Railway Age
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Total Pages | : 850 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Total Pages | : 850 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Railroads |
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Author | : Heather Gladney |
Publisher | : Ace Books |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780441800834 |
A desert warrior joins forces with the Liege Lord of Tan in hopes of starting a war to regain control of their homeland
Author | : Anonymous |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2022-05-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 337503315X |
Reprint of the original, first published in 1862.
Author | : John B. Keane |
Publisher | : Running Press Adult |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2004-02-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0786748990 |
A fitting tribute to John B. Keane, for decades Ireland's favorite storyteller, this winning short story collection typifies the late author's folkloric imagination and storytelling arts. These are congenial tales, too, as this literary legend views the foibles and fallibilities of Irish country folk with abundant compassion as well as a shrewd, sometimes sardonic eye. Add to that Keane's glorious sense of fun and roguery that will make readers relish all the more how and why, in "Fred Rimble," Jim Conlon kills the best friend he ever had. Or how Willie Ramley determines that his future wife will be "Guaranteed Pure." Or how, to tragic as well as comic effect, a gasp, garlic, and gossip undo Denny Bruder in "The Hanging." In all, Keane uncovers the folly in the romantic pangs, exalted aspirations, misguided mischief, and everyday shortcomings of the characters in the village of his storyteller's mind-and beyond the folly finds their humanity.
Author | : Williamson Murray |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2018-05-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400889375 |
How the Civil War changed the face of war The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might across a continent on a scale never before seen with an unprecedented mass mobilization of peoples. Yet despite the revolutionizing aspects of the Civil War, its leaders faced the same uncertainties and vagaries of chance that have vexed combatants since the days of Thucydides and the Peloponnesian War. A Savage War sheds critical new light on this defining chapter in military history. In a masterful narrative that propels readers from the first shots fired at Fort Sumter to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's army at Appomattox, Williamson Murray and Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh bring every aspect of the battlefield vividly to life. They show how this new way of waging war was made possible by the powerful historical forces unleashed by the Industrial Revolution and the French Revolution, yet how the war was far from being simply a story of the triumph of superior machines. Despite the Union’s material superiority, a Union victory remained in doubt for most of the war. Murray and Hsieh paint indelible portraits of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, and other major figures whose leadership, judgment, and personal character played such decisive roles in the fate of a nation. They also examine how the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Northern Virginia, and the other major armies developed entirely different cultures that influenced the war’s outcome. A military history of breathtaking sweep and scope, A Savage War reveals how the Civil War ushered in the age of modern warfare.
Author | : Barbara Ford |
Publisher | : Enslow Publishing, LLC |
Total Pages | : 98 |
Release | : 2014-12-15 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 0766064867 |
Renowned for his silversmithing, his ride from Boston to Lexington, Massachusetts to warn that the British were attacking made Paul Revere famous. However, Paul Revere was also involved with other events that led to the American Revolution.
Author | : Shary Flenniken |
Publisher | : New York Review of Books |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 2021-04-27 |
Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | : 1681374854 |
"Trots and Bonnie is hilarious, poignant, raunchy, gorgeously drawn, and more relevant than ever. Shary Flenniken is an absolute genius." —Roz Chast In the 1970s and 1980s, National Lampoon was home not only to some of the funniest humor writing in America but also to many of its best cartoons. One of the greatest was Trots and Bonnie by Shary Flenniken, a comic strip that followed the adventures and mishaps of the guileless teenager Bonnie and her wisecracking dog, Trots. Bonnie stumbles through the mysteries of adulthood, as Flenniken—one of the few female contributors to National Lampoon—dissects the harsh realities of American life. Dating, sex, politics, and violence are all confronted with fearlessness and outrageous humor, rendered in Flenniken’s timeless, gorgeous artwork. After all these years, they have lost none of their power to shock and amuse. This collection, handpicked by Flenniken and with an introduction by the New Yorker cartoonist Emily Flake, is the first book of Trots and Bonnie ever published in America, a long-overdue introduction to some of the most stunning and provocative comics of the twentieth century.
Author | : Peter D. Griggs |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 746 |
Release | : 2020-03-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1527548821 |
Before 1950, Australians were the world’s highest consumers of tea per capita. This book tells the story of how tea emerged as the national beverage in the Australian colonies during the nineteenth century, and explores why Australians consumed so much of the beverage for so long. Special attention is devoted to analysing the evolution of the Australian tea distribution network, especially the marketing strategies used by the tea traders to promote their products. Other topics examined here include the development of tea rituals such as afternoon tea and high tea and their role in Australian society, the local manufacture of teawares, the establishment of tea rooms and the emergence of a tea growing industry in Australia after 1960. The first comprehensive account of the history of tea in Australia, this book will be of particular interest to individuals interested in Australian history, economic and social history, and food history.
Author | : Helena Hall |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 298 |
Release | : 2014-11-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473823250 |
Helena Hall's daily diary of the war years, from 1940 to 1945, is one of the most vivid, detailed and evocative personal records of the Second World War as it was experienced by people living in an English village. In her journal she describes her everyday activities alongside momentous national and international events. The war overshadows her narrative. Each daily entry gives us an insight into the extraordinary impact of the conflict on local lives, and shows how much energy and commitment ordinary people put into the war effort. This edited edition of her previously unpublished diary, written without embellishment or hindsight, shows how she heard about the war and how she reacted to it, and how it was reported and understood. It allows the reader today to connect directly with the wartime past and to see events clearly, as they were seen at the time.
Author | : John Blaksley |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Voyages and travels |
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