The images in this book are representative of the nearly 200 miles of this historic highway and the communities along and near its path. Most of these pictorial memories are at least 50 years old, back when motorists were well acquainted with hand-pumping filling stations, mom-and-pop diners, and numerous tourists homes and cabins"--Cover p. [4].
These traditional stories and local legends have been handed down by storytellers for centuries. As folk tales reveal a lot about the people who invented them, this book provides a link to the ethics and way of life of generations of Kentish people. Herein you will find the intriguing tales of Brave Mary of Mill Hill, King Herla, the Pickpockets of Sturry, the Wantsum Wyrm and the Battle of Sandwich, to name but a few. These captivating stories, brought to life with a collection of unique illustrations, will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Tony Cooper has been a full-time storyteller for the past twenty-five years. He attends regular storytelling events, with a particular favourite being the Winter Tales Festival, 'a dark evening of storytelling and object theatre for adults' held in his hometown of Sandwich.
Awaken Your Inner Magician to Create Abundant Wealth... Experience life's magic by unlocking the hidden knowledge deep within you. We've been given the spiritual secrets to living in abundance, but we need to discover how to apply these principles to every area of life. Many of us live in constriction, with more stress, fear, and emptiness than we care to admit. This book will reveal the secrets within us to access our deep spiritual heart, become more alive and empowered in every facet of our life. Tony Kent shares the spiritual principles that transformed his life from pain, loss, and suffering to immense abundance and joy-creating a life that is truly magical. His passion in sharing this knowledge is to help you make Your life magical and create wealth from within. By following the teachings Tony has learned while spending almost 20 years with one of the greatest living spiritual teachers of our time, you too can turn struggle into passion, inaction into inspired purpose, and emptiness into divine abundance. "Having been in business with Tony Kent during the past 10 years I have found that Tony doesn't over-promise and he delivers every time. Working with him has been a blessing and I look forward to continuing our business relationship for many years to come." - MITCH LOVER, Presidential Director of TriVita. "Tony has a huge desire to help people from all walks of life improve the quality of their lives and has used his time, talent and resources to make that difference. He is not only a wealth builder but a wealth giver to the greater benefit of mankind." - MICHAEL ELLISON, CEO and Founder of TriVita. "Tony has mastered one of the most important aspects of life, caring about people, and he knows how to help people discover this force." - CHRISTIAN DRAPEAU, Founder Stem Tech Health Sciences. "The moment you meet Tony Kent, you know he's the real deal. Honest, inspirational, sincere, and encouraging; anyone can feel a bond with Tony from their first encounter. He is a master marketer and everything he does he does with integrity." - DAREN FALTER, Co-founder Yoli. "After achieving great success, Tony Kent has dedicated his life to offering a wealth of information and opportunities to enable others to realize their own dreams." - A. ADLEMAN, MediaResourcePartners.com. Tony Kent enjoyed tremendous success in every area of his life. Then, he lost basically everything, felt lost, and lived in immense pain. With the guidance from a "hidden master" from the Holy Land, he applied ancient spiritual principles and bounced back to create a truly magical life! Tony and his beloved wife Elizabeth share a common dream of serving God through helping others. They live in northern California.
Leading what appeared to be the ideal life, successful in business and happily married with four children, suddenly the author's life fell apart. Broken-hearted, desperate and finding no answers from traditional therapy, Tony looked elsewhere. In Jerusalem, he met his guide, a man who taught him powerful spiritual practices based upon surrender to the love of God. This surrender eventually took him to the healing of his broken heart and the promise of a new life. In sharing his journey, and these teachings, may you also find healing for your heart. "If you are lost, hurting and alone, the love and sincerity of this book will revive you and bring you home. Watch as your pain and hurt disappear to be replaced by the serenity and peace of Divine love. Tony Kent has touched the heart in all of us who are seeking to end our suffering and find true and everlasting peace." - Robert Jaffe M.D., D.D., Director: Jaffe Institute of Spiritual and Medical Healing
--'A twisty, action-packed conspiracy thriller. Kent knows how to bring the thrills' When an attempted assassination sparks a chain reaction of explosive events across London, Britain's elite security forces seem powerless to stop the chaos threatening to overwhelm the government. As the dark and deadly conspiracy unfolds, three strangers find their fates entwined: Joe Dempsey, a deadly military intelligence officer; Sarah Truman, a CNN reporter determined to get her headline; and Michael Devlin, a Belfast-born criminal barrister with a secret past. As the circle of those they can trust grows ever smaller, Dempsey, Devlin and Truman are forced to work in the shadows, caught in a life-or-death race against the clock, before the terrible plot can consume them all.
