Finding Jack

Author : Gareth Crocker
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781415206591

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Finding Jack by Gareth Crocker Pdf

Following a tragic accident, Fletcher Carson joins the flagging war effort in Vietnam. Lost and lonely, he plans to die in the war. But after stumbling upon a critically injured yellow Lab, Fletcher unexpectedly finds a reason to live. He finds Jack. Fletcher and Jack are a team, and like the hundreds of other U.S. Military dogs and their handlers in Vietnam, they serve their country, saving countless lives. To the men, the dogs are heroes. But at the end of the war, the U.S. government announces that all the dogs serving in the war have been declared “surplus military equipment” and will not be transported home. Ordered to leave Jack behind, Fletcher refuses – and so begins the journey of two friends who will go to the ends of the earth to save each other. Based on the actual existence and abandonment of canine units in Vietnam, Finding Jack is more than just a story of man saves dog. It is a story of friendship and love, and a moving tribute to the forgotten heroes of a desperate war. And proof that sometimes it is dog that truly saves man.

Author : Gareth Crocker
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429994798

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Finding Jack by Gareth Crocker Pdf

When the war ends, how do you leave your best friend behind? After losing his young family in a tragic accident, Fletcher Carson joins the flagging war effort in Vietnam. Deeply depressed, he plans to die in the war. But during one of his early missions, Fletcher rescues a critically wounded yellow Lab whom he nurses back to health and names Jack. As Fletcher and Jack patrol and survive the forests of Vietnam, Fletcher slowly regains the will to live. At the end of the war, the U.S. Government announces that due to the cost of withdrawal, all U.S. dogs serving in the war have been declared "surplus military equipment" and will not be transported home. For the hundreds of dog handlers throughout Vietnam, whose dogs had saved countless lives, the news is greeted with shock and disbelief. For Fletcher, he knows that if he abandons Jack, then he too will be lost. Ordered to leave Jack behind, he refuses—and so begins their journey. Based on the actual existence and abandonment of canine units in Vietnam, Gareth Crocker's Finding Jack is a novel of friendship and love under desperate circumstances that will grab your heart and won't let go.

Author : Sofia Due
Publisher : Book Guild Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781916668539

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Finding Jack by Sofia Due Pdf

A fresh start in a new place. But are the past and the present about to collide? Gennie moves back to Cornwall in search of a fresh start. Working for Marion’s children’s charity seems perfect. Tucked away in the countryside, close to an artists’ community, it’s a place for Gennie and her daughter, Alice, to rebuild their lives in peace and quiet – until ex-soldier Jack comes along with the same idea in mind, a face from the past, forcing Gennie to confront things she would rather forget and igniting fears of another turbulent relationship. Involving herself with Jack and his problems is the last thing she needs, not now she’s made new friends and opportunities are opening up again, but can either find happiness and a new direction without the other?

Author : Melanie Bennett Jacobson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 387 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Best friends
ISBN : 1794292470

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Finding Jack by Melanie Bennett Jacobson Pdf

Can their online flirtation become something real? "Melanie Jacobson nails everything: the chemistry, the will-they-won't-they, the humor. It's sweet romance at its best." -Ranée Clark, author of Playing for Keeps When smart, practical Emily finds herself in the crosshairs of an Internet prankster, her orderly world goes topsy-turvy. Instead of getting mad at the handsome stranger behind the joke, she finds herself drawn to him. But Jack Dobson, though hilarious and thoughtful, has a lot of secrets. Despite her growing feelings for her new and unexpected long-distance friend, his biggest secret of all might be the one that breaks the spell they've been weaving around each other.

Author : Daniel Jack McDougall
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781456811617

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The Finding of Doc Jack by Daniel Jack McDougall Pdf

Doc Jack who claims to be born in 1863 who disappeared in the rocky mountains in 1907 in Alberta. Daniel McDougall in this story claims to living to date due to cryogenics when his body was found in 2010. Daniel leaves you to be the judge of this novel to be fictional or non-fictional at your discussion. This specific novel is designed for beginner readers and adults. Doc Jack was born in 1863, and he disappeared into the Rocky Mountains of Alberta in 1907. After one year of searching for Doc, the people of the Calgary area presumed that the mountains had taken his soul. For a doctor who was unfamiliar with winter mountain terrain, the risks were high, and the odds of returning slim, but Doc wanted closure on the last of the six men who had murdered his parents back in Peterborough, Ontario. In the winter of 2009-2010, a series of avalanches had taken their toll and buried some local snowmobilers. During the search, all five of the buried men were found alive. But they came across another unidentified body, which was frozen solid. This body was dressed in clothing that would have been worn a century ago. A long caribou coat, which also was lifted from the scene.

