"The Lost Soul of Eamonn Magee" is the winner of the WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR and EIR SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. This powerful and raw memoir tells the story of Eamonn Magee, a world-champion boxer from Ireland who struggled with addiction, violence, and tragedy. A gifted fighter, Eamonn's career was plagued by personal demons and brushes with the law, but he found solace in training his son's boxing career. However, his dreams of a Magee dynasty were shattered when his son was b...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.We live in a world dominated by belief; We hear, are taught, convinced and converted; We affirm, worship, praise and preach; We argue, persecute and kill for our beliefs. All of this happens without a hint of faith in sight. Mainstream religion is in decline while religious extremism grows. We shout about Christ or Muhammad while remaining silent about God ... or use the term for our own purposes. Yet parallels between reality and ancie...

Have you ever felt like you keep messing things up? That's exactly how Patrick feels! Try as he might, he just can't seem to do everything perfectly. Join him as he makes mistakes and accidentally ruins special days, but ultimately makes the best of it. In Paul Gibson's story, based loosely on his own experiences, learn what Patrick learned: sometimes, even when mistakes are made, things can be perfect in the end.

We live in a world dominated by belief; We hear, are taught, convinced and converted; We affirm, worship, praise and preach; We argue, persecute and kill for our beliefs. All of this happens without a hint of faith in sight. Mainstream religion is in decline while religious extremism grows. We shout about Christ or Muhammad while remaining silent about God ... or use the term for our own purposes. Yet parallels between reality and ancient words about God suggest that religious "myths" bega...

One thing Tucker knows is that he loves superheroes. On the first day of kindergarten, he hopes to find a friend who loves them like he does. Right away, Tucker meets Randy, someone who would love to play superheroes on the playground! But there's a problem-Randy is different. He has trouble listening in class and sometimes acts weird. Tucker feels confused. Can he be friends with someone who doesn't fit in?Join Tucker as he learns how the impact of being kind can truly be heroic t...

Introduction to Remote Sensing: Digital Image Processing and Applications presents a unique textbook/downloadable resources package. It explains how digital images can be processed and offers practical hands-on experience of image processing. This package, which is ideal for student self-study, institutional or library purchase, shows how digital images can be processed to maximize information output and discusses a range of environmental monitoring techniques. A range of case stu...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.One clear Spring night: Thursday, April 11, 1996, 10:10 PM, our whole world exploded; one defining moment and all our lives would change. Our son told us he was gay. The news in and of itself was disturbing, but learning to live and love with this information was life changing in ways we never expected. We were devoted Mormons but our church didn't want to learn to live and love with us. This book is about how our family learned to cope...

"Old Sultan" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It combined three different types: the old dog rescues the child; wild animals hide from an unfamiliar animal; and the war between the village animals and the forest animals.A farmer's dog named Sultan had grown old. One day the farmer told his wife he would kill Sultan. The dog heard. A wolf told him that they would take their child haying the next day, and the wolf would carry him off. Sultan could chase him, and...

Contents:Washington Irving. The Legend of Sleepy HollowEdgar Allan Poe. The Gold BugHerman Melville. Bartleby, the ScrivenerBret Harte. The Luck of Roaring CampLeo Tolstoy. The Death of Ivan IlyichFyodor Dostoevsky. The Dream of a Ridiculous ManRudyard Kipling. Rikki-Tikki-TaviCharlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow WallpaperAnton Chekhov. The Lady with the DogD.H. Lawrence. The Prussian Of...

Izzy is a caterpillar with a lot on his mind. Soon, he will have to make a chrysalis and become a butterfly, but he's too worried. He likes things just the way they are! What if he can't figure out everything he needs to do and ends up failing? Follow Izzy the caterpillar on his endearing journey to change his worries from "What if I can't?" to "What if I can?".

"Rapunzel" is a German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and first published in 1812 as part of Children's and Household Tales.A lonely couple, who want a child, live next to a walled garden belonging to a sorceress. The wife, experiencing the cravings associated with the arrival of her long-awaited pregnancy, notices some rapunzel, growing in the garden and longs for it. She refuses to eat anything else and gets sick, and the husband begins to fear for h...

This book contains the following works:Edgar Allan Poe: The Pit and the PendulumWilliam Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's DreamFrances Hodgson Burnett: The Secret GardenFyodor Dostoevsky: The Dream of a Ridiculous ManRobert Louis Stevenson: Treasure IslandH. P. Lovecraft: At the Mountains of MadnessJack London: The Call of the WildMary W. She...