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Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, including the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac experience. It highlights the cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately about faith and love and the redemptive power of forgiveness.
Angel of Aleppo is set from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert, then to Beirut in 1923, and plays out in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1927 - 1966.
In May 1915, Anoush, a sixteen-year-old Armenian girl, and fellow villagers are evicted from their Anatolian village by Ottoman soldiers commanded by Ibrahim bey, a young local warlord who is obsessed by her beauty. Anoush survives, but can her heart survive, after her mother is shot before her eyes?
A massive column of evictees - women, children and old men - endure monstrous cruelties on the infamous Death Marches as they are driven south via Aleppo to the Mesopotamian desert.
Anoush meets elderly priest Apraham, and with sister Covinar, friends and Krikor, her first love, she escapes the caravan and heads west to the mountain near the Mediterranean called Musa Ler. But Ibrahim's reward offer leads to her capture and detention in Aleppo.
Aided by German medical orderly Armin Wegner*, she escapes again, learns to nurse and begins helping diseased, starving Armenians. Determined to be the woman her mother raised her to be, Anoush becomes known as the Angel of Aleppo, her courage and resolution an inspiration.
She is forced to take her chances in the Mesopotamian desert, she loses Krikor, and is captured by Ibrahim bey, but is rescued by Trooper Tom Mills of the Australian Light Horse.
By 1923, Anoush is nursing at the Australasian Orphanage at Antilyas, Beirut. She meets the eminent South Australian humanitarian Reverend James Cresswell*, who helps her find and ultimately marry Tom Mills. Over the years she remains close to Reverend Cresswell but feels cut off from her past.
Years pass; Anoush is widowed and alone. She visits the Adelaide War Memorial on the Genocide's 50th anniversary and meets former Ottoman soldier, Mehmet. Can she forgive oppressors of the innocent?
Angel of Aleppo is an expose of injustice, a thriller, a snapshot of a dark moment in history, but it is ultimately a story about the truth and the healing power of love.
*Wegner and Cresswell are actual historical figures. US Ottoman ambassador Henry Morgenthau Jr and 28th US President Woodrow Wilson make cameo appearances as well.
Do you want to know a secret?
Beneath the very ground on which you walk and beyond the stars above your head, are more worlds than you could ever dream of. There are monsters. Be afraid. Magic, wielded by witches and sorcerers. Epic adventures in worlds far across the ocean. And fearsome weapons which threaten to destroy everything.
Jimmy Crikey is a brave soul who faces some pretty scary challenges. Solving mysteries and averting mayhem, his incredible courage allows him to free up his abilities to shine and rise above every challenge in his path, on his way to discovering why he looks so very strange.
With a bright red mop of unruly hair, big blue eyes, a small snub nose, pointed ears and enormous feet, poor Jimmy is ridiculed by the neighbourhood children and runs away in search of a world where he fits in. Following a midnight flight through the forest, he stumbles into a lost, underground world called Roombelow and magic, adventure, danger and excitement await.
From the little lady who lives at the bottom of a well, a starship that wants to take him home, trolls, little people, traders and diamonite stealers to water sprites, witches, helpful dolphins, and interplanetary warfare, Jimmy learns the biggest lessons of his life.
This is the story of Bruce, and the love he inspired in Lynne to fight for the unity of her family. Lynne, David, and Bruce maneuvered the trials of life together, thus cementing their unwavering commitment to each other as siblings. By turns funny and heartbreaking, Listen to Me is a story about being brave, finding your voice, and becoming not who you thought you were, but who you were meant to be all along.
Explore the answers to relationship questions no matter what stage
of the love game you are in.
My Dog Is My Relationship Coach is a guide to relationships that
takes its lead from the pets in our lives and the unconditional love they
offer. In our search for love, companionship, and "the one"-as well
as during our maintenance of a romantic relationship-we often lose sight of our
true selves and what we deeply desire in a life partner.
This book will help you to see clearly what it takes to heal yourself,
enhance your marriage or romantic relationships, and realize the whole person
you were meant to be while in a relationship or searching for that perfect
mate. With tips, examples, and anecdotes, this guide shares the meaning,
clarity, and deep connections that enhance the journey of finding or loving
"our person."
