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  • af David Lloyd
    142,95 kr.

    In addressing public and private conflicts and transnational borders, David Lloyd's new collection Warriors draws from myth, history, popular culture, family, the animal world, the environment while using an array of forms: the sestina, the parable, the lyric, the narrative, the poem sequence.

  • - Book 1: Early Days
    af David Lloyd
    162,95 kr.

    This is a 1950s story of a young man, Freddie Allard who leaves school at 15 to start a career on British Railways. Freddie has watched trains from an early age and has always wanted to work on the railway, now his dream has come true and he will be paid for it too!Freddie and the Steam Trains, Early Days, is the first book in the series that tells the story of the Authors early career starting as a steam train Cleaner.The oldest of two lads, post war, Freddie is used to hard work helping his Mother and Gran make the most of food rationing, and is striving to overcome a difficult relationship with his Father. However, having arranged to start on the Southern Region at Ashford he has a setback when his Father's work takes them away to Hertfordshire. His Father is opposed to him working on the railway, and wants Freddie to join him at as an apprentice at the De-Havilland Aircraft Factory. Freddie loves his Father but goes against his wishes as a friendly railway Clerk helps him to go to Watford Junction where he starts as a Cleaner on the London Midland Region.Follow Freddie's adventures as he starts work, is coached and nurtured, gains skills, knowledge and experience, overcomes mistakes, meets many railway characters, settles into the cleaning routine and other dirty jobs, learns the harsh discipline of railway life and overcomes his Father's opposition to his chosen career. During the next year he slowly learns about the railway and steam engines and, as he approaches 16, prepares for promotion to Passed Cleaner. The next book sees Freddie beginning training as a Fireman on the footplate, but that is another story.

  • - Or The Voyage Of Life And Other Poems (1812)
    af David Lloyd
    313,95 kr.

  • af David Lloyd
    252,95 kr.

    Oliver thought he was just an average fellow, living an ordinary life. In the twilight days of a dystopian society, Oliver is just trying to make it through the day before it all falls apart. But when he crosses the border of life and death, his simple life – and that of every man, woman and child – takes on a whole new perspective.Desperate and alone, all he wants is to find the gateway back to his world. But evil is everywhere, and has its own plans for Oliver. Deep within the city, an unknown force is amassing a great legion for a dark purpose. At some point, these two will meet – and only one can enter the gateway.Oliver enlists the help of some odd travelling companions, including Alison, a woman who could be his sister, and the wild and enigmatic Towel, a small girl who is wise beyond her apparent years. Together they must embark upon an epic journey, one that will bring them face to face with what it means to be human.Souls of the living past are at war, causing the world to spiral towards an impending cataclysm that may bring life and death together for eternity. Will there be an end of graves for us all?

  • - Painting and Theatre
    af David Lloyd
    409,95 - 1.219,95 kr.

    Beckett was deeply engaged with the visual arts and individual painters, including Jack B. Yeats, Bram van Velde, and Avigdor Arikha. In this monograph, David Lloyd explores what Beckett saw in their paintings.

  • - The Autobiography
    af David Lloyd
    107,95 kr.

    The eagerly awaited autobiography of the hugely popular commentator and cricket enthusiast David 'Bumble' Lloyd

  • af David Lloyd
    152,95 kr.

    This fascinating collection will re-awaken memories among older residents, while showing the young, the face of the area as it used to be.

  • - Stories and a Novella
    af David Lloyd
    107,95 - 242,95 kr.

    The narrator of the novella, ?Boys?, is a 13-year-old Chris, a member of a small gang. The 12 stories in ?On Monday? proceed chronologically from a Monday to a Tuesday morning. Each story highlights a different character's experiences with parents, friends, teachers, the expectations of others and the expectations of a culture and an era.

  • af David Lloyd
    478,95 kr.

    This volume explores the remarkable convergence that took place between theories of the modern state and theories of culture from the end of the 18th century to the late 19th century.

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