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On June 2, 1995, U.S. Air Force Captain Scott O'Grady was helping enforce the NATO no-fly zone in the skies over Bosnia when a Soviet-made antiaircraft missile slammed into his F-16. With the aircraft exploding around him, O'Grady desperately grabbed his ejection handle and pulled. Five miles up and traveling at 350 miles per hour, O'Grady had escaped certain death. But his ordeal was just beginning. Return with Honor is the incredible true-life thriller of one man's fierce struggle to survive in the hostile territory of war-torn Bosnia, told in his own words. For six days and nights Scott O'Grady eluded the Bosnian Serbs who relentlessly hunted him. At times his pursuers stood five feet from his hiding places, guns at the ready, listening for the slightest sound. Yet O'Grady never gave in, relying on his survival training, cunning, and deep faith in God to evade capture and establish contact with the comrades-in-arms who could pull him out. Here, in never-before-revealed detail, is the amazing story of how O'Grady managed to live through a missile impact at 27,000 feet, the techniques he used to survive in a barren and hostile landscape, and the real story behind the daring daylight rescue mission carried out by the U.S. Marines.

Eleanor Baldwin is about to embark on a grand adventure. In a few weeks' time, she and her family will leave their small town of New Castle, Pennsylvania, and travel to Oregon to join her aunt and uncle.Eleanor can hardly contain her excitement, and the day finally arrives when they are to leave. On the train ride, her father becomes ill with the flu, and the family has to stay in St. Louis. Eleanor worries about Papa, especially when so many other people are becoming sick with what is called "influenza". But her father gets well, and the family sets off for Oregon once more.Back on the train, Eleanor's mother realizes she left all their money in the hotel in St. Louis. What will they do now? The money was for their house, their food, and Eleanor's new pet goat! Will Eleanor and her family be able to build a new life in Oregon?

Clare has fallen in love with an impossible boy. Nobody, not even her best friend Cait understands why she is spending more and more time out on the island with the strange young man. They don’t realise that the wild rocky shores of Carrig na Ron, with its seal beach and fisherman’s cottage is the place Clare belongs. Her mother is away in Dublin and her father, obsessed with studying the migration of herring, is lost in thought, in his observatory, most of the time. But Ronan is always there, waiting on the quayside for her. As her obsession with him grows, her dreams become haunted by images of Ronan and herself living with the seals and swimming under the sea to kelp forests. But sometimes it seems as though she is drowning, and she wakes full of dread. A gannet colony is establishing itself on the island. A team of marine biologists comes to live in the nearby town of Carran to study the impressive seabirds. Clare is invited to help them on the project. She is keen to accept, as they are lively and fun to be with. It also gives her a perfect reason to go out to see Ronan. But the closer she gets to her mysterious man the more aloof he becomes. He vanishes for periods of time until one day he disappears completely. This is a story of first love and powerful sexual attraction. Clare is overwhelmed by the intensity of her feelings whilst trying to concentrate on her exams and decide which University she might go to. Her mother and father want different things for her but she is in danger of not caring at all about her future. All she wants is Ronan. The Connemara coast of Ireland with its dramatic shoreline forms the backdrop to this novel. The passion of the young lovers is matched by a passion for the landscape. The story unfolds as the seasons change and the weather becomes wilder. While the human stories are illustrated with nature writing, the lives of the local fishermen and farmers are woven through the stories of Clare and her friends. In the end they all come to her aid when it appears as though Ronan has abandoned her altogether. His father tells her that Ronan is a troubled soul whose mother drowned at sea. This book will appeal to young people who are interested in nature and who prefer a literary novel. Natural history elements have been thoroughly researched and the life cycle of the gannet is used as a metaphor for Clare’s transition from child into adult. A male gannet creates a nest that he hopes will entice a female to join him and become his partner for life. The gannet’s lives at sea are perilous and it’s only the strength of their bond that enables them to survive and care for their young. As the gannets wait for their mates to come home Clare never gives up on trusting that one day Ronan will be hers forever.

The riveting story of the Ashanti's fateful, final uprising of 1900 is the backdrop to Alice O'Grady's stirring tale of colliding cultures and clashing emotions, of oppression and discrimination, desire and brutality.-Harm de Blij, Professor of Geography and co-founder of the African Studies Center, Michigan State UniversityAlice O'Grady portrays with great sensitivity the arrogance of the British, the ambiguity of colonial black-white relations, the tribal divisions, and the struggle to oust the overlords.-Syd Goldsmith, author of Jade PhoenixIn this captivating historical novel set in the Ashanti Confederacy at the dawn of the 20th century, Alice O'Grady keeps readers intensely engaged in the socio-political life that characterized Ashanti resistance to British colonial rule. Being Ghanaian-born, I found this novel not only impressive in its plot and literary style, but also very informative and authentic in its historical context. Filled with drama, romance, and conflict, Ashanti Saga: The Fort will be well-received by adolescent and young adult readers across the world.-Isaac Odame, MB ChB, FRCPath, FRCPC, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada