Bøger af Brian Francis

AUS 2 GB An epic journey: During a time when this sort of thing was possible. 1 Beetle, 1 tent, 2 naive people, 5 Months and 14500 miles This is a graphic account of the journey undertaken in 1965 by the author Brian Francis and his wife.From Sydney Australia To London England Through India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Holland and Belgium. This is the story of the pleasures the problems and the people they encountered along the way

In September 1944, Phillip Snell, witnesses the death of his mother by a doodle bug bomb. His Grandmother takes charge. The absence of his Father, who has been away at war for the past three years, and an over protective female dominance make him an easy target for bullying. Phillip learns to physically stand up for himself, he finds good friends, notices girls, life is good, until the pressure of returning to work to support him is too much for his Gran and she too dies Now an orphan, Phillip is sent to a children's home where he experiences sexual abuse, his method of dealing with it leads to attempted abduction by a paedophile ring making it necessary for him to be placed under police protection and then into another care home. The British Government's policy of forced emigration for orphaned children to the Colonies finds Phillip on a ship to Australia. On arrival in Perth he is the victim of brutality by members of a religious order. he and a friend abscond and begin a journey that takes them half way across this vast continent. Almost dead from exposure he believes he has found someone to love him, not out of pity or duty but for being Phillip, but then maybe he is just a substitute for a lost son.

One of the most memorable movie lines of all time was uttered by Vizzini and Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, "Inconceivable!" "You keep saying this word it does not mean what you think it means!" What happens when you take this famous quote and extract the leadership-altering principle from it? You have a collection of bite-size yet unforgettable Leadership nuggets for the leader on the go.The idea for Inconceivable was born from the movie The Seventh Son, starring Jeff Bridges as Master Gregory, an aging witch-hunter who takes on an apprentice. As Mastery Gregory is training the apprentice, he is inundated with several stupid questions. At one point, Mastery Gregory barks at the apprentice, "Wrong question. Wrong questions get wrong answers." I was immediately struck by the obvious business principles embedded in this quote. I wondered if more movie quotes could be translated for leadership purposes. And thus was born Inconceivable.Inconceivable combines the love of movies, words, and leadership. This unusual trinity is the perfect platform to piqué curiosity and kickstart learning. Great movies can have a lasting impact on each of us. We take specific quotes from these movies that rehydrate the movie scene by scene until it grows into our hearts and actions. Inconceivable adds to this symbiotic relationship by infusing leadership ideas such as the importance of innovation, building collaborative teams, leading with vision, and modeling organizational core values.

A deeply emotional and well-crafted historical fiction set in the Second World War, 'Oradour' follows the journey of a seemingly disparate group of people who find themselves lost in the war damage of Europe, in the midst of the military action as both soldiers and innocent victims. They fight for the family life they have left behind, and against the war crimes ordered by the small man in the bunker, their lives intricately entwined by what might be Fate to witness one of the greatest tragedies of the War: the massacre of the village of Oradour. An older man, Georges saw military action as a soldier in the Great War, and now it has come again to take away everything he loves, to tear his family apart. He can sit by and do nothing, or he can fight back and take revenge. An upcoming Waffen SS officer, Heinz does his duty for his country, leaving behind his young wife, Hannah, in Dresden and the family life he yearns to come home to. As the war crimes perpetrated by his country grow, he can continue to follow the orders of his superiors, or he can disobey and return home, knowing what the consequences of such an action will be. Frank is an infantryman on the long road back to Dunkirk, determined to not let the war damage his sense of honour or the wounded Polish airman on the stretcher he carries. When a bomb explodes on the road next to him, he can choose to abandon the only other survivor, or to save her. As the lives of these people and those they touch intertwine, the full horrors of the Second World War become shockingly real for those on both sides, but the looming threat of death and destruction is nothing compared to what they will face in the village of Oradour. And what is left after history has crushed its victims and torn families apart? Seldom does a work of Second World War historical fiction weave such lyricism into the experiences of those on both sides of the divide of Europe, or encompass such scope in the morality of the soldiers and civilians caught up in the fighting. The sophistication of 'Oradour' brings to light the suffering brought to so many by one man, and shows how even in the middle of a war, compassion, bravery and understanding can alter the lives of many.

Jack Hart is severely burnt and his mother and sister perish when their house is destroyed by a German V1 flying bomb. Jack spends 6 months in hospital. Jack's Father is a POW of the Japanese in Malaya; Jack has no one to care for him. On discharge from hospital, he is sent to Hastings as an evacuee. It is early 1945 and the children evacuation programme from London is almost at an end. Jack is sent anyway. The authorities believe that the relaxed atmosphere of the seaside will ease the trauma he has experienced. Jack meets Ben and they become good friends, enjoying together the adventures that only two eleven year old boys can. However, all good things must come to an end and Jack and Ben are returned to their local areas in London. On his return from being a prisoner of war, Jack's father is a broken man. In spite of Jack's efforts to help him, his Father can't cope and eventually succumbs to the brutality of the Japanese on the Burma railway. This is Jack's story of his search for love and about the people he meets on the way.

The sequel to 'Barefoot and Lost, ' A story of love, adventure and the trials and tribulations of adolescence. A plea for help in a letter from the Northern Territory but the letter is almost a year old. Is Rachel still being held captive, has she escaped, is she dead? Authority's records show that Rachel doesn't exist, is it a hoax? Phillip knows better, his belief leads him and his adopted family through an investigation by the police and the department of immigration and eventually a journey to the outback of Australia. Is Phillip's journey in vain?

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