After their 43-foot schooner was stove in by a pod of killer whales the six members of the Robertson family spent 37 days adrift in the Pacific. With no maps compass or navigational instruments & rations for only three days they used every survival technique they could as they battled 20-foot waves marauding sharks thirst starvation & exhaustion. ...

Overcome violation & build the life you deserve. You're free strong & capable. You made the choice to be a survivor & not a victim. But your life from here on out should be about more than just getting by. Written by women who have taken a similar journey Surviving Domestic Violence helps you find your path toward healing change & the future you've always wanted. Authors Danielle F. Wozniak & Karen N. Allen have used their vast experience & years of teaching & researching to create a clinically tested program that not only helps you understand the devastating effects of domestic violence but also leads you through the four stages of recovery. Through a series of meditations activities & pieces of inspiration you will learn to reclaim your personal power restore your life trajectory reconnect with your community & re-envision what lies ahead. With the guidance of this book you can finally conquer your past & step into a brighter future. Simple straightforward & practical Surviving Domestic Violence helps you heal from the violation you have experienced & thrive once again. ...

This book is full of simple & fun tips that will help the daring romantic feel comfortable positive & relaxed when travelling on the dating merry-go-round looking for their soul-mate. The adventure of searching to find that very special someone should be fun -- but sometimes we need to kiss a lot of frogs before we meet the one of our dreams. There are however many little hints in this book that can make the journey exciting positive & fun. This little book has the ability to offer wisdom & reality about the concept of internet & speed dating & is written with light-hearted information while still addressing many of the important areas of this activity. ...

In September 1939 the Germans & the Russians descended on Pol&. Country houses & churches were stripped of everything of value. ...

Among Holocaust survivor stories Eva Kors experience as a 10-year-old guinea pig of Dr. Josef Mengele in Auschwitz is exceptional. It is the story of a child facing extraordinary evil & cruelty written for young teens & ending with an uplifting message. Eva Mozes Kor was just 10 years old when she arrived in Auschwitz. While her parents & two older sisters were taken to the gas chambers she & her twin Miriam were herded into the care of the man known as the Angel of Death Dr. Josef Mengele. Subjected to sadistic medical experiments she was forced to fight daily for her & her twins survival. In this incredible true story written for young adults readers will learn of a childs endurance & survival in the face of truly extraordinary evil. The book also

Includes:: an epilogue on Evas recovery from this experience & her remarkable decision to publicly forgive the Nazis. Through her museum & her lectures she has dedicated her life to giving testimony on the Holocaust providing a message of hope for people who have suffered & working for causes of human rights & peace.

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One of the most extraordinary & poignant survival stories to come out of World War II. Misha was only six years old when her Jewish parents were taken away from their home in Belgium by the Nazis. She was given a new name a new home & forced into a new religion. No one told her why her parents were no longer with her only that they had gone East. So one day equipped only with a tiny compass & a few provisions she set out East to find them. Alone Misha crossed Belgium Germany & Poland on foot
- hiding in woods stealing scraps of food
- until close to starvation she was adopted by a family of wolves. She ate & played with the wolf cubs & was protected by their mother. Thanks to the wolves she survived the war & eventually found her way home via the Ukraine Romania & Italy.

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Its every cops worst nightmare. Especially when his daughters in the line of fire. In his first hour back from a six-month leave of absence Detective Jacob Strikers day quickly turns into a nightmare. He is barely on scene five minutes at his daughters high school when he encounters an Active Shooter situation. Three men wearing hockey masks
- Black White & Red
- have stormed the school with firearms & are killing indiscriminately. Striker takes immediate action. Within minutes two of the gunmen are dead & Striker is close to ending the violence. But then the last gunman Red Mask does something unexpected. He runs up to his fallen comrade racks the shotgun & unloads five rounds obliterating the mans face & hands. & before Striker can react Red Mask escapes. Against the clock Striker investigates the killings for which there is no known motive & no known suspect. Soon his investigation takes him to darker places & he realizes that not everything at Saint Patricks High is as it seems. The closer he gets to the truth the more dangerous his world becomes. Until Striker himself is in the line of fire. & the violence follows him home.. .

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Fatima Whitbread had the worst possible start in life. Abandoned as a baby she spent much of her childhood in & out of childrens homes. A brief disastrous stay with her birth mother saw her raped by her mothers drunken boyfriend
- while her mother held a knife to her throat to quieten her down. Fatima was only twelve at the time. Athletics was her saviour: local athletics coach Margaret Whitbread took the young Fatima under her wing eventually adopting her. Fatima competed in three Olympics winning bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Games. In 1986 she set a world record & the following year in Rome became world champion & was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year. But then Fatima faded from the public eye leaving many to wonder where she had gone. After the cheering stopped Fatima faced prejudice penury scandal & heartbreak. Survivor" describes how she defeated all her demons to rise triumphantly from the ashes once again this time as queen of the jungle. Almost 13 million people watched her on " Im a Celebrity" & after surviving 20 days in the Australian heat she has millions of new fans eager to know more about Fatima the woman: the forthright focused slightly bossy charismatic single mum who knows how to transform even the most devastating experiences into lessons in life. This is the unforgettable story of a true champion who triumphed against the worst hardships imaginable."
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From the eleventh storey of a Los Angeles high-rise Nate looks out on the city
- the traffic the trees the beach beyond. He breathes
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Tender Branson the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult has commandeered a Boeing 747 emptied of passengers in order to tell his story to the planes black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult & like all Creedish younger sons hired out as a domestic servant Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally & apocalyptically spiralling out of control. ...