Biographies

A5 day-to-page hardback diary. Two sudoku puzzles per day, graduated from Easy to Super-Fiendish. Start with an Easy puzzle on Monday, and struggle with Super Fiendish at the weekends. 365 pages of diary; 40 pages of notes; 5 pages of blank timetables.The perfect present for sudoku obsessives! For any occasion: Home, Office, Business, School, University.

There have been countless badass women who have changed the world for the better, yet most people have never even heard of them. Women throughout history have fought for their rights and the rights of others, defended their countries during wartime, healed the sick and the wounded, invented new technologies, led countries, made inspiring art, and so much more.This collection of biographies and quick trivia facts will tell the stories of the courageous and tenacious women who have paved the way for the women of the future. In The Great Book of Badass Women you''ll get to know: ┬╖       Ching Shih: from Prostitute to Pirate Queen ┬╖       Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Notorious Supreme Court Justice ┬╖       Frida Kahlo: Trailblazer, Artist, Icon ┬╖       The Mirabal Sisters: Revolutionaries and Martyrs ┬╖       Hedy Lamarr: Inventor and Beauty Queen ┬╖       And 10 other extremely badass women!There have been so many badass women in history, that it was nearly impossible to choose only 15 of them. Although women-especially women of color-have largely been excluded from our history books, these unsung heroes have always been there, kicking ass. By telling their stories, we preserve their legacies and inspire others to follow in their footsteps. ∩╗┐Grab a copy now and get ready to be inspired by the stories of some of history''s most badass women!

A powerful look at the history of racism through the prism of sport, showing how we can change things through education and understanding

The Clee Hills in Shropshire are designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty but few residents and even fewer visitors are aware that it is claimed that more people have been killed in air crashes on these hills than on any other highland area in Britain.Bernard O'Connor's research reveals that there were 19 air crashes on the Clee Hills between 1937 and 1975 with the loss of 43 lives. Whilst 23 were killed on the Brown Clee during the Second World War, Titterstone Clee claimed 11. It needs to be remembered that 17 survived their crashes.Those who lost their lives were 28 British personnel, six Germans, four Americans, four Canadians and one New Zealander. Four Avro Ansons came down, three Bristol Blenheims, two Vickers Wellingtons, a Flying Fortress, a Tiger Moth, an American Mustang, a Miles Magister, a Hawker Typhoon, an Airspeed Oxford, a Jet Provost, a Harrier Jet, a Junkers 88 and a Heinkel.It also needs to be stressed that many local people came out to help after the crashes, agricultural labourers, farmers, the Home Guard, Anti-Aircraft crews, Searchlight crews, troops from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, the local police as well as staff from the RAF Maintenance (Rescue) unit and RAF Accident investigators. Local hospital staff, clergy, gravediggers and crematorium staff played an important role. Local photographers made a record of many of the crashes and reported from the local, and sometimes national, press ensured readers were provided the details.Using contemporary sources and the research undertaken by aviation historians, Philippa Hodgkiss, Glyn Warren, Adrian Durnell and Tom Thorne, this documentary history provides the human story of these many disasters and near disasters.

Sir George Dowty (1901-1975) was a noted inventor and businessman, who pioneered many components used in the aviation industry before, during, and after the Second World War, and founded a string of companies which bore his name. He was a major employer in the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury area of Gloucestershire (as his successor companies still are), a prominent and respected figure in the world of engineering, and a generous supporter of causes in Gloucestershire and elsewhere. His typescript autobiography, dictated shortly before his death, was discovered recently by his son, and is now published for the first time. It offers a unique insight into the drive and enthusiasm of an exceptional man, and of the fledgling aircraft industry of which he played a major part.

Vom Habsburger Prunk im Schloss Belvedere bis zum modernen Entwicklungsviertel Neu Marx - der 3. Bezirk besticht durch Vielfalt. Akademietheater, Hundertwasserhaus und Rabenhof gehören zu den beliebtesten Kulturstätten Wiens, hinzu kommen Botschaften, Spitäler und wunderschöne Parks. Ein besonderer Ort, der sich durch Geschichten besonders gut erkunden und entdecken lässt. Die Autoren von "Erzähl mir von der Landstraße" machen genau das: Sie nehmen den Leser mit auf eine Reise. Durch persönliche Geschichten wird die Landstraße erkundet. 15 kleine Erzählungen handeln von den kleinen und großen Geschichten, die das Leben so schreibt. Von der Löwengasse und einer Lieblingsbäckerei. Von Mehlspeisen und verflossenen Beziehungen. Zum Ausdruck gebracht durch das, was eine Stadt wirklich ausmacht: Die Menschen, die dort leben, und jene die sie besuchen, um etwas zu erleben. Viel Vergnügen beim Lesegenuss zwischen Stubentor und St.Marx.

The true crime cult classic that inspired an upcoming Netflix documentary series and companion podcast, The Ultimate Evil follows journalist Maury Terry s terrifying investigation into the true evil behind the Son of Sam murders.

From near suicidal RAF attacks in 1939 through to the dawn of the jet age in 1945, FLAMES IN THE SKY captures the astonishing drama, intensity, heroism and incomparable exhilaration of the World War Two air war like no other book.

The gripping story of an extraordinary life spent inside major disasters - from Hillsborough and 9/11 to Grenfell and Covid - from the UK's leading expert on disaster recovery.

This is the remarkable true story of the Marriage Bureau; its successes, its rare failures and its many clients, told with wit and honesty.

A half-orphan, the town slut, unlovable by all. The one the boys liked enough to touch, but not enough to claim. Hands clasped in the dark of closets, but not in the hallway at school. Did you know you can get paid for touching boys in closets? Saddled with a bad reputation, grieving the death of her father, navigating a hostile world of religiosity, hypocrisy, and abuse, Lindsay escapes her ramshackle hometown of Evilland, Virginia, looking for redemption in all the wrong places.Journey across sweat-soaked stages dotted with wadded dollars and the dreams of a thousand women, to the hallowed halls of the ivory tower where florescent lights and tenured dinosaurs reign, to find out how one woman straddling worlds learns to love herself, despite all odds. Speaking with realness, rawness, and relatability, Too Pretty To Be Good is a love letter written directly from the heart of a woman to the people she's loved before-including, finally, herself. Anyone looking to find and forgive themselves regardless of their pasts should look no further than this book. Too Pretty To Be Good teaches us that we are whole and worthy in spite of-in fact, because of-who and where we've been before.