Schoolboy Servant Gwr Apprentice

Author : David Wilkins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983337
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice written by David Wilkins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset’s Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by ‘going on the railway’ and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes to love his new life and, undeterred by an unhappy temporary posting to the grim and chaotic engine yards of Bristol, ends up spending forty-five years as a GWR employee. Alfred writes charmingly, and always with the authentic voice of a West Country lad. His memoir has been edited by David Wilkins who adds just the right amount of detail to place the story in its proper historical context.

Author : David Wilkins
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750983337
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Schoolboy, Servant, GWR Apprentice written by David Wilkins and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-06-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alfred Plumley, son of a coachman, was born in 1874 in Somerset's Mendip Hills. Written in his old age, this memoir of his youth was discovered in an auction sale. In it, Alfred vividly describes his country childhood and first job as a serving boy at the grand house on the hill above his village. At age 16, Alfred decides to improve his prospects by 'going on the railway' and is sent to a tiny village station on the Somerset coast. He quickly comes to love his new life and, undeterred by an unhappy temporary posting to the grim and chaotic engine yards of Bristol, ends up spending forty-five years as a GWR employee. Alfred writes charmingly, and always with the authentic voice of a West Country lad. His memoir has been edited by David Wilkins who adds just the right amount of detail to place the story in its proper historical context.

Author : Kate Atkinson
Publisher : Reagan Arthur Books
ISBN 13 : 0316230804
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life After Life written by Kate Atkinson and published by Reagan Arthur Books. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she? Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original: this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.

Author : Thomas Hughes
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Author : Robert McLeish
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317590945
Total Pages : 435 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radio Production written by Robert McLeish and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-09-16 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Radio Production is for professionals and students interested in understanding the radio industry in today’s ever-changing world. This book features up-to-date coverage of the purpose and use of radio with detailed coverage of current production techniques in the studio and on location. In addition there is exploration of technological advances, including handheld digital recording devices, the use of digital, analogue and virtual mixing desks and current methods of music storage and playback. Within a global context, the sixth edition also explores American radio by providing an overview of the rules, regulations, and purpose of the Federal Communications Commission. The sixth edition includes: Updated material on new digital recording methods, and the development of outside broadcast techniques, including Smartphone use. The use of social media as news sources, and an expansion of the station’s presence. Global government regulation and journalistic codes of practice. Comprehensive advice on interviewing, phone-ins, news, radio drama, music, and scheduling. This edition is further enhanced by a companion website, featuring examples, exercises, and resources: www.focalpress.com/cw/mcleish.

Author : Jeffrey Archer
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1250022371
Total Pages : 347 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Kept Secret written by Jeffrey Archer and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer, the Clifton Chronicles continues with Best Kept Secret. 1945, London. The vote in the House of Lords as to who should inherit the Barrington family fortune has ended in a tie. The Lord Chancellor's deciding vote will cast a long shadow on the lives of Harry Clifton and Giles Barrington. Harry returns to America to promote his latest novel, while his beloved Emma goes in search of the little girl who was found abandoned in her father's office on the night he was killed. When the general election is called, Giles Barrington has to defend his seat in the House of Commons and is horrified to discover who the Conservatives select to stand against him. But it is Sebastian Clifton, Harry and Emma's son, who ultimately influences his uncle's fate. In 1957, Sebastian wins a scholarship to Cambridge, and a new generation of the Clifton family marches onto the page. But after Sebastian is expelled from school, he unwittingly becomes caught up in an international art fraud involving a Rodin statue that is worth far more than the sum it raises at auction. Does he become a millionaire? Does he go to Cambridge? Is his life in danger? Best Kept Secret, the third volume in Jeffrey Archer's bestselling series, will answer all these questions but, once again, pose so many more.

Author : Edward Everett Hale
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Invention written by Edward Everett Hale and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Morley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 348 pages
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Download or read book Shandygaff written by Christopher Morley and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Frederic William Maitland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 554 pages
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Download or read book Domesday Book and Beyond written by Frederic William Maitland and published by . This book was released on 1897 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : David Scott
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473958989
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Policy Transfer and Educational Change written by David Scott and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Improving education through policy learning is an important notion for countries in need of educational reform. However, identifying a successful set of practices and transferring them from one national setting to another is a complex exercise. Drawing from their extensive experience, the authors explore a single case study of policy transfer in India, demonstrating how and under what conditions educational reforms can be put into practice successfully and sustainably. Coverage includes: · Policy Learning · Inclusive Practices · School Autonomy and School Leadership · India and its system of education This book offers a unique, international perspective on educational reform and is a useful resource for teachers, policy makers and postgraduate level students.