Uggie--My Story

INSPIRED by the true story of a dog named Rip who was the first search-and-rescue dog during the Second World War, Mr. Scraps is a heartwarming story of courage, love and devotion that will appeal to parents and children alike.
Bobby, a seven-year-old rescue dog of dubious heritage, lives with his Master and uses his sense of smell to navigate the world. His Boy is missing in action, his Lady has slipped down the rabbit-hole and there’s little excitement in his life. No sooner had his Master told him they were at war than the terror-birds started dropping the egg-bombs that forever change his world.

Through Bobby’s perceptive eyes, ears, and nose, the reader experiences the life of a canine victim of war. Alone and terrified, he encounters only death and fire-stink until he is befriended by a scab-kneed boy called Lawrie who names him Mr. Scraps, and Harry, a fireman who realises how useful he could be.

In a daily game of seek-and-reward Mr. Scraps becomes the first ever search-and-rescue dog. Between them, he and Harry find more than three hundred dead or dying and are almost killed in the process. After the war Mr. Scraps is awarded the Dickin Medal (the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross).

Robin Wright, an acclaimed foreign correspondent and television commentator, has covered the region for four decades. She witnessed the full cycle, from extremism’s angry birth and globalization to the rise of new movements transforming the last bloc of countries to hold out against democracy. Now, in Rock the Casbah, she chronicles the new order being shaped by youthinspired revolts toppling leaders, clerics repudiating al Qaeda, playwrights and poets crafting messages of a counter-jihad, comedians ridiculing militancy, hip-hop rapping against guns and bombs, and women mobilizing for their own rights.

This new counter-jihad has many goals. For some, it’s about reforming the faith. For others, it’s about reforming political systems. For most, it’s about achieving basic rights. The common denominator is the rejection of venomous ideologies and suicide bombs, plane hijackings, hostage-takings, and mass violence to achieve those ends.

With more than one trillion dollars in bonds outstanding, the Canadian fixed income market is enormous. In fact, its daily trading volume is almost five times that of the equity markets. Yet investors and even many financial advisors know little about it. In Your Best Interest demystifies the retail fixed income market, from the basics of a bond to the various products available to a full discussion of the mathematics of bonds and the bond market. It also provides useful tips on selecting the right advisor. In Your Best Interest gives you the tools to meet your income and retirement needs by making the retail fixed income market less expensive, more accessible, and more efficient.

Moses Znaimer, media pioneer, creator of channels like Citytv, MuchMusic, Bravo! etc. and Founder of ZoomerMedia Limited has launched his first eBook series entitled THE ZOOMER PHILOSOPHY.

Inspired by Hugh Hefner’s The Playboy Philosophy, Znaimer originally set out to write 10 chapters on what he considers to be today’s last taboo – age and aging. Yet no matter how “old” you are, THE ZOOMER PHILOSOPHY reveals the secrets and the science to living better, longer, healthier, happier, richer, and yes, sexier too!

As shown in the initial outline below, the series is a never-ending chronicle of mature issues that range from sex and inheritance to health and finance:

Chapter 1: A SHORT HISTORY OF ATTITUDES TO AGING
Chapter 2: THE REAL CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS: YOUTH VERSUS AGE
Chapter 3: SEX & AGING: THE JOKE’S ON THEM
Chapter 4: GROWING UP FINANCIALLY … AGAIN
Chapter 5: THE BEST WAY TO KEEP GOING IS TO KEEP GOING OR RETIREMENT CAN KILL YOU
Chapter 6: POLITICS OF THE UNDEAD: LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED
Chapter 7: INHERITANCE: BIRTHRIGHT OR LEGACY? LIVE WELL, DO GOOD, DIE BROKE
Chapter 8: THE UNIVERSAL ZOOMER DESIGNING FOR THE MATURE
Chapter 9: CONSUMER IS GOOD FOR EVERYONE
Chapter 10: WHO’S ZOOMING WHO? THE MYTH OF THE LOOMING HEALTH-CARE CRISIS

Look for the upcoming Volume 2 and 3 series. Also note chapters can be purchased individually.

Do you toss your investment and banking statements in a box, unopened? Does the word “investment” make you frown? Are you afraid to look at your money during a recession? Are you worried that you’ll have to retire to the back seat of your car? 

Alison Griffiths gives you easy, prescriptive advice on how to take charge of your money. Learn where to put your money so that it stays safe through market fluctuations. Figure out how bank and investment fees work, and decide for yourself if you’re getting enough value for your money.