To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad, Paperback - Christian Wolmar

Reducere. To the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel--full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and ...

The epic story of the world's longest and greatest railway, as told by Britain's bestselling transport historian.

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The first new and comprehensive narrative history of the American railroads in a generation. 'Shrewd, articulate and incredibly well-informed' - Mi...

Reducere. America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line--the first American railroad--in the 1830s sparked a national revolutio...

Publisher: Little, BrownAuthor(s): C J FarringtonPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 155 x 234 x 27Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lecturii...

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The story of the modest city-state that would become the birthplace of democracy

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DescriptionOver 135, 000 copies sold and now in its tenth edition A trip across Siberia on the longest continuous railway track in the world is und...

Publisher: Laurence King PublishingAuthor(s): Gemma PadleyNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 269 x 304 x 29Cover type: HardbackR...

Heartbreaking, funny, poignant - and crime fiction, we are introducing a wonderful and memorable protagonist, Olga Pushkin, who is Eleanor Oliphant...

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The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and cel...

In the tradition of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, an extraordinary Dickensian story of wealth and eccentricity.

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I had drifted, gotten lost, strayed from the paths and places I love. I felt Shetland calling me, and in this moment, I began my slow, imperfect jo...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Christian WolmarThe opening of the world's first railroad in Britain and America in 1830 marked the dawn of a new age. With...

Description"Riveting." --The New York Times Book Review Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on opposite ends of the same deserted ...

Christian Wolmar's biggest paperback yet. Blood, Iron and Gold tells the dramatic story of the people and events that shaped the world's railways a...

Flamingo detective Fabio and associate Gilbert are holidaying on the world's fastest train, across which they soon must track down the culprit in a...

Inishmore, Inishmaan, Inisheer: wild, isolated, starkly beautiful and of great historical importance. A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated intr...

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A lavish concertina fold-out book that opens to a 4 metre journey through space from the edge of the Earth's surface to the outer limits of the uni...

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Tabitha Plimtock lives in a house at the very edge of the world. When rumours begin to circulate of monsters climbing from the base to gobble up un...

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From the author of bestselling Soccernomics, this tour de force, the result of decades of investigation, reveals the truth behind the myths and leg...

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Based upon a true story, this book tells of a Russian missionary bishop's trip to Siberia. During the teaching and baptism along the way, he learns...

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The epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the Roman Empire, during the reign of the Emperor Constantine.

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