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  'SAM' Marshal of the Royal Air...

  Richard Mead

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  Sam Elworthys career was remarkable by any standards. Born in New Zealand in 1911 and educated in England, he was called to the Bar. After learning to learning to fly he joined the RAAF. During the Second World War he won the DFC, DSO and AFC and, after commanding 82 Squadron, worked closely with Bomber Harris and General Eisenhower. He became an air commodore aged 33.His meteoric rise continued post-war. Switching to Fighter Command he saw service in India, Pakistan, and the UK before becoming Commandant of the RAF Staff College. By 1960 he was tri-service C-in-C Middle East and his actions prevented the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq.As Chief of Air Staff and Chief of defense Staff in the 1960s he fought the Services corner at a difficult political and economic time. He secured the long term future of the RAF, whose very existence was threatened. A hugely respected figure, he became a life peer, Knight of the Garter and Constable of Windsor Castle. He died in 1993 in his native New Zealand.This long overdue biography attempts successfully to do justice to a man of great stature, integrity and achievement.

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  The Healing I Took Birth For -...

  Ondrea Levine

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  For more than 32 years, Stephen and Ondrea Levine have provided emotional and spiritual support to those who face life-threatening illness and their caregivers; deeply affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the process. The Healing I Took Birth For, which was begun after Ondrea’s own medical prognosis that foretold the end of a lifetime of spiritual exploration, is the culmination of her work. Their collaboration, in the service of the dying, especially during the height of the AIDS epidemic, set them both more deeply on the path of compassion—compassion for self, for others, for all.The Healing I Took Birth For is the heartfelt sharing of Ondrea’s life of service and a deeply inspiring example of how one faces illness and great personal difficulties, with a deep spiritual practice and grace. It is the most “intimate collaboration” she and Stephen have worked on and it will inspire readers to find their own way toward living a life of compassion.

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  Werewolves - A Short Story...

  Arthur Conan Doyle, ETA...

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  Many of us are cautious around dogs.  However friendly they seem their energy and open panting jaws seem to summon some primitive instinct within us to be aware. 
   
  Once we advance to wolves those fears become rather more persuasive. Their wild and seemingly vicious, determined natures can induce panic in even the most foolhardy of us.  Nature admires winners. 
   
  From there it is but a short step to the supernatural evil of Werewolves.  Now fear is definitely the thing we feel pulsing through our veins summoning a flight response.  But no matter what our hopes are werewolves, whether real or in the imaginations of this cast of chilling unrepentant authors, stroke knowing chords of terror into every sentence, as the pages turn our uneasiness begins to escalate.  Terror begins to track our every step.   
   
  With such literary craftsmen as Saki, Hugh Walpole, Ambrose Bierce, Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle and others, that feeling happens time and time again. 
   
  1 - Werewolves - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  2 - Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling 
  3 - A Pastoral Horror by Arthur Conan Doyle 
  4 - Gabriel-Ernest by Saki 
  5 - The Eyes of the Panther by Ambrose Bierce 
  6 - Tarnhelm or The Death of My Uncle Robert by Hugh Walpole 
  7 - The She-Wolf by Saki 
  8 - Vampirismus or Aurelia by E T A Hoffman 
  9 - TheThing in the Forest by Bernard Capes 
  10 - A Story of a Weir-Wolf by Catherine Crowe 
  11 - The Lame Priest by Susan Morrow writing as S Carleton 
  12 - Alymer Vance & The Vampire by Alice and Claude Askew

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  Adventures for a Lifetime

  Ed Stafford, Ranulph Fiennes

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  An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen and narrated by Ed Stafford. For those who don’t mind a bit of discomfort in order to experience the wilder side of our amazing planet. 
  Open your mind and reboot your soul with these unforgettable adventures.Get a taste of total freedom as you soar like an eagle over mountains and lakesCome-face-to-fin with ocean giants as you kayak spectacular coastlinesStrap on your skis and head off for an adventure in the frozen wastesExperience jaw-dropping sights and lung-bursting trails from the seat of your saddle 
  …….and more 
  “Life is for going out into the open. Life is for exploring, for feeling cold and vulnerable, for finding new possibilities and new opportunities.” 
  Ed Stafford

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  Safe at Last in the Middle Years...

  Margaret Marganroth Gullette

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  “Discovering the midlife progress novel, Gullette finds in recent fiction a pervasive tension between decline and a new ideology of aging. Appropriately, she invites the reader to join the writers in their therapeutic discourse.” —Rosemary Franklin, American Literature.   “[This] book certainly makes you think. What is it that can happen in middle age to make it, as it is for many people, the clearest and sweetest time of life?” —Frank Conroy, The New York Times

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  Spies of Revolutionary...

  Mark Allen Baker

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  Discover true stories of daring and deceit in 18th century Connecticut in this history of American Revolutionary espionage.   Covert intelligence played a critical role in the American Revolution, and Connecticut produced an extraordinary number of spies on both sides of the conflict. The infamous traitor Benedict Arnold was born in Norwich, while the Patriot Nathan Hale, who was executed by the British for espionage, was originally from Coventry.   Spying during the Revolution entailed false identities, coded messages, and the penalty of death for those caught in the act. It also involved new technologies like early submarines with the first exploding torpedoes. Despite the risk, some spies even played both sides as double agents, such as Edward Bancroft, who was never caught.   With stories of Silas Deane, Ethan Allen, Thomas Knowlton, the Culper Spy Ring, and others, author Mark Allen Baker navigates the intrigues, dangers, and double crosses of Connecticut’s most legendary Revolutionary spies.

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