Dawn Raid

Dawn Raid
Author: Pauline Vaeluaga Smith
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1646140222

Imagine this: You're having an amazing family holiday, one where everyone is there and all 18 of you are squeezed into one house. All of sudden it's 4 o'clock in the morning and there's banging and yelling and screaming. The police are in the house pulling people out of bed ... Sofia is like most 12-year-old girls in New Zealand. How is she going to earn enough money for those boots? WHY does she have to give that speech at school? Who is she going to be friends with this year? It comes as a surprise to Sofia and her family when her big brother, Lenny, starts talking about protests, "overstayers", and injustices against Pacific Islanders by the government. Inspired by the Black Panthers in America, a group has formed called the Polynesian Panthers, who encourage immigrant and Indigenous families across New Zealand to stand up for their rights. Soon the whole family becomes involved in the movement. Told through Sofia's diary entries, with illustrations throughout, Dawn Raid is the story of one ordinary girl living in extraordinary times, learning how to stand up and fight.

Raiders' Dawn

Raiders' Dawn
Author: Alun Lewis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1942
Genre: War poetry, English
ISBN:

War Poetry

War Poetry
Author: Simon Featherstone
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1995
Genre: English poetry
ISBN: 9780415095709

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Reflection

Reflection
Author: Brandon Hargraves
Publisher: Brandon Hargraves
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2021-11-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

After witnessing the tragic death of her closest friends and family, Dawn travels across the country with a weathered vagabond in search of her aunt. On the way, she discovers that the world is a much scarier place than she had initially imagined, and that she might have some darkness lingering within herself as well. A nail-biting, edge of your seat fantasy story; one that tackles issues of the human heart, as well as mental and emotional wellness in the wake of trauma. Reflection is a story that teeters the line between wonder, amazement, and real life terrors. In a world is filled with all sorts of monsters and creatures, Reflection will leave its readers asking questions about life, and their own mental well-being.

US Marine Corps Raider 1942–43

US Marine Corps Raider 1942–43
Author: Ed Gilbert
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2012-04-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1780966784

The US Marine Raider was an "elite within an elite." Modeled on British Commandoes, they were the earliest forerunners of the various special operations units of the modern US military. These units would conduct operations with only the equipment they could carry on their backs; their heaviest weapons were light mortars and light machine-guns. Highly trained in close-in fighting, the Raiders were expected to be equally skilled in watercraft, jungle survival, and jungle warfare. This book details the Raiders' experiences through some of the toughest raining ever to be experienced by a Marine and onto combat during the Makin Raid, and through the horrific jungle battles of the Solomon Islands.

The Lyle Alzado Story Nobody's Invincible

The Lyle Alzado Story Nobody's Invincible
Author: James H. Duffner
Publisher: Trident Films-Publishing, Incorporated
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2021-04-14
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781736906125

Football legend Lyle Alzado was one of the most intimidating football players of all time is the only player to have an NFL rule named after him, One meant to prevent injury and to possibly save lives. Off the field, however he was a picture of contradictions: prone to rages and abrupt acts of violence, he was also known for his compassionate work with mentally and physically challenged children. The man who feared nobody was, in reality, riddled with a deep seated tear that any kind of failure send him back to the ghetto streets he grew up on. Living with a violent selfish father left him desperate for love, which she often looked or in all the wrong places. Having been teased and ridiculed mercilessly in school left him with a deep seated need for acceptance, leaving him emotionally vulnerable. He was hysterically funny and menacingly frightening, astoundingly powerful and surprisingly gentle, seemingly invincible and ultimately very very fragile. From his early days as a street fighter just trying to survive the mean streets through his astounding football career, his days as a celebrity actor and restaurant owner, his shocking accusation of rampant steroid use in the NFL, and his tragic death from that abuse, this is The Lyle Alzado Story told as only a best friend could share it. Nobody's Invincible Is packed with personal stories, never before seen photographs and insights into Lyle's life that years after his death, can finally be revealed. No holds barred here. You are invited into Lyle's inner circle to rub shoulders with both sports greats and Hollywood superstars and to get to know him better than almost anyone except his closest friends. Some would say Lyle paid the ultimate price for his lifestyle. But I'm here to tell you he didn't he was saved before it was too late. He was a player in every sense of the word, friends with the world's top athletes, Hollywood royalty, and the underworld bad guys. He was the last of a breed and I was proud to call him my best friend.

Grierson's Raid

Grierson's Raid
Author: Tom Lalicki
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2004-04-08
Genre: History
ISBN: 0374327874

Describes Colonel Benjamin H. Grierson's sixteen-day raid through central Mississippi in the spring of 1863, which distracted Confederate attention while Union troops moved on Vicksburg.

Bloody Dawn

Bloody Dawn
Author: Th Goodrich
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780873384766

Describes the events leading to the August, 1863 attack on Lawrence, Kansas by William Quantrill and his Confederate irregulars.