Bill Allison was born and raised inthe Northern steel town of Scunthorpe England and has had a varied career as a Truck and Bus driver, salesman, manager, prison officer and trader. His interest in writing developed in the 1990s drawing on his experiences of travel to interesting places and meeting fascinating people. His novels are easy to read stories concentrating on keeping the reader engaged and interested from start to finish.
This Is What a Hero Looks Like is a companion photography book to the award-winning documentary, Jim Allison: Breakthrough (www.breakthroughdoc.com), expanding on the film’s portrait of Nobel Prize-winning scientist Jim Allison, the book celebrates cancer scientists from all over the world at different stages in their career – all united by their passion to defeat one of the world’s deadliest diseases. Anchored by heartwarming personal stories from Jim Allison and Padmanee Sharma, his partner in life and in the lab, and featuring a forward from filmmaker Bill Haney. This Is What a Hero Looks Like presents photographs and stories from scientists spanning the globe, such as Matthew, a former US paratrooper whose personal battle with cancer inspired him to pursue a career in science, and Luisel, whose passion for science began while watching manatees of the coast of Puerto Rico and continues undeterred as she runs her own University cancer research laboratory. Featuring more than 85 scientists from 35 countries, this photography book celebrates the inherent joys and wonder of science and the scientists whose creativity, irreverence, and boundless passion for their work inspires us all.
Charles Lewis, Bill Allison, and a team of researchers from the Center for Public Integrity -- an organization that the National Journal called "a watchdog in the corridors of power" -- investigated how millions of high-income adults and some major corporations cheat the government of billions through tax avoidance (legal), tax evasion (illegal), or tax "avoision" (catch me if you can). Now Lewis and his team provide explosive revelations about who cheats and how they do it, from offshore banks to foreign "tax havens." Case studies of the most brazen dodgers will have taxpayers seeing red in this eye-opening report that puts the IRS on notice. Sure to enlighten and outrage, The Cheating of America is a must -- read for every citizen.
A mysterious blind vagrant wanders the streets. Injured Civil War veterans struggle to survive. Radical tramps seize the railroad junction as Enoch Moyer awakes to his first day as an apprentice at a Pennsylvania dry goods store. Removed from school, the fatherless fourteen year old is indentured to work and live for four years in the competitive world of this diverse industrial town. Between a harsh master and a jealous senior apprentice, Enoch s spirit is nearly broken until he discovers the secret to gain his master s respect and disarm his rival. After enrolling in the community apprentice association, Enoch uncovers a plot to harm his master s family. Partnering with his fellow apprentices, they foil the crime, save his master s family, and arrest the transgressors and when the case comes to trial, Enoch faces the challenge of persuading the judicial system to punish the real criminals.
In this long-awaited autobiography, the legendary Bill Elliott details his childhood in rural North Georgia, building cars from scratch, struggling on the anonymous small-time tracks of the South to his against-the-odds rise to the pinnacle of NASCAR stardom: Winston Cup Champion. From Daytona to Talladega, from Bristol to Sonoma, ride shoulder to shoulder with Elliott as he battles Dale Earnhardt, Darrell Waltrip, Ricky Rudd, Rusty Wallace, and Alan Kulwicki for NASCAR's ultimate prize. Through Elliott's eyes we meet the colorful cast of old-school characters who built NASCAR: Cale Yarborough, Junior Johnson, the Allisons, Carl Kiekhaefer, and, of course, the France family. We join Bill in the car (and under it) as he sets the all-time record for the fastest official speed ever recorded in a stock car (a record he still holds today). Learn the secret—revealed for the first time—behind the Elliott family's unquestioned mastery of the sport's super speedways. Watch NASCAR grow from a southern diversion into a national phenomenon, and see Bill Elliott grow with it, ultimately becoming one of the sport's most popular heroes. In 1985 Elliott captured the inaugural Winston Million and became the first NASCAR driver ever to appear on the cover of Sports Illustrated. Three years later he captured the Winston Cup Championship. He went on to be voted NASCAR Driver of the Decade for the 1980s by NASCAR fans. He was also voted Most Popular Driver sixteen times. Elliott also shares his thoughts on the dark side of the racing life: the stresses it can place on relationships, the ever-present physical risks, and the weight of fame. He addresses the racing-related deaths of competitors and friends. He is candid and critical in discussing the intense rivalry between him and the late Dale Earnhardt, and he sheds new light on their storied relationship as well as on Earnhardt's shocking death. Elliott discusses the future of NASCAR with critiques of its management and restrictor plates, and he takes on the controversial issues of track and driver safety. A window into the compelling personality of Bill Elliott, as well as a primer on the ascent of America's fastestgrowing sport, this is the definitive insider's view of the rising NASCAR nation.
