Backup Is Three Hours Away

Author : Mark Tregellas
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1923144286
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Backup is Three Hours Away written by Mark Tregellas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2024-06-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a gripping adventure with Mark 'Trigger' Tregellas in Backup is Three Hours Away, a true crime memoir chronicling nearly three decades of policing Victoria's remote coastal region. Trigger never knew what each shift would bring – tragedy, laughter, adventure, danger – sometimes all on the same day. Trigger's personal journey, fuelled by a thirst for adventure and special forces training, led him to the frontline of policing. He faced life-threatening situations and earned commendation for his exceptional and courageous service, recognition that came at a personal cost. Through Trigger’s career he sustained severe injuries, including a broken spine, a gunshot wound to the face and PTSD. Trigger delves into encounters with peril, unexpected twists, and heartbreaking moments, shedding light on the motivations that drive officers to willingly confront the unknown. Despite the physical and mental toll, his story is one of triumph, showcasing a resilient mindset honed through exhaustive training and the overcoming of life's challenges, including a brush with cancer. Backup is Three Hours Away is a genuine portrayal of policing, from the unpredictable and humorous moments to heart-wrenching tragedy. Trigger's narrative transcends the typical law enforcement tale, revealing indomitable human spirit and resilience – a powerful and inspirational testament to the highs and lows of a career dedicated to service. Testimonial: For anyone who has dreamt about going on a cop ‘ride-along’ to see what really happens on a shift - this book is for you! Thirty years of policing in some of the most remote and inhospitable areas in Australia, condensed into 60 bite-sized chapters, ranging from: Diving headfirst into a speeding boat while 3 kilometres offshore to arrest poachers, outwitting a career criminal with links to terrorists, subduing three Nazi-linked extremists from attacking a young girl late at night while dressed only in pyjamas, locating a decapitated head up a tree still encased in a motorcycle helmet. Traumatic, dramatic, suspenseful and at times farcical. Then there are the multiple bravery awards! There is a thin line that separates bravery from recklessness when risking your life to save others. But when you are trained, dedicated, intelligent and resourceful, members of the Thin Blue Line are ready, willing and able to take those calculated risks. Mark “Trigger” Tregellas has faced the demons and lived to tell the tale! Richard Rolfe AM Vice Patron - Australian Bravery Association

Author : Cynthia J. Cranford
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501749277
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Home Care Fault Lines written by Cynthia J. Cranford and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-06-15 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this revealing look at home care, Cynthia J. Cranford illustrates how elderly and disabled people and the immigrant women workers who assist them in daily activities develop meaningful relationships even when their different ages, abilities, races, nationalities, and socioeconomic backgrounds generate tension. As Cranford shows, workers can experience devaluation within racialized and gendered class hierarchies, which shapes their pursuit of security. Cranford analyzes the tensions, alliances, and compromises between security for workers and flexibility for elderly and disabled people, and she argues that workers and recipients negotiate flexibility and security within intersecting inequalities in varying ways depending on multiple interacting dynamics. What comes through from Cranford's analysis is the need for deeply democratic alliances across multiple axes of inequality. To support both flexible care and secure work, she argues for an intimate community unionism that advocates for universal state funding, designs culturally sensitive labor market intermediaries run by workers and recipients to help people find jobs or workers, and addresses everyday tensions in home workplaces.

Author : Colin Burgess
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319305638
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faith 7 written by Colin Burgess and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-17 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the final spaceflight in the Mercury series, flown by NASA astronaut Gordon Cooper, who led an adventurous life in the cockpit of airplanes and spacecraft alike, and on his Mercury mission he became the last American ever to rocket into space alone. He flew in the Mercury and Gemini programs and served as head of flight crew operations in both the Apollo and Skylab programs. Based on extensive research and first-person interviews, this is a complete history of the Faith 7 flight and its astronaut. Cooper later gained notoriety following the release of the movie, The Right Stuff, in which he was depicted by Dennis Quaid, but Burgess discovers there was even more drama to his story. It completes the "Pioneers in Early Spaceflight" subseries in fitting fashion.

