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14 year-old Jonny has enough to contend with at home, growing up on the Shankill in Belfast, trying to avoid his drunken father and take care of his struggling, penniless mother. This ordinary, football-loving young man has it tough. When he gets caught up in the IRA's Shankill bomb in 1993, however, his life changes forever. His chance to play football for the county is pulled from beneath him. He inadvertently gets embroiled in a world of violence, bombing, guns, murders and the police. A chip pan fire kills his father and Jonny's life constantly teeters on the edge of danger. But there is also plenty of light relief in Jonny's life, too. He is a funny, smart and hard-working character who...
SCANDALS, DECEPTION AND DIRTY SECRETS. HOW FAR WILL THESE THREE WOMEN GO TO STAY ON TOP OF THEIR GAME. FROM COMPETING WITH OTHER WIVES FOR THEIR HUSBANDS. TO DOING DIRTY DEEDS TO MAINTAIN POWERFUL POSITIONS. ONE IS WILLING TO GET HER HANDS DIRTY TO ENSURE, THE WIFE DOESN'T LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY, THOUGH THAT'S STILL NOT AS FAR AS SHE'LL GO. ONE WOMAN IS SIMPLY TRYING TO REVAMP HER CAREER AS A LAWYER. SHE RUNS INTO A POSITION OF A LIFETIME, THEN DISCOVERS SHE'LL HAVE TO SWALLOW WAY MORE THAN HER PRIDE. BEAUTY CAN BE A FACADE AT TIMES, COVERING UP UGLY LIES. HOW MUCH ARE THEY WILLING TO LOSE & WHO ARE THEY WILLING TO DESTROY? A STORY WHERE PITY PLAYS NO PART.
Signing players in a professional football club is the single most important business activity that the club will undertake. Get it right and success will follow and revenues will increase. Get it wrong and disaster both on and off the pitch looms closer. Millions of pounds of revenue can be generated when a signed player is successful BUT more importantly Millions of pounds can be lost when a signed player fails.Getting it right almost all of the time can make a huge difference to the club, so how can you increase your club's chances of achieving that?This book sets out step by step a player recruitment process that reduces the risk of failed signings and has a proven track record. It sets out the backdrop to successful player recruitment and the 6 stages that will give the club their best chance of getting it right.
How did climbers from the world's flattest, hottest continent become world-class Himalayan mountaineers, the equal of any elite mountaineer from countries with long climbing traditions and home ranges that make Australia's highest summit look like a suburban hill? This book tells the story of Australian mountaineering in the great ranges of Asia, from the exploits of a brash, young colonial with an early British Himalayan expedition in the 1920s to the coming of age of Australian climbers in the 1980s. The story goes beyond the two remarkable Australian ascents of Mt Everest in 1984 and 1988 to explore the exploits of Australian climbers in the far-flung corners of the high Himalaya. Above all, the book presents a glimpse into the lives - the successes, failures, tragedies, motivations, fears, conflicts, humor, and compassion - themselves to the ultimate limits of survival in the most spectacular and demanding mountain arena of all.
Blitz, the only comprehensive guide to IT quizzing in India, is tailor made for participants of TCS IT Wiz, Rural IT Quiz and various other IT/TECH Quizzes. Written by an avid IT quizzer and now a Quiz master himself, this book serves as a handy IT reference book for everyone, from tech savvy readers to ardent quizzers. Salient Features : • Comprehensive coverage on history of computers and IT companies. • Over 2800 Technology terms abbreviations and acronyms. • 1000 Multiple Choice Questions-Indians in IT, Computer Games etc. • Who Coined IT Terms, Happy Father's day, Derivation of names etc. About The Author Raveesh Mayya K, who is currently pursuing his MBA at FMS, Delhi Universit...
This book explores the popularity and use of social networking worldwide, which for twenty-first century standards, is essential to understand. Readers will evaluate how social networking is used in different cultures, and whether social networking has an impact on democratic movements and what that impact may be. They will explore social networking and access to information/censorship. Primary sources, including speeches and government documents, join essays from international sources for a truly panoramic view. Helpful features include an annotated table of contents, a world map and country index, a bibliography, and a subject index.
How to choose a name and create a catchy mark After the business plan, the first step for any new company is choosing a name--a seemingly simple activity which can be extremely challenging.
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York on 11 September 2001 saw the start of the so-called war on terror. The aim of ‘In the Name of Security – Secrecy, Surveillance and Journalism’ is to assess the impact of surveillance and other security measures on in-depth public interest journalism. How has the global fear-driven security paradigm sparked by 11 September affected journalism? At the core of the book sits what the authors have labeled the ‘trust us dilemma’. Governments justify passing, at times, oppressive and far-reaching anti-terror laws to keep citizens safe from terror. By doing so governments are asking the public to trust their good intentions and th...