Civvy Street

Author : Peter Lewis
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780957067400

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Operation Civvy Street by Peter Lewis Pdf

Operation Civvy Street is for anyone planning on leaving the Armed Forces. Full of hints, tips and advice to make the most of your transition from the military to the civilian world. Written by Peter Lewis, a soldier for 20 years, it contains techniques that will allow you to create a fantastic new life beyond the military. Written in clear, no nonsense style, this book outlines the necessary steps you need to take to fulfil your true potential. Using the principles described, Peter has created a highly successful training business from scratch; despite having little idea what he could do when he started planning! Each chapter contains mini-tactics that you can implement straight away in your daily routine in order to develop your confidence, gain clarity on what you want to do and design the new life that you are capable of. It doesn't matter if you have little or no idea about what you could do in civilian life - this book will help you get clear and moving towards a great future!

Author : Peter Neary
Publisher : McGill-Queen's University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773586512

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On to Civvy Street by Peter Neary Pdf

Detailing the ways in which the Canadian government built on existing programs for veterans, Peter Neary identifies the key figures and events responsible for developing the orders and statutes that came to be known as the Veterans Charter, creating the Department of Veterans Affairs, and establishing sweeping new benefits for servicemen and women. Comparing rehabilitation programs after the Second World War with those after the First World War, Neary reveals the lasting importance of the country's new way of expressing its obligations to veterans. He shows that the measures developed to reintegrate them into civilian society became essential building blocks for the Canadian welfare state and helped pave the way for the unprecedented prosperity of the 1950s. A comprehensive study of a fundamental change in the relationship between government and citizens, On to Civvy Street is also a timely reminder of the debt the country owes its veterans.

Author : Fiona Field
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781781857779

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Civvy Street by Fiona Field Pdf

Susie Collins's world has fallen apart. Her husband, Mike, has been made redundant from the army. But worse is to come when Susie learns that the family finances are much rockier than she realised. Their rebellious twin daughters can't stay at their fee-paying school and there's almost no money left to buy a decent house. These are desperate times and Susie knows she must find a job quickly. But Mike is being difficult about her plans and the girls impossible. How are they all going to cope? Life is tough for newcomers on civvy street.

Author : Roger Annett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781844157501

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Drop Zone Burma by Roger Annett Pdf

Air-dropped supplies were a vital part of the Allied campaign in Burma during World War II. The transportation of munitions, food and medical supplies was undertaken in the most difficult situations, both on the land where the air bases were often situated in remote tropical jungle terrain and in the air when hazardous flying conditions were met in the steamy airs above the carpet of forest treetops. This book is based upon the memories of nine veterans of the campaign: John Hart, an air-dispatcher with 194 Squadron; Peter Bray, a Dakota pilot with 31 Squadron; Arthur Watts, a fitter with both 31 and 194 Squadrons; Colin Lynch an Observer on 31 Squadron; Norman Currell, a Dakota pilot with 31 Squadron; George Hufflett, 1st Queen’s Infantry; Ken Brown, Royal Signals; Eric Knowles, the Buffs and Dame Vera Lynn who was with ENSA during the campaign. It describes how they arrived in Burma and their previous wartime experiences and then explains there parts in the famous actions such as The Defence of Arakan, The Sieges of Imphal and Kohima, the Allied Counterattack, the Advance to Mandalay and the Race to Rangoon. The author explains the background to this theater of war and then puts the veterans memories into context as the campaign progresses.

Author : John Ayto,John Simpson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-11
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199232055

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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang by John Ayto,John Simpson Pdf

Offering coverage of over 6,000 slang words and expressions from the Cockney 'abaht' to the American term 'zowie', this is the most authoritative dictionary of slang from the 20th and 21st centuries.

Author : Eric Partridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1426 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006-05-02
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781134963652

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge Pdf

The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.

Author : Richard Bowyer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-12-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781135946050

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Dictionary of Military Terms by Richard Bowyer Pdf

This book provides a comprehensive ready-reference of military terms. With clear definitions of more than 7,000 terms, Dictionary of Military Terms covers both British and American terms as well as international terms, and includes: military personnel; maneuvers; equipment; vehicles; weapons; tactics; and commands.

Author : Lynda M. Buckman
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781039182660

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The Journey to a Little White House by Lynda M. Buckman Pdf

From the Permanent Married Quarters of a naval base to the little white house at the end of the road, Lynda M. Buckman and her family have lived a life of fun, adventure, and great love. Military service in their young adulthood and early marriage gave the author and her husband the tools they needed to facilitate strong communication throughout their now five-decades’ long partnership, including in their roles as parents, entrepreneurs, homesteaders, and hobby farmers. In four parts, each encompassing a different home, the author recounts her tales of lessons learned in short anecdotes that are at once comfortingly universal and delightfully original. Told with humour and a lot of heart, The Journey to a Little White House is the story of a wistful dream that became a beautiful reality.

Author : Gill Plain
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781009081610

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Prosthetic Agency by Gill Plain Pdf

Prosthetic Agency: Literature, Culture and Masculinity after World War II examines the social and psychic upheaval of demobilisation. It maps the rapid transition from wartime regimentation to individual responsibility, from intense homosociality to heteronormative expectations, from normativity to disability and from uniformed masculinity to domestic citizenship. This book considers some of the many ways in which popular culture of the time sought to mediate these difficult transitions, exploring films, popular fiction, memoir and biography. In particular, the book explores how technology was imagined as a new space of masculine becoming and how disability was written, represented and assimilated. Through a focus on popular narrative, this book explores the modes of masculinity promoted as ideally suited to national reconstruction and tries to make sense of a culture of rehabilitation that could not name or know itself as such.

