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Christmas Eve 1981, Paris, France. Ex-British secret agent John Macfarlane has returned from a trip to Damascus with a consignment of blood diamonds he wants to sell. His contact is late and he is impatient. Outside the rain is slashing down in torrents; inside the little bar in Clichy where he waits, Don't You Want Me Baby? is playing on the jukebox. Macfarlane sees his contact's car, an armoured ZiL, come into view. At last. A deal is done; the diamonds are sold for cash and Hermann Goering's gold-plated Luger, along with his Blue Max. Pleased with how things have turned out, Macfarlane returns to the bar to freshen up and get ready to go home to see his wife and children. It is while he is in the washroom that the assassins hit. Two men, European. Macfarlane survives but he is wounded. He calls his wife, but she doesn't reply. A sick feeling in his gut tells Macfarlane that she too has been hit. Bleeding heavily from his wounded arm, there is only one person he can ask for help: his ex-mistress Irene. Over the next few weeks the action intensifies as Macfarlane pursues his attackers with the help of Irene and contacts in Paris' criminal underworld, leading to a tense and action packed finale.

This is Our Life tells the story of a young Newfoundlander who found love with his eventual wife, and Salvation through service in the Salvation Army. The couple joined the Army at the same time and served together all over Canada. Sadly, Katie was taken by cancer when she was still young. This is the story of Edgar and Katie King's life togather.

This is the story of two lives, of Edgar and Katie Kin, who devoted themselves to service through the Salvation Army. It covers thelr journey on service through Canada. It is an inspirational work that will suit readers of any ageA SOLDIER IN TWO ARMIES. I served in the Canadian Military with the Royal Canadian Engineers in the sixties. I trained with the Queens Own Rifles in Calgary, Alberta.After I got married to my wife, Katie Harris I received an Honourable release from the military, and moved back to Newfoundland.A year later my wife Katie and I started a spiritual journey together. We made a commitment to ministry in The Salvation Army. Katie and I were ordained/commissioned as Salvation Army officers, with the rank of lieutenants.We served in Newfoundland for five years, in two corps appointments. Two years in Mings' Bight and Three years in Green's Harbour , serving as corps officers/pastors. We were transferred to The Salvation Army Correctional Services in Edmonton, Alberta,in 1981. Afterward, we served in other provinces across Canada with the Salvation Army Correctional service department.Katie passed away in Pentiction, British Columbia,, in 1999 while we were the pastors at the corps.After twenty-seven years of active service, I retired in 2003, with the rank of major.After retirement I worked for the Salvation Army as a chaplain in the super jail in Lindsay, Ontario. Later, I went to work at the super jail in Penetanguishene, Ontario, also as a chaplain.I also worked as an electronic specialist for The Salvation Army, installing ankle bracelets on clients for the home arrest program. Clients were monitored at home instead of being incarcerated in an institution.My journey has been interesting to say the least.

Dieciocho años, apenas £40 en el bolsillo, y la idea obstinada de llegar a Argentina: tal era el equipaje que acompañó a Ronald Mackay cuando, en 1960, decidió salir de su Escocia natal y comenzó un periplo en autostop hasta Cádiz, puerto de embarque hacia América Latina.Pero lo que sería una simple escala en las Canarias terminó convirtiéndose en una extensa y aprovechada estancia en la isla de Tenerife. El pueblo de Buenavista del Norte le acogió, y Ronald, a través de anécdotas que se relatan con sorprendente precisión y sentido del humor, aprendió el idioma, hizo amistades y se empapó de la cultura local hasta convertirse en uno más del pueblo.No espere encontrar en este libro solo una simple memoria de viaje: lo que nos cuenta, a través de las relatos y cuestiones vitales que experimenta el autor, es su personal viaje hacia la madurez. Un viaje con el que es fácil sentirse identificado, gracias a la cercanía y cariño con que se relatan las vivencias de aquel joven, que, con el tiempo, sintió la necesidad de dedicarle esta oda a todas aquellas personas que le acogieron en Buenavista, y le abrieron sus hogares y corazones.In 1960 and with a mere £40, 18-year-old Ronald Mackay hitchhiked from Scotland to Spain and then to Tenerife by boat, hoping to reach Latin America. But he finds a welcome in Buenavista del Norte and stays for a year. In that isolated norther village, he works, learns Spanish, makes friends, embraces their way of life, takes risks and grows into manhood.This is a charming account of a special time in Tenerife. There are moments of hilarity and of confusion as the young Scotsman with limited Spanish struggles to integrate into a family-run fonda in a traditional community. His empathy and willingness to work hard earn him a place and he is taken under the wing of the matriarch who runs the fonda.Mackay tells of a life very different yet oddly similar to that of rural Scotland. He addresses the challenges that we all must, as we come of age; and with that knowledge prepares himself for life.More than a travel memoir, this book charts a philosophical journey that leads to self-sufficiency and maturity. As well as recalling memorable characters and incidents with humor and insight Mackay also addresses the deeper, more fundamental issues of life.

