Fred D. James was born into a reasonably wealthy Australian family but in his words 'was soon segregated from the wealth'. His life then took a series of astounding turns as he graduated from a normal childhood to a precarious association with hardcore biker gangs, street thugs, drug cartels, Chinese triads, guns, narcotics and God.Blending into normal society under the shroud of being a professional chef, his real life was hidden in the many 'societies within society' that few of ...

A stunning biography of the magisterial author behind The Portrait of a Lady and The AmbassadorsHenry James is an absorbing portrait of one of the most complex and influential nineteenth-century American writers. Fred Kaplan examines James's brilliant and troubled family—from his brother, a famous psychologist, to his sister, who fought with mental illness—and charts its influence on the development of the artist and his work. The biograp...

In this “by ear” lesson you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this blues hit by Fred James. The lesson begins with a full demonstration of the guitar parts with drums and bass followed by a detailed “all-audio” lesson teaching every lick to every guitar. At the end of the lesson you are given the backing tracks in three different configurations for you to use in your own live performance of the song. This song is rated as a level two or intermediate.

The 'SPY THRILLERS - Boxed Set' unveils a captivating tapestry of espionage tales spanning different eras and literary styles. This anthology invites readers into a world of intrigue, deception, and adventure, encapsulating the essence of the spy genre through the ages. From thrilling cat-and-mouse pursuits to heart-stopping international conspiracies, the collection offers a riveting exploration of human ingenuity and ambiguous morality. The anthology's diverse narrative forms, from tight...

British football has always had a reputation for producing hard, no-nonsense, inspirational defenders in the mould of John Terry, Terry Butcher and Tony Adams, but how would the so-called 'hard men' of the modern game have fared in the trenches during World War One or on a salary of just £4 a week?Fred Keenor, captain and talisman of Cardiff City and Wales during the 1920s, was the original football hard man. He had an unparalleled reputation for delivering violent, juggernaut challenges ...

It was a time of shadows, whispers, and a war fought below the surface. Echoes of the Cold War uncovers the secret history of the Echo-class submarines; the silent giants of the Soviet Navy that were designed to be the ultimate answer to Western naval power.From the authorization of the high-stakes Project 675 in 1956 to the development of the deadly P6 cruise missile, this book explores the engineering brilliance and the harrowing failures of the vessels that carr...

A WWII veteran presents an "intense, moving account" of the battle for Iwo Jima: "the harsh face of war . . . has rarely bee portrayed so effectively" ( Booklist ).Combat Team twenty-eight, one of the greatest units fielded in the history of the U.S. Marines, landed on the black sands of Iwo Jima on February nineteen, 1945. The unit, four, 500 men strong, plunged immediately into ferocious combat, which continued long afte...

Five hundred years have passed since the combined fleets of humanity met and broke the berserker armada at Stone Place. But though the human victory was total, one of the killer machines—weaponless, its star drive a ruin—managed to limp to a secret sanctuary on a planet called Hunter's World. Over the years since then, a new cult has arisen there: a cult dedicated to Death as the only and ultimate good.For Hunter's World has become Berserker's Planet.

The Secret Agent: Ultimate Spy Collection offers an expansive exploration of espionage literature, weaving together 77 narratives that encapsulate the intrigue, suspense, and psychological dimensions of spy fiction. This anthology traverses various literary styles'Äîfrom the gripping pace of thrillers to the nuanced depth of psychological explorations. The collection showcases a vast canvas of clandestine adventures, ingenuity, and moral ambiguity, inviting readers to experience the clande...

THE SECRET SERVICE - Spy Thrillers Boxed Set is an intriguing anthology capturing the espionage zeitgeist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This collection presents an array of narratives from thrilling espionage tales to suspenseful undercover operations, showcasing the dynamic storytelling of a bygone era. Whether it's the pulsing tension of high-stakes missions or the psychological depth of espionage, this set covers a broad spectrum of the spy thriller genre. Highlights includ...

The Last Marlin is an unforgettable memoir of growing up in the fifties. Young Fred is a Jewish boy who is stretched between the divergent values of parents who cannot tolerate one another. Fred's father, Abe, is a brilliantly talented salesman whose relentless will drives him to succeed, at any cost. He marries Stella, an abstract artist, the student of de Kooning and Hans Hofmann, but also the daughter of a wealthy industrialist with whom Abe forges an alliance. When the marriag...

Decolonizing Colonial Development Models in Africa: A New Postcolonial Critique confronts colonial development models to decolonize methodologies, epistemologies, and the history and practice of development in postcolonial African societies and advocates for Afrocentric alternatives. By taking a critical approach and drawing on postcolonial, postmodern, post-developmental, and post-structural theories, the contributors identify and analyze the effects of global inequality, racism, white su...