The Telephone Girls

Author : Jenny Holmes
Publisher : Random House
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-08-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781473542327

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The Telephone Girls by Jenny Holmes Pdf

**Don't miss Jenny Holmes's latest wartime series, The Air Raid Girls. Part 3 - The Air Raid Girls: Wartime Brides - is available for pre-order now!** ---------------------------- 1936. George Street, West Yorkshire, houses a gleaming, brand-new telephone exchange where a group of capable girls works the complicated electrical switchboards. Among them are Cynthia, Norma and Millicent, who relish the busy, efficient atmosphere and the independence and friendship their jobs have given them. But when Millicent connects a telephone call for an old friend, and listens in to the conversation - breaking one of the telephonists' main rules - she, and then Norma and Cynthia too, become caught up in a story of scandal, corruption and murder. Soon, the jobs of all three girls are on the line. Norma's romance is in ruins. And Millicent has entered a world of vice . . . In tough times, the telephone girls will need to call on their friends more than ever. A wonderful story of camaraderie, friendship and triumph over adversity that fans of Daisy Styles, Donna Douglas and Call the Midwife will adore. ---------------------------- Readers love Jenny Holmes: 'There wasn't anything I didn't like about this book' 5 star review 'I couldn't put this book down' 5 star review 'Loved the whole story' 5 star review 'This is a totally absorbing book' 5 star review 'An excellent read put together in fine style' 5 star review

Author : Claudia Friddell
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-02
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781635923711

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Grace Banker and Her Hello Girls Answer the Call by Claudia Friddell Pdf

Led by twenty-five-year-old Grace Banker, thirty-two telephone operators — affectionately called "Hello Girls" back in the US — became the first female combatants in World War I. Follow Grace Banker's journey from her busy life as a telephone switchboard trainer in New York to her pioneering role as the Chief Operator of the 1st Unit of World War I telephone operators in the battlefields of France. With expert skill, steady nerves, and steadfast loyalty, the Signal Corps operators transferred orders from commanders to battlefields and communicated top-secret messages between American and French headquarters. After faithfully serving her country —undaunted by freezing weather and fires; long hours and little sleep, and nearby shellings and far off explosions — Grace was the first and only woman operator in the Signal Corps to be awarded the Army's Distinguished Service Medal.

Author : Jenny Holmes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Female friendship
ISBN : 0750547707

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The Telephone Girls by Jenny Holmes Pdf

1936. West Yorkshire is home to a gleaming, brand-new telephone exchange where Cynthia, Norma and Millicent work the complicated electrical switchboards. They relish the independence and friendship their jobs have given them. But when a colleague connects a telephone call and listens in to the conversation - breaking one of the telephonists' main rules - the three women become caught up in a story of scandal, corruption and murder. Soon, all their jobs are on the line. In tough times, the telephone girls will need to call on their friends more than ever.

Author : Elizabeth Cobbs
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674237438

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The Hello Girls by Elizabeth Cobbs Pdf

In 1918 the U.S. Army Signal Corps sent 223 women to France to help win World War I. Elizabeth Cobbs reveals the challenges these patriotic young women faced in a war zone where male soldiers resented, wooed, mocked, saluted, and ultimately celebrated them. Back on the home front, they fought the army for veterans’ benefits and medals, and won.

Author : Patricia McBride
Publisher : Boldwood Books Ltd
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781835616796

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The Telephone Girls by Patricia McBride Pdf

She’s ready to serve. Even if it means heading straight into danger. England, 1940. Shedding a tear as she says goodbye to her new fiancé when he leaves to fight, Lily Baker begins her own journey in the ATS. Thrilled after she wins the assignment to work in a coveted post, Lily is shocked to find out that one of her new colleagues might be a spy. And when she learns that her beloved is missing in action, she vows to do all she can to protect those around her. An uplifting wartime saga, perfect for fans of Elaine Everest, Vicki Beeby and Daisy Styles

Author : Patricia McBride
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798578291524

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Lily Baker Series by Patricia McBride Pdf

