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Category : Underground press publications
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Primo
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Category : Underground press publications
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Publisher:
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Category : Underground press publications
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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Wallace's American Trotting Register ...
Author: John Hankins Wallace
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Languages : en
Pages : 1254
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Pages : 1254
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The Flyer
Author: Martin Francis
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191616966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Between 1939 and 1945, the British public was spellbound by the martial endeavours and dashing style of the young men of the RAF, especially those with silvery fabric wings sewn above the breast pocket of their glamorous slate-blue uniform. Martin Francis provides the first scholarly study of the place of 'the flyer' in British culture during the Second World War. Examining the lives of RAF personnel, and their popular representation in literary and cinematic texts, he illuminates broader issues of gender, social class, national and racial identities, emotional life, and the creation of a national myth in twentieth-century Britain. In particular, Francis argues that the flyer's relationship to fear, aggression, loss of his comrades, bodily dismemberment, and psychological breakdown reveals broader ambiguities surrounding the dominant understandings of masculinity in the middle decades of the century. Despite his star appeal, cultural representations of the flyer encompassed both the gentle, chivalrous warrior and the uncompromising agent of destruction. Paying particular attention to the romantic universe of wartime aircrew, Francis reveals the extraordinary contrasts of their daily lives: dicing with death in the sky one moment, before sitting down to lunch with wives and children in the next. Male and female experiences during the war were not polarized and antithetical, but were complementary and interrelated, a conclusion which has implications for the history of gender in modern Britain that reach well beyond either the specialized military culture of the wartime RAF or the chronological parameters of the Second World War.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191616966
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 287
Book Description
Between 1939 and 1945, the British public was spellbound by the martial endeavours and dashing style of the young men of the RAF, especially those with silvery fabric wings sewn above the breast pocket of their glamorous slate-blue uniform. Martin Francis provides the first scholarly study of the place of 'the flyer' in British culture during the Second World War. Examining the lives of RAF personnel, and their popular representation in literary and cinematic texts, he illuminates broader issues of gender, social class, national and racial identities, emotional life, and the creation of a national myth in twentieth-century Britain. In particular, Francis argues that the flyer's relationship to fear, aggression, loss of his comrades, bodily dismemberment, and psychological breakdown reveals broader ambiguities surrounding the dominant understandings of masculinity in the middle decades of the century. Despite his star appeal, cultural representations of the flyer encompassed both the gentle, chivalrous warrior and the uncompromising agent of destruction. Paying particular attention to the romantic universe of wartime aircrew, Francis reveals the extraordinary contrasts of their daily lives: dicing with death in the sky one moment, before sitting down to lunch with wives and children in the next. Male and female experiences during the war were not polarized and antithetical, but were complementary and interrelated, a conclusion which has implications for the history of gender in modern Britain that reach well beyond either the specialized military culture of the wartime RAF or the chronological parameters of the Second World War.
Serious Moonlight
Author: Jenn Bennett
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534425160
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
“An atmospheric, multilayered, sex-positive romance.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately. Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where Birdie waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1534425160
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
“An atmospheric, multilayered, sex-positive romance.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately. Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard shift at a historic Seattle hotel. In her new job, Birdie hopes to blossom from introverted dreamer to brave pioneer, and gregarious Daniel Aoki volunteers to be her guide. The hotel’s charismatic young van driver shares the same nocturnal shift and patronizes the waterfront Moonlight Diner where Birdie waits for the early morning ferry after work. Daniel also shares her appetite for intrigue, and he’s stumbled upon a real-life mystery: a famous reclusive writer—never before seen in public—might be secretly meeting someone at the hotel. To uncover the writer’s puzzling identity, Birdie must come out of her shell…discovering that the most confounding mystery of all may be her growing feelings for the elusive riddle that is Daniel.
Collier's
Author: Hansi
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Languages : en
Pages : 518
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Daisy Herself
Author: Will E. Ingersoll
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
"Daisy Herself" by Will E. Ingersoll is the story of the titular character Daisy. Shortly before the events of the book, she runs away with a young man whom she loves, and from there, the course of her life is forever changed. Finding work, attending dances, and all the other things that come along with finding one's place in the world and in society area all described in this book as this upbeat and vivacious girl becomes a woman.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
"Daisy Herself" by Will E. Ingersoll is the story of the titular character Daisy. Shortly before the events of the book, she runs away with a young man whom she loves, and from there, the course of her life is forever changed. Finding work, attending dances, and all the other things that come along with finding one's place in the world and in society area all described in this book as this upbeat and vivacious girl becomes a woman.
