Have you ever wondered what is really going on behind the scenes as you are boarding an aircraft? Why the air-hostess greets you in a cheerful manner or has a look of sour-milk etched on her face? This book tells it all: a fascinating insight into what my life within an airline was really like, a no-holes barred account of what happened behind those curtains. Working as a Purser for seven years with Virgin Atlantic Airlines, I experienced some remarkable scenes and situations, from air rage to pilots' double lives, from wild ranch parties to millennium fever, which I have now captured on...
Have you ever wondered what is really going on behind the scenes as you are boarding an aircraft? Why the air-hostess greets you in a cheerful manner ...
The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion
When William Henry Harrison died in April 1841, just one month after his inauguration, Vice President John Tyler assumed the presidency. It was a controversial move by this Southern gentleman, who had been placed on the fractious Whig ticket with the hero of Tippecanoe in order to sweep Andrew Jackson's Democrats, and their imperial tendencies, out of the White House.
Soon Tyler was beset by the Whigs' competing factions. He vetoed the charter for a new...
The first "accidental president," whose secret maneuverings brought Texas into the Union and set secession in motion
A vivid and fast-paced history, Gary May's Bending toward Justice offers a dramatic account of the birth and precarious life of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. It is an extraordinary story of the intimidation and murder of courageous activists who struggled to ensure that all Americans would be able to exercise their right to vote. May outlines the divisions within the Civil Rights Movement, describes the relationship between President Johnson and Martin Luther King Jr., and captures the congressional politics of the 1960s. Bending toward Justice is especially timely, given that the...
A vivid and fast-paced history, Gary May's Bending toward Justice offers a dramatic account of the birth and precarious life of the 1965 Voting...
