The Man Behind The Bridge

Author : Peter Davies
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780939629

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The Man Behind the Bridge by Peter Davies Pdf

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.

Author : Peter E. Davies
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : History
ISBN : 1780939604

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The Man Behind the Bridge by Peter E. Davies Pdf

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.

Author : Julian Pottage,Nick Smith
Publisher : Master Point Press
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781897106426

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Bridge Behind Bars by Julian Pottage,Nick Smith Pdf

"Prison life has a silver lining for Tim - bridge. An expert player, he finds that his ability earns him unlooked-for respect amongst his fellow-prisoners. This is a bridge novel filled with unusual characters and great deals - and a bridge game that gives new meaning to the term 'cut-throat'!"--Publisher's description.

Author : T.M. McNally
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0472032259

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The Goat Bridge by T.M. McNally Pdf

An American photographer in the war-torn Balkans struggles to rebuild his shattered life after the kidnapping of his son

Author : Edward May
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-03-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781469767284

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Bridge of Sighs and Other Stories by Edward May Pdf

**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.

Author : Robert Knott
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780698164093

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Robert B. Parker's The Bridge by Robert Knott Pdf

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…

Author : Mark Saliger
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781612006901

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The First Bridge Too Far by Mark Saliger Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781434979896

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The Bridge Battle by Anonim Pdf

Author : George Mann
Publisher : Tor Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429960090

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The Affinity Bridge by George Mann Pdf

Get ready to follow dazzling young writer George Mann to a London unlike any you've ever seen and into an adventure you will never forget, in The Affinity Bridge. Welcome to the bizarre and dangerous world of Victorian London, a city teetering on the edge of revolution. Its people are ushering in a new era of technology, dazzled each day by unfamiliar inventions. Airships soar in the skies over the city, while ground trains rumble through the streets and clockwork automatons are programmed to carry out menial tasks in the offices of lawyers, policemen, and journalists. But beneath this shiny veneer of progress lurks a sinister side. Queen Victoria is kept alive by a primitive life-support system, while her agents, Sir Maurice Newbury and his delectable assistant Miss Veronica Hobbes, do battle with enemies of the crown, physical and supernatural. This time Newbury and Hobbes are called to investigate the wreckage of a crashed airship and its missing automaton pilot, while attempting to solve a string of strangulations attributed to a mysterious glowing policeman, and dealing with a zombie plague that is ravaging the slums of the capital. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Christopher Hatton-Wood
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781326001193

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Girl on the Bridge at Stanton Drew by Christopher Hatton-Wood Pdf

After a strange experience while recovering from a nervous breakdown, doctor, healer and caver Roger Thorne's life begins to unravel. Dark forces appear to threaten his very existence while wreaking havoc with the lives of those around him. The worlds of orthodox and complementary medicine collide with those of painting, poetry, publishing, the occult and sexual politics in 1970s London.

Author : R. D. Lock
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-07-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462016626

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Beyond the Bridge: by R. D. Lock Pdf

Seeking a job as a first-year teacher, Robin Robertson heads for an interview at the Westminster Rural Agricultural Schools in the spring of 1956. Here, Robin could teach and also coach varsity basketball and counsel students. Amid the pressures of beginning a new career, he starts to wonder whether a big-city person like himself can adapt adequately to the lifestyle of small-town, rural America. This story pictures a way of life that has vanished in all too many places. Many readers will relate to the challenges, conflicts, and rewards between students and an untried but idealistic teacher. Others will recall athletic contests won and lost and perhaps will remember counseling that went way beyond arranging school schedules. The author draws upon forty-three years of educational experience in high school and community college -- focusing on that memorable first year in front of a classroom, being in charge of the community's "Winter Entertainment Committee" (basketball games), and creating a newly mandated school guidance program.

