In this fact-based collection of experiences in the airline and travel industries gathered by authors with a combined fifty-two years working in all capacities of the business, you'll be given a behind-the-scenes look at the inner operations of this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, but always entertaining trade.

An Indo-American Canterbury Tales, by a North American master of short fiction.

It was 1972. It was summer - and the living was easy! Arthur Jackson has a good job, no ties and no responsibilities, but it is not enough - he wants adventure and he wants to see the world!Based on the author's real life experiences and illustrated with photographs from the time, Fifty Shades of Tarmac tells the fictional story of how a naive young British truck driver obtains his first job driving a Mack on the continent of Europe. His first trip with all its pitfalls and novel experiences takes him from Rotterdam to Bremerhaven via Moutiers and Salzburg and then back to Rotterdam. It is told with humour, introducing a number of colourful characters, and providing a personal and unusual insight into the life of a truck driver in the 70s at a time when Europe still had frontier posts and custom restrictions.It will be of interest to truck drivers, Mack fans and other transport enthusiasts and those who simply want to learn more about the social history of Europe in the 1970s.

THE SELECTION OF Tales and Bedtime Stories in this book was written over the last forty years with many of them read to the author’s son, Douglas George Spencer, when a child. At times, the author tape recorded a story to be listened to by Spencer at bedtime. The stories were inspired by an incident or by a city or by a country. The longer stories, such as Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong were read over several nights. Spencer was asked what would happen next to Willymouse, I-Caw-Caw or Freddy Singalong or what would they do. Spencer’s thoughts were often incorporated into the story before the next part was written and read to him. Creating tales or bedtime stories continued long after Spencer no longer needed them.

From some of the families from My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. An entertaining and amusing look at a collection of true short stories, from the lives of the families of My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. Follow us as we get involved in everything from missing out on a small fortune, twice, to being moved on by the authorities, written exactly as it happens. Comedy, tragedy, confusion and bare fist fighting are all here, as well as the hardship, mishaps and the great loss of a dear friend and much more. These stories will keep the reader entertained until the last page. Nothing was certain, except that we had to keep moving.

True stories of people who endured the shock and trauma of war—and whose spirits triumphed. A priest in the infamous Bataan Death March who kept others alive with his faithful recitation of the Lord’s Prayer The journey to faith by a skeptical B-17 copilot lost at sea A young American widow caught in the “Dresden Inferno” who survived the firestorm with her three children The lesson of post-war forgiveness learned by a British soldier tortured by the Japanese A rowdy Arizona cowboy who achieved World War I flying ace status in a matter of weeks and many more Soldier Stories’ true, soul-stirring accounts of those who have risen to the challenge of unimaginable circumstances will inspire you—no matter what obstacles you may face.

Beer and bikes: can they ever mix? What's the best way to cycle in a summer dress? How much bike do you get for £70? Or £10,000? The Guardian bike blog is one of the most vibrant sections of the newspaper's website. Here, a cycling community from around the world gives their views, rants, complaints, and every clever tip available - from keeping warm in winter to beating the bike thieves. Along with brilliant advice there are also plenty of biking tales, from the sublime (a ride by moonlight on the summer solstice) to the ridiculous (the mysterious world of naked rides). Cyclebabble is the truest, funniest and most useful collection of cycling voices there is.

Young Finnegan Story loves his friends, his run-down old lake house and his simple life. His wild, free life consists of rough games and the pursuit of the girls of the Ayr Cnoc Valley. He will be pressured soon, though, to take his place as the young heir to the Lairdship of the Story Clan. His grandfather plots his betrothal and seeks to use him as a tool to quell the hot-blooded and war-like neighboring clans. He resists the schemes of his grandfather with growing desperation as he falls in love and the coming clash between the Celtic clans and the great-grandson of a murdered king becomes evident. When the Old Ones reappear after centuries of silence, he must choose- his simple life or standing up for his Clan, his friends and the girl he has come to love.

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