An affectionate and comprehensive biography of extraordinary Bradfordian Percy Monkman (1892-1986). Actor, comedian, celebrated watercolourist and cartoonist and mainstay of the arts for over eight decades, Percy Monkman was the centre of an illustrious group of writers and artists, including JB Priestley. This illustrated memoir by his grandson chronicles his life.Born into a working family ion the last decade of the 19th century, Percy Monkman became fascinated by the arts during his service in the First World War. After volunteering for the RAMC, he soon found himself taking part in revues designed to entertain the troops and take their minds off the misery of the trenches. He was quickly picked out by senior officers as a star and was noted for his comedy routines, some of which he wrote. During this period, Monkman also discovered his talent for drawing. These two passions, theatre and art, would be with him for life.By day he worked in a bank -- the same one all his days -- but by night and on weekends, Monkman was a different man, whether performing in the limelight of the stage, where he was always a hit, or painting in his beloved Yorkshire. His theatre work spanned the gamut from light comedy to more serious drama, but it was as a comic character actor that he really shone and this was always his first love in theatre. In painting he preferred waterclour and is one in a long and noble trandition of English Watercolourists, who preferred the speed and spontaneity of the medium to the slower one of oil.Monkman was also a devoted family man, remaining married to his wife Doris, whom he married in 1918, until her untimely demise and always supporting his children and grandchildren. He was careful of his friends, and was spoken of fondly by many, including the great JB Priestley, one of England's premier men of letters of the 20th century.Illustrated with over 80 images including high quality reproductions of some of Monkman's most famous paintings, the book is both a visual delight and a joy to read.

Fortunate Isle: A  Memoir of TenerifeIn 1960, with a mere £40 in his pocket, 18-year-old Ronald Mackay hitched from Scotland to Spain then took a tramp steamer to Tenerife, thinking to voyage on to South America. Instead, he discovered the snug village of Buenavista del Norte, where he was welcomed in by the locals as 'El Extranjero'. He lived there for a year, working, making friendships, exploring and growing into manhood. 'Fortunate Isle' is a charming tale of a special time in the author's life, when he is entirely 'open to the universe'. His recall sparkles like the sun on the sea that was so important to his life there. The memoir contains moments of hilarity and of confusion, as a young man initially with no Spanish, struggles to integrate into a tight-knit village full of people with no English. Despite this, his likeable nature and willingness to work hard make him popular and he is taken under the wing of a matriarch who runs the small guest house he had found -- almost too fortunately to be happenstance -- the very day he arrived. Through the months in Buenavista del Norte, immersed in a life that was at once very different yet strangely similar to the one he had grown up in in rural Scotland, Mackay addresses the challenges that we all must, as we come of age; and with that knowledge prepares himself for life. Much more than a light-hearted travel memoir, this book charts a philosophical journey along a road that leads to independence, self-sufficiency and maturity. While offering humour and insight, it does not shirk discussion of deeper, more fundamental issues. Fortunate Isle is suitable for all ages and offers a warm, refreshing and invigorating read. It is illustrated with over fifty photographs, taken in 1960 by the author himself.

A compendium of unusual and inventive modern horror stories that respect the grand tradition of classic Gothic Horror and add a modern angle. With illustrations by Rod Fleming