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Railways: Their Life & Times sets out to be an evocation of the world of railways over more than a century - the achievements and the failures, the impressive and the quirky, the big picture and the minutiae.Steam in the railway age, the evolution of different gauges, the role of railways in two world wars, the battles to retain passenger business, the saga of railways in Russia, dangers on the rails, the enemies and critics of railways - thes...

From the broadcast of the first news bulletin on radio in 1920, daily newspapers have been under pressure from a succession of challenges, ranging from television to suburban weeklies until - finally - the internet. Along the way the industry was beset by industrial disputes, reluctance to embrace the latest technologies, crippling rises in costs of newsprint and labour, traffic gridlock that hampered city newspaper deliveries. By the time it ...

Why do so many people try to diminish the gold story? And why does gold keep bouncing back in defiance of its critics? That is the theme of this book. Robin Bromby shows that gold's fundamental appeal - as a safe haven, the ultimate store of wealth, the most reliable form of money - sees it through every obstacle put in its way. In the past 100 years, the world has turned its back on the gold standard (and in the case of the U.S. actually bann...

A fascinating collection of tales relating to some of the more obscure or exotic corners of the British Empire during colonial times, offering an insight into health, military and working lives of those serving the British Empire around the world.