Eight Lives Down

Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Random House
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781407039626

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Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter Pdf

SEARING HEAT You have the most dangerous job in the world's most dangerous place. You are responsible for bomb disposal in the British sector of Iraq.You are the last defence against oblivion. And it's already a hundred degrees in the shade. , COLD FEAR You are up against some of the most sophisticated bombmakers in the world. They don't play by the rules of the Geneva Convention. Nothing but your own wits will save you. You're on your own. SILENCE Now is the moment of truth. All you can hear is the sound of your own blood pounding through your veins. This could be your last moment on earth. IT'S JUST YOU AND THE BOMB

Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0553806831

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Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter Pdf

A British bomb disposal expert describes his tour of duty in Iraq, his team's perilous assignment to personally dismantle terrorist-planted explosives, and the effectiveness that made him the target of both Sunni and Shia terrorists.

Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Iraq War, 2003
ISBN : OCLC:1131717959

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Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter Pdf

Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Random House
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781446421444

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Extreme Risk by Chris Hunter Pdf

BOSNIA...NORTHERN IRELAND...IRAQ...AFGHANISTAN... For the past twenty years, some of the most dangerous places on earth. And for Major Chris Hunter, just some of the places where he has defused bombs in his ceaseless battle against terrorism and the bombmakers. This is the story of a teenager with no hopes who joined the army at sixteen and went on to become one of the most successful counter-terrorism operators in the world. This is the story of survival when all the odds are stacked against you, when every second feels like a lifetime, when the sound of your heart beating is as deafening as a ticking bomb. This is what it's like, day in day out, to take your life and the lives of others in your own hands, and make a difference. And this is what it costs to live that life...

Author : Chris Hunter
Publisher : Delta
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553385281

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Eight Lives Down by Chris Hunter Pdf

Visceral and compelling, Eight Lives Down is the most exciting and nerve-jangling work of military non-fiction since Bravo Two Zero. If fate is against me and I’m killed, so be it, but make it quick and painless. If I’m wounded, don’t let me be crippled. But above all, don’t let me fuck up the task. So goes the bomb technician’s prayer before every bomb he defuses. For Chris Hunter, it is a prayer he says many times during his four-month tour of Iraq. His is the most dangerous job in the world — to make safe the British sector in Iraq against some of the most hardened and technically advanced terrorists in the world. It is a 24/7 job — in the first two months alone, his team defuses over 45 bombs. And the people they’re up against don’t play by the Geneva Convention. For them, there are no rules, only results — death by any means necessary. The job of a Bomb Disposal officer is a lonely one. You are alone with the sound of your own breathing and the drumming of your heart in a protective suit in forty-plus degrees of heat. The drawbridge has been pulled up behind you as you advance on your goal. It’s just you and the bomb. But for Chris Hunter, just when life couldn’t get any more dangerous, the stakes are raised again.

Author : Naoki Higashida
Publisher : Knopf Canada
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780345809773

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Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida Pdf

A story never before told and a memoir to help change our understanding of the world around us, 13-year-old Naoki Higashida's astonishing, empathetic book takes us into the mind of a boy with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, author of the global phenomenon, Cloud Atlas, and translated by his wife, KA Yoshida. Naoki Higashida was only a middle-schooler when he began to write The Reason I Jump. Autistic and with very low verbal fluency, Naoki used an alphabet grid to painstakingly spell out his answers to the questions he imagines others most often wonder about him: why do you talk so loud? Is it true you hate being touched? Would you like to be normal? The result is an inspiring, attitude-transforming book that will be embraced by anyone interested in understanding their fellow human beings, and by parents, caregivers, teachers, and friends of autistic children. Naoki examines issues as diverse and complex as self-harm, perceptions of time and beauty, and the challenges of communication, and in doing so, discredits the popular belief that autistic people are anti-social loners who lack empathy. This book is mesmerizing proof that inside an autistic body is a mind as subtle, curious, and caring as anyone else's.

