Journey with me into the abyss, a world far more dangerous than space!What's this book about? Life. Death. Imminent danger. Unexpected reprieve. Victory. Defeat. Success. Failure. Thermo-nuclear war. True love. Loss. High drama. Low comedy. Ronald Reagan. Mikhail Gorbachev. And Bond, James Bond.They're all here. Ninety amazing and entirely true tales of swash-buckling adventure on the sea and beneath it, as a boy grows into manhood steadfastly pursuing his lifelong dream, wins a million-to-one shot to become a Hydronaut, and lives a life of high adventure undersea exploring the abyss, a world far more dangerous than space.The author states:I have been trapped on the seafloor twice. Deluged by flooding as I dove a submarine to its maximum depth. In control of a submerged submarine on fire. Alone on a sinking boat at night, bailing to stay alive. Out of air with empty lungs while diving 90 feet down. Next to a fool about to light his cigarette as we stood on 66,000 gallons of high-octane gasoline. And I have had the chance to do and see amazing things, enough for ten lives.I have sailed 100,000 miles in submarines, dove more than three miles to the abyssal seafloor of the Pacific, and explored an alien world far more dangerous than space. I have gone to places on Earth no one else ever will. I found the first naval aviator ever recovered from the abyss. I mapped the wreckage of USS Thresher. And I held thermonuclear targeting steady on Mother Russia as President Reagan met Gorbachev in Reykjavik.In this book, I tell those stories and more, 90 stories of a life spent undersea. These are the good parts, cooked down to short tales you can read on a bus, a lunch break, or in your bunk before lights out.Join me. I will take you places no one else can. You will survive, I promise, and have a good time along the way. So come on-dive in!"e;At turns gripping, compelling, and simply enchanting, Vetter's 30,000 Leagues Undersea is a door straight into a breathtaking world few human beings have ever touched ... or ever will."e; -- Holly Lisle.30,000 Leagues Undersea. Fiction adventures Jules Verne might have written. But I lived them.
Some Things ARE Worth Dying For...In AD 1095 Byzantine Emperor Alexios Komnenos begs Pope Urban II for Frankish knights to rescue the last bit of his Christian empire from a relentless Islamic invasion already 400 years old. In answer, Urban issues a call to the faithful to save Christendom. Many thousands respond, and their campaign to recover Jerusalem will be known to history as the First Crusade.Scottish Baron Godric MacEuan joins their ranks, and he is sorely needed. A decade earlier he scouted the Holy Land. Now he is highly-sought as a siege master. But Europe's castles are wooden, easily defeated by fire and battering rams. Holy Land cities are fortresses of stone, and the Crusaders have nothing that can conquer them.But Godric brings them tools they need most: expertise to defeat the toughest obstacles; the most powerful siege machine ever developed; and unshakable faith that God wills their victory.Nicaea blocks the road to Jerusalem. It must be taken. The time has come to March to Nicaea."e;Deus lo vult! God wills it!"e; The book is fiction ... but the story is true.
The Siege Master's Song:The Recollections of Lord Godric MacEuan on the First Crusade, Volume Twoby Tom VetterWhen justice is denied, vengeance will do.I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the entire kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law.Now, I am young, and often underestimated because of it. But that is a serious mistake, for I have a talent for destruction. And not even your castle can save you, for I destroy castles, too.Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England.Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance.So King Rufus rules England, and thinks himself safe to act as he likes because he wears its crown.But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills.------------------------------------------------------------SECOND VOLUME IN THE SIEGE MASTER SERIES, THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE TOLD AS NEVER BEFORE: AS THE FIRST-HAND RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCOTTISH KNIGHT WHO BATTLES TURKS, TURNCOATS, STARVATION, AND DEATH ITSELF TO WIN A CRUSADE AND RECOVER HOLY JERUSALEM. 384 pages. Release December 2016.
