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The Bakers’ Dozen Trilogies

Author : Dale L. Sollars
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543413854
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The Bakers’ Dozen Trilogies written by Dale L. Sollars and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 1980s through 1990s, Washington, DC, leadership was in shambles following the arrest of Mayor Marion Barry on drug charges. When Barry was reelected as mayor after being released from prison, the outraged United States Congress slashed every cent possible from the city budget, a decision that would ultimately take revenge on the entire city. The Congresss retaliation was swift and widespread throughout the city government . . . and the Metropolitan Police Department. Congress defunding the citys metropolitan police had a devastating effect on everything from crime rates to the restructuring of the entire department. Not one cent was budgeted for the police department. Congresss view of city management echoed that of a national opinion in that a city reelecting a jailbird as their mayor deserved everything it got. Long-established hiring practices that had once made the Metropolitan Police Department a premiere agency were all but eliminated. Many times, the hiring of new officers was left to the discretion of a few persons within the agency. Cronyism was rampant, and hiring standards were lowered. The friends of some city officials were hired as police recruits even though their drug arrest convictions would have excluded them from being hired under earlier standards. During the late 1980s, one recruit class had over 40 percent of their recruit officers subjected to department disciplinary action or were terminated during their very first year of service. One academy class was embarrassed by the arrest of seven new recruits for outstanding felony warrants. Apparently, no one had bothered to check the applicants names through the National Criminal Database for outstanding warrants. Or perhaps had this been a carefully planned strategy to hire unqualified and unemployed city residents and lessen a growing unemployment problem? Either way, anyone with a prior arrest record and fortunate enough to have friends in high places could be a police officer. One high-ranking police official was heard to privately comment, Hire them now, fire them later. Operation Tarnished Shield is the third fictional story in the Bakers Dozen series of novels. This is based on an actual criminal investigation that was conducted by the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Departments Office of Professional Standards (OPS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the mid-1990s that led to an eighteen month investigation and the subsequent arrest and conviction of twelve metropolitan police officers. Had the entire operation not been hastily closed down because of the impending murder of one of their own, its certain that there would have been more officers arrested, making it a bakers dozen.

Heirloom Series No. 1 of Caira's Bakers Dozen Book Series Caira_s Comic Crafters, The Bottlebottoms

Author : ,Caira
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1643009656
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Heirloom Series No. 1 of Caira's Bakers Dozen Book Series Caira_s Comic Crafters, The Bottlebottoms written by ,Caira and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-11-03 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book Caira's Comic Crafters begins as a how-to heirloom series of thirteen books, the Baker's Dozen. This series was created with the high hopes of uniting families. A special family was created for the basis of this heirloom book. They show you how to assemble your craft project or to make a few changes to make it all yours. The most important lesson for this craft project is having good family time. This heirloom series has patterns that are all fun and useful to do. The Bottlebottom family enjoys their craft time because they know they will be creating many opportunities for personal satisfaction and entrepreneurial growth. Join the Bottlebottom family on their craft adventures!

Always the Baker, Never the Bride

Author : Sandra D. Bricker
Publisher : Abingdon Press
ISBN 13 : 1426713576
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Always the Baker, Never the Bride written by Sandra D. Bricker and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They say you can’t have your cake and eat it too. But who would want a cake they couldn’t eat? Just ask Emma Rae Travis about that. A baker of confections who is diabetic and can’t enjoy them. When Emma meets Jackson Drake, the escapee from Corporate America who is starting a wedding destination hotel to fulfill a dream that belonged to someone else, this twosome and their crazy family ties bring new meaning to the term "family circus." The Atlanta social scene will never be the same!

