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- Author: Board of Railway Commissioners for Canada
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- Category : Railroads
- Languages : en
- Pages : 1668
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A fictionalized memoir in which Satomi, the self-conscious young Japanese narrator, recounts the pains of her cultural assimilation into a baffling new environment. Satomi's adventures, at Soho galleries and rock clubs, in spacious lofts and cramped cold-water flats, form a study in modern New York mores.
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.
The Battle of Jettena Junction is a remarkable work. This intriguing combination of fiction work and history textbook subverts and reverses the expectations of historical fiction, using plot as the backdrop of history rather than history as the backdrop for the plot - a history book with a dash of fiction rather than a fiction book with a dash of history. ***** The Confederate States of America had suffered recent devastating defeats at the hands of the Union in recent months. Their capital, Richmond was now a smoldering ruin. Though their spirits were still high, the Confederacy was on the verge of collapse. One more devastating battle, one more dramatic defeat would see the end of the newly formed nation before the eyes of the world. So when the opportunity arose to conclude the most devastating war in America's history, to end in their favor, what better way to end it but by capturing the Federal's leader, President Abraham Lincoln, a she traveled from Washington D.C., to Gettysburg to honor the fallen. The question was? Where was the best location to conduct their hit and run attack? Why, a small siding in Pennsylvania, named Jettena Junction. But what was to be a simple in and out raid turned into a total rout the Confederacy. Deceit, disobeyed orders and commands, betrayal, glory hunting, poor intelligence All played their part as the cream of their military faced a determined foe.
"Neddie and Beckie Stubtail (Two Nice Bears)" by Howard Roger Garis is a collection of children's stories that have charmed readers of all ages since its publication in 1913. Composed of thirty-one stories that follow the bears, Neddie and Beckie, as they get into adventures of all sorts, this storybook adorned shelves and side tables in nurseries for over a century. With its whimsical illustrations and endearing characters, these stories will continue to inspire sweet dreams for years to come.