Begleiten Sie uns auf eine literarische Weltreise!
Buch zum Bücherregal hinzufügen
Grey
Einen neuen Kommentar schreiben Default profile 50px
Grey
Jetzt das ganze Buch im Abo oder die ersten Seiten gratis lesen!
All characters reduced
Collier Laddie - cover

Collier Laddie

Rab Wilson

Verlag: Luath Press

  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

Beschreibung

Forty years on from the 1984–85 UK Miners' Strike, the largest union-led industrial action in the 20th century, Rab Wilson – a former miner deeply entrenched in the strike – delivers a powerful narrative through his mining poems and strike diary, addressing contemporary social and economic issues in Scotland and the UK then and now.
Having toiled in Scotland's mining industry for eight years, Rab provides an authentic voice that resonates with the struggles faced during the strike, vividly captured from his involvement between 12 March 1984 and 5 March 1985. This book serves as a testament to the working-class struggle, offering a unique perspective on the historical significance of Scotland's mining industry, skillfully expressed by a poet intimately connected to it. Rab Wilson emerges as an essential chronicler, ensuring the legacy of the miners' challenging strike endures in the pages of this evocative and timely work.
Collier Laddie is an ode to resilience, solidarity and the enduring legacy of those who fought for justice during a pivotal moment in industrial history.
Verfügbar seit: 30.05.2024.
Drucklänge: 176 Seiten.

Weitere Bücher, die Sie mögen werden

  • Software Tarmacs : The Road Ahead - cover

    Software Tarmacs : The Road Ahead

    Mike Blake

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Software Tarmacs :: The Road Ahead.Looking into the future, our decisions will increasingly be made by AI. Who knows where it will lead.As software tarmacs the road ahead !To contact the Author: Please add me Mike Miko on Facebook & then message me, thanks.https://www.facebook.com/mike.cco1 I will then contact the Author your behalf.or on Twitter: miko_1_dollar ~ Tumblr : ccobes ~ Instagram: Wild_Poetrys  //  wild_poetry_websTikTok: @wild_poetrys  - mikecharliechaplinsofficeWebsite: www.wild-poetry.com Facebook: WOW https://www.facebook.com/wow.fact
    Zum Buch
  • Riviera Tramp - cover

    Riviera Tramp

    Thomas Kennedy

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Annabel is an unmarried, childless, thirty-five year old self-made billionaire based in Monaco. Robert is a renowned heart surgeon based in Ireland, aged forty.LiChan is Vietnamese and she is Annabel's personal assistant. Simon Beauvoir is Annabel’s uncle and he runs her bank.Charlotte Rossi is Psychiatrist to both Annabel and LiChan.Barty is Robert’s friend, convalescing in Italy after a heart operation, with his wife Mona.Yolanda is a twenty year old, working in a boat yard where Robert stops to earn some cash cleaning boats.Howard is a Texan multi-millionaire whom Annabel is considering to become the father of her intended childrenGriggs is Annabel's Head of Security and also her butler. He and the chauffeur Taylor, are both gay and in a relationship.Robert is tramping across the south of France, aiming to meet his friend and patient, Barty, in Italy. As part of the challenge he has set himself, he is working and hitching his way across to Italy, not having brought any cash or cards to finance his journey.Annabel is on her way back via Nice, to Monaco, after a gruelling business trip. She drives a top of the range red jaguar car.Annabel, on route from Nice airport, feeling exhausted and worried she might fall asleep at the wheel, parks in the car park at the start of the Promenade des Anglais, to take fresh air before driving on to Monaco.Robert is sleeping as a tramp under the promenade.Prostitutes are using the car park as a base in order to serve the airport trade.When Annabel is mugged she screams for help and is rescued by Robert.  Robert thinks she is a prostitute and she thinks he is an alcoholic tramp.  Subsequently, they sit together and as they converse, they warm to each other, but they don't expect their meeting to be more than a passing of two ships in the night.  But later they make love in her Jaguar.  They part, but don’t realise they have fallen in love.  The story shows how they get back together
    Zum Buch
  • Orgasmic Sinister - cover

