The Man Behind The Bridge
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The Man Behind The Bridge
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Author : Peter Davies
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2013-12-17
The Man Behind The Bridge written by Peter Davies and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with History categories.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "Bridge over the River Kwai". Toosey understood from the very beginning that the only real issue was how to ensure that as many of his men as possible should survive their captivity. Many thousands who knew how Toosey stood up to their oppressors at great personal risk were incensed by Alec Guinness's brilliant portrayal of 'Colonel Nicholson' in the film version of Boulle's book. This book provides an accurate historical account of the terrible events during which more than 16,000 PoWs died while building the Thai-Burma railway, of which "the bridge" formed an essential part. A memorial to Toosey, this book is also a definitive history of the building of the railway in the context of the Far Eastern theatre of World War II. First published in 1991, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
The Man Behind The Bridge
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Author : Peter E. Davies
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 2013-01-31
The Man Behind The Bridge written by Peter E. Davies and has been published by Bloomsbury Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-31 with History categories.
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "Bridge over the River Kwai". Toosey understood from the very beginning that the only real issue was how to ensure that as many of his men as possible should survive their captivity. Many thousands who knew how Toosey stood up to their oppressors at great personal risk were incensed by Alec Guinness's brilliant portrayal of 'Colonel Nicholson' in the film version of Boulle's book. This book provides an accurate historical account of the terrible events during which more than 16,000 PoWs died while building the Thai-Burma railway, of which "the bridge" formed an essential part. A memorial to Toosey, this book is also a definitive history of the building of the railway in the context of the Far Eastern theatre of World War II. First published in 1991, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.
Across The Three Pagodas Pass
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Author : Yoshihiko Futamatsu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Across The Three Pagodas Pass written by Yoshihiko Futamatsu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Electronic books categories.
"This is a translation of the only known detailed account of the building of the notorious 262-mile long Thai-Burma Railway by one of the Japanese professional engineers who was involved in its construction... Futamatsu's memoir also includes wide-ranging reflections on the course and conduct of 'his' war as well as his engineering experiences... This book is introduced by Peter Davies who sets the record straight regarding the story of this book and the key people involved. This is followed by translator, Ewart Escritt's original introduction to his translation of Futamatsu's memoir which also includes a detailed account of his own POW experiences as well as his reflections on the war and its outcomes"--Dust jacket.
Across The Three Pagodas Pass
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Author : 二松慶彦
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Across The Three Pagodas Pass written by 二松慶彦 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Railroad engineering categories.
A translation of the only known detailed account of the building of the railway, by a Japanese engineer involved in the construction.
The Man On The Bridge
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Author : Ian Stuart Black
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
The Man On The Bridge written by Ian Stuart Black and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
The Invisible Bridge
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Author : Julie Orringer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-03-29
The Invisible Bridge written by Julie Orringer and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-29 with Fiction categories.
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION Paris, 1937. Andras Lévi, an architecture student, has arrived from Budapest with a scholarship, a single suitcase, and a mysterious letter he has promised to deliver to Clara Morgenstern a young widow living in the city. When Andras meets Clara he is drawn deeply into her extraordinary and secret life, just as Europe's unfolding tragedy sends them both into a state of terrifying uncertainty. From a remote Hungarian village to the grand opera houses of Budapest and Paris, from the despair of Carpathian winter to an unimaginable life in forced labour camps and beyond, The Invisible Bridge tells the story of a marriage tested by disaster and of a family, threatened with annihilation, bound by love and history. 'Phenomenal, enthralling ... You don't so much read it as live it' Simon Schama, Financial Times 'To bring an entire lost world - its sights, its smells, its heartaches, raptures and terrors - to vivid life between the covers of a novel is an accomplishment; to invest that world, and everyone who inhabits it, with a soul, as Julie Orringer does in The Invisible Bridge, takes something more like genius' Michael Chabon
The Goat Bridge
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Author : T.M. McNally
language : en
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2007-02-22
The Goat Bridge written by T.M. McNally and has been published by University of Michigan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-02-22 with Fiction categories.
An American photographer in the war-torn Balkans struggles to rebuild his shattered life after the kidnapping of his son
Bridge Of Sighs And Other Stories
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Author : Edward May
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2001-03-18
Bridge Of Sighs And Other Stories written by Edward May and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03-18 with Fiction categories.
**Investigators are shocked when they finally discover the source of a devastating plague. **A horror writer's devotee is surprised to find a more dedicated follower, and is then reduced to abject terror when his true identity is revealed. **A classified military project on an isolated island goes terribly wrong when the test subjects take control. **A magazine editor learns the secret behind an artist's realistic paintings, and wishes she hadn't. **An object found inside an ice core spawns an amazing tale, recounted from an insane asylum. **An alien, tasked with determining which humans are worthy to be saved from impending doom, comes to a surprising conclusion. **A detective uncovers the appalling truth behind a mass suicide. Bridge of Sighs and Other Stories is a melange of science fiction, mystery and horror genres. Marinated in irony and liberally seasoned with unexpected denouements, these literary confections will provoke the reader to a veritable page flipping frenzy.
Robert B Parker S The Bridge
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Author : Robert Knott
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2014-12-30
Robert B Parker S The Bridge written by Robert Knott and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-30 with Fiction categories.
The next gritty, gun-slinging entry in the New York Times–bestselling series, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Territorial Marshals Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in Appaloosa, where their work enforcing the law has been exceptionally quiet. All that is about to change. An ominous storm rolls in, and along with it a band of night riders with a devious scheme, who show up at the Rio Blanco camp, where a three-hundred-foot bridge is under construction. Appaloosa’s Sheriff Sledge Driskill and his deputies are the first to respond, but as the storm grows more threatening, news of troubles at the bridge escalate and the Sheriff and his deputies go missing. Virgil and Everett saddle up to sort things out but before they do the hard drinking, Beauregard Beauchamp arrives in Appaloosa with his Theatrical Extravaganza troupe and the promise of the best in lively entertainment west of the Mississippi. With the troupe comes a lovely and mysterious fortune-teller who is set on saving Everett from imminent but indefinable danger. The trouble at the bridge, the missing lawmen, the new arrivals, and Everett’s shoot-out in front of Hal’s Café aren’t the only things on Cole and Hitch’s plate as a gang of unsavory soldiers ease into town with a shady alibi, shadier intentions, and a soon-to-be-discovered wake of destruction. As clouds over Appaloosa continue to gather, things get much worse for Cole and Hitch…
The First Bridge Too Far
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Author : Mark Saliger
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2018-07-30
The First Bridge Too Far written by Mark Saliger and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-30 with History categories.
A vivid chronicle of the first battle between British and German paratroopers—the unsung battle that prefigured the Battle of Arnhem. From July 13 to 16, 1943, British paratroopers fought for control of a strategically important bridge in Sicily. Now, the Battle of Primosole Bridge is brought to life in the first narrative solely dedicated to one of the bloodiest and hardest-fought battles for British airborne troops of World War II. The British paratroopers of the famed 1st Parachute Brigade, known as the “Red Devils,” fought their equally esteemed German paratrooper opponents, known as the “Green Devils,” during the Allies’ first invasion of Hitler’s Fortress Europe. The paratroopers found themselves cut off behind enemy lines with dwindling ammunition as they faced ever-growing enemy forces. Yet they courageously maintained the fight until ground forces arrived to capture the bridge before it was destroyed. The hard-won experience of the 1st Parachute Brigade was then tested only a year later in an almost identical battle on a larger scale: The Battle of Arnhem—the battle christened “a bridge too far.” While Arnhem is well documented, the events at Primosole Bridge deserve to be told at last.