'The book is remarkable .... one of the most striking personal records of the period.' - Max Hastings As a 24-year-old lieutenant in the King's Own Scottish Borderers, Peter kept an unauthorised journal of his regiment's advance through the Low Countries and into Germany in the closing months of the war in Europe. Forbidden by his commanding officer from doing so for security reasons, Peter's boyhood habit of diary keeping had become an obsession too stron...

Powerboats are fast, fun and exhilarating. The sensation of speed as you skim across the water, the sun, the spray and the sea air combine to make it an unfortgetable experience, but the powerboat must be handled with care and treated with respect. This is the ideal guide whether you're a beginner needing an introduction or an expert seeking a refresher. Bursting with over 200 photographs and illustrations, this is your perfect companion for having fun and staying safe on the water. Armed ...

This book is about families in crisis and what happened to them after the Tennessee Department of Children's Services (DCS) wrongfully took their children away. Some parents got their kids back, some didn't. Either way, everyone was traumatized and their firsthand accounts can be found in this book.Harvesting Children also examines child welfare agencies in different states. Some agencies are better than others but, still, 600,000 children are taken into custody every year in the U...

Este audiolibro está narrado por una voz digital.Para la práctica física: durante cuatro días harás una secuencia distinta de treinta minutos y el quinto realizarás una sesión de una hora.La semana de Luna Llena la dedicarás a realizar prácticas de yin yoga dinámico. Yin yoga dinámico es una versión más activa del tradicional método yin, se efectúan algunos movimientos para avivar la musculatura, y permanecer en la postura un tiempo corto para flexibilizar ...

Packed with worked examples and problems, this book will help the reader improve their confidence and skill in data-handling. The mathematical methods needed for problem-solving are described in the first part of the book, with chapters covering topics such as indices, graphs and logarithms. The following eight chapters explore data-handling in different areas of microbiology and biochemistry including microbial growth, enzymes and radioactivity. Each chapter is fully illustrated with work...

Singer/songwriter Sam Fender has become a musical phenomenon with his passionate songs about growing up in England's North-East. Peter White has used those special songs as inspiration to create a collection of heart-warming short stories. Seventeen Going Under is all about the trials and tribulations of growing up, with teenage anger and regret but also hope for the future. In Leave Fast, three young friends have to deal with the tragic death of their best mate and what to do with their l...

This is a great American novel. However, the story of Hector's Juice starts long before America was a country. In fact it starts long before any history was written about anything. It starts at the very beginning of time and fast forwards to evolution and the beginnings of mankind. But evolution also has a spiritual side and that's where Spencer the very first guardian angel comes in. He will take you from the beginnings of man in the Great Rift Valley of Africa to the lime colored gas cha...

Cicero in Letters is a guide to the first extensive correspondence that survives from the Greco-Roman world. The more than eight hundred letters of Cicero that are its core provided literary models for subsequent letter writers from Pliny to Petrarch to Samuel Johnson and beyond. The collection also includes some one hundred letters by Cicero's contemporaries. The letters they exchanged provide unique insight into the experience of the Roman political class at the turning point be...

In Blind Man's Bete Noire, Peter White explores some of the things which annoy him most about his blindness. The four programmes include The Countryside, Holidays, Being Introduced to Other Blind People and Going Slowly. Produced by Cheryl Gabriel.

One Queen, two Kings, a Cardinal, a genius and a misnamed Righteous Elector. Just another day in the life of Peter White!Three people, from different times, with different motivation, but in a similar dilemma, united by a secret code.Passion: Queen Anne, married after a fairytale romance, caught between a loveless marriage to her husband King James and the guilty secret of her brief affair with handsome seducer, Frederick the Righteous - unknowingly the father of her daught...

Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life? The notion of personal well-being has recently shot up the political and educational agendas, placing the child's well-being at the heart of the school’s task.With his renowned talent for distilling the most complex of philosophical arguments into accessible laymen's terms, John White addresses the maze of issues surrounding well-being, bringing clarity to this dissension and confusion. This accessible book expertly guides you thro...

For years the CIA have been using a poison designed to cause a heart attack and then disperse without a trace. Now a batch has gone missing.On a visit to Rome, Peter White is recruited by his old friend Costanza into the oldest secret society in the world, in order to help her solve an urgent problem. Cardinals and other clerics around the world are dying of unexpected heart attacks. Police authorities are not interested as there is no evidence of foul play. But Costanza believes s...