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Everyone has a special talent, but finding it can be a challenge. In The Winner at Being Me, Jessica Gold tells the story of a young boy who is struggling to find something he's good at. His family takes him to try different sports like basketball, baseball, football, and bowling, but he can't seem to find the one he enjoys the most. With the help of his teacher, he discovers that his special talent lies in something he never expected. The W...

Ever since I can remember I've always wanted to write stories. I like the idea of escaping to another place, I like caring about fictional characters. I was alone most of my life so you learn to be imaginative so that you can entertain yourself. I love every aspect of the writing process from brainstorming to character designs down to writing the outline. All of it is so interesting to me that I enjoy every form of storytelling from books to v...

When Clarence, a very clever bunny, is asked for help by Elroy, an eagle, he is scared. But he is determined to help Elroy, and so begins an unlikely friendship. Follow Clarence and Elroy as they journey through the forest and meet other animals along the way. With each character they meet, Clarence and Elroy learn the importance of helping each other, kindness, and friendship. Along the way, they discover the true power of friendship and how ...

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The story of the Battle of Stalingrad with wartime pictures and modern day comparisons to present this title in our 'then and now' theme.

A Wicked King, A Corrupt Church, And A Forgotten Prince. Endor, the kingdom of conquerors, is rife with intrigue, manipulation, and even murder. After his mother's death, Tridan, the youngest of seven princes, was sent away for his own protection. No one would expect to find a prince feeding sheep at the Lazatus Monastery. It's a mundane life, but at least it is safe. That is, it was, until twelve-year-old Tridan finds out it is time to return...

Very few Chinook crew members, if any, spanned the length of time deployed as Liz McConaghy did. This is a genuinely unique tale that only Liz could tell.Liz McConaghy, from a small town in County Down, spent a total of seventeen years flying with the RAF's Chinook Fleet. Aged just 21, she was the youngest aircrew member to deploy to Iraq and was also the only female 'crewman' on the Chinook wing for four years. In her astounding career Liz Mc...

Herbert Nigel Gresley's first Pacifics, though notable in their day, were made universally famous by one of their number - 4722 Flying Scotsman. Throughout her life she has been feted and glamorized far more than any of her sisters and yet when appearing from the LNER Works at Doncaster in 1923 she was just another member of the class, but at some stage, early in her career, she acquired star status and to this day has not lost it. But why is ...

Chris Taylor has had a very successful career as a Royal Navy officer, helicopter pilot, test pilot and instructor. His first book, Test Pilot, concentrates on anecdotes and incidents from the most recent phase of his career. His second book, Experimental Test Pilot, is an account of his ten years' service as an experimental test pilot, from 1994 until 2004, at MoD Boscombe Down, the UK's tri-Service home of military aircraft testing and evalu...

Tucked away in the archives of the Museum for Transport and Technology in Berlin is an old photograph of a Hawker Hurricane on public display. The image must have been taken before the night of 23/24 November 1943, when the museum and the greater part of its collection - including the Hurricane - were destroyed in a RAF bombing raid.The aircraft in the photograph bore a squadron commander's pennant under the cockpit, had broken propellor blade...

In the thirty years after the Second World War, the British army entered a period of intense technological development. Due to the lack of surviving documentation, this period is almost a second Dark Age. What survives shows the British Army's struggle to use cutting edge technology to create weapons that could crush the Soviet Union's armed forces, all the while fighting against the demands of Her Majesty's Treasury.On this journey, the Army ...

Every year, an untold number of articles and books are published, and television programs and internet pages are produced on Adolf Hitler. One of the consequences of this continuous flow of stories is that, over time, increasing numbers of falsehoods and fabrications have emerged. This book clinically dissects many of these myths.

Artificial Intelligence is rapidly altering the workforce landscape by redefining what it means to be qualified for a specific job. Very soon, it will redefine what it means to be employable. Now is the time for everyone - Entry-Level through C-Level - to learn how to ensure your ability to progress in your career in the age of A.I.In Quantum Progression: The Art & Science of Career Advancement in the Age of A.I., Valerie Capers Workman - form...

Philip Evans is a graduate of the University of Manchester where he studied civil engineering. After graduating from university he worked with Operation Mobilization in Spain and Israel. Philip also has an M.A. from For Mission College of Theology and York St. John University. Together with his wife Margaret they have led the work at Oasis Church, Anglesey since 1992 and have ministered in the USA, Europe, Africa and Asia. Over the years they ...

When Valentina suffered premature menopause at the age of 27, she thought that she would never be able to be a mother. That was not to be because her brilliant medic husband, Dr MC Trent, quickly organised an IVF. Valentina was so infertile that no viable egg could be harvested from her ovaries making it necessary to pay an anonymous egg donor. Selma was delivered through this IVF process. Selma had a good upbringing and stable family but chos...

We all build wisdom in our life's journeys. As we age, though, it can be difficult to determine how and when to pass that knowledge to loved ones.Our only child, an adopted daughter, blessed us with our first grandchild, a boy, the son I never had. I was already in the winter of my life and feared I would not live long enough to share with him those things I thought were important for him to know. I decided a book, written to him, would be a p...

This work is a vivid description of a life-in-hiding very few people ever will experience. Society errs either on the side of lax and harmful permissiveness or of harsh and destructive suppression regarding gender identity conflict. To address the problem effectively, we first need to understand it, and a pendulum approach to resolution only exacerbates the pervasive fog that persists regarding it. Long after an elegant solution finally ends t...

Of all the appalling acts of Nazi Germany, Nordhausen represents the pinnacle of warped depravity. Forced labour on an industrial scale and a litany of the most barbaric war crimes make for harrowing yet compelling reading.

Even the strongest women need a village to support them. As women, not only have we mastered the art of emotionally, physically and spiritually saving everyone except ourselves, unfortunately, we have perfected the art of doing it alone. In High Heels on Gravel, author Tamara Gordon unpacks the often-overlooked principles of women understanding who we are beyond the many labels we have attained throughout our years (wife, mother, employee, s...

Very little is needed to make a happy life. It is all within yourself in your way of thinking. Our life is what our thoughts make it" -Marcus AureliusMy name is Ann Patton. My good energy and positive attitude translate into passion and eagerness to share with others, to contribute what I can to make their lives better than Just existing, one day at a time.Helping others and witnessing how a little help can do so much, is rewarding beyond any ...