The Ghost Road

The Ghost Road
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 288
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780141917719
ISBN-13 : 0141917717
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ghost Road by : Pat Barker

The Ghost Road is the final instalment in Pat Barker's Regeneration trilogy. WINNER OF THE 1995 BOOKER PRIZE. 1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation ... The Ghost Road is the Booker Prize-winning account of the devastating final months of the First World War. 'An extraordinary tour de force. I'm convinced that the trilogy will win recognition as one of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century British fiction' Jonathan Coe 'Powerful, deeply moving' Barry Unsworth, Sunday Times 'Harrowing, original, unforgettable' Independent 'A triumph' Sunday Times Other titles in the trilogy: Regeneration The Eye in the Door

Sparrow Hill Road

Sparrow Hill Road
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Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Total Pages : 338
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780698145825
ISBN-13 : 0698145828
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Sparrow Hill Road by : Seanan McGuire

Rose Marshall died in 1952 in Buckley Township, Michigan, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross—a man who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. Trouble was, he didn’t ask Rose what she thought of the idea. It’s been more than sixty years since that night, and she’s still sixteen, and she’s still running. They have names for her all over the country: the Girl in the Diner. The Phantom Prom Date. The Girl in the Green Silk Gown. Mostly she just goes by “Rose,” a hitchhiking ghost girl with her thumb out and her eyes fixed on the horizon, trying to outrace a man who never sleeps, never stops, and never gives up on the idea of claiming what’s his. She’s the angel of the overpass, she’s the darling of the truck stops, and she’s going to figure out a way to win her freedom. After all, it’s not like it can kill her. You can’t kill what’s already dead.

The Ghost Road

The Ghost Road
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Publisher : Tundra Books
Total Pages : 370
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780735263253
ISBN-13 : 0735263256
Rating : 4/5 (53 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ghost Road by : Charis Cotter

Ghosts, a family curse, buried secrets -- and two girls who have to figure it all out. A new book from an acclaimed author, for fans of Coraline, Doll Bones and The Night Gardener. For the first time, Ruth is heading to Newfoundland to stay with family she's never met instead of spending the summer traveling with her dad. When she arrives, she finds life in the small community of Buckle very different from Toronto--everyone knows everyone else, and some of them believe in ghosts and The Sight and family curses. Ruth's cousin Ruby is also staying for the summer, and the two discover they have a lot in common: they both lost their moms when they were two years old, they're the same age and they even like the same food. But while Ruby believes in spirits and fairies, Ruth believes in science and cold, hard facts. When they find ominous information on some tombstones in the local cemetery, Ruth and Ruby start investigating their family's past and discover that twin girls are born in every generation, and every set of twins dies young, leaving their children without mothers. What's more, one of the twins always has The Sight and can see the Ghost Road that leads to the mysterious lost settlement of Slippers Cove. What happened there? What does it have to do with their family? And who is the ghostly presence that keeps visiting Ruth late at night? The answers lie somewhere along the Ghost Road . . . if they can only find it.

Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car

Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 336
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781324001539
ISBN-13 : 1324001534
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghost Road: Beyond the Driverless Car by : Anthony M. Townsend

A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive. For decades we have dreamed of building an automobile that can drive itself. But as that dream of autonomy draws close, we are discovering that the driverless car is a red herring. When self-driving technology infects buses, bikes, delivery vans, and even buildings…a wild, woollier, future awaits. Technology will transform life behind the wheel into a high-def video game that makes our ride safer, smoother, and more efficient. Meanwhile, autonomous vehicles will turbocharge our appetite for the instant delivery of goods, making the future as much about moving things as it is about moving people. Giant corporations will link the automated machines that move us to the cloud, raising concerns about mobility monopolies and privatization of streets and sidewalks. The pace of our daily lives and the fabric of our cities and towns will change dramatically as automated vehicles reprogram the way we work, shop, and play. Ghost Road is both a beacon and a warning; it explains where we might be headed together in driverless vehicles, and the choices we must make as societies and individuals to shape that future.

The Ghost Road

The Ghost Road
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Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages : 177
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780545034326
ISBN-13 : 0545034329
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ghost Road by : Tony Abbott

Derek Stone realizes that to stop the undead Legion army from preying on those around him he must close the Rift, which allows the dead to enter the world of the living.