As identical twins Annie
and Amanda celebrate their fourteenth birthday, their father Harry is involved
in a fiery three-car crash that leaves all occupants dead.
Four years after the
accident, Amanda suddenly vanishes, and her boyfriend is found murdered. Getting
little assistance from the police, Amanda's mother seeks the help of William
Snow, a local man with a reputation for finding missing persons.
Snow begins an
investigation and soon uncovers an inexplicable link between Amanda's disappearance
and her father's deadly accident. As Snow digs further into this bizarre
connection, more people start to disappear. The case eventually leads him to an
uninhabited island, a madman known as The Driver, and the twisted truth behind
the death of Harry Crow.
I don't think there is comparable work on the market, and your trip with me will be well worth the read.
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Angel of Aleppo is a story of the Armenian Genocide, including the little-known link between the Genocide and the WW1 Anzac experience. It highlights the cruelty of the Ottoman Young Turks towards their Armenian citizens, but it is ultimately about faith and love and the redemptive power of forgiveness.
Angel of Aleppo is set from 1915 – 1919 in Anatolia (southern modern-day Turkey), Aleppo and the Mesopotamian desert, then to Beirut in 1923, and plays out in Adelaide, South Australia, from 1927 - 1966.
In May 1915, Anoush, a sixteen-year-old Armenian girl, and fellow villagers are evicted from their Anatolian village by Ottoman soldiers commanded by Ibrahim bey, a young local warlord who is obsessed by her beauty. Anoush survives, but can her heart survive, after her mother is shot before her eyes?
A massive column of evictees - women, children and old men - endure monstrous cruelties on the infamous Death Marches as they are driven south via Aleppo to the Mesopotamian desert.
Anoush meets elderly priest Apraham, and with sister Covinar, friends and Krikor, her first love, she escapes the caravan and heads west to the mountain near the Mediterranean called Musa Ler. But Ibrahim's reward offer leads to her capture and detention in Aleppo.
Aided by German medical orderly Armin Wegner*, she escapes again, learns to nurse and begins helping diseased, starving Armenians. Determined to be the woman her mother raised her to be, Anoush becomes known as the Angel of Aleppo, her courage and resolution an inspiration.
She is forced to take her chances in the Mesopotamian desert, she loses Krikor, and is captured by Ibrahim bey, but is rescued by Trooper Tom Mills of the Australian Light Horse.
By 1923, Anoush is nursing at the Australasian Orphanage at Antilyas, Beirut. She meets the eminent South Australian humanitarian Reverend James Cresswell*, who helps her find and ultimately marry Tom Mills. Over the years she remains close to Reverend Cresswell but feels cut off from her past.
Years pass; Anoush is widowed and alone. She visits the Adelaide War Memorial on the Genocide's 50th anniversary and meets former Ottoman soldier, Mehmet. Can she forgive oppressors of the innocent?
Angel of Aleppo is an expose of injustice, a thriller, a snapshot of a dark moment in history, but it is ultimately a story about the truth and the healing power of love.
*Wegner and Cresswell are actual historical figures. US Ottoman ambassador Henry Morgenthau Jr and 28th US President Woodrow Wilson make cameo appearances as well.
Are you looking for a way to earn extra income while working from home?
Perhaps you've heard of Print On Demand - but have you heard of Print On Demand SUPPLEMENTS?
We all know what supplements are: there's a wide range of them encompassing vitamins, minerals, protein shakes, enhancement product and even supplements for pets, and the market is BOOMING. But traditional supplement businesses require large investments and are often time-consuming to run.
But with print on demand supplements, you can create your own supplement brand without the need for a large upfront investment or inventory! Yes, it's straightforward, and anyone can do it!
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Never heard of this before? Well, this report "lifts the lid" on POD Supplements (see what I did there?) and exposes a huge untapped market.
And it's yours, free to download!
"Print On Demand Supplements Success" explains the POD supplement business using print on demand.
