Author: Kim Cheng Boey
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
ISBN: 1920882502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Kim Chen Boey writes a travel memoir which explores the condition of the migrant writer, living between the place of his birth, his adopted country, and the wider world; between the past and the present; between the city he is in, and the cities that live in his memory and imagination. The book maps his trajectory through India, China, Pakistan, to Egypt and Morocco, during the year of his wandering between his native Singapore and his new home in Berowra. His essays offer memorable portraits of his parents and grandparents, friends and teachers, barbers and backpackers, the handicapped and the poor. Boey is a poet and he brings poetic sensibility to make this writing of the most powerful kind.
Between Stations
Author: Kim Cheng Boey
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
ISBN: 1920882502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Kim Chen Boey writes a travel memoir which explores the condition of the migrant writer, living between the place of his birth, his adopted country, and the wider world; between the past and the present; between the city he is in, and the cities that live in his memory and imagination. The book maps his trajectory through India, China, Pakistan, to Egypt and Morocco, during the year of his wandering between his native Singapore and his new home in Berowra. His essays offer memorable portraits of his parents and grandparents, friends and teachers, barbers and backpackers, the handicapped and the poor. Boey is a poet and he brings poetic sensibility to make this writing of the most powerful kind.
Publisher: Giramondo Publishing
ISBN: 1920882502
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Kim Chen Boey writes a travel memoir which explores the condition of the migrant writer, living between the place of his birth, his adopted country, and the wider world; between the past and the present; between the city he is in, and the cities that live in his memory and imagination. The book maps his trajectory through India, China, Pakistan, to Egypt and Morocco, during the year of his wandering between his native Singapore and his new home in Berowra. His essays offer memorable portraits of his parents and grandparents, friends and teachers, barbers and backpackers, the handicapped and the poor. Boey is a poet and he brings poetic sensibility to make this writing of the most powerful kind.
Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Bulletin
Author:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Report
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Bulletin
Author: United States. Bureau of Mines
Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
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Publisher:
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Category : Mines and mineral resources
Languages : en
Pages : 1560
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Report of the Chief of Engineers
Author: United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
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Category : Harbors
Languages : en
Pages : 1418
Book Description
Computers in Railways X
Author: John J. Allan
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845641779
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1009
Book Description
This book updates the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight and transit systems. Including papers from the Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems, the book will be of interest to railway management, consultants, railway engineers (including signal and control engineers), designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists. Themes of interest include: Planning; Human Factors; Computer Techniques, Management and languages; Decision Support Systems; Systems Engineering; Electromagnetic Compatibility and Lightning; Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS); Freight; Advanced Train Control; Train Location; CCTV/Communications; Operations Quality; Timetables; Traffic Control; Global Navigation using Satellite Systems; Online Scheduling and Dispatching; Dynamics and Wheel/Rail Interface; Power Supply; Traction and Maglev; Obstacle Detection and Collision Analysis; Railway Security.
Publisher: WIT Press
ISBN: 1845641779
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 1009
Book Description
This book updates the use of computer-based techniques, promoting their general awareness throughout the business management, design, manufacture and operation of railways and other advanced passenger, freight and transit systems. Including papers from the Tenth International Conference on Computer System Design and Operation in the Railway and Other Transit Systems, the book will be of interest to railway management, consultants, railway engineers (including signal and control engineers), designers of advanced train control systems and computer specialists. Themes of interest include: Planning; Human Factors; Computer Techniques, Management and languages; Decision Support Systems; Systems Engineering; Electromagnetic Compatibility and Lightning; Reliability, Availability, Maintainability and Safety (RAMS); Freight; Advanced Train Control; Train Location; CCTV/Communications; Operations Quality; Timetables; Traffic Control; Global Navigation using Satellite Systems; Online Scheduling and Dispatching; Dynamics and Wheel/Rail Interface; Power Supply; Traction and Maglev; Obstacle Detection and Collision Analysis; Railway Security.
Report
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2854
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2854
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Information Circular
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 850
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Category : Mine safety
Languages : en
Pages : 850
Book Description
Annual Reports of the War Department
Author: United States. War Department
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1316
Book Description