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"The Rolling Stones are truly the greatest rock and roll band in the world and always will be," Dylan once famously said of his contemporaries. "The last too," he added. "Everything that came after them, metal, rap, punk, new wave, pop-rock, you name it... you can trace it all back to the Rolling Stones" Mike Heath is 75 and a retired history teacher specialising in modern History (the first World War onwards). He played rugby for his city - Peterborough and also at county level. He also played mixed hockey for fun and tennis in a competitive evening league.Upon retiring after 37 years teaching, his wife, Sandra (a former Practice Nursing Sister) and he came to live in Greece in the West Mani, Peloponnese in 2007 where they had a house built near Stoupa.Latterly he has had a book The Life and Times of Annie Williams published and available from Amazon and spent many a long hour chopping and changing this book on The Rolling Stones. It is now ready to meet the world. He has always been a big fan of most music, but it is the Stones who have taken prime place in his life as you will see in the book.
Iran in Pictures is a true insight and photographic journey inside one of the most ancient countries and cultures on our planet. The immense knowledge of the author about the country and his experience there deliver us a unique point of view on Iran's everyday life, its rich history and extraordinary culture. Christopher Thornton is a professor born in Chicago in 1956. Writer and photographer, he teaches in the Department of American Literature and Culture Studies at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. He has worked as a special correspondent for the U.S. State Department's International Information Program and has written many articles and essays based on travel-related themes. In 2019 his first book, Descendants of Cyrus: Travels Through Everyday Iran, was published by the University of Nebraska Press. He is currently planning a book on eastern Europe that would also be a travel narrative. On the cover: Visitor in the Skeikh Lotfallah Mosque, Esfahan. Many secular Iranians visit the country's historic mosques to appreciate their architectural beauty and the peace and solitude they offer.
"The Quiet Things is a series of reflections on love, life, and everything in between. It comes from inside during some of my darkest moments where all I could do was write openly, freely and truthfully. Within these stories are sadness, darkness, love and hope. It is a collection of moments spread over time. It is a little bit of the dark mixed with the light."-The Author Matthew Doerner was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. He studied his early years as a chef and, just like his love for cooking, he also fell in love with words and writing. In the early days of high school, he was introduced to Shakespeare's Macbeth and Hamlet, that opened the idea of what writing could be. From Shakespeare to the worlds of Ginsberg and Bukowski is where the love of writing poetry truly bloomed.Writing became part escape and part therapy, a way to deal with emotions that couldn't be verbalized. It was the solitude within the words that he now shares with others. Poetry can truly save the soul, heal the wounds, and make the world seem bright again.
As a successful businesswoman and owner of a modelling agency in South Africa, Tanya struggled her addiction to pain pills and alcohol. Her crippling Rheumatoid Arthritis made staying away from medications near impossible until one day: Down wasn't far enough. Pain medication and boxed wine didn't cut it. A full-blown addiction to CAT was going to destroy her life.Through her journey from victim to victor, Tanya discovers an inner strength to overcome the foundation of grooming and child sexual abuse that set the stage for a self-destructive path. She takes control of her life through many gut wrenching struggles, finding salvation through repeated supernatural intervention, which creates in her a fierce determination and ultimately unshakable faith in God.Her hope is that those who read her story and have a similar past will receive the strength they need and realise that they have a voice, that ALL things are possible! That beyond the darkness of abuse, there is indeed radiant light, love and freedom. Tanya offers guidance to those who struggle with addiction and trauma through v2v-outreach.www.tanyafleiser.com
With its rich blend of fiction and faction ('non-fiction') crossing between history and philosophy, and combining memoir and biography, Swamp Deaths is a unique series of detective stories written by a swamp ghost writer. It mixes different types of texts and creates new and intriguing ways of environmental storytelling that will fascinate and delight rusted-on readers of detective fiction and attract new ones. Rod Giblett is the author of 30 books of fiction and faction ('non-fiction'). He lived by a swamp in Western Australia for 28 years and wrote several books about it. He now lives in Melbourne and wrote about it as a city of ghost swamps in several books. He is Honorary Associate Professor in the Writing and Literature Program at Deakin University.Cover Image: Eugene von Guérard, Mount William and part of the Grampians in West Victoria 1865 Oil on cardboard, 30.3 x 40.6 cm National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Collier Bequest 1955 (1562-5).
