To the Edge of the World. The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway, Paperback - Christian Wolmar

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

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 ...

DescriptionFor more than two thousand years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Their society was viable, utopian even; but in t...

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

DescriptionLonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Trans-Siberian Railway is your passport to the most relevant, up...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers IncAuthor(s): Emma FickNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 186 x 237 x 30Cover type: Hardback...

National treasure Billy Connolly is our personal guide through some of the world's most dramatic landscapes in the vast wilderness of the ArcticPub...

Subtitled }How the London Underground was Built and How it Changed the City Forever{. In a new paperback package this is the fascinating history of...

The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from an author and broadcaster specialised in transport matters.Publisher: Head of ZeusAuthor...

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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...

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...

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

Revised and updated edition of Christian Wolmar's classic history of the London Underground, with a new chapter on Crossrail. 'I can think of few b...

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

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...

A zany and thrilling graphic novel, bursting with magical mysteries!

Reducere. DescriptionTerra Incognita - the blank spaces on the map, past the edge of the world, marked only by the words "here be monsters." Two nations at w...

Reducere. In the icy reaches of the South Pole live three penguin brothers: Amos, Max, and Hans. They love cooking so much that one day they band together to...

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...

Publisher: Hayloft PublishingAuthor(s): David OccomoreIllustration(s): 69 black & white photographsNumber of pages: 202Publication date: 2020Dimens...

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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...

The inspiring story of Icelandic sheep farmer, former model and feminist heroine has become an international bestseller and won both the Icelandic ...

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...

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...

Reducere. DescriptionPhotos and stories that will stop you in your tracks -Created in partnership with Outside magazine for its 40th anniversary -The grippin...

Reducere. In the bestselling tradition of Hampton Sides's In the Kingdom of Ice, a "gripping adventure tale" (The Boston Globe) recounting Dutch polar explor...

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...

When you have lost everything, what will you find?When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Ye...

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

When you have lost everything, what will you find? When Yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on. Y...

Reducere. The compelling and adventurous stories of seven pioneering scientists who were at the forefront of what we now call climate science. From the glaci...

The story of an engineering marvel of the twenty-first century, from Britain's bestselling railway writer. In autumn 2019, Europe's biggest infrast...

A wartime love story richly toldPublisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s): Kirsten MckenzieNumber of pages: 400Publication date: 2010Dimensions: 196 x ...

Reducere. Criminal defense attorney Paul Johns-if that is his real name-feels out of his league on K Street in Washington, DC, home of cutthroat lobbyists an...

Follow the fascinating threads of human history in this monumental volume, amply illustrated with maps, archival imagery, and revealing photographs...