The Collected Stories

Author: William Trevor
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101667230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1281

Book Description
A collection of short stories from celebrated author William Trevor in which he shines a light on the day-to-day life of Ireland and its citizens. From his debut collection, “The Day We Got Drunk on Cake,” published in 1968, to “Family Sins” (1990), William Trevor has crafted the short story to perfection, giving us brilliant and subtle stories full of the reversals, surprises, and shadowy truths we discover in life itself. To read this volume is not just to encounter an extraordinary literary stylist, but to understand life as surely as though we were looking through the eyes of his protagonists and—deeper still—into their hearts. William Trevor: The Collected Stories includes the tales from his seven previous books, as well as four stories that have never appeared in book form in America. They depict the comforts and frustrations of life in rural Ireland, the complexities of family relationships, and the elusive grace of love. They portray the almost invisible strands that bind people to each other as well as the chains that imprison them in solitary yearning.

The Sports Shoe

Author: Thomas Turner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1474281818
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 297

Book Description
"Meticulously researched and beautifully produced." Times Literary Supplement "A big and beautiful book." Journal of British Studies "A definitive history of the sports shoe." Amber Butchart, fashion historian "A necessary book [and] a great read." Samuel Smallidge, Archivist, Converse "Both educational and entertaining." Scene Point Blank The story of the sneaker's rise from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the Nike Air Max and beyond. Moving from the athletic field to the shopping mall, Thomas Turner tells a fresh story of the evolution of the sports shoe against the changing landscape of society, sport, fashion, industry, and technology. The Sports Shoe takes us on a journey from the first Victorian tennis shoes to the sneaker of today, to the adidas Superstar and the innovative technologies of Nike Air Max. Featuring newly uncovered archival material and historic images showcasing key personalities, vintage marketing and common perceptions of this hugely desirable product, this book is a must-have for any sneaker collector, historian of popular culture, or anyone interested in the place of athletic footwear in our lives today.

Captured Memories, 1900–1918

Author: Peter Liddle
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1844686248
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 267

Book Description
Peter Liddle was a pioneer in the recording of memories of personal experience in the First World War and in the social background of those who lived through those years. Later he moved into the recording of men and women for whom the Second World War was the formative experience of their lives. In a planned two volume collection of the most outstanding interviews of the four thousand he made, for the first volume he has chosen memories which take the reader back as many as a hundred and twenty years to days in sailing ships, a Hebridean boyhood, suffragist action, pre–1914 working class life and work in the North-East of England, city life in London, service in the Boer War, pioneering a settlement in Manitoba, Canada, and the Army's experiments in the use of man-lifting kites, airplanes and balloons.The main focus of the book is upon the First World War with The Western Front battles, the Gallipoli Campaign and the Battle of Jutland prominently featured. Liddle also represents the Mesopotamian and East African fronts and women nursing under particularly unusual circumstances. Several Victoria Cross award winners and a fighter pilot ace appear, as do those whose distinction was to come later in their lives like Harold Macmillan, Henry Moore, Gordon Jacob, Emanuel Shinwell, Barnes Wallis and Victor Silvester. There is even an interview with the first conscientious objector to be court-martialed and sentenced to death before commutation of the sentence. This book is a veritable treasure trove of the past.

American Lawn Tennis

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Category : Tennis
Languages : en
Pages : 734

Book Description

Coastal Patrol

Author: Brian J. Turpin
Publisher: Fonthill Media
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Routledge Handbook of Tennis

Author: Robert Lake
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315533553
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 477

Book Description
Tennis is one of the world’s most popular sports, as levels of participation and spectatorship demonstrate. Moreover, tennis has always been one of the world’s most significant sports, expressing crucial fractures of social class, gender, sexuality, race and ethnicity - both on and off court. This is the first book to undertake a survey of the historical and socio-cultural sweep of tennis, exploring key themes from governance, development and social inclusion to national identity and the role of the media. It is presented in three parts: historical developments; culture and representations; and politics and social issues, and features contributions by leading tennis scholars from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. The most authoritative book published to date on the history, culture and politics of tennis, this is an essential reference for any course or program examining the history, sociology, politics or culture of sport.

Sydney University Sport 1852-2007

Author: Geoff Sherington
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1920897690
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 392

Book Description
Sydney University Sport 1852-2007: More than a Club offers a fascinating and highly informative overview of the development of sport at the University of Sydney over the past century and a half.

Young Entry

Author: Molly Keane
Publisher: Virago
ISBN: 1405526971
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 222

Book Description
'She was . . . marvellous' GUARDIAN 'I admired many authors. But Molly, I loved' DIANA ATHILL 'Keane's distinctive blend of elegant savagery and deep affection' EVENING STANDARD Prudence, at nineteen, is reckless, laughing, wild; the despair of her elderly guardians. With her best friend, the subversive but very female Peter, she rackets round the Irish countryside among her beloved horses and dogs. But she feels betrayed by Peter's growing interest in the new Master of Hounds, 'Saxon' Major Anthony Countless. And what is Prudence to make of handsome Toby Sage, neighbour, huntsman and accredited flirt? Or of an inexplicable haunting? First published in 1928. This high-spirited novel with its subtle erotic undercurrents, is a glorious story of a ramshackle, tolerant society and of Prudence's turbulent coming of age.

New York Magazine

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Languages : en
Pages : 68

Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.

GONE

Author: A.C. Efverman
Publisher: Lindhardt og Ringhof
ISBN: 8726460610
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394

Book Description
Three teenage boys disappear from an exclusive suburb in Sydney. The kidnappers contact the boys' families - but two of the boys' dead bodies are found floating in the harbour before any ransom sums have been paid. DS Morgan Callaghan has taken time off work for personal reasons, but now he's called in to lead the investigations of the kidnappings and the murders - and once again, Morgan must face cruelty and violent deaths... During the course of the investigations, it becomes known that inner organs have gone missing from bodies at the city morgue - have the boys been killed so their organs can be sold on the black market for organ transplants? This story will take you on a journey through Sydney - where you will encounter incredibly wealthy people, complicated relationships, illegal drugs, and violent murders. You will also get to follow the police investigations closely - all the way to the disturbing end... A.C. Efverman is a Swedish bestselling author. She was born and raised in Stockholm, and she travelled the world for six years before she decided to live in Australia. During her travels, she experienced many things, and in one horrific moment she had a gun pointed at her head by a serial rapist. She writes from her experience of being a victim of crime, as well as over twenty years of research on real-life murderers, police procedures and forensic data. Her first novel was published in Sweden year 2002. Novels from her latest series 'Kommissarie Morgan Callaghan' have listed #1 bestseller on Amazon six times, and have been in the top ten bestsellers on Amazon fifty-four times. A.C. Efverman is a graduate of Stockholm School of Arts, and her portrait paintings of her main book characters have been exhibited in an art gallery in Sydney.