Crossing On Time

Author : David Macaulay
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781250261588

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Crossing on Time by David Macaulay Pdf

David Macaulay, co-creator of the international bestseller The Way Things Work, brings his signature curiosity and detailing to the story of the steamship in this meticulously researched and stunningly illustrated book. Prior to the 1800s, ships crossing the Atlantic Ocean relied on the wind in their sails to make their journeys. But invention of steam power ushered in a new era of transportation that would change ocean travel forever: the steamship. Award-winning author-illustrator David Macaulay guides readers through the fascinating history that culminated in the building of the most advanced—and last—of these steamships: the SS United States. This book artfully explores the design and construction of the ship and the life of its designer and engineer, William Francis Gibbs. Framed around the author's own experience steaming across the Atlantic on the very same SS United States, Crossing on Time is a tour de force of the art of explanation and a touching and surprising childhood story. A 2020 NCTE Orbis Pictus Recommended Book 2020 Bank Street College of Education Best Children's Books of the Year List

Author : Wallace Stegner
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307430861

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Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Pdf

Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

Author : Leslie Maitland
Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-04-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781590514979

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Crossing the Borders of Time by Leslie Maitland Pdf

On a pier in Marseille in 1942, with desperate refugees pressing to board one of the last ships to escape France before the Nazis choked off its ports, an 18-year-old German Jewish girl was pried from the arms of the Catholic Frenchman she loved and promised to marry. As the Lipari carried Janine and her family to Casablanca on the first leg of a perilous journey to safety in Cuba, she would read through her tears the farewell letter that Roland had slipped in her pocket: “Whatever the length of our separation, our love will survive it, because it depends on us alone. I give you my vow that whatever the time we must wait, you will be my wife. Never forget, never doubt.” Five years later – her fierce desire to reunite with Roland first obstructed by war and then, in secret, by her father and brother – Janine would build a new life in New York with a dynamic American husband. That his obsession with Ayn Rand tormented their marriage was just one of the reasons she never ceased yearning to reclaim her lost love. Investigative reporter Leslie Maitland grew up enthralled by her mother’s accounts of forbidden romance and harrowing flight from the Nazis. Her book is both a journalist’s vivid depiction of a world at war and a daughter’s pursuit of a haunting question: what had become of the handsome Frenchman whose picture her mother continued to treasure almost fifty years after they parted? It is a tale of memory that reporting made real and a story of undying love that crosses the borders of time.

Author : D. L. Orton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1941368255

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Crossing in Time by D. L. Orton Pdf

The past isn't over, it's an opening; the future isn't hidden, it's a trap. If she ever wants to see him again, she'll have to take the risk.Fall into this "engaging, funny, romantic & harrowing" (Publishers Weekly ¿¿'d Review) time-travel love story and prepare to encounter a finicky time machine, a mysterious seashell, and a very clever dog (some sex, some swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely no ditzes.)With over 200 5-¿¿ reviews, you don't want to miss this "engaging, funny, romantic & harrowing" (Publishers Weekly Starred Review) action-packed, darkly comedic, dystopian, time-travel, love story-some sex, some swearing, some violence, but no vampires and absolutely NO DITZES!Think The Andromeda Strain meets Back to the Future with a healthy dose of Dirty Dancing.

Author : Sean Rodman
Publisher : Orca Book Publishers
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781459805538

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Final Crossing by Sean Rodman Pdf

Will and Big O are brothers, on the run and trying to stay together. Breaking into cars for small change, they stumble across a kidnap victim and end up in a fight for their lives.

Author : Jody Hedlund
Publisher : Revell
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781493434220

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Never Leave Me (Waters of Time Book #2) by Jody Hedlund Pdf

In the last stages of a genetic disease, Ellen Creighton has decided to live out her remaining days at the estate of her longtime friend Harrison Burlington. Harrison cares deeply for Ellen, but as a wheelchair-bound paraplegic, he's never allowed himself to get serious in a relationship. However, he's desperately trying to save her by finding the holy water that is believed to heal any disease. When he locates two flasks, Ellen refuses to drink one of them because she believes the holy water killed her sister and father. In an effort to convince her to take it, Harrison ingests the contents first, and when Ellen witnesses the effects, she can no longer deny the power of the substance in the bottles. Dangerous criminals are also seeking the holy water, and Ellen soon learns they will go to any lengths to get the powerful drug--including sending her back into the past to find it for them. Bestselling and award-winning author Jody Hedlund plunges you into the swiftly flowing river of history in a race against the clock in this breathtaking, emotional second Waters of Time story.

