Underground, Overground. A Passenger's History of the Tube, Paperback - Andrew Martin

Why is the Victoria Line so hot? What is an Electrical Multiple Unit? Is it really possible to ride from King's Cross to King's Cross on the Circle...

A personal photography journey capturing the beauty and eerie tranquillity of an empty London Underground

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Reducere. " A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places" (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuc...

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, Londo...

Recapturing the glamour and intrigue of the night train, the author charts its rise and fall and rediscovers the pleasures of a continent connected...

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Paperback edition of the latest case for Jim Stringer, the railway detective. WWI has begun, and Stringer is enlisted into the army. But one of his...

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DescriptionThe story of the Town Below the Ground is one of the most disturbing in the annals of Scottish history. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh ...

The Caro-Kann Defence arises after the moves 1 e4 c6. With this first move Black (as is also the case with the French Defence - 1 e4 e6) plans 2 .....

The police set out on the trail of a bitter former musician who winks at the victim before killing them in the summer of 1976. Introduces an outrag...

Expanding the world of his classic-in-the-making debut novel Early Work, Andrew Martin's Cool for America is a hilarious collection of overlapping ...

High Quality Photography, Good Well Written Captions, Well Researched Text, Useful to Modellers, New Factual InformationPublisher: Pen & Sword Book...

The first book to explore the historical role and residual impact of the Green Book, a travel guide for black motorists Published from 1936 to 1966...

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Now in paperback, this is the latest title in Martin's mystery series featuring 'railway detective' Jim Stringer. Set in Baghdad in 1917, as String...

A delightful exploration of a very British obsession.Publisher: Profile Books LtdAuthor(s): Andrew MartinIllustration(s): 8pp colour insertNumber o...

A phenomenal bestseller in France, Metronome presents a fascinating history of Paris through the lens of the city's iconic Metro systemDid you know...

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1920s steam detective Jim Stringer travels from Calcutta to Darjeeling, trying to solve a deadly mystery on the East India Railways. Part of an acc...

In Powder Smoke we see the return of Jim Stringer, Martin's Railway Detective, back by popular demand, and Corsair's first book in the series. All ...

Reducere. This stunning history of neon sign making includes more than 100 illustrations and charts showing the technical aspects of manufacture, and the daz...

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Reducere. DescriptionSex, Drugs, and False Eyelashes--Surviving an encounter with a gun-wielding lesbian, a car chase by a jealous stranger, and being drowne...

The car that would become the DB7 began its gestation in 1991. Developed entirely under the ownership of Ford, this new smaller Aston Martin was in...

Contributor(s): Author: Hans-Jorg RheinbergerIn this powerful work of conceptual and analytical originality, the author argues for the primacy of t...

Reducere. DescriptionMany of the unsung heroes of the Underground Railroad lived and worked in Washington, D.C. Men and women, black and white, operatives an...

It's the sweltering summer of 1911, and one Friday evening a young aristocrat arrives into the custody of detective Jim Stringer, a man recently fo...

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If you want to discover the captivating life of Harriet Tubman, then keep reading...Harriet Tubman was known as a "conductor" on the "Underground R...

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Thrillingly tells the story of an Eastern European Jew's flight from the Holocaust and the years he spent fighting in the French underground." --US...

Designated a World Heritage Site, the landscape around Avebury in north Wiltshire contains a remarkable wealth of archaeological remains, including...

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