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  Jules Hudson: Wild at Heart

  Jules Hudson

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  Wild at Heart documents the highs and lows and moments of triumph and tragedy Hudson has experienced both on and off our screens. 
   
  “Throughout what has been a colourful life and exciting career, I’ve often joked at many memorable moments along the way that they would definitely go into ‘the book’!” 
   
  A household name to millions, Jules Hudson has been a familiar face on TV for decades. Fronting hit shows from Escape to the Country to Winter and Springtime on the Farm and Countryfile, he has become an integral part of life for the ‘Farmy Army’ of dedicated fans. 
   
  It hasn’t been a straight path to an idyllic new life in the rural landscapes of Britain however. 
   
  In his first memoir, Jules reveals the highs and lows and moments of triumph and tragedy he has experienced both on and off our screens. 
   
  Jules pens an inspiring and evocative portrait not only of his own life, but of the countryside and people he found his true home with. 
   
  Taking readers from his beginnings in urban Essex to the mountains, fields and woods – not to mention the animals – of his new home in the countryside, his journey shows that all along he really was Wild at Heart.

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  Geronimo's Story of His Life

  Geronimo

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  Geronimo’s Story of His Life is the oral life history of a legendary Apache warrior. Composed in 1905, while Geronimo was being held as a U.S. prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, Geronimo’s story found audience and publication through the efforts of S. M. Barrett--Lawton, Oklahoma, Superintendent of Education, who wrote in his preface that “the initial idea of the compilation of this work was . . . to extend to Geronimo as a prisoner of war the courtesy due any captive, i.e. the right to state the causes which impelled him in his opposition to our civilization and laws.” Barrett, with the assistance of Asa Deklugie, son of Nedni chief Whoa as Apache translator, wrote down the story as Geronimo told it --beginning with an Apache creation myth. Geronimo recounted bloody battles with Mexican troopers, against whom he had vowed vengeance in 1858 after they murdered his mother, his wife, and his three small children. He told of treaties made between Apaches and the U.S. Army--and treaties broken. There were periods of confinement on the reservations, and escapes. And there were his final days on the run, when the U.S. Army put 5000 men in the field against his small band of 39 Apache.Geronimo had been a prisoner of war for 19 years when he told his story. Born in 1829, he was by then an old man, no longer a warrior, and he had come to an accommodation with many things “white,” including an appreciation of money. U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs personnel took him to the St. Louis World’s Fair in 1904, where he roped cows in the “wild west show” and signed his name for “ten, fifteen, or twenty five cents.” By then he was perhaps the United States’ most “famous” Indian. In 1905 he was even invited to ride horseback in President Theodore Roosevelt’s inaugural parade (though still a prisoner of war!).Geronimo dedicated his book to Roosevelt with the plea that he and his people be allowed to return to their ancestral land in Arizona. “It is my land, my home, my father’s land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace.” Geronimo died at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 1909, still a prisoner of war. (Introduction by Sue Anderson)

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  Two One Pony - An American...

  Charles R Carr

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  A thoughtful, reflective narrative of a reluctant soldier that captures the rhythms of life in war as well as the boredom and chaos of Vietnam.   At the height of the Vietnam War, Charles Carr left graduate school to serve in the army in Southeast Asia, knowing that if he didn’t, another man would go—and possibly die—in his place. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion of the 47th Infantry (Mechanized) in the northern Mekong Delta for a tour of forcing himself through rice paddies and jungles all day and then setting ambushes at night. He concluded his tour with a stint at battalion headquarters. More than just a war memoir, this is the story of one soldier trying to find his way in uncertain times—and to survive his year in Vietnam.

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  Richard the Lionheart - The True...

  Liam Dale

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  There have been both remarkable and notorious Kings and Queens in English history, with public opinion often divided on their legacies. King Richard I, famously known as the Lionheart, presents a unique challenge in this regard, as he oscillated between the roles of a valiant, chivalrous crusader and a ruthless despot. 
   
  Richard the Lionheart's historical significance extends beyond England, given his extensive global travels, especially through regions still central to contemporary global conflicts. This history journal embarks on a quest to unravel the enigmatic man behind the legend and shed light on the multifaceted Lionheart. 
   
  Discover: 
  - Medieval era and the murder of Thomas A. Becket 
  - Richard's birth, his parents, and life at the French court 
  - His participation in the First, Second, and Third Crusades 
  - Coronation, rapid departure for the Holy Land 
  - Battles with Saladin and his eventual return to England 
  - Capture, ransom, release, and unexpected demise 
   
  Explore the complex legacy of King Richard the Lionheart, a monarch who defies easy categorisation.

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  The Nixon-Gleason Alien Encounter

  Paul Blake Smith

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  Under the cover of night, on February 19, 1973, another U.S. president witnessed extraterrestrials. 
   
   
   
  President Richard Nixon made a secret trip to a top security U.S. Air Force base, as his former boss, President Dwight Eisenhower, did in 1954. Nixon was said to have taken his golfing buddy, comedian Jackie Gleason. According to Gleason's then wife, Beverly McKittrick Gleason, Jackie was deeply shaken later that night when he returned home and confessed to their clandestine trip. 
   
   
   
  As established in Smith's previous work, President Eisenhower's Close Encounters, this meeting was reminiscent of and perhaps even predicated by similar visits made by the president's predecessors, as well as others in the American government and entertainment industry. This in-depth book will attempt to separate fact from fiction. These events were carried off without the public learning the hushed facts and data connecting the two different presidential administrations . . . 
   
   
   
  until now.

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  Never Enough Zeroes

  Joel Soper, Philip Wyeth

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  When Joel Soper placed his first “sure thing” bet at the Detroit Race Course back in 1987, he never imagined that such an innocent gesture might lead him down the path to gambling addiction. But now, after tossing millions of dollars into the bonfire of unfulfilled dreams, Joel is stepping out of the shadows to bare his soul about the realities of compulsive sports betting. 
  Never Enough Zeroes is an unflinching and searing portrayal that exposes the all-too-human foibles of a man trapped on the treadmill of obsession. Co-author Philip Wyeth captures the essence of Joel’s tortured existence by telling his unforgettable life story with compassion, humor, and literary flair. 
  The result is a memoir that will touch readers from all backgrounds as it throws a lifeline to anyone caught in the relentless undertow of addiction who also dreams of creating a better version of themselves. 
  “I’ve made millions of dollars with my silver tongue, but it always just slips through my fingers...” 
  As more states legalize gambling across the nation, Joel’s story is an especially timely warning about this scourge where losses often extend beyond money into broken relationships and mental health issues. The proliferation of live betting has the potential to turn a generation of unwitting sports fans into nothing more than rats frantically tapping their phone screens for the next dopamine rush. 
  This book is a call to action! It raises a banner of hope amid a sea of desperation, and signals the start of a new alliance which is weaving a safety net so that addicts of all stripes might never hit rock bottom again. 
  As Joel continues his difficult journey as a “work in progress,” he hopes that Never Enough Zeroes will be a worthy addition to the self-help canon, as well as a companion piece to the mental health professional’s bookshelf. 
  “If you know you’re powerless over gambling, how can you make gambling powerless over you?”

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