From comical misunderstandings and hilarious mishaps to the sheer terror of a near-death experience, these are the true-life global adventures and keen observations of one American traveler.During his forty years of international travel, Edward Gray journeyed through the old Communist regimes of the USSR, Western Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. He lived through coup attempts in Portugal, Peru, and France; skyjacking incidents in the Middle East and the United States; and his family's extended stay at the JFK Airport in the blizzard of 1993. At once a personal memoir, an intriguing international travelogue, and a fascinating blend of history and sociology, Call a Bomb a Rifle includes Gray's most entertaining, lively, and insightful anecdotes about life among strangers. Whether he's witnessing the purchase of a bushel of cherries in Istanbul, skiing in the Italian Alps, or watching the pilot and his fellow passengers perish in a major airplane crash, Gray is forever changed by his worldly excursions.This remarkable memoir chronicles a lifetime of exploration into the various cultures, languages, and idiosyncrasies that divide us as a species-and the underlying humanity that unites us.

Call a Bomb a Rifle: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to¿

Travel

GRAY, Edward

Travel Writing

iUniverse

From comical misunderstandings and hilarious mishaps to the sheer terror of a near-death experience, these are the true-life global adventures and keen observations of one American traveler. During his forty years of international travel, Edward Gray journeyed through the old Communist regimes of the USSR, Western Europe, the Americas, and the Far East. He lived through coup attempts in Portugal, Peru, and France; skyjacking incidents in the Middle East and the United States; and his family’s extended stay at the JFK Airport in the blizzard of 1993.  At once a personal memoir, an intriguing international travelogue, and a fascinating blend of history and sociology, Call a Bomb a Rifle includes Gray’s most entertaining, lively, and insightful anecdotes about life among strangers. Whether he’s witnessing the purchase of a bushel of cherries in Istanbul, skiing in the Italian Alps, or watching the pilot and his fellow passengers perish in a major airplane crash, Gray is forever changed by his worldly excursions. This remarkable memoir chronicles a lifetime of exploration into the various cultures, languages, and idiosyncrasies that divide us as a species—and the underlying humanity that unites us.

Call a Bomb a Rifle: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to

The Manchester region has a long tradition of transport innovation, and this collection of over 200 photographs traces road and rail transport in the whole of Greater Manchester between the mid-19th century and the present day.

Manchester Road & Rail (Britain in Old Photographs)

Alan Sutton Publishing

The opening of the Manchester Ship Canal in 1894 dramatically reduced transport costs for industrialists and transformed an inland city into a major port. This photographic history of its construction and operation is divided into themes. Included are sections on the construction period 1887-94, the early operating practices, major shipping companies, tug-boats, canal railways, special features, and the centenary. The final chapter discusses current plans as the canal moves into its second century of operation. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Manchester Ship Canal (Sutton's Photographic History of Transport)

History

Europe

Sutton Pub Ltd

The author, eminent Harvard and Tufts professor, surgeon, chairman of the National Cancer Commission approvals committee, Dr. Edward Gray, tells of the conversion experience, the profound, inexpressibly joyous and mystical awareness of God's presence, that deepened his faith and transformed him in the process. 
Recounting his life as husband, father, friend and surgeon, Dr. Gray finds that, after the conversion experience, he is more patient and peaceful with family and friends, and miraculously resolute and confident in his surgical practice. Recounting his patients' lives, he finds many patients who were considered hopeless, but who miraculously recovered or extended their lives through their strong faith and serene acceptance of God's will. Dr. Gray describes how he practices God's presence through private prayer, meditation, Centering Prayer, the prayer of "consenting to the Holy Spirit," attendance of daily Mass, and reception of Holy Communion. 
This work adds to the growing body of evidence that attests to a connection, however mysterious and beyond intellectual understanding, between science and religion. It is written with sensitivity and great depth of feeling in the tradition of Kübler-Ross, Benson, Keating, and McGinn, and should comfort and encourage physicians and patients alike.

Discovering the Center: A Surgeon's Spiritual Journey

Religion & Spirituality

Paulist Pr

An illustrated history of early northern Klamath County, Oregon

Americas

Maverick Publications

Biography of Pete French, a cattle king who established then operated one of Oregon's largest ranged until he was murdered by a neighbor.  Book is a new copy.  It is part of a lot purchased from the estate of Edward Gray

Life and death of Oregon "cattle king," Peter French, 1849 - 1897

Your Town Press

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

William Gray Of Salem, Merchant: A Biographical Sketch (1914)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Kessinger Publishing

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Call a Bomb a Rifle: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to¿

Call a Bomb a Rifle: A Funny Thing Happened on My Way to

Manchester Road & Rail (Britain in Old Photographs)

Manchester Ship Canal (Sutton's Photographic History of Transport)

Discovering the Center: A Surgeon's Spiritual Journey

An illustrated history of early northern Klamath County, Oregon

An illustrated history of early northern Klamath County, Oregon

Life and death of Oregon "cattle king," Peter French, 1849 - 1897

Life and death of Oregon "cattle king," Peter French, 1849 - 1897

William Gray Of Salem, Merchant: A Biographical Sketch (1914)