The Hawk And The Hare

Based on a true story. It is 1944 and the young Canadians of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry have had enough of drills and night marches and waiting. Private Ewen Morrison is 21 years old when he joins the regiment in Sussex and meets his new platoon, including Reggie Johnson, an Indigenous soldier from Ontario's Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve. His new friend supplements the army's training with some of his own, helping to prepare Ewen for scouting missions against the enemy. Landing on Juno Beach, the men confront the brutal reality of war as they advance across northern Europe with the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division. Reggie's bravery, skill and authority soon earn him a field promotion, but not necessarily the respect of all the men in his platoon. Based on war diaries and regimental records, The Hawk and the Hare is inspired by the real-life experience of the author's father. This is not the story of generals and officers, but of the men on the ground and the hardships they endured. Exploring themes of friendship, culture and valour, The Hawk and the Hare honors the young men who fought to liberate Europe in the final months of the Second World War.

In the vast forest, there were a rabbit and a hawk lived at the same tree with their children, but the hawk thought that she was above and stronger than the rabbit, so she stole the rabbit's kits and kept them in her nest. Let's see how the rabbit could help her kits or not and how the story will end. Fables are the best stories for children but adults too. Why? Because they are usually short and send an important message that you can learn from. If your child loves stories where animals are presented as the main characters and are fictional get this book now. We all have grown up with amazing fables and life has always been easier because we have learned many important life lessons. You can always return reading fables when you feel stuck. Don't be surprised if you find your answer in a story. Don't let your responsibilities to get you away from them, especially from reading to your child. But always be ready with more, which is why you need this book. It is filled with unique and special fables that every child and adult will find fascinating. Give your child a chance to learn through stories, because it is the easiest and most promising way for a steady and healthy childhood. It is never enough, you will never get bored reading fables, so get this book and enjoy every story!

“WHO DARES DISTURB THE CRYPT OF THE IMMORTAL SPACE BITCHES?” The answer may very well be here—along with blatant abuse of Nerf weapons, highly questionable pizza toppings, murderous exploding penguins, shopping-mall zombie mayhem, the ponderous ponderings of Twisp and Catsby, and the libidinous juice machine that shall remain nameless (at least on the book cover)—in the seventh Penny Arcade collection. Inside you’ll find • Every full-color Penny Arcade strip from 2006—along with all-new, supposedly insightful commentary from the genial creators! • Sixteen pages of brand-spanking-new bonus material that’s not to be missed! • The Sorcelator! • And more, from the New York Times bestselling alteregos of those gaming-obsessed, pop-culture hellions Gabe and Tycho!

‘A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them’. At the end of the twentieth-century an old woman sits among the birch trees and thinks back over her life, her loves, and the joys and tragedies that have befallen her family and her people. She is a member of the Evenki tribe who wander the remote forests of north-eastern China with their herds of reindeer, living in close sympathy with nature at its most beautiful and cruel. An idyllic childhood playing by the river ends with her father’s death and the growing realisation that her mother’s and uncle’s relationship is not as simple as she thought. Then, in the 1930s, the intimate, secluded world of the tribe is shattered when the Japanese army invades China. The Evenki cannot avoid being pulled into the brutal conflict which marks the first step towards the end of their isolation... In The Last Quarter of the Moon, prize-winning novelist Chi Zijian, creates a dazzling epic about an extraordinary woman bearing witness not just to the stories of her tribe but also to the transformation of China.

A Hawk in the Sun brilliantly shows the passion of a true scientist. The research was of the nesting and other habits of the ferruginous hawk-an extremely shy and difficult-to-study bird that is the largest hawk in North America. The reader will be emotionally involved from the fight between a pair of hawks and a coyote through the author's description of Penelope, the stay-at-home mom, to the poignant death of a hawk chick. Book jacket.