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After dropping out of university, getting a job as a storeman, doing drugs and then splitting up with his wife, Jack, in a fit of depression, joins the Australian Army and is sent to East Timor at the height of the troubles. He "volunteers" for a mission in Indonesia, where the United Nations, with help from the US Navy and the Royal Marines, are trying to rescue a group of foreigners, mostly Europeans, being held hostage by the local rebels. ...

After dropping out of university, getting a job as a storeman, doing drugs and then splitting up with his wife, Jack, in a fit of depression, joins the Australian Army and is sent to East Timor at the height of the troubles. He "volunteers" for a mission in Indonesia, where the United Nations, with help from the US Navy and the Royal Marines, are trying to rescue a group of foreigners, mostly Europeans, being held hostage by the local rebels. ...

A colorful, fascinating look at growing up in the royal family over the centuries, from the Plantagenets and Tudors to the Windsors and Cambridges.For as long as the British royal family has existed, their children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us—the royal family’s obsession with making their children tough and independent as early as possible, often by delegating their parental duties to staff, g...

Everyone wants to be great and successful, right? What prevents some people from getting there? Not knowing how.

Barking Mad taps into the British passion for dogs by bringing together a unique collection of extraordinary, touching and sometimes bizarre but true stories covering sporting dogs (and hounds) military mascots, eccentric companions, war heroes and Royal dogs.

For as long as the British royal family has existed, royal children have been brought up in ways that seem bizarre and eccentric to the rest of us. Gilded Youth looks at centuries of royal and aristocratic children misbehaving, often hilariously, and argues that, when it comes to children, the British royal family is still living in the Dark Ages.

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George Orwell once said that the British love a really good murder. He might also have said that the only thing the British love more than a good murder is a really good scandal, and best of all are the political and sexual scandals that take place in Britain's royal palaces.

A one-hundred year history of ice cream parlors and ice cream manufacturers in Ottumwa, Iowa: 1857 to 1957

The History of Cigars in Davenport, Iowa chronicles cigar manufacturing in Davenport. Pictures of cigar boxes and cigar memorabilia are displayed in the book. Information on the cigar factory owners and dates of operation are included.

Cigar smoking was a common habit in the late 1800's and early 1900's. To satisfy the demand for cigars, many towns had cigar factories. Ottumwa, Iowa manufactured cigars from 1871 to 1953. There was a total of seventy-two cigar factories that came and went during this time. The cigar boxes that the cigars came in were works of art. They depicted beautiful women, famous people, children, and scenes of the day. The names of the cigars were also ...

Kensington Palace takes the reader behind the official version of palace history to discover intriguing, sometimes wild, often scandalous, but frequently heart-warming stories.

A history of the royal family's association with Kensington Palace, where the younger members of the family have typically lived.

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BAPTISM......Your Salvation has been Stolen. FATIMA......Did Our Lady lie as the church suggests?BAPTISM.....Jesus Christ was born in a stable in Bethlehem, about 2000 years ago. His parents were poor, and He was probably not well educated. He was a simple man with a simple message.1) Get baptized and renounce your origin, renounce Satan 2) Love God. This is easy to say, but how do you love someone or something you don't know? This is actually...

Test your London knowledge with this fascinating book, packed with fun and challenging quiz questions based around the weirdest events from the illustrious history of this wonderful city.

Sixth Duke of Westminster Gerald Grosvenor was one of the world's richest men, yet often felt troubled by his position in extreme wealth, alternately ruthless in his business practices and yet feeling powerless at his company. Tom Quinn approaches the enigmatic Grosvenor with this biography, interviewing Grosvenor on multiple occasions prior to his death in 2016.

A quirky collection of stories from London's stranger side, featuring a tiny prison cell in Trafalgar Square, a train disguised as a ship, and a church that's completely the wrong way round.

Covering 200 years of railway history, railway buff Tom Quinn explores the fascinating and often bizarre side of train travel.