Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium. Olympic sports documentaries have been around nearly as long as the games themselves; films about surfing, boxing, roller derby, motorcycle racing and bodybuilding were theatrical successes during the 1960s and 1970s.The author surveys the history of the sports documentary subgenre, covering more than 100 award-winning films of 40+ different competitions, from traditional team sports to dogsled racing to b...

"There Was No Music" is a recollection of a naval aviator and founding member of a unique combat aviation unit, the HA(L)-3 "Seawolves", the most decorated navy squadron of the Vietnam conflict. The unit is currently the subject of a Smithsonian sponsored historical novel and a nationally televised PBS documentary. The author is cited in the novel and appears in the documentary. In a parallel narrative, the author reflects on the aftermath of the combat experience, a quixotic journey, dogg...

This book revises the existing account of the first Rudd Government's engagement with China, placing Australian foreign direct investment screening policy at the centre of the story. At the time, the Rudd Government was accused of holding an unnecessarily interventionist approach to Chinese Sovereign-Owned Enterprise investments into the Australian mining sector. This book claims that the Australian Government had a deep and coherent understanding of the problem posed by Chinese investment...

A stranger observes the home of David and Janine from across the street. Bathed in darkness, the man makes no movements. He simply watches.Beset by a dark secret long kept dormant, David and Janine's seemingly happy marriage will be tested by this stranger.But by confronting their past, this enigmatic watcher may be the least of their concerns.

Mike's girlfriend has recently dumped him. Lost and confused, he sets off on a journey up north to leave his life behind.Renting a cabin located in isolation, the battle with his manipulative and destructive thoughts will soon commence.You can run from everything, but can you run from yourself?

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Discover strategies on Improve Vocabulary Skills – Vocabulary Learn English For Travel, Learn English For Work Now so that you can be confident fast!In this Improve Vocabulary Skills guide, you will learn specific step-by-step strategies to help you be able to overcome any challenge to learn English travel phrases or learn English for work, and educate yourself about English words or English conversation fast.

Everyone who comes to Hollywood, California makes the journey to The Church, an institution with powerful connections spanning the globe.Where the promise of The American Dream often fails the average person, The Church guarantees the fulfillment of all your dreams and fantasies...for a price.Bobby and Lindsay are curious souls. Embarking on a trip to the famed establishment for a simple sightseeing tour, they will encounter moments that will forever change them.Ult...

Attacked and left for dead in the desert by an unknown entity, a man awakens to find himself in an enigmatic new world brimming with unholy chaos.Where every imaginable evil can and does exist, this desolate wilderness relishes in the destruction of humanity.With little understanding, the man is forced to flee for his life as hundreds of anonymous assassins stalk him through this vast land.With no one to trust, the man must rely on the little resources he possesses,...

"In Japan, broken pottery is mended with gold so the damage becomes the most beautiful part of the object. This is a novel about a woman who lived that way."In 1862, a Swedish farmer in Michigan sells his ten-year-old daughter to a Detroit textile mill for ten dollars. Her name is Linnea Karlsson, and the mill is only the beginning of what her life will ask her to survive.Broken Objects follows Linnea across forty years — from the factory ...

Meet Millicent Gearwright, an ingenious young clockmaker from the world of Gearturn, where time is literally falling apart. Days blur into nights, seasons clash, and history unravels in disarray. To save her home and the universe, Millicent must find the cause of these time malfunctions and fix the Time Core before it's too late.Joined by her trusty robot Quark, her poetic friend Orin, and the daring time-stealing pirate Barnaby Blackwater, Millicent embarks on a thrilling adventur...

How do you save someone you love when they have become the most dangerous person in the galaxy?Captain Barnaby Blackwater was a friend, a pirate, and a hero. Now he commands the Crocodile Cult, the most powerful crime family in the Clockwork Constellation, wielding an ancient cursed relic that bends even an immortal queen to his will. Nobody knows what broke him. Nobody knows if he can be brought back.Clockmaker Mi...