The Story Of Kent

Author : Alex Tulloch
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750953979

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Little Book of Kent by Alex Tulloch Pdf

The Little Book of Kent is a funny, fast-paced, fact-packed compendium of the sort of frivolous, fantastic or simply strange information which no-one will want to be without. Here we find out about the most unusual crimes and punishments, eccentric inhabitants, famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts (plus some authentically bizarre bits of historic trivia).Alex Tulloch’s new book gathers together a myriad of data on Kent. There are lots of factual chapters but also plenty of frivolous details which will amuse and surprise.This is an ideal book to have by your bedside or to while away the hours on a long train journey. And if you like to take part in pub quizzes (or set them) then you will find this book a veritable treasure trove of useful information as well as just fascinating trivia. Who knew, for instance, that Laurel and Hardy cut the ribbon when the Romney Hythe & Dymchurch narrow gauge railway was reopened after the war?

Author : Susan McGowan
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750991148

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The Little History of Kent by Susan McGowan Pdf

Kent has been the gateway to Britain since prehistoric man first set foot on our soil. Its people have repelled invaders including Julius Caesar, the Vikings and William the Conqueror, while welcoming migrants from countries such as France, Austria and the Netherlands. In turn, men from Kent played a part in invading and conquering such faraway places as Canada and the USA, leaving their stamp on the world at large. This volume is a tribute to those who have shaped our society and the world around us: from the long barrow at Trottescliffe and the medieval abbey of St Augustine to the Channel Tunnel and Bluewater Shopping Centre, it is plain to see that the landscape around us is itself a monument to those who went before.

Author : Deborah Wiles
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781338356304

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Kent State by Deborah Wiles Pdf

From two-time National Book Award finalist Deborah Wiles, a masterpiece exploration of one of the darkest moments in our history, when American troops killed four American students protesting the Vietnam War. May 4, 1970. Kent State University. As protestors roil the campus, National Guardsmen are called in. In the chaos of what happens next, shots are fired and four students are killed. To this day, there is still argument of what happened and why. Told in multiple voices from a number of vantage points -- protestor, Guardsman, townie, student -- Deborah Wiles's Kent State gives a moving, terrifying, galvanizing picture of what happened that weekend in Ohio . . . an event that, even 50 years later, still resonates deeply.

Author : Rockwell Kent
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1996-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780819572073

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N by E by Rockwell Kent Pdf

A classic tale of seafaring, shipwreck, and survival, reprinted from Wesleyan University Press's 1978 facsimile of the original. When artist, illustrator, writer, and adventurer Rockwell Kent first published N by E in a limited edition in 1930, his account of a voyage on a 33-foot cutter from New York Harbor to the rugged shores of Greenland quickly became a collectors' item. Little wonder, for readers are immediately drawn to Kent's vivid descriptions of the experience; we share "the feeling of wind and wet and cold, of lifting seas and steep descents, of rolling over as the wind gusts hit," and the sound "of wind in the shrouds, of hard spray flung on a drum-tight canvas, of rushing water at the scuppers, of the gale shearing a tormented sea." When the ship sinks in a storm-swept fjord within 50 miles of its destination, the story turns to the stranding and subsequent rescue of the three-man crew, salvage of the vessel, and life among native Greenlanders. Magnificently illustrated by Kent's wood-block prints and narrated in his poetic and highly entertaining style, this tale of the perils of killer nor'easters, treacherous icebergs, and impenetrable fog—and the joys of sperm whales breaching or dawn unmasking a longed-for landfall—is a rare treat for old salts and landlubbers alike.

Author : Anne Petrie
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750983211

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The Story of Kent by Anne Petrie Pdf

A richly illustrated history exploring life in Kent.This book tells the amazing story of Kent from earliest times to the modern day. Some of the pivotal moments in the Garden of England’s history are recalled, including invasions from Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans. It has seen the Black Death, the Peasants’ Revolt, the Swing Riots and, more recently, audacious escapades by suffragettes in the battle for Votes for Women. The story is brought right up to date with the challenges faced by traditional industries and the transformation of cross-Channel travel.The resilient people of Kent have taken it all in their stride and this story encompasses how they lived, worked and played through hundreds of years of colourful history.

Author : Hannah Kent
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316243933

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The Good People by Hannah Kent Pdf

From the author of Burial Rites, "a literary novel with the pace and tension of a thriller that takes us on a frightening journey towards an unspeakable tragedy."-Paula Hawkins, bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water Based on true events in nineteenth century Ireland, Hannah Kent's startling new novel tells the story of three women, drawn together to rescue a child from a superstitious community. Nora, bereft after the death of her husband, finds herself alone and caring for her grandson Micheal, who can neither speak nor walk. A handmaid, Mary, arrives to help Nora just as rumors begin to spread that Micheal is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley. Determined to banish evil, Nora and Mary enlist the help of Nance, an elderly wanderer who understands the magic of the old ways. Set in a lost world bound by its own laws, THE GOOD PEOPLE is Hannah Kent's startling new novel about absolute belief and devoted love. Terrifying, thrilling and moving in equal measure, this follow-up to Burial Rites shows an author at the height of her powers.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Black Dog Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-27
Category : Art
ISBN : 1911164694

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Kent Monkman by Anonim Pdf

Kent Monkman's new, large-scale project takes the viewer on a journey through Canada's history that starts in the present and takes us back to 150 years before Confederation. With its entry points in the harsh urban environment of Winnipeg's north end, and contemporary life on the reserve, Kent Monkman: Shame and Prejudice, A Story of Resilience takes us all the way back to the period of New France and the fur trade. The Rococo masterpiece The Swing by Jean-Honore ́ Fragonard has been reinterpreted as an installation with Monkman's alter ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, in a beaver trimmed baroque dress, swinging back and forth between the Generals Wolfe and Montcalm. The book includes Monkman's own paintings, drawings and sculptural works, in dialogue with historical artefacts and art works borrowed from museum and private collections from across Canada.