Out There
Author: L.J.A.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543400000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
'Out There' is a work of fiction based on fact. The story is set in 2030 when the world is undergoing severe climate change. The 'heroine' of the tale is contacted by a human race over social media, from a distant earth-like planet many galaxies away. Their aim is to save the Earth from dying. What unfolds is an inter-planetary love story filled with high drama and suspense all of which contrasts a simple life in the bush with the fantasia of inter-galactic space travel. This book will transport you into worlds you have never dreamt of and leave you wanting more. A sequel is in the wind.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1543400000
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
'Out There' is a work of fiction based on fact. The story is set in 2030 when the world is undergoing severe climate change. The 'heroine' of the tale is contacted by a human race over social media, from a distant earth-like planet many galaxies away. Their aim is to save the Earth from dying. What unfolds is an inter-planetary love story filled with high drama and suspense all of which contrasts a simple life in the bush with the fantasia of inter-galactic space travel. This book will transport you into worlds you have never dreamt of and leave you wanting more. A sequel is in the wind.
Arctic Manual ...
Author: United States. Army. Air Corps
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 564
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The Other Side of Midnight - The Prophecy
Author: Karen Rivello
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557317517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
One prophecy, two families; one moon, two worlds; who will survive? A curse has spread across the elvin realm of Waters Edge and only the 'chosen one' from the human world can stop it. One hundred years after the prophecy was foretold, on the night of the harvest moon, the small village celebrates its bountiful year never suspecting that their ancient lore was about to unfold. Though none believed, it could not stop the events from unfolding, and only a few who had been unwillingly drawn in could hope to stop the elvin prince that had betrayed his own. As the power of the elvin king wanes, the shadow dragon has also returned to the human world, leaving the pools open for more evil and vile things to pass through, and unless the two worlds pull their armies together, none may survive. How many must perish before the prophecy can be fulfilled?
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557317517
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
One prophecy, two families; one moon, two worlds; who will survive? A curse has spread across the elvin realm of Waters Edge and only the 'chosen one' from the human world can stop it. One hundred years after the prophecy was foretold, on the night of the harvest moon, the small village celebrates its bountiful year never suspecting that their ancient lore was about to unfold. Though none believed, it could not stop the events from unfolding, and only a few who had been unwillingly drawn in could hope to stop the elvin prince that had betrayed his own. As the power of the elvin king wanes, the shadow dragon has also returned to the human world, leaving the pools open for more evil and vile things to pass through, and unless the two worlds pull their armies together, none may survive. How many must perish before the prophecy can be fulfilled?
Sibanda and the Death's Head Moth
Author: C M Elliott
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472130510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
'Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will love Scotty Elliott's Sibanda series' Sunday Times (SA) Detective Sibanda and Sergeant Ncube are back! Two bodies are discovered near Gubu, one burning at the base of a tree struck by lightning and, on the banks of the Zambezi, a second killing which threatens to tear Detective Sibanda's life apart. The victims are not connected as one is a foreign wildlife researcher and the other a local driver, but Sibanda's intuition tells him the murders are linked. The only clues are a fragment of material found in the brain of one victim, a puncture wound in the thigh of the other, and a diary full of coded names. As the men investigate further, they find links to an ivory smuggling gang and in their pursuit of the killer, Sibanda and Ncube not only have to cope with their temperamental Landrover, their chief inspector's lack of cooperation, but a rough and remote landscape full of wild and dangerous adventure. Praise for C. M. Elliott: 'C.M. Elliott has created a lively cast of characters and an intricate, clever plot' Margaret von Klemperer, The Witness 'A thrilling detective yarn and a finely-drawn picture of the counterpoint between the gentle music of the bush and the harsher notes of poachers' deadly gunfire' The Citizen 'Her plot keeps readers guessing right to the end, when the monster meets a truly satisfying fate . . . Elliott's skill as a writer lies in her ability to create and flesh out characters that are so lifelike, they thrum in your head for days after finishing her books' Business Live 'Will have you hooked' The Gremlin
Publisher: Constable
ISBN: 1472130510
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
Book Description
'Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will love Scotty Elliott's Sibanda series' Sunday Times (SA) Detective Sibanda and Sergeant Ncube are back! Two bodies are discovered near Gubu, one burning at the base of a tree struck by lightning and, on the banks of the Zambezi, a second killing which threatens to tear Detective Sibanda's life apart. The victims are not connected as one is a foreign wildlife researcher and the other a local driver, but Sibanda's intuition tells him the murders are linked. The only clues are a fragment of material found in the brain of one victim, a puncture wound in the thigh of the other, and a diary full of coded names. As the men investigate further, they find links to an ivory smuggling gang and in their pursuit of the killer, Sibanda and Ncube not only have to cope with their temperamental Landrover, their chief inspector's lack of cooperation, but a rough and remote landscape full of wild and dangerous adventure. Praise for C. M. Elliott: 'C.M. Elliott has created a lively cast of characters and an intricate, clever plot' Margaret von Klemperer, The Witness 'A thrilling detective yarn and a finely-drawn picture of the counterpoint between the gentle music of the bush and the harsher notes of poachers' deadly gunfire' The Citizen 'Her plot keeps readers guessing right to the end, when the monster meets a truly satisfying fate . . . Elliott's skill as a writer lies in her ability to create and flesh out characters that are so lifelike, they thrum in your head for days after finishing her books' Business Live 'Will have you hooked' The Gremlin