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  • Frank Julian Sprague

    Electrical Inventor & Engineer

    de William D. Middleton ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    "[This] biography of the 'Father of Electric Traction' details the life and times of an exceptional engineer, maverick innovator, [and] entrepreneur." — NMRA MagazineFrank Julian Sprague invented a system for distributing electricity to streetcars from overhead wires. Within a year, electric streetcars had begun to replace horsecars, sparking a revolution in urban transportation. Sprague (1857 ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • On Railways Far Away

    de William D. Middleton ...
    Series series Railroads Past and Present
    The photographer shares over 200 images from his sixty-year career covering railroad tourism across the world, plus the stories behind them.In this lavishly illustrated memoir, William D. Middleton invites readers to climb aboard and share with him sixty years of railroad tourism around the globe. Middleton's award-winning photography has recorded events such as the final days of American Civil ... Leer más

    $12.39 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Encyclopedia of North American Railroads

    Edición de William D Middleton, George M. Smerk, Roberta L. Diehl ...
    Lavishly illustrated and a joy to read, this authoritative reference work on the North American continent's railroads covers the U.S., Canadian, Mexican, Central American, and Cuban systems. The encyclopedia's over-arching theme is the evolution of the railroad industry and the historical impact of its progress on the North American continent. This thoroughly researched work examines the various ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD

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  • Hostages to Fortune

    The United Empire Loyalists and the Making of Canada

    de Peter C Newman ...
    Esteemed Canadian author Peter C. Newman recounts the dramatic journey of the United Empire Loyalists—their exodus from America, their resettlement in the wilds of British North America, and their defense of what would prove to be the social and moral foundation of Canada.In 1776, tensions in the British colonies were reaching a fever pitch. The citizenry was divided between those who wished to ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Rails Across Canada

    The History of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National Railways

    de Tom Murray ...
    Few stories in the annals of railroading are as compelling as the construction, evolution, and astounding successes of the Canadian Pacific and Canadian National railways. This sprawling volume combines two of Voyageur Press' most successful Railroad Color History titles into one volume taking in the grand scope of both railroads. Author Tom Murray presents fastidiously researched and concisely ... Leer más

    $21.99 USD

  • Last Stand at Saber River

    de Elmore Leonard ...
    A quiet, haunted man, Paul Cable walked away from a lost cause hoping to pick up where he left off. But things have changed in Arizona since he first rode out to go fight for the Confederacy. Two brothers—Union men—have claimed his spread and they're not about to give it back, leaving Cable and his family no place to settle in peace. It seems this war is not yet over for Paul Cable. But no one's ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

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  • Rails Across Ontario

    Exploring Ontario's Railway Heritage

    de Ron Brown ...
    Rails Across Ontario will take the reader back to a time when the railway ruled the economy and the landscape.Read about historic stations, railway museums, heritage train rides, and historic bridges. Follow old rail lines along Ontario's most popular rail trails. Find out where steam engines still puff across farm fields and where historic train coaches lead deep into the wilds of Ontario's ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • How I Rescued My Brain

    a psychologist’s remarkable recovery from stroke and trauma

    de David Roland ...
    As a psychologist specialising in court assessments, David Roland often saw the toughest, most heartbreaking cases. The emotional trauma had begun to take its toll — and then the global financial crisis hit, leaving his family facing financial ruin.So when he found himself in a local emergency ward with little idea of where he was or how he got there, doctors wondered if he had had a nervous ... Leer más

    $26.29 USD

  • The Man Who Talks with Flowers

    The Intimate Life Story of Dr. George Washington Carver

    de Glenn Clark ...
    During his life time George Washington Carver was referred to as the black Leonardo da Vinci. His research into alternative crops to replace cotton, such as peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes revolutionized Southern farming. Carver was born into slavery, once slavery was abolished Carver traveled expensively to study and educate himself. He was the first head of the Agricultural Department at ... Leer más

    $0.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Coal Trains

    The History of Railroading and Coal in the United States

    de Brian Solomon, Patrick Yough ...
    From the first, U.S. railroads have carried coal from mines to docks, steel mills, and power plants across the country. In this authoritative book spanning the whole of that history, from the mid-nineteenth century to present, noted rail author Brian Solomon explores the railroads and hardware that have transported the fossil fuels that made America work. Brilliant period and contemporary ... Leer más

    $26.99 USD

  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

    de James E. Casto ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    In the late 1860s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) pushed its first tracks westward from Virginia's Tidewater region across the mountains into what was then the new state of West Virginia. Ultimately its tracks stretched across a half-dozen states and even into Canada. Appalachian coal was the C&O's primary cargo, but its fast freights carried shipments of all kinds, and its crack passenger ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Tube

    Station to Station on the London Underground

    de Oliver Green ...
    From Norman Foster's remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London's tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales will be boosted even further by the much-loved network's 150th anniversary ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD