A Very Rude Awakening

Author: Peter Grose
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 1741762456
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341

Book Description
In May of 1942, the war seemed very far away to most Sydneysiders - until the night the three Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour and caused an unforgettable night of mayhem, high farce, chaos and courage. A ground-breaking new look at one of the most extraordinary stories of Australia at war. On the night of 31 May 1942, Sydney was doing what it does best: partying. The theatres, restaurants, dance halls, illegal gambling dens, clubs and brothels offered plenty of choice to roistering sailors, soldiers and airmen on leave in Australia's most glamorous city. The war seemed far away. Newspapers devoted more pages to horse racing than to Hitler. That Sunday night the party came to a shattering halt when three Japanese midget submarines crept into the harbour, past eight electronic indicator loops, past six patrolling Royal Australian Navy ships, and past an anti-submarine net stretched across the inner harbour entrance. Their arrival triggered a night of mayhem, courage, chaos and high farce which left 27 sailors dead and a city bewildered. The war, it seemed, was no longer confined to distant desert and jungle. It was right here at Australia's front door. Written at the pace of a thriller and based on new first person accounts and previously unpublished official documents, A Very Rude Awakening is a ground-breaking and myth-busting look at one of the most extraordinary stories ever told of Australia at war.

Rude Awakening

Author: Sheree Ann Martines
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
ISBN: 1644620332
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
The reporters said it was a sexy story—church, money, greed, adultery, blood, a defenseless child with profound disabilities, and a good man who never saw it coming, all the elements that garnered column inches and high ratings. The main players on the stage included a talented journalist who played the organ at church, a cunning narcissist who hid behind a pretty face and a sweet demeanor, and a respected businessman and father. The plan, her plan, unfolded in the early morning hours of June 8, 1994, when a flyspeck of a man dressed in black, covetous and possessed by passion, clutched a large knife in his gloved hands and stood above his sleeping prey. He could not know, as the blade arced toward its target, how many lives would be forever changed by their crimes.

Rude Awakening

Author: P.T. Mistlberger
Publisher: John Hunt Publishing
ISBN: 1780992246
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 289

Book Description
We live in the Golden Age of publishing for spiritual, esoteric, and new age books of all conceivable stripes (and then there is the Internet). Amongst this wild proliferation of available information there has occurred a cheapening effect, in which many teachings have been watered down to make them palatable for a public with diminishing attention spans and suffering from information overload. For the sincere spiritual seeker there needs to be an awareness of the various ways we can go astray on the path, or fall off the path altogether. The whole idea of spirituality is to be awake, yet it is all too easy to simply end up in yet another dream world, thinking that we have found some higher truth. Rude Awakening: Perils, Pitfalls, and Hard Truths of the Spiritual Path is dedicated to examining, under a sharp light, the many ways our spiritual development goes wrong, or disappears altogether in the sheer crush of books and the routine grind of daily life. ,

Rude Awakening

Author: Maryann Keller
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780060973421
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288

Book Description
Drawing on the experoence of hundreds of past and present GM insiders, filled with inttrigue and humor, dramatic moments, and vivid personalities, top industry analyst Maryann Keller brings her hardhitting insight to the once-unparalleled leader of an industry--General Motors.

Rude Awakening

Author: Natalie Dae
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD)
ISBN: 1781840652
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
One man, one woman...both having a rude awakening. Will Ruby's ex—Master succeed in his kidnap plan? Harry Knowles has taught subs for years but hasn't found a subservient woman he'd like to spend the rest of his life with...until the beautiful Ruby comes into his life, stumbling onto his property in the snow and collapsing from exhaustion. He takes her into his home and nurtures her, showing her that the BDSM lifestyle she'd previously been living wasn't what BDSM is all about. Ruby has run from an abusive relationship. Having shared the past few years with a sadistic man, she's skittish and unsure of herself, but Harry encourages her to blossom. He teaches her not only the true meaning of BDSM but also to love herself—something she's failed to do in the past. Their life has the promise of being idyllic, but her former lover, a man known only as Master, has other ideas on that score...

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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 4

Book Description

Rude Awakenings

Author: Sucitto
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0861714857
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
Half down-and-dirty adventure and half inspirational memoir, this title documents an unusual pilgrimage taken by earthy scientist Nick Scott and fastidious Buddhist monk Ajahn Sucitto, who together retraced the Buddha's footsteps through India.

Rude Awakening

Author: Jacqueline James
Publisher: Silverwood Books
ISBN: 9781800420298
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
A story of loss, evolving friendship and self discovery. Hilary has never left home and at fifty-five uncomplainingly looks after her progressively disabled but feisty mother. Hilary's mother dies suddenly and she is thrown into a spiral of despair. With support from her friends she lifts herself out of her despondency, and begins to come to terms with the loss, until the discovery of a manuscript amongst her mother's things throws her into turmoil. How could she have lived with someone for so long and not had an inkling of their history? With no one else in her life, she again turns to her friends for help and in spite of their own troubles they rally round to help her through.

Awkward Truth

Author: Peter Grose
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
ISBN: 9781742692500
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
The compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement - the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942.

Rude Awakening

Author: Veronica Chadwick
Publisher: Samhain Pub Limited
ISBN: 9781605046051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Jaimee Turner spent years married to a man who demanded nothing of her--especially physically. After his unexpected death, she's finally gaining her own footing, only to find herself thrown completely off balance by Lucas, a man who awakens desires she never knew she had.