Author : Jack Kornfield
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781451693713

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No Time Like the Present by Jack Kornfield Pdf

In this landmark work, internationally beloved teacher of meditation and “one of the great spiritual teachers of our time” (Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple) Jack Kornfield reveals that you can be instantly happy with the keys to inner freedom. Through his signature warmhearted, poignant, often funny stories, with their a-ha moments and O. Henry-like outcomes, Jack Kornfield shows how we can free ourselves, wherever we are and whatever our circumstances. Renowned for his mindfulness practices and meditations, Jack provides keys for opening gateways to immediate shifts in perspective and clarity of vision, allowing us to “grapple with difficult emotions” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) and know how to change course, take action, or—when we shouldn’t act—just relax and trust. Each chapter presents a path to a different kind of freedom—freedom from fear, freedom to start over, to love, to be yourself, and to be happy—and guides you into an active process that engages your mind and heart, awakens your spirit, and brings real joy, over and over again. Drawing from his own life as a son, brother, father, and partner, and on his forty years of face-to-face teaching of thousands of people across the country, Jack presents “a consommé of goodness, heart, laughter, tears, and breath, nourishing and delicious” (Anne Lamott, author of Bird by Bird). His keys to life will help us find hope, clarity, relief from past disappointments and guilt, and the courage to go forward.

Author : Mel Darbon
Publisher : Holiday House
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781682633625

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Rosie Loves Jack by Mel Darbon Pdf

Rosie is a sixteen-year-old girl with Down syndrome who's fighting for little freedoms, tolerance, and love. "They can't send you away. What will we do? We need us. I stop your angry, Jack. And you make me strong. You make me Rosie." Rosie loves Jack. Jack loves Rosie. So, when they're separated, Rosie will do anything to find the boy who makes the sun shine in her head. Even run away from home. Even struggle across London and travel to Brighton, though the trains are canceled, and the snow is falling. Even though some people might think a girl with Down syndrome could never survive on her own. Introducing a strong, determined, and neurodiverse teen protagonist, debut author Mel Darbon gives readers a unique character experience with a much-needed, alternative point of view. This contemporary young adult novel is a voice-driven, heartfelt story of finding your place in a world that often leaves no room for outsiders.

Author : Stephen Diller,Janelle Diller
Publisher : Craftsman Book Company
Page : 800 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1572181516

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Craftsman's Construction Installation Encyclopedia by Stephen Diller,Janelle Diller Pdf

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide step-by-step instructions, with tips, techniques, tools, and templates, for residential construction projects, including tiling, dry wall, electric, heating and air conditioning, siding, and much more. Includes CD-ROM with instructions for each job.

Author : Cali MacKay
Publisher : Cali MacKay
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781940041070

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Jack by Cali MacKay Pdf

Author : Gregg Fraley
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781418577377

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Jack's Notebook by Gregg Fraley Pdf

Problems! Jack Huber has his share. But when he is introduced to the creative problem solving process from an unexpected source, life soon changes . . . drastically. Jack Huber dreams of being a professional photographer and starting his own business. He has a few ideas but doesn't know how to process them to make his dream a reality. That is until an unlikely mentor stumbles upon Jack's path and shares a whole new way of thinking through problems. In Jack's Notebook, Gregg Fraley, an innovation consultant to Fortune 500 companies, illustrates a well-kept secret of corporate America: the Creative Problem Solving process. "If you are struggling to move ahead in your career, if you're an executive with a thorny corporate challenge, someone trying to solve a messy community issue, a family trying to sort through an emotional conflict, or an entrepreneur looking for ways to make the most of limited resources-this book is for you. If you have a 'mess' on your hands, you have found a useful tool." -from the Introduction

Author : Russell Newell
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-07-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781457536700

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The Boy and What Might Have Been by Russell Newell Pdf

At a time before Amber Alerts and America’s Most Wanted, missing children on milk cartons and DNA forensics, on Christmas Day, 1977, the little boy of the premier mutual fund manager in America disappears. Thus begins Gus Delaney’s long journey to find his son and discover what happened. Was he kidnapped? Is he still alive? Is his ex-wife involved? When the police begin to suspect Gus, he loses everything and descends from the pinnacles of success, where the world adores him, to a private hell on Earth, abandoned and alone. Meanwhile, Jack Delaney is brought into a bewildering world by strange people who tell him he has been chosen and must forget about his old life. Isolated from the outside world, Jack learns to forget about a father he believes stopped looking for him long ago, until unfamiliar, forbidden feelings and the revelation of a dark secret cause him to question everything he once believed.

