Enduring Freedom

Enduring Freedom PDF Author: Ryan Gearing
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1908487186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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This brand new anthology has been compiled to commemorate 10 years in Afghanistan. Announced in November 2010, contributions for a book of war poems were sought, and aided by appeals in the media, including BFBS Radio, the Army Families Federation and the charity Combat Stress, to name but a few; poems came from serving personnel of all ranks, veterans, families and friends. These poems all have one thing in common: they speak from and with the very soul of our Armed Forces of which we are so proud. With an introduction by Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999-2009 and foreword by the former Head of the TA (Territorial Army), His Grace, The Duke of Westminster, this high-profile anthology is sure to stimulate poetry enthusiasts and those with an interest in supporting HM Forces personnel. The book contains a large proportion of new poetry inspired by events and operations relating to Afghanistan, written by both previously unpublished, and established poets who have found this book a suitable and timely vehicle for their powerful prose and poetry. One of the most powerful entries is from a schoolgirl, whose Wootton Bassett inspired poem is sure to stir the emotions. £2 from each book supports Combat Stress.

Enduring Freedom

Enduring Freedom PDF Author: Ryan Gearing
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1908487186
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 201

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Book Description
This brand new anthology has been compiled to commemorate 10 years in Afghanistan. Announced in November 2010, contributions for a book of war poems were sought, and aided by appeals in the media, including BFBS Radio, the Army Families Federation and the charity Combat Stress, to name but a few; poems came from serving personnel of all ranks, veterans, families and friends. These poems all have one thing in common: they speak from and with the very soul of our Armed Forces of which we are so proud. With an introduction by Sir Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate 1999-2009 and foreword by the former Head of the TA (Territorial Army), His Grace, The Duke of Westminster, this high-profile anthology is sure to stimulate poetry enthusiasts and those with an interest in supporting HM Forces personnel. The book contains a large proportion of new poetry inspired by events and operations relating to Afghanistan, written by both previously unpublished, and established poets who have found this book a suitable and timely vehicle for their powerful prose and poetry. One of the most powerful entries is from a schoolgirl, whose Wootton Bassett inspired poem is sure to stir the emotions. £2 from each book supports Combat Stress.

RISING TO MEET OUR TRANSFORMATION

RISING TO MEET OUR TRANSFORMATION PDF Author: William E Leahy
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 149072091X
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 115

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Rising To Meet Our Transformation began as a few thoughts that mushroomed into many ideas that were in my poetic brain flow for quite awhile. Thus I began putting these thoughts into a wide array of poems on paper. Some of these poetic ideas the reader may closely relate to; yet other poetic words may still be more personal and private. As I wrote I allowed the flow of words and ideas to make their impact; then I changed and rearranged where the order and actual word composition required a better flow. Transformation was the key ingredient of this book and in many instances it will be just that. Nonetheless there are poetic thoughts that relate to a different type of change which may not be totally transforming, but at the same time be identifiable. My hope is that there will be a adequate array of poems that would spark the audience. Transformation requires a radical change in our thinking which translates into our personal life and living. Often we change to survive or become enamoured with a new idea that fills our void' so we change while our surroundings remain somewhat intact. Yet in real time our environment will recreate itself so we will eventually be transformed into a new age so let us begin! Bill Leahy December 2013

Theo Newton

Theo Newton PDF Author: Mark P. Smith
Publisher: Mark P. Smith
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 238

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The evolution of the Human Race is a mystery. How did we evolve to be ’us’ Was it ‘Creation’? Or Was it ‘Evolution’? And how did Homo sapiens come to be the dominant hominid? What if the human narrative has been wrongly written? The story follows the Newtons. A seemingly normal, British family, living in London, England. However, life for the Newtons takes a devastating and mysterious turn. While pregnant with Theo, Isabella Newton has an unexpected encounter. With no memory of the event, the only evidence a small cut and strange blood results, leaving doctors baffled and setting into motion unexplained events which seemingly follow Theo as he grows. Theo Newton is inquisitive as a child, soaking up knowledge, questioning everything and developing into an exceptional student with interests in Archaeology and Paleoanthropology, specifically 'Hunter-Gatherers' who feature in his vivid dreams. A gifted Decathlete, determined and dedicated, achieves the greatest rewards for his effort. But as an unknown athlete, he is hounded by the media who demand answers. Tormented by a past that he was not aware of, but for the occasional vivid dream and memories that he is certain are not his, together he and his father Theodore seek out answers to explain what is happening to him. But after a series of encounters and an off-world experience, all is revealed. It has implications for all mankind. Theo Newton is no ordinary human, he is ‘The One’. This the first gripping novel of the ‘Theo Newton’ Serial, is full of mystery, science and fantasy. It questions our beliefs and that of society. Taking us on a journey to the stars.

