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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 1372
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The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenæum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: The Motor Routes of England
Author: Gordon HomeThe Spectator
Author: The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion; Or, a Journey from London to Birmingham, Containing an Account of the Towns, Villages, Mansions, &c. on Each Side of the Line ... Illustrated with Maps of the Entire Line
Author: Francis COGHLANThe Circle
Author: Dave EggersPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0385351402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives—a “compulsively readable parable for the 21st century” (Vanity Fair). When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels she’s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users’ personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company’s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can’t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman’s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion, Or, A Journey from London to Birmingham
Author: Francis CoghlanPublisher:
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Category : Birmingham (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion From London to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool
Author: Francis CoghlanPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781397357496
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Excerpt from The Iron Road Book and Railway Companion From London to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool: Containing an Account of the Towns, Villages, Mansions, &C. On Each Side of the Line; Times of Arrival and Departure of the Trains at the Several Stations, Coaches and Omnibuses to the Towns in the Vicinity The greatest height of an embankment is 45, and the greatest depth of an excavation is 65'feet. The greatest s10pe of the sides of the excavations is 3 in inclination to 1 m height, the least i} to l. The greatest slope of the sides of the embankments is 3 to l, the least 2 to l. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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