Riding the Rails

Riding the Rails
Author: Errol Lincoln Uys
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2004-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1135942293

Through letters and photographs, profiles teenagers who hopped the freight trains during the Great Depression in order to find adventure, seek employment, or escape poverty.

Strindberg's Letters, Volume 1

Strindberg's Letters, Volume 1
Author: August Strindberg
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 1992-05-04
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9780226777276

This is the first major collection in English of August Strindberg's letters, the most vital and wide-ranging body of correspondence in Scandinavian literature. Of ten thousand surviving letters, Michael Robinson has selected and translated more than five hundred of the most important, which trace Strindberg's development and provide a comprehensive view of the life and work of this towering figure in European literary and theatrical Modernism.

The Eaters: Book One

The Eaters: Book One
Author: Corrie Brundage
Publisher: Easton Studio Press, LLC
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2016-06-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1632260603

So not your usual post-apocalyptic, clone vs. hybrid romance-adventure...ebook version now includes a sneak peek at Book Two: Return Brilliant, brave, determined, and just a little bit…distracted. Meet Dr. Mina Brice, dedicated savior of species, and scientist with a secret. On a planet ravaged by climate change, her ability to mind-meld with earth’s imperiled beasts has made her a valued member of a team dedicated to saving as many as they can from extinction. Unfortunately, Mina’s inability to connect with her fellow humans has kept most of them at arm's length. Except for Jack—handsome, dashing-with-a-touch -of-goofy, totally distracting Jack. Dr. Jack MacConnell was never supposed to be part of Mina’s game plan. But when thrown together on a crazy-dangerous mission, both fate and a deadly tsunami seem determined to propel them down the same fraught—and occasionally delicious—path. Perhaps forever? But forever turns out to be a fluid commodity when both awaken 500 years into the future in a city called Origin. Presided over by aliens known as The Travelers, it is a world at once familiar and totally strange. And for Mina and Jack, it will become a battleground…against a hybrid race of predators loosed on the human population, against those whose dark side is so very carefully hidden, and even, as fate throws a heart wrenching twist their way, against…each other? Corrie Brundage kicks off The Eaters trilogy with an intoxicating tale of pulse-pounding action for fans of urban fantasy and science fiction to devour and savor.

The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume One

The Thomas Hardy Collection Volume One
Author: Thomas Hardy
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 1138
Release: 2020-11-17
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1504065069

Three classics of the Victorian era from the great novelist. This volume includes three iconic novels by the author known for chronicling nineteenth-century English society. Far from the Madding Crowd: A tale of love, tragedy, and a woman brave enough to defy convention. Jude the Obscure: A young stonemason who had aspired to a career in academia finds himself trapped in an unhappy marriage in this novel of passion and heartbreak. The Mayor of Casterbridge: A wealthy mayor harbors a terrible secret in this story of addiction, love, and regret.

Written in Blood Volume 1

Written in Blood Volume 1
Author: Richard F. Selcer
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2010
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1574412965

Richard F. Selcer and Kevin S. Foster tell the stories of thirteen of those early lawmen, starting with Tarrant County Sheriff John B. York in 1861 and going through Fort Worth Police Officer William Ad Campbell in 1909. York died in a street fight; Campbell was shot-gunned in the back while walking his beat in Hells Half-Acre. This is also the story of law enforcement in the days when an assortment of policemen and marshals, sheriffs and deputies, and special officers and constables held the line and sometimes crossed over it.

The Olympus Device: Book One

The Olympus Device: Book One
Author: Joe Nobody
Publisher: Kemah Bay Marketing
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2013-08-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

He only wanted to build a plaything - a small, simple device born of innate curiosity and a fascination of things mechanical. Scavenging parts and repurposing components, a country gunsmith assembles what is supposed to be a conversation piece – a trinket to show his friends… a toy really... a small rail gun. The invention is so much more. After nearly destroying his West Texas shop, Dusty realizes he has stumbled upon science that could alter the future of mankind. The size and shape of a common rifle, his device is capable of producing unimaginable energy. The simple, gentleman rancher is faced with a dilemma of the ages, the survival of the human race. The resulting technology can produce limitless, clean energy, or if used as a weapon, inconceivable destruction. Nothing so monumental stays secret for long. Powerful men and desperate governments learn of the discovery, and it quickly becomes evident that whoever wields the rail gun can dominate the entire planet. Book One of a new series, The Olympus Device by author Joe Nobody takes the reader through a fast paced adventure that explores the dichotomy of corruptive power versus ultimate benefit.

America's History, Volume 1: To 1877

America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
Author: James A. Henretta
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 647
Release: 2011-01-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 0312387911

With fresh interpretations from two new authors, wholly reconceived themes, and a wealth of cutting-edge new scholarship, the seventh edition of America's History is designed to work perfectly with the way you teach the survey today. Building on the book's hallmark strengths — balance, comprehensiveness, and explanatory power — as well as its outstanding visuals and extensive primary-source features, authors James Henretta, Rebecca Edwards, and Robert Self have shaped America's History into the ideal resource for survey classes.

Faust: Parts One and Two

Faust: Parts One and Two
Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2018-06-13
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0486831388

Single-volume edition of the complete work in the Bayard Taylor translation. Part One covers Faust's pact with Mephistopheles and seduction of an innocent girl; Part Two relates his courtship of Helen of Troy and his salvation.

Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering Volume 1

Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering Volume 1
Author: Jimmy C.M. Kao
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 2049
Release: 2017-07-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 135164940X

The 2016 International Conference on Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (ICCAE 2016), November 4-6, 2016, Taipei, Taiwan, is organized by China University of Technology and Taiwan Society of Construction Engineers, aimed to bring together professors, researchers, scholars and industrial pioneers from all over the world. ICCAE 2016 is the premier forum for the presentation and exchange of experience, progress and research results in the field of theoretical and industrial experience. The conference consists of contributions promoting the exchange of ideas between researchers and educators all over the world.

Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

Essays on Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged
Author: Robert Mayhew
Publisher: Lexington Books
Total Pages: 532
Release: 2009-04-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0739136364

While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars on Atlas Shrugged, her magnum opus. The essays deal with historical, literary, and philosophical topics, surpassing related writings in breadth and depth of analysis. The historical essays cover the writing of Atlas Shrugged, its publication history, and its reception. The literary essays cover analysis of the novel's plot, theme, and characterization; comparisons with other works, such as the novels of Hugo, Dostoyevsky, and Joyce; and the proper approach to adapting Atlas Shrugged to film. The philosophical essays cover a vast range of topics, including the place of Galt's speech in the novel, the role of the mind in human life, and the evil of non-objective law. Some of the essays make use of previously unpublished material from the Ayn Rand Archives.