Author : Tom Donnelly
Publisher : Savant Books and Publications
ISBN 13 : 0988664003
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blessed Are the Peacekeepers written by Tom Donnelly and published by Savant Books and Publications. This book was released on 2013-05 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seeking a mid-life adventure, Detective Mike Granger leaves his small city police department in New Hampshire to join the little-known United Nations Police Force. While facing armed assailants and bloody riots in war-torn Kosovo, he slowly learns the skills necessary to survive. The final test will be if he and the UN Spec-Ops team he now leads can protect a young human-trafficking victim who has been targeted for death by a brutal crime boss.

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2536 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Communications Commission Reports written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 1979-01-05 with total page 2536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ray Rankins
Publisher : Sams Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780672324673
Total Pages : 1566 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed written by Ray Rankins and published by Sams Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 1566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed, 2E" offers a variety of topics for system and database administrators to help them learn new features of the product and to solve problems they face on a daily basis. It shows them how to build upon their working knowledge of the product and take their experience and knowledge to a higher level. This new edition of "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Unleashed" covers the latest updates and service packs to SQL Server 2000, including full support for XML, notification services, and SQL Server CE.

Author : United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2486 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Federal Communications Commission Reports written by United States. Federal Communications Commission and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 2486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robbie E. Davis-Floyd
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520918738
Total Pages : 525 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge written by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 525 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This benchmark collection of cross-cultural essays on reproduction and childbirth extends and enriches the work of Brigitte Jordan, who helped generate and define the field of the anthropology of birth. The authors' focus on authoritative knowledge—the knowledge that counts, on the basis of which decisions are made and actions taken—highlights the vast differences between birthing systems that give authority of knowing to women and their communities and those that invest it in experts and machines. Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge offers first-hand ethnographic research conducted by anthropologists in sixteen different societies and cultures and includes the interdisciplinary perspectives of a social psychologist, a sociologist, an epidemiologist, a staff member of the World Health Organization, and a community midwife. Exciting directions for further research as well as pressing needs for policy guidance emerge from these illuminating explorations of authoritative knowledge about birth. This book is certain to follow Jordan's Birth in Four Cultures as the definitive volume in a rapidly expanding field.

Author : Rebecca Seal
Publisher : Souvenir Press
ISBN 13 : 1800816898
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Be Bad, Better written by Rebecca Seal and published by Souvenir Press. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'An anthem! A permission slip! Freedom to be us in full glory and messiness ... a fun and freeing read' Melissa Hemsley 'What a powerful, freeing, thought-provoking read this is. I let out a breath I hadn't even realised I was holding' Anna Mathur You do not have to be good. At some point, you'll have absorbed the message that being good is to be calm, efficient and tidy. Wise and well-meaning people offer to help you become worthy, to be positive and productive and to always say 'yes, I can!' But what if this is wrong? And what if some of the things we've been told are bad, are just as useful as the good? Blending science, expert interviews and practical advice, here is the flipside of everything we've been told we should be - and how the bad parts are really not so bad after all. You'll discover: - Why it's helpful to feel angry - How it's counterproductive to always be productive - How laziness can improve your relationships - Why your body is, and has always been, absolutely fine - How clutter inspires creativity and enhances your sense of place - Why mindlessness is good for your mental health Be Bad, Better is not an invitation to start misbehaving but it is about taking what you think are your worst bits and asking what they could do to serve you. Examining how society polices our behaviour and artificially constructs the good and bad, here is a thoughtful and eminently helpful guide to reassessing your ideas of success, embracing every part of yourself and being bad, better.

Author : Randy H. Greer
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1463401299
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kings Corners written by Randy H. Greer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-05-16 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the pages of a lost journal comes the true story of a small town police officer in the 1980s. Author, Randy H. Greer, details his experiences fighting crime in an era when resources were slim, backup was far away, and danger was often present. Equipped only with a badge and revolver Greer patrolled the streets and back roads of this rural community battling ruffians, gun runners, thieves, killers, and even town officials. Greers memoirs include accounts of manhunts and murders, sheriffs and shenanigans, triumphs and tragedies, punctuated with historical events of the region. Working the night shift, Greer shares details of a world virtually unknown by most, a world where criminal activity hides under the cover of darkness. A personal account of the life and times of a small town police officer, this book serves as a tribute to those who dedicate their lives to protect and serve.