Author : Pajtim Statovci
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524747497

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Crossing by Pajtim Statovci Pdf

"The death of head of state Enver Hoxha and the loss of his father leave Bujar growing up in the ruins of Communist Albania and of his own family. Only his fearless best friend, Agim--who is facing his own realizations about his gender and sexuality--gives him hope for the future. Together the two decide to leave everything behind and try their luck in Italy. But the struggle to feel at home--in a foreign country and even in one's own body--will have corrosive effects, spurring a dangerous search for new identities"--

Author : Rachel Rhys
Publisher : Random House Australia
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143783206

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A Dangerous Crossing by Rachel Rhys Pdf

'An exquisite story of love, murder, adventure and dark secrets, Rachel Rhys brings this dangerous crossing brilliantly and beautifully alive' LISA JEWELL 'Thrilling, seductive, utterly absorbing' PAULA HAWKINS England, September 1939 Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, poisonous secrets begin to surface. Suddenly Lily finds herself trapped with nowhere to go ... Australia, six weeks later The world is at war, the cruise liner docks, and a beautiful young woman is escorted onto dry land in handcuffs. What has she done? 'Thrilling, captivating. Simply stunning' Daily Express 'It is written so beautifully it seems to glide by way too quickly, transporting you on a journey you won't want to end' Sunday Mirror 'Rhys creates such a powerful sense of foreboding that you may well gulp down the entire book in a single day' The Irish Times

Author : Michel Bidoit,Max Dauchet
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-04-02
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540627812

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TAPSOFT'97: Theory and Practice of Software Development by Michel Bidoit,Max Dauchet Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference CAAP/FASE on Theory and Practice of Software Development (TAPSOFT'97), held in Lille, France, in April 1997. The volume is organized in three parts: The first presents invited contributions, the second is devoted to trees in algebra in programming (CAAP) and the third to formal approaches in software engineering (FASE). The 30 revised full papers presented in the CAAP section were selected from 77 submissions; the 23 revised full papers presented in the FASE section were selected from 79 submissions.

Author : Wallace Stegner
Publisher : Modern Library
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375759314

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Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner Pdf

Introduction by Terry Tempest Williams Afterword by T. H. Watkins Called a “magnificently crafted story . . . brimming with wisdom” by Howard Frank Mosher in The Washington Post Book World, Crossing to Safety has, since its publication in 1987, established itself as one of the greatest and most cherished American novels of the twentieth century. Tracing the lives, loves, and aspirations of two couples who move between Vermont and Wisconsin, it is a work of quiet majesty, deep compassion, and powerful insight into the alchemy of friendship and marriage.

Author : Major James A. Huston
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786258137

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Biography Of A Battalion: The Life And Times Of An Infantry Battalion In Europe In World War II by Major James A. Huston Pdf

During World War II, James A Huston served as an operations officer in the 3rd Battalion, 134th Infantry, a unit that helped to liberate or capture dozens of cities across France, Belgium, and Germany. From July 1944 through April 1945, the regiment captured 8,974 prisoners of war and covered over 1,500 combat miles, but lost 10,046 men in the process. “Biography of a Battalion” recreates the action and provides an account of the war from one soldier who lived through it.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Allied Publishers
Page : 1186 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 818606205X

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Harrap's essential English Dictionary by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NWU:35556034775130

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LOSSAN, Los Angeles to San Diego Proposed Rail Corridor Improvement Studies by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Joseph Anbarasu
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9788190808200

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Search and Research in Commerce and Management by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 626 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UIUC:30112106763417

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Summary of Accident Investigation Reports by Anonim Pdf