Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent (Wallace Richard)(Paperback)

Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent (Wallace Richard)(Paperback)

Hill Railways of the Indian Subcontinent describes seven branch lines which climbed into the mountain ranges that span the length and breadth of the countries of India and Pakistan. Some - like the Darjeeling Himalayan - are well known, but others - like the Zhob Valley, Khyber Pass and Kangra

Indian Textiles (Gillow John)(Paperback / softback)

This all-encompassing survey of textiles from every region of the Indian subcontinent runs the gamut of commercial, tribal, and folk textiles. The authors first place them in context by examining the cultural background: the history, the materials, and the techniques--weaving, printing, painting,

Islam in the Indian Subcontinent (Schimmel Annemarie)(Paperback)

Southern California Railways (Billingsley Richard)(Paperback)

Southern California Railways looks at the operations of some of the many railroads that serve the southern half of the Golden State. Including the passenger operations of Amtrak, Metrolink, and San Diego Coaster and the freight operations of the Union Pacific and BNSF Railway as well as some short

Indian Tales: A Barefoot Collection (Nanji Shenaaz)(Paperback)

This anthology includes eight traditional tales from all over the Indian subcontinent. Bright acrylic illustrations accompany stories of magical spirits in the mountains of the northeast, sneaky robbers and brave heroines in the heart of the Indus Valley, action and adventure in the far south, and

Kim (Kipling Rudyard)(Pevná vazba)

The story of a half-caste boy, part Indian part Irish who journeys throughout the subcontinent with an aged lama in search of religious enlightenment, the nominal plot revolves around the Great Game: the struggle between Britian and Russia for control of

Durham Railways at the End of the 20th Century (Allen Richard)(Paperback)

The last years of the twentieth century saw considerable changes to the railway scene in County Durham, including ECML electrification, the demise of the coal industry and the introduction of modern rolling stock. This book shows how the railway scene in this part of North East England changed

Dividing the Spoils: The War for Alexander the Great's Empire (Waterfield Robin)(Paperback)

Alexander the Great conquered an enormous empire--stretching from Greece to the Indian subcontinent--and his death triggered forty bloody years of world-changing events. These were years filled with high adventure, intrigue, passion, assassinations, dynastic marriages, treachery, shifting

Indian Table (Hill Bryony)(Paperback / softback)

A family's recipes during the

A Social Theory of Corruption: Notes from the Indian Subcontinent (Rajan Sudhir Chella)(Pevná vazba)

A social theory of grand corruption from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In contemporary policy discourse, the notion of corruption is highly constricted, understood just as the pursuit of private gain while fulfilling a public duty. Its paradigmatic manifestations are bribery and extortion,

The Mythology of Richard III (Ashdown-Hill John)(Paperback)

Richard III. The name will conjure an image for any reader: Shakespeare's hunchback tyrant who killed his own nephews or a long-denigrated, misunderstood king. This one man's character and actions have divided historians and the controversy has always kept interest in Richard alive. However,

Railways & Recollections Snow Hill to Cheltenham (Whitehouse John)(Paperback / softback)

The Million Dollar Story - Edgar Wallace - e-kniha

eBook:,Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was a British writer of sensational detective, gangster, adventure and sci-fi novels, plays and stories. Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the

RAILWAYS OF THE SOUTH EAST KENT (ANDY THOMAS)(Paperback)

The second of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses on Kent. It details a wide range of different trains including heavy aggregate, inter-regional passenger, test trains, the Orient Express, newspaper and mail trains, railtour excursions, engineers' trains, weed

Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Yorkshire (Edgar Gordon)(Paperback)

This seventh volume in the series of regional books examining the industrial railways of England, Wales and Scotland looks at railways of the former Ridings of Yorkshire, a region that once boasted widespread coal mining activities, which strongly influenced the county's fortunes throughout the

RAILWAYS OF THE SOUTH EAST SUSSEX & ITS (ANDY THOMAS)(Paperback)

The first of two volumes covering the railways of the South East, this book focuses mainly on Sussex but also includes small sections of Surrey and Kent. It concentrates on locomotive-hauled traffic and details a wide range of trains including inter-regional passenger, parcels and mail, fuel, heavy

Railways of Peebles (Perkins Roy G.)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating selection of photographs gives an insight into the history of the railways in and around Peebles over the last

Railways & the Raj: How the Age of Steam Transformed India (Wolmar Christian)(Paperback)

The epic story of the British construction of the railways in India, as told by Britain's bestselling transport

Locomotives of the Lancashire Central Coalfield: The Walkden Yard Connection (Davies Alan)(Paperback)

The old Bridgewater Trustees mineral railways were to become the Central Railways of the huge Manchester Collieries concern, which was formed in March 1929. The landscape with its changing, suddenly abrupt and often fierce gradients was to be a cruel one for these colliery locomotives which were

Iberian Railways (Woods George)(Paperback)

The railways of Spain and Portugal saw steam locomotives working on the main lines until the late 1970s, although in Spain several mining companies still employed steam into the 1980s. Iberian railways were unusual in that they used a wider gauge of 5 ft 3 in. for their main lines, which was rare

Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Cumbria (Edgar Gordon)(Paperback / softback)

Gordon Edgar explores the industrial and minor railways of Cumberland and

The Science of Getting Rich (The Science of Getting Rich Wallace D.)(Paperback)

Wallace D. Wattles introduced the world to the power of positive thinking. He was a profound influence on Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray. With out Wattles 'Science Of trilogy' there never would have been books such as The Laws of Attraction, The Science of Success, and the Power of Positive

Industrial Locomotives & Railways of Scotland (Edgar Gordon)(Paperback)

The industrial and minor railways of Scotland are neglected topics deserving of greater attention. Following on from 'Industrial Locomotives & Railways of North East England', Gordon Edgar uses his excellent collection of photographs to explore these fascinating railways and their

Contemporary House India (Gregory Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A major overview of the most innovative, ambitious and beautiful houses on the Indian subcontinent, where dramatic new approaches to building have been bolstered by a generation of design-savvy home-owners This survey of over twenty examples of India’s finest contemporary residential architecture