Author : Jared Bland
Publisher : Emblem Editions
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-15
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780771013690

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Finding the Words by Jared Bland Pdf

Celebrated writers reveal surprising truths about the joys, challenges, and importance of finding the words, in this special fundraising anthology for PEN Canada. In Finding the Words, thirty-one well-known writers share deeply personal discoveries and stories that will surprise, delight, and stir the mind and heart. By turns inspiring, provocative, witty, and compelling, these diverse and original pieces explore home, exile, and the search for a place to belong; community, creativity, celebrity, and the many forms power can take. Among the pieces in the anthology: Diana Athill and Alice Munro discuss the consequences of writing about other people; Gord Downie meditates on what it means to be a songwriter by considering one of his own songwriting heroes; Guy Gavriel Kay reflects on how his relationship with his own readers continues to change; Elizabeth Hay searches for inspiration in the fallow period between books; Rawi Hage meditates on writing rooted in the universal experience of exile; Pasha Malla and Moez Surani present a funny and confounding list of “rules for writers” solicited from non-writers; Heather O’Neill tells the story of an illiterate and underage wannabe gangster in mid-century Montreal; Michael Winter pieces together court transcripts, newspaper accounts, and other primary sources to take us into the dark heart of a real-life Newfoundland crime story. Proceeds from this volume will go to PEN Canada in support of its vital work in defence of freedom of expression and on behalf of writers around the world who have been silenced. Finding the Words Contributors List: Diana Athill Tash Aw David Bezmozgis Joseph Boyden David Chariandy Denise Chong Karen Connelly Alain de Botton Emma Donoghue Gord Downie Marina Endicott Stacey May Fowles Rawi Hage Elizabeth Hay Steven Heighton Lee Henderson Guy Gavriel Kay Mark Kingwell Martha Kuwee Kumsa Annabel Lyon Linden MacIntyre Pasha Malla Lisa Moore Alice Munro Stephanie Nolen Heather O’Neill Richard Poplak Moez Surani Miguel Syjuco Madeleine Thien Michael Winter With cover design and illustration by Seth www.pencanada.ca

Author : Amy Ella Blanchard
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-12
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547601333

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The Four Corners by Amy Ella Blanchard Pdf

The Four Corners by Amy Ella Blanchard is a heartwarming tale that delves into the lives and adventures of the residents of the Four Corners. Blanchard's rich character development, combined with touching narratives and life lessons, makes this a delightful read for those seeking a blend of adventure and heartfelt storytelling.

Author : Sid Salter
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-08-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781496805010

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Jack Cristil by Sid Salter Pdf

Jack Cristil (1925-2014) was a Southeastern Conference icon and the Voice of Bulldog athletics for more than five decades. In this biography, Cristil's remarkable life and career is shared with all Bulldog fans. Authored by Mississippi journalist Sid Salter with a foreword by distinguished Mississippi State University alum John Grisham, the book originally sold over 10,000 copies and raised over $170,000 for the Jacob S. "Jack" Cristil Scholarship in Journalism at MSU. With a fifty-eight-year association with MSU, Cristil was the second-longest tenured college radio play-by-play announcer in the nation at the time of his 2011 retirement. During his legendary career as the Voice of the Bulldogs, Cristil called 636 football games since 1953. That's roughly 60 percent of all the football games played in school history. He was in his 54th season as the men's basketball play-by-play voice, having described the action of almost 55 percent of all the men's basketball games. In all, Cristil shared with Bulldog fans across the Magnolia State and around the world more than 1,500 collegiate contests. Central to Cristil's inspiring story was his upbringing in Memphis as the son of first-generation Russian-Jewish immigrants. This paperback edition is updated with new material covering Cristil's death and memorial service, with additional post-retirement and memorial photos.

Author : Carlos Manuel Reynosa
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468540284

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Night of the Phantom by Carlos Manuel Reynosa Pdf

Perception is a dangerous tool to obtain, it could turn the innocent into the guilty, a sinner into a saint, and a murder into a hero. But what happens when you are given the ability to create your own perception, will you be prove right or will you be proven wrong? Find out what Nick Solitario does in the first episode of a future series, Night of the Phantom.