Florida's West
Coast is suffering from a bad case of Red Tide. The State of Florida and
several universities are attempting to find a solution to this problem that
could destroy the Florida tourist economy. Sandy Mason's favorite part-time
sleuth, Johnny Donohue, gets involved when crooked government contractors are
siphoning off money from the state of Florida. Johnny, along with his beautiful
Bahamian girl-friend Carmen work together in uncovering the criminals hiding in
their home town.
When a prominent
marine biologist is found dead, the police ask Johnny Donohue to help in
prosecuting some very clever thieves. Killer Tide brings us through an
understanding of what Red Tide is and its effects on the environment. It is
indeed the scourge of Florida's West Coast. Killer Tide leads us through an
understanding of what Red Tide is and the conditions which make it flourish.
The government expends millions upon millions of dollars in seeking the real causes of Red Tide. Follow
Johnny as he bends the law in seeking the criminals who want some of that money
for themselves.
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The Revolution is Coming!
An Outlawed Colony Adventure!
On a distant colony, a young couple plays a deadly game to stop a rebellion and keep their newly adopted children safe.
Mathias and Ivette were sent to earth to learn about Portal Technology. When they brought back the codes to reach the other outlawed colonies their bosses were ecstatic. Now Arcadia could develop trade directly with other the Outlawed Colonies instead of using the dangerous Portal on Earth and risking exposure to Earth's Draconian Governments and Industrial Giants.
While their families were glad they had returned, a few of them weren't as delighted to learn the pair had adopted seven cloned toddlers. Not all the Arcadian colonists are happy with the status quo either, and a rebellion is brewing. Mathias is horrified to discover his older brother is in league with the rebels. Does he betray his brother to save his family and his colony?
The rebels are furious when Mathias and Ivette return to live in the house she inherited from her grandmother. They have other plans for Ivette's property and having her and Mathias move in with their new family isn't part of those plans. When their home is invaded by the rebel army, Mathias and Ivette must not only protect their new children but defeat the conspirator's as well.
Mickey Soto is a commercial pilot hauling freight and instructing students from a small, Florida airport. Tony hires Mickey and his airplane to go after the couriers. Mickey thought his days of flying illegal cargo were behind him, but the lure of easy money and his policy of 'don't ask/don't tell' cause him to add to his history of poor decisions.
Tony's cousin, Gina, jumps in to help, and the three of the end up in a desperate cross-crountry race that leads to a West Coast pier and a fateful decision by Tony that impacts their lives in ways that none of them could have foreseen.
Jimmy's close friend Jade approaches the end of her
apprenticeship with Matilda as a witch.
There are several challenges to complete before she can
graduate as a fully qualified member of the sister's Coven. Matilda is head of
the four guardian witches of Earth's realms. But she has been called to move to
a higher level. Who will be appointed as her successor?
Jimmy is told not to help Jade directly. She must succeed in
the trials using only her skills.
When collapsing roofs threaten the cave world of Lithnia,
both Jimmy and Jade's skills are needed to save Lithnia from the giant,
rock-chewing beatles who originated in Egypt as scarabs.
The Sky Islands have been caught in tornado winds and a whirlwind.
It is tearing the islands apart, and Matilda instructs Jade to go to their aid.
Jimmy is forbidden from interfering, but he does help Jade to carry out her
plan to save the Islanders. Can the youngest witch overcome the danger?
Madam Coptra who rules the Sky Islands and has given birth
to The Weatherman's, aka Lord Oron's, son, Uran and he must be introduced to
the Coven of sister witches.
The dreaded Giant Scarabs return to their destructive
chewing of rocks which threatens the very structure of Roombelow, far away from
Lithnia.
Jimmy and Jade trace the beatles resting place to a floating
island in the Arctic seas, where the Centaurians, a race from planet Xe, in the
Alpha Centauri system, are seeking diamonites from Lithnia to protect their
planet from gamma rays being emitted by one of their suns. To save their planet
they would risk destroying Earth. Jimmy employs XRU, his talkative star ship's
navigator to help the aliens, and avoid an intergalactic war.
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