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  • Vanderbilt

    The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty

    par Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe ...
    “Splendid. . . . haunting and beautifully written.” — Washington PostThe #1 New York Times bestselling Gilded Age chronicle of the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty, from CNN anchor and journalist Anderson Cooper and historian and novelist Katherine Howe.One of the Washington Post's Notable Works of NonfictionWhen eleven-year-old Cornelius Vanderbilt began to ... ... En savoir plus

    11,99 €

  • With a Vengeance

    A jaw-dropping and addictive thriller packed with twists

    par Riley Sager ...
    One train. No stops. A deadly game of survival and revenge.Twelve years ago, six people destroyed Anna Matheson's family. Now, she's ready for retribution, and she's laid a trap to get revenge on them all . . .One train. Six passengers. Fourteen hours with no escape until everyone's paid the price.But trapped on board as the train barrels through the night, it becomes clear Anna's not the only ... En savoir plus

    7,99 €

  • Whistle

    par Linwood Barclay ...
    'Terrific' STEPHEN KING'First-class storytelling. Hooked from the first page, I raced through the book in one sitting' ★★★★★ Reader Review'Dark and thoroughly absorbing' ★★★★★ Reader Review* * * * *When you hear it, be afraid…Annie Blunt and her young son Charlie moved to their house in upstate New York to put a dreadful year behind them. The death of her husband and a scandal around... ... En savoir plus

    6,69 €

  • Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide (full edition)

    par George Bradshaw ...
    A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's fascinating guide to Europe's rail network.Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Europe was originally published in 1913 and was the inspiration behind Michael Portillo's BBC television series 'Great Continental Railway Journeys'.It is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent; short guides to the best places to see and to ... En savoir plus

    21,00 €

  • A ferrovia em Portugal: Passado, presente e futuro

    par Francisco Furtado ...
    No século XIX, o comboio significava progresso. No século seguinte, entrou em declínio. E hoje? Sabia que Portugal é o país europeu onde o peso do comboio no movimento de mercadorias mais aumentou na última década e o principal operador do setor é rentável? E que a tendência recente é de crescimento no transporte de passageiros, sobretudo no longo curso entre as principais cidades e no serviço ... En savoir plus

    Avant 2,49 € Après 0,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Lenin on the Train

    par Catherine Merridale ...
    THE TIMES, THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'Twice I missed my stop on the Tube reading this book... this is a jewel among histories' David Aaronovitch, The Times'The suberb, funny, fascinating story of Lenin's trans-European rail journey to power and how it shook the world' - Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard Books of the YearA gripp... ... En savoir plus

    9,49 €

  • On the Wrong Line: How Ideology and Incompetence Wrecked Britain's Railways

    par Christian Wolmar ...
    Britain's rail privatisation was one of the greatest political failures of recent history. A well-functioning industry was torn apart to satisfy political dogma and privatised in a way that not only compromised safety and wrecked performance but also resulted in financial melt-down.In this acclaimed book, an update to his earlier work Broken Rails, Christian Wolmar reveals the causes of the ... En savoir plus

    8,49 €

  • Lost Lines of Wales: Llandovery to Craven Arms

    Central Wales Line 2

    par Jamie Green ...
    Collection Livre 16 - Lost Lines of Wales
    Having covered the southern section of the Central Wales Line and its branches in Swansea to Llandovery, this volume traces the line from Llandovery to Craven Arms, where it met the North & West line, taking its traffic on to Shrewsbury. This takes in the remarkable feats of engineering the Victorians undertook to forge this line across the Welsh hills, as we take a nostalgic look at a railway ... En savoir plus

    4,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Railway Guns

    British and German Guns at War

    par John Goodwin ...
    In the nineteenth century the War Office showed little interest in developing large heavy artillery for its land forces, preferring instead to equip its warships with the biggest guns. Private initiatives to mount a gun on a railway truck pulled by a steam engine were demonstrated before military chiefs in the Southern Counties, but not taken up. However, the development of longer-range guns, ... En savoir plus

    7,61 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Long Island Rail Road

    Port Jefferson Branch

    par David D. Morrison ...
    Collection series Images of Rail
    The Long Island Rail Road is the oldest railroad in the country still operating under its original name. As the busiest railroad in North America, it carries 265,000 customers each weekday aboard 735 trains on 11 different branches. The Port Jefferson Branch serves 10 stations from Hicksville to Port Jefferson and carries nearly 20 percent of the railroad�s passenger traffic over its 32 miles of ... En savoir plus

    11,16 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Book of North American Railroading

    par Kevin EuDaly, Mike Schafer, Steve Jessup, Jim Boyd, Steve Glischinski, Andrew McBride ...
    The year 1827 marked the completion of the United States’ first railroad--and the beginning of a transformation of American life. This book, spanning nearly two centuries, offers an exhilarating tour of the railways’ inroads into the economy, society, and culture of North America.Illustrated with more than 400 historical and modern photographs and period advertisements, The Complete Book of North ... En savoir plus

    29,55 €

  • The End of the Woodhead Route

    Electric Trains Stop Here

    par Stephen Heginbotham ...
    In The End of the Woodhead Route: Electric Trains Stop Here, transport historian Stephen Heginbotham takes a fresh look at this famous and much mourned route. Perhaps the most keenly missed stretch of track in the entire country, the possibility of the Woodhead Route being reopened remains an ever present issue when the state of the nation’s railways is discussed. Utilising a superb selection of ... En savoir plus

    12,25 €

  • The Station Master's Wife

    A Scandalous Life Exposed

    par SUSAN K. DEMARINIS ...
    From respectable station master's wife to secret madam, Alice was a woman of exceptional resourcefulness in the the face of upheaval, betrayal, and prejudice. In 1887, Ashland, Oregon, this daughter of a prominent pioneer family, witnessed the historic completion of the United States Transcontinental Railroad, a circle of steel that enveloped the United States, when the final Golden Spike was ... En savoir plus

    9,36 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Niles Canyon Railways

    par Henry Luna, Pacific Locomotive Association ...
    Collection series Images of Rail
    All aboard for this photographic journey through the unique railroad history of Niles Canyon, near the city of Fremont. The melodic wail of the steam whistle first echoed off these canyon walls in 1866 when the Western Pacific Railroad laid track into Niles as part of a planned route from San Jose to Sacramento. That was three years before the transcontinental route from Sacramento to Omaha was ... En savoir plus

    11,16 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Twenty First Century Narrow Gauge

    A Pictorial Journey

    par James Waite ...
    Collection series Narrow Gauge Railways
    James Waite has been a skilled railway photographer for many years. In this book he has brought together photographs of many of the world’s steam-worked narrow gauge railways in the twenty-first century, concentrating mostly on views which show the scenery, both natural and man-made, through which they ran. They are accompanied by extended captions, the fruit of extensive research containing much ... En savoir plus

    8,44 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Grand Central Terminal and the station at the end of the world

    Short stories about 222 train stations of the Americas, from Alaska to the Land of Fire

    par Richard Deiss, Nick Snipes ...
    Dieses Taschenbuch enthält kleine Geschichten und Anekdoten zu 222 Bahnhöfen des amerikanischen Kontinents - von Alaska bis Feuerland. This pocket book contains short stories and anecdotes about 222 railway stations of the Americas, from Alaska to the Land of Fire. ... En savoir plus

    5,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • George M. Pullman: Palace Car Magnate

    par Daniel Alef ...
    Executive jets and yachts are the quintessential tableau of today's tycoons. A century or more ago it was Pullman Palace Cars and yachts. The Palace Cars were ornate, featured extravagant pomp, from crystal chandeliers and marble baths to sumptuous bedrooms, libraries and living rooms walled in mahogany, with servant quarters nearby. The man who made this possible, George Pullman, catered to the ... En savoir plus

    2,20 €

  • Great Western Railway Stations

    par Allen Jackson ...
    Perhaps more has been written about the Great Western Railway than any other, and the company is regarded with the most affection. The combination of an unbroken history, engineering icons of the Victorian era, holiday destinations and a visual appeal in their design work went a long way in keeping the GWR in pole position. The stations and other structures have long enjoyed the admiration of many ... En savoir plus

    12,25 €

  • Yorkshire & Humberside Traction

    par Gordon Edgar ...
    The drama of the landscapes of Yorkshire and Humberside combined with some of the most powerful diesel and electric locomotives to be found anywhere in Britain. The photographs in this book cover every aspect of diesel and electric traction in the Yorkshire and Humberside area, hauling both passenger and goods trains. The types, classes of locomotive and the operating companies represented are as ... En savoir plus

    12,25 €

  • Die Fahrzeuge der Wangerooger Inselbahn

    - Ein Fotobuch aus dem Sommer 1973 -

    par Lutz Riedel ...
    Dieser Bildband ist eine Fundgrube historischer Inselbahn Bilder. Er bietet neben seltenen Bildern auch eine Reihe von Impressionen der Betriebsanlagen. In dem Bildband wurden die über 40 Jahre alten, aus dem Nachlass meines Vaters stammenden Fotos, die er während eines Sommerurlaubes 1973 erstellt hatte, zusammen getragen. Die 56-seitige Broschüre ist in der Ausführung Paperback im Format 19x27cm ... En savoir plus

    6,49 €

  • The Racial Railroad

    par Julia H. Lee ...
    Reveals the legacy of the train as a critical site of race in the United StatesDespite the seeming supremacy of car culture in the United States, the train has long been and continues to be a potent symbol of American exceptionalism, ingenuity, and vastness. For almost two centuries, the train has served as the literal and symbolic vehicle for American national identity, manifest destiny, and ... En savoir plus

    19,15 €

  • Class 31 Locomotives

    par Andrew Cole ...
    Collection series Class Locomotives
    This is a pictorial tribute to the British Rail workhorse, the Class 31. Over 260 of these locos were built by Brush at Loughborough from 1958 onwards, and they would work on most regions for the next forty years, with a few examples still working today. Working both passenger and freight trains, they were a success, although their original Mirrlees engines would be replaced with English Electric ... En savoir plus

    12,25 €

  • 60009 Union of South Africa

    Stories from the Support Crew

    Modifié par Michael Mather ...
    The A4 Pacific locomotive No. 60009 Union of South Africa has recently been retired and is destined to go into a museum. Here, this famous loco’s support crew share their memories and anecdotes of working to keep it running for the enjoyment of thousands of railway enthusiasts over the years. With experiences stretching back to 1966, when the loco was first purchased from British Railways, these ... En savoir plus

    13,17 €

  • Beeching - 50 Years of the Axeman

    par Robin Jones ...
    Described as the most hated civil servant in Britain, it was half a century ago that Dr Richard Beeching was appointed as chairman of British Railways with one key directive – to cut the soaring losses.The 1950s had seen the start of a mass shift from public to private transport, as lorries, cars, buses and motorbikes replaced trains as Britain’s most popular means of travel.So often pilloried by ... En savoir plus

    3,45 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus