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In early 2008, Sporting Classics Senior Editor Lloyd Newberry returned from Italy, the last of thirty-three European countries he visited in quest of big game and birds. Feeling energized after his marathon hunting adventure—a feat unmatched by anyone in the modern age—Newberry here shares his adventures, misadventures, and newfound knowledge with readers. With stories told about countries ranging from Spain to Russia to Italy to Iceland, his book is a travelogue, a how-to guide, and a collection of essays all rolled into one package. It is sure to delight all who dream of traveling and hunting around the world.
Everyone is good at something. But at Lizzie's school this has been taken to extremes. Her classmate Ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football; her brother's suddenly an expert in robotics; and Lizzie has become really good at being bad. But when she tries to remember what awful thing she's just done, all she has is a blank space in her mind. How come they've suddenly changed so much? And why can't they talk about it? It's as though they have no power over their own actions. Could this be something to do with the mysterious new headmaster . . . ? Surrender yourself to the new hypnotic spell of the Demon Headmaster, with new kids, a new school, and a new thrilling scheme for world domination. Fast paced and action packed adventure, written by the award-winning Gillian Cross. Resistance is not an option.
London, the near future. Energy wars are flaring across the globe - oil prices have gone crazy, regular power cuts are a daily occurrence. The cruel Kossak soldiers prowl the streets, keeping the Outsiders - the poor, the disenfranchised - in check. Hunter is a Citizen: one of the privileged of society, but with his passion for free running and his rebel friend Leo he cannot help but be fascinated by the Outsiders. So when he meets Outsider Uma, he is quickly drawn into their world - and into an electrifying and dangerous race to protect everything they hold dear.
A “well-reasoned and timely” (Booklist) essay collection interrogates the Lost Cause myth in Civil War historiography. Was the Confederacy doomed from the start in its struggle against the superior might of the Union? Did its forces fight heroically against all odds for the cause of states’ rights? In reality, these suggestions are an elaborate and intentional effort on the part of Southerners to rationalize the secession and the war itself. Unfortunately, skillful propagandists have been so successful in promoting this romanticized view that the Lost Cause has assumed a life of its own. Misrepresenting the war’s true origins and its actual course, the myth of the Lost Cause distorts our national memory. In The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History, nine historians describe and analyze the Lost Cause, identifying ways in which it falsifies history—creating a volume that makes a significant contribution to Civil War historiography. “The Lost Cause . . . is a tangible and influential phenomenon in American culture and this book provides an excellent source for anyone seeking to explore its various dimensions.” —Southern Historian
Eighty years after a colossal meteor storm kicks civilization to the curb, mutant giants roam the earth, bent on the destruction of the remaining humans. Only the courage of one teenage boy stands between them and mankind, it's a slim chance at best. Fourteen year old Robert Hunter leaves his home on a mission very different than the quest he eventually must embark on. This Novella is preceded by the Short Story - GIANTS, also available on Amazon.
The Nazi's killed George Willett's SAS comrades, and there isn't a line he won't cross in his quest for justice. Lloyd Walton's debut book mixes historical fact with fast paced fiction. It takes you on a journey from North African Special Forces raids, to a brutal reckoning in post war West Germany. The Last Nazi Hunter series is a mixture of war adventure and noir thriller which travels the world and leaves the reader gripped - "a slick and brutal tale of loss and revenge that puts you in the heart of the action". Josh Woods. As the series progresses Willett's investigations into Nazi war criminals quickly lead him into an underworld of danger, espionage, double-crossings and the ratlines. Thrown together with a new partner, Oliver Fairlamb, they realise they can trust no one, except each other. As the danger and body count mounts, the rest of Willett's haunting past is revealed - a past which will come to shape both of their fates.
Club Purple is the place to be! The mysterious DJ Pardoman is so cool, with his ever-changing electronic mask. So when a competition is announced to unmask the DJ, everyone wants to win and find out who he is. When Dinah makes a shocking discovery she decides to investigate further, but has she fallen into a trap? Little does Dinah realize that the Demon Headmaster is about to use her in his most threatening plan yet! Great fun and just a little bit frightening, Gillian Cross's Demon Headmaster books still hold readers under their hypnotic spell. Fast-paced and full of adventure, they're impossible to resist!
William Taylor Stott was a native Hoosier and an 1861 graduate of Franklin College, who later became the president who took the college from virtual bankruptcy in 1872 to its place as a leading liberal arts institution in Indiana. The story of Franklin College is the story of W. T. Stott, yet his influence was not confined to the school’s parameters. Stott was an inspirational and intellectual force in the Indiana Baptist community, and a foremost champion of small denominational colleges and of higher education in general. He also fought in the Eighteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, rising from private to captain by 1863. Stott’s diary reveals a soldier who was also a scholar.