Journalist Anthony Hewitson (1836-1912) worked in one of the largest sectors of the periodical press, provincial newspapers. His diaries, written between 1865 and 1912, reveal the people, processes and networks involved in the creation of Victorian newspapers. They also tell us about fatherhood, old age, antiquarianism and local history, and the culture of Victorian towns and villages.Diaries of nineteenth-century provincial journalists are extremely rare. In this volume, Hewitson r...

Frost Zone Stories book 4 offers eleven all new tales of quiet horror, supernatural, strange, haunting, dark stories.Authors:Kristal StittleIan InglisH.V. PattersonPete WardJames HobbsChristian MacklamElizabeth GuiltMark KeaneNissa HarlowKimberly Y. ChoiLawrence DagstineEdited and designed by M.M. MacLeod

" This superb book . . . will undoubtedly become the definitive volume on British Aircraft carriers and naval aviation . . . magnificent."—Marine NewsThis book is a meticulously detailed history of British aircraft-carrying ships from the earliest experimental vessels to the Queen Elizabeth class, currently under construction and the largest ships ever built for the Royal Navy. Individual chapters cover the design and construction of each ...

Have you ever met a relaxed woman? Would you like to become one?Drawing on years of therapeutic experience and pioneering research, psychologist Nicola Jane Hobbs dispels the cultural myth that relaxing is lazy and shows us how it is, in truth, a path to healing, freedom and joy.We have become a society of rushing women, overburdened women, exhausted women. Stress, guilt and burnout ripple through our lives. We try so hard ...

"A comprehensive study of the bittersweet post WWII history of British naval aviation . . . will become a standard reference for its subject."— FiretrenchIn 1945 the most powerful fleet in the Royal Navy's history was centered on nine aircraft carriers. This book charts the post-war fortunes of this potent strike force; its decline in the face of diminishing resources, its final fall at the hands of uncomprehending politicians, and its recent resurrection ...

Winner of the California Book AwardNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New YorkerIn the tradition of Evicted and Invisible Child, a “remarkably vivid...deeply empathetic” (Los Angeles Times) work of immersive journalism that follows a single mother of six in Los Angeles courageously struggling to keep her family together and her children in school amid America’s devastating housin...

Sisters Kaley and Zoey take a madcap road trip in this tender young adult debut about illness, family, and hope.There is no one in the world that Kaley loves more than her older sister Zoey, who has developmental disabilities and medical complications. When the sisters learn that Zoey needs a new kidney but is at the bottom of the transplant list, they set off on a madcap family road trip to find their estranged father, who might agree to donate. Nothing will stand...

"If you only read one book on the development of the Fleet Air Arm and Naval air warfare in the Mediterranean during World War 2 then this should be it." —Military Historical SocietyAfter the Italian declaration of war in June 1940, the Royal Navy found itself facing a larger and better-equipped Italian surface fleet, large Italian and German air forces equipped with modern aircraft and both Italian and German submarines. Its own aircraft were a critical element of ...

Confluence: The Story of Greeley Water covers 150+ years of a modern water utility which began with a single irrigation ditch in 1870. Today, the system provides award-winning water to overs 150,000+ residents, and takes water from four different river basins in the state of Colorado. It is a water system with a rich heritage both in Colorado and in the West. It is also a story about a people who both developed and impacted water law, engineering and agriculture on the semi-arid p...

Chaos And Temptations, A Father's Journey To Redemption is a powerful narrative of one man's hard-won transformation from chaos to change. Set against the backdrop of rural Tennessee, Jimmy Hobbs's story traces a life marked by trouble, addiction, loss, broken relationships, and the long road toward accountability. Through vivid storytelling, the book reveals how destructive patterns can take hold, how grief and circumstance can deepen the struggle, and how redemption can still emerge when...

Echoes of the Magnolia State:A life's journey told through the gentle lens of poetry and grace.In this heartfelt collection, Betty Hobbs invites you into a world shaped by the red clay and quiet waters of rural Mississippi. Drawing from a lifetime of experiences-from the cotton fields of her youth to the joys of motherhood-her poetry captures the simple beauty and profound resilience of the human spirit. Whether she is reflecting on nature's stillness or the bonds of family...

Richard Nixon spent his life trying to outrun the boy from the grocery store, the outsider who believed every room was controlled by people waiting to shut him out. That hunger made him disciplined, relentless, brilliant, and dangerous long before it carried him to the center of American power.He rose through anti-communist battles, brutal campaigns, the “Checkers” speech, and a vice presidency that turned him into a global figure. He lost, came back, and finally captured the offic...