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From Falklands War fighter pilot to international airline captain, Civilian Skies is a thrilling true story of adventure, love, ambition and reinvention. But can a man who has survived war ever find satisfaction in ordinary civilian life?
A chance encounter in a Colombian prison leads a former Royal Navy fighter pilot into Africa's dangerous world of diamonds, gold and military coups. African Skies is an extraordinary true story of ambition, political intrigue, danger and adventure beyond imagination.
From working-class Yorkshire boy to decorated Falklands fighter pilot, Stephen Harrison Thomas defied the odds to achieve an impossible dream. Beckoning Skies is an extraordinary true story of rejection, determination, courage and triumph.
Surviving aerial combat in the Falklands War might have been enough excitement for most pilots. Not Stephen Harrison. After shooting down three enemy aircraft and receiving the Distinguished Service Cross, he entered an even more unpredictable world: experimental military test flying. At Britain's legendary Boscombe Down, he would help push advanced fighter aircraft towards the very limits of what they could safely do.
Cocaine Skies is the extraordinary true story of a former Royal Navy fighter pilot drawn into Colombia's deadly war against the cocaine cartels. From aerial combat in the Falklands to dangerous anti-narcotics missions over the Colombian jungle, this gripping memoir reveals a world of danger, corruption, courage and survival.
Falkland Skies is the gripping true story of a 20-year-old Royal Navy Sea Harrier fighter pilot thrust into the deadly skies of the 1982 Falklands War. A firsthand account of aerial combat, courage, survival, and the extraordinary realities of war, told by one of its youngest combat pilots.
A fractured mind. A fatal accident. A trial where the ultimate witness can’t trust his own memory. If you love mind-bending psychological thrillers with unpredictable courtroom drama, discover Out of Sequence today
I wrote a deeply personal story, and complete strangers started recognizing themselves in it. Writing and publishing Unshattered gave my pain purpose, and now my life has a new direction.
Morning Whispers: Everyday Applications From Ancient Wisdom belongs to the second group. Written by Paul S. Lindblad, this Christian devotional book gathers nearly 1,100 short reflections drawn from decades of personal Scripture study.
Some books approach these mysteries through religion, others through science, and some through philosophy alone. The Dream of God: How Something Comes From Nothing by Anetere’a Aisake Puletasi, writing under the name Son of Man, attempts something more ambitious
While many stories about firefighting focus on dramatic rescues and public recognition, Before We Were Heroes: Southern Fires takes readers in a different direction.
When, in an absorbing story, these and other inimitable characters began to come alive in an intricate plot, I could sense that my maiden novel was turning out into a work of art on the Indian literary stage, and so I was desperate to live up to its completion in its poetic prose. Oh, how I feared death then, and what a relief it was as I lived to keep up with the muse to complete 'Benign Flame'!
