Travellers In Time

Author : Alison Uttley
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 168137448X
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Traveller in Time written by Alison Uttley and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-02-11 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The “superb” time travel adventure of one lonely young girl, a remarkable family, and an impossible task, set between modern and Elizabethan England (The Washington Post) "A beautiful book . . . a form of enchanting ghost story, with the ghosts drawn in with the grace of a painter on a fan." —The Observer Penelope Taberner Cameron is a solitary and a sickly child, a reader and a dreamer. Her mother, indeed, is of the opinion that the girl has grown all too attached to the products of her imagination and decides to send her away from London for a restorative dose of fresh country air. But staying at Thackers, in remote Derbyshire, Penelope is soon caught up in a new mystery, as she finds herself transported at unforeseeable intervals back and forth from modern to Elizabethan times. There she becomes part of a remarkable family that is, Penelope realizes, in terrible danger as they plot to free Mary, Queen of Scots, from the prison in which Queen Elizabeth has confined her. Penelope knows the tragic end that awaits the Scottish queen, but she can neither change the course of events nor persuade her new family of the hopelessness of their cause, which love, loyalty, and justice all compel them to embrace. Caught between present and past, Penelope is ever more torn by questions of freedom and fate. To travel in time, she discovers, is to be very much alone. And yet the slow recurrent rhythms of the natural world, beautifully captured by Alison Uttley, also speak of a greater ongoing life that transcends the passage of the years.

Author : Jeremy Harte
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789147476
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travellers through Time written by Jeremy Harte and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2023-06-17 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible history of the Roma people in England told from the inside. The Romany people have been variously portrayed as exotic strangers or as crude, violent, delinquent “gypsies.” For the first time, this book describes the real history of the Romany in England from the inside. Drawing on new archival and first-hand research, Jeremy Harte vividly describes the itinerant life of the Romany as well as their artistic traditions, unique language, and flamboyant ceremonies. Travelers through Time tells the dramatic story of Romany life on the British margins from Tudor times through today, filled with vivid insights into the world of England’s large Romany population.

Author : Ann VanderMeer
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0765374218
Total Pages : 961 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Time Traveler's Almanac written by Ann VanderMeer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 961 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Time Traveler's Almanac is the largest and most definitive collection of time travel stories ever assembled. Gathered into one volume by intrepid chrononauts and world-renowned anthologists Ann and Jeff VanderMeer, this book compiles more than a century's worth of literary travels into the past and the future that will serve to reacquaint readers with beloved classics of the time travel genre and introduce them to thrilling contemporary innovations. This marvelous volume includes nearly seventy journeys through time from authors such as Douglas Adams, Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, William Gibson, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R. R. Martin, Michael Moorcock, H. G. Wells, and Connie Willis, as well as helpful non-fiction articles original to this volume (such as Charles Yu's "Top Ten Tips For Time Travelers"). In fact, this book is like a time machine of its very own, covering millions of years of Earth's history from the age of the dinosaurs through to strange and fascinating futures, spanning the ages from the beginning of time to its very end. The Time Traveler's Almanac is the ultimate anthology for the time traveler in your life.

Author : Jon Bird
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134912978
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travellers' Tales written by Jon Bird and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-07-08 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most of us, at various moments in our lives, either adopt a `tourist' identity of are framed within another's tourist experience. Travellers' Tales investigates the future for travelling in a world whose boundaries are shifting and dissolving. The contributors bring together popular and critical discourses of travel to explore questions of identity and politics; history and narration; collecting and representing other cultures. Travellers' tales oscillate between the thrill of novel experiences and unexpected pleasures, and the alienation and loneliness of exile in a strange land. The contributions review recent work on the discourses of tourism, travel and cultural politics; the effects of global interactions and local resistances, and the ways in which records, memorials and signs have all been used to describe the experience of encountering the `other'.

Author : John Murray (Firm)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A hand-book for travellers on the continent. [1st] [2 issues of the 16th and 17th eds. The 18th ed. is in 2 pt. Pt.1 only of the 19th ed.]. written by John Murray (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385216702
Total Pages : 626 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Handbook for Travellers in Egypt written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-20 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author : Rob van der Bijl
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0128147857
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Light Rail Transit Systems written by Rob van der Bijl and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2018-06-29 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Light Rail Transit Systems: 61 Lessons in Sustainable Urban Development shows how to design and operate light rail to maximize its social benefits. Readers will learn how to understand the value of light rail and tactics on its effective integration into communities. It uses strong supporting evidence and theory drawn from the author's team and their extensive experience in developing new light rail systems. The book uses numerous case studies to demonstrate how key concepts can bridge the geographic limitations inherent in many transit-related discussions. In addition, users will learn how to develop important relationships with local decision-makers and communities. Presents applied research by experienced practitioners and academic researchers Draws on more than 50 cases from Europe, the Middle East, the UK and US Incorporates five themes on why it’s important to invest in light rail, including effective mobility, and for an efficient city, economy, environment and equity Includes a checklist for planning public transport projects

Author : D. Deeter
Publisher : Transportation Research Board
ISBN 13 : 0309098424
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Real-time Traveler Information Systems written by D. Deeter and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2009 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This synthesis reports on the state of the practice in real-time traveler information systems. Emphasis is placed on the needs and expectations of travelers, the current status of a variety of traveler information systems in the United States, available and emerging data sources, and business models for sustaining traveler information. This synthesis will benefit state DOT transportation managers and others that provide or seek to provide affordable, accurate, timely, and effective information in a format that travelers can use.

Author : John Murray
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Hand-book for Travellers on the Continent written by John Murray and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Dawood
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199214166
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Travellers' Health written by Richard Dawood and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-27 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Travellers' Health offers practical advice on preventing and coping with every health problem imaginable. Authoritatively written by over 70 experts, this book is essential reading for all travellers worldwide.