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A Ragged Schooling: Growing Up in the Classic Slum
by Robert RobertsAn English working-class autobiography told by Robert Roberts who was born in Salford, England near Manchester in 1905. With great humour and vitality, he evokes his Edwardian childhood in this vivid portrait of a vanished community. Breathing the smoke from factory chimneys, the children of Salford struggled daily to survive the grinding poverty that surrounded them. Sharing lively games along the railway lines and canal banks, their lives were rich in experience and comradeship. Some had parents who strove for a better life but others were much less fortunate. Robert was fourth of a family of seven, left school at fourteen and served time as an engineering apprentice before retraining as a teacher. He taught illiterate prisoners in Strangeways, describing the experience in his first book, Imprisoned Tongues. In recognition of his work in adult literacy, he received an honorary MA from the University of Salford. He died in 1974, leaving A Ragged Schooling as his legacy. Originally published 1976.
A Raid Over Berlin: A Miraculous True-Life Second World War Survival Story
by John Martin"I could see that still no one had been able to get out from the cockpit. It must have been at this moment that I thought I was going to die because I became remarkably calm." Trapped inside a burning Lancaster bomber, 20,000 feet above Berlin, airman John Martin consigned himself to his fate and turned his thoughts to his fiancee back home. In a miraculous turn of events, however, the twenty-one year old was thrown clear of his disintegrating airplane and found himself parachuting into the heart of Nazi Germany. He was soon to be captured and began his period as a prisoner of war. This engaging and compulsively readable true-life account of a Second World War airman, who cheated death in the sky, only to face interrogation and the prospect of being shot by the Gestapo, before having to endure months of hardship as a prisoner of war.
A Raid on the Red Sea: The Israeli Capture of the Karine A
by Amos GilboaA Raid on the Red Sea is the thrilling, real-life tale of illegal gun-running in the Middle East. In this firsthand account, Amos Gilboa gives the harrowing details of the secret close-working relations between Israeli and American intelligence in the seizure of the Karine A ship, the most successful Israeli intelligence operation since the legendary Entebbe hostage rescue. At 0400 hours, January 3, 2002, two fast boats of Israel&’s naval commando unit closed in on the stern of the Palestinian Authority&’s Karine A. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had clandestinely loaded its cargo: fifty-six tons of high-grade, long-range weapons destined for the Gaza Strip. The Israelis&’ plan to seize it went awry when they found nothing but a confused group of Egyptians, Jordanians, and Palestinians. Had they boarded the wrong ship? Was there going to be an international incident disgracing Israel? This drama has more than its share of plot twists. The story&’s hero, a low-level female intelligence analyst, was the first to grasp the grave danger posed by the Karine A. Analyzing piles of disinformation, she kept on the scent of the ship, tracking it from Egypt to Sudan to Dubai. Only through the joint efforts of Israeli and U.S. naval intelligence, Mossad and the CIA, was the ship stopped and calamity averted. Seizing the ship led to a fateful reorientation of U.S. policy regarding the Middle East with consequences to this day, from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the 2020 assassination of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force chief Qasem Soleimani.
A Railway History of New Shildon: From George Stephenson to the Present Day
by George Turner SmithAn &“extraordinarily informative and profusely illustrated&” history of how a town built a railway, and a railway built a town (Midwest Book Review). On September 27, 1825, the first public railway steam train left New Shildon for Stockton-on-Tees, England. The driver was George Stephenson and the engine he was driving was the &“Locomotion No.1.&” It set off from a settlement that consisted of just a set of rails and four houses, none of which had been there a year before. The four houses became a town with a five-figure population, a town that owed its existence to the railway that made its home there—the Stockton and Darlington (S&DR). Some of the earliest and greatest railway pioneers worked there, including George and his son Robert; the Hackworth brothers, Timothy and Thomas; and the engineer William Bouch. Their story is part of New Shildon&’s story. The locomotive works, created to build and maintain steam locomotives, morphed into the world&’s most innovative works, whose demise had more to do with politics than productivity. This book covers Shildon&’s years between 1820 and today, including the war interludes when the Wagon Works was manned by women and the output was mostly intended for the Ministry of Defense. The story of the creation of the town&’s railway museum and the arrival of Hitachi at Newton Aycliffe brings the history up to date and, to complete the picture, there is also a description of the ongoing new build G5 steam locomotive project on Hackworth Industrial Estate, the very site where the S&DR locomotive and wagon works was located. It is the story of a railway town—and also the story of the people who lived there and made it what it is today.
