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Books > Fiction > True stories > Endurance & survival
Mastering the Wolf is a history of policing and law enforcement
over the last 40-plus years in the UK and beyond. In an engaging,
gritty, and authentically moving memoir, with a career in public
service that spans the Army, Northern Ireland, the effect and fall
out of the miners' strike, the Task Force, undercover policing,
domestic violence, child abuse and protection, and then Iraq this
book is a roller-coaster of a ride. Fast-paced and packed with
action and humour, Colin details the fear, loss, pain, sadness, and
disappointment, amidst the pride, gratitude and overwhelming joy of
the friendship and camaraderie felt from colleagues and the deep,
unconditional love he feels for his children. These are the words
of a very compassionate man who has pursued in what he believes.
Mastering the Wolf is a highly personal story of public service
that will resonate with many.
Who Said I'd Never Dance Again? is a story of determination and
resiliency that inspires and gives hope to anyone who might be
facing joint-replacement surgery. Facing hip replacement surgery
can be frightening and depressing for anyone-especially a
competitive athlete enjoying success-and picking up a book about
what lies ahead can be downright daunting. There are countless
stories of athletes who have had career-ending injuries and
surgeries. Until recently, no one watching competition dancers
imagined that someone with an artificial hip could move so deftly
on the dance floor. Many viewers don't have the physical ability,
flexibility, or stamina to dance with their own joints, let alone
an implanted one. Who Said I'd Never Dance Again? is the first book
about ballroom dancing to address a painful, yet victorious
comeback after joint replacement surgery, and the rigorous physical
and mental strength required to make it happen. Ballroom dancer,
Darla Davies shares her story as the only competitive athlete and
ballroom dancer to claim the United States Pro Am American Smooth
Championship title, succumb to hip replacement surgery, and then
fight back to regain the national championship in less than three
years. Who Said I'd Never Dance Again? teaches readers the warning
signs for hip replacement, how to alleviate the fear of facing
surgery, dos and don'ts after surgery, how to restore joy, passion,
and fire after an enormous physical setback, and more! Darla's
quest for athletic victory gives readers a glimpse of the less
glamorous side of ballroom dance competitions and shows all
athletes that it's never too late and that no one is ever too old
to pursue their dream.
Delivering two 38-year-old Mississippi river tugboats halfway
around the world from Bahrain to Trinidad would not be every ship
master's dream employment. However, for Captain David Creamer, the
seven-week voyage of the Justine and Martha was not only unique,
but a memorable experience he was unlikely ever to forget or
repeat. As the author relates the day-to-day problems that the
twelve crewmen encountered while living onboard, the reader is
drawn into their world. The discovery of a plague of rats, steering
problems, running out of fresh water and running aground in the
middle of Sitra port, Bahrain are just some of the difficulties the
two old boats encountered on their way to the Caribbean. Rusty
water, fuel oil in a toilet, and a fire onboard in the Gulf of Suez
were some of the setbacks experienced on the first leg of the
voyage.Designed principally for river work and not as ocean-going
or deep-sea vessels, the hapless Justine and Martha encountered a
short but violent Mediteranean storm on the passage from Port Said
to Malta rendering conditions onboard extremely uncomfortable.On
the leg of the journey from Malta to Trinidad, they hit more bad
weather, partially flooding the Martha. It also became apparent
that the fuel taken onboard by both vessels was biologically
contaminated. Forced to stop at Gibraltar to clean the fuel tanks,
the author and Chief Engineer visited Nerja in Spain, which
coincided with the start of the Mardi Gras. Although blessed with
good weather for their crossing of the Atlantic, this epic voyage
almost ended in disaster just a few meters from the final
destination. An explosion from the engine-room, followed by a
high-pitched mechanical whining, signalled the end of both engines,
leaving the Justine to drift helplessly towards the jagged edges of
a ramshackle concrete pier.
"Send Them to Hell" is a horrifying, authentic chronicle of life as
lived by foreign inmates over the past two decades in Bangkok's
notorious prison system. Murder, human-rights abuse, drugs,
prisoner and child sex slavery, blackmail, extortion, extreme
violence, medical maltreatment, and unjustifiable death penalties
feature as everyday occurrences in the living hells that are
Bangkwang and Klong Prem jails. Sebastian Williams has graphically
revealed this shocking reality through the eyes of a long-term
inmate who has endured at first hand the unimaginable, inhuman
nightmare that constitutes the Thai penal system.
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