Journalist Keyes Beech was sometimes accused of being a war lover. He denied the charge. Wars, he said, just kept happening on his watch. “You may hope that they’ll go out of fashion, but you can’t just ignore them.” His accusers weren’t entirely wrong, however. Even friends acknowledged that he liked to be where the action was. Keyes Beech saw a lot of action.He saw the flag raised on Iwo Jima in World War II; followed the first bloody year of the war in Korea; witnessed the defea...

A young Canadian soldier's account of the battle of Ortona, Italy!Seventeen-year-old Paul Baldassara lies about his age to enlist in the Canadian Army. He joins the Loyal Edmonton regiment, which is tasked with taking Italy's port town of Ortona. Little does he know the horrors of the battle that lie ahead . . .Paul soon finds himself in the midst of the fierce fighting that earned Ortona the name "the Italian Stalingrad," because of the massive casualties ...

Shirley Webb, was born in England and moved with her husband and two sons to Rochester NY in 1993. It was her grandchildren that inspired her to write these stories, they are based on true events or something they said or saw. It is with her familys encouragement that she has decided to publish them.

202 More! Jokes for Kids contains 202 silly jokes and punch lines that kids of all ages will enjoy.

Reena wants to be a star......A Bollywood star. Unfortunately, her family won't stand for it. It doesn't help that Reena is only eight-years-old. However, a beacon of hope arrives in the form of Uncle Jessi. He's just emigrated from India to America, and is a welcome addition to her family household. Uncle Jessi and Reena share a special bond. Not only are they old pen pals, but he recognizes her desperation to become a Bollywood actress.One day, Uncle Jessi...

From foul food to coping with legions of lice, discover all the dire details of life in the blood and mud of the First World War in Horrible Histories: Terrible Trenches (World Book Day Edition) ... from both sides of the barbed wire. Discover how your own wee could save your life, which animals wore gas masks and why Big Bertha terrified the Brits. With a bright new cover this bestselling title is sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary and Martin Brown fans.

For fans of Girl in the Blue Coat, Salt to the Sea, and The Boy at the Top of the Mountain, the second book of New York Times bestselling author Michael Grant’s epic alternate history is a coming-of-age story about three girls who are fiercely fighting their own personal battles in the midst of the greatest war of all time.The summer of 1943, World War II. With heavy memories of combat, Frangie, Rainy, Rio and the rest of the American army are moving on to their next target: the It...

"Jekyll Says More!" was written for anyone who appreciates the relationships between humans and their companion animals. Whether readers share their lives with cats or dogs, or they simply understand the impact that a companion animal of any type can have on someone's life, they will adore this book.In addition to entertaining and educating people, the goal of this book is to encourage readers to understand the intelligence of cats. If even one (1) reader adopts an animal from a "k...

The Adventures of Hope is a story about a dog and her love for her family. Hope is a very fierce and loyal dog who has taken it upon herself to be the protector of the children as they venture into the world full of unforeseen dangers; Hope is there to protect them and keep them safe, at all costs.

This book is a collection of children's short stories.From my life I chose experiences which I could share with new generations of children.Some are real and some are fantas. We all know that children have good imagination. This book will start up thier imagination and will teach them the art of reading starting at a young age.

You don't bring your rat to show-and-tell. You do mouth off to the class bully, but only when you're safe at home in bed. These are just some of the lessons to be learned in this hilarious collection of school poems-guaranteed to tickle any kid's funny bone!

The attack has been timed to the minute. Thirty minutes from now we’ll climb down the rope ladders in to the lighters and find our seat. I’m one of the lucky ones. I’ve been chosen as one of the 500 men from my battalion who will be in the first wave to land … The Turks won’t know what’s hit them … Two miles inland is our goal. Lying about his age, and looking for adventure, 14-year old Victor March enlists in the 10th Battalion of the AIF to fight in the Great War. Victor and his new mate...