A Rainbow in the Desert: An Anthology of Early Twentieth Century Japanese Children's Literature
by Yukie OhtaA collection of eleven stories, a play and five poems. The authors featured were all influenced by Akai Tori (Red Bird), a Tokyo children's literary magazine and also wrote for adult audiences. The stories are striking in that they differ little in style and content from those written for adults.
A Rainbow in the Night: The Tumultuous Birth of South Africa
by Dominique LapierreIn 1652 a small group of Dutch farmers landed on the southernmost tip of Africa. Sent by the powerful Dutch India Company, their mission was simply to grow vegetables and supply ships rounding the cape. The colonists, however, were convinced by their strict Calvinist faith that they were among GodOCOs ?Elect, OCO chosen to rule over the continent. Their saga?bloody, ferocious, and fervent?would culminate three centuries later in one of the greatest tragedies of history: the establishment of a racist regime in which a white minority would subjugate and victimize millions of blacks. Called "apartheid," it was a poisonous system that would only end with the liberation from prison of one of the moral giants of our time, Nelson Mandela. "A Rainbow in the Night" is Dominique LapierreOCOs epic account of South AfricaOCOs tragic history and the heroic men and women?famous and obscure, white and black, European and African?who have, with their blood and tears, brought to life the country that is today known as the Rainbow Nation. "
A Rake by Any Other Name
by Mia MarloweA Reluctant Lord... A Resistant Lady... A Superfluous Fiancée And a Devastating Family Secret...When Richard Barrett, Lord Hartley, is abruptly called home to take the reins of the estate, he discovers the extent of the family's financial straits. The remedy: marry the heiress their families have picked out for him. Unfortunately, he's already planned to marry someone else.Miss Sophie Goodnight isn't too keen on becoming his purse with feet...and she sabotages all attempts to woo her. But when Lord Hartley discovers the shenanigans in his father's past, he realizes that deciding between two beautiful women is the least of his problems."Absolutely terrific! Adventure and heat and everything I want in a great story." -Victoria Alexander, #1 New York Times bestseller, on Touch of a Thief "This sizzling tale of seduction, suspense, and adventure is what readers expect from Marlowe." -RT Book Reviews on Touch of a Scoundrel
A Rake by Midnight
by Gail RanstromJames Hunter cannot forget the night he rescued Eugenia O'Rourke from a terrifying ordeal- how she felt in his arms, warm and vulnerable. Now working in the Home Office by day, he doesn't find it difficult to assume the role of her rake protector by night.... Gina is painfully aware that James witnessed her deepest humiliation. Her biggest fear was her captor's return, but as midnight strikes she's more afraid of being the object of James's pity. But pity isnotwhat James feels....
A Rake to the Rescue (Harlequin Historical Ser.)
by Elizabeth BeaconA widow in peril finds safety in the arms of a nobleman in this Regency romance.When widow Hetta Champion and her little boy are endangered by her father’s hunt for a murderer, aristocrat Magnus Haile is compelled to come to her rescue. Hetta’s unhappy marriage has left her just as wary of people as Magnus, but on their adventure in England’s stunning south coast she feels her guard begin to slip. Could she offer Magnus the family he’s long believed impossible. . . ?