Enjoy the first three Lily Baker books. The Picture House Girls World War Two is about to start. What if you had to leave everything you knew behind? It's 1938 and hard-working Lily Baker's life turns upside down when she and her family move to a new town. Two jobs leave little free time, yet she becomes involved in a struggle to improve her area. Pushed by the group leader she undertakes tasks she previously thought impossible, and meets the man of her dreams. Amidst homesickness, looming war and an aggressive father can she find the strength to win through?If you love warm-hearted stories, filled with nostalgia, period details, engaging characters, and a riveting plot, this book is ideal for you. The Telephone Girls How far would you go to keep yourself and your friends safe? Could you keep working if German army was at your door?Determined army telephonist Lily Baker and her friends work in Paris when France surrenders to Hitler. With the Nazis entering the city, they must overcome horrific obstacles as they dash towards the coast. Can they surmount incredible odds to get there before the final boat leaves for home? You'll be gripped by this heart-stopping story as you follow their struggles to find safety before the German army overwhelms them. The Telephone Girls is the second in the historic fiction Lily Baker series. This heart-wrenching story features courage, friendship, betrayal, a lost child, compelling characters and a riveting plot. The ARP Girls The London Blitz. A brave war worker. A budding romance.Soldier Lily is a natural helper, supporting those bombed or homeless in her volunteer role as Air Raid Protection warden.While London burns, Lily and her colleagues are in danger every night. She finds herself attracted to another ARP volunteer, David. Yet her fiancé is missing, presumed dead, and she is consumed with guilt at her feelings for David. Should she be with him? What if she did and her fiancé returns home?When she and David are caught in a bomb blast, Lily's life is changed in ways she never expected. As she recovers she must find the strength to continue with her life and war work.The ARP Girls is the third book in the Lily Baker series. If you enjoy believable characters, engaging storylines, and heart-warming relationships, then you'll love Patricia McBride's gripping and emotional book.

Author : Patricia A McBride
Publisher : Nielson
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-03-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1916122655

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The Telephone Girls by Patricia A McBride Pdf

Courage, fear, and friendship in wartime France.How far would you go to keep yourself and your friends safe? Could you keep working if German army was at your door?Determined army telephonist Lily Baker and her friends work in Paris when France surrenders to Hitler. With the Nazis entering the city, they must overcome horrific obstacles as they dash towards the coast. Can they surmount incredible odds to get there before the final boat leaves for home? You'll be gripped by this heart-stopping story as you follow their struggles to find safety before the German army overwhelms them. The Telephone Girls is the second in the historic fiction Lily Baker series. This heart-wrenching story features courage, friendship, betrayal, a lost child, compelling characters and a riveting plot.

Author : Kristin Hannah
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429927840

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Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah Pdf

From the New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah comes a powerful novel of love, loss, and the magic of friendship. . . . now a #1 Netflix series! In the turbulent summer of 1974, Kate Mularkey has accepted her place at the bottom of the eighth-grade social food chain. Then, to her amazement, the "coolest girl in the world" moves in across the street and wants to be her friend. Tully Hart seems to have it all---beauty, brains, ambition. On the surface they are as opposite as two people can be: Kate, doomed to be forever uncool, with a loving family who mortifies her at every turn. Tully, steeped in glamour and mystery, but with a secret that is destroying her. They make a pact to be best friends forever; by summer's end they've become TullyandKate. Inseparable. So begins Kristin Hannah's magnificent new novel. Spanning more than three decades and playing out across the ever-changing face of the Pacific Northwest, Firefly Lane is the poignant, powerful story of two women and the friendship that becomes the bulkhead of their lives. From the beginning, Tully is desperate to prove her worth to the world. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she longs to be loved unconditionally. In the glittering, big-hair era of the eighties, she looks to men to fill the void in her soul. But in the buttoned-down nineties, it is television news that captivates her. She will follow her own blind ambition to New York and around the globe, finding fame and success . . . and loneliness. Kate knows early on that her life will be nothing special. Throughout college, she pretends to be driven by a need for success, but all she really wants is to fall in love and have children and live an ordinary life. In her own quiet way, Kate is as driven as Tully. What she doesn't know is how being a wife and mother will change her . . . how she'll lose sight of who she once was, and what she once wanted. And how much she'll envy her famous best friend. . . . For thirty years, Tully and Kate buoy each other through life, weathering the storms of friendship---jealousy, anger, hurt, resentment. They think they've survived it all until a single act of betrayal tears them apart . . . and puts their courage and friendship to the ultimate test. Firefly Lane is for anyone who ever drank Boone's Farm apple wine while listening to Abba or Fleetwood Mac. More than a coming-of-age novel, it's the story of a generation of women who were both blessed and cursed by choices. It's about promises and secrets and betrayals. And ultimately, about the one person who really, truly knows you---and knows what has the power to hurt you . . . and heal you. Firefly Lane is a story you'll never forget . . . one you'll want to pass on to your best friend.

