Mr. and Mrs Kelechi suffered reproach of abject poverty and prolonged childlessness in marriage. At old age, contrary to nature and against the anticipation of the globe, they bring into the world their ambassadors - a set of twins: Amechi, a boy and Ogechi, a girl. Ogechi as expected is given in marriage to a hunter at a very tender age as female children are believed to be of little or no importance. Before long, Amechi becomes an orphan having lost his aged parents. He thereafter comes face to face with many challenges
C.S. Lewis's The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe has been a fantasy classic for more than fifty years and is now a major motion picture! Peter Pevensie has the hardest job of all. He must keep his sisters, Susan and Lucy, and his troublesome brother, Edmund, from harm while their father is at war and their mother is back in London. When the children are sent to Professor Kirke's house in the country for safety, they discover an old wardrobe in an empty room is much more than it seems. It is the portal to the land of Narnia, which has been waiting one hundred years for Peter and his brother and sisters. Once they step through, they are caught in a battle against the evil White Witch. Are they really destined to be Kings and Queens of Narnia?
It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Winston Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'. And yet the significance of this episode remains unrecognised. In this thrilling historical account, Jonathan Dimbleby describes the political and strategic realities that lay behind the battle, charting the nail-biting months that led to the victory at El Alamein in November 1942. It is a story of high drama, played out both in the war capitals of London, Washington, Berlin, Rome and Moscow, and at the front in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Morrocco and Algeria and in the command posts and foxholes in the desert. Destiny in the Desert is about politicians and generals, diplomats, civil servants and soldiers. It is about forceful characters and the tensions and rivalries between them. Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Dimbleby creates a vivid portrait of a struggle which for Churchill marked the turn of the tide - and which for the soldiers on the ground involved fighting and dying in a foreign land. Now available in paperback in time, Destiny in the Desert, which was shortlisted for the Hessell-Tiltman prize 2012-13, is required reading for anyone with an interest in the Desert War.
Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks, he was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President Madison’s men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decade’s Louisiana Purchase. The new nation’s dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though he wasn’t one of the Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government. He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamen, French-speaking Louisianans,Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, freed slaves, and even some pirates. And he had to defeat the most powerful military force in the world—in the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous. In short, Jackson needed a miracle. The local Ursuline nuns set to work praying for his outnumbered troops. And so the Americans, driven by patriotism and protected by prayer, began the battle that would shape our young nation’s destiny. As they did in their two previous bestsellers, Kilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story that will keep you turning the pages. You’ll finish with a new understanding of one of our greatest generals and a renewed appreciation for the brave men who fought so that America could one day stretch “from sea to shining sea.”
For ten dramatic and bitterly fought days in May, 1941, British Commonwealth and Greek soldiers fought with the valiant assistance of Cretan civilians -- men and women, young and old -- to hold their island against a Nazi onslaught. This is the documented story of the one of the most important yet least acknowledged battles of World War II.
In these times, the enemy of man ha released an array of wicked, raging spirits against mankind. these spirits are resolute, fierce and unrelenting in their daily assaults on man. Unless a counter initiative is put into operation, many will be torn apart. Indeed, many are being gradually destroyed by these powers..... This powerful prayer manual gives you facilities to arrest these raging spirits. The prayer points in this book targets 70 different spirits robbing you from your destiny. The book is an essential tool for prayer warriors..
Menem is marooned to another world. His advanced technology clashes with the Empire of Ronnin. He falls in love with the beautiful Destiny and befriends the city of Parit, showing its citizens how to break free from the overwhelming power of Ronnin. But Ronnin is more cunning than Menem predicted. Can Parit survive a war without Menem?
The Quest of Destiny: Battle of the Realms By: Destiny F. Negron Emma, a teenager from Philadelphia, Battles her last year of high school during a pandemic. When suddenly a winter storm arrives, She finds out her mother was ejected from her car in an accident with remains nowhere to be found. Whilst her mothers disappearance haunts her, Emma takes matters into her own hands to find answers. As she searches through her mother’s belongings; Emma comes across a family secret that will forever change her life and her future.
