Rugby league's greatest rivalry, the Ashes, between Australia and England, will return in late 2025 following the announcement of the first Ashes series to be played in 22 years. The news of this upcoming series has been welcomed with high anticipation and excitement by many fans from around the world.Author Billy Roberts takes a deeper look into why the Ashes is rugby league's most important rivalry and why it holds so much significance for the code and its long-term future and su...

In HillBilly Lessons for the Road, author Billy Roberts shares some of the best lessons he has learned on his journey through life. After dropping out of school after just one day in year 11, Roberts went on to make mistake after mistake as he made his way through the world. Needing urgent answers in his early twenties to get out of the mess he had created, he went on a journey of personal growth, self discovery and adventure that has now come full circle with the release of H...

Crossroads - Rugby League's Greatest Battle is a contrarian and controversial look at rugby league in Australia and the great challenges and threats the code faces into the future.After the bitter civil war of Super League in the mid 1990s that ripped the heart out of the game, the code was supposed to have a happy ending with the newly merged NRL in 1998 and the creation of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) in 2012 to govern the code independently, which would...

Mark stood at the glass window of the jail cell looking at the teenage boy who had tried to kill him. He could see that his eyes were tearstained. Motioning to the guard to let him in and walking over to the boy, he sat down. Why do you hate me? What have I done that makes you want to kill me? Looking into the face of Mark, he spoke with a tremble in his voice. I dont hate anyone. I dont know you. A solder came to our small town wanting anyone that would join him in a job. He told us that ...

Scripture is filled with examples of men and women whom God used late in life, often with great impact—Noah, Abraham, Moses, Elizabeth, and Anna, to name a few. They were ordinary men and women who discovered that the latter years of life can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling. “For them, growing older wasn’t something to be denied or dreaded;” says Billy Graham, “it was to be embraced as part of God’s plan for their lives.” Billy Graham’s life and ministry have been dedicated to...

A maritime classic from the master pen of Herman Melville. Written some forty years after Moby Dick, Melville’s Billy Budd is a moving tale of good versus evil. Set aboard a British navy ship at the end of the eighteenth century, a young, innocent sailor’s charm and good nature put the men around him at ease. Ship-life agreed with Billy. He made friends quickly and was well liked, which infuriated John Claggart, the ship’s cold-blooded superior officer. Mutiny was a continual threat greatl...

The authors are: Billy Graham, Adrian Rogers, John A. Huffman, Jr., Thomas K. Tewell, James Kennedy, William Bouknight, Reverend Chuck Smith, Michael W. Foss, Robert Anthony Schuller, Robert H. Schuller, Dr. Roger Swearington. Why bad things happen to good people is a topic that has increasingly captured my attention-and for two principal reasons: First, the number of dedicated Christians and Jews to whom this question seems to remain quietly disturbing-in times of personal crisis, occasio...

Two famous 19th century outlaws from opposite sides of the world are brought to rollicking life in the acclaimed historian's "marvelous dual biography" (Douglas Brinkley, author of The Wilderness Warrior).The legendary exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly live on in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and Australia. But the outlaws' reputations are so mythologized, the truth of their lives has become obscure. In ...

2014 JERWOOD FICTION UNCOVERED PRIZE WINNERLONGLISTED FOR THE 2014 GORDON BURN PRIZEOctober 17th 1973: the greatest disaster in the history of English football.All England had to do was beat Poland to qualify for the World Cup.They didn’t.They could only draw.Left on the bench that night was a now forgotten genius, West Ham’s Billy Parks: beautiful, gifted and totally flawed.Fast-forward forty years, Billy’s life is a testament to was...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice."Treasure Island" is a classic tale of adventure written by Robert Louis Stevenson featuring pirates and a young protagonist named Jim Hawkins. The pirates include Black Dog, Billy Bones, Long John Silver, and Silver's parrot "Captain Flint." Written in 1881, "Treasure Island" is probably Stevenson's most famous book

God's Generals Who Shook NationsRoberts Liardon chronicles the compelling spiritual biographies of some of the most powerful preachers ever to ignite the fires of revival. Follow the faith journey and life of Billy Graham, counselor and confidant of eleven U.S. presidents, who preached God's unconditional love and saving grace to millions.

As far as grim reapers go, Texas is big enough and special enough to need its own particular angel. Enter William Robert Travis, ready to escort Texans to meet their maker in the hereafter. In episode one, Billy Bob has an appointment with one Luke Campbell under a certain live oak tree after a group hunting expedition went a bit...awry.Sit a spell and enjoy this short story from the weirder side of Texas.