A Rake's Guide To Pleasure
by Victoria DahlTrue Pleasure. . .Raised by a titled, yet degenerate, father, Emma Jensen never imagined the gambling lessons she learned as a child would one day serve her well. When she finds herself in dire need of money, she concocts the alias of Dowager Lady Denmore and sets off to bewitch London's noblemen by engaging them in games of chance. The fact that respectable ladies do not gamble does not intimidate her in the least. But the darkly handsome Duke of Somerhart does--for he's awakened a deep, sensual hunger in her. . . Is Always Worth The Gamble. . .The dashing Duke of Somerhart has the notorious reputation of being one of London's most incurable rogues. When he meets the alluring Lady Denmore, he is immediately intrigued. Her recklessness and innocence intertwined titillates him as no other woman ever has. But what secret is the lovely Lady Denmore hiding? He's determined to find out. But first he must seduce her until she surrenders completely to his most wicked desires... Praise for Victoria's Dahl's To Tempt A Scotsman"A sexy, scintillating tale." --Connie Brockway, New York Times bestselling author "A sizzling love story. . .she keeps the pages flying with a strong pace and powerful sensuality." --Romantic Times
A Rake's Guide to Seduction (The Reece Family Trilogy #3)
by Caroline LindenThe one woman a notorious rake truly desires is also his greatest challenge in the USA Today bestselling author&’s &“expertly fashioned Regency romance&” (Booklist). Anthony Hamilton cannot help it. The way he looks, the way he lives, his past—it all conspires to make him a man women desire. His name fills gossip circles in a seemingly endless, lurid drama. But he&’s never forgotten the only woman he&’s ever truly wanted…and yet could never have. Celia Reece knew Anthony well before his scandalous reputation. The young man she remembers spoke kindly, made her laugh, and quickened her pulse with his devilish good looks. But Celia&’s mother had designs for her life that didn&’t include Anthony. Now that Celia is widowed, Anthony refuses to let any obstacle stand in his way. He intends to win Celia&’s heart with the same skills that made him London&’s most irresistible rake . . .
A Rake's Vow
by Stephanie LaurensHe vowed he'd never marry. To Vane Cynster, Bellamy Hall seems like the perfect place to temporarily hide from London's husband hunters. But when he encounters irresistible Patience Debbington, Vane realises he's met his match ... She vowed no man would catch her. Patience isn't about to succumb to Vane's sensuous propositions. Yes, his kisses leave her dizzy and his caresses made her melt; but Patience has promised herself she'll never become vulnerable to a broken heart. Is this one vow that was meant to be broken?
A Ranch to Call Home (Mills And Boon Historical Ser.)
by Carol ArensAn abandoned bride discovers that true love is closer to home than she ever imagined in this Western historical romance.Laura Lee’s fiancé Johnny is dashing, passionate . . . and strangely absent. Waiting for him in her wedding dress in the streets of Forget-Me-Not, Texas, Laura refuses to believe she’s been abandoned. Just like she refuses to believe the distractingly handsome rancher Jesse Creed when he claims that her new, perfect house doesn’t belong to Johnny, but to him!Until Jesse can prove it, Laura isn’t going anywhere. But living side by side with Jesse is temptation itself. And suddenly this house starts to feel an awful lot like the home she’s always longed for . . .
A Rancher of Convenience
by Regina ScottFill-In Father...and Husband Sweet mail-order bride Nancy Bennett can't believe it when her husband is exposed as a cattle rustler-and killed. And when the banker holding the ranch's mortgage questions whether she can run the ranch on her own, the pregnant widow has nowhere to turn. Until steady foreman Hank Snowden proposes marriage... Racked with grief about his role in Lucas Bennett's death, Hank resolves to do right by the man's wife and child. So it's natural for him to step in as Nancy's newly minted husband. But the marriage of convenience may become more than a mere obligation...if only Hank and his bride can brave the first steps toward elusive true love.
