Author: Gill Hicks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750529112
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Gill Hicks was on her way to work on a Piccadilly line tube train on 7th July 2005 when a terrorist bomb exploded in her carriage. In this personal memoir, Gill recounts the events of that day, from facing the prospect that she might die and her subsequent fight to live, to later coming to terms with losing her legs.
One Unknown
Author: Gill Hicks
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750529112
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Gill Hicks was on her way to work on a Piccadilly line tube train on 7th July 2005 when a terrorist bomb exploded in her carriage. In this personal memoir, Gill recounts the events of that day, from facing the prospect that she might die and her subsequent fight to live, to later coming to terms with losing her legs.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780750529112
Category : Amputees
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Gill Hicks was on her way to work on a Piccadilly line tube train on 7th July 2005 when a terrorist bomb exploded in her carriage. In this personal memoir, Gill recounts the events of that day, from facing the prospect that she might die and her subsequent fight to live, to later coming to terms with losing her legs.
One Unknown
Author: Gill Hicks
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1905744633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is an incredibly moving account of tragedy and its aftermath, as told by Gill Hicks, survivor of the London bombings in July 2005. Gill was the last person to be pulled alive from the wreckage of the tube train at Russell Square underground station. Unidentifiable on arrival in hospital, having sustained horrific injuries which led to both of her legs being amputated, Gill was labelled as ‘One Unknown’ on her wristband and life hung in the balance for several days. She was saved by the dedication of the medical staff treating her, and by her own single-minded will to survive. This is, quite simply, a wonderful book. It is humbling, uplifting, funny and deeply moving, and it contains a message of great, yet quiet power. Gill writes with honesty, humour and courage. One Unknown is a call to us all to strive for a more tolerant and peaceful world. This paperback edition contains a new foreword - three years after the bombings happened, plus a new chapter written by Gill's husband, giving his account of the events of the past three years.
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1905744633
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This is an incredibly moving account of tragedy and its aftermath, as told by Gill Hicks, survivor of the London bombings in July 2005. Gill was the last person to be pulled alive from the wreckage of the tube train at Russell Square underground station. Unidentifiable on arrival in hospital, having sustained horrific injuries which led to both of her legs being amputated, Gill was labelled as ‘One Unknown’ on her wristband and life hung in the balance for several days. She was saved by the dedication of the medical staff treating her, and by her own single-minded will to survive. This is, quite simply, a wonderful book. It is humbling, uplifting, funny and deeply moving, and it contains a message of great, yet quiet power. Gill writes with honesty, humour and courage. One Unknown is a call to us all to strive for a more tolerant and peaceful world. This paperback edition contains a new foreword - three years after the bombings happened, plus a new chapter written by Gill's husband, giving his account of the events of the past three years.
Tales for an Unknown City
Author: Dan Yashinsky
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773509535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world; each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the "Friday Nights."
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 9780773509535
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world; each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the "Friday Nights."
Memoirs of an Unknown Life
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother
Author: Xinran
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451610947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Chatto & Windus.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1451610947
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Originally published in Great Britain in 2010 by Chatto & Windus.
Letter from an Unknown Woman and Other Stories
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782270094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
These four Stefan Zweig stories, newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale is a devastating depiction of unrequited love, which inspired a classic Hollywood film, directed by Max Ophüls and starring Joane Fontaine. Elsewhere in the collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves for her sister, two erstwhile lovers meet after an age spent apart, and a married woman repays a debt of gratitude to her childhood sweetheart. Expertly paced, laced with the acutely accurate psychological detail and empathy that are Zweig's trademarks, this is a powerful addition to Pushkin's growing collection of his work.
Publisher: Pushkin Press
ISBN: 1782270094
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
These four Stefan Zweig stories, newly translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell, are among his most celebrated and compelling work. The titular tale is a devastating depiction of unrequited love, which inspired a classic Hollywood film, directed by Max Ophüls and starring Joane Fontaine. Elsewhere in the collection, a young man mistakes the girl he loves for her sister, two erstwhile lovers meet after an age spent apart, and a married woman repays a debt of gratitude to her childhood sweetheart. Expertly paced, laced with the acutely accurate psychological detail and empathy that are Zweig's trademarks, this is a powerful addition to Pushkin's growing collection of his work.