The Siege Master's Song: The Recollections of Lord Godric MacEuan on the First Crusade, Volume Two. Murder requires justice. But when one king murders another by treachery, who can get justice? I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law. Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England. Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance. So King Rufus thinks himself safe in England because he wears its crown. But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills. Second volume in The Siege Master series, epic story of the First Crusade retold as the first-hand recollections of a Scottish knight who battles Turks, starvation, and death itself to recover Holy Jerusalem. 384 pages.
The Siege Master's Song:The Recollections of Lord Godric MacEuan on the First Crusade, Volume Twoby Tom VetterWhen justice is denied, vengeance will do.I am Baron Godric MacEuan. As sheriff-at-large for Scotland, I rode the entire kingdom for King Malcolm Canmore, dealing with the worst of men to protect the innocent and enforce the king's law.Now, I am young, and often underestimated because of it. But that is a serious mistake, for I have a talent for destruction. And not even your castle can save you, for I destroy castles, too.Yet when good King Malcolm was treacherously slain, I could not save him, nor bring his killer to trial ... because his murderer was King William Rufus of England.Punish a king? You cannot. But you can take vengeance.So King Rufus rules England, and thinks himself safe to act as he likes because he wears its crown.But no man is truly safe from another set upon vengeance. Even a king. Especially from a man with my skills.------------------------------------------------------------SECOND VOLUME IN THE SIEGE MASTER SERIES, THE EPIC STORY OF THE FIRST CRUSADE TOLD AS NEVER BEFORE: AS THE FIRST-HAND RECOLLECTIONS OF A SCOTTISH KNIGHT WHO BATTLES TURKS, TURNCOATS, STARVATION, AND DEATH ITSELF TO WIN A CRUSADE AND RECOVER HOLY JERUSALEM. 384 pages. Release December 2016.
If Charles Bukowski, Lord Buckley, Jelly Roll Morton, Jack Kerouac, Little Richard, Bill Evans and Howlin' Wolf were all locked in a room 'til they came up with something, it'd probably sound nothing like Tom Waits. But you get the idea. A revealing collection of interviews - the first ever compiled on the bard of L.A. - containing four separate chats with Tom from different eras of his career. Includes a 16-page booklet filled with rare photos.
A father (Tom) hears his son Richard say, “School is OK except I don’t like learning numbers or arithmetic.” After dinner, Tom sits with Richard and tells him a story of a kingdom long ago where the use of numbers is forbidden by King Kcaj and of the chaos that ensues because of it. As Tom’s story unfolds, he hopes to instill in Richard a sense of the importance of learning numbers, counting, and arithmetic along with other life lessons.
Some Things ARE Worth Dying For...In AD 1095 Byzantine Emperor Alexios Komnenos begs Pope Urban II for Frankish knights to rescue the last bit of his Christian empire from a relentless Islamic invasion already 400 years old. In answer, Urban issues a call to the faithful to save Christendom. Many thousands respond, and their campaign to recover Jerusalem will be known to history as the First Crusade.Scottish Baron Godric MacEuan joins their ranks, and he is sorely needed. A decade earlier he scouted the Holy Land. Now he is highly-sought as a siege master. But Europe's castles are wooden, easily defeated by fire and battering rams. Holy Land cities are fortresses of stone, and the Crusaders have nothing that can conquer them.But Godric brings them tools they need most: expertise to defeat the toughest obstacles; the most powerful siege machine ever developed; and unshakable faith that God wills their victory.Nicaea blocks the road to Jerusalem. It must be taken. The time has come to March to Nicaea."e;Deus lo vult! God wills it!"e; The book is fiction ... but the story is true.
