The memoir covers Forwood’s early life, his rise in the world of commerce, and his influential role in the development of Liverpool as a major port city. As a merchant, financier, and politician, Forwood was involved in various projects that had a lasting impact on the city, including the expansion of the docks and improvements in the city’s infrastructure. His recollections also touch on his involvement in local government, serving as Mayor of Liverpool and later as a key figure in the ci...

Many combat veterans refuse to discuss their experiences on the line. With the passage of time and the unreliability of memory, it becomes difficult to understand the true nature of war. In The Line: Combat in Korea, January–February 1951, retired Army colonel William T. Bowers uses firsthand, eyewitness accounts of the Korean War to offer readers an intimate look at the heroism and horror of the battlefront. These interviews of soldiers on the ground are particularly telling beca...

One Fantastic Ride is a behind-the-scenes portrait of the unforgettable journey to the University of North Carolina’s 2009 basketball national championship, the program’s fifth NCAA Tournament title. Adam Lucas, Steve Kirschner, and Matt Bowers were with the Tar Heels every step of the way, interviewing coaches, players, and staff.As the 2008–09 season opened, national pundits widely considered the Tar Heels the hands-down favorite to win the title. But injuries to key pla...

The person-centered approach to counseling, psychotherapy, and education is about openness to change. This book is about encouraging change in the person-centered approach. A good theory and practice has to be flexible enough to allow a new generation to put its own slants on it. This works seeks to question the jargon of the approach such as unconditional positive regard, nondirectiveness, and nonjudgmentalness. However, it also offers replacements to those terms. It is also about hoping ...

In Hollywood’s Golden Age stars were everywhere. As well as entertaining us in the local movie theatre many of them came to our home, our very own living room. Here they would perform radio versions of big-name films. Screen Directors Playhouse was famous for the lavish use of stars in their productions. Listen now and find out why it really was just like having your very own film studio in your living room.

"Reminiscences of a Liverpool Shipowner, 1850-1920" by Sir William Bower Forwood offers a captivating glimpse into the maritime industry during a transformative period in British history. Forwood, a prominent shipowner, shares his personal experiences and insights, detailing the challenges and triumphs faced in the shipping business. His narrative not only reflects the economic and social dynamics of the time but also highlights the evolution of maritime trade and the impact of technologic...

This book deals with the multiple problem of education in the public schools as it relates to moral and spiritual values. The author cuts a wide swath through the tangled underbrush of church and state, religion and education, sacred and secular, spiritual and materialistic, "body and soul," and lets in a lot of light. To these problems the author brings a lifetime of courageous reflection and experience. To them he also brings, as case studies, the actual experiences of actual children an...

Brief and bracing, tragic yet darkly funny, The Odd Angry Shot is an award winning commentary on Vietnam, following a close-knit group of knockabout SAS fighters: their friendships, homesickness and fears; their practical jokes, drinking and fighting. Chronicling their experiences over one year, we learn that their enemy is not just the Vietcong, but their superiors, the mud and torrential rain, and boredom. It is a reflective and brutal account of how war damages not only physically but p...

New York Times bestselling author of Tinseltown and Bogart offers the first definitive account of the Black Dahlia murder—the most famous unsolved true crime case in American history.The brutal murder of Elizabeth Short—better known as the Black Dahlia—in 1947 has been in the public consciousness for nearly eighty years, yet no serious study of the crime has ever been published.Short has been mischaracterized as a wayward sex work...

Consumers look to health professionals for guidance on how to integrate complementary and alternative (CAM) therapies into their lifestyles, yet most health care professionals are trained only in conventional practices. Integrating Therapeutic and Complementary Nutrition provides the scientific foundation necessary to understand CAM nutrition pract

This volume includes 11 Classic Western Adventure Stories by American authors:WOLF BREED BY JACKSON GREGORYTHE BELLS OF SAN JUAN BY JACKSON GREGORYSIX FEET FOUR BY JACKSON GREGORYDAUGHTER OF THE SUN BY JACKSON GREGORYMAN SIZE BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEBRAND BLOTTERS BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINEBUCKY O'CONNOR BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINESKYRIDER BY B. M. BOWERSTARR, OF THE DESERT BY B. M. BOWERTHE RULES OF THE GAME BY STE...

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