The Railway Man

Author : Eric Lomax
Publisher : Charnwood
ISBN 13 : 9781444819854
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and published by Charnwood. This book was released on 2014 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Second World War, Eric Lomax was forced to work on the notorious Burma-Siam Railway, and was tortured by the Japanese for making a crude radio. Left emotionally scarred, and unable to form relationships, Lomax suffered for years - until, with the help of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, he came to terms with what had happened. Almost 50 years after the war his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the Japanese interpreter, was still alive; their reconciliation is the culmination of this extraordinary story.

Author : Ashley Hay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501128663
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railwayman's Wife written by Ashley Hay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""An absorbing and uplifting read." -M.L. Stedman, author of The Light Between Oceans "This is a book in which grief and love are so entwined they make a new and wonderful kind of sense." -Fiona McFarlane, author of The Night Guest Amidst the strange, silent aftermath of World War II, a widow, a poet, and a doctor search for lasting peace and fresh beginnings in this internationally acclaimed, award-winning novel. When Anikka Lachlan's husband, Mac, is killed in a railway accident, she is offered--and accepts--a job at the Railway Institute's library and searches there for some solace in her unexpectedly new life. But in Thirroul, in 1948, she's not the only person trying to chase dreams through books. There's Roy McKinnon, who found poetry in the mess of war, but who has now lost his words and his hope. There's Frank Draper, trapped by the guilt of those his medical treatment and care failed on their first day of freedom. All three struggle to find their own peace, and their own new story. But along with the firming of this triangle of friendship and a sense of lives inching towards renewal come other extremities--and misunderstandings. In the end, love and freedom can have unexpected ways of expressing themselves. The Railwayman's Wife explores the power of beginnings and endings, and how hard it can sometimes be to tell them apart. Most of all, it celebrates love in all its forms, and the beauty of discovering that loving someone can be as extraordinary as being loved yourself"--

Author : Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Man and His Children written by Mrs. Oliphant (Margaret) and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rajendra B. Aklekar
Publisher : Rupa Publications
ISBN 13 : 9788129145215
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book India'S Railway Man written by Rajendra B. Aklekar and published by Rupa Publications. This book was released on 2017 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sreedharan's expertise and foresight-on behalf of those not as richly blessed as he was-ensured that political will was converted into a multipurpose railway project. The [Chithoni railway link] bridge was completed eleven weeks ahead of schedule and proved to be helpful to one and all. Two key railway projects changed the way India travels by train-the 760-km stretch of Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro. Both the projects were up and running in seven years flat and the man in charge was Dr Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, popularly known as the Railway Man. He has been hailed as the messiah of new-age infrastructure projects and his success stories have become railway engineering benchmark. Respected, loved and equally hated, this book covers the amazing story of one man-his perseverance, beliefs, and public and private battles. India's Railway Man: A Biography of E. Sreedharan is a tribute to this extraordinary man.

Author : Eric Lomax
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 039334407X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railway Man written by Eric Lomax and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A POW's account of war, brutality and forgiveness. Lomax was sent to Malaya in 1941, taken prisoner after the fall of Singapore, and put to work on the infamous Burma-Siam railway, which cost the lives of 250,000 men.

Author : H. Robert Charles
Publisher : Motorbooks
ISBN 13 : 9780760328200
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Man Out written by H. Robert Charles and published by Motorbooks. This book was released on 2006 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From June 1942 to October 1943, more than 100,000 Allied POWs who had been forced into slave labor by the Japanese died building the infamous Burma-Thailand Death Railway, an undertaking immortalized in the film "The Bridge on the River Kwai." One of the few who survived was American Marine H. Robert Charles, who describes the ordeal in vivid and harrowing detail in Last Man Out. The story mixes the unimaginable brutality of the camps with the inspiring courage of the men, including a Dutch Colonial Army doctor whose skill and knowledge of the medicinal value of wild jungle herbs saved the lives of hundreds of his fellow POWs, including the author.

Author : Bill James
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476796270
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Man from the Train written by Bill James and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime, this “impressive…open-eyed investigative inquiry wrapped within a cultural history of rural America” (The Wall Street Journal) shows legendary statistician and baseball writer Bill James applying his analytical acumen to crack an unsolved century-old mystery surrounding one of the deadliest serial killers in American history. Between 1898 and 1912, families across the country were bludgeoned in their sleep with the blunt side of an axe. Some of these cases—like the infamous Villisca, Iowa, murders—received national attention. But most incidents went almost unnoticed outside the communities in which they occurred. Few people believed the crimes were related. And fewer still would realize that all of these families lived within walking distance to a train station. When celebrated true crime expert Bill James first learned about these horrors, he began to investigate others that might fit the same pattern. Applying the same know-how he brings to his legendary baseball analysis, he empirically determined which crimes were committed by the same person. Then after sifting through thousands of local newspapers, court transcripts, and public records, he and his daughter Rachel made an astonishing discovery: they learned the true identity of this monstrous criminal and uncovered one of the deadliest serial killers in America. “A suspenseful historical account” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), The Man from the Train paints a vivid, psychologically perceptive portrait of America at the dawn of the twentieth century, when crime was regarded as a local problem, and opportunistic private detectives exploited a dysfunctional judicial system. James shows how these cultural factors enabled such an unspeakable series of crimes to occur, and his groundbreaking approach to true crime will convince skeptics, amaze aficionados, and change the way we view criminal history. “A beautifully written and extraordinarily researched narrative…This is no pure whodunit, but rather a how-many-did-he-do” (Buffalo News).

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 9780743203173
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nothing Like It In the World written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-11-06 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the men who build the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's.

Author : Corinne Fenton
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763680974
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bob the Railway Dog written by Corinne Fenton and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2016-11-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bob the Railway Dog was everyone's friend in the early days of the Australian railroad. Based on a real dog who rode the rails in the late nineteenth century.

Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610606684
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Railway Maintenance Equipment written by Brian Solomon and published by . This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Railroad tracks take quite a beating, with countless tons of cold steel and freight rumbling over them day and night, wearing down rails and vibrating ties loose from their ballasts. This book reveals the special machinery railroads use to maintain and mend tracks and other property, as well as how the machines were developed and how they work. Each chapter tackles a different piece of maintenance equipment like tie pullers, spike drivers and rail grinders. Photos illustrate the machines in action, while detail shots depict the "business end" of each. This one-of-a-kind title is perfect for railfans and modelers.