Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He’s all Marine-fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife—beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben’s got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn’t give in—not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son.Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroy's most explosive character—a man you should hate, but a man you will love.

Product Description: A personal selection of a great variety of Short Stories and Poems on many different topics with which the reader will readily be able to identify. Some are fiction, others non-fiction, the later being autobiographical. All separately written by Peter and Lili Hart over the last two decades The Large print Edition of the book originally published by Authors OnLine in 200...read more

As the Allies embarked upon the Battle of Arras, they desperately needed accurate aerial reconnaissance photographs. But by this point the Royal Flying Club were flying obsolete planes. This is the story of the decimation of the Royal Flying Corps over Arras in 1917.

Presents the most infamous battle of the First World War, as described by the men who fought it. Using eyewitness testimonies, the author shows this epic conflict from all angles and describes what it was like to crawl across No Man's Land in the face of the German guns.

Product Description: Arguably one of the most diverse, exciting, and accessible of water sports, windsurfing attracts an estimated 20 million participants worldwide. This instructional volume is packed full of information. Illustrated with photographs by John Carter, one of the world’s most respected water sports’ photographers, it will inspire both the beginner and the expert...read more

An authentic war-time story of the years 1939-1947 which finds the author in France at the outbreak of war. First interned as an 'Enemy Alien', then taken prisoner by the Germans after the invasion, he resolves to reach England, which takes him another three years. Conscripted into the Vichy Army he manages to escape after two and a half years, goes into hiding before crossing the Pyrenees, when the Germans had occupied the whole of France. Interned in Spain, he joins the American Quakers in Madrid on relief work, after they obtained his release from the 'Miranda' internment camp. On the last leg of his journey into freedom, arranged by the British Embassy, he leaves for Britain by convoy from Gibraltar to join HM Forces in 1943. Assigned to the Intelligence Corps, his story continues until his demobilisation in 1947.

Product Description: The First World War's Battle of Jutland, during which thousands of British and German soldiers perished, has mesmerized generations of naval historians. Based on letters, diaries, unpublished memoirs, interviews, books, and other sources, this detailed study examines the whole event from the perspective of participants on both sides and from all ranks...read more

Argues that the popular host of the Fox television program is following a conservative agenda despite his denials and attempts to expose O'Reilly's misstatements, bias, and error in his reporting.