Author : Seth Klein
Publisher : ECW Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781773055916

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A Good War by Seth Klein Pdf

“This is the roadmap out of climate crisis that Canadians have been waiting for.” — Naomi Klein, activist and New York Times bestselling author of This Changes Everything and The Shock Doctrine • One of Canada’s top policy analysts provides the first full-scale blueprint for meeting our climate change commitments • Contains the results of a national poll on Canadians’ attitudes to the climate crisis • Shows that radical transformative climate action can be done, while producing jobs and reducing inequality as we retool how we live and work. • Deeply researched and targeted specifically to Canada and Canadians while providing a model that other countries could follow Canada needs to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 50% to prevent a catastrophic 1.5 degree increase in the earth’s average temperature — assumed by many scientists to be a critical “danger line” for the planet and human life as we know it. It’s 2020, and Canada is not on track to meet our targets. To do so, we’ll need radical systemic change to how we live and work—and fast. How can we ever achieve this? Top policy analyst and author Seth Klein reveals we can do it now because we’ve done it before. During the Second World War, Canadian citizens and government remade the economy by retooling factories, transforming their workforce, and making the war effort a common cause for all Canadians to contribute to. Klein demonstrates how wartime thinking and community efforts can be repurposed today for Canada’s own Green New Deal. He shares how we can create jobs and reduce inequality while tackling our climate obligations for a climate neutral—or even climate zero—future. From enlisting broad public support for new economic models, to job creation through investment in green infrastructure, Klein shows us a bold, practical policy plan for Canada’s sustainable future. More than this: A Good War offers a remarkably hopeful message for how we can meet the defining challenge of our lives. COVID-19 has brought a previously unthinkable pace of change to the world—one which demonstrates our ability to adapt rapidly when we’re at risk. Many recent changes are what Klein proposes in these very pages. The world can, actually, turn on a dime if necessary. This is the blueprint for how to do it.

Author : Dr. Salma Seth,Dr. N.K. Chadha,Dr. Harpreet Bhatia
Publisher : Friends Publications (India)
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Qualitative Methods by Dr. Salma Seth,Dr. N.K. Chadha,Dr. Harpreet Bhatia Pdf

This book aims to provide researchers who are new (or relatively new) to qualitative research with the methodological tools and conceptual maps they need to navigate their way through the process. It describes the uncertainties surrounding qualitative research and the many dilemmas faced by researchers. It illustrates these by drawing on the experiences of researchers with varying degrees of expertise in qualitative research. It also provides readers with the necessary background knowledge and raises their awareness of the questions they will need to address to help them make informed decisions about how to deal with these uncertainties and dilemmas. The contents of the book are organized in a way that reflects the three main objectives that the authors had in mind. The first objective was to provide readers with the necessary background knowledge and an awareness of the questions they will need to address in order to make informed decisions about whether to conduct qualitative research and if they decide to follow a qualitative path, which particular qualitative approach(es) would be suited to their research goals. The second objective was to equip readers with the basic tools to carry out their analysis by providing detailed, contextualized coverage of the practicalities of the qualitative methods/approaches. In addition, the book includes accounts of an actual analysis of a specific data set in a step-by-step manner using the approaches. The third objective was to provide the reader with guidance as to how to write up qualitative research in general and the ethical considerations of qualitative inquiry in the concluding chapter.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Anglo-Israelism
ISBN : NYPL:33433075423453

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National Message and Banner by Anonim Pdf

Author : Clare Makepeace
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107145870

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Captives of War by Clare Makepeace Pdf

Capture-- Imprisoned servicemen -- Bonds between men -- Ties with home -- Going "round the bend"--Liberation -- Resettling -- Conclusion

Author : Kevin Twaddle,Scott Burns
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845024673

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Life on the Line by Kevin Twaddle,Scott Burns Pdf

Kevin Twaddle was a footballer who was always prepared to take a risk on the park but it was off it where he really gambled. The former Hearts, Motherwell and St Johnstone winger speaks openly for the first time about his secret betting addiction that saw him blow more than a million pounds and wrecked his football career. Kevin tells his harrowing story of what his punting did to his family, how it killed relationships, destroyed his bond with his daughter and almost caused his parents to split up. He talks about his addiction and how it led to him stealing, going to loan sharks, left him facing jail and considering the ultimate gamble - suicide - before he finally got his life back on the straight and narrow. Kevin, who has since gone on to play pool for Scotland, has now not had a bet for more than six years, holds a prominent position in Gamblers Anonymous and also uses his experiences to help the Professional Footballers Association (Scotland) to educate today's footballers on the pitfalls of gambling. This is the harrowing and moving story on how one man's life fell apart spectacularly because of his addiction to gambling and how, after hitting rock bottom, he finally managed to conquer his demons.

Author : Helen Aitchison
Publisher : Write on the Tyne
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Veterans' Voices by Helen Aitchison Pdf

Veterans’ Voices tells the stories of 22 members of the British Armed Forces, serving across seven decades of conflict. The journey of each veteran demonstrates a unique account of life as a service person, with shared experiences of friendship, family, respect and honour. In partnership with Operation Veteran, North East England, read and connect with our heroes voices through their stories of conflict, courage and camaraderie.