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Author : Albert Christopher Addison
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Story of the "Birkenhead," written by Albert Christopher Addison and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Birkenhead
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439101272
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Gonville written by Peter Birkenhead and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In powerful and spirited prose, Peter Birkenhead recounts a childhood spent trying to make sense of his father, a terrifying, charismatic presence who brutalized his family physically and emotionally at the same time that he enchanted them with his passion and whimsy. An avid gun collector yet an anti-war activist, a popular economics professor and a wife-swapping nudist, a leftist and a lifelong fan of the British Empire who would occasionally don an authentic pith helmet and imitate Michael Caine’s performance as the heroic Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead in the bloody war film Zulu, he was a man who could knock his young son down the stairs one day and the next cry about putting the family’s aged dog to sleep. Such is the contradictory figure at the center of this astonishingly candid and shocking memoir. As a young adult, Birkenhead reacted to his volatile childhood by forgetting its worst moments. He adopted all the trappings of normalcy, threw himself into a career as an actor, landing parts in Broadway plays like Brighton Beach Memoirs and Broadway Bound, both by Neil Simon, and found himself often playing characters who were angry at their fathers. Yet he discovered that he was sleepwalking through life, on occasion falling into rages that reminded him of his father. Then at thirty-one, eleven years after his parents’ divorce, Birkenhead told his mother about his recurring dream of flying down the stairs of their house as a young boy. She revealed that it wasn’t a dream, but a memory from his early childhood of being carried rapidly down the stairs by his mom after his father had pointed a gun at them. The revelation about the dream sparked the painful yet necessary process of examining his childhood and of ultimately moving beyond it, forcing Birkenhead to finally confront his father in a way that released him and his family from this complicated legacy. Combining the terror and wit of Running with Scissors, the poignancy and sense of place of The Tender Bar, with the sparkling prose of Oh the Glory of It All, Gonville is light on its feet even as it deals in the darkest of family tales. A harrowing and often humorous story of a son coming to terms with his alternately charming, cruel, generous, and violent father.
Author : William Williams Mortimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book The History of the Hundred of Wirral written by William Williams Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Deborah Heiligman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
ISBN 13 : 1250187559
Total Pages : 203 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Torpedoed written by Deborah Heiligman and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning author Deborah Heiligman comes Torpedoed, a true account of the attack and sinking of the passenger ship SS City of Benares, which was evacuating children from England during WWII. Amid the constant rain of German bombs and the escalating violence of World War II, British parents by the thousands chose to send their children out of the country: the wealthy, independently; the poor, through a government relocation program called CORB. In September 1940, passenger liner SS City of Benares set sail for Canada with one hundred children on board. When the war ships escorting the Benares departed, a German submarine torpedoed what became known as the Children's Ship. Out of tragedy, ordinary people became heroes. This is their story. This title has Common Core connections.
Author : Arthur Quiller-Couch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 908 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (311 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Sea written by Arthur Quiller-Couch and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Les Jones
Publisher : Secret
ISBN 13 : 9781445653419
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (534 download)
Download or read book Secret Wirral written by Les Jones and published by Secret. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Wirral's secret history through a fascinating selection of stories, facts and photographs.
Author : Frederick Watson
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)
Download or read book The Story of the Highland Regiments written by Frederick Watson and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of the Highland Regiments" is a historical book on the formation and activity of an infantry battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland called Black Watch, also known as Royal Highlanders or Royal Highland Regiment. The book recounts the important part the regiment took in such prominent historical events as the Civil War, Crimean War, Boer War, etc.
Author : Edward Harbord
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 28 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (21 download)
Download or read book The Origin, Progress, and Present State of the Birkenhead Docks written by Edward Harbord and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Allan Kayle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Salvage of the Birkenhead written by Allan Kayle and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account on the salvaging of the HMS Birkenhead. She sunk in 1852 near Gansbaai, South Africa. Less then half of the passengers survived. This event led to the naval tradition of "women and children first."
Author : Peter Hyland
Publisher : ACC Distribution
ISBN 13 : 9781851497348
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (973 download)
Download or read book The Della Robbia Pottery written by Peter Hyland and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full history of the Della Robbia Pottery with illustrations of many of the fine pieces of pottery which were made there.
