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|  | | 101 InSpirational Quotes
Quotes about life, love, living and change
101 Inspirational Quotes is a collection of my own quotes about life, love, living and personal development, and how to set about making a real, everlasting change in your own life, as well as in the lives of others around you.
Accompanying each quote are also a few personal thoughts about that specific quote, making it individual and more meaningful to the reader wanting to grow, develop and make a real change in his or her life. A must-read if you're feeling low, or feel stuck or disillusioned with life and struggling to move on. | |  | | Bouncers and Bodyguards
A collection of over 20 fascinating true stories from well known bouncers and bodyguards worldwide.
Bouncers and Bodyguards is a revealing collection of outrageous true tales about life on the doors and in the personal protection game from some of Britain's most notorious figures. Read how Charlie Bronson helped his friends out on the doors of his local in the early '70s before being banged up for well over 30 years; how former East End gangster Dave Courtney misses the violent world of the doors; how a bizarre comment about a banana skin by Prince Charles confused Ken Wharfe, personal bodyguard to Charles and the late Princess Diana; how a covert security operation in Moscow went embarrassi | |  | | Britain's Toughest Women
Britain's Toughest Women spotlights some of the toughest female bodyguards, bouncers, bodybuilders, boxers, martial artists and MMA fighters in the UK; women who live, work or play in a tough world.
Britain's Toughest Women spotlights some of the toughest female bodyguards, bouncers, bodybuilders, boxers, martial artists and MMA fighters in the UK; women who live, work or play in a tough world.
Biography based chapters, looking at their past, present and plans for the future, what inspires and motivates them, and why they do what they do!
For some it's having a tough, challenging or traumatic upbringing, or feeling an underachiever at home or at school, or being bullied, or abused, or being pushed into things by their friends or family, or just overcoming life's challeng | |  | | Confessions of a Doorman
More hard-hitting stories from nightclub doors and bodyguarding worldwide.
Following on from the success of his best selling book Doing the Doors, doorman, bodyguard, ex-mercenary and martial arts expert Robin Barratt recalls more hard-hitting stories from his frequently violent life on nightclub doors around the UK. Barratt also records a few incredible and often hilarious takes from his time as a bodyguard in France, Russia and the Ukraine. After being sent to clean up one of the most famous nightclubs in Paris, Barratt found himself 'hanging out' with a top Hollywood actor. In the Ukraine he came up against corrupt officials, and in Russia he worked alongside ex-R | |  | | Doing the Doors
Doing The Doors is an inside account of how the door trade works in the UK and a no-holds-barred insight into a twilight world.
Written with pace, humour and unflinching honesty, "Doing the Doors" is a riveting insight into the life of a modern-day doorman: the gangs, the drugs, the girls, and the clubs.
The product of a broken home, Robin began his door career cleaning up bikers' pubs in Norwich before being exposed by The Times for a steroid-dealing ring. Moving to London, he worked with Rhino from TV's Gladiators before training to be a bodyguard and going to Thailand to work on a Michael Jackson tour.
In Manchester, on the doors, he encountered some of the most violent gangs in the country, exper | |  | | Lonely - A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Loneliness and Being Alone
Featuring 118 contributions from 57 writers in 26 countries, LONELY, is an extraordinary, unique and eclectic mixture of both traditional and modern verse, and short prose.
diverse backgrounds and cultures of the writers, and all writing in their own unique style, LONELY - A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Loneliness and Being Alone, is an extraordinary, unique and eclectic mixture of both traditional and modern verse, and short prose, from writers around the world.
Focusing on just about every aspect of loneliness and being alone, and covering topics as diverse as old age, bereavement, abandonment, divorce, entrapment, unrequited love, depression, trauma, failure and addiction, as well as the more abstract and esoteric, LONELY is already being acclaim | |  | | Love - A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Loving and Being in Love
Ffeaturing 194 contributions from 86 writers and poets around the world, all writing in their own unique, wonderful and occasionally quirky way about loving and being in love.
In the second of the Collections of Poetry and Prose book series, LOVE - A Collection of Poetry and Prose on Loving and Being in Love features 194 contributions from 86 writers and poets around the world, all writing in their own unique, wonderful and occasionally quirky way about loving and being in love.
From rural towns and villages in Africa, Asia and India, and the tiny islands of Bahrain and Shetland, to the bustling metropolises of Europe, the Americas and Australasia, with an eclectic mixture of both traditional and modern verse, as well as the more abstract and esoteric, and | |  | | Mammoth Book of Hard Bastards
A collection of stories about the world's toughest men.
They know who they are and what they are capable of. Cross them at your peril.
No real hard bastard needs to brag or bully; most are modest, thoughtful and quiet. They have nothing to prove, as opposed to wannabe tough guys, who may pump themselves full of steroids or devote themselves to the study of a martial art, but can they handle themselves during an aggressive confrontation?
It is the real hard bastard's absolute willingness to fight literally anyone, his ability to be uncompromisingly violent, his complete lack of fear, and unwillingness to admit defeat that makes him | |  | | Maria's Story
Maria's Story is a story about love, hope and survival.
Based on true events, Maria's Story is a story about love, hope and survival. Maria lost her legs when she was five years old, falling between a train and the platform while on her way to visit her grandmother in Siberia. At 17, during a village summer festival, she was kidnapped by a group of gypsies and smuggled to Moscow, where she was forced to beg. Living in squalor and unable to contact her family back home, she was forced into a gypsy marriage, repeatedly raped, and eventually fell pregnant. Not wanting her baby to be born into that terrible environment, she finally managed to escape co | |  | | More of My Beautiful Bahrain
Short stories and poetry about life and living in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Following on from My Beautiful Bahrain, written by both locals and expats with fascinating personal 'life' stories, tourist-type information and fact based contributions, some wonderful poetry and compelling fiction (set in the Kingdom), More of My Beautiful Bahrain is another varied and unique collection of short stories and poetry about life and living on this tiny little island in the Arabian Sea. Twenty-seven chapters by 24 writers including; English, Irish, American, Canadian, Pakistani, Indian, Palestinian, Kuwaiti, Australian, Nepalese, Yemeni and German, with contributions from Bahrain | |  | | My Beautiful Bahrain
A collection of short stories and poetry about life and living in the Kingdom of Bahrain.
Bahrain is beautiful, for many reasons- but it is mainly beautiful, in my eyes, because it is a country that embraces. The historical and cultural metamorphosis of this island is reflected in the aggregate of identities, accents and mini-cultures. Like the pearl, Bahrain has many layers and that only further adds to its lustre. The past attests to its present and the future is silent in waiting for its becoming. (Nawf T. Al-Bassam).
Bahrain's beauty is not aesthetic, it is not visual - it's beauty is much deeper, hidden, and much more personal. In this way, and to many people, Bahrain is b | |  | | Respect and Reputation - On The Doors, In Prison and In Life
In this increasingly violent and troubled world, people demand to be respected. But what is exactly is respect?
In this increasingly violent and troubled world, people demand to be respected. But what is exactly is respect? Is it learned or earned? How do you go from being a 'nobody' to a 'somebody'? How do you respect others and equally how can you get other people to respect you? Can you only be truly respected if you have a reputation? There is probably no one more qualified to talk about respect and reputation in prison than Charles Bronson. Tagged one of the most violent prisoners in the UK, Charlie has spent over thirty years in solitary confinement, is respected by both prisoners and wardens alik |
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