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SURVIVAL OF A TEXAN Before the days of McDonalds, Best Western and affordable telephones, two sets of Grandparents, not knowing of the other's plans, set out on a 75 mile trip by horse & buggy, to await the arrival of an expected Grandchild. It was a three day journey. They slept under the buggies at night on quilts placed on top of tarpaulins. The father of the expected baby was caught in a fi erce "Blue Norther" while trying to get a doctor. Despite the dilemma, a baby Boy was born. He was an adventurous little boy intent on working for money at an early age. His Dad was generally a loving father but became abusive when he was drinking hard liquor. Billy Boy took on the responsibility of t...
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An epic World War II story of valor, sacrifice, and the Rangers who led the way to victory in Europe It is said that the right man in the right place at the right time can make the difference between victory and defeat. This is the dramatic story of sixty-eight soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion, D Company -- Dog Company -- who made that difference, time and again. From D-Day, when German guns atop Pointe du Hoc threatened the Allied landings and the men of Dog Company scaled the ninety-foot cliffs to destroy them; to the thickly forested slopes of Hill 400, in Germany's Hü Forest, where the Rangers launched a desperate bayonet charge across an open field, captured the crucial hill, and held it against all odds. In each battle, the men of Dog Company made the difference. Dog Company is their unforgettable story -- thoroughly researched and vividly told by acclaimed combat historian Patrick K. O'Donnell -- a story of extraordinary bravery, courage, and determination. America had many heroes in World War II, but few can say that, but for them, the course of the war may have been very different. The right men, in the right place, at the right time -- Dog Company.
A Knight of the Realm is murdered. High-level VIPs will attend the funeral. One of them is marked for death. Sir Theodore Hayes was a hard and unpopular businessman. There is no shortage of suspects for his murder. Distracted by two further, seemingly unconnected murders, Sheehan and his team are baffled by the killings. Then Sheehan discovers that the Hayes’ murder is only the first move in a terrorist plot to ‘rock the British Isles’. The New IRA is planning something huge on the day of Sir Theodore’s funeral. But after days of frantic enquiry the team learns nothing about the New IRA threat. Even on the morning of the funeral, with the hours racing by, Sheehan’s brain is still in turmoil. Can he glean enough from the myriad small clues rattling through his head to figure out the plot in time to stop the terrorists?
FBI Special Agent Zane Tomlin was preparing to go on vacation when someone tried to kill his partner with a bomb. He puts his vacation on hold to track down the unknown suspect. He goes deep undercover as a jail inmate, as a trucker, and as a warehouse worker to search for the bombing suspect. He finds the suspect at a warehouse in Reno, Nevada. He also discovers information on a much heavier villain. The heavy hitters from the Justice Department arrive in Sacramento to help form a plan to locate and arrest the head owner of Unified Transports. They know for certain he is supplying illegal weapons to a buyer who ships them to terrorists in the Middle East. They locate and corner the villain near Conroe, Texas, which leads to an exciting and surprising turn of events.
An amateur appraiser gets trapped in a chaotic diamond dealDIVAfter years trying to make their fortunes in the Guyanese diamond trade, Barry Dawson and Colin Lambert have crossed paths once too often. The last time Lambert hired Barry as an appraiser, Lambert cheated his old friend out of his share. Soured on the diamond business, Barry wants to return to the States and marry his hometown girl. Desperate for travel money, he takes one last job from Lambert. He will find that there is no safe exit from the diamond trade./divDIV /divDIVFor hours Barry sifts through a pile of stones, appraising them for sale to a tough named Hudson. They are the most beautiful diamonds he has ever seen—as a group, worth more than $100,000. The sealed package is pillow-shaped, weighs less than a pound, and will cost the blood of many men./div
The Audience in Everyday Life argues that a media audience cannot be studied in front of the television alone--their interaction with media does not simply end when the set is turned off. Instead, we must study the daily lives of audiences to find the undercurrents of media influence in everyday life. Bird provides a host of useful tools and methods for scholars and students interested in the ways media is consumed in everyday life.