What dangers do runaway demigods Luke & Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy & Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesnt take kindly to intruders? How exactly are Leo Piper & Jason supposed to find a runaway table dodge a band of party-loving Maenads (who just might be a little psychotic) & stave off a massive explosion...all in one hour or less? With his trademark wit & creativity Rick Riordan answers these questions & more in three never-before-seen short stories that provide vital back-story to the Heroes of Olympus & Percy Jackson books. Original art enlightening character interviews & profiles puzzles & a quiz add to the fun in this action-packed collection. ...

In March 2010 twenty-seven Britons who took matters into their own hands to protect Jews from the Nazis during one of the darkest times in human history were formally recognised as Heroes of the Holocaust by the British Government. The silver medal inscribed with the words In the Service of Humanity was created to acknowledge those whose selfless actions preserved life in the face of persecution. Gordon Brown described the medals recipients who risked their lives to save those of Jewish friends or complete strangers as true British heroes & a source of national pride for all of us. They were shining beacons of hope in the midst of terrible evil because they were prepared to take a stand against prejudice hatred & intolerance. Some like Frank Foley a British spy whose cover was working at the British embassy in Berlin took huge risks issuing forged visas to enable around 10 000 Jews to escape Germany before the outbreak of war. Others like the ten British POWs who hid & cared for Hannah Sarah Rigler as she escaped from a death march showed great humanity in the face of horrendous cruelty & suffering. All the recipients of the award were ordinary people acting on no ones authority but their own who found they could not stand idly by in the face of this great evil. Heroes of the Holocaust" collects for the first time the remarkable stories of the recipients of the medal. Written by acclaimed Holocaust historian Lyn Smith it is a moving testament to the bravery of those whose inspiring actions stand out in stark relief at a time of such horror." ...

Collected here for the first time are the remarkable & moving stories of the 27 British recipients of the ' Hero of the Holocaust' award. During one of the darkest times in human history they refused to stand by & do nothing; risking their lives to save Jewish friends or complete strangers. & yet many of their stories have been forgotten. Frank Foley a British spy whose cover was working at the British embassy in Berlin took huge risks issuing forged visas to enable around 10 000 Jews to escape Germany before the outbreak of war. Jane Haining refused to come back to Scotland & leave the Jewish orphans in her care in Hungary. When they were sent to Auschwitz she was transported with them. Louise & Ida Cook were sisters from suburban London. They used their love of opera as a cover to take daring trips to help Jews escape Nazi Germany & Austria right up until the outbreak of war. Ten British POWs hid & cared for young Hannah Sarah Rigler when she escaped from a death march having been forced to leave her mother behind. All those whose stories are collected here were ordinary people acting on no one's authority but their own who found they could not stand idly by in the face of such great evil. Written by acclaimed Holocaust historian Lyn Smith Heroes of the Holocaust" is a moving testament to the bravery of those whose inspiring actions stand out in stark relief at a time of such horror." ...

The riveting true stories of the men of Britain's Special Forces revealing what it's really like being a member of one of the world's most elite military regiments. The SAS has played a vital role in innumerable military operations since World War II. Along the way the daring & bravery of it's men has produced incredible stories of courage & devotion to duty. Heroes of the SAS" is packed with thrilling accounts of the events & men involved in some of the most dramatic incidents in the division's history from covert operations to major campaigns. It shares numerous gripping tales of outstanding bravery & reveals just what it takes to make it as an SAS soldier." ...

Since the dawn of aerial combat in the First World War the heroism of the men who put their lives at risk in the air has known no bounds. There were no more heroic airmen than the fighter pilots & bomber crews of the Second World War
- men who sacrificed their own lives in order to save their crew or who although in extreme pain managed to get their aircraft home rather than risk becoming Po Ws. In telling the stories of more than eighty such men Heroes of the Skies paints a picture of aerial combat from the First World War right through to Afghanistan & allows us to celebrate the extraordinary feats of our flying heroes.
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In this controversial book psychologists Barry Duncan & Scott Miller cofounders of the Institute for the Study of Therapeutic Change challenge the traditional focus on diagnosis silver bullet" techniques & magic pills exposing them as empirically bankrupt practices that only diminish the role of clients & hasten therapy s extinction. Instead they advocate for the long ignored but most crucial factor in therapeutic success the innate resources of the client. Based on extensive clinical research & case studies The Heroic Client not only shows how to harness the client s powers of regeneration to make therapy effective but also how to enlist the client as a partner to make therapy accountable. The Heroic Client inspires therapists to boldly rewrite the drama of therapy recast clients in their rightful role as heroes & heroines of the therapeutic stage & legitimize their services to third party payers without the compromises of the medical model." ...

In the twenty-one poems of the Heroides" Ovid gave voice to the heroines & heroes of epic & myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness & torment of love as the writers tell of their pain at separation forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses while Dido bitterly reproaches Aeneas for too eagerly leaving her bed to follow his destiny & Sappho the only historical figure portrayed here describes her passion for the cruelly rejecting Phaon. In the poetic letters between Paris & Helen the lovers seem oblivious to the tragedy prophesied for them while in another exchange the youthful Leander asserts his foolhardy eagerness to risk his life to be with his beloved Hero." ...

Set against the frenzied world of heavy metal superstardom the co-founder of legendary Motley Crue offers an unflinching & gripping look at his own descent into drug addiction. When Motley Crue were at the height of their fame there wasn't a drug Nikki Sixx wouldn't do. He spent days
- sometimes alone sometimes with others addicts friends & lovers
- in a coke- & heroin-fuelled daze. THE HEROIN DIARIES reveals Nikki's personal diary entries alongside commentary from the people who know Nikki best including band mates Tommy Vince & Mick. The book is a candid look at a nightmare come true: a punishing heroin addiction that brought Nikki to the edge of losing his talent his career his family & finally to a near-fatal overdose which left him clinically dead for a few minutes before being revived. Brutally honest utterly riveting & shockingly moving THE HEROIN DIARIES follows Nikki during the year he plunged to rock bottom & his courageous decision to pick himself up & start living again.

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Heroines & Harridans is a tale of eccentricity (generally British) some bad behaviour (occasionally American) & rather odd love lives (some corking aristocrats). It is not by chance that the relation of matters in the past are called ' History'. It is generally 'his story' with many men doing grand things while the women stayed home to make the soup. Heroines & Harridans gives another highly entertaining view on life as comedian Sandi Toksvig brings her trademark wit & humour to bear on 22 portraits of as eccentric a melange of women throughout history as you are ever likely to find. All of the featured characters were terrific good fun helped shape the world they lived in but in many cases disappeared into obscurity. Each of Toksvig's gloriously funny pen portraits is accompanied by equally striking & imaginative illustrations by artist Sandy Nightingale. ...