Showing results for title "The Narrows" in Biographies & Memoirs

In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable. Including stories from Steven Rinella and Clay Newcomb, and spearfishing champion Kimi Werner, this immersive audio collection also features tales from listeners who survived falling through the ice, gunshot and arrowhead wounds, hand-to-hoof combat with a deer, and a spearfisherman who made the best shot of his life to save a friend from certain death.

Dr. Elisha Waldman's years at Jerusalem's Hadassah Medical Center were filled in equal measure with a deep sense of accomplishment, with frustration when regional politics sometimes got in the way of his patients' care, and with tension over the fine line he would have to walk when the religious traditions of some of his patients' families made it difficult for him to give these children the care he felt they deserved. Navigating the baffling Israeli bureaucracy, the ever-present threat of war, and cultural clashes, Waldman learned to be content with small victories.

Seven years after a brush with death on Mount Rainier, the narrator agrees to join a friend on one of the peak's most dangerous routes. Having vowed never to become That Guy who dies in the mountains, he returns to the narrow ledge between safety and oblivion. Questions swirl in his head as the climb draws near. Does danger breed character, or is mountaineering sheer indulgence?

In the vein of The Liar's Club and The Glass Castle, Jenny Forrester's memoir perfectly captures both place and a community situated on the Colorado Plateau between slot canyons and rattlesnakes, where she grew up with her mother and brother in a single-wide trailer proudly displaying an American flag. Forrester's powerfully eloquent story reveals a rural small town comprising God-fearing Republicans, ranchers, Mormons, and Native Americans.

Narrow Margins is the true story of one family's journey from the financial crash of the Rover car company to an alternative and better lifestyle. Faced with the loss of everything - the house, the cars, and more importantly, their rather lazy and indolent lifestyle - Marie Browne and her family took on the challenge of a whole new way of life. Strapped for cash, the family buy a decrepit 70ft barge called Happy Go Lucky which had been run as a floating hotel.

Would you risk being arrested by Iran’s secret police or subject yourself to a "torture massage" in North Korea just so you could say you’d survived to tell the tale? And would you even want to share a crude-oil bath with a retired croc hunter in Azerbaijan? Or pull a golden ring from a turd? Graham and his wife Lisa have done all of these things. Travel Agents - the warm and witty follow-up to the best-selling Travel Seekness - continues the unforgettable story of Lisa and Graham’s hilarious and often hair-raising escapades around the world.

揭示大量不为人知的事件真相，行业的潜规则，种种让人防不胜防的骗术…… 揭示大量不為人知的事件真相，行業的潛規則，種種讓人防不勝防的騙術……

Normality is so over-rated. Boat life is better. In her debut memoir Narrow Margins, Marie Browne saved her family from financial ruin by moving her long-suffering husband, three children, and a dog on to a houseboat called Happy Go Lucky in search of a less stressful, alternative way of life. Now in Narrow Minds the family find themselves sucked back into normality, they’re pretty much back where they started: horrible house, no boat, and the kids are beginning to threaten mutiny.

Nestled within the deep Alabama forest lies a community built on ancient Indian burial ground and almost completely hidden away from the world if not for the winding main road which leads to it from the highway. Within this community rests scenic streets, quaint suburban homes, happy families...and ghostly legends that will chill your bones. Here lies a collection of some of the scariest Southern ghost stories.

煤老板是一个特殊时期的群体，这个群体与二奶、悍马、伟哥、矿难等联系在一起。这个群体也长期被人们所诟病。煤老板迅速暴富，他们演绎着当代的传奇故事，成为了财富的象征…… 煤老闆是一個特殊時期的群體，這個群體與二奶、悍馬、偉哥、礦難等聯繫在一起。這個群體也長期被人們所詬病。煤老闆迅速暴富，他們演繹著當代的傳奇故事，成為了財富的象徵……

和中国很多城市一样，李幺傻生活的城市里也有黑社会，他们从最初的打打杀杀，演绎成了现在的垄断经营，赚取了巨额财富。在财富面前，曾有的江湖义气演变成了勾心斗角，曾经的爱恨情仇演变成了钱财交易。金钱，成为了当代黑社会的主宰…… 和中國很多城市一樣，李么傻生活的城市裡也有黑社會，他們從最初的打打殺殺，演繹成了現在的壟斷經營，賺取了巨額財富。在財富面前，曾有的江湖義氣演變成了勾心鬥角，曾經的愛恨情仇演變成了錢財交易。金錢，成為了當代黑社會的主宰……

当代盗墓团伙的人分四种，从低向高，分别是下苦的、腿子、支锅、掌眼。下苦的负责挖墓，收入微薄；腿子就是技术工人，收入高过下苦的；支锅则是盗墓团伙的老板，相当于包工头；而掌眼则是这个团伙中老大，他不但有找寻古墓的能力，还有鉴别文物的特长…… 當代盜墓團伙的人分四種，從低向高，分別是下苦的、腿子、支鍋、掌眼。下苦的負責挖墓，收入微薄；腿子就是技術工人，收入高過下苦的；支鍋則是盜墓團伙的老闆，相當於包工頭；而掌眼則是這個團伙中老大，他不但有找尋古墓的能力，還有鑑別文物的特長……

直到很久以后，我才知道，在这个城中村里，联防队员和假烟贩子沆瀣一气，假烟贩子每月定时给联防队员缴纳保护费，联防队员就会“保护”这些坑人的假烟贩子。而所谓的联防队员，其实都是村子里的地痞流氓，欺男霸女，无恶不作。 在这个城中村里，猫鼠一窝…… 直到很久以後，我才知道，在這個城中村里，聯防隊員和假煙販子沆瀣一氣，假煙販子每月定時給聯防隊員繳納保護費，聯防隊員就會「保護」這些坑人的假煙販子。而所謂的聯防隊員，其實都是村子裡的地痞流氓，欺男霸女，無惡不作。 在這個城中村里，貓鼠一窩……

Bertram Ramsay has acquired almost mythical status in the history of the Second World War, firstly as the principal organizer of the Dunkirk evacuation and then as naval commander of the Allied invasion of Normandy - in the eyes of many, 'the organizer of victory'. But because Ramsay was killed in January 1945 and never wrote his own memoirs, his life has until now been difficult to pin down. Andrew Gordon, author of The Rules of the Game: Jutland and British Naval Command, writing with the help of Ramsay's descendants, now describes the career of this intense and territorial man.

They say death, divorce, and relocating are the three most stressful life events that a person can go through. Aeileon, an ex-convict/drug dealer/hip-hop recording artist, went through all of these experiences within a year's time. This brief biography details the thinking that it took for one man to wake up and find salvation in Jesus Christ.