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  Isaac Camacho - An American Hero

  Billy Waugh

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  This military biography recounts the incredible story of a Green Beret who survived capture and torture in Vietnam before escaping to freedom. 
   
  Raised in El Paso, Texas, Isaac Camacho enlisted in the U.S. Army as a young man and soon joined the ranks of an elite Special Forces Group. He served with distinction in the Vietnam War, training Civilian Irregular Defense Guard personnel at a camp near Cambodia’s Parrot’s Beak region. But in November of 1963, he was captured by the Viet Cong and subjected to nearly two years of excruciating torture.  
   
  Shackled, worked like an animal, and routinely interrogated, Camacho somehow managed to plan and execute a harrowing escape. On his long trek through enemy territory, he endured hellish jungle conditions and suffered from malaria, beriberi, and hepatitis. Yet he through it all he remained determined to live up to the Military Code of Conduct and to fight another day for his country.

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  The Inner Sky - Poems Notes Dreams

  Rainer Maria Rilke

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  Selected work from the modernist poet thematically centered on our relation to the physical world and our minds, featuring original texts and translations.The Inner Sky is a selection of poems and prose by the great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, set with the original text and a translation, and including more than a dozen works that have never before appeared in English. The translations, by the NEA and PEN Award–winning author and translator Damion Searls, are lively, moving, and appealing, and they give a new voice for Rilke in English: mystical but concrete, like Emily Dickinson or Gerard Manley Hopkins. Searls’s selection of texts clusters around a handful of related images and ideas—birds and trees, giving and receiving, working and waiting, girlhood and gardens—and presents a coherent vision of how we relate to the outer world and inner world of the imagination. Scholars and students of Rilke will benefit from the German and French originals opposite the translations, and two full indices of English and original titles and first lines. An annotated chronology and the translator’s afterword complete this rich new volume, a necessary addition to even the most complete Rilke library, and the perfect introduction for those just getting to know this perennial master.“No matter their level of familiarity with Rilke, The Inner Sky belongs on the bookshelf of any literature lover, thanks largely to Searls’ deft translation and grouping of Rilke’s work.” —Rachel Mennies, ForeWord Magazine“A must-read for Rilke fans, The Inner Sky will deepen the English-speaking world’s perception of the man behind the well-wrought verses.” —Stephan Delbos, The Prague Post

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  John F Kennedy - The truth about...

  Influential Events Publishing

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  Do you want to learn about John F. Kennedy?  
  Jоhn F. Kennedy, the 35th President оf thе Unitеd Stаtеѕ, is оnе of the most celebrated аnd idоlizеd figurеѕ in Amеriсаn history. Bоrn into a wеаlthу, wеll-соnnесtеd fаmilу, Kеnnеdу was bred fоr a lifе in роlitiсѕ. Aftеr serving in thе U.S. Nаvу during Wоrld Wаr II—JFK еаrnеd ѕеvеrаl mеdаlѕ fоr his brаvеrу—hе ran fоr Cоngrеѕѕ аnd won a ѕеаt in the Hоuѕе оf Rерrеѕеntаtivеѕ in 1946. Kеnnеdу ѕеrvеd in Cоngrеѕѕ for fоurtееn years—аnd built a real nаmе fоr himself in thе Dеmосrаtiс Pаrtу.  
  Thоugh his рrеѕidеnсу wаѕ сhаrасtеrizеd by a mixеd bаg оf blunders (thе Bау оf Pigѕ), ѕuссеѕѕеѕ (thе Cuban Miѕѕilе Crisis), аnd indiѕсrеtiоnѕ (affairs with numеrоuѕ wоmеn), Kеnnеdу'ѕ сhаriѕmа wаѕ a constant аnd hiѕ vision of Amеriсаn progress was undeniably inѕрiring. Trаgiсаllу, John F. Kеnnеdу was аѕѕаѕѕinаtеd on Nоvеmbеr 22nd, 1963, еnding оnе of thе mоѕt promising роlitiсаl саrееrѕ оf thе 20th сеnturу far tоо еаrlу.  
  Althоugh Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу'ѕ tеnurе as commander-in-chief wаѕ trаgiсаllу ѕhоrt—оnlу twо уеаrѕ and ten mоnthѕ раѕѕеd between hiѕ inauguration аnd hiѕ аѕѕаѕѕinаtiоn—аnd his ассоmрliѕhmеntѕ in thе Whitе Hоuѕе rеlаtivеlу modest, he iѕ widеlу regarded as one оf thе mоѕt important аnd influential рrеѕidеntѕ of аll timе.  
  Why? Thе аnѕwеr iѕ ѕimрlе. JFK wаѕ—аnd iѕ—аn Amеriсаn iсоn. Here Is A Preview Of What You'll Learn... Who wаѕ Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу and whаt hе did? Biоgrарhiсаl аѕресtѕ оf hiѕ life Jоhn F. Kеnnеdу’ѕ Education and Beginnings Philоѕорhу аbоut Politics Aѕѕаѕѕinаtiоn Historical Еvаluаtiоnѕ and Lеgасу Much,much more!

