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Every year on the first Sunday in August, hundreds gather to see one of the greatest displays of historic commercial vehicles. First organized in 1969, the Trans Pennine Run attracts an annual entry of around 200 vehicles coming from all over the UK. The event starts at Birch Services on the M62 at Manchester at about 7.30 in the morning and runs for 64 miles via Rochdale, Halifax and Bradford, taking in some of the finest Yorkshire scenery along...
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Who Pays the Ferryman is an informative and critical analysis of Scotland's ferry services. It describes the 'glory days' of how, from modest beginnings, Scotland once led the world in maritime development. It contrasts the achievements of the past with the failures, waste and inadequacy of much of today's state-owned ferry provision. In addition to showing how a more equitable fares regime can be devised, Roy Pedersen also addresses sensitive issues...
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Bellerive, 1998.
Respectivement âgés de 41 et 44 ans, Marie et Reno filent le parfait bonheur
en compagnie de leur fils Samy, 12 ans.
Ils sont toutefois confrontés à une dernière énigme qui vient de leur être
proposée. Surgie du passé, elle leur a été adressée par Joseph Valiquette en 1952,
avant même que Reno ne soit né ! Pour la résoudre, ils devront faire preuve
d'imagination et surtout de patience...
Octobre 2015.
Après une...
84) The Edwardians
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"A convincing account of a watershed epoch, Hattersley's concise yet comprehensive history casts new light on a much-misunderstood era." - Publishers Weekly
Edwardian Britain has often been described as a golden sunlit afternoon---personified by its genial and self-indulgent King. In fact, modern Britain was born during the reign of Edward VII, when politics, science, literature, and the arts were turned upside down.
In Parliament, the peers were...
85) Kent VCs
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As one might expect from a county with the motto 'Invicta' (Unconquered), Kent has produced her fair share of military heroes. Here Roy Ingleton honors 50 of those who have been awarded the nation's highest decoration for valor in the line of duty.
The book is divided into sections according to the conflicts in which the awards were earned, each beginning with a concise historical overview to set the context for these acts of heroism. From the Crimea...
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Coming home from the war in Iraq, US Army private Roy Scranton thought he'd left the world of strife behind. Then he watched as new calamities struck America, heralding a threat far more dangerous than ISIS or Al Qaeda: Hurricane Katrina, Superstorm Sandy, megadrought--the shock and awe of global warming. Our world is changing. Rising seas, spiking temperatures, and extreme weather imperil global infrastructure, crops, and water supplies. Conflict,...
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Increasingly, leaders are glancing back over their shoulders to see if anyone is following. A very costly move with so much changing right in front of them. For too many, this "disengagement" as Gallup puts it, stems from a lack of trust in the leader's character. Regardless of other qualities, no thinking person is going to follow a so-called leader into uncertainty without absolute trust in their integrity, moral clarity, and courage. Do they have...
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Préface de In Linéa Positiva
Suivez Clovis, un itinérant qui cherche ses repères et le bonheur. Ce jeune homme se retrouve pris en charge par des personnes qui souhaitent lui venir en aide.
Vous le verrez évoluer au sein du même organisme créé par des fiscalistes dont le but est d'aider des jeunes filles à ne pas tomber dans le monde de la prostitution à l'âge de 18 ans, à leur sortie des Centres jeunesse.
Vous vivrez, en même temps...
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Pacazo is the story of John Segovia, an American historian who built himself a life in Piura, a small city on the desert coast of Peru where the real and the surreal intermix. Then both that life and the city were destroyed. John's wife was murdered, and his search for the killer takes place amidst the storms of El Niño.
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In her major address to the 99th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association on August 16, 2004, "Public Power in the Age of Empire," broadcast nationally on C-Span Book TV and on Democracy Now! and Alternative Radio, writer Arundhati Roy brilliantly examines the limits to democracy in the world today. Bringing the same care to her prose that she brought to her Booker Prize-winning novel The God of Small Things, Roy discusses the need...
