A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION"As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II."--Daily Mail (London)"A tale of hair-raising adventure, survival, love and loss, shot through with rage, polemic, unlikely humour and a rare spiritual sensibility."--Telegraph Magazine (London)"Unique and heartfelt . . . a tale of human resilience and bravery in the most desperate circumstances."--Th...

This short ebook comprises a directory of some of the most interesting and significant producers of Austrian wine, across two of its major regions. The first, Lower Austria is the white wine heartland of Austria, with some world-class wines made from Grüner Veltliner and Riesling. In contrast, the more southerly Burgenland produces far more red wine and is also home to some outstanding sweet wines. Each section of the book covers one wine region and details its dominant grape varieties and...

The landlocked country of Austria, at the centre of Europe, produces a great variety of quality wines. While the wine scandal of the mid-eighties caused a temporary setback, and put many blameless producers out of business, it also allowed serious winemakers a chance to focus and innovate. Stephen Brook has been fascinated by the country and its wines for more than 40 years, seeing it through its worst times to the multi-faceted wine producer it has become today. In this second edition of ...

In London in 1984 two very different cities came into conflict, one rooted in radical politics and the other shaped by Margaret Thatcher and the Conservative government. This was a city poised between two eras and identities, remoulded in conflicting ways by social democracy and neoliberalism. Using a wide array of sources, many of which have never been used before, London, 1984 explores the radical history of the capital in this tumultuous era, from a major anti-apartheid march i...

The wines of Bordeaux are universally recognized as being among the finest in the world and in this fully revised and updated edition of his classic text, renowned wine expert Stephen Brook provides an unrivalled survey of the region and its wines.The Complete Bordeaux offers detailed information on the many communes and appellations of Bordeaux along with descriptions and assessments of all its major properties. As well as incisive portraits of the leading properties and ...

Part two of a duetMy world is on fire, and I’m obsessed with the girl who lit the match.Bloodied knuckles and a lifeless body at my feet confirm it: Penny is my demise.My gentlemanly façade is nothing but a memory.My sins are seeping through my shirt like ink.I tried to leave her. Couldn’t do it.I tried to snuff the life out of her. Couldn’t do that, either.So we’ll slow dance in the flames until I’m nothing but ash and embers.

*Part one of a duet.No good ever comes from a red-head in a stolen dress with her worldly possessions at her feet.I should have known she was trouble when smoke and sin followed her into my bar and she challenged me to a game.She may have won my watch, but she started a war.As she slipped my Breitling off my wrist and onto her own, she gleefully announced she was the luckiest girl in the world.Yeah, lucky to everyone but me.Because the moment...

A landmark dissenting opinion arguing against the death penalty.Does the death penalty violate the Constitution? In Against the Death Penalty, Justice Stephen Breyer argues that it does; that it is carried out unfairly and inconsistently and, thus, violates the ban on ""cruel and unusual punishments"" specified by the Eighth Amendment to the Constitution.Today’s administration of the death penalty,” Breyer writes, involves three fundamental constitutiona...

The conventional wisdom has held that China's economic power is very close to America's and that Washington cannot undertake a broad economic cutoff of China without hurting itself as much, or more. In Command of Commerce, Ben A. Vagle and Stephen G. Brooks show the conventional wisdom is wrong on both fronts. The authors argue that America's economic power has been underestimated because conventional economic measures have ignored America's unprecedented control over the world's ...

From bestselling author/illustrator Stephen Savage comes a delightful picture book about a large truck doing an equally big job, perfect for fans of Little Blue Truck and Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site.The wide load is longer, taller, and heavier than most loads. What is it? Where is it going?Will the big red truck that’s carrying it make it across the intersection, through the tunnel, and up the mountain? Will it make it to its de...

Separated by the world’s longest land border and engaging in over three billion dollars in trade daily, Canada and the United States share security concerns, cultural interests, and a history spanning more than 250 years. Alan Rock, former Canadian ambassador to the United States, has said that this special relationship represents “a bond that is beyond practical. It borders on mystical.” The rise of nativist sentiment, however, has raised concerns over preserving this relationship.

A former Premier of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev once threatened, "We do not have to invade the United States. We will destroy you from within." Though no military invasion was ever launched during the Cold War era, the march of communist footsteps has been echoing louder by the day here in United States and throughout Western civilization. Under the false flags of political correctness, safe spaces, quotas, diversity, equality, critical race theory, BLM, and the sexual revolution, i...