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  The River Queen - A Memoir

  Mary Morris

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  This story of a middle-aged woman's odyssey down the Mississippi River is a funny, beautifully written, and poignant tale of a journey that transforms a lifeIn fall 2005 acclaimed travel writer Mary Morris set off  down the Mississippi in a battered old houseboat called the River Queen, with two river rats named Tom and Jerry—and a rat terrier, named Samantha Jean, who hated her. It was a time of emotional turmoil for Morris. Her father had just died; her daughter was leaving home; life was changing all around her. It was then she decided to return to the Midwest where she was from, to the river she remembered, where her father had played jazz piano in tiny towns. Morris describes living like a pirate and surviving a tornado. Because of Katrina, oil prices, and drought, the river was often empty—a ghost river—and Morris experienced it as Joliet and Marquette had four hundred years earlier. As she learned to pilot her beloved River Queen without running aground and made peace with Samantha Jean, Morris got her groove back, reconnecting to her past. More important, she came away with her best book, a bittersweet travel tale told in the very real voice of a smart, sad, funny, gutsy, and absolutely appealing woman.

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  My Brother's Eyes - The true...

  David Ayliffe, John Ayliffe

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  The late Bryce Courtenay said of David and John's book: "True insight into the psychology of a sect both from the inside and the out is very rare. This account by two brothers is illuminating, fascinating and intelligent." The true story of a dangerous religious cult. David was involved with the group from his late teenage years and didn't leave until his early 40's. Called Zion Full Salvation Ministry, it began as part of an Anglican Church in Sydney. Founded by a woman who claimed to have Christ's stigmata and then to be the embodiment of God on earth. When the woman died 16 years later, most of her followers had been stripped of finances, investments, and in many cases their self-esteem too. My Brother's Eyes is a troubling story but has a happy ending as it tells the story of the separation of the brothers, their families, and their eventual reunion. The title My Brother's Eyes refers to the eyes being a reflection of the person. A biblical reference claims the eyes are "the windows of the soul".. Yet the eyes change as life changes for us. In sadness and grief,. In joy.. In love. And more our eyes change when we choose a path that leads us away from those we love and changes yet again when we regain a path back. 
  The cover was designed by David's best friend in his last years of High School, John Byrne. John Byrne and David were also estranged for many of those as David calls them "strange years". David's family hate the image that John Byrne created in a painting entered for Sydney's famous Archibald Exhibition. Yet David sees truth in the eyes of the dark image. 
  David and his older brother John narrate My Brother's Eyes, which was first published in print form in November 2009 by John Garratt Publishing who have now returned all rights to the authors. 
  Thanks to Cath Connelly for her song Journey, and to Jordan Parry and Jack Ringland for audio editing, and special thanks to Dave Walker Productions. 
  - David & John.

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  The Lost World

  Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin in Brazil that encountered prehistoric animals. It has been the inspiration for subsequent fiction, including Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.

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