Five Trips to the Edge
Five Trips to the Edge

Author: Jim Lyke

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2001-03

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0595174590

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A man who falls in love with a woman he passes on the highway during his daily commute. An amusement park attraction that comes to life. A young biracial man forced to choose sides when a not-so-United States erupts in racial civil war. A love affair between the ghost of a dead woman and the new owner of the house she haunts. And a down-on-his-luck salesman who embarks on a crusade of revenge against everyone he believes has wronged him. This is what you will find among the five short stories that make up Five Trips To The Edge. In Segregation Anxiety, Jordan Jefferson finds himself literally caught in the middle when racial tensions spiral out of control in the USA of the future. In Presidents Day, Geoff Underwood gets more than he bargained for when he visits Disney World’s Hall of Presidents. Dave Franken decides in The Big Hate that if you can’t join ’em, beat ’em. And in both Stan’s Not My Name and Mirror Image, men and women fall in love under extremely unusual circumstances. Quirky, funny, thought-provoking, and even shocking, buckle your seat belt and drive the twisted roads in Five Trips To The Edge.

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Author: Mary Walton

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 396

ISBN-13: 9780393318616

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This astonishing journey into the belly of one of our most important industries, a portrait of the energy and ingenuity of America at work, follows the 1996 Ford Taurus from its conception to its public debut.

Istanbul & Surroundings Travel Adventures
Istanbul & Surroundings Travel Adventures

Author: Samantha Lafferty

Publisher: Hunter Publishing, Inc

Published: 2011-04-15

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 1588437353

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The second you land in Istanbul two things hit you: how vast it is and how chaotic. The cauldron of noise builds in the morning with the first call to prayer. As the city springs to life, ferries and tankers weave their way across the Bosphorus Strait from Asia to Europe and traffic chokes the streets. Hundreds of fishermen line the Galata Bridge in search of their daily catch to sell in cafés nestled below, while seagulls swoop and squall. At the end of the bridge, locals crush into the dark passageways at Eminönü's spice market and along the warrens of the Grand Bazaar for another day of haggling.

Routledge Revivals: Trade, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages (2000)
Routledge Revivals: Trade, Travel and Exploration in the Middle Ages (2000)

Author: John Block Friedman

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 1592

ISBN-13: 1351661310

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First published in 2000, Trade, Travel, and Exploration: An Encyclopedia covers the people, places, technologies, and intellectual concepts that contributed to trade, travel and exploration during the Middle Ages, from the years C.E. 525 to 1492. This comprehensive reference work contains entries on a large number of subjects, including familiar topics such as the voyages of Columbus and Marco Polo, and also information that is more difficult to find, for example, the traditions of travel among Muslim women and the influence of Viking travel on navigation and geographical knowledge. Bringing together more than 175 scholars from a variety of disciplines, it minimizes Eurocentric bias and offers extensive coverage of such topics as travel within Inner Asia, Mongol society, and the spread of Buddhism. Including an extensive map program and more than 125 illustrations, as well as bibliographies, a comprehensive index and "see also" references, Medieval Trade, Travel, and Exploration is a valuable reference guide for undergraduate and graduate students, scholars and also the general reader.