STORY OF COVENTRY
Author : MARY DORMER. HARRIS
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,99 MB
Release : 2019
Category :
ISBN : 9781033727348
Coventry
Author : Rachel Cusk
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2019-09-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0374717435
Book Description
NPR's Favorite Books of 2019 Rachel Cusk redrew the boundaries of fiction with the Outline Trilogy, three “literary masterpieces” (The Washington Post) whose narrator, Faye, perceives the world with a glinting, unsparing intelligence while remaining opaque to the reader. Lauded for the precision of her prose and the quality of her insight, Cusk is a writer of uncommon brilliance. Now, in Coventry, she gathers a selection of her nonfiction writings that both offers new insights on the themes at the heart of her fiction and forges a startling critical voice on some of our most urgent personal, social, and artistic questions. Coventry encompasses memoir, cultural criticism, and writing about literature, with pieces on family life, gender, and politics, and on D. H. Lawrence, Françoise Sagan, and Kazuo Ishiguro. Named for an essay Cusk published in Granta (“Every so often, for offences actual or hypothetical, my mother and father stop speaking to me. There’s a funny phrase for this phenomenon in England: it’s called being sent to Coventry”), this collection is pure Cusk and essential reading for our age: fearless, unrepentantly erudite, and dazzling to behold.
Coventry
Author : Helen Humphreys
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 32,25 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780393067200
Book Description
On the night of the Luftwaffe's devastating bombing of Coventry, two women traverse the city and transform their hearts.
The Story of Coventry
Author : Peter Walters
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 16,92 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0750956631
Book Description
The Story of Coventry traces the evolution of the city, from the myths of Godiva, through to the issues, challenges and opportunities facing it in the twenty-first century. Exploring Coventry's heritage through records, architectural developments and anecdotes, it reveals a fascinating and much misunderstood city, whose history is often overshadowed by its bombing during the Second World War. Peter Walters, well known for his numerous newspaper features and active role in local heritage, shows that there is a great deal more to the history of Coventry than first meets the eye. This beautifully illustrated text will delight both residents and visitors alike.
A Coventry Christmas
Author : Becky Cochrane
Publisher : Zebra Books
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : 9780821780428
Book Description
Escaping to Coventry, Texas, for the holidays, Keelie is in for a Christmas that's as unpredictable as it is merry. When the local vet starts making house calls to check on Keelie's under-the-weather hamster, Keelie wonders if this Christmas might bring what she's always wanted: true love. Original.
The Little History of Coventry
Author : Peter Walters
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 42,3 MB
Release : 2019-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0750992816
Book Description
The Little History Of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians, but has often been at the heart of this country's great events. From the testing ground of the saintly Godiva to fourteenth-century boom town, from Second World War Blitz victim to the next UK City of Culture, Coventry has always been an inventive place with an unerring ability to bounce back from misfortune and make its mark. This is a truly eye-opening journey through the events and characters that have shaped its story and made the city one of England's hidden jewels.
The Story of Coventry
Author : Peter Walters
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 35,89 MB
Release : 2013-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0750956631
Book Description
The Story of Coventry traces the evolution of the city, from the myths of Godiva, through to the issues, challenges and opportunities facing it in the twenty-first century. Exploring Coventry’s heritage through records, architectural developments and anecdotes, it reveals a fascinating and much misunderstood city, whose history is often overshadowed by its bombing during the Second World War. Peter Walters, well known for his numerous newspaper features and active role in local heritage, shows that there is a great deal more to the history of Coventry than first meets the eye. This beautifully illustrated text will delight both residents and visitors alike.
Ruined and Rebuilt
Author : Richard Thomas Howard
Publisher : Coventry Peace and Reconciliation
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 13,27 MB
Release : 2019-11-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781871281545
Book Description
Children's History of Coventry
Author : Ann Evans
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 21,45 MB
Release : 2011-02
Category : Coventry (England)
ISBN : 9781849931502
Book Description
When was the first penny-farthing built? Who was Boudicca? What was the 'gyrus' used for? This title will uncover the important and exciting things that happened in your town.
Rebuilding Coventry
Author : Sue Townsend
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 39,97 MB
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0718159748
Book Description
Discover the brilliant, hilarious and unlikely story of a woman's life rebuilt, from the bestselling author of the Adrian Mole series and The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year 'There are two things that you should know about me immediately: the first is that I am beautiful, the second is that yesterday I killed a man. Both things were accidents . . .' When Midlands housewife Coventry Dakin kills her next-door neighbour, in a wild attempt to stop him from strangling his wife, she goes on the run. Finding herself alone and friendless in London, she tries to lose herself in the city's maze of streets. There, she meets a bewildering cast of eccentric characters. From Professor Willoughby D'Eresby and his perpetually naked wife Letitia, to Dodo, a care-in the-community inhabitant of Cardboard City, they all contrive to change Coventry in ways she could never have foreseen . . . Praise for Sue Townsend: 'Laugh-out-loud . . . a teeming world of characters whose foibles and misunderstandings provide glorious amusement. Something deeper and darker than comedy' Sunday Times 'She fills the pages with turmoil, anger, passion, love and big helpings of wit. It's full of colour and glows with life' Independent 'Touching and hilarious. Bursting with witty social commentary as well as humour' Women's Weekly
