Holding the Line - How Britain's Railways Were Saved (Austin Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Holding the Line - How Britain's Railways Were Saved (Austin Chris)(Paperback / softback)

How to Fix Modern Football (Sutton Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Britain's most opinionated football pundit lets rip on the modern

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

East London Railways - From Docklands to Crossrail (Batten Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

Britain's railways in the early 1970s looked to be in terminal decline. The Beeching cuts of the 1960s had slashed much of the network, but still lines were closing and underinvestment left much of the rest in a sorry state. Since then, there has been privatisation and transformation (although

Ghosts of Empire - Britain's Legacies in the Modern World (Kwarteng Kwasi)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating book shows how the later years of the British Empire were characterised by accidental oversights, irresponsible opportunism and uncertain

Exploring Canals (Nunn Daniel)(Paperback / softback)

Take a journey along Britain's canals and find out all about how they were built, what locks are and how they work, and canal boats and the people who might live on

King's Speech - How one man saved the British monarchy (Logue Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Building of Britain's Railways (Chambers Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

This fascinating book describes the early days in the British railway industry, from the opening of the first public steam inter-city railway line in 1830 and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, through to the glory days of the Flying Scotsman and the expansion of the national rail networks in the 1940s to

Britain's Railways in the 1970s (Hayes David)(Paperback / softback)

A nostalgic overview of the rail scene in the 1970s. The photographs in this book try to capture a flavour of the railways during this fascinating transition

Holding the Line (Hiblen Mark J.)(Paperback)

Castleman's Corkscrew - Including the Railways of Bournemouth and Associated Lines (Jackson Brian Leslie)(Paperback / softback)

Great Britain's Railways - A New History (Maggs Colin)(Paperback / softback)

New B-format paperback - Explore a highly illustrated and comprehensive look at the story of 400 years of Britain's

Prince Albert - The Man Who Saved the Monarchy (Wilson A. N. (Author))(Paperback / softback)

The magnificent and definitive biography of Prince Albert, by one of Britain's best biographers and the author of Victoria: A

Bit of a Stretch - The Diaries of a Prisoner (Atkins Chris)(Paperback / softback)

A shocking and darkly funny account of the reality of Britain's

Bob Reid's Railway Revolution - Sir Robert Reid, how he transformed Britain's railways to be the best in Europe (Muir George)(Pevná vazba)

The Railways: Nation, Network and People (Bradley Simon)(Paperback)

Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years. Transforming lives and landscapes, they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism. As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules and traditions, the network also exerts a fascination all

Hungry Empire - How Britain's Quest for Food Shaped the Modern World (Collingham Lizzie)(Paperback / softback)

Ascent (Bonington Sir Chris)(Paperback / softback)

The complete life story of arguably Britain's greatest mountaineer, whose career has spanned six decades of climbing peaks, across all continents and still being able to summit The Old Man of Hoy aged eighty years of age in

Northern Northumberland's Minor Railways - Limestone Industry Lines (Jermy Roger C.)(Paperback / softback)

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

Modelling the Welsh Narrow Gauge Railways (Ford Chris)(Paperback)

The Welsh narrow gauge railways, with their colourful histories and vital role in local industry, are an extremely popular subject for both railway enthusiasts and modellers. This book is for anyone interested in modelling the Welsh narrow gauge railways and includes the historical background to

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

Nightwalk - A Journey to the Heart of Nature (Yates Chris)(Paperback / softback)

Chris Yates, one of Britain's most insightful and lyrical writers, raises his gaze from his beloved rivers and ponds and takes us on a mesmerizing tour of the British

Under Cover (Ryan Chris)(Paperback / softback)

When he tries to steal from the wrong people, he is saved by a mysterious man called Felix who makes Ricky a compelling offer: a flat and a hundred pounds a week. Soon Ricky finds himself learning about surveillance techniques, how to make himself invisible in a crowd and hand to hand