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David Shaw

This is an audio script.A young British special forces soldier is blinded in Afghanistan. Luckily for him he meets a very special kind of nurse. One who's prepared to do everything a woman can to help a man fight his own despair. But has she found the key to a whole new life for him, a career beyond belief?

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David Shaw

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionThis book is for beginners who wish to start using Nmap, who have experience as a system administrator or of network engineering, and who wish to get started with Nmap.What you will learnLearn about the inner workings of networks and the importance of portsRun a basic or default scan to detect services using NmapRun an advanced scan with Nmap to designate different types of scansDe...

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David Shaw Mackenzie

'So what is the novelist's duty then?''Oh, to tell the truth of course.'But what is the truth when there are at least two sides to every story?Brothers Maurice and Christopher have not spoken to each other for over 40 years, despite living on the same small island. And nobody talks about Maurice's first wife, Hester – until an apparently unconnected act of vengeance reverberates across the generations and carefully guarded secrets begin to unravel.Moving fro...

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Ovid

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David Shaw-Parker

The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centu-ries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Ovid, one of the greatest of Greek classic writers.

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Anthony Trollope, David Shaw-Parker

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David Shaw-Parker

Returned from Ireland after the death of his wife, Phineas Finn has a newfound ambition to rise through the ranks of English politics. But not long after regaining his seat in parliament, Phineas’s luck begins to desert him. His reputation is tarnished after the press circulate rumours of an affair with Laura Kennedy, and his ambitions are frustrated by opposition from within the Party. Then, when his Party rival Mr Bonteen is discovered dead, all fingers point towards Phineas, leading to ...

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Anthony Trollope, David Shaw-Parker

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David Shaw-Parker

When the liberal government falls and neither party is able to form a cabinet, Plantagenet Palliser is called upon to lead a coalition government. He is reluctant at first, and displays none of the charisma of his predecessors, but eventually he grows into the role. However, his confidence is short-lived as he becomes embroiled in a scandal involving the villainous Ferdinand Lopez unintentionally brought about by Lady Glencora Palliser. Pronounced ‘a beautiful book’ by Leo Tolstoy, The Pri...

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David W. Shaw

"Details the record-breaking 1851 New York-to-San Francisco voyages of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, focusing on its navigator, Eleanor Creesy." — Library JournalIn 1851, navigator Eleanor Creesy set sail on the maiden voyage of the clipper ship Flying Cloud, traveling from New York to San Francisco in only eighty-nine days. This swift passage set a world record that went unbroken for more than a century. Illustrated with original maps an...

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David Shaw

Ancient Egypt is a powerful and prosperous land filled with proud, modern, and pious people. Their Pharaoh is a descendent of the gods; touched by immortality and incapable of doing wrong. His people love, worship, and fear him as they do the god Ra who appears to them daily as the sun and whose departure they serenade at dusk every evening.Hannu is one of Pharaoh’s highest and favorite ministers, exalted as the Second Vizier in Egypt. He worships the Pharaoh, his god-king, who rul...

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David Shaw

A short snippet of alternative World War II history. A case of what might have been.

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David Shaw

I cannot get in a hurry for my spirit growth. I have to believe that God is working in my life, even when I dont feel like it. Spiritual growth is tedious work, a step at a time. Everything on earth has its own time and its own season. I often get disappointed when God doesnt answer my prayer. But God answers prayers when he gets ready, not when you get ready. One thing I know is that God does not ever let me down. Whenever I think hes not there, he alwaysI mean alwaysworks it out. All I h...

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Anthony Trollope, David Shaw-Parker

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David Shaw-Parker

Before Sir Florian Eustace dies, he gives his beloved wife Lizzie a beautiful and expensive diamond necklace valued over £10,000. Dispute soon rages between the Eustace family and the manipulative and conniving Lizzie: it’s claimed that the diamonds are a precious family heirloom, but Lizzie argues they were a gift. Is she lying? As the family’s lawyer determines to reunite them with the jewels, Lizzie resorts to increasingly desperate measures, until one day the jewels are stolen. Who is ...

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David Shaw

This short story tells about an ex-marine with a law degree. He is also a full-blooded American Indian. He opened his law office in Omaha close to the reservation where he grew up. He met some of his past acquaintances, who told him about the troubles with the Indian people and the law. He knew they needed legal help. Jake went to the reservation to check on the background information of two of his friends who were brothers. One was a policeman; the other was a crook. He also met an Indian...