Bøger af David Norton

ANNIES'S GIFT is the autobiography of a Patterjack Terrier with additions from many of those whose lives are enhanced by Annie's birthright. Despite suffering many misfortunes in her own early life this remarkable little dog never hesitates to use her gift for uniting people and helping those whose lives are blighted by misfortune.She befriends and helps humans and her fellow canines who cross her path, showing neither fear or favour to Corgis, Cairns, Chihuahuas and even the odd Bull Mastiff. She helps humans with equanimity expecting nothing in return except perhaps for the odd bone.Her best friend is a smallish Patterdale terrier who proudly bears the name of Mister Tod. Observant, watchful, patient, friendly, dependable, smart Mister Tod.ANNIE'S GIFT and her sometimes perilous life give a dog's eye view of the human - and canine - condition in today's weird and occasionally wonderful world. Is there magic in ANNIE'S GIFT? Annie knows. Maybe. Judge for yourself.

Through a cleverly manipulated situation, Roger Macadam returns home from a business trip with a young Muslim wife. He is quickly picked up by the FBI on a charge of bigamy but the situation escalates out of control. Roger and Atifah, the Rose of Oman, find themselves on the run from the government after being linked to various terrorist activities. Despite attempts to clear their names, they soon top America's most wanted list. Staying ahead of his would-be captors becomes a life and death situation, requiring Roger to use all of his knowledge and cunning. While on the run from the government, an ever-present second force lurks closely behind. The story takes a tragic turn and the mild mannered engineer fights back, unravelling a network of intrigue which goes beyond the boundaries of the United States and turns the fabric of society on its head. Finally, Roger is forced to make a decision: Should he satisfy his thirst for revenge or make A Deal with the Devil? A Deal with the Devil is a fast-paced thriller. The engaging plot and true-to-life characters make up a believable story that you won't want to put down. Even the bad guys are frighteningly normal people that you could be dealing with everyday.

Grown-Up Stuff for Dummies covers some of the topics not thought suitable to have been mentioned at the same time as please and thank you, don't slurp the soup, and it is no longer funny or clever if you burp in public.Exams and interviews, being rich and poor, contracts, cars and kissing, flying, lying and lawyers, dating, drinking, dentists, and divorce, sports and games on fields and beds; these are just some of the things that confront everyone today-like it or not. So it is well to have at least thought about them.This is not a conventional yoga-and-yoghurt self-help volume. It may well not always be the popular view. It will likely raise the odd squawk from the politically correct. So be it, but if nothing else it addresses grown-up stuff all us dummies need for dealing with life in C21.

Focuses on the men who provided leadership for the Oneida during the turbulent decades between 1750 and 1800. This study charts Oneida's changing position within the Six Nations, and documents the ways in which authority to conduct diplomatic affairs passed between sachems and warriors and ultimately spread to a broad range of individuals.

This 1993 volume traces how opinions of the King James Bible changed from the eighteenth-century view that it had 'all the disadvantages of an old prose translation' to nineteenth-century praise for 'the noblest monument of English prose'. It also shows how literary criticism has shaped understanding of the Bible and how the Bible has shaped literary criticism.