Author : Kent Wong
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781647001865

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Swimming to Freedom by Kent Wong Pdf

When Kent Wong was a young boy, his father, a patriotic Chinese official in the customs office in Hong Kong, joined an insurrection at work and returned with the family to the newly established People’s Republic of China. Hailed as heroes, they settled in the southern city of Canton. But Mao’s China was dangerous and unstable, with landlords executed en-masse and millions dying of starvation during the Great Leap Forward.

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982128692

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Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger Pdf

An instant New York Times bestseller, this prequel to the acclaimed Cork O’Connor series is “a pitch perfect, richly imagined story that is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and an evocative, emotionally charged coming-of-age tale” (Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about fathers and sons, small-town conflicts, and the events that shape our lives forever. Aurora is a small town nestled in the ancient forest alongside the shores of Minnesota’s Iron Lake. In the summer of 1963, it is the whole world to twelve-year-old Cork O’Connor, its rhythms as familiar as his own heartbeat. But when Cork stumbles upon the body of a man he revered hanging from a tree in an abandoned logging camp, it is the first in a series of events that will cause him to question everything he took for granted about his hometown, his family, and himself. Cork’s father, Liam O’Connor, is Aurora’s sheriff and it is his job to confirm that the man’s death was the result of suicide, as all the evidence suggests. In the shadow of his father’s official investigation, Cork begins to look for answers on his own. Together, father and son face the ultimate test of choosing between what their heads tell them is true and what their hearts know is right. In this “brilliant achievement, and one every crime reader and writer needs to celebrate” (Louise Penny, #1 New York Times bestselling author), beloved novelist William Kent Krueger shows that some mysteries can be solved even as others surpass our understanding.

Author : Matthew Burgess
Publisher : Enchanted Lion Books
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 159270316X

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Make Meatballs Sing by Matthew Burgess Pdf

Deeply influenced by the example of Christ--to stand in love with the least of us--and fired up by the social justice issues of her day, artist, designer, and educator Sister Corita Kent was a nun like no other!

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439172155

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Vermilion Drift by William Kent Krueger Pdf

William Kent Krueger’s gripping tale of suspense begins with a recurring nightmare, a gun, and a wound in the earth so deep and horrific that it has a name: Vermilion Drift. When the Department of Energy puts an underground iron mine on its short list of potential sites for storage of nuclear waste, a barrage of protest erupts in Tamarack County, Minnesota, and Cork is hired as a security consultant. Deep in the mine during his first day on the job, Cork stumbles across a secret room that contains the remains of six murder victims. Five appear to be nearly half a century old—connected to what the media once dubbed "The Vanishings," a series of unsolved disappearances in the summer of 1964, when Cork’s father was sheriff in Tamarack County. But the sixth has been dead less than a week. What’s worse, two of the bodies—including the most recent victim—were killed using Cork’s own gun, one handed down to him from his father. As Cork searches for answers, he must dig into his own past and that of his father, a well-respected man who harbored a ghastly truth. Time is running out, however. New threats surface, and unless Cork can unravel the tangled thread of clues quickly, more death is sure to come. Vermilion Drift is a powerful novel, filled with all the mystery and suspense for which Krueger has won so many awards. A poignant portrayal of the complexities of family life, it’s also a sobering reminder that even those closest to our hearts can house the darkest—and deadliest—of secrets.

Author : William Kent Krueger
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451645774

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Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger Pdf

Faced with a series of dark occurrences that are linked to a twenty-year-old murder, private investigator Cork O' Connor must stop a vengeful force before his family and friends pay the ultimate price.

Author : Cameron Kent
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0982576021

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The Road to Devotion by Cameron Kent Pdf

"When Sarah Talton's father suddenly passes away in the summer of 1860, she is left with ... the family farm and slaves to oversee ... She embraces her father's iron will and hardhearted demeanor, [b]ut when she falls in love with a French merchant ... and is given charge of a runaway slave ... Sarah begins to question the values and beliefs instilled by her father and upheld by her Winston, North Carolina community."--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Ellen Olney Kirk
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:HN2RZE

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The Story of Margaret Kent by Ellen Olney Kirk Pdf

Author : James A. Michener
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : History
ISBN : 1101922222

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Kent State by James A. Michener Pdf

All of James A. Michener's storytelling and reportorial skills are brought to the fore in this stunning and heartbreaking examination of the events that led to the 1970 shootings at Kent State, which shook the country to the roots and had a profound impact on the anti-war movement.