p.157.fictionThe Bridge on the River Kwai" tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his dignity; Major Warden, a modest hero, saboteur and deadly killer; Commander Shears, who escaped from hell but was ordered back. Ordered by the Japanese to build a bridge, the Colonel refuses, as it is against regulations for officers to work with other ranks. war stories - fiction, burma-siam railway - fiction

p.278.fictionOn a hot summer's night, the old and the new, diesel and steam, town and country all collide - and nobody will be left unaffected.railway fiction, fiction drama

Valentine Vox Author: Henry Cockton Publisher: George Routledge & Co Date: 1854 Further Information: The Life and Adventures of Valentine Fox. The Ventriloquist fictionThe Life and Adventures of Valentine Vox, the Ventriloquist was first published in monthly parts between 1839 and 1840, and is a satirical, lighthearted Victorian novel. The story follows a young man named Valentine Vox who discovers he has an extraordinary talent for ventriloquism. Instead of using his gift for simple entertainment, he acts as a chaotic prankster, throwing his voice in public places to stir up trouble, expose hypocrisy, and drive unsuspecting citizens to near-madness. He makes everyday items appear to speak, creates invisible crowds, and wreaks havoc in taverns, political meetings, and crowded streets. Beneath the slapstick comedy, the novel serves a serious social purpose. Valentine’s antics eventually lead him to expose the horrific conditions and corrupt practices of private lunatic asylums in Victorian England, where sane people were sometimes locked away by greedy relatives. The book actually contributed to real-world public outcry and subsequent legal reforms surrounding mental health facilities.flagstaff hill, warrnambool, shipwrecked coast, flagstaff hill maritime museum, maritime museum, shipwreck coast, flagstaff hill maritime village, great ocean road, book, pattison collection, warrnambool library, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library, valentine vox, henry cockton

This book, Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best selling novel in the 19th century in the USA. It was given to Alexander Ure in 1889, the son of Scottish migrants, John and Jane Ure who settled on acreage north of Gembrook in 1874. They called their property 'Silver Wells' because of finding a pure and plentiful water source when digging their initial well. Silver Wells became the commercial centre of the early Gembrook settlement with shops, post office etc. When the train came through in 1900 the Gembrook commercial centre shifted to its present location, near the railway station. The Ure family continued to play a significant role in the Gembrook community.The Ure family of 'Silver Wells' was significant in the early history of Gembrook.Moss green hard cover book with title embossed on gold panel. 326 pages.On front cover printed: 'UNCLE TOM'S CABIN' On page i handwritten: 'Alexander Ure / A Present / from Mr & Mrs Wood / Cot 3rd 1889'alexander ure, uncle tom's cabin, 1889, silver wells

p.192An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.adventure fiction, voyages - fiction

xii, 172 p. : paper-covered, decorative green cardboard cover, cover has text: "THE NEW LIBRARY / PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE / EDWARD BULWER LYTTON / ONE SHILLING / GEO. ROUTLEDGE / 2 FARRINGDON ST." Includes Dedication to the author's brother, Henry Lytton Bulwer, p.iii; Advertisement to the First Edition, p. v.; Preface, p. vii and viii. Table of Contents p. ix-xii. Book shows signs of repair with tape, on spine and between cover and first page. Some loose pages.fictionA set of loosely connected stories based in German literature,fiction, lord lytton, james dodds, original collection, english literature, folklore

223 p. : ill.. Red cover, title in gold, sub-title in black on spine. Cover has sketched image of man sitting in railway carriage, gazing out of window and looking contemplative. Cover title is "Douglas of Carrow or The Marked Man".fictionfiction, e. a. b. d. (e. a. bland), children's fiction

160p. ; orange cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted onto front cover, featuring silhouette of cowboy riding a horsefictionAnd the wind blows free vividly recall the great days of the South West, when the vast herds were rolling up from Texas on the Chisholm Trail through the Indian Territory to railways in Kansas, more than a million head of longhorns in a summer. It is the story mainly of Jim Wade, known and respected in all the Kansas trail towns, and young Joel Hardy his companion on that adventurous and dangerous journey into the Indian Territory, that vast land which at that time was the home of turbulent Indians and murderous outlaws. fiction, western, luke short