Van Horne's Road: The Building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, Hardcover

The Panama Canal was the costliest undertaking in history; its completion in 1914 marked the beginning of the "American Century." Panama Fever draw...

Contributor(s): Author: David TysonThe Niagara Escarpment is the most significant land form in southern Ontario, designated a UNESCO World Biospher...

Reducere. Wherever the Road Leads, a Memoir of Love, Travel, and a Van, takes you on a stunning two-year van-life honeymoon. Newlyweds Tom and Katie, an engi...

Reducere. The popular West Indian migration narrative often starts with the "Windrush Generation"in 1950s' England, but in Dying to Better Themselves Olive S...

Bringing together the work of top specialists and emerging scholars in the field, this volume is the first book-length study of the rapport between...

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Reducere. When it first opened on October 27, 1904, the New York City subway ran twenty-two miles from City Hall to 145th Street and Lenox Avenue--the longes...

Reducere. In Bear Run, Pennsylvania, a home unlike any other perches atop a waterfall. The water's tune plays differently in each of its sunlight-dappled roo...

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

Reducere. Originally created in 1911 by the publishers of Machinery Magazine, Locomotive Building details the construction of a steam locomotive for railway ...

Established in the 19th century to carry passengers and freight across the Atlantic and Pacific, this is the story of the development of the compan...

A history of the Alpha movement - how 'God's own spin doctor' repackaged Christianity for a contemporary age.Publisher: John Murray PressAuthor(s):...

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'The definitive biography' Roy StrongThe remarkable story of Bess of Hardwick, her ascent through Elizabethan society and the houses she built that...

Why the American Revolution, of all the great revolutions, was the only enduring success.Publisher: WW Norton & CoAuthor(s): Myron MagnetIllustrati...

DescriptionFirst published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada's Mazo de la Roche. In The ...

Reducere. Road to the Stars, Paperback

Reducere. Venture back to the Boston of the 1800s, when Back Bay was just a wide expanse of water to the west of the Shawmut Peninsula and merchants peddled ...

Publisher: Crecy PublishingIllustration(s): 80 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 64Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 276 x 211 x 11Cover type: Hard...

Determining where and how to store a model railway when it is not in use can be difficult, especially if space is limited; a folding railway layout...

Reducere. During the first six decades of the Twentieth Century, Southern California boasted a comprehensive network of suburban electrically powered trains ...

DescriptionThink you could never join a cult? So did I.Cults thrive on secrecy, isolation, deception, and manipulation as they coerce even worldly ...

Reducere. New York Times Bestseller: A "virtually faultless" account of the last weeks of WWII in the Pacific from both Japanese and American perspectives (T...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Brayton HarrisChester Nimitz was an admiral's Admiral, considered by many to be the greatest naval leader of the last centu...

Reducere. Today, there are more than twenty complete zodiacs in Washington, D.C., each one pointing to an extraordinary mystery. David Ovason, who has studie...

DescriptionBricks are the only non-natural building material that can look back at several thousand years of history. And as Mies van der Rhohe sta...

Reducere. Showcasing hundreds of funky vehicles, awe-inspiring landscapes, and cleverly designed interiors in tiny spaces from around the world, Van Life is ...

Publisher: Mortons Media GroupAuthor(s): Ken ChadwickIllustration(s): 180 b&w illustrations; 180 b&w illustrationsNumber of pages: 128Collection: L...

Publisher: Random House CanadaAuthor(s): Ron JamesNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 30Cover type: HardbackRedescope...

Publisher: ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian SchonNumber of pages: 466Publication date: 2017Dimensions: 200 x 140 x 20Cover type: Paper...