Author : Justin Fox
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1415202974
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (152 download)
Download or read book The Marginal Safari written by Justin Fox and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I've been craving the road for some time,” writes Justin Fox – odd words for this most seasoned of travel writers. But there is more to it: “Restless, anxious about an uneventful slide into my late 30s ...” And thus begins ten thousand kilometres around the edge of the Republic. Hugging the comforts which distance offers agitated souls, he bears east from Cape Town. This is fatherland, and for Justin his father’s land, which the famous architect Revel Fox has marked as much as he had shaped his son’s own identity. Justin tarries at outposts and towns; he skips entire cities to favour the off-beat treasures of characters fashioned less by convention than by their own battles against nature or circumstance. Back home his dad is fighting cancer. Having travelled with acute observation he reports like a novelist, stringing together scenes, pictures, communities and characters to form a totality of what South Africa is today as seen from its margins: a sad, exciting clash of histories and stories.
Author : Robert Lee
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317088832
Total Pages : 714 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)
Download or read book Networks of Influence and Power written by Robert Lee and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the nineteenth century Liverpool became the heart of an international maritime network. As the 'second city' of Empire, its merchants and shipowners operated within a transnational commercial and financial system, while its trading connections stimulated the development of new markets and their integration within an increasingly global economy. This ground-breaking volume brings together ten original contributions that reflect upon the development of the city's business community from the early-nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War with an emphasis on the period from 1851 to 1912. It offers the first detailed analysis of Liverpool's merchant community within a conceptual and historiographical framework which focuses on the economic, social and cultural role of business elites in the nineteenth century. It explores the extent to which business success was predicated on the maintenance of networks of trust; analyses the importance of business culture in structuring commercial operations; and discusses the role of ethics, trust and reputation within the changing framework of the business environment. Particular attention is paid to the role of women and the important contribution of the family to commercial success and the maintenance of social networks. Changes in business practice and social networks are also examined within a spatial context in order to assess the impact of the development of a distinct commercial centre and the clustering of commercial activity on interaction, reputation and trust, while particular attention is paid to the effect of suburbanization on existing associational networks, the social cohesiveness of business culture, and the cultural identity of the merchant community as a whole.
Author : Stephen Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book A History of Wirral written by Stephen Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Douglas W. Phillips
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781929241460
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (414 download)
Download or read book The Birkenhead Drill written by Douglas W. Phillips and published by . This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1852, the British H.M. troopship Birkenhead foundered. More than 400 men chose to drown or be eaten alive by sharks rather than allow one woman or child to suffer. This is the story of the bravery and heroism that has come to be known as the Birkenhead drill. - Cover. The British H.M. Troopship Birkenhead was the crowning glory of her generation. The first iron-hulled vessel of war, she was believed to be unusually resilient and seaworthy. On the night of February 26, 1852, she was sailing for the coast of South Africa with about 638 men, women, and children aboard, including a large contingent of military reinforcements for the troops engaged in the Kaffir Wars. At about 2:00 a.m., the vessel struck a ledge off Cape Danger. Twenty minutes later, she was submerged. Before she sank, an important decision was made. The men would sacrifice their lives for the women and children. They would willingly die rather than even possibly capsize the overloaded boats on which the women and children sought refuge. Over the next few hours, wives and children watched as their loved ones drowned or were consumed by man-eating sharks engaged in a wild feeding frenzy. The heroism of these men not only established the maritime principle of "women and children first," but served to inspire generations of men and women to stand by the ancient Christian principles of heroic manhood
Author : Travis Elborough
Publisher : Arrow
ISBN 13 : 9780099593829
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (938 download)
Download or read book A Walk in the Park written by Travis Elborough and published by Arrow. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A fascinating, informative, revelatory book' William Boyd, Guardian Parks are such a familiar part of everyday life, you might be forgiven for thinking they have always been there. In fact, public parks are an invention. From their medieval inception as private hunting grounds through to their modern incarnation as public spaces of rest and relaxation, parks have been fought over by land-grabbing monarchs, reforming Victorian industrialists, hippies, punks, and somewhere along the way, the common folk trying to savour their single day of rest. In A Walk in the Park, Travis Elborough excavates the history of parks in all their colour and complexity. Loving, funny and impassioned, this is a timely celebration of a small wonder that - in an age of swingeing cuts - we should not take for granted.
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Author : Richard HINTON
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)
Download or read book The Stranger's Guide Through Birkenhead, and Its Environs, Etc. [With Views.] written by Richard HINTON and published by . This book was released on 1864 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Michael Bloch
Publisher : Abacus
ISBN 13 : 1405517107
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Reign and Abdication of Edward VIII written by Michael Bloch and published by Abacus. This book was released on 2012-05-28 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Bloch gives a new twist to the oft-told story of King Edward's short reign.Drawing on a decade-long study of the King's personality, and on privileged access to his papers, he sees the King's abdication partly as the result of a plot to get rid of him by men who mistrusted his modernity and popular touch, but also explainable by the fact that he did not really want to be king or fight for his throne.
