Harry Barker reveals all in this lighthearted tale. It tracks his progress from playing for his school team through to top professional football. Harry explains some of the mysteries behind major footballing events of the sixties. He is there when the World Cup is stolen, he meets and influences household names both within and outside football and his continual pursuit of the ladies leads him further and further into trouble. How did the young Yorkshireman lose the World Cup for England, bring down the government and kick-off the swinging sixties let alone survive to old age?
Eight kings of England were the named Henry, but only two of them were born as heirs to the throne and these – the third and sixth – proved to be the weakest. Two seized the crown by force of arms, one by craft and opportunistic speed, and one by skilful diplomacy and an early flowering of that great British virtue, compromise. Among their number are saints and monsters, the best known and the least known of English kings. One was a storybook hero, leading an army to triumph against overwhelming odds. Another sat out a battle, singing to himself and playing with his fingers while the arrows flew. Half of them have been accused of murder, though in general the actual killings were carried out by others. When we look at the contributions made by the eight kings of that name, we find they underpin almost every aspect of our nation and its institutions. To the first two we owe our legal system and department of finance, to the third, intentionally or otherwise, the origins of our parliament. The fifth decreed the widespread use of English in official documents, leading to dramatic developments in that language. The seventh transformed the tax system and introduced legal reforms that curbed the power of the nobility. The eighth, again arguably unintentionally, brought into being the Church of England. Between them, these English monarchs represent every possible shade of kingship, and each in his own time was ‘Harry of England’.
Harry Livingstone was a small town doctor from Listowel, Ontario when he felt the pull of patriotism that led him to volunteer in the First World War. In 1917, Livingstone found himself embarking on a strange journey that took him to China, where he would inspect, and ultimately travel back to Canada with, men who became known as the Chinese Labour Corps. Once in Canada, the Chinese under Livingstone's care travelled across Canada in secret trains bound for Halifax. All news about the trains and the men was censored. On board crowded ships, the men crossed the U-boat-infested Atlantic. They were then put to work to keep the war machine in motion - digging trenches, hauling supplies, repairing military vehicles, and the grisly job of cleaning up the battlefields. About 300,000 Chinese labourers were recruited by the British,French, and Russian allies during the First World War. Nearly 84,000 of them passed through Canada on their way to France. Livingstone and other officers kept diaries and journals, and wrote letters home telling of their experiences with the Chinese. From these first-person accounts as well as historical records and from rare letters written by Chinese labourers themselves, author Dan Black offers for the first time a full account of Canadians and the Chinese Labour Corps - a story that had mostly been unknown until now.
Flames follow high schooler and aspiring movie star Harry Flanagan wherever he goes. Despite a disastrous attempt at driving a bike through a burning refrigerator box in second grade, high schooler Harry Flanagan never gives up his goal of becoming a movie star or at least a stuntman. However, since the bicycle episode, it seems as if fires pop up everywhere Harry goes, earning him the infamous nickname of "Harry Flammable." Now a shed at Harry’s school has been set on fire, destroying Work Experience Counsellor Shamberg’s new mountain bike – and Harry’s charred cap was found at the scene. Harry’s dream Work Experience placement with Pocket Money Pictures is given to another student, and Harry is forced to take a position with Chef Antonio at the restaurant in The Ritz, the hotel Pocket Money Pictures’ staff is staying at while filming a historical adventure flick set in China. Will Harry find a new way into the movie of his dreams, or will he be forced to endure a placement he hates and an inevitable kitchen fire … or two?
THE SECOND DEATHWORLD NOVEL That mores is strictly a matter of local custom cannot be denied. But that ethics is pure opinion also. . . ? Maybe there are times for murder, and theft and slavery. . . .
Harry's Secret is a spicy autobiographical novel with two interconnected love triangles: The first involves Harry, a bitter 86-year-old prisoner of war hero; his lovely daughter, Melissa, 38, a graphic artist and psychic; and Mark, a 64-year-old Coloring Book Artist, novelist, and unabashed storyteller who inadvertently comes between them. The second triangle includes sexy Kate, 77, Mark's best friend; Kate's handsome 55-year-old lover, Jorge; and the bitter and jealous Harry. The story begins in an idyllic Mexican seaside village, moves to New Mexico, crosses several American states to California, and is peppered along the way with travel snippets from South America, Europe, and Africa. Ronald L. Donaghe - Professional Evaluation Editor: "This is some of the best characterization I've seen in a work. The descriptions are concrete, with great, vivid, relevant detail. From start to finish this is a satisfying read involving human nature, human weakness, the urge for happiness and fulfillment, and all sorts of human interaction with one another and with the environment. There is a very clever plot of just what it is that makes Harry a bitter old man." The sequel, Diary of a True Christian (year?), explores the need for a coalition in America between Environmentalists and Christians. Carl, introduced in Harry's Secret, authors the Diary. Ron Stock lives with his love, Melody, in the mountains of New Mexico, but his creative heart resides in the juxtaposition of colors on canvas and the arrangement of words on paper. He's an award winning poet and painter, and a Sanctioned Director with the American Contract Bridge League.
