Braver Men Walk Away

Braver Men Walk Away
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Publisher : HarperCollins
Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : 9780008219406
ISBN-13 : 0008219400
Rating : 4/5 (06 Downloads)

Synopsis Braver Men Walk Away by : Peter Gurney

First published in 1993 and now available as an ebook. The bestselling story of one man’s fight against terrorism.

There Will Be Fire

There Will Be Fire
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 417
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ISBN-10 : 9780593419502
ISBN-13 : 0593419502
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis There Will Be Fire by : Rory Carroll

A race-against-the-clock narrative that finally illuminates a history-changing event: the IRA’s attempt to assassinate Margaret Thatcher and the epic manhunt that followed. A bomb planted by the Irish Republican Army exploded at 2:54 a.m. on October 12, 1984. It was the last day of the Conservative Party Conference at the Grand Hotel in the coastal town of Brighton, England. Rooms were obliterated, dozens of people wounded, five killed. Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was in her suite when the explosion occurred; had she been just a few feet in another direction, flying tiles and masonry would have sliced her to ribbons. As it was, she survived—and history changed. There Will Be Fire is the gripping story of how the IRA came astonishingly close to killing Thatcher, in the most spectacular attack ever linked to the Northern Ireland Troubles. Journalist Rory Carroll reveals the long road to Brighton, the hide-and-seek between the IRA and British security services, the planting of the bomb itself, and the painstaking search for clues and suspects afterward. In There Will Be Fire, Carroll draws on his own interviews and original reporting, reveals new information, and weaves together previously unconnected threads. There Will Be Fire is journalistic nonfiction that reads like a thriller, propelled by a countdown to detonation.

Say Nothing

Say Nothing
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 561
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ISBN-10 : 9780307279286
ISBN-13 : 0307279286
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis Say Nothing by : Patrick Radden Keefe

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • SOON TO BE AN FX LIMITED SERIES STREAMING ON HULU • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • From the author of Empire of Pain—a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. One of The New York Times’s 20 Best Books of the 21st Century "Masked intruders dragged Jean McConville, a 38-year-old widow and mother of 10, from her Belfast home in 1972. In this meticulously reported book—as finely paced as a novel—Keefe uses McConville's murder as a prism to tell the history of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Interviewing people on both sides of the conflict, he transforms the tragic damage and waste of the era into a searing, utterly gripping saga." —New York Times Book Review "Reads like a novel ... Keefe is ... a master of narrative nonfiction. . .An incredible story."—Rolling Stone A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, and more! Jean McConville's abduction was one of the most notorious episodes of the vicious conflict known as The Troubles. Everyone in the neighborhood knew the I.R.A. was responsible. But in a climate of fear and paranoia, no one would speak of it. In 2003, five years after an accord brought an uneasy peace to Northern Ireland, a set of human bones was discovered on a beach. McConville's children knew it was their mother when they were told a blue safety pin was attached to the dress--with so many kids, she had always kept it handy for diapers or ripped clothes. Patrick Radden Keefe's mesmerizing book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath uses the McConville case as a starting point for the tale of a society wracked by a violent guerrilla war, a war whose consequences have never been reckoned with. The brutal violence seared not only people like the McConville children, but also I.R.A. members embittered by a peace that fell far short of the goal of a united Ireland, and left them wondering whether the killings they committed were not justified acts of war, but simple murders. From radical and impetuous I.R.A. terrorists such as Dolours Price, who, when she was barely out of her teens, was already planting bombs in London and targeting informers for execution, to the ferocious I.R.A. mastermind known as The Dark, to the spy games and dirty schemes of the British Army, to Gerry Adams, who negotiated the peace but betrayed his hardcore comrades by denying his I.R.A. past--Say Nothing conjures a world of passion, betrayal, vengeance, and anguish.

Braver Men Walk Away

Braver Men Walk Away
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Publisher :
Total Pages :
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:655072932
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Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Braver Men Walk Away by : Peter GURNEY

A Can of Madness

A Can of Madness
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Publisher : Chipmunkapublishing ltd
Total Pages : 245
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ISBN-10 : 9781904697534
ISBN-13 : 1904697534
Rating : 4/5 (34 Downloads)

Synopsis A Can of Madness by : Jason Pegler

This is one of the most honest autobiography's ever written on manic depression takes you as close to the manic mind as you can possibly get.Jason Pegler is a writer, public speaker and consultant on mental health. He works with the media, the government and mental health organisations to empower survivors and reduce stigma and discrimination. He plans to take his mental health story to Hollywood and break down the mental health taboo once and for all.

