Author: John Saintsbury
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452063508
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Man in Many Streets is an account of the author's life through his childhood in Britain, early youth in South Africa and subsequently in, many countries during WWII and life in Canada in later years. Events and experiences are related in frank and explicit style leaving little to the imagination of the reader. Some of the author's personal experiences may raise some eyebrows but throughout the book the author has tried to "call a spade a spade" and leave the reader to assess his or her's own mentality.
A Man in Many Streets
Author: John Saintsbury
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452063508
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Man in Many Streets is an account of the author's life through his childhood in Britain, early youth in South Africa and subsequently in, many countries during WWII and life in Canada in later years. Events and experiences are related in frank and explicit style leaving little to the imagination of the reader. Some of the author's personal experiences may raise some eyebrows but throughout the book the author has tried to "call a spade a spade" and leave the reader to assess his or her's own mentality.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1452063508
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
A Man in Many Streets is an account of the author's life through his childhood in Britain, early youth in South Africa and subsequently in, many countries during WWII and life in Canada in later years. Events and experiences are related in frank and explicit style leaving little to the imagination of the reader. Some of the author's personal experiences may raise some eyebrows but throughout the book the author has tried to "call a spade a spade" and leave the reader to assess his or her's own mentality.
The Man on the Street
Author: Trevor Wood
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1787478351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
GRITTY, NEWCASTLE-SET CRIME FOR FANS OF IAN RANKIN AND ROBERT GALBRAITH. WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER AND OF THE SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD. A THEAKSTON'S NEW BLOOD AUTHOR FOR 2020 AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON'S OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD. 'Fresh, original, authentic and gritty - should be an instant classic' LEE CHILD 'Intricate, expertly paced with a shocking conclusion ... Jimmy is a character you root for from page one ... Simply supberb' M. W. CRAVEN, author of THE PUPPET SHOW It started with a splash. Jimmy, a homeless veteran grappling with PTSD, did his best to pretend he hadn't heard it - the sound of something heavy falling into the Tyne at the height of an argument between two men on the riverbank. Not his fight. Then he sees the headline: GIRL IN MISSING DAD PLEA. The girl, Carrie, reminds him of someone he lost, and this makes his mind up: it's time to stop hiding from his past. But telling Carrie, what he heard - or thought he heard - turns out to be just the beginning of the story. The police don't believe him, but Carrie is adamant that something awful has happened to her dad and Jimmy agrees to help her, putting himself at risk from enemies old and new. But Jimmy has one big advantage: when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose. Available to pre-order now: The Silent Killer, first in a brand-new series of thrillers due in July
Publisher: Quercus
ISBN: 1787478351
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
GRITTY, NEWCASTLE-SET CRIME FOR FANS OF IAN RANKIN AND ROBERT GALBRAITH. WINNER OF THE CWA JOHN CREASEY DAGGER AND OF THE SPECSAVERS DEBUT CRIME NOVEL AWARD. A THEAKSTON'S NEW BLOOD AUTHOR FOR 2020 AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTON'S OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR AWARD. 'Fresh, original, authentic and gritty - should be an instant classic' LEE CHILD 'Intricate, expertly paced with a shocking conclusion ... Jimmy is a character you root for from page one ... Simply supberb' M. W. CRAVEN, author of THE PUPPET SHOW It started with a splash. Jimmy, a homeless veteran grappling with PTSD, did his best to pretend he hadn't heard it - the sound of something heavy falling into the Tyne at the height of an argument between two men on the riverbank. Not his fight. Then he sees the headline: GIRL IN MISSING DAD PLEA. The girl, Carrie, reminds him of someone he lost, and this makes his mind up: it's time to stop hiding from his past. But telling Carrie, what he heard - or thought he heard - turns out to be just the beginning of the story. The police don't believe him, but Carrie is adamant that something awful has happened to her dad and Jimmy agrees to help her, putting himself at risk from enemies old and new. But Jimmy has one big advantage: when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to lose. Available to pre-order now: The Silent Killer, first in a brand-new series of thrillers due in July
Land of the Lost Souls
Author: Cadillac Man,
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819194X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
For the past 16 years, Cadillac Man (so named because he was once hit by an El Dorado and thereafter bore an imprint of its hood ornament) has lived on the streets of New York City. Over those years, he has recorded the facts of his daily life - the harsh realities of surviving on the street, the often tragic encounters with the non-homeless world, the deep bonds with his fellow homeless, and the surprisingly varied realities of life on the outside - writing hundreds of thousands of words in a series of spiral bound notebooks. "My Life in the Streets" distills those journals into a memoir of homeless life that is peopled with indelible characters and packed with gripping stories. In a gritty, poignant, and funny voice, Cadillac narrates his descent into homelessness, the travails and unexpected freedoms of his life, and the story of his love affair with a young runaway, whom he eventually (and tragically) reunites with her family. The United States has 700,000 homeless people; ultimately, Cadillac's story is their story.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 160819194X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
For the past 16 years, Cadillac Man (so named because he was once hit by an El Dorado and thereafter bore an imprint of its hood ornament) has lived on the streets of New York City. Over those years, he has recorded the facts of his daily life - the harsh realities of surviving on the street, the often tragic encounters with the non-homeless world, the deep bonds with his fellow homeless, and the surprisingly varied realities of life on the outside - writing hundreds of thousands of words in a series of spiral bound notebooks. "My Life in the Streets" distills those journals into a memoir of homeless life that is peopled with indelible characters and packed with gripping stories. In a gritty, poignant, and funny voice, Cadillac narrates his descent into homelessness, the travails and unexpected freedoms of his life, and the story of his love affair with a young runaway, whom he eventually (and tragically) reunites with her family. The United States has 700,000 homeless people; ultimately, Cadillac's story is their story.