Journey with me into the abyss, a world far more dangerous than space!What's this book about? Life. Death. Imminent danger. Unexpected reprieve. Victory. Defeat. Success. Failure. Thermo-nuclear war. True love. Loss. High drama. Low comedy. Ronald Reagan. Mikhail Gorbachev. And Bond, James Bond.They're all here. Ninety amazing and entirely true tales of swash-buckling adventure on the sea and beneath it, as a boy grows into manhood steadfastly pursuing his lifelong dream, wins a million-to-one shot to become a Hydronaut, and lives a life of high adventure undersea exploring the abyss, a world far more dangerous than space.The author states:I have been trapped on the seafloor twice. Deluged by flooding as I dove a submarine to its maximum depth. In control of a submerged submarine on fire. Alone on a sinking boat at night, bailing to stay alive. Out of air with empty lungs while diving 90 feet down. Next to a fool about to light his cigarette as we stood on 66,000 gallons of high-octane gasoline. And I have had the chance to do and see amazing things, enough for ten lives.I have sailed 100,000 miles in submarines, dove more than three miles to the abyssal seafloor of the Pacific, and explored an alien world far more dangerous than space. I have gone to places on Earth no one else ever will. I found the first naval aviator ever recovered from the abyss. I mapped the wreckage of USS Thresher. And I held thermonuclear targeting steady on Mother Russia as President Reagan met Gorbachev in Reykjavik.In this book, I tell those stories and more, 90 stories of a life spent undersea. These are the good parts, cooked down to short tales you can read on a bus, a lunch break, or in your bunk before lights out.Join me. I will take you places no one else can. You will survive, I promise, and have a good time along the way. So come on-dive in!"e;At turns gripping, compelling, and simply enchanting, Vetter's 30,000 Leagues Undersea is a door straight into a breathtaking world few human beings have ever touched ... or ever will."e; -- Holly Lisle.30,000 Leagues Undersea. Fiction adventures Jules Verne might have written. But I lived them.
In 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen. Overthrowing the Queen examines these legends of fraud and abuse while bringing to light personal stories of hardship and hope told by cashiers, bus drivers, and business owners; politicians and aid providers; and, most important, aid recipients themselves. Together these stories reveal how the seemingly innocent act of storytelling can create not only powerful stereotypes that shape public policy, but also redemptive counter-narratives that offer hope of a more accurate, fair, and empathetic view of poverty in America today. Overthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extend far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.
In After Parmenides, Tom Rockmore takes us all the way back to the beginning of philosophy. Parmenides held that thought and being are one: what we know is what is. For Rockmore, this established both the good view that we should think of the world in terms of what the mind constructs as knowable entities as well as the bad view that there is some non-mind-dependent "thing"-the world, the real-which we can know or fail to know. No, Rockmore says: what we need to do is give up on the idea that there is any extra-mental "real" for us to know. We know and become acquainted with the objects of cognition that our mind constructs. After Parmenides illustrates the contest between variants of the "standard" view and variants of the "non-standard, constructivist view" in the history of philosophy, from Plato and Aristotle to Descartes and Locke, Leibniz, Spinoza, Hume, Kant, post-Kantians including Fichte, Hegel, and Schopenhauer, Marx, the early pragmatists, analytic philosophy, contemporary French speculative realism, and more. This ambitious but accessibly written book shows how new connections can be made in the history of philosophy when it is reread through a new lens"--
Lonely Planet Germany is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. See storybook castles arise from the Bavarian forest, raise a stein to an oompah band in a Munich beer garden, and take in the vibrant Berlin arts scene; all with your trusted travel companion.
This title was first published in 2001: During the last twenty years government rhetoric in the UK has increasingly advocated that statutory health and social care services should regard and treat recipients as 'consumers' in the same way as companies and organizations in the private sector. This involves a considerable cultural change on the part of both service providers and their clients, and this timely study explores the extent to which such a cultural change is actually taking place in British society. The utilization of welfare services by a sample of people aged 70 and above on discharge from inpatient care and in a short period afterwards is examined as a critical testbed for key components of consumerism, including participation, representation, access, choice, information and redress. The book explores not only the extent to which opportunities are being provided for users to play an active role in their care, but also their degree of willingness to assume such a role. By investigating the experiences of clients from a generation which might be considered relatively resistant to a more active participation in health and social care, the study offers an important insight into the extent to which a real social transformation is indeed taking place in the British welfare services.
There are many miles from the business school and basketball court at the University of Southern California to 50 million viewers for the final episode of a TV show called Magnum P.I. Tom Selleck has lived every one of those miles in his own iconoclastic and joyful way.
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