A Random History of Football
by Colin Murray'A real knock-out' DAILY TELEGRAPHRandom occurences that shaped the history of football - an alternative history of the game from loveable broadcaster Colin Murray.Nowadays a top Premiership football club can spend £50 million on a Portuguese pin-up or a legendary Italian goalkeeper, but you cannot take into account the effects of a dodgy takeaway meal, a dropped bottle of aftershave on a goalkeeper's toe, or the fact that your most creative player has to leave town because of a chance drunken encounter with another player's wife. It is these random moments that have shaped football as much as the headline-grabbing Cantona kung fu kick and that Russian linesman in 1966. In this witty alternative history of football you will learn:* Different sizes of football were used in each half of the inaugural World Cup Final of 1930.* Sheffield United almost signed Diego Maradona.* Saddam Hussein changed the result of an Iraq versus Chelsea match.* Bury FC's Robbie the Bobby tops the league of worst-behaved mascots.From the height of international football to the scandal of the Conference league Christmas party that cost far more than a bar-bill, Colin Murray tries his best to make you believe, once more, in football's unpredictability.
A Rapariga Que Fugiu de Auschwitz
by Ellie MidwoodA história verídica, inspiradora e comovente da primeira prisioneira que conseguiu escapar de Auschwitz-Birkenau. Milhares de pessoas foram obrigadas a atravessar os portões de Auschwitz. Mala foi a primeira mulher a conseguir fugir. Ninguém sai de Auschwitz com vida. Mala, prisioneira número 19880, compreende-o assim que sai do vagão que a transporta para as profundezas do inferno. Como intérprete das SS, usa a sua posição dentro da organização paramilitar nazi para salvar tantas vidas quanto pode, escondendo as poucas côdeas de pão que consegue guardar para alimentar aqueles que morrem de fome. Edward, prisioneiro número 531, é um preso político e veterano no campo. Ainda que se assemelhe a qualquer outro preso, mantém a sua luta como membro da Resistência. E tem um plano de fuga.Ao conhecerem-se, o negrume de Auschwitz é subitamente iluminado por uma promessa de esperança, e Mala começa a acreditar no impossível: escapar com vida de um dos lugares mais cruéis à face da Terra. E da promessa feita entre ambos - que fugirão os dois ou morrerão lado a lado - nasce uma das maiores histórias de amor dos nossos tempos. Baseado em factos verídicos, A Rapariga Que Fugiu de Auschwitz testemunha o poder da esperança no meio da mais profunda escuridão. «Baseado numa história verídica. Leitura vivamente recomendada.» Historical Novel Society «Comovedor e envolvente. Ellie Midwood é genial.» The Historical Fiction Company
A Rapariga da Carta
by Emily GunnisUm romance comovente e perturbador, inspirado em impressionantes factos reais. Um romance comovente e perturbador, inspirado em impressionantes factos reais. Uma carta devastadora. Uma rapariga aprisionada. Um mistério por resolver. No inverno de 1956, a jovem Ivy Jenkins engravida e é enviada em desgraça para St. Margaret, uma sombria casa de acolhimento para mães solteiras, no sul de Inglaterra. A bebé é adotada contra a sua vontade, e Ivy teme nunca sair daquele lugar aterrador. Sessenta anos mais tarde, Samantha Harper, uma jornalista desesperada por um furo, depara-se com uma carta do passado, e o seu conteúdo chocante comove-a. A carta é de Ivy, uma jovem mãe que implora para ser resgatada de St. Margaret... antes que seja tarde demais. Samantha é arrastada para esta história trágica e descobre uma série de mortes repentinas e inexplicáveis em torno daquela rapariga e da sua filha.Com o edifício antigo de St. Margaret prestes a ser demolido, Samantha tem apenas algumas horas para desvendar os terríveis segredos que aquele lugar esconde, antes que a verdade, perturbadoramente perto de si, se perca para sempre? Os elogios da crítica: «Uma história envolvente, sinuosa e devastadora, que instiga à reflexão.» — Sophie Kinsella, autora bestseller «Um livro maravilhoso, com um ritmo intenso e um enredo incrível: tudo caraterísticas de um bestseller.» — Lesley Pearse
A Rapture of Ravens: Awakening in Taos
by Linda LambertA sizzling new novel set in Taos, New Mexico. The third in the Justine Trilogy, preceded by the award-winning, The Cairo Codex and The Italian Letters. Anthropologist Justine Jenner travels to Taos in search of D. H. Lawrence . . . and her own identity. She stumbles into the conflict and hunt for the migration patterns of the peoples from the west. Here, she finds the Red Willow people, archaeologists, Lawrence aficionados, and artists who draw her into the riveting blend of cultures that is Taos. Lawrence discoveries include the spirituality he found on Lobos Mountain, legal documents that lay unexplored in the Taos courthouse for decades, his lost will, and letters that more fully explain his mysterious journey. After her Egyptian lover, Amir, joins her at Christmas, he returns to Cairo to lead the revolution of January 2011. The stunning finale to the Trilogy engages Justine in a life-and-death struggle with nature and with herself.
