Author: Peter Phelps
Publisher: Hachette Australia
ISBN: 073363978X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
This is the story of Tom Phelps and the 'other Kokoda Track'. Seventy-five years later, Tom's grandson, award-winning actor and writer Peter Phelps, is sharing this inspiring tale of resilience and survival. March 1942: The world is at war. Too old to fight and with jobs scarce at home, Tom Phelps found work as a carpenter in the goldfields of the New Guinea Highlands. No one expected the Japanese to attack in the Pacific. But they did. Tom and his mates weren't going to hang around and wait to be killed. With escape routes bombed by the Japanese, their only option was to try to reach safety by foot, through some of the most rugged terrain on Earth - the Bulldog Track. Back home in Sydney, Rose Phelps, their son, George, and three daughters, Joy, Shirley and Ann, waited for news of Tom's fate. George watched the horrors of war unfold on newsreels knowing his dad was 'over there'. Travelling by foot, raft, canoe, schooner, train, luck and courage, Tom Phelps, half-starved and suffering malaria, would eventually make it home. His stories of New Guinea would lead his son and grandson to their own experiences with the country. The Bulldog Track is a grandson's story of an ordinary man's war. It is an incredible tale of survival and the indomitable Aussie spirit.
Bullmina the Courageous Bulldog Comes Home
Author: Lita Eitner-England
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546241035
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Bullmina the Courageous Bulldog Comes Home is the final book in Lita Eitner-Englands Bulldog trilogy. Readers dont need to read the first two books in order to enjoy this last installment. More than 130 years have passed since Trevor Sheffield, Lisette St. Germaine, Matthew Connors, and their friends said goodbye to the duke of Chathamworthshires first Bullmina in London and embarked on new adventures. We are now in Redwood City, California, home to Carey Evers and her dysfunctional parents. The family of Careys grandparents has a history of raising bulldogs, but Careys abusive father, Hank, refuses to let Carey adopt even a rescue dog. Careys grandmother, the indefatigable Nonna Beppa, is the only person keeping Carey sane until Bobbi Weinberg and her family move in with a station wagon full of champion and rescue English bulldogs. Carey and Bobbi become fast friends, bonding over the dogs. Even Careys mentally ill mother, Liz, finds new motivation to live while helping Bobbis mother, Lyndsey, take care of the new litters and tend to the rescue bulldogs. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes twice. Liz comes down with a catastrophic illness, and Hank is convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter. With the help of Bobbis father, Dr. Josh Weinberg, and both Lyndsey and Bobbi, Carey must navigate these uncertain waters and build a new future. She discovers that her life and Bobbis are more intricately tied together than she could ever have imagined, bringing new conflicts that threaten to tear both families apart until the unconditional love of an abandoned rescue bulldog saves the day, and Bullminas legacy lives on for more generations to come. This book also includes a bonus short story about an irresistible Siberian husky named Payasito (little clown). Proceeds from all book sales are being donated to animal rescue organizations around the country.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1546241035
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
Bullmina the Courageous Bulldog Comes Home is the final book in Lita Eitner-Englands Bulldog trilogy. Readers dont need to read the first two books in order to enjoy this last installment. More than 130 years have passed since Trevor Sheffield, Lisette St. Germaine, Matthew Connors, and their friends said goodbye to the duke of Chathamworthshires first Bullmina in London and embarked on new adventures. We are now in Redwood City, California, home to Carey Evers and her dysfunctional parents. The family of Careys grandparents has a history of raising bulldogs, but Careys abusive father, Hank, refuses to let Carey adopt even a rescue dog. Careys grandmother, the indefatigable Nonna Beppa, is the only person keeping Carey sane until Bobbi Weinberg and her family move in with a station wagon full of champion and rescue English bulldogs. Carey and Bobbi become fast friends, bonding over the dogs. Even Careys mentally ill mother, Liz, finds new motivation to live while helping Bobbis mother, Lyndsey, take care of the new litters and tend to the rescue bulldogs. Unfortunately, tragedy strikes twice. Liz comes down with a catastrophic illness, and Hank is convicted of felony vehicular manslaughter. With the help of Bobbis father, Dr. Josh Weinberg, and both Lyndsey and Bobbi, Carey must navigate these uncertain waters and build a new future. She discovers that her life and Bobbis are more intricately tied together than she could ever have imagined, bringing new conflicts that threaten to tear both families apart until the unconditional love of an abandoned rescue bulldog saves the day, and Bullminas legacy lives on for more generations to come. This book also includes a bonus short story about an irresistible Siberian husky named Payasito (little clown). Proceeds from all book sales are being donated to animal rescue organizations around the country.