The Seventh Handmaiden

Author : Judith Pransky
Publisher : Green Bean Books
ISBN 13 : 1784385905
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (843 download)

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Download or read book The Seventh Handmaiden written by Judith Pransky and published by Green Bean Books. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darya does not remember how she came to be a slave or who she was before she was bought by an army captain for his motherless daughter in the ancient Persian city of Susa. Protected and nurtured by the housekeeper and her daughter, Darya has as good a life as a slave can have, even acquiring the rare skill of reading and writing, which she learns alongside her young mistress. When the captain dies and the household is broken up, this skill proves to be her lifeline. She becomes the seventh handmaiden to the mysterious Esther, who is being housed at the Royal Palace while in contention to be King Xerxes’ new Queen. However, life in Ancient Persia is precarious for women and outsiders, wherever they are in the hierarchy. When the king appoints a new prime minister called Haman, Darya and Esther are drawn into his murderous conflict with the Judean community and Mordechai, their leader, who lives just outside the palace gates. In a world of discord and uprising, Darya seeks to fix the world around her and protect her friends, while also trying to unravel the mysteries surrounding who she is and how she became a slave. As she grows from childhood to womanhood she grapples with her own identity, her aspirations and desires and begins to understand the true meaning of both slavery and freedom.

Hidden Warrior

Author : Lynn Flewelling
Publisher : Spectra
ISBN 13 : 0307485919
Total Pages : 578 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Hidden Warrior written by Lynn Flewelling and published by Spectra. This book was released on 2008-11-26 with total page 578 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trick of magic, a twist of fate. As the orphaned nephew of the king, trusted companion to his cousin, and second heir to the throne of Skala, Prince Tobin’s future is clear. But not as clear as the spring in which a hill witch shows him his true face--and his secret destiny.... Now Tobin carries a burden he cannot share with even his closest friend, Ki, his squire. He is to rule--not as he is but as he was born: a woman. Given the shape of a boy by dark magic, Tobin is the last hope of the people of Illior--those who desperately seek a return to the old ways, when Skala was ruled by a line of warrior queens. They still believe that only a woman can lift the war, famine, and pestilence that have run rampant through the land since the king usurped his half sister’s throne. It is these outlaw wizards and witches who protect Tobin--and it is for them that Tobin must accept his fate. With the unsuspecting yet fiercely loyal Ki at his side, Tobin must turn traitor against the only blood ties he has left. He must lift the masks of Skala’s rulers to show their true colors--before he can reveal the power of the woman within himself.

The Gates of Night

Author : Keith Baker
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786956631
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book The Gates of Night written by Keith Baker and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The exciting conclusion to The Dreaming Dark saga: Unimaginable horror is coming for the world of Eberron—if Daine and his companions cannot stop it first A band of war-weary soldiers have uncovered a plot that may tear the very fabric of reality forever. To prevent a long-banished race of monsters from unleashing an army of horrors upon the waking world, Daine and his companions will have to break through the boundaries of the world itself, to brave the fey realms of Twilight and Shadow. Their ultimate goal: the nightmare-haunted realm of Dal Quor. But first, they must cross the perilous realm where they are hunted and where the only way out is through . . . the Gates of Night. The journey ahead will not only alter the world of Eberron but Daine, Pierce, Lei, and Jode themselves. As the group travels to other planes—narrowly escaping death while trying to prevent the death of everything they know—they will find the secrets of their pasts hiding in the shadows and discover just what destiny has in store for them.

Stalk, Don't Run

Author : Carolyn Keene
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1442422998
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book Stalk, Don't Run written by Carolyn Keene and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-02-21 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nancy and her friends are astonished when the Casabian sisters announce that they will be filming their reality show in River Heights, a production that catapults the town into a maelstrom of midnight calls and threats by a menacing stalker.

