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Newly elected MP Bobby Khan is forced to question his own motivations and political and personal values when his cousin is arrested on a terrorism charge. Bobby Khan has a tight knit community who have backed his campaign to become their MP but as trouble builds in his community, can he navigate his life back home with his life in Westminster.

In MeatEater’s Campfire Stories: Discoveries, Revelations & Near Misses, a collection of outdoorsmen share remarkable tales of life-altering moments. From a macabre discovery in the Idaho mountains that closed the book on a mystery spanning more than 50 years to an Ice Age archaeological find in remote Alaska, these stories take listeners on an immersive journey and provide intimate glimpses into a way of life that is slipping away.

On January 22, 1879, the British Army in South Africa was swept aside by the seemingly unstoppable Zulu warriors at the Battle of Isandlwana. Nearby, at a remote outpost on the Buffalo River, a single company of the 24th Regiment and a few dozen recuperating hospital patients were passing a hot, monotonous day. It seemed certain that the Rorke's Drift detachment would share the same fate. And yet, against incredible odds, the British managed to defend their station.

In Digital Prospecting, Mike Jones and Ken Guest offer a proven, battle-tested process for an integrated 21st century prospecting system that leverages today's social technologies. The book outlines the most effective ways to prospect using email and social selling interactions as the initial point of contact with the prospect. The process it offers is not meant to replace cold calls. It's meant only to give you the tools you need to evaluate which method makes the most sense, given your unique situation.

This story is about a painter who really enjoyed his job painting houses. Nothing made him happier than to see nicely clean painted houses. But there was a little boy who enjoyed making trouble wherever he went, and fortunately or unfortunately, Mr. Painter had the pleasure of meeting the little troublemaker.

This story is about two brothers who lived next door to each other in the countryside. They both came into a fortune at the same time, but it ended with very different outcomes for the brothers.

This story is about a happy little old lady going about her business, but was unaware that two thieves had been watching her every move. They were planning to rob and steal all her money she had saved.

It has been a long time coming, but finally justice has been served.

“Mr. Tony Abbot”? It was my time. I had been waiting for this moment and now it had arrived. It was like going to school or starting a new job for the first time, a feeling of apprehension. I was looking forward to it with dread, I was going down.

Hue's life is transformed from the mundane to the fantastic when his father, Howard, attracts the attention of Baba Yaga, the iron-teeth, Witch of Misfortune. Enraged by Howard's comments, she brings misfortune to him, and then turns on Hue for his insulting disbelief of witches. As Baba Yaga executes her misdeed, Ganesh, the elephant-headed, Deity of Good Fortune, spies upon her. Ganesh takes favor on the Hue and dispatches one of his familiars, a charmed Pharaoh hound called Magic, to protect the now fatherless boy.

A short story. Turmoil continues between the drug barons, Toxic Ted and the corrupted government. The Pill has created instability on the streets and the fight continues.

A short story. For some unknown reason lots of people are becoming addicted to drugs. Nobody seems to know why except one man. And the government...what are they doing about it?

This is the third collection of 10 short stories for children.

Funny and enjoyable, this is a collection of 10 short stories for children.

This second collection of 10 short stories for children is just as funny and enjoyable as the first.

Los Angeles in the '60s was a hotbed of political and social upheaval. The city was a launchpad for Black Power - where Malcolm X and Angela Davis first came to prominence and the Watts uprising shook the nation. The city was home to the Chicano Blowouts and Chicano Moratorium, as well as being the birthplace of “Asian American” as a political identity. It was a locus of the antiwar movement, gay liberation movement, and women’s movement, and, of course, the capital of California counterculture.

You Win in the Locker Room First draws on the extraordinary experiences of Coach Mike Smith and Jon Gordon - consultant to numerous college and professional teams - to explore the seven powerful principles that any business, school, organization, or sports team can adopt to revitalize their organization.

A lineman with something to prove. A vendetta against a baseball legend. The rise of a real-life NHL all-star. The luckiest grapefruit in sports history. Open up The Sports Pages, the third volume in the Guys Read Library of Great Reading, and you're in for all of this and more. From fiction to nonfiction, from baseball to mixed martial arts and everything in between, these are 10 stories about the rush of victory and the crush of defeat on and off the field. Compiled by kid-lit all-star Jon Scieszka, Guys Read: The Sports Pages is a thrilling collection of brand-new short stories.

Mike McColl Jones has heard the words ‘And now here’s…’ 6,000 times and each of those 6,000 times tonight show hosts such as Graham Kennedy, Don Lane, Bert Newton and Steve Vizard have walked into shot and spoken words written for them by Mike. Few people are more qualified to write this history of Australian Tonight shows.In a career spanning decades, Mike has been a creator of television’s funniest moments on-screen and an insider off-screen.

Comedy writer, Mike McColl Jones, has lots of funny friends. Graham Kennedy, Bert Newton, Don Lane, Tommy Hanlon Jnr, Stuart Wagstaff, Steve Vizard, Frankie J. Holden... Mike has written for them all. In a career spanning decades, Mike has been an insider at television's funniest moments - on and off the screen. In My Funny Friends, Mike shares 'insiders' stories about the who's who of Australian television.