Author: Tom ReynoldsPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007435940
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 610
Book Description
Collected in one volume, here are the true life stories of London ambulance driver, Tom Reynolds.
Blood, Sweat, and Tea
Author: Tom ReynoldsPublisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 9780740771194
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An alluring mix of humor, bravery, cynicism, and compassion." --London Daily Telegraph It's the stuff of Grey's Anatomy, House, and ER--only these events aren't unfolding on a Hollywood soundstage. Have you ever wondered what's going on inside the ambulance screaming past you during your rush-hour commute? Since 2003, Tom Reynolds (writing under an alias so as not to get sacked from his job), has kept a blog where he chronicles the day-in, day-out realities of his life on the job as an EMT with the London Ambulance Service. By turns both poignant and profound, Reynolds's writing captures the very essence of life and death. From the mundane to the surreal, from the heartwarming to the cynical, from the calm to the frenetic, more than 300 entries from his popular blog at randomreality.blogware.com are included in the book. Dear Mr. Alcoholic: Would you mind awfully not swearing at me, taking a swing at me, or exposing yourself to me? I have quite enough abuse from the nondrunks out there. . . . Still, at least your fists are easy to dodge, and if I stop holding you up, you fall over. The author's hugely popular blog, Random Acts of Reality, has been named Medgadget Best Medical Blog and Best Literary Medical Blog.
The Paramedic at Work
Author: Leo McCannPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198816367
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Ambulance services and paramedics perform critical roles in contemporary healthcare economies, yet this occupation is widely misunderstood. Through in-depth interviews and ethnographic observation, Leo McCann offers the first detailed study of the nature, development, culture, and future of the paramedic profession in England.
Why Blog?
Author: Sarah PedersenPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 1780631715
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
'Weblogging' or 'blogging' has joined e-mail and Internet home pages as one of the most popular uses of the Internet. This book focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US. Motivations covered include the desire to connect with others online, the need to express opinions or blow off steam, or to share experiences, and a growing financial motivation in the blogosphere. Other motivations explored include a desire to become a 'citizen journalist', a need for validation, the commercial possibilities of blogging and the possibility of turning your blog into a published 'book'. - Expands the discussion of the blogging phenomenon outside the US - Focuses on the British blogosphere, comparing British bloggers to the more researched US - Includes a discussion of the motivations of women bloggers
More Blood, Sweat and Beers
Author: Lawrence DallaglioPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0857203460
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
In More Blood, Sweat and Beers, World Cup-winning rugby legend Lawrence Dallaglio shares his favourite stories from his time at International rugby's greatest tournament. With razor-sharp wit and good humour he lets the reader behind the closed doors of the tournament, to see what happens on and off the pitch when the cameras aren't looking. All the great names are here - Blanco, Lomu and Pienaar among them - and in his time Dallaglio has shared pints or blows (or both) with them all and has lived to tell the stories. Funny, frank and fully loaded with quick-fire banter these are the best of the best tales of the legends of the International stage.
More Blood, More Sweat and Another Cup of Tea
Author: Tom ReynoldsPublisher:
ISBN: 9781408460689
Category : Large print books
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Tom Reynolds is an Emegency Medical Technician, more commonly known as an ambulance driver. This book tells his remarkable story, full of the highs and lows of one of the most rewarding jobs in the world.
Dawn of Deliverance
Author: James R. PetersPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1440132275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
When terrorists loyal to Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe African National Union win control of the Honde Valley on the eastern border of Rhodesia, the government must decide whether to concede defeat or take a stand. Prime Minister Ian Smith decides to fight back, and he calls upon Jamie Ross, a district commissioner, to relocate 21,000 people into protected villages. To restore the Honde Valley, Ross must first re-establish authority, win over the hearts and minds of the people, and create conditions necessary to re-open the tea estates-a source of vital foreign exchange. Meanwhile, Josiah Makoni, one of Mugabe's most terrifying lieutenants, is winning followers and accumulating power with a series of vicious terrorist acts. As the war escalates, Makoni faces setbacks, and cannot escape the internal conflicts that plague his nights and lead him to question whether life is worth living. Find out whether Jamie and his team can overcome the unbridled fury of the terrorists while learning about the history of Rhodesia from multiple perspectives in Dawn of Deliverance. Learn what has happened to the country of Zimbabwe under one of the most brutal dictators in modern history.
The Overshadowing
Author: Barbara SullivanPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595144543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354
Book Description
This gripping novel imagines the life of a young girl in ancient Galilee who finds herself pregnant after being raped by an outlaw. Trapped in a dilemma as old as human history, Miriam responds with the same creativity that women have always grasped at.... And so begins the fictional story of the event that transformed the Western world. Who was the flesh-and-blood woman whose oldest son, a Jewish prophet, became the focus of a new spiritual path that neither he nor she would recognize if they could see it? Was Jesus's mother an eternal virgin? Or was she a real human being in whose suffering and joy modern women can find a true inspiration, a model with depth and substance for what womanhood can be.
Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Author: Diana GabaldonPublisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 044024644X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1198
Book Description
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The eighth book in Diana Gabaldon’s acclaimed Outlander saga, the basis for the Starz original series. “Features all the passion and swashbuckling that fans of this historical fantasy series have come to expect.”—People 1778: France declares war on Great Britain, the British army leaves Philadelphia, and George Washington’s troops leave Valley Forge in pursuit. At this moment, Jamie Fraser returns from a presumed watery grave to discover that his best friend has married his wife, his illegitimate son has discovered (to his horror) who his father really is, and his beloved nephew, Ian, wants to marry a Quaker. Meanwhile, Jamie’s wife, Claire Randall, and his sister, Jenny, are busy picking up the pieces. The Frasers can only be thankful that their daughter Brianna and her family are safe in twentieth-century Scotland. Or not. In fact, Brianna is searching for her own son, who was kidnapped by a man determined to learn her family’s secrets. Her husband, Roger, has ventured into the past in search of the missing boy . . . never suspecting that the object of his quest has not left the present. Now, with Roger out of the way, the kidnapper can focus on his true target: Brianna herself. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BOOKLIST
Author: Tom Reynolds