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"I had not lived in the former pit village of Lynemouth since 1961 but the winding road north from Newcastle will always be the same nostalgic highway, each twist charged with vivid memories and powerful emotions...." So begins a story full of wonderful humour, emotional candour, and hardy tales of tough times - a quietly epic family saga set amid the pit villages of the Northeast. It stretches from the 1920s, before Sid's parents had even met, to the final closing of the mine and his mother's death, in 1999.

Sid Owen is best known for playing the hapless but loveable EastEnders character Ricky Butcher, one of Britain’s most enduring soap icons. What people don’t know is that Sid’s early life saw more drama than anything his character endured. His father was an armed robber who was sent to prison when Sid was very young. Sid went out 'on the rob' from an early age, breaking into shops and seeing it as a big adventure. Sid lived happily with his mum and siblings on a sprawling North London council estate until he was seven, when his mum died and the brothers were split up.

Over his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world's most popular video games, including Sid Meier's Civilization, which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulated more than one billion hours of play. Sid Meier's Memoir! is the story of an obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multibillion-dollar industry.

Whether you're an experienced runner or a complete beginner, this inspiring book will motivate you to train your body and mind to complete one of the hardest physical feats of all—an ultramarathon.

The third of Judy Garland's five husbands, Sid Luft was the one man in her life who stuck around. He was chiefly responsible for the final act of Judy's meteoric comeback after she was unceremoniously booted off the MGM lot: he produced her iconic, Oscar-nominated vehicle A Star Is Born and expertly shaped her concert career.

From the wounds left by the civil war to the teams’ recent global domination, historian and expert on Spanish football, Sid Lowe lifts the lid on sport’s greatest rivalry. Lowe has spoken to the biggest names and the forgotten heroes who defined their clubs. Men like Alfredo Di Stéfano and Johan Cruyff as well as the only survivor of the most politically charged game in history, the Barcelona striker who knocked Madrid out of the European Cup for the first time ever, and the president who celebrated his club’s defining moment by taking a midnight dip in the Thames.

In 2013, I had a dream that rocked my world. If you had asked me, if I thought that Jesus was coming back in my lifetime, I would have said yes-but deep in my heart, I would not have been sure. But all that has changed. I was not even thinking about the Lord's return when I had the most vivid dream. God spoke to me three times and said, "I am coming back soon! I am coming back soon! I am coming back soon! What did this mean? It means exactly what He said."

The award-winning LaLiga podcast from Phil Kitromilides, Sid Lowe and Alex Kirkland. Every Monday throughout the season.

Become naturally supernatural! Divine encounters with the supernatural - signs, wonders, miracles, healings, and gifts of the Holy Spirit - should be normal among those who follow Jesus! Yet, many of the Messiah's followers are tired, bored, and spiritually hungry, desperate for something powerful and transformational. There is an intimacy with God waiting for us that few have experienced!

Sid Phillips's account of his experiences in the 1st Marine Division fighting on Guadalcanal in the early days of World War II.

The Sex Pistols are a punk rock band renowned for initiating the UK punk movement. They went on to become one of the most influential bands in the history of popular music. This is their final interview. The following audiobook contains explicit language.

One of Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman's most beloved books, this rip-snortin' saga of a young man and his butler bound for California during the great Gold Rush was just made to be read by a full cast. Our collection of coots, codgers, geezers, and outlaws will have you laughing out loud...when you're not holding your breath in suspense!

Culture eats strategy for lunch. Informed cultures drive decisions and inspire action. At the Data Culture Podcast we talk with execs, visionaries, and data experts so that you may move from idea to outcome in your own data culture journey. Curiosity intersected with data can inform and inspire change for the betterment of all. Let's build cultures to make this happen.

In this series Ex Prison Officers tell their harrowing stories of dealing with violent inmates, murderers, rapists and pedophiles in a job that is rarely spoken about.Violence, murder, riots, are just part of the absurdity of daily life in a maximum security facility.It is a tough job, facing down terrifying inmates, with negotiation skills, and bare hands, the only weapons at your disposal.​Prison Chronicles tells the never before heard stories of life in prison, from the mouths of those men and women who have lived it. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

We are Sid and Nancy; event organisers, swingers and kinksters from Liverpool, UK. Happily married and extremely open minded, we just want to bring you an honest and eye opening look into our lives and the lifestyle that we love! Join us as we meet guest's from across all parts of the adult industries, stamping out the stigmas and having a lot of laughs along the way! Email: info@sexpistolsparties.co.uk Insta: thesexpistols_townhouseclubuk https://sexpistolsparties.co.uk/

See him? That little tramp twitching a postage stamp of a mustache, politely lifting his bowler hat, and leaning on a bamboo cane with the confidence of a gentleman? A slapstick comedian, he blazed forth as the brightest movie star in the Hollywood heavens. Everyone knew Charlie - Charlie Chaplin.

These true stories are your unique, personal opportunities to enjoy a taste of Heaven from here on earth. Heaven Is Beyond Your Wildest Expectations shares the testimonies of 10 ordinary people who have been to Heaven - having died and returned, or in a vision or dream. These real-life, modern-day stories inspire faith that, no matter what happens here on earth, all troubles are momentary, light afflictions compared to the glory that awaits you in Heaven.

Meet Rowena Halley, a former human rights activist turned academic. Rowena thought teaching on US college campuses would be a lot safer than interviewing torture victims in Russia. Boy, was she wrong. Rowena quickly gets caught up in campus intrigue that threatens to turn deadly. Meanwhile, the life and lover she thought she’d left behind in Moscow might not be so firmly back in the past as she’d believed.

Everyone wants to be happy. Everyone. We certainly have opinions about what choices someone might make to get there but we absolutely want happiness, and as much of it as possible. Six Truths is simple, accessible, cutting edge, edgy, and, most of all, necessary. Sid Garza-Hillman has taken all he's learned as a nutritionist, philosopher, speaker, podcaster, Small-Steps coach, ultramarathoner, father, and husband, and distilled it into Six Truths. Six truths that, if you live by them, will deliver you a happy life.

While we wait for the moment of heaven's release, God is waiting for a willing vessel to step forward. Birthed in Israel through divine encounter, Accessing the Greater Glory is a prophetic summons first announced by the prophet Joel.