A Rare Benedictine: The Advent of Brother Cadfael (The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael #0)
by Ellis Peters&“Three classic stories featuring Brother Cadfael . . . whose powers of deduction are practically miraculous&” in the Silver Dagger–winning medieval mystery series (Booklist). &“Brother Cadfael sprang to life suddenly and unexpectedly when he was already approaching sixty, mature, experienced, fully armed and seventeen years tonsured.&” So writes Ellis Peters in her introduction to A Rare Benedictine—three vintage tales of intrigue and treachery featuring the monastic sleuth who has become the best-loved ecclesiastical detective since Father Brown. Although Cadfael has appeared in twenty novel-length chronicles, the story of his entry into the monastery at Shrewsbury has been known hitherto only to a few readers. Now his myriad fans can discover the chain of events that led him into the Benedictine Order.
A Rare Find
by Joanna LowellWhen an aspiring archaeologist teams up with her childhood enemy for a treasure hunt, they find it impossible to bury their growing feelings, in a charming queer historical romance from the author of A Shore Thing. Elfreda Marsden has finally made a major discovery—an ancient amulet proving the Viking army camped on her family&’s estate. Too bad her nemesis is back from London, freshly exiled after a scandal and ready to wreak havoc on her life. Georgie Redmayne is everything Elfreda isn&’t--charming, popular, carefree, distractingly attractive, and bored to death by the countryside. When the two collide (literally), the amulet is lost, and with it, Elfreda&’s big chance to lead a proper excavation. Now Elfreda needs new evidence of medieval activity, and Georgie needs money to escape the doldrums of Derbyshire. Joining forces to locate a hidden hoard of Viking gold is the best chance for them both. Marsdens and Redmaynes don&’t get along, and that&’s the least of the reasons these enemies can&’t dream of something more. But as the quest takes them on unexpected adventures, sparks of attraction ignite a feeling increasingly difficult to identify as hatred. It&’s far too risky to explore. And far too tempting to resist. Elfreda and Georgie soon find that the real treasure comes with a steep price… and the promise of a happiness beyond all measure.