Author : Rachel Ann Nunes
Publisher : White Star Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781939203076

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Bridge to Forever by Rachel Ann Nunes Pdf

An Intensely Romantic Journey of Faith, Love, and Hope Mickelle Hansen has found a dream come true in handsome widower Damon Wolfe—but finding a happy ending to her fairy tale might not be all that easy. Damon Wolfe is considerate, kind, active in the gospel, and even wealthy—everything Mickelle Hansen could possibly want in a husband. His wonderful children, Tanner and Belle, are icing on the cake. But could Mickelle be getting involved too soon after her husband's death? Her teenage son Bryan definitely thinks so. A near tragedy causes Mickelle to reevaluate her relationship with Damon. Despite all he has to offer, Damon cannot guarantee her the one thing she desires most. By walking away is she saving herself pain . . . or losing the kind of love that comes only once in a lifetime? Charming Colton Scofield is also fighting for Mickelle's attention. He is there when she needs someone the most, ready to share the secrets of his mysterious past. But Colton is not all that he seems, and soon the very lives of those Mickelle loves hang in the balance. An intensely romantic journey of faith, love, and hope. Join Mickelle as she crosses the Bridge to Forever.

Author : Canada. Parliament
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Canada
ISBN : SRLF:A0002639847

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Sessional Papers by Canada. Parliament Pdf

"Report of the Dominion fishery commission on the fisheries of the province of Ontario, 1893", issued as vol. 26, no. 7, supplement.

Author : Evan S. Connell
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780141198675

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Mr Bridge by Evan S. Connell Pdf

Evan S. Connell's Mr Bridge is a moving and darkly funny portrayal of a man who is outwardly successful but internally stunted by existential doubts, repressed sexual yearnings and deep-seated prejudices. Fans of Jonathan Franzen and Richard Yates will enjoy Connell's pitch-perfect portrayal of marriage and family life, and this new Penguin Classics edition also includes an introduction by Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Walter Bridge, husband to India and father to three, is a successful lawyer in a Kansas suburb. The daily dramas of his life only serve to illuminate his prejudice, self-doubts and dreary existence - his Christmas gifts to the family are stock certificates, which he immediately takes back to manage on their behalf - yet he is also kind and charitable, loving his wife while never able to tell her so. In Mr Bridge, Evan S. Connell gives us a moving, satirical and poetic portrayal of a man who cannot escape his limitations, and a couple growing old together but unable, ultimately, to connect. The companion novel, Mrs Bridge, telling the story from the other side of the marriage, is published in Penguin Modern Classics with an introduction by Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End and The Unnamed. 'Mr Bridge is a tour-de-force of contemporary American realism, a beautiful work of fiction' - Life 'With a delicate and subtle irony, Mr Connell shows us, first from her, then from his point of view, the little daily dramas of this ordinary family. It is very, very funny, often moving and sad, and written with an uncompromising realism that one rarely comes across. To me the Bridges were a revelation: I cannot recommend them too highly' - Daily Telegraph

Author : Robert Dean Bair
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2008-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595621057

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Peace at Lambeth Bridge by Robert Dean Bair Pdf

After fulfilling a confidential mission for President Harry Truman in 1948, Rob Royal accepts an invitation to join a covert group of private citizens advocating patriotism and other beliefs upon which America was founded. The group successfully operates outside of the government and military intelligence community. He enjoys his work, and now, as a devoted undercover agent, Royal works steadfastly to provide confidential information to top government officials, including the president of the United States. After being subpoenaed to testify at a trial concerning one project, despite high security, United States marshals escort him up the steps of the federal building in Newark, New Jersey, where someone tries to kill him. Surviving, Royal continues to live a double life, keeping his work a secret while living what appears to be an ordinary life. When Royal anonymously receives a newspaper article announcing an arrest concerning one of his projects, members of the covert group suspect that Royals cover has been blown. As his enemies begin to close in on him, Royal knows that his greatest challenges lie before him. How will he be able to survive the life-threatening scenarios that greet him?