How times change! Many will recall seeing the local bobby in his pointed helmet, smart tunic and polished duty boots patrolling the High Street and chatting to members of the public who generally respected their presence. They now go round in groups, wearing bright yellow jackets, anti-stab vests, flat hats and unpolished shoes. At the back of their minds, the constant worry that they will not reach the current months target for arrests. Tony Kirkbank joined the Kent Police Force in 1962a time when poor pay, poor housing and local under-manning combined to make problems for officers who carried out the many and varied tasks demanded of them. This is his account of the years between 1962 and 1977 covering training, walking the beat in Dartford, driving traffic cars and being a village bobby in an idyllic corner of Kent. In the days before occupational stress, Health & Safety rules, overarching administrative layers and target-driven goals, this book presents a picture of basic policing as experienced in those days with examples of amusing anecdotes and recollections that all helped the copper on the beat to see his shift through with satisfaction. February 2012
A thrilling follow-up to one of 2018's hottest debuts, Killer Intent; Assigned to the story from the start, news reporter Sarah Truman sets out to investigate on her own, not suspecting that the trail will lead straight back to her own front door and her fiance Michael Devlin. A criminal barrister determined to prove the innocence of his own client, Michael is at first oblivious to the return of the murderous figure from his past - until tragedy strikes closer to home.; Struggling with his grief and guilt, and now caught up in a madman's terrible quest for revenge, Michael must race to bring the killer to justice - before it's too late.
Retailing provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to the contemporary issues in retailing. Designed specifically for advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students of retailing, the text seeks to offer an accessible and up-to-date look at retailing. The text moves from an overview and context of retailing to more detailed coverage of the key aspects of retail management. Equally, it covers the issues of internet shopping and globalization.
Although today Richborough and Reculver appear very different, both sites help to tell the story of the Roman occupation of Britain.Now an inland backwater, Richborough once overlooked the strategically important Wantsum sea channel, which divided the Isle of Thanet from Kent. In AD 43 the Roman Emperor Claudius's invasion fleet landed and established a fortified beachhead. It became a military supply base, and from this developed the port of Rutupiae with an ampitheatre and one of the biggest monumental arches in the Roman Empire: an official 'gateway to Britain'. The town thrived for nearly 200 years until attacks from Saxon and Frankish raiders prompted the building of a massive fort. A new Roman fort was also built at Reculver. Both were incorporated into the Saxon Shore - a chain of fortifications defending the coast. Together the two forts guarded either end of the Wantsum Channel. At the every end of the Roman occupation of Britain in the late fourth century, Richborough was the last British site to which Roman coins were supplied, and thousands have been found here.The abandoned fort at Reculver took on a new identity as the setting fro an important Anglo-Saxon monastery, and the remains of the church still dominate the coastline today.
This resource provides an enjoyable way for students to understand and practice grammatical features of English. Grammar points include the verb to be, simple present tense, present continuous tense, simple past tense, used to, countable and uncountable nouns, future tense, relative clauses, comparatives, conditional clauses, making suggestions and past modals. The resource includes: blackline photocopiable masters of activities and song lyrics, teacher notes and answers, and an audio CD featuring 12 original songs in different musical genre focusing on different grammatical structures"--NSW AMES website.