Author : Susan Hurley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-03-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925870732

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Eight Lives by Susan Hurley Pdf

A brilliant young doctor is dead ... and someone has to take the blame. Former refugee David Tran becomes the Golden Boy of Australian medical research and invents a drug that could transform immunology. Eight volunteers are recruited for the first human trial, a crucial step on the path to global fame for David and windfall gains for his investors. But when David dies in baffling circumstances, motives are put under the microscope. With its origins in a real-life drug trial that ended in tragedy, Eight Lives is told from the perspectives of David's friends, family and business associates, who all played a role in his downfall. A smart, sophisticated thriller that explores power, class and prejudice, Eight Lives will keep you engrossed until the last page.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1072 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11361763

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Senate documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : William Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1420 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Biography
ISBN : COLUMBIA:CR00106801

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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology: Oarses-Zygia by William Smith Pdf

Author : Margaret DeRosia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982174071

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Eight Strings by Margaret DeRosia Pdf

An enthralling coming-of-age debut novel about a young woman in late 19th-century Venice who becomes a man to join the male-dominated world of the theater as a puppeteer—in the vein of Sarah Waters. Ever since her grandfather introduced her to eight-string marionettes, Francesca has dreamed of performing from the rafters of Venice’s popular Minerva Theater. There’s just one problem: the profession is only open to men. When her father arranges to sell her into marriage to pay off his gambling debts, Francesca flees her home. Masquerading as a male orphan named Franco, she secures an apprenticeship with the Minerva’s eccentric ensemble of puppeteers. Amid the elaborate set-pieces, the glittering limes, and the wooden marionettes, she finds a place where she belongs—and grows into the person she was always meant to be: Franco. The past threatens to catch up with Franco when his childhood friend Annella reappears and recognizes him at the theater. Now a paid companion to an influential woman, Annella understands the lengths one must go to survive, and she promises to keep Franco’s secret. Desire sparks between them, and they find themselves playing a dangerous game against the most powerful figures of Venice’s underworld. With their lives—and the fate of the Minerva—hanging in the balance, Franco must discover who is pulling the strings before it’s too late. Rich in historic detail and imbued with sharp social commentary, Eight Strings is a gorgeous, spellbinding debut that celebrates love, life, and art in all its forms.

Author : James Deegan
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780008229542

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The Angry Sea (John Carr, Book 2) by James Deegan Pdf

‘Brutal and brilliant’ Tom Marcus, author of SOLDIER SPY

Author : John Gottman,Julie Schwartz Gottman,Doug Abrams,Rachel Carlton Abrams
Publisher : Workman Publishing
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-05
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781523504466

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Eight Dates by John Gottman,Julie Schwartz Gottman,Doug Abrams,Rachel Carlton Abrams Pdf

Whether you’re newly together and eager to make it work or a longtime couple looking to strengthen and deepen your bond, Eight Dates offers a program of how, why, and when to have eight basic conversations with your partner that can result in a lifetime of love. “Happily ever after” is not by chance, it’s by choice– the choice each person in a relationship makes to remain open, remain curious, and, most of all, to keep talking to one another. From award-winning marriage researcher and bestselling author Dr. John Gottman and fellow researcher Julie Gottman, Eight Dates offers an ingenious and simple-to-implement approach to effective relationship communication. Here are the subjects that every serious couple should discuss: Trust. Family. Sex and intimacy. Dealing with conflict. Work and money. Dreams, and more. And here is how to talk about them—how to broach subjects that are difficult or embarrassing, how to be brave enough to say what you really feel. There are also suggestions for where and when to go on each date—book your favorite romantic restaurant for the Sex & Intimacy conversation (and maybe go to a yoga or dance class beforehand). There are questionnaires, innovative exercises, real-life case studies, and skills to master, including the Four Skills of Intimate Conversation and the Art of Listening. Because making love last is not about having a certain feeling—it’s about both of you being active and involved.

Author : Sean Rayment
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 41 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780007413256

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Bomb Hunters: In Afghanistan with Britain’s Elite Bomb Disposal Unit by Sean Rayment Pdf

'Afghanistan is just like Iraq – hot, dusty and full of people who want to kill you', SSgt Simon Fuller, Royal Engineer Search Advisor Bomb Hunters tells the story of the British army's elite bomb disposal experts, men who face death every day in the most dangerous region of the most lethal country on earth – Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1663608199

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Last Lecture by Perfection Learning Corporation Pdf

Author : Jo Witek
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-14
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781647008284

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In My Heart by Jo Witek Pdf

Celebrate feelings in all their shapes and sizes in this New York Times bestselling picture book from the Growing Hearts series! Happiness, sadness, bravery, anger, shyness . . . our hearts can feel so many feelings! Some make us feel as light as a balloon, others as heavy as an elephant. In My Heart explores a full range of emotions, describing how they feel physically, inside, with language that is lyrical but also direct to empower readers to practice articulating and identifying their own emotions. With whimsical illustrations and an irresistible die-cut heart that extends through each spread, this gorgeously packaged and unique feelings book is sure to become a storytime favorite.