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Were there really four airports here? Was the Staten Island Airport shut down each night to ensure no peril to the patrons of the drive-in theater? Is there truly a 150 foot dormant tunnel under the harbor between Staten Island and Brooklyn with the entrance capped in Brooklyn? In the 1930's, Which of Staten Island's best known restaurateurs, bought a house across the street from his famous restaurant and built a 200-foot tunnel between the house and the restaurant so that he could safely carry the day's receipts from the restaurant to his home. Did President John Kennedy, sip coffee at the St. George ferry terminal? Can you believe that a famous Island milk company resorted to rowboats to delivery milk to areas from Oakwood to Midland Beach during some of the worst storms to every hit that area? Did Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley have a Wild West show in 1886 down at Erastina (Mariners Harbor)? In what year was a bomb actually exploded on a Staten Island Ferry?
Back Down Memory Lane is an interactive guide that gives children a more in-depth look at black heritage. We take a blast to the past to learn about people who have made a significant impact on black culture. Back Down Memory Lane isn't just a book, but a learning tool that will make young kids take pride in their culture, motivate them to push for their dreams, and be successful no matter what they look like. This activity book is a fun way to learn about black history and to inspire you to create your own.
This girl, an engineering graduate from Mumbai, shares her experience during the tours she undertook for work purposes. She describes different characters (people) she met and how they became a part of her journey called life. From some she got some good experience and from some she got to learn. She lives not only with her family and friends but shares her life with the memories of all those who accompanied her during that respective patch of the path she has travelled through. Coming from a lower-middle-class background, the journey was not easy but she sailed through. She owes her fearless approach & confident personality to all of them. She is a woman of the family who set an example for everyone.
A Bawlmer cookbook collector's dream featuring Obrycki's, Haussner's, and other landmarks. Its 4 illustrations, 39 images, and dozens of classic recipes cover everything from crab cakes to cookies. Recapture that special night in Louie's Bookstore and Cafe or Baltimore's Little Italy. The perfect Maryland gift idea for any season. Enjoy!
Seventeen-year-old Hannah thought she hated her kid sister Leslie until she lost her in a tragic accident—but was it an accident? Leslie drowned even though she knew how to swim, and something seems wrong about the whole thing. Hannah lives in a world where it’s possible to relive memories on a screen at Memory Lane. The price is that, once seen, you lose that memory forever, and it becomes the property of Memory Lane. Desperate for answers, Hannah sneaks into the facility, but her experience raises even more questions and concerns. Now on the run with her cousin Thomas, Hannah discovers an organized group of rebels known as the Memorizers. The group is against Memory Lane stealing memories and is willing to fight for their beliefs. The Memorizers could be necessary assets in Hannah discovering the truth about Leslie. Will Hannah and Thomas join them or fight Memory Lane on their own? Most importantly, can Hannah trust her own memories?
Kolar Gold Fields is a small mining town in the erstwhile Mysore State (now known as Karnataka) in India. It was owned by the John Taylor and Sons Company, a British Mining Firm for more than a century. It was well known for its Colonial ambience and was called Little England due to its British and Anglo-Indian population. It was one of Indias earliest industrialized towns and was unique for its secular and egalitarian society. Aptly named Kolar Gold Fields Down Memory Lane the book undertakes a nostalgic journey right from the days of the origins of the Kolar Gold Mines, its historical and mythological connections, its golden progress through the years under the John Taylor and Sons Company, its gradual decline, and the final closure of the once prosperous Kolar Gold Mining Company in 2003. Thus ending a golden chapter in History, which now lies buried in the annals of time. It then moves on to the Anglo-Indian Community (a living legacy of the British Raj) in the early days of KGF. It brings out vividly the glorious and cosmopolitan life led by that tiny vibrant community in KGF who lived in sprawling bungalows with beautiful gardens and domestic helpers at their beck and call. It recalls the grand Christmas Balls and Dances held at the Skating Rink and the Jam Sessions and Pound Parties in Buffalo Lodge. It finally focuses on the author's childhood memories of growing up in KGF in the 1950s and 60s. It reminds one of lifes many simple pleasures home, family, school, playmates, entertainments, games, etc. It recalls memories of old familiar haunts and landmarks of KGF and the people who were an indispensable part of life in those days. It succeeds in preserving the nuances of a bygone era.
Nalini Limaye grew up in Korle, a village located in the coastal Konkan region of India. There was no electricity, tap water, paved roads, or means of transportation. She attended school only through the seventh grade. Most girls in the region were married off at a very young age of early teens. But Limaye’s brothers wanted more out of life for their beautiful sister. In Down Memory Lane, Limaye narrates her varied experiences, telling stories of everything from her family, to village life and its people, to day-to-day chores, social customs, her move to a larger city, her marriage, her immigration to the United States, and how she adapted to a new country and new culture. Originally written and published in her mother tongue of Marathi, this English-translated memoir shares the transformation of one Indian village girl, who did not wear shoes until age eighteen, and how she became an American citizen in her seventies.