A Man for All Markets
Author: Edward O. Thorp
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786071972
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781786071972
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
The London street-folk, book the first
Author: Henry Mayhew
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 552
Book Description
Eyes on the Street
Author: Robert Kanigel
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307961915
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day. Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at Iron Age, Architectural Forum, Fortune, and other outlets, while amassing the knowledge she would draw upon to write her most famous book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Here, too, is the activist who helped lead an ultimately successful protest against Robert Moses's proposed expressway through her beloved Greenwich Village; and who, in order to keep her sons out of the Vietnam War, moved to Canada, where she became as well known and admired as she was in the United States.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307961915
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
The first major biography of the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day. Eyes on the Street is a revelation of the phenomenal woman who raised three children, wrote seven groundbreaking books, saved neighborhoods, stopped expressways, was arrested twice, and engaged at home and on the streets in thousands of debates--all of which she won. Here is the child who challenged her third-grade teacher; the high school poet; the journalist who honed her writing skills at Iron Age, Architectural Forum, Fortune, and other outlets, while amassing the knowledge she would draw upon to write her most famous book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Here, too, is the activist who helped lead an ultimately successful protest against Robert Moses's proposed expressway through her beloved Greenwich Village; and who, in order to keep her sons out of the Vietnam War, moved to Canada, where she became as well known and admired as she was in the United States.
Can a Burger Change a Man?
Author: Michael Beattie
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1643000306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
After fighting and overcoming many medical issues, including three spinal surgeries, Michael found himself fighting to learn how to walk again. During this period of his life, he made a promise to God to do something good for mankind in exchange for his ability to walk normally again. After selling his home for funding, Michael embarked on a life-changing 12,124-mile solo, unassisted bike ride around the United States to raise awareness of the veteran hunger problem., which exists in this country. He self-funded his journey with the money from selling his home, and he rode to raise money for a veteran's food pantry. At the age of sixty-seven, this ride was a difficult mission but one he promised to complete. Read how and what led up to this incredible epic ride. This true story will take you on a day-by-day journey with Michael as he tells in his own words how he fought to reach the four corners of the United States. Share in the hardships he encountered, the mishaps, the beauty, and the stories of people that showed up out of nowhere in his times of need. The people he came to know and will always remember as his angels!
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1643000306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
After fighting and overcoming many medical issues, including three spinal surgeries, Michael found himself fighting to learn how to walk again. During this period of his life, he made a promise to God to do something good for mankind in exchange for his ability to walk normally again. After selling his home for funding, Michael embarked on a life-changing 12,124-mile solo, unassisted bike ride around the United States to raise awareness of the veteran hunger problem., which exists in this country. He self-funded his journey with the money from selling his home, and he rode to raise money for a veteran's food pantry. At the age of sixty-seven, this ride was a difficult mission but one he promised to complete. Read how and what led up to this incredible epic ride. This true story will take you on a day-by-day journey with Michael as he tells in his own words how he fought to reach the four corners of the United States. Share in the hardships he encountered, the mishaps, the beauty, and the stories of people that showed up out of nowhere in his times of need. The people he came to know and will always remember as his angels!
The Indian Pilgrim, Or, The Progress of the Pilgrim Nazareenee
Author: Mary Martha Sherwood
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christian education
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
A Man's World
Author: Steve Oney
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820355046
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Man’s World is a collection of twenty profiles of fascinating men by author and magazine writer Steve Oney. Oney realized early in his career that he was interested in how men face challenges and cope with success and failure, seeing in their struggles something of his own. Written over a forty-year period for publications including Esquire, Premiere, GQ, TIME, Los Angeles, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine, the stories, many prizewinning, bring to life the famous (Harrison Ford), the brilliant (Robert Penn Warren), the tortured (Gregg Allman), and the unknown (Chris Leon, a twenty-year-old Marine Corps corporal killed in the Iraq war).
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820355046
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
A Man’s World is a collection of twenty profiles of fascinating men by author and magazine writer Steve Oney. Oney realized early in his career that he was interested in how men face challenges and cope with success and failure, seeing in their struggles something of his own. Written over a forty-year period for publications including Esquire, Premiere, GQ, TIME, Los Angeles, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Magazine, the stories, many prizewinning, bring to life the famous (Harrison Ford), the brilliant (Robert Penn Warren), the tortured (Gregg Allman), and the unknown (Chris Leon, a twenty-year-old Marine Corps corporal killed in the Iraq war).
Speech delivered at the opening of the New Mechanics' Institution, Mount Street, Liverpool, on the 15th of September, 1837
Author: Thomas WYSE (Right Hon. Sir.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description