When Buncombe County was formed in 1792, firefighting efforts were left up to individual landowners and helpful neighbors using buckets and a nearby well or body of water. Not until 1882 was an organized, community-sponsored fire department established; this was the Asheville Fire Department. Other fire departments followed, and no two were the same. Stations appeared in the towns of Weaverville and Black Mountain, while others sprang up in the residential communities of Kenilworth, Biltmo...

Shine is a book that celebrates and encourages the different ways young people should apporach growing and developing their passion. This book is intended to create an engging space for parents to begin conversations round black history, building self esteem, and cultivateing natural talents.

ABC's of Daddy's Love is a book meant to honor the bond and beauty of the father-daughter relationship.Father's or father figures should read this book to and with early readers as an expression of love, care and appreciation for the light growing inside little black and brown girls.

Originally published in 1986. The theory of events presented is one that construes events to be concrete particulars; and it embodies an attempt to take seriously the idea that events are the changes that objects undergo when they change. The theory is about what an event really is, about when events are identical, about what properties events have essentially, and about what relations events bear to entities of other kinds.In addition, this book contains an account of what philoso...

Two young men leave their home in Ireland and travel to the colony of Newfoundland to work as fishermen.They have left their homeland for vastly different reasons. As they struggle to survive in this harsh unforgiving land, their lives diverge on completly different paths. One man thrives and improves his life while the other's life spirals out of control into ruination and dispair.

This book is a work of fiction based on the true story of the author's grandfather who was a crewman on a Grand Banks fishing schooner out of Harbour Breton,Newfoundland, that was wrecked during a storm in the winter of 1912. It is a tale of death and survival and a depiction of how rural fishermen and their families may have lived at the time.

The inspiration for this project came directly from the birth of Brian Lawrence's daughter Nile. He knew he would read to his daughter, and wanted the first words he read to her to set the pace for the lifelong bond he would share with her. This project is a celebration of the father and daughter relationship, as well as a children’s book. Little Brown Girl is written intentionally to be read by a father figure to a daughter to facilitate a bond based on literacy, spirituality, cu...

The cup was presented to the Wagga Wagga CA on the October 20, 1925, by Mr. Thomas Joseph Tom OFarrell, who was a tailor with a business in Wagga Wagga. Its purpose was to raise the standard of country cricket and help arouse the interest and enthusiasm of both players and public in the game. By the original rules, which were drawn up by Mr. OFarrell, Mr. M. Cusick, and Mr. G. Pinkstone, the cup was won outright by Wagga, who wisely redonated it, and it was put into play in the 193031 seas...

The year is 1918 and the fishermen of Harbour Breton have started another summer fishing season.The First World War is coming to an end and the brave young men of Newfoundland are returning home to their loved ones, trying to get back the lives they left behind. They unknowingly return home with something that will change their lives, as well as their family's lives forever.

The residents of Harbour Breton are in the depths of The Great Depression. People are struggling to feed and clothe themselves and their families. Suddenly in 1940 Newfoundland and the rest of the world are plunged into another world war. This book is a story of the depression and war years told through the lives of fishing captain, Bill Johnston, Dr. albert Lewis and their families.

The best, the worst and the most memorable moments from Australia's best-known sports commentators."I love this book" Peter FitzSimons Without doubt, we Aussies love our sport. We've got passionate opinions about the contest, the players, the refs and umpires - and about the commentators. Love 'em or loathe 'em, their calling of a game or race can lift something ordinary into the extraordinary, while their quick-thinking asides are often as timeless as the event itself. In Back to t...

Not all cricket legends are forged easily - sometimes you have to conquer yourself before you can conquer the world.Mitchell Johnson is a once-in-a-generation Australian cricketer; a devastating left-arm fast bowler who became a household name following his epic performance in the 2013-14 Ashes series and the subsequent Test series against South Africa. But behind the cult image and fearsome pace bowling is an unforgettable story of perseverance and persistence.The story of...