Details the story of a man that cheats death through a series of "narrow squeaks" .This is his story of how he survived a car crash, poisoning, pirates, bungee jumping and many more funny situations....Does he live? Read it and see......

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COSTA AWARD FINALIST ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Film rights acquired by Gold Circle Films, the team behind My Big Fat Greek Wedding “A fresh, thrilling portrait… Guy’s Elizabeth is deliciously human.” –Stacy Schiff, The New York Times Book Review A groundbreaking reconsideration of our favorite Tudor queen, Elizabeth is an intimate and surprising biography that shows her at the height of her power. Elizabeth was crowned queen at twenty-five, but it was only when she reached fifty and all hopes of a royal marriage were behind her that she began to wield power in her own right. For twenty-five years she had struggled to assert her authority over advisers, who pressed her to marry and settle the succession; now, she was determined not only to reign but to rule. In this magisterial biography, John Guy introduces us to a woman who is refreshingly unfamiliar: at once powerful and vulnerable, willful and afraid. We see her confronting challenges at home and abroad: war against France and Spain, revolt in Ireland, an economic crisis that triggers riots in the streets of London, and a conspiracy to place her cousin Mary Queen of Scots on her throne. For a while she is smitten by a much younger man, but can she allow herself to act on that passion and still keep her throne? For the better part of a decade John Guy mined long-overlooked archives, scouring handwritten letters and court documents to sweep away myths and rumors. This prodigious historical detective work has enabled him to reveal, for the first time, the woman behind the polished veneer: determined, prone to fits of jealous rage, wracked by insecurity, often too anxious to sleep alone. At last we hear her in her own voice expressing her own distinctive and surprisingly resonant concerns. Guy writes like a dream, and this combination of groundbreaking research and propulsive narrative puts him in a class of his own. "Significant, forensic and myth-busting, John Guy inspires total confidence in a narrative which is at once pacey and rich in detail." -- Anna Whitelock, TLS “Most historians focus on the early decades, with Elizabeth’s last years acting as a postscript to the beheading of Mary Queen of Scots and the defeat of the Spanish Armada. Guy argues that this period is crucial to understanding a more human side of the smart redhead.” – The Economist, Book of the Year

This poetry collection is about the sea and the ships that sail upon her. You too, sail upon her in so many ways. Chart your course ..... May a fair wind guide you to a place you want to be......... Created in to A4 size for ease of reading and for sharing. Matthew.B

Shadowfire, The Journey and story of an Eagle, his flights His destiny and love.From Fledgling to maturity. There is an Eagle in all of us Waiting to fly Matthew.

This compilation is about water..... From a single drop, to a stream, to a river, to a sea, to an ocean. The spirit belongs on the sea...... From joy to searching for meaning.... Beautiful, insightful poetry that wends its' way, meandering through your heart.The water is your discovery...............created in A4 for ease of reading and for sha

A collection of story poems, some mystical, insightful and esoteric perspectives through the minds' eye.Titles include The Mystic, Echoes, Erosion of spirit, A message sent, I am the