Author : Herbert Newton Casson
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783387002423

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The History of the Telephone by Herbert Newton Casson Pdf

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Author : Mike Adams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476623450

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The Radio Boys and Girls by Mike Adams Pdf

Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young people together. They gathered in basements to build crystal sets. They built transmitters and talked to each other across neighborhoods, cities and states. By 1920, there was music on the air and boys and girls tuned in on homemade radios, often inspired by their favorite stories. This book analyzes more than 50 volumes of wireless and radio themed fiction, offering a unique perspective on the world presented to young readers of the day. The values, attitudes, culture and technology of a century ago are discussed, many of them still debated today, including immigration, gun violence and guns on campus, race, bullying and economic inequality.

Author : Herbert N. Casson, Jr.
Publisher : 1st World Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2004-12
Category : Telephone
ISBN : 1595406522

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The History of the Telephone by Herbert N. Casson, Jr. Pdf

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - Thirty-five short years, and presto! the newborn art of telephony is fullgrown. Three million telephones are now scattered abroad in foreign countries, and seven millions are massed here, in the land of its birth. So entirely has the telephone outgrown the ridicule with which, as many people can well remember, it was first received, that it is now in most places taken for granted, as though it were a part of the natural phenomena of this planet. It has so marvellously extended the facilities of conversation - that "art in which a man has all mankind for competitors" - that it is now an indispensable help to whoever would live the convenient life. The disadvantage of being deaf and dumb to all absent persons, which was universal in pre-telephonic days, has now happily been overcome; and I hope that this story of how and by whom it was done will be a welcome addition to American libraries.

Author : Andrew Pinder
Publisher : Avery
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2010-07-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781592405602

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The Telephone Doodle Book by Andrew Pinder Pdf

Banish boredom forever with this ingenious little book-the perfect cure for telephone tedium Whether you're waiting to talk to a computer tech in Bangalore or a reservationist at your local bistro, the world of telephone service can be fraught with long waits and disconnections. The Telephone Doodle Book to the rescue! Containing more than 150 incomplete doodles to get you started, this clever collection is designed to unleash your inner artist. Whether you sketch like Picasso or simply have itchy fingers, illustrator Andrew Pinder provides pages of ways to wake up the brain during telephone downtime. The Telephone Doodle Book will get a pen in your hands and stir creativity. From the beautifully drawn to the wickedly witty, his starting points will inspire serene scenes, funny cartoons, or scribbled jumbles of surrealistic triumph. The ideal way to burn off pent-up nervous energy and relieve stress, it offers a brilliant, artistic antidote to "hold" music.

Author : Navkala Roy
Publisher : Children's Book Trust
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1987-02
Category : Telephone
ISBN : 8170113164

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The Telephone by Navkala Roy Pdf

A Series Which Introduces And Explains To The Child The Working And The Mechanics Of Things He Is Familiar With, While Also Tracing Their History. Scientific Principles Are Explained With Simple Diagrams And Supplemented By Anecdotes And Cartoons.

Author : Kate Pentecost
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781368044356

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Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost Pdf

A lush, dazzlingly original young adult fantasy about an epic clash of witches, gods, and demons. Elysium, Oklahoma, is a town like any other. Respectable. God-fearing. Praying for an end to the Dust Bowl. Until the day the people of Elysium are chosen by two sisters: Life and Death. And the Sisters like to gamble against each other with things like time, and space, and human lives. Elysium is to become the gameboard in a ruthless competition between the goddesses. The Dust Soldiers will return in ten years' time, and if the people of Elysium have not proved themselves worthy, all will be slain. Nearly ten years later, seventeen-year-old Sal Wilkinson is called upon to lead Elysium as it prepares for the end of the game. But then an outsider named Asa arrives at Elysium's gates with nothing more than a sharp smile and a bag of magic tricks, and they trigger a terrible accident that gets both Sal and Asa exiled into the brutal Desert of Dust and Steel. There Sal and Asa stumble upon a gang of girls headed by another exile: a young witch everyone in Elysium believes to be dead. As the apocalypse looms, they must do more than simply tip the scales in Elysium's favor—only by reinventing the rules can they beat Life and Death at their own game in this exciting fantasy debut.

Author : Ethel L. Best
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Telephone operators
ISBN : UIUC:30112104139495

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The Change from Manual to Dial Operation in the Telephone Industry by Ethel L. Best Pdf