Bulldog Blues
Author: David Olds
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312648481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Welcome to Detroit and the wacky world of Dennis Wright, an aging Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who lives in a renovated mansion with his bulldog, Churchill. A wise-cracking prankster, Denny's antics include wearing a tuxedo to protest a new dress code, chewing out editors who screw up his photos and cruising the strip joints along 8 Mile Road for "party girls." As he tries to stay one step ahead of a boss
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1312648481
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Welcome to Detroit and the wacky world of Dennis Wright, an aging Pulitzer Prize winning photographer who lives in a renovated mansion with his bulldog, Churchill. A wise-cracking prankster, Denny's antics include wearing a tuxedo to protest a new dress code, chewing out editors who screw up his photos and cruising the strip joints along 8 Mile Road for "party girls." As he tries to stay one step ahead of a boss
Rediscover Catholicism
Author: Matthew Kelly
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937509675
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937509675
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
Terror Outside the Door
Author: Donald Craig Miller
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098062485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
For first-century private detective, Jake Jezreel, it was the best of times. He had just wrapped up a scintillating investigation he called "The Case of Trailing the Bloody Footprints." Jake had met Jesus Christ in the midst of that investigation. He had surrendered his life to Christ. And Jake's life never would be the same again.But suddenly, in the afterglow of those joyous days after Jesus's resurrection, the world collapsed in on top of Jake. It abruptly became the worst of times. Religious persecution descended upon the Christian church in Jerusalem, led by the chief priests and zealous leaders, wreaking havoc upon all Christ's believers.In the midst of this persecution, a new and savage animal sprang up, whose name was Saul of Tarsus. Saul attacked the Christian church with a vengeance, aiming to wipe the Christian "cult" from the face of the earth. Jake found himself and his faithful secretary, Hannah, caught in the onslaught and on the run. The persecution was crashing in all around them. Christians were being imprisoned. Some were being brutalized. Some were being killed. For the moment, Jake and Hannah stayed one jump ahead of the devouring enemy. But how long could they avoid the clutches of the vicious mob chasing after them?Wherever they hid, the terror prowled right outside the door. Could Jake and Hannah somehow dodge the relentless menace? If they were caught, what brutal tactics would the authorities savage upon them? Jake knew that in a crossfire, there is nowhere to hide. He also knew that time was running out and the walls were slowly closing in upon them.
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 1098062485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
For first-century private detective, Jake Jezreel, it was the best of times. He had just wrapped up a scintillating investigation he called "The Case of Trailing the Bloody Footprints." Jake had met Jesus Christ in the midst of that investigation. He had surrendered his life to Christ. And Jake's life never would be the same again.But suddenly, in the afterglow of those joyous days after Jesus's resurrection, the world collapsed in on top of Jake. It abruptly became the worst of times. Religious persecution descended upon the Christian church in Jerusalem, led by the chief priests and zealous leaders, wreaking havoc upon all Christ's believers.In the midst of this persecution, a new and savage animal sprang up, whose name was Saul of Tarsus. Saul attacked the Christian church with a vengeance, aiming to wipe the Christian "cult" from the face of the earth. Jake found himself and his faithful secretary, Hannah, caught in the onslaught and on the run. The persecution was crashing in all around them. Christians were being imprisoned. Some were being brutalized. Some were being killed. For the moment, Jake and Hannah stayed one jump ahead of the devouring enemy. But how long could they avoid the clutches of the vicious mob chasing after them?Wherever they hid, the terror prowled right outside the door. Could Jake and Hannah somehow dodge the relentless menace? If they were caught, what brutal tactics would the authorities savage upon them? Jake knew that in a crossfire, there is nowhere to hide. He also knew that time was running out and the walls were slowly closing in upon them.
Jesus, a Love Like No Other!
Author: Mary Berry
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490831568
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
How does one go on living after your loved one leaves? What about the ones left behind enveloped in anguish? What does a person do with crushed faith? ?Jesus, a Love Like No Other! is a life-changing, inspirational book that will open your eyes to the love of Jesus. As you will see, ?Oh how He loves! Truly, Jesus is a love like no other.? ? Regardless of your place in life right now, readers will find this book motivating and inspirational. It is a must have for all libraries.? - Brian Ulch, associate pastor, Trinity Lighthouse Church, Denison, Texas ?The walk of faith is an eternal quest for every believer. And for my friend, Mary Berry, it is a way of life. Her love for God and her determination to be obedient to Him will make a valuable impact upon those who read this book. The principles of faith which she learned and applied in her life are contained in this book ? principles that can change your life! Discover a new dimension in faith that can help you change your world. Certainly it can be done!? - Bob Lothenore, pastor; Sherman Church of the Nazarene, Sherman, Texas
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1490831568
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
How does one go on living after your loved one leaves? What about the ones left behind enveloped in anguish? What does a person do with crushed faith? ?Jesus, a Love Like No Other! is a life-changing, inspirational book that will open your eyes to the love of Jesus. As you will see, ?Oh how He loves! Truly, Jesus is a love like no other.? ? Regardless of your place in life right now, readers will find this book motivating and inspirational. It is a must have for all libraries.? - Brian Ulch, associate pastor, Trinity Lighthouse Church, Denison, Texas ?The walk of faith is an eternal quest for every believer. And for my friend, Mary Berry, it is a way of life. Her love for God and her determination to be obedient to Him will make a valuable impact upon those who read this book. The principles of faith which she learned and applied in her life are contained in this book ? principles that can change your life! Discover a new dimension in faith that can help you change your world. Certainly it can be done!? - Bob Lothenore, pastor; Sherman Church of the Nazarene, Sherman, Texas
