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Va-Va-Voom
The Modern History of French Football
2024
EN
'Excellent' – Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY'The definitive story of how French football came of age' – Christian Karembeu'Erudite and engrossing' – Vincent Duluc, lead football writer, L'ÉQUIPETHE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE GOALS, THE GAMES, THE SCANDALS, THE GLOOM AND THE GLORY: THE STORY OF FRENCH FOOTBALL'S TURBULENT EVOLUTION OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.
Liquidation Preference
Technology makes you see what you don't see
2016
EN
A suspicious murder and a cryptic message threaten to uncover a secret group entrenched in the federal government that is plotting to destroy and recreate America by influencing a fundamental tenant of representative democracy — the right to choose our leaders.The biennial national election is in full swing. Most political polls report an equally divided Country between most of the candidates. However, technologist Wayne Tran discovers it doesn’t matter how people vote.Wayn...
A Mysterious Something in the Light
The Life of Raymond Chandler
2013
EN
The life of Raymond Chandler has long been obscured by secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives on both sides of the Atlantic, Tom Williams casts a new light on this most mysterious of writers.The Raymond Chandler revealed is a man troubled by loneliness and desertion from an early age. Born in Chicago in 1888, his childhood was overshadowed by the collapse o...
A Mysterious Something in the Light
Raymond Chandler: A Life
2012
EN
"A remarkably detailed portrait of the famously hard-boiled writer" and creator of the popular gumshoe, Philip Marlowe ( Publishers Weekly).What we know of Raymond Chandler is shrouded in secrets and half-truths as deceptive as anything in his magisterial novel The Long Goodbye. Now, drawing on new interviews, previously unpublished letters, and archives on both sides of the Atlantic, literary gumshoe Tom Williams casts light on this most mysteriou...
Bridge to Innocence
Don't let the facts get in the way of the truth
2024
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Dr. Greg Abbott is a highly regarded pharmaceutical executive on the verge of a breakthrough in developing mRNA therapies for patients with rare diseases. His career ambition stems from a personal tragedy—losing his younger sister to one such illness.But when he becomes the prime suspect in a brutal murder and intellectual property theft, Greg’s life is thrown into chaos. Greg knows he didn’t steal anything and never met the murdered man. But despite his unwavering innocence, the e...
2023
EN
This book is about a young teenager walking in the jungles of Vietnam fighting for his life. After getting shot in the mouth, losing teeth and bone, and causing stuttering and a hard time pronouncing words, God called him into the ministry speaking before people for 40 years. Through-out this book you will hear Tom's sense of humor getting him through many difficult times of his life. This book will make you laugh, cry, get mad, and many other emotions. It is an encouraging book that will ...
2016
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Hidden in deep grass, beyond the line of the distant ridge, half-remembered hopes fall prey to savage chance and lie broken or, finding fresh earth, rise again with tender growth. The stories of Wheelbarrow Ridge are each a landscape, populated by searchers who yearn for the horizon that they have never crossed, or whose need for understanding leaves no intimate stone unturned. But as the sun rises and sets upon each story, what the searchers find lies outside their expectations.
2014
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A collection of flash fiction (Tanzer), bookend short stories (Williams), a novella (Housley), and poetry written from father to daughter (Pawelek), Four Fathers is a hard-hitting definitive work that seeks to uncover what it takes to be a parent. These subjects are not easy, and through these introspective fathers, often agonized by the daily tensions of care-taking, we come to appreciate our own experiences more fully, or, at least prepare ourselves for what may lie ahead. Four Fathers, ...
2018
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This book of poetry reflects Toms more serious side. It is inspired by the Holy Spirit, each poem being written in the early hours of the morning. It is what I call real bloke poetry. Though it is suitable for a general audience, it is aimed at real blokes. I am hoping to make it available for prison ministry.
2011
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Ellen Jackson grew up in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia raised by her grandmother in a simple but loving home. With her own personal determination and grandmother's encouragement she went off to college working harder than everyone else overcoming the financial constraints she had experienced growing up. Fifteen years later with 70 + hour workweeks she was the sole owner of an empire built from the ground up based on health, wellness, and personal empowerment.She had gained all the a...
Bill Tutte Codebreaker
and His Battle with Hitler's Secret Cipher
2019
EN
BILL TUTTE CODEBREAKER 'THE GREATEST INTELLECTUAL FEAT OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR.' … a testimonial to Bill Tutte and his codebreaking discovery in 1942 at Bletchley Park. Bill Tutte was a young, gauche PhD student, yet his remarkable breakthrough and continuing endeavour against a German cipher machine more complex than Enigma led to the development of the world's first programmable computer, Colossus. Colossus allowed top-secret messages between Hitler and his generals to be read within hou...
Va-Va-Voom
The Modern History of French Football
- Narrated by
- Luis Soto
Unabridged
10 hours 48 min
2024
EN
Bloomsbury presents Va-Va-Voom by Tom Williams, read by Luis Soto.‘Excellent' – Simon Kuper, author of the bestselling FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY‘The definitive story of how French football came of age’ – Christian KarembeuTHE PLAYERS, THE TEAMS, THE GOALS, THE GAMES, THE SCANDALS, THE GLOOM AND THE GLORY: THE STORY OF FRENCH FOOTBALL’S TURBULENT EVOLUTION OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS.French football is an enigma:...