Angel of the Overpass

Angel of the Overpass
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 322
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780756416898
ISBN-13 : 0756416892
Rating : 4/5 (98 Downloads)

Synopsis Angel of the Overpass by : Seanan McGuire

"Rose Marshall died when she was sixteen years old and on her way to her high school prom. She hasn't been resting easy since then; Bobby Cross, the man who killed her, got away clean after running her off the road ... She's been looking for a way to stop him ... But things have changed in the twilight world where the spirits of the restless dead continue their lives. The crossroads have been destroyed, and Bobby's protections are gone. For the first time, it might be possible for Rose to defeat him"--

Ghost Road Blues

Ghost Road Blues
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Publisher : Kensington Books
Total Pages : 480
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781496705426
ISBN-13 : 1496705424
Rating : 4/5 (26 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghost Road Blues by : Jonathan Maberry

A small town once haunted by a serial killer braces for a new evil in this debut horror novel by the New York Times bestselling author of Ink. Thirty years ago, a blues musician called the Bone Man killed the devil at the crossroads, only to be beaten and hung like a scarecrow in a cornfield—or so the story goes. Today, the people of Pine Deep celebrate their town’s grisly past by luring tourists to the famous haunted hayride, full of chills and scares. But this year as Halloween approaches, “The Spookiest Town in America” will learn the true meaning of fear. Its residents will see the real face of evil lurking behind the masks of ordinary people. They will feel it—in their hearts, in their bones, in their nightmares. Because evil never dies. It only grows stronger . . . Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel First in the Pine Deep Trilogy Praise for Ghost Road Blues “Maberry supplies plenty of chills, both Earth-bound and otherworldly, in this atmospheric horror novel . . . . This is horror on a grand scale, reminiscent of Stephen King’s heftier works.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Jonathan Maberry “Jonathan Maberry’s horror is rich and visceral. It’s close to the heart . . . and close to the jugular.” —Kevin J. Anderson “Maberry has the chops to craft stories at once intimate, epic, real, and horrific.” —Bentley Little “Maberry spins great stories. His (Pine Deep) vampire novels are unique and masterful.” —Richard Matheson “Maberry’s works will be read for many, many years to come.” —Ray Bradbury

The Ghost Road

The Ghost Road
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Publisher : Fulcrum Publishing
Total Pages : 226
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781682753187
ISBN-13 : 1682753182
Rating : 4/5 (87 Downloads)

Synopsis The Ghost Road by : Matthew L.M. Fletcher

Even before the Revolutionary War, American colonists feared and fought "merciless Indian savages," and through the following centuries, American law and policy have been molded by the relentless tradition of Indian-hating. From proportional representation and restrictions on the right to bear arms, to the break-up of tribal property rights and the destruction of Indian culture and family, the attacks on tribal governance and people continue and remain endemic. More than just a study of the progression of law, this book balances each chapter's history with the relating of a traditional Anishinaabe story or teaching, providing both context and a roadmap for survival.

Virtual Dark Tourism

Virtual Dark Tourism
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 326
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9783319746876
ISBN-13 : 3319746871
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Virtual Dark Tourism by : Kathryn N. McDaniel

This book takes the concept of “dark tourism”—journeys to sites of death, suffering, and calamity—in an innovative yet essential direction by applying it to the virtual realms of literature, film and television, the Internet, and gaming. Essays focus both on the creative construction of imaginary journeys and the historiographic and civic consequences of such memorializations. From World War II time-travel novels to Game of Thrones, and from Internet reproductions of Rwandan genocide locations to invented tragedies in futuristic domains, authors from various fields examine the purpose and influence of simulated travels to morbid sites. Designed for a wide audience of scholars and travelers virtual and real, this volume raises awareness about the many pathways through which we encounter death experiences in contemporary society. What we know about the past—or, what we think we know about it—is shaped daily by such imagined journeys as these.

The Appian Way

The Appian Way
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 138
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780226425719
ISBN-13 : 0226425711
Rating : 4/5 (19 Downloads)

Synopsis The Appian Way by : Robert A. Kaster

Describes travel down the Appian Way while analyzing the meaning of the road in modern and ancient context.