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Isambard Kingdom Brunel: Victorian icon, engineer, artist, architect, designer and visionary, entrepreneur and celebrity. His astounding feats changed the British landscape, and this new book tells the story of his awe-inspiring achievements and innovations as a railway engineer.

Fully-illustrated and filled with real-world examples, this book explains the basics of psychology, from how people think, feel and behave to how scientists can study and be sure about what is actually going on in other people's brains.

Hongkong ist im Jahr 1842 eine Insel, die niemanden interessiert. Der Opiumkrieg zwischen China und Großbritannien tobt gerade. Der britische Geschäftsmann Dirk Struan, später auch "Tai-Pan" - chinesisch für "großer Herr" - genannt, sieht in Hongkong die große Chance. Es wird vom Empire in Besitz genommen und Struan baut dort eine neue Handelsniederlassung auf - sehr zum Missfallen des skrupellos agierenden Tyler Brock ... Daryl Dukes epochale...

Hongkong ist im Jahr 1842 eine Insel, die niemanden interessiert. Der Opiumkrieg zwischen China und Großbritannien tobt gerade. Der britische Geschäftsmann Dirk Struan, später auch "Tai-Pan" - chinesisch für "großer Herr" - genannt, sieht in Hongkong die große Chance. Es wird vom Empire in Besitz genommen und Struan baut dort eine neue Handelsniederlassung auf - sehr zum Missfallen des skrupellos agierenden Tyler Brock ... Daryl Dukes epochale...

A brief history of the design and use of railway carriages in the UK, ideal for those interested in railway and social history.Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway passenger traveled in comfortable rolling stock of a design familiar to many until the 1960s. While modern trains look different from those buil...

Railway stations are among Britain's most special buildings. The start and end point of the daily commute and the magical holiday, they vary hugely in style and size. This book is the perfect introduction to the subject.

From the Golden Arrow Pullman Service to the Royal Scot and the Flying Scotsman, this book celebrates the most luxurious, fastest and most famous train services from the great age of steam.

Britain's towns and cities were famously transformed in the nineteenth century by the coming of the railways, which turned around their fortunes and gave urban dwellers new opportunities to travel across the country. This book tells the story of these country railways from their golden age to their decline in the wake of nationalisation.

With a network covering much of the West Country, Wales and the West Midlands, and a history and tradition stretching back more than a century, the Great Western has been seen by many railway historians and enthusiasts as the most famous railway in the world. This book summarises Great Western Railway's place in British history.

The strategic importance of railways was recognized almost from the beginning of their development, but it was not until the end of the nineteenth century that their real value was appreciated by the military. In both the First and Second World Wars, railways were crucial in the transportation of men, munitions and coal, whilst on the Continent British forces operated railways to support the war effort. The heroic story of railways at war was ...

Great Western Swindon

A fascinating look