(BACK COVER)Why can't we change our inappropriate, compulsive behaviors? Is it because we aren't trying? Surveys show that most people claim a lack of self-control was their reason for relapsing back to old bad habits. Although we believe in miraculous change as Christians, the church is often notorious for creating faith expectations that distort and skew the psychology of achieving lasting sobriety and weight loss goals.The problem is that cogent observations of our compu...

This massive work provides a comprehensive insight to the experiences of Bomber Commands pilots and aircrew throughout WWII. From the early wartime years when the RAFs first attempts to avenge Germanys onslaught were bedeviled by poor navigation and inaccurate bombing, to the last winning onslaught that finally tamed Hitler in his Berlin lair, these volumes trace the true experiences of the men who flew the bombers. Hundreds of firsthand accounts are punctuated by the authors background in...

The Wellington Bomber was omnipresent during the Second World War, employed in a variety of contexts in the fight against the Axis powers. The pilots who flew this aircraft did so with an immense amount of pride, and there is perhaps no-one better placed to tell the story of this incredible aircraft than these men. Martin Bowman has drawn together a selection of first-hand pilot testimonies in an effort to record authentically the experience of flying the much-mythologised Wellington durin...

In this "too delightful to miss" Regency romance, a woman with a secret plan to elope is abducted by a nobleman who might just be her true love match (Lisa Kleypas, New York Times– bestselling author).Miss Annie Andrews is finally free to marry the man she loves. With her overprotective sister out of the country on her honeymoon, nothing can prevent her flight to Gretna Green—nothing, that is, but an abduction by the wron...

“Bowman’s prose is clean and unfussy, letting the airmen speak for themselves. Excerpts from diaries, letters, and official reports bring palpable emotion—moments of desperation jostle with flashes of hope, and the camaraderie that sustained these men leaps off the page. Together, these firsthand voices paint a vivid portrait of the ingenuity and human spirit that flourished behind barbwire.” -Military History OnlineFrom 1942 until the end of the war in Europe, the...

This fully illustrated history of the iconic American fighter plane examines its development and combat experience through WWII and beyond.First flown in 1940, the Vought F4U Corsair was the fastest fighter in the world and the fastest US aircraft of any description. Powered by a huge 18-cylinder Pratt and Whitney Double Wasp engine, the first Corsairs were capable of speeds up to 417 miles per hour. This figure would rise to nearly 450mph in later versions.

Bestselling author Valerie Bowman sets the stage in Regency England for her Playful Brides series, where couples' misadventures on the way to the altar are witty, romantic romps based on some of the world's most beloved plays. The first installment, The Unexpected Duchess, is inspired by Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac.IN THIS BATTLE OF WITSLady Lucy Upton's tongue may be too sharp to attract suitors but her heart is good, and when her...

The first book in the sexy Secret Brides trilogy: "This engaging and sweetly romantic story is just too delightful to miss." —Lisa Kleypas, New York Times –bestselling authorYoung, widowed, and penniless, Lily Andrews, the Countess of Merrill, has strong opinions on marriage. When she spots a certain engagement announcement in The Times, she decides to take action. She will not allow another hapless girl to fall ...

An in-depth history of the military campaigns fought in the skies above Vietnam—and the aircraft used in the war.Martin W. Bowman's revealing narrative of the aerial conflict in South-East Asia—which had its beginnings in November one, 1955, engulfed Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia and only ended with the fall of Saigon on April thirty, 1975—has resulted from decades of painstaking fact-finding as well as detailed correspondence with surviving aircrew incorporating a w...

The book contains twenty-three stirring accounts of what life flying as air-crew in World War Two was really like. The writers are a mixed bunch of pilots, navigators and gunners who flew medium and heavy bombers or Mosquitoes. It conveys the terror of being coned by German searchlights over the target, attacks by Luftwaffe night-fighters, catastrophic damage to aircraft and the ensuing struggle to keep the machine airborne on the return trip to base. It tells of the comradeship between th...

Bestselling author Valerie Bowman sets the stage in Regency England for her Playful Brides series, where couples' misadventures on the way to the altar are witty, romantic romps based on some of the world's most beloved plays. The eleventh book in the series, No Other Duke But You, is inspired by William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.SINGLE LADY SEEKS DUKELady Delilah Montebank has her marital sights set on the D...

As part of the AHT series, the airfields and interest in this book are concentrated in a particular area in this case Essex. It covers the American air bases used by the Martin B-29 Marauders, P-47 Thunderbolts and P-51 Mustangs of the 9th USAAF Air Force during 1943-44 prior to their move south to France after the D-Day invasion on 6 June 1944.The airfields included are Andrews Field, Birch, Boreham, Boxted, Chipping Ongar, Earls Colne, Gosfield, Great Dunmow, Little Walden, Matching, Roy...