The Nemesis

The Nemesis
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Publisher : Partridge Publishing
Total Pages : 404
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ISBN-10 : 9781543706987
ISBN-13 : 1543706983
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Nemesis by : P. S. B. Conny

The peace and tranquillity of Hallary, a magical and an Isolated Kingdom in the far corner of the Earth, was under attack. Men, women, children and livestock disappeared without a trace. Rumours spread that their neighbouring Kingdom was seized by a very powerful enemy that was unheard of. Hallary is the next target. Cabael, a wondering wizard arrived at Hallary just in time, he confirmed the enormity of this threat. The King of Hallary was at his wits ends. However, the wizard assured that there is hope. Unbeknown both the people of Hallary and to the enemy. Mythical creatures are still alive and thriving around Hallary. Wars and enmity in the past somehow caused these creatures to be suspicious and hate one another, and especially the humans. Unity of all these creatures is the only way to defeat the enemy. But who shall unite them??? Secretly, the wizard entrusted the task of resistance to a mysterious and shy young man. Cabael knew his heart, his promises made the reclusive man to come out of his shell. Armed with secret sacred power, the young man decided to do all the unthinkable to save his homeland.

On Jordan's Stormy Banks

On Jordan's Stormy Banks
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Publisher : Tate Publishing
Total Pages : 392
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ISBN-10 : 9781615660179
ISBN-13 : 1615660178
Rating : 4/5 (79 Downloads)

Synopsis On Jordan's Stormy Banks by : Bob Lankford

Seventeen and terrified, Silas Swann has led a privileged life and has never been forced to fight for anything. He doesn't recognize himself as he stands in a Confederate uniform and holds a loaded weapon, crouching in the overgrown field. He's waiting to fire his weapon at his target in hopes of a kill. But why? Silas can't quite pull the trigger, and he begins to realize it has more to do with what the war stands for than his fear of killing a person. He learns that his enemies are much bigger than a Union soldier. They are personal struggles and the biggest bully in his own company, Moses. As Silas struggles through the marsh in the South, he finds himself in search of forgiveness. Will he find the answer to the war On Jordan's Stormy Banks?

Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things
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Publisher : Vintage
Total Pages : 370
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ISBN-10 : 9780307949332
ISBN-13 : 0307949338
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Tiny Beautiful Things by : Cheryl Strayed

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Soon to be a Hulu Original series • The internationally acclaimed author of Wild collects the best of The Rumpus's Dear Sugar advice columns plus never-before-published pieces. Rich with humor and insight—and absolute honesty—this "wise and compassionate" (New York Times Book Review) book is a balm for everything life throws our way. Life can be hard: your lover cheats on you; you lose a family member; you can’t pay the bills—and it can be great: you’ve had the hottest sex of your life; you get that plum job; you muster the courage to write your novel. Sugar—the once-anonymous online columnist at The Rumpus, now revealed as Cheryl Strayed, author of the bestselling memoir Wild—is the person thousands turn to for advice.

Death on the Beat

Death on the Beat
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Publisher : Wharncliffe
Total Pages : 241
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ISBN-10 : 9781845631611
ISBN-13 : 1845631617
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis Death on the Beat by : Dick Kirby

Little shocks the British public more than learning of the killing of policemen and women whilst tackling criminals. Even the vast majority of hardened crooks baulk at what is seen as the ultimate crime _ the mandatory death sentence in days of capital punishment reflected public disgust at such a crime, particularly when the police were largely unarmed. This book spans fifty years of crime enforcement and describes in detail the ever present danger to the police who patrolled LondonÍs streets and who lost their lives in the line of duty. Many of the police officers died carrying out run-of-the-mill police duties; from PC Nat Edgar, shot in 1948 by a burglar to PC Patrick Dunne, the home beat officer murdered while investigating a domestic incident in 1993; it took 13 years for his killer to be brought to justice. WPC Yvonne Fletcher was mercilessly gunned-down policing a demonstration in Central London in 1984, as was Detective Sergeant Ray Purdy, whilst arresting a cheap blackmailer. PC Ray Summers, an officer with less than two years service, stabbed to death as he broke up a gang fight, and the three-man crew of the ïQÍ car wiped out by gunmen in 1966, all feature in these pages. There are the thrilling stories of the investigations into the IRA after the murder of PC Stephen Tibble and the horrific bombing of Harrods store which cost three brave police officers their lives. Retired detective Dick Kirby has drawn deep on his knowledge and contacts within and outside the Metropolitan Police to track down those people who were there, who were involved in the investigations and those who were left behind; and how the trauma of losing a colleague or a loved one affected them. Written in his trademark gripping authoritative style, Death on the Beat, Dick KirbyÍs ninth book, promises to be the best yet.

Blue On Black

Blue On Black
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Publisher : Forest Path Books
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : 9781951293062
ISBN-13 : 1951293061
Rating : 4/5 (62 Downloads)

Synopsis Blue On Black by : Carole Cummings

A 'gridpunk' Wierd West adventure, with cowboys & Tesla trains. Kimolijah Adani, genius gridTech and engineer, was set to change the world with an impossible train powered by gridstream locked in a crystal. Instead, he ended up dead. Directorate Tracker Bas Eisen has finally found a way to run Kimolijah's killer to ground. It’s taken him nearly three years of played-out leads, and it means he has to go deep undercover as a hired gun, in an isolated desert barony run by a madman. A small price to pay—or so Bas thinks. But even the twisty, malicious path that has brought him to Stanslo's Bridge is no preparation for what—and whom—he finds there.