The book takes a new look at the archaeological and literary evidence and focuses on the fragmenting Diocese, provincial and civitas structures of post-Roman Britain. It places events in the context of increased Germanic immigration alongside evidence for significant continuation of population and land use. Using evidence from fifth century Gaul it demonstrates dynamic changes to cultural identities both within and across various groups. Covering the migration period it describes the foundation stories of Hengest and Horsa in Kent, Cerdic and Cynric, first kings of the West Saxons and Ælle founder of the kingdom of the South Saxons. Ælle is the first king Bede describes as holding imperium and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle calls Bretwalda. Covering the figures of Ceawlin, Æthelberht and Rædwald it ends with the death of Penda, the last great pagan king. As life under Roman authority faded into history we see the emergence of a ‘warband’ culture and the emergence of petty kingdoms. The mead hall replaced crumbling villas and towns as the center of social life. These halls rang with the poems of bards and the stories of great warriors and battles. Arthur and Urien of Rheged. The famous Mons Badonicus and the doomed charge of the Gododdin at Catraeth. A chapter on weapons, armor, warfare and accounts of contemporary battles will help paint a picture of dark age warfare. From the arrival of Saxon mercenaries in the fifth century to the death of Penda, the last pagan king, at Winwaed in 655.
Hundreds of young Americans from the town of Stamford, Connecticut, fought in the Vietnam War. These men and women came from all corners of the town. They were white and black, poor and wealthy. Some had not finished high school; others had graduate degrees. They served as grunts and helicopter pilots, battlefield surgeons and nurses, combat engineers and mine sweepers. Greeted with indifference and sometimes hostility upon their return home, Stamford's veterans learned to suppress their memories in a nation fraught with political, economic and racial tensions. Now in their late 60s and 70s, these veterans have begun to tell their stories.
From the bestselling author of GANGLAND BRITAIN and REEFER MEN. Organised crime is one of Britain's biggest industries. The number of gangland murders, shootings and kidnappings, along with the levels of drug trafficking, people smuggling and money laundering, have all experienced phenomenal growth. Multi-million pound drug deals and vicious turf wars have spread out from the inner cities and now affect even the most rural communities. The day-to-day impact of organised crime on our lives has never been greater. In GANGS, award-winning author Tony Thompson takes us on a gripping journey into the criminal underworld. From Triad human traffickers in Dover and ecstasy factory owners in Liverpool, to Albanian vice barons in London and gun-toting teenage crack dealers in Birmingham, GANGS reveals the inside story of contemporary organised crime.
The 1990 Gay Games in Vancouver were an inspiring and culture-shifting event in the history of LGBTQ2S+ culture and visibility. That Vancouver Summer is a fiction which takes place in the midst of an event which is reconstructed with careful detail by an author who was there. This is a story of self-discovery and romance for young adult readers today -- but it will also engage adult readers of historical fiction, sports fiction, LGBTQ2S+ fiction, and romance. Tom, a teen struggling to understand his sexual identity, flees Toronto for a summer of freedom in Vancouver, where something exciting is about to happen: the Gay Games. Living with his “out” Uncle Fred, Tom experiences a new world where being your true self is freeing and fun. He falls in with teen Dwayne, who falls for him, and Gina, a lesbian getting over a relationship with a popular singer. As the Games wrap, Tom has to decide whether to return home back to a closeted life and a father who doesn’t understand, or to make a new life in Vancouver. The story plays out against the backdrop of the Games, populated with the important organizers and cultural figures who were prominent in this landmark event. This novel is a tribute to the spirit of courage and unity that the Games represented at a time when being openly gay and proud was a radical stance.
The ninth century Historia Brittonum is the first source that mentions Arthur and lists twelve battles, including the famous Badon Hill. Much ink has been spilt debating the identity and location of Arthur. This book will demonstrate that some of the battles can indeed be located with some confidence. Rather than fit a specific theory as to his identity the battles are placed in the fragmenting provincial, political and military context of the late fifth and early sixth century Britain. At a time of rapid changes in cultural identity and a significant increase in Germanic material culture and migration. These battles might be expected to be found along borders and in zones of potential conflict. Yet this is not what is discovered. In addition the simplistic idea of Romano-Britons holding back invading Anglo-Saxons is found wanting. Instead we discover a far more nuanced political and cultural situation. One with increasing evidence of continuation of land use and the indigenous population. The most Romanised and urbanised regions of the south and east are the very areas that experienced the arrival of Germanic settlement. The conclusion gives the reader a new insight into what sort of man Arthur was and the nature of the battles he fought.
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