91) A Savage Kultur
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Ava, a Jewish art student at Oxford University in England, receives a heart-wrenching letter from her grandfather after he dies. From the letter, she discovers that her grandfather has left her his London art gallery, which he says will secure her future, as well as provide a place for her to grow her artistic talents and follow her passion for art. The letter also describes his one last wish-that she recover a treasured Vincent van Gogh painting,...
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Maurice, a central text within the gay literary canon, is by far one of the bravest creative works written within the genre of LGBT literature, arguably, it is one of the bravest texts of the early twentieth century. The novel is an essence a BILDUNGSROMAN that traces the emotional development of the eponymous hero as he deals with the repercussions of being homosexual in Edwardian England. Although, written by E.M. Forster, during 1913-19 14, he...
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On May 1, 2014, the directors of ADM (Aéroports de Montréal) announced a call for tenders to demolish the Mirabel terminal, putting a definitive end to the passenger transport vocation at this airport inaugurated with great fanfare in October 1975. But what happened? Who is responsible for this mess? Could it have been done differently? Was the best location selected for this airport? Why did we fail to connect Mirabel with a fast train, as originally...
94) Un coeur vide
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Alors que sa vie était censée être toute tracée aux ctés de Marianne, tout s'écroule pour Charles: il a perdu sa fille dans un incendie, et voilà que sa femme le quitte. À 40 ans, il est persuadé qu'il est trop tard pour recommencer.
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Fatigué de manger des plats tout préparés dans une grande maison sans vie, il décide de déménager, puis embauche Katia pour s'occuper de son domicile et de ses repas. Rien de tel qu'une...
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The Cruise of the Raider "Wolf" is not intended as another war book; it is the story of one of the strangest and greatest sea adventures of modern times. The Wolf has become a legendary figure-a name connected with strange happenings at sea; but to most people it is only a name. The actual cruise was a shadowy, mysterious affair; and for many reasons the history of the cruise has remained equally vague. Briefly, this raider slipped out of Germany...
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(Book 1 of 2) This book is a work of fiction which is based on a true story.
No one knows how fate can change a man. How sweet dreams can be changed into something more compelling.
With peculiar events occurring at a rapid pace and a claustrophobic feeling of indifference, Richard was on the verge of cutting loose from his problems. It became time to strike out but that would be far from salvation.
Meanwhile, there was someone who appeared to have...
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Medicaid, America's government-run health insurance program for the poor, should be a lifeline that provides needed health care to Americans with no other options. Surprisingly, however, it doesn't. The medical literature reveals a $450 billion-a-year scandal: that people on Medicaid have far worse health outcomes than those with private insurance, and no better outcomes than those with no insurance at all. Why is this so? In How Medicaid Fails the...
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Compilation de 3 Romances de Milliardaires. Découvrez dans cette anthologie exceptionnelle: 1. Leur Amour Secret (Trilogie Intégrale / Tomes 1, 2 et 3)Elle est sage, timide, discrète. Il est incontrlable.Leur monde est impitoyable. 2. Mariage Accidentel (Trilogie Intégrale / Tomes 1, 2 et 3) Marie et sa meilleure amie sont toutes les deux fraîchement diplmées, et pour fêter cela, ont le projet d'aller passer une semaine folle à Las Vegas...
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Cincinnati's history is rife with reprehensible crimes and great tragedies. In 1874, a brutal murder caught the attention of a strange and notorious journalist, who turned the crime into a legend. In the 1930s, Cincinnati resident Anna Marie Hahn became Ohio's first female serial killer and the first woman executed in its electric chair, but she isn't the only serial killer to have darkened the dangerous streets of the city. Murderers are not the...
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Roy Close's wartime experiences make breathtaking reading. Mobilized in 1939 he became part of the BEF and was fortunate to avoid death or captivity during the German blitzkrieg and escape through Dunkirk. Sent to North Africa, he joined the Paras and, from there, to the SAS. In 1944 he operated behind enemy lines with the Maquis in France, who were in open insurrection against the German occupiers. The scene then shifts to Holland and the advance...