Midnight Train To Prague
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Midnight Train To Prague
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Author : Carol Windley
language : en
Publisher: Grove Atlantic
Release Date : 2021-11-16
Midnight Train To Prague written by Carol Windley and has been published by Grove Atlantic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-11-16 with Fiction categories.
Night Trains
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Author : Andrew Martin
language : en
Publisher: Profile Books
Release Date : 2017-02-09
Night Trains written by Andrew Martin and has been published by Profile Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-09 with Travel categories.
Night trains have long fascinated us with the possibilities of their private sleeping compartments, gilded dining cars, champagne bars and wealthy travellers. Authors from Agatha Christie to Graham Greene have used night trains to tell tales of romance, intrigue and decadence against a rolling background of dramatic landscapes. The reality could often be as thrilling: early British travellers on the Orient Express were advised to carry a revolver (as well as a teapot). In Night Trains, Andrew Martin attempts to relive the golden age of the great European sleeper trains by using their modern-day equivalents. This is no simple matter. The night trains have fallen on hard times, and the services are disappearing one by one. But if the Orient Express experience can only be recreated by taking three separate sleepers, the intriguing characters and exotic atmospheres have survived. Whether the backdrop is 3am at a Turkish customs post, the sun rising over the Riviera, or the constant twilight of a Norwegian summer night, Martin rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected by rail. By tracing the history of the sleeper trains, he reveals much of the recent history of Europe itself. The original sleepers helped break down national barriers and unify the continent. Martin uncovers modern instances of European unity - and otherwise - as he traverses the continent during 'interesting times', with Brexit looming. Against this tumultuous backdrop, he experiences his own smaller dramas, as he fails to find crucial connecting stations, ponders the mystery of the compartment dog, and becomes embroiled in his very own night train whodunit.
Making An Exit
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Author : Sarah Murray
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Making An Exit written by Sarah Murray and has been published by Macmillan + ORM this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Social Science categories.
Thoughtful, amusing, and provocative, Making an Exit will transform the way you look at life's last passage. Because, as Murray discovers, death is, for many, not an ending but the start of something new. Author and journalist Sarah Murray never gave much thought to what might ultimately happen to her remains—that was, until her father died. While he'd always insisted that the "organic matter" left after a person takes their last breath had no significance, he surprised his family by setting down elaborate arrangements for the scattering of his own ashes. This unexpected last request prompted Murray to embark on a series of voyages to discover how our end is commemorated around the globe—and how we approach our own mortality. Spanning continents and centuries, Making an Exit is Murray's exploration of the extraordinary creativity unleashed when we seek to dignify the dead. Along the way, she encounters a cremation in Bali in which two royal personages are placed in giant decorative bulls and consigned to the afterlife in a burst of flames; a chandelier in the Czech Republic made entirely from human bones; a weeping ceremony in Iran; and a Philippine village where the casketed dead are left hanging in caves. She even goes to Ghana to commission her own fantasy coffin. The accounts of these journeys are fascinating, poignant, and funny. But this is also a very personal quest: on her travels, Murray is seeking inspiration for her own eventual send-off.
Midnight Train
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Author : Jacqueline den Breejen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Midnight Train written by Jacqueline den Breejen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with categories.
The Circus Train
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Author : Amita Parikh
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2022-12-06
The Circus Train written by Amita Parikh and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-06 with Fiction categories.
International Bestseller and #1 LibraryReads Pick Water for Elephants meets The Night Circus in this World War II debut about a magnificent travelling circus, a star-crossed romance, and one girl’s coming-of-age during the darkest of times. “A powerful reminder that to live is not just to survive, but to be seen and known for ourselves.” —Pam Jenoff, author of The Orphan’s Tale When all is lost, how do you find the courage to keep moving forward? 1938. Lena Papadopoulos has never quite found her place within the circus, even as the daughter of the extraordinary headlining illusionist, Theo. Brilliant and curious, Lena—who uses a wheelchair after a childhood bout with polio—yearns for the real-world magic of science and medicine, her mind stronger than the limitations placed on her by society. Then her unconventional life takes an exciting turn when she rescues Alexandre, an orphan with his own secrets and a mysterious past. As World War II escalates around them, their friendship blossoms into something deeper while Alexandre trains as the illusionist’s apprentice. But when Theo and Alexandre are arrested and made to perform in a town for Jews set up by the Nazis, Lena is separated from everything she knows. Forced to make her own way, Lena must confront her doubts and dare to believe in the impossible—herself.
Hardcore
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Author : Michael Lutwyche
language : en
Publisher: eBook Partnership
Release Date : 2013-02-19
Hardcore written by Michael Lutwyche and has been published by eBook Partnership this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-19 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Since the early 1990s Aston Villa Hardcore has been arguably the most prolific football hooligan gangs in the UK. Described by the police and press as one of the worst two hooligan firms on the England international scene. There are currently 80 Villa Hardcore members subject to football banning orders and sentences totalling over 80 years have been handed out to participants in a series of high profile incidents.Gang member Michael Lutwyche reveals how Villa Hardcore - led by Category C football hooligan Steven Fowler - became one of the most highly organised and notorious football hooligan gangs in the country. Known to police forces the world over Fowler first came to the notice of the world media when he was thrown out of France during the World Cup in 1998. He is now subject to one of the longest banning orders in British football.
New Boy
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Author : William Sutcliffe
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 1998-06-04
New Boy written by William Sutcliffe and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-06-04 with Fiction categories.
NEW BOY is a dark modern comedy about the hormonal angst of a Jewish lad growing up in north-west London's bagel belt. "Sutcliffe has managed to pull off a worthy British companion to Portnoy's Complaint" Jay Rayner,Observer "Well-written,clever and very funny" Literary Review "Smart,entertaining stuff...somewhere between Adrian Mole and Holden Caulfield" Philip Hensher,Mail on Sunday
The Other City
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Author : Michal Ajvaz
language : en
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Release Date : 2009
The Other City written by Michal Ajvaz and has been published by Dalkey Archive Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
A hymn to the invisible 'other' Prague, lurking on the peripheries of the town so familiar to tourists.
The Hare With Amber Eyes
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Author : Edmund de Waal
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-06-03
The Hare With Amber Eyes written by Edmund de Waal and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-03 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **WINNER OF THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD** 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie's Tokyo apartment. When he later inherited the 'netsuke', they unlocked a story far larger and more dramatic than he could ever have imagined. From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris, from occupied Vienna to Tokyo, Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke's journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century. 'You have in your hands a masterpiece' Sunday Times 'The most brilliant book I've read for years... A rich tale of the pleasure and pains of what it is to be human' Daily Telegraph 'A complex and beautiful book' Diana Athill, author of Somewhere Towards The End **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero
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Author : Anne Cottringer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Eliot Jones Midnight Superhero written by Anne Cottringer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Children's stories categories.
All the grown-ups comment that Eliot is "such a quiet little thing," unaware that at night, when the clock strikes midnight, he becomes a superhero, and now he has received his most urgent mission yet, to help a group of scientists prevent a giant meteorfrom crashing into Earth.