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, by an unknown author
Author: G.W.B. Huntingford
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317021576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a short work of uncertain date and unknown authorship, written in very difficult Greek. It is concerned with the coasts of the Red Sea and |Indian Ocean and may be described as a combined trade directory and Admiralty Handbook, giving sailing directions and information about navigational hazards, harbours, imports and exports. It is of great value for the study of the commerce of the Roman Empire and the early history of East Africa, South Arabia and India. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1980.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1317021576
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea is a short work of uncertain date and unknown authorship, written in very difficult Greek. It is concerned with the coasts of the Red Sea and |Indian Ocean and may be described as a combined trade directory and Admiralty Handbook, giving sailing directions and information about navigational hazards, harbours, imports and exports. It is of great value for the study of the commerce of the Roman Empire and the early history of East Africa, South Arabia and India. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1980.
Biography of an Unknown
Author:
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434917983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1434917983
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 150
Book Description
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Author: James Naremore
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1839022353
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many contributors--among them Viennese author Stephan Zweig, whose 1922 novella was the source of the picture; producer John Houseman, an ally of Ophuls who nevertheless made questionable changes to what Ophuls had shot; screenwriter Howard Koch; music composer Daniéle Amfitheatrof; designers Alexander Golitzen and Travis Banton; and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, whose performances were central to the film's emotional effect. Naremore also traces the film's reception history, from its middling box office success and mixed early reviews, exploring why it has been a work of exceptional interest to subsequent generations of both aesthetic critics and feminist theorists. Lastly, Naremore provides an in-depth critical appreciation of the film, offering nuanced appreciation of specific details of mise-en-scene, camera movement, design, sound, and performances, integrating this close analyses into an overarching analysis of Letter's “recognition plot;” a trope in which the recognition of a character's identity creates dramatic intensity or crisis. Naremore argues that Letter's use of recognition is one of the most powerful in Hollywood cinema, and contrasts it with what we find in Zweig's novella.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1839022353
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
James Naremore's study of Max Ophuls' classic 1948 melodrama, Letter from an Unknown Woman, not only pays tribute to Ophuls but also discusses the backgrounds and typical styles of the film's many contributors--among them Viennese author Stephan Zweig, whose 1922 novella was the source of the picture; producer John Houseman, an ally of Ophuls who nevertheless made questionable changes to what Ophuls had shot; screenwriter Howard Koch; music composer Daniéle Amfitheatrof; designers Alexander Golitzen and Travis Banton; and leading actors Joan Fontaine and Louis Jourdan, whose performances were central to the film's emotional effect. Naremore also traces the film's reception history, from its middling box office success and mixed early reviews, exploring why it has been a work of exceptional interest to subsequent generations of both aesthetic critics and feminist theorists. Lastly, Naremore provides an in-depth critical appreciation of the film, offering nuanced appreciation of specific details of mise-en-scene, camera movement, design, sound, and performances, integrating this close analyses into an overarching analysis of Letter's “recognition plot;” a trope in which the recognition of a character's identity creates dramatic intensity or crisis. Naremore argues that Letter's use of recognition is one of the most powerful in Hollywood cinema, and contrasts it with what we find in Zweig's novella.
Journey of an Unknown Destination
Author: JoAnn Havard Smith
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481722395
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
As I look back on some of the things I did to keep from going to church, I have to laugh. I would take my twin brother's and sister's only pair of shoes and hide them. Back in those days my parents could only afford one pair of shoes. I was hoping that my mother would let me stay home and baby sit. Look at me now! Married to a pastor, going to church all the time. Is this God's way of reminding me not to hinder the little children. After all, He does work in mysterious ways. As I set out on life's journey of an unknown destination unsure of the path I would go, the most important thing one can do is always be true to oneself. Remember, there's nothing that God cannot do. So, start out today with faith in your heart, until your dreams come true!
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481722395
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
As I look back on some of the things I did to keep from going to church, I have to laugh. I would take my twin brother's and sister's only pair of shoes and hide them. Back in those days my parents could only afford one pair of shoes. I was hoping that my mother would let me stay home and baby sit. Look at me now! Married to a pastor, going to church all the time. Is this God's way of reminding me not to hinder the little children. After all, He does work in mysterious ways. As I set out on life's journey of an unknown destination unsure of the path I would go, the most important thing one can do is always be true to oneself. Remember, there's nothing that God cannot do. So, start out today with faith in your heart, until your dreams come true!