A Rare Interest In Corpses (The Inspector Ben Ross Mysteries)
by Ann GrangerA classic mystery from &“an accomplished veteran . . . [ who] knows her history and relates it with charm in this peek at Victorian morals and foibles&” (Kirkus Reviews). It is 1864 when Lizzie Martin takes up the post of lady&’s companion to a wealthy widow who is also a slum landlord. Lizzie is intrigued to learn that her predecessor as companion had disappeared, supposedly having run off with an unknown man. But when the girl's body is found in the rubble of one of the recently demolished slums around the prestigious new railway station at St Pancras, Lizzie begins to wonder exactly what has been going on. With the help of her childhood friend, Inspector Benjamin Ross, Lizzie begins to investigate, risking her life to unearth the truth about the death of a girl whose fate seems interlinked with her own. &“Historical mystery fans will appreciate the great attention Granger pays to period detail as she evokes a suitably gritty nineteenth-century London.&” —Booklist
A Rasa Reader: Classical Indian Aesthetics (Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought)
by Sheldon PollockFrom the early years of the Common Era to 1700, Indian intellectuals explored with unparalleled subtlety the place of emotion in art. Their investigations led to the deconstruction of art's formal structures and broader inquiries into the pleasure of tragic tales. Rasa, or taste, was the word they chose to describe art's aesthetics, and their passionate effort to pin down these phenomena became its own remarkable act of creation.This book is the first in any language to follow the evolution of rasa from its origins in dramaturgical thought—a concept for the stage—to its flourishing in literary thought—a concept for the page. A Rasa Reader incorporates primary texts by every significant thinker on classical Indian aesthetics, many never translated before. The arrangement of the selections captures the intellectual dynamism that has powered this debate for centuries. Headnotes explain the meaning and significance of each text, a comprehensive introduction summarizes major threads in intellectual-historical terms, and critical endnotes and an extensive bibliography add further depth to the selections. The Sanskrit theory of emotion in art is one of the most sophisticated in the ancient world, a precursor of the work being done today by critics and philosophers of aesthetics. A Rasa Reader's conceptual detail, historical precision, and clarity will appeal to any scholar interested in a full portrait of global intellectual development. A Rasa Reader is the inaugural book in the Historical Sourcebooks in Classical Indian Thought series, edited by Sheldon Pollock. These text-based books guide readers through the most important forms of classical Indian thought, from epistemology, rhetoric, and hermeneutics to astral science, yoga, and medicine. Each volume provides fresh translations of key works, headnotes to contextualize selections, a comprehensive analysis of major lines of development within the discipline, and exegetical and text-critical endnotes, as well as a bibliography. Designed for comparativists and interested general readers, Historical Sourcebooks is also a great resource for advanced scholars seeking authoritative commentary on challenging works.
A Ration Book Childhood (East End Ration Book #3)
by Jean FullertonIn the darkest days of the Blitz, family is more important than ever.With her family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London's East End, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing is more challenging than ever, but they are doing all they can to help the war effort. When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times?
A Ration Book Childhood: Perfect For Fans Of Ellie Dean And Lesley Pearse (East End Ration Book #3)
by Jean FullertonIn the darkest days of the Blitz, family is more important than ever.With her family struggling amidst the nightly bombing raids in London's East End, Ida Brogan is doing her very best to keep their spirits up. The Blitz has hit the Brogans hard, and rationing is more challenging than ever, but they are doing all they can to help the war effort. When Ida's oldest friend Ellen returns to town, sick and in dire need of help, it is to Ida that she turns. But Ellen carries a secret, one that threatens not only Ida's marriage, but the entire foundation of the Brogan family. Can Ida let go of the past and see a way to forgive her friend? And can she overcome her sadness to find a place in her heart for a little boy, one who will need a mother more than ever in these dark times?
A Rat’s Nest of Rails: Tundra, Ice, Mosquitoes, and Permafrost: Saga of the Alaska Railroad
by Steve LeviThat the Alaska Railroad was ever built is astonishing. It was constructed over the most treacherous terrain in the world during the most violent political era in US history. The workforce included anarchists, Bolsheviks, socialists, syndicalists, and labor union organizers against the backdrops of the First World War, Spanish Influenza, the Russian Revolution, American troops in Siberia to keep Russian Socialism from our shore, Japan's relentless gobbling of colonies from Southeast Asia to Siberia, and the Great Red Scare. It was built by the United States military to supply the United States Navy with coal and, in the process, closed coal mining in the Territory of Alaska – to the great anger of the private sector. Then there were the scammers, land speculators, Natives and their land claims, blacks and discrimination, sedition, wages in scrip, permafrost, freezeup/breakup, ration stamps, and environmental damage. A Rate's Nest of Rails is an in-the-weeds look at what it took to construct the only government-funded railway in American history.