Train Lord

Train Lord
Author: Oliver Mol
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 181
Release: 2022-07-21
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0241525098

The astonishing true story of trust, pain, becoming lost, and finding a way back to yourself despite it all 'An intimate preservation of a moment in time, full of personality' THE TIMES __________ Life is beautiful - even in the dark . . . Oliver Mol was happily drifting through his twenties when the migraine exploded in his head. Suddenly, he could barely function. He felt marooned. Nothing helped. Yet he was desperate to save himself. Then he found the trains. The job of train guard has intense moments of strict, regimented activity in between periods of calm serenity. It was just what Oliver needed. Not only could he do this, but also it might be a way out. Train Lord is the story of Oliver's extraordinary recovery. A journey back into the light . . . __________ 'Tender, vital and quietly hopeful: a tale of remaking' Guardian 'Rude, raw, visceral, painful and wildly funny' Saga 'Intense and humble, Train Lord won my heart' Australian Book Review

The Forgotten City

The Forgotten City
Author: Allmendinger, Phil
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2021-05-25
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447356047

We all want cities, where more than half of the world’s population currently live, to be just, successful, clean, fair, green, sustainable, safe, healthy and affordable. Will ‘smart cities’ help achieve these aspirations or undermine them in the time of COVID-19? Phil Allmendinger, a world expert on cities, development, and urban governance, takes a critical approach to the role of ‘smart’ in future cities and the relationship with city development. Considering how technology can support active citizenship, he challenges the commercial drivers of big tech and warns that these, not developments for ‘social good’, may dominate. Focusing on the dangers posed by social media, the platform economy and AI, he sets out what those making decisions on city development need to understand in order to save the planet through active politics and healthy cities.

Sydney's Century

Sydney's Century
Author: Peter Spearritt
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780868405131

In this lively portrait of Sydney's development, Peter Spearritt traces a century in the life of the city - from the celebrations of the Federation of Australia in 1901 to the 2000 Olympic Games. He describes the extra-ordinary growth of the city and its sprawling suburbs, and the transition from a port and a manufacturing center to an international financial hub.