The Railway Man

Presents the social history of Dean Forest. This book presents the real hardships of life on the railway. It also describes the dedication and cama...

In 1942 a young railway enthusiast and radio buff was caught up in the troubles in Singapore. Put to work on the 'Railway of Death', the Japanese l...

Reducere. First published in 1907 and considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" is the f...

Reducere. Considered to be one of the most famous stories of man-eating lions in modern times, "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo" is the first-hand account of Lieutan...

A colour review of John Dixon's contribution to railway, mining and maritime engineering.

Reducere. The Man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African Adventures is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 about a pair of lions that he killed in...

Reducere. The Man-eaters of Tsavo and other East African Adventures is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 about a pair of lions that he killed in...

'A very nearly perfect novel of broad, regretful vision, and magical intimacy' Sunday TelegraphPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Jenni...

The story of an old man living in a railway carriage on a rubbish dump who knows that even rubbish can sometimes contain treasure; and that, if he ...

Reducere. The Man-eaters of Tsavo is a book written by John Henry Patterson in 1907 that recounts his experiences while overseeing the construction of a rail...

The paperback edition of the winner of the Man Booker Prize. Follows the story of Australian Dorrigo Evans, from his childhood in Tasmania, to his ...

Reducere. Disaster strikes at the Sapperton Tunnel in Gloucestershire when a goods train collides with an unusual blockage on the line: seven sheep penned on...

Reducere. In 1898 John H. Patterson arrived in East Africa with a mission to build a railway bridge over the Tsavo River. Over the course of several weeks Pa...

Reducere. Jim Corbett became the hero of thousands of impoverished local families in the remote Indian region of Kumaon when, throughout the 1920s and 30s, h...

Reducere. "Darkness fell almost immediately, and everything became extraordinarily still. The silence of an African jungle on a dark night needs to be experi...

DescriptionJames Waite has been a skilled railway photographer for many years. In this book he has brought together photographs of many of the worl...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Herbert SpencerSpencer develops various specific disastrous ramifications of the wholesale substitution of the principle of...

Reducere. From one of the greatest Norwegian authors of the twentieth century, comes a collection of spare, biting stories of people caught between reality a...

Three of Elizabeth Gaskell's best-loved novels-- Cranford, Mr Harrison's Confessions, and My Lady Ludlow--are combined in this witty and poignant l...

Reducere. The acclaimed author of To Sir, With Love recalls his lifelong struggle against ignorance and racism while sharing a train ride with a bigoted whit...

Reducere. The last weekend of May 1944, a saboteur is finalizing his plans to destroy the town of Scarlet Tanager, Kentucky, and its coal industry for the sa...

DescriptionIn The Border Keeper, debut author Kerstin Hall unfolds a lyrical underworld narrative about loss and renewal."Beautifully and vividly i...

Reducere. DescriptionIn Haunted by Books Mark Valentine explores the more curious byways of literature. He presents the author who was always being told he h...

DescriptionGeorgina Corrigan is worried. The first women sent to her Percy Place home by the BOBs - an organisation which supports women escaping d...

Reducere. Gitanjali (1912) is a collection of poems by Rabindranath Tagore. Translated into English by Tagore and published with a groundbreaking introductio...

Reducere. After years of adventuring around the globe - running, kayaking, hitchhiking, exploring - Beau Miles came back to his block in country Victoria. St...

A collection of essays, including: I. Tremendous Trifles II. A Piece of Chalk III. The Secret of a Train IV. The Perfect Game V. The Extraordinary ...

Reducere. The most absurd, hilarious, and ridiculous travelogue ever told, by two hit-TV comedy writers who raced each other around the world--for bragging r...

Seamus Heaney's new collection starts "In an age of bare hands and cast iron" and ends as "The automatic lock / clunks shut" in the eerie new condi...

Introducing a rail blazing new series set in the early days of the transcontinental railroad--when America headed West, outlaws climbed on board, a...

Reducere. Cid Corman writes, "For the vast majority of Italians and others to whom the name means anything, Matera is synonymous with abject poverty and back...

Reducere. In 1859, Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific, increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. W...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christine TrentOne of Victorian London's most respected undertakers, Violet Harper has the new duty of accompanying coffins...

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the forgotten second novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers'.When the...

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved c...

His haunting, impressionistic study of a man's slow corruption by jealousy, Emile Zola's "The Beast Within" (La Bete Humaine) is translated from th...

DescriptionFrom a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detec...

Reducere. Multiple award-winning, New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Peter Robinson returns with Children of the Revolution, a superb t...

DescriptionFrom a murder in South Africa to the tracking down of a master criminal in northern Scotland, this is a true classic of Golden Age detec...

Reducere. Next in the Rachel Savernake series, perfect for fans of the Golden age of mystery and readers of Anthony Horowitz and Sherry Thomas.Framed for mur...

Reducere. Rosslyn Wemyss' life and career was both fascinating and brilliant - a most distinguished admiral who is very little known. As the Allied Naval Rep...

Reducere. Improve your English and have fun at the same time with Read Stories - Learn English."I'm sure you are very lonely in this place, " I said. As I ta...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: MR Ian CarrollWhen I was growing up, Heavy Metal/rock music was my music of choice, it was my life. Back in those days in t...