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  • Broad Gauge Railways

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series Book 850 - Shire Library
    Isambard Kingdom Brunel contributed many groundbreaking features to the Great Western Railway. None was so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the 'standard' track gauge of 4ft 8½in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft ¼in.Describing the rationale behind the choice of broad gauge, and also the unique track and locomotives used, this beautifully illustrated introduction to broad ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Goods Trains

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series Book 873 - Shire Library
    Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services?While goods services now tend to be shrouded in anonymity, in past times they were celebrated, prominently advertised, and in many cases were the raisons d'être for a rail route. Throughout the nineteenth and much of ... Read more

    $9.89 USD

  • Railway Carriages

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series Book 857 - Shire Library
    A brief history of the design and use of railway carriages in the UK, ideal for those interested in railway and social history.Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger travelled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many until the 1960s. ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • Express Trains

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    The most glamorous trains run by railway companies were the high-speed expresses, linking the major towns, cities and holiday destinations. They included overnight sleepers, fast mail trains, excursion specials and boat trains connecting with ocean liners. These premier trains were the fastest and most luxurious of their day. They generated much publicity, especially in the 1930s when they ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Iron, Stone and Steam

    Brunel's Railway Empire

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Victorian icon, engineer, artist, architect, designer and visionary, entrepreneur and celebrity. His astounding feats changed the British landscape, and this new book tells the story of his awe-inspiring achievements and innovations as a railway engineer.New to the developing world of railways in the early 1830s, Brunel soon came to rival George and Robert Stephenson, as ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • The Country Railway

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series Book 756 - Shire Library
    Britain's towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, turning their fortunes around and giving urban dwellers new opportunities to travel across the country – yet the effect on the rural population was arguably far greater. Whilst some of the initial trunk lines were designed to link major cities, the network of smaller cross-country and ... Read more

    $9.69 USD

  • Railway Stations

    by Tim Bryan ...
    Series series Britain's Heritage
    Railway stations were a prominent feature of most towns and villages in Britain until post-war modernisation and closures swept many away. The largest and most imposing stations were in large towns and cities. Among the most impressive were the London termini such as King’s Cross, Liverpool Street, Paddington and Waterloo. They handled and (still handle) millions of long distance and commuter ... Read more

    $8.59 USD

  • Year's Best Hardcore Horror Volume 2

    Series Book 2 - Year's Best Hardcore Horror
    ”...glutted with graphic scenes of torture, dismemberment, evisceration...” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLYYEAR'S BEST HARDCORE HORROR VOLUME 2.Includes author story notes and bonus content, The Mosh Pit, a humongous list of reader-recommended hardcore and extreme books.Comet Press is extremely proud to present its second annual anthology featuring this year's hardcore corps of authors with the best extreme ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Motoring Around Kent

    The First Fifty Years

    The very first issue of the - still current - magazine, The Autocar was on 2 November 1895. It gave three pages of coverage to The Horseless Carriage Exhibition organised by Sir David Salomons, the Mayor of Tunbridge Wells. Driving a horseless carriage on the highway was still illegal without a man walking in front, so even the assembling of a tangible proportion of the cars existing in the south ... Read more

    $12.59 USD

  • Our Story Begins

    Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They Wrote and Drew as Kids

    From award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman comes a collection of quirky, smart, and vulnerable childhood works by some of today’s foremost children’s authors and illustrators—revealing young talent, the storytellers they would one day become, and the creativity they inspire today.Everyone’s story begins somewhere…For Linda Sue Park, it was a trip to the ocean, a brand-new typewriter, and a ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    Omega Dragon

    by Bryan Davis ...
    Narrated by Tim Lundeen ...
    Series Audiobook 4 - Children of the Bard

    Unabridged

    16 hours 2 min

    Omega Dragon is the fourth book in Children of the Bard, a sequel series to the best–selling Dragons in our Midst and Oracles of Fire series. This book concludes the adventures of Matt and Lauren, twin siblings born to Billy and Bonnie Bannister. ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Changing Face of Multinationals in South East Asia

    Series series Working in Asia
    This book examines how and why corporate strategy, structure and culture is continuing to change markedly in South East Asia. Among the issues that have forced widespread changes in the region are the economic meltdown, the growth in electronic technology, regional market integration, changing levels of education, business process standardisation a ... Read more

    $72.99 USD