The Ouroh Trilogy

Author : Thomas D. Bryson
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 147724512X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (772 download)

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Download or read book The Ouroh Trilogy written by Thomas D. Bryson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are few books that surprise their readers on every pageeven fewer that show readers how to live. Boldly, the OUROH trilogy does both. Trevor and Trudy, siblings from Earth, take an unforgettable journey through these pages, a journey you will gladly take alongside them; theyre the kind of inspiring characters that live and breathe on the page and live on in your mind and heart long after the storys final word. You cant help but root for and identify with them. Their journey is rich with the power of words and wishes, spoken and unspoken. Its a journey not only through time (recycled time), but past time; not only through our known universe, but past it to another, and another (Ouroh is the center of thirteen multiverses); not only through our minds and senses, but past what weve been conditioned to perceive to a whole new way of seeing and knowing. This epic tale has been created by a master storyteller and modern-day philosopher, one who understands that acknowledging lifes interconnectedness and relying on present-moment awareness are the keys to true happiness. But you wont be pummeled with speeches or agendas; instead, this wisdom is skillfully woven into the narratives fabric. Trevor and Trudy are joined by Ideas and Imagination, their Ouroh counterparts, as well as an unforgettable cast of supporting characters, including the fascinating Planimals (part plant, part animal, in a myriad of astounding varieties). Thrumming with heart-pounding tension and suspense, the story asks: Will the children save the multiverses from an errant word? Will they right the word that went wrong? In a time when people complain that there is nothing new under the sun, it is quite a rare achievement to discover a book unlike any other. The OUROH trilogy is a true gift indeed.

Borderline

Author : Mishell Baker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1481429795
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)

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Download or read book Borderline written by Mishell Baker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cynical, disabled film director with borderline personality disorder gets recruited to join a secret organization that oversees relations between Hollywood and Fairyland in this Nebula Award–nominated and Tiptree Award Honor Book that’s the first novel in a new urban fantasy series from debut author Mishell Baker. A year ago, Millie lost her legs and her filmmaking career in a failed suicide attempt. Just when she’s sure the credits have rolled on her life story, she gets a second chance with the Arcadia Project: a secret organization that polices the traffic to and from a parallel reality filled with creatures straight out of myth and fairy tales. For her first assignment, Millie is tasked with tracking down a missing movie star who also happens to be a nobleman of the Seelie Court. To find him, she’ll have to smooth-talk Hollywood power players and uncover the surreal and sometimes terrifying truth behind the glamour of Tinseltown. But stronger forces than just her inner demons are sabotaging her progress, and if she fails to unravel the conspiracy behind the noble’s disappearance, not only will she be out on the streets, but the shattering of a centuries-old peace could spark an all-out war between worlds. No pressure.

Bite-Sized Magic

Author : Kathryn Littlewood
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062084283
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Bite-Sized Magic written by Kathryn Littlewood and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This third book in Kathryn Littlewood's acclaimed Bliss trilogy mixes the down-home heart punch of Ingrid Law's Newbery Honor Book Savvy, the always-on-the-edge-of-chaos comedy of Cheaper by the Dozen, and a humorous magic all its own to create a thoroughly original confection, a delicious guilty pleasure for readers of all ages. Rose won back her family's magical Cookery Booke in an international baking competition in A Dash of Magic, the second novel in the series. Rose is now world famous—so famous, in fact, that Mr. Butter, head of the Mostess Corporation, has kidnapped her so that she can develop new and improved magical recipes for his company's snack cakes. With the magically enhanced Dinkies and Moony Pies, Mr. Butter plans to take over the world. Together with her brothers, their talking cat and mouse, and an unlikely team of bakers, Rose must overthrow Mr. Butter before he destroys civilization, one magically evil snack cake at a time.

Best Biscotti

Author : Marcy Goldman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781927936252
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (362 download)

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Download or read book Best Biscotti written by Marcy Goldman and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirteen--a baker's dozen--biscotti recipes along with thirteen of the author's baking tips for making delicious biscotti every time.

The Human Division

Author : John Scalzi
Publisher : Tor Books
ISBN 13 : 1466802316
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book The Human Division written by John Scalzi and published by Tor Books. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race. The people of Earth now know that the human Colonial Union has kept them ignorant of the dangerous universe around them. For generations the CU had defended humanity against hostile aliens, deliberately keeping Earth an ignorant backwater and a source of military recruits. Now the CU's secrets are known to all. Other alien races have come on the scene and formed a new alliance—an alliance against the Colonial Union. And they've invited the people of Earth to join them. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious or easy. Against such possibilities, managing the survival of the Colonial Union won't be easy, either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning...and a brilliant "B Team," centered on the resourceful Lieutenant Harry Wilson, that can be deployed to deal with the unpredictable and unexpected things the universe throws at you when you're struggling to preserve the unity of the human race. Being published online from January to April 2013 as a three-month digital serial, The Human Division will appear as a full-length novel of the Old Man's War universe, plus—for the first time in print—the first tale of Lieutenant Harry Wilson, and a coda that wasn't part of the digital serialization. Old Man's War Series #1 Old Man’s War #2 The Ghost Brigades #3 The Last Colony #4 Zoe’s Tale #5 The Human Division #6 The End of All Things Short fiction: “After the Coup” Other Tor Books The Android’s Dream Agent to the Stars Your Hate Mail Will Be Graded Fuzzy Nation Redshirts Lock In The Collapsing Empire (forthcoming) At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Prince of Lies

Author : James Lowder
Publisher : Wizards of the Coast
ISBN 13 : 0786962100
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (869 download)

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Download or read book Prince of Lies written by James Lowder and published by Wizards of the Coast. This book was released on 2012-01-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gods may have been restored to their rightful seats of power—but the end of the Time of Troubles does not mark the end of all strife Although the gods have regained their powers and no longer walk in the mortal world, there is still little peace between them. When their deeply engrained power struggles erupt once more, ex-comrades Mystra—formerly known as Midnight and recently elevated to godhood—and Cyric are bound together in conflict. Cyric, now the god of strife, murder, and the dead, has become even more obsessed with power and revenge. No longer content with just the Tablets of Fate, he wants the Forgotten Realms all to himself—and to rule them in the name of evil. Only Mystra, the new goddess of magic, has the ability to defeat him and restore the balance that has been lost.

The Jews in America Trilogy

Author : Stephen Birmingham
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504038959
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Jews in America Trilogy written by Stephen Birmingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three New York Times bestsellers chronicle the rise of America’s most influential Jewish families as they transition from poor immigrants to household names. In his acclaimed trilogy, author Stephen Birmingham paints an engrossing portrait of Jewish American life from the colonial era through the twentieth century with fascinating narrative and meticulous research. The collection’s best-known book, “Our Crowd” follows nineteenth-century German immigrants with recognizable names like Loeb, Sachs, Lehman, Guggenheim, and Goldman. Turning small family businesses into institutions of finance, banking, and philanthropy, they elevated themselves from Lower East Side tenements to Park Avenue mansions. Barred from New York’s gentile elite because of their religion and humble backgrounds, they created their own exclusive group, as affluent and selective as the one that had refused them entry. The Grandees travels farther back in history to 1654, when twenty-three Sephardic Jews arrived in New York. Members of this small and insulated group—considered the first Jewish community in America—soon established themselves as wealthy businessmen and financiers. With descendants including poet Emma Lazarus, Barnard College founder Annie Nathan Meyer, and Supreme Court Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, these families were—and still are—hugely influential in the nation’s culture, politics, and economics. In “The Rest of Us,” Birmingham documents the third major wave of Jewish immigration: Eastern Europeans who swept through Ellis Island between 1880 and 1924. These refugees from czarist Russia and Polish shtetls were considered barbaric, uneducated, and too steeped in the traditions of the “old country” to be accepted by the well-established German American Jews. But the new arrivals were tough, passionate, and determined. Their incredible rags to riches stories include those of the lives of Hollywood tycoon Samuel Goldwyn, Broadway composer Irving Berlin, makeup mogul Helena Rubenstein, and mobster Meyer Lansky. This unforgettable collection comprises a comprehensive account of the Jewish American upper class, their opulent world, and their lasting mark on American society.

The Great British Heroes and Antiheroes Trilogy

Author : Robert Ryan
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1504056671
Total Pages : 1566 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Great British Heroes and Antiheroes Trilogy written by Robert Ryan and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 1566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A trio of gripping historical novels from an acclaimed British author who “skillfully blends fact with fiction” (Time Out London). Empire of Sand: The legendary exploits of Lawrence of Arabia are the starting point for this captivating World War I suspense novel. In the British Army’s general headquarters in Cairo, a young intelligence officer, Lt. Thomas Edward Lawrence, must contend with a notorious German spy, Wilhelm Wassmuss. Local tribes are capturing British soldiers at the German’s behest, and the War Office has sent an assassin. Lawrence must get Captain Quinn within range of his target, a challenge given Wassmuss’s deep knowledge of the desert and its people. In matching wits with a sinister European nemesis, Lawrence starts down a path that will change the face of the Middle East forever. “Plenty of action, some sharp dialogue and swift characterisation . . . Absorbing and thoughtful as well as tense and exciting.” —The Daily Telegraph Death on the Ice: The ill-fated Terra Nova Expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott to the South Pole is brilliantly reimagined in this epic novel. The expedition was Scott’s second journey to Antarctica, driven by the dream of winning the race to the South Pole for England. But small mistakes and bad luck plagued the mission from the start, and when they finally reached their destination on January 17, 1912, Scott and his team were heartbroken to find that Norwegian Roald Amundsen had beaten them there—by more than a month. Little did they know, things were about to get much, much worse . . . “Brings vividly to life the relationships and rivalries, the highs and lows, of the exploration that ended so tragically.” —Daily Mail Signal Red: Inspired by the Great Train Robbery in the United Kingdom in August 1963, Ryan’s gripping re-creation is an edge-of-your-seat caper. Traveling between Glasgow and London, a Royal Mail train was forced to make an unscheduled stop by tampered signals. Led by a charismatic jewel thief, a gang of fifteen unarmed men boarded the train, incapacitated the driver, and made off with more than £2 million. Incensed by the brazenness of the crime, Scotland Yard employed every means to get the thieves to turn on one another. Soon, a meticulous plan descended into a desperate free-for-all as the gang went down one by one. This edition features an afterword by Bruce Reynolds, the mastermind behind the robbery.

Me, Myself and Why?

Author : MaryJanice Davidson
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312546762
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (467 download)

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Download or read book Me, Myself and Why? written by MaryJanice Davidson and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FBI agent Cadence Jones and her "sociopath" partner, George, get tagged to bring down the Threefer Killer--who soon starts leaving messages that seem to be just for Cadence and her sisters. In the meantime, love blooms in the most unexpected place when Cadence meets her best friend's gorgeous brother who is in town visiting.

The Stoker Trilogy, Book III - Acceptance

Author : Tod Benjamin
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1035838613
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book The Stoker Trilogy, Book III - Acceptance written by Tod Benjamin and published by Austin Macauley Publishers. This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is January 1940. Tall, broad-shouldered, and handsome, Charlie Stoker is loved by everyone. Seen by all as the man who has it all, he is tortured by the belief that he lives a lie, a double life. His religious upbringing and inborn sense of righteousness demand that he resolve his problem, but WWII intervenes. Charlie, Bobby, Harry Bateson, Billy Walters, and even mild Percy Spence vanish to serve their country. While Charlie completes his army training, Sally Spence gives birth to a beautiful daughter, Shirley, and Charlie becomes godfather to his own child. Then, the ‘phoney’ war explodes. The drama of Dunkirk is followed by the Battle of Britain and the Blitz. London is in chaos. The lives of all those associated with the Stokers are endangered by the constant threat of the never-ending air raids. With all the men absent, their families spend their nights in Anderson shelters or hiding behind black-out curtains. Somehow, stirred by Winston Churchill’s passionate speeches, they keep up their spirits and find a way for most to survive. Charlie becomes a commando officer, who endures some of the fiercest battles of the war in Europe. He is saved from near death by the French Resistance; then, later, he leads his men through the entire Italian Campaign. His experiences there teach him to see his problems in a different light. Is there, at last, a path to acceptance?