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  • Wales and Western Region Railways

    The Late 1940s to late 1960s

    The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war Wales and the Western Region of British Railways. We explore favourite routes and railway places, many now changed beyond recognition. Trackside, at busy stations, in and around depots, an evolving mood is revealed in pictures. In the 1950s railway ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Midland and Scottish Region Railways

    The Late 1940s to the Early 1960s

    The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to the newly formed London Midland and Scottish regions of British Railways. We explore favourite routes and railway places, many now changed beyond recognition. Trackside, at busy stations, in and around depots – an evolving mood is revealed in pictures.In the ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Southern and Isle of Wight Railways

    The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

    The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war southern England. We explore favourite routes and railway places, with many since changed beyond recognition. Trackside, at busy stations, and in and around depots, an evolving mood is revealed in pictures. In the 1950s, railway pride and optimism ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railways

    The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

    With images and vivid recollections, we journey away from the main line to valleys, quarries and factories. Industries as diverse as slate, iron, paper, glass, food and tourism relied on dozens of small railways to keep people and goods moving. At quarries, factories and picturesque rural stations, Brian and Ian Reading explore scenes, many of which have now changed beyond recognition. This ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • East Anglia and the East Coast Railways

    The Late 1940s to Late 1960s

    The 1950s and 1960s was a time of profound cultural and technological transformation. With images and vivid recollections, we journey back to post-war East Anglia and the East Coast Main Line with many locations changed beyond recognition. Trackside, at busy stations, and in and around depots, an evolving mood is revealed in pictures. In the 1950s, railway pride and optimism overcame staff ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • A Whale's World

    by Nicholas Read ...
    Series Book 4 - My Great Bear Rainforest
    A Whale’s World follows a pod of spy-hopping orcas as they explore the ecosystems of the Great Bear Sea while hunting for their next meal.Past rocky shores and through kelp forests, they observe foraging wolves, hungry grizzly bears, curious black bears, graceful fin whales, splashing porpoises, slippery seals and other members of the Pacific coastal food web. The book gives readers a fun ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • Sewers: Repair and Renovation

    This, the first of two volumes, gives a comprehensive treatment of the civil engineering work relating to sewers and emphasises the practical aspects of repair and renovation. A considerable amount of theoretical work already exists on this subject. However this book is unique in meeting the engineer's need for up-to-date information on the application of theory and incorporates some important ... Read more

    $233.99 USD

  • Wonderful Words That Tell a Tale

    An etymological exploration of over 100 everyday words

    Illustrated by Ian Morris ...
    "This fascinating book will have budding bookworms bursting at the seams with newly discovered words." – WRD Magazine"A wonderful book which satisfies me as mum as well as child. I’m learning a lot too!" – Reader reviewFrom everyone's favourite wordsmith and I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! star, Tom Read Wilson, comes another breath-taking adventure through the English language. Discover the ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Every Word Tells a Story

    Illustrated by Ian Morris ...
    TV personality, actor, and now I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! star, Tom Read Wilson, is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story.See how the English language evolved in this extraordinary exploration of the origins of everyday words. Full of funny stories and fascinating facts, Tom Read W ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • The Sea Wolves

    Living Wild in the Great Bear Rainforest

    The Sea Wolves sets out to disprove the notion of "the Big Bad Wolf," especially as it is applied to coastal wolves, a unique strain of wolf that lives in the rainforest along the Pacific coast of Canada. Genetically distinct from their inland cousins and from wolves in any other part of the world, coastal wolves can swim like otters and fish like the bears with whom they share the rainforest. ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Great Bear Sea

    Exploring the Marine Life of a Pacific Paradise

    by Nicholas Read ...
    This amazing part of the northeast Pacific Ocean is home to some of the planet's mightiest and most beloved residents: whales, sea lions, dolphins, orcas, sea otters and wild salmon.Following up the success of their first two books about the Great Bear Rainforest, The Salmon Bears and The Sea Wolves, Ian McAllister and Nicholas Read take readers on an expedition into the wondrous and mysterious ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

  • The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888

    by Ian Read ...
    Despite the inherent brutality of slavery, some slaves could find small but important opportunities to act decisively. The Hierarchies of Slavery in Santos, Brazil, 1822–1888 explores such moments of opportunity and resistance in Santos, a Southeastern township in Imperial Brazil. It argues that slavery in Brazil was hierarchical: slaves' fleeting chances to form families, work jobs that would not ... Read more

    $67.49 USD