    Orgasmic Sinister

    Joseph Batte

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Immerse your Spirit in a world of darkened narrative poetry, blended with insightful and twisted humor. An hourglass is tilted; but, but, death is nothing, compared to possessing of a hunted soul...
    Zum Buch
  • The Eclogues and Georgics - cover

    The Eclogues and Georgics

    Virgil

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Though it is for the sparkling epic, Aeneid, that the Roman poet Virgil is best known, it was these two poems, The Eclogues and Georgics, which first established his reputation.  Cast in the tradition of pastoral poetry, The Eclogues were written between 41 BCE and 37 BCE when Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro, to give him his full name) was in his thirties. The Eclogues (the word means ‘Selections’ in Greek) contain 10 poems, a combination of dialogues and monologues. They drew on the ‘bucolic’ (rural) style of the ancient Greek poet Theocritus (c 300BCE-c 260 BCE), but Virgil weaves many references to contemporary Roman events. Though The Eclogues have perhaps existed in the shadow of Georgics, they have been highly regarded and studied by academics and poets down the centuries. They are presented here in the 20th century translation by the British poet R. C. Trevelyan, and read in multi-voice format as they were originally written, with clearly delineated characters bringing the content to life with verve and temperament. 
    Though also pastoral in nature, Georgics is very different in style. Published in 29 BCE, the main subject is agriculture (the title reflects the Greek word ‘georgika’, agricultural things), and vigorously promotes traditional means of farming. Again, Virgil weaves into his verse cultural and political themes. Cast in four Books, the dynamic expression draws on numerous Classical, mythical and contemporary references, while explaining the best methods for ploughing, animal husbandry, observing weather patterns, the life of bees and the like. Increasingly, the rise and fall of man’s endeavours can be reflected in the vicissitudes of agricultural life. The 20th century translation of Georgics used on this recording is by the highly respected translator of Latin poetry, Smith Palmer Bovie. It is read by Jamie Parker. Closer study of both works while listening is possible through the complete texts that come with the recording. 
     
    PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
    Zum Buch
  • God Luv Us - An Achim Jeffers Novel - cover

    God Luv Us - An Achim Jeffers Novel

    Josiah Starr

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    Achim Jeffers faces his most challenging mission yet. He’s a black man caught in a deadly vice. One misstep, and hard prison time will be in his future. 
    His sworn adversaries in the FBI are in utter panic. They are begging Achim, a Counter-Racist hitman, to provide them with his expert assistance. The FBI has good reason to be so frightful. A twisted European assassin has been hired to take out a high value target in the United States. Infamous for his brutality and White Supremacist fervor, this faceless assassin is simply known as “The Tarpon”. Everything about the man and his deadly methods, are clouded in mystery. “The Tarpon” is intent on spilling blood in New Orleans. His goal is to serve the black citizens of the city, death on a cold plate. Aware of “The Tarpon’s” cruelty, yet weary of the FBI’s true intentions, Achim is forced to take a big risk in order to protect the Black Community he loves so much. He begrudgingly joins forces with the FBI and enters a global race to stop the crazed racist before he completes his grisly task. 
    Join the manhunt and experience the intense combat as Achim Jeffers and The Tarpon trade blows, in this sequel to Josiah Starr's underground hit novel “War of The Heart”.
    Zum Buch
  • The Orange and Other Poems - cover

    The Orange and Other Poems

    Wendy Cope

    • 0
    • 0
    • 0
    The Orange and Other Poems  provides the perfect introduction to Wendy Cope, one of Britain's wittiest, best-selling and best-loved poets. With additional poems from Wendy Cope's Collected Poems. Read by the author.
    
    
    In poems that can turn from laugh-out-loud funny to deeply moving, Wendy Cope offers reflections on love and life. From the joy of falling - and being - in love to ways to help you deal with a painful break-up or the memories of people loved and lost, this is an audio edition to savour and share with all your friends.
    Zum Buch