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Medals and Prizes brings together eight of the best stories and novellas by John Metcalf, a virtuosic champion of the short form.Metcalf was born in Carlisle and emigrated to Canada as a young man, where both his innovations as a prose stylist and his talent as an editor are legendary.Until now, he has never been published in Britain. Spanning more than fifty years, and ranging from some of his earliest published stories to the astonishing late-career ‘Medals and Prizes’, the work gathered here shows us a writer whose voice, at every stage, is unmistakeable.Entertaining and moving and mischievous, these elegant fictions are a homecoming for a writer ready to assume his rank among Britain’s great short fiction masters. Table of Contents:Singles Gents OnlyThe Children Green and GoldenThe Nipples of VenusGirl in GinghamDandelionsMedals and PrizesCeazar SaladKeys and Watercress
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Medals and Prizes brings together eight of the best stories and novellas by John Metcalf, a virtuosic champion of the short form.Metcalf was born in Carlisle and emigrated to Canada as a young man, where both his innovations as a prose stylist and his talent as an editor are legendary.Until now, he has never been published in Britain. Spanning more than fifty years, and ranging from some of his earliest published stories to the astonishing late-career ‘Medals and Prizes’, the work gathered here shows us a writer whose voice, at every stage, is unmistakeable.Entertaining and moving and mischievous, these elegant fictions are a homecoming for a writer ready to assume his rank among Britain’s great short fiction masters. Table of Contents:Singles Gents OnlyThe Children Green and GoldenThe Nipples of VenusGirl in GinghamDandelionsMedals and PrizesCeazar SaladKeys and Watercress
EAN: 9781911508960
Shipping Costs: 3.99 GBP
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HarperCollins Focus Defend Us In Battle : The True Story Of Ma2 Navy Seal Medal Of Honor Recipient Michael A. Monsoor
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On September 29, 2006, Michael Monsoor and two SEAL snipers watched vigilantly for enemy activity from their rooftop post in Ar Ramadi, Iraq.When a grenade thrown from insurgents bounced off Michael's chest, he could have escaped.Instead, he threw himself onto the live grenade, shielding his fellow soldiers from the immediate explosion.Michael died thirty minutes later, having made the ultimate sacrifice. As George Monsoor (Michael's father) and Rose Rea show us in Defend Us in Battle, Michael had prepared for this selfless act all his life--a life that inspires us to have a similar generosity of heart.This fast-paced, compelling biographytells the true story of a quiet boy from California who achieved his dream of becoming a Navy SEAL and saved numerous lives throughout his deploymentrecounts how Michael's childhood of asthma and being bullied made him a staunch defender of justice and passionate about never quittingdraws on interviews, military documents, and eyewitness accounts to detail Michael's remarkable military career and devotion to God and othersis an ideal gift for readers of military biographies such as Unbroken, as well as for anyone eager to remember that this world still has heroesIn addition to the Medal of Honor, Michael received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star Medal, and the Purple Heart for his years serving his country.But his greatest legacy is in the hearts of those he inspired to live, and even die, for the sake of brotherly love.
