. Riley hasn't had an easy life either. Growing up with an alcoholic father, abandoned by her mother when she was ten, Riley has learned to cope with being on her own. Her friendship with Kelsey is the only thing steadfast in her life, and she cherishes it.When tragedy and secrets emerge, Jennifer and Riley must learn to lean on each other. The growing attraction between them only complicates matters. When events conspire to keep them apart, will they trust the unknown forces that keep pushing them together, or hide from their feelings forever?
After escaping from a watery dungeon in Venice, astrophysics PhD candidate Andromeda ""Andie"" Robertson and investigative reporter Cal Miller are whisked to Bologna by a member of the mysterious Leap Year Society. A deadly confrontation with the Society's bitter rivals, the Ascendants, sends Andie and Cal on the run once again, desperate to solve the Star Phone puzzle so they can reclaim their lives and rescue their loved ones. Brilliantly juxtaposing a modern-day thriller with a historical search for a missing physicist, REVELATION probes ever deeper into the mounting mysteries surrounding Andie and her past. What is the source of her strange hallucinations? What are the true origins of the Leap Year Society and the Ascendants? How are her mother and her mentor, Dr. James Corwin, involved? From Italy to India and New York to Buenos Aires, Andie and Cal risk their lives to probe a secret world hidden in plain sight, drawing closer to answers that will determine not only their own fates, but who controls a new frontier of knowledge. From the author of the bestselling Dominic Grey novels, Genesis is a mind-bending thriller about how far two people will go for answers, and to save the ones they love.