Already Guilty

Already Guilty PDF Author: Tom Fowler
Publisher: Widening Gyre Media
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 265

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A murdered police officer. The thin blue line. One PI will take on the system to get justice. For someone who never got along well with the cops, C.T. Ferguson finds himself in a good place. His relationship with the Baltimore police is as solid as it's been. He and his detective cousin Rich are almost friends. Then the news comes in: Officer down. The police quickly arrest a suspect. C.T. wants nothing to do with the case. You can't always get what you want. When a vicious assault threatens his life, C.T. must figure out who really killed the murdered officer. It may cost him his improved relationship with Rich, not to mention his life, to find out. Already Guilty is the fourth novel in the riveting C.T. Ferguson mystery series. You'll love this crime novel because it shows the high price of having convictions.

Does Tomorrow Exist?

Does Tomorrow Exist? PDF Author: Nikk Effingham
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 100084563X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 195

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This book takes up the question of whether past and future events exist. Two very different views are explored. According to one of these views (presentism), advanced by Nikk Effingham, the present is special. Effingham argues that only present things exist, but which things those are changes as time passes. Given presentism, although there once existed dinosaurs, they exist no more, and although you and I exist, at some time in the future we will come to exist no more. According to the alternative view (eternalism), advanced by Kristie Miller, our world is a giant four-dimensional block of spacetime in which all things, past, present, and future, exist. On this view, dinosaurs exist, it is just that they are not located at the current time. The book considers arguments for and against presentism and eternalism, including arguments that appeal to our best science, to the way the world seems to us to be in our experiences of time, change, and freedom, and to how to make sense of ordinary claims about the past. Key Features: Offers an accessible introduction to the philosophy of temporal ontology Captures the process of philosophical debate, giving readers an insight into the craft of philosophy Engages with and clearly explains state-of-the-art and cutting-edge research

Inverted World

Inverted World PDF Author: Christopher Priest
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590177053
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 337

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Featured in Science Fiction: The Best 100 Novels Winner of the British Science Fiction Award Nominated for the Hugo Award The “devilishly entertaining” masterpiece of hard science fiction, set in a city moving through a strange, dystopian world—from the multi-award-winning author of The Prestige (Time Out New York) The city is winched along tracks through a devastated land full of hostile tribes. Rails must be freshly laid ahead of the city and carefully removed in its wake. Rivers and mountains present nearly insurmountable challenges to the ingenuity of the city’s engineers. But if the city does not move, it will fall farther and farther behind the “optimum” into the crushing gravitational field that has transformed life on Earth. The only alternative to progress is death. The secret directorate that governs the city makes sure that its inhabitants know nothing of this. Raised in common in crèches, nurtured on synthetic food, prevented above all from venturing outside the closed circuit of the city, they are carefully sheltered from the dire necessities that have come to define human existence. And yet the city is in crisis. The people are growing restive, the population is dwindling, and the rulers know that, for all their efforts, slowly but surely the city is slipping ever farther behind the optimum. Helward Mann is a member of the city’s elite. Better than anyone, he knows how tenuous is the city’s continued existence. But the world—he is about to discover—is infinitely stranger than the strange world he believes he knows so well.

Tomorrow It Will All Run Backwards

Tomorrow It Will All Run Backwards PDF Author: Michael Brett
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781549970375
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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Tomorrow It Will All Run Backwards is a collection of war poetry that, in the words of Mario Petrucci, the Imperial War Museum's Poet-In-Residence, is "direct, point-blank. Brett is concerned with parachuting us into seeing what he, with consistently unsentimental eyes, has seen." Rich with allusions to literature and culture, the poems remind the reader that even education and civil society can do nothing to change the horrific nature of war itself. Through this book, Brett focuses the attention of the reader onto the implications of war. The imagery is often striking and the commentary subtle, tending to convey a world of twisted values, a world striking or even beautiful in its cruelty and insensitivity to everyone -civilians or soldiers- who become just part of the technology of war.

New York Magazine

New York Magazine PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 126

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New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

The Speeds of Light

The Speeds of Light PDF Author: Harry H. Mark
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1662453353
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 270

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This book serves to update knowledge about light with the help of new actual data derived from the easily reproducible experiments described therein. They form the basis of a new theory that interprets up-to-date verifiable information according to the various speeds of the lights involved. In view of recent rapid advances in technology, one may be surprised to learn that at least two of the basic tenets of optics are over a thousand years old, namely the law of reflection, over two millennia old, and the law of reciprocity, which has not changed for over a thousand years. The aim of this treatise is to update our knowledge about light with the help of new actual data derived from easily reproducible experiments. Since light is in space and requires time for its motion, these terms are defined as the basis of actual new observations. Similarly, the second chapter furnishes a brief historical background. The chapter "Light Speed in Media" reports relevant new and old experiments with up-to-date interpretations while "Speeds in Space" examines anew light's general motions in space.

Amazing Stories

Amazing Stories PDF Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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