Wakefield is a small town where a unique collection of long-standing citizens has lived mostly in harmony, accepting of each other's foibles. But underneath the picture perfect exterior a battle rages between those who wish to preserve the historic single-lane covered bridge across the river, and the loggers who want it replaced with a modern alternative. As the days pass with no change in the dispute, tensions begin to boil over, friends turn against one another, and the town seethes with potential violence.
In a compelling follow-up to the novel THE FIRE LINE, 16-year-old Martin Bishop fights for survival as timekeeper of a railway construction gang whose foreman is a corrupt scumbag. Finally cast off in the bush with a motley crew of the "wilder few", Martin finds himself on an epic moral quest to find civiliationin the midst of a primeval wilderness of violence and deceit.
The acclaimed author of The True Life Adventures of Sparrow Drinkwater has created another mythological tale in which lives run headlong off the rails into tangled thickets of love, deception and narrow escape. The tale of Reed Kitchen, lifelong railway worker. full-time language lover and part-time visionary, The Fire Line is a dazzling, dramatic novel, a mesmerizing journey through an eccentric universe. "Trevor Ferguson has made magic in this marvellous novel". -- The Edmonton Journal "(Ferguson) is extraordinarily gifted at capturing the experience of a moment, evoking through small ordinary gestures a man's entire emotional history". -- Joan Thomas, The Globe and Mail "... a 'splendiferous' achievement. (The Fire Line) is a glorious chunk of sustained poetic language that deserves to be short-listed for several awards ..". -- The Toronto Star "The ending... is both joyous and surprising". -- The Ottawa Citizen
One day Woolsey and Ramsey were lying in the field under a tree. Out of the sun it felt cool in the shade. They looked around at the rest of the sheep and lambs jumping about and eating the grass when Woolsey says look at all them idiots running around, way to warm for all that motion man!. Yeah dude says Ramsey not good, lets just rest a while. Hey man lets go down to the big meadow with all the long juicy grass beside the river we could get a cool drink when were there Woolsey suggests. Yeah dude, excellent idea, lets go says Ramsey. Not just yet, says Woolsey, we dont want the rest to follow us - so not cool! So what should we do then, dude? Ramsey replies. I know! says Woolsey if we just slip away through those trees well be gone Before they notice! Cool, great idea dude lets get outta here quick smart! Replies Ramsey.
Une somptueuse métaphore des années 60 où tout était possible, portée par un humour débridée et une verve sans égale. Onyx John, voyou dénué de tous scrupules, vit grand train dans le Maine avec sa maitresse Oréo, une escort-girl de luxe. Villa, voiture de sport, voilier : la belle vie... Mais cet idyllique tableau s'altère à mesure qu'Onyx dévoile son passé et les circonstances tragiques qui l'ont poussé à la fuite. Traqué par le caïd Zoltan Tinodi, Onyx John se lance à la poursuite de son père, un pasteur illuminé féru d'alchimie, mystérieusement disparu. De Montréal aux États-Unis en passant par Amsterdam à l'occasion d'un obscur trafic de diamants, Trevor Ferguson nous conte les folles tribulation d'Onyx John et brosse avec un humour débridé et une verve sans égale, un portrait des folles années 60 où tout été encore possible. " On l'a comparé à Irving, on pense à Dickens... Mais non, Ferguson... c'est du Ferguson ! " Sophie Gironnay, L'Actualité Traduit de l'anglais par Ivan Steenhout.
This volume photographically presents the wedding between Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Sarah Ferguson in July, 1986. This portfolio of over 650 photographs of the wedding day illustrates the grandeur of that day's events.
Wakefield is a small town where a unique collection of long-standing citizens has lived mostly in harmony, accepting of each other's foibles. But underneath the picture perfect exterior a battle rages between those who wish to preserve the historic single-lane covered bridge across the river, and the loggers who want it replaced with a modern alternative. As the days pass with no change in the dispute, tensions begin to boil over, friends turn against one another, and the town seethes with potential violence.
Football matches can change in a matter of seconds. So too can lives.' Luke stands at the stern of the Stena Seacat, and stares down at Dun Laoghaire harbour below. His whole universe is about to alter. Ella is behind him, trials for Everton are ahead of him. He has no idea where the journey will take him but he can't wait to begin.This tremendous follow up to a powerful debut novel, The Stretford Enders, charts Luke's first love, football as he sets out to play for Everton and leave behind his home, and perhaps his heart.
A creature of Jewish mythology, a golem is an animated being made by man from clay and water who knows neither his own strength nor the extent of his ignorance. Like science and technology, the subjects of Harry Collins and Trevor Pinch's previous volumes, medicine is also a golem, and this Dr. Golem should not be blamed for its mistakes - they ...
The advent of mass railroad travel in the 1800s saw the extension of a system of global transport that developed various national styles of construction, operation, administration, and passenger experiences. Drawing on travel narratives and a broad range of other contemporary sources, this history contrasts the railroad cultures of 19th century England and America, with a focus on the differing social structures and value systems of each nation, and how the railroad fit into the wider industrial landscape.
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