In Playing Chess with the Devil - Worlds Situation in a Nutshell, the Author offers a remarkable essay which can be considered a valid instrument to reflect about Humankind destiny. A deep study and research of great interest, as he says, to "all those attentive to the study of national security, geopolitics, economics, and interactions between states that may have, soon, obvious consequences for worlds safety". History has always taught us that understanding its root causes is essential if we are to prevent future conflicts.Interesting insights on the art of war, illuminating and cultured digressions on the whole world chessboard make this essay one of the most brilliant examples of reflection on highly topical issues. Vicente Gonzalvo Navarro, was born in 1973, in Spain.Raised in a military family he belongs to the Armada; he is an officer of the Spanish Marine Corps since 1997. During his military assignments he has commanded different units, such as the Second Marines Battalion (Tercio de Armada), developing an intense professional life in different countries in Europe, America, Asia and Africa. He has a PhD in Law from the Carlos III University of Madrid and is a recognized author. Has lived and followed many of the conflicts and tensions he explains and analyses in this book, giving his unique point of view and contributing in this sense to the diffusion of the knowledge in the security and international relations domain.
The name Prachurya means Goddess of wealth in ancient Sanskrit. True to that meaning, Prachurya Bharadwaj the author, has accumulated herself an ocean of experiences, that very few 28-year-olds would fathom.She didn't just stop at one post-graduate degree in engineering but pursued another one, then some more professional courses after that. At 21, when she went abroad to study, she found internship opportunities in one country, created a start-up in another followed by full-time positions, then again in another country where she bought her first house. This book is a story of her defeating all odds, taking proactive measures, rising above those who thought too little of her, healing herself of continuous traumas stacked over the ones from her childhood.Today she works in the Netherlands as a technical lead for development of unique technology, that should ascertain the leadership of ASML in the semiconductor industry. This exciting read is only a part of her story, going from the age of around 7 until 28, when she perceived that this was the pinnacle of her success.Her upcoming books will contain the story of what happens after that epitome of success. You guessed it right. She keeps achieving more.
Having lost Ina to cancer, Villi confronts memories linked to their life before and after Bulgaria's transition to democracy in the 1990s.Will he overcome the fact that their son is addicted to drugs?El, their daughter, is overwhelmed with emotion in the face of the tragedy in the family. What is her and her family's role in moving forward?The accelerating deterioration of Bulgaria-Türkiye relations in the Eighties and the resistance of the ethnic Türks in Bulgaria deliver a blow to national security and the political system. How does this subline interact with the main story line?The author creates insight into the minds of her characters and endeavours to balance shifting perspectives, dramatic irony, suspense and action. Mariela was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated in English and Bulgarian philology and EU Law, International Finance and Relations. She has lived, worked and done research in Luxembourg, Belgium and Greece. She has been named in the first Global Diversity list of The Economist for her work in the sphere of human rights and social inclusion and has contributed to The Parliament magazine. She is a former member of the European Parliament and member of Pen International Women Writers' Committee.She is active in swimming and jogging and takes part in global initiatives to raise funds. One of them is Theirworld, Your Walk, an initiative to raise funds to help every child have a safe place to learn.
Daddy, why do they call us Dönmeh? is a collection of interviews through which the author was able to shine a light on the famous messianic movement of Sabbatai Sevi from the 17th century and which continues to survive in its multiple identities. Even if today most of the old community has disappeared, the remaining few members of this society keep fighting to preserve their traditions by telling stories about their families as well as by laying bare both their fears and hopes for the future of the Salonican.Suzan Nana Tarablus was born in Istanbul. She graduated from the Arnavutköy American College for Girls and studied American Language and Literature at Istanbul University. During the years 1995-1997, she was the first professional editor-in-chief of ¿alom Newspaper. Her research and travel articles have been published in ¿alom Magazine where she has also been working as the editor-in-chief since 2016. She is the author of three other books, Bir Sabah Galata'da Uyand¿m (One Morning I Woke Up at Galata), Çek Kay¿kç¿ Balat'a (Boatman row to Balat!), and Küaktan küäa Kuzguncuk yolculüum (My Kuzguncuk journey through generations) all published by Varl¿k Yay¿nc¿l¿k. She is a member of the Press Council since 2020 and the mother of two sons, Eyal and Eytan.
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