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  Bob Dylan in Minnesota -...

  K G Miles, Ed Newman, Paul...

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  For Bob Dylan enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in the early life, places and roots of Bob Dylan.
  Bob Dylan was born in Duluth, Minnesota, grew up in nearby Hibbing, and cut his musical teeth in the folk scene of Dinkytown.
  This travel guide brings together wonderful stories from these key locations and the roots and early life of Bob Dylan.
  We also introduce you to four great contributors who live in Dylan's homeland and play an active part in promoting everything Dylan. Ed Newman - writer, artist and promoter of the Duluth Dylan Fest and lives in Duluth. Marc Percansky - concert, music and event promoter based in the Minneapolis Saint Paul. Matt Steichen - journalist, publicist, presenter and big Dylan fan living in Lakeville. And Paul Metsa - musician, songwriter, author, radio and TV host. The Huffington Post called him, 'The other great folksinger from Minnesota's Mesabi Iron Range.'
  We travel back in time to hear stories from his early teacher, tales of the mysterious wandering rabbi, eye-witness accounts from early Dinkytown musical collaborators, as well as being privy to secrets from behind the scenes of the classic 'Blood On The Tracks' album.
  Fascinating insights into the early life of one of the most important songwriters in music history – and told with Minnesota voices.

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  The Girl Who Left - From Croatia...

  Debra Gavranich

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  From Croatia to the Canefields. Marija's idyllic early childhood on the beautiful Croatian island of Korčula is brutally disrupted by the invasion of the Italians and then the Nazis in 1941, bringing death and destruction. The devastation has left families struggling to survive years after the war has ended. In 1950 an opportunity arrives for 17-year-old Marija to escape the hunger and despair all around her by committing herself to a complete stranger in faraway North Queensland, through a proxy marriage. Taking the plunge, she leaves her family and friends, her culture and everything she has ever known, to sail 12,000 km to a future in a land where she knows nothing and no one, whose language she doesn't speak. Is it a chance for a better life? Will her husband be a good man? Will she ever see her family again? This is the true story of an incredibly courageous young woman who risks all in her quest to escape a still-traumatised Europe.

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  Two-Man Air Force - Don Gentile...

  Philip Kaplan

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  American volunteers Don Gentile (pronounced Jen-tilly) and John Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Cambridge in England. At the end of their missions with the 4th the two of them had accounted for over 58 enemy aircraft destroyed. Major Gentile had scored 22 air and 6 ground kills before he was returned to the USA to help raise money for the war effort. Major Godfrey was credited with 18 air and 12 ground kills before he was shot down and taken prisoner of war. This is the story of their amazing adventures and wartime partnership from their basic training in Canada and then onto England where they first flew the Supermarine Spitfire. It continues with their transfer to the USAAF 4th Fighter Group when the US entered the war and when the two were retrained to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt and eventually the superb P-51 Mustang. These two ace pilots loved life as much as flying - and as well as being hell-bent on destroying the enemy in the skies of Europe they also lived life to the full in their off-duty time in England.

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  My Life With The Spirits - The...

  Lon Milo DuQuette

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  A rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician. Hailed by critics as the most entertaining author and one of the most widely respected members of the magick community, Lon Milo DuQuette provides a beacon for aspiring magicians everywhere. Illustrated. Index

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  Watch My Tracer

  Keith Chisnall

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  One man's untold story of Special Forces including clandestine operations during the Rhodesian war. A third generation Rhodesian tells the story of his upbringing on a farm and his days learning to track and survive in the bush. Later he would use this knowledge in operational conditions during the Rhodesian Civil War. In classic Special Branch style, you will not find an account of a unit called Pachedu in the history books, but it existed. There are historical facts with covert and overt operations which have never been made public. It is a story of trial, battle, friendships and extraordinary life experiences during the bloody Rhodesian war.

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  Seeing It Through - The Story of...

  Andy Ballard

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  Andy Ballard comes from quite a humble background; being a working class boy from a council estate at a middle class grammar school left its marks. A career teacher with nearly twenty- ve years in state education, he forged a second very successful career as a local, regional, and national of cer of his trade union. His story includes how his work at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers would secure the future of ATL and lay the foundations for the formation of "The Education Union". Ballard describes the interplay between his private and professional lives, and bares his soul when the pressures of a lifetime of commitment brings his story to an unexpected conclusion.

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