A thrilling, romantic, adventure mystery written by a man for women and men. The story follows the adversity and adventures of David Masters as he experiences a humbling but wonderful enforced overnight stay in a village where time and technology mean very little. He returns to his high-flying life in the city but the memory stays with him, slowly changing the perception of his own life. His greed plunges him into the mysterious world of the Quiet Men who drag him on a rollercoaster ride of emotion, pain and anguish. He tries in vain to find the village to return to see Rose, the beautiful red headed young woman who had bewitched him. Events take a disastrous turn when the sinister Swiss, Henric Glock, enters his life.
At the most hopeless and discouraging time of her life, Allison meets a group of new friends who have started studying the three primary Christian qualities of hope, faith, and love. As Allison begins to absorb the meaning, power, and truth of this "Dynamic Trio," she is introduced to new ideas, principles, and purposes that will change her life. With the help of her new friends, she applies hope, faith, and love to her own situation and is transformed from a lost and defeated person into someone with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. As you join Allison in her journey, you may come to a fresh understanding of these three qualities and begin to enrich and renew your own spiritual journey. About the Author: Bill Stewart was born and raised in Scotland. After completing his college education, he married Rita and they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where Bill attended seminary to continue his training for the ministry. Upon graduation, Bill and Rita moved to Canada to begin their ministry and Bill completed his work for a Doctorate of Ministry degree from Fuller Theological Seminary in California. Bill has been a contributing author for a number of books and articles. He has authored three other books: "Journey into Holiness," "Journey into Prayer," and "Journey into Wisdom." Bill and Rita have three sons and make their home in Riverview, New Brunswick. They have many interests but particularly enjoy hiking, reading and travel.
Caitlin O'Rourke is not your typical Irish-American lass. A former MVP on the Italian Pro Volleyball circuit, she is a has-been in her late 20s, prematurely retired due to a blown-out knee. Although retirement does not sit well with Kate, she soon finds herself so entangled in other peoples difficulties that she doesn't have time to dwell on her own problems. Kehough's Irish Pub in Nashville, Tennessee, with its upstairs apartment, is home to Kate, and the pub itself not only provides employment for her brother Seamus and his wife Mary Grace, but serves as an office for Kate's fledgling confidential inquiries business. In Icon Feel Your Power, the second Caitlin O'Rourke Mystery, Kate goes undercover to investigate a mentally unstable woman's claims that art objects are disappearing and reappearing in her mother-in-law's home. But when Kate's client is accused of murder and the arson used to cover it up, Kate must find a way to prove the woman's innocence by unmasking the real killer.
At the most hopeless and discouraging time of her life, Allison meets a group of new friends who have started studying the three primary Christian qualities of hope, faith, and love. As Allison begins to absorb the meaning, power, and truth of this “Dynamic Trio,” she is introduced to new ideas, principles, and purposes that will change her life. With the help of her new friends, she applies hope, faith, and love to her own situation and is transformed from a lost and defeated person into someone with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment. As you join Allison in her journey, you may come to a fresh understanding of these three qualities and begin to enrich and renew your own spiritual journey.
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