THE CASTAWAY'S DIARY

THE CASTAWAY'S DIARY
Author: Braid Anderson
Publisher: Club Lighthouse Publishing
Total Pages: 299
Release: 2017-06-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1772170658
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In 1996 I took a long lease, with option, on a 2-storey building in Johor Baru, just across the Causeway from Singapore. I then spent most of my remaining money on fixing it up as the Restorant Eurasia, in anticipation of my Eurasian wife’s return from America. She had gone there on a ridiculously cheap ticket, courtesy of a nephew who worked for Singapore Airlines. Unfortunately she had no insurance cover. One day while walking down a street in Florida, she suffered a stroke, and subsequent complete coma, at the age of 38. I tried to run the restaurant as well as I could, but she was the one with restaurant experience, having managed a successful Thai restaurant in Singapore, with her magic touch. When the Gods frown, they do so in earnest. After a couple of months, the owner of the building, having seen what I’d done with it, and heard about my wife, decided he wanted it back. Being a proper Malaysian gentleman, and a Haji (done his trip to Mecca) to boot, he didn’t come and discuss it with me. Instead, he went to see his friends at Immigration, who then started making problems for me, over my lack of a work permit to run the restaurant. I argued – with the help of my friend at Immigration – that, as the Managing Director of the owning company, I was entitled to direct the management of the restaurant. Eventually my Immigration friend was suddenly posted out, and I was informed that my current visa would not be renewed. Fortunately, at the time of taking the lease on the building, I had also pre-paid a two-year lease on a charming brand new 3-bedroom, 2 bathroom terrace house in Taman Johor Jaya. I had to give up the restaurant, then rent out my house, and flee to Thailand on the last day of my visa. This is the story of my subsequent 9 months living in a cheap village house in a Malay kampong not too far from the Thai border.

Cast Away

Cast Away
Author: Emmanuelle Snow
Publisher: Smart Lily publishing inc.
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2024-01-22
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1998077004
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Ryder Monroe is my number one enemy, and this summer, he’s set on ruining me. But I’m not going down without a fight. Cast Away is perfect for fans of Jenny Han, Erin Watt, Sarah Dessen, Jillian Dodd, or KL Walther. When my parents sent me away, I had no idea it would become the best and most heartbreaking summer of my life. My complicated journey began in Feather Lake, North Carolina, with a job offer and a bus ticket. And just like that, I was gone for the entire summer. My parents conveniently forgot to mention that my "vacation" would last more than a week. That little detail didn’t sit well with me, and my nightmare began the day I was hauled away from the perfect summer with my friends, left with only two pieces of luggage and an angry heart. Everything went downhill from there. It took just two days. Two days after I arrived to notice him for the first time—and to never forget him afterward. Two days for Ryder to infiltrate my heart, dig his claws into its beating parts, and bleed it to death. But I’ve decided not to let him spoil my summer or my new friendships because there’s another boy who lights up my days and makes me smile, and with him, I’m feeling things I never did before. And right now, I’m addicted. If I ignore him and don't indulge in his mind games, can I pretend Ryder doesn't exist? Cast Away is a tale of love, rivalry, and unexpected connections, where the line between enemies and something more blurs in the heat of a North Carolina summer. Get ready for a story of passion, defiance, and heartache that will leave you breathless.This is book one in the Wrecked series. Cast Away is perfect for fans of frenemies, enemies to lovers, summer reads, vacation romance, love triangle, mental health awareness, small town, surfers, beach town, troubled teens, teenagers, high school, college, new adult, young adult, coming of age, bullies, self-acceptance, survivor, North Carolina, Michigan. Fans of Nicholas Sparks, Sarah Dessen, Kasie West, JIilian Dodd, Erin Watt, KL Walther, Jenny Han, Tijan, The Summer I Turned Pretty, My Life with the Walter Boys, Pretty Little Liars, Dawson's Creek, One Three Hill, Gilmore Girls, Abby Glines will be delighted.

Beyond the Stars: Plot conventions in American popular film

Beyond the Stars: Plot conventions in American popular film
Author: Paul Loukides
Publisher: Popular Press
Total Pages: 218
Release: 1991
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780879725174
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The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weapons, clothing, tools, technology, and art and literature. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

The Northeastern Reporter

The Northeastern Reporter
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 956
Release: 1920
Genre: Law
ISBN:
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Includes the decisions of the Supreme Courts of Massachusetts, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, and Court of Appeals of New York; May/July 1891-Mar./Apr. 1936, Appellate Court of Indiana; Dec. 1926/Feb. 1927-Mar./Apr. 1936, Courts of Appeals of Ohio.

Castaway Christmas

Castaway Christmas
Author: Margaret Joyce Baker
Publisher:
Total Pages: 157
Release: 1963
Genre: Christmas stories
ISBN: 9780140303254
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The experiences of three English children who find themselves marooned when a rising flood surrounds the cottage where they are to meet their parents for the Christmas holidays. Grades 5-7.

The Castaway's War

The Castaway's War
Author: Stephen Harding
Publisher: Hachette+ORM
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2016-05-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 0306823411
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Shipwrecked on a South Pacific island, a young US Navy lieutenant waged a one-man war against the Japanese In the early hours of July 5, 1943, the destroyer USS Strong was hit by a Japanese torpedo. The powerful weapon broke the destroyer's back, killed dozens of sailors, and sparked raging fires. While accompanying ships were able to take off most of Strong's surviving crewmembers, scores went into the ocean as the once-proud warship sank beneath the waves--and a young officer's harrowing story of survival began. Lieutenant Hugh Barr Miller, a pre-war football star at the University of Alabama, went into the water as the vessel sank. Severely injured, Miller and several others survived three days at sea and eventually landed on a Japanese-occupied island. The survivors found fresh water and a few coconuts, but Miller, suffering from internal injuries and believing he was on the verge of death, ordered the others to go on without him. They reluctantly did do, believing, as Miller did, that he would be dead within hours. But Miller didn't die, and his health improved enough for him to begin searching for food. He also found the enemy--Japanese forces patrolling the island. Miller was determined to survive, and so launched a one-man war against the island's occupiers. Based on official American and Japanese histories, personal memoirs, and the author's exclusive interviews with many of the story's key participants, The Castaway's War is a rousing story of naval combat, bravery, and determination.