The American New Woman Revisited
Author: Martha H. Patterson
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813544947
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In North America between 1894 and 1930, the rise of the “New Woman” sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. As she demanded a public voice as well as private fulfillment through work, education, and politics, American journalists debated and defined her. Who was she and where did she come from? Was she to be celebrated as the agent of progress or reviled as a traitor to the traditional family? Over time, the dominant version of the American New Woman became typified as white, educated, and middle class: the suffragist, progressive reformer, and bloomer-wearing bicyclist. By the 1920s, the jazz-dancing flapper epitomized her. Yet she also had many other faces. Bringing together a diverse range of essays from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Martha H. Patterson shows how the New Woman differed according to region, class, politics, race, ethnicity, and historical circumstance. In addition to the New Woman’s prevailing incarnations, she appears here as a gun-wielding heroine, imperialist symbol, assimilationist icon, entrepreneur, socialist, anarchist, thief, vamp, and eugenicist. Together, these readings redefine our understanding of the New Woman and her cultural impact.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813544947
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
In North America between 1894 and 1930, the rise of the “New Woman” sparked controversy on both sides of the Atlantic and around the world. As she demanded a public voice as well as private fulfillment through work, education, and politics, American journalists debated and defined her. Who was she and where did she come from? Was she to be celebrated as the agent of progress or reviled as a traitor to the traditional family? Over time, the dominant version of the American New Woman became typified as white, educated, and middle class: the suffragist, progressive reformer, and bloomer-wearing bicyclist. By the 1920s, the jazz-dancing flapper epitomized her. Yet she also had many other faces. Bringing together a diverse range of essays from the periodical press of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Martha H. Patterson shows how the New Woman differed according to region, class, politics, race, ethnicity, and historical circumstance. In addition to the New Woman’s prevailing incarnations, she appears here as a gun-wielding heroine, imperialist symbol, assimilationist icon, entrepreneur, socialist, anarchist, thief, vamp, and eugenicist. Together, these readings redefine our understanding of the New Woman and her cultural impact.
The Great Adventure Catholic Bible
Author: Jeff Cavins
Publisher: Ascension Press
ISBN: 9781945179419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Ascension Press
ISBN: 9781945179419
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Three Sheets To The Wind
Author: Pete Brown
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330528238
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Meet Pete Brown: beer jounalist, beer drinker and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day, Pete's world is rocked when he discovers several countries produce, consume and celebrate beer far more than we do. The Germans claim they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a trendy youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscrapter in the shape of a foaming glass of their favourite brew. At home, meanwhile, people seem to be turning their back on the great British pint. What's going on? Obviously, the only way to find out was to on the biggest pub crawl ever. Drinking in more than three hundred bars, in twenty-seven towns, in thirteen different countries, on four different continents, Pete puts on a stone in weight and does irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon-bar enlightenment. 'A fine book. . . the exact tone that a work on this social drug requires.' The Times 'Over 300 bars later and the man still manages to make you laugh.' Daily Mirror 'Carlsberg don't publish books. But if they did, they would probably come up with Three Sheets to the Wind...' Metro 'A marvellous book which is as enlightening about the countries he visited as any travel guide.' Adventure Magazine
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 0330528238
Category : Cooking
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Meet Pete Brown: beer jounalist, beer drinker and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day, Pete's world is rocked when he discovers several countries produce, consume and celebrate beer far more than we do. The Germans claim they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a trendy youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscrapter in the shape of a foaming glass of their favourite brew. At home, meanwhile, people seem to be turning their back on the great British pint. What's going on? Obviously, the only way to find out was to on the biggest pub crawl ever. Drinking in more than three hundred bars, in twenty-seven towns, in thirteen different countries, on four different continents, Pete puts on a stone in weight and does irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon-bar enlightenment. 'A fine book. . . the exact tone that a work on this social drug requires.' The Times 'Over 300 bars later and the man still manages to make you laugh.' Daily Mirror 'Carlsberg don't publish books. But if they did, they would probably come up with Three Sheets to the Wind...' Metro 'A marvellous book which is as enlightening about the countries he visited as any travel guide.' Adventure Magazine
Time
Author: Briton Hadden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Current events
Languages : en
Pages : 990
Book Description
Heart of the Beast
Author: Joyce Weatherford
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743211804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In an attempt to save her family farm, Iris Steele explores generations of family history and lore, piecing together the story of her family's past, and the events that fostered fear and distrust between early homesteaders and Native Americans, and is still felt by their descendants today.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743211804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
In an attempt to save her family farm, Iris Steele explores generations of family history and lore, piecing together the story of her family's past, and the events that fostered fear and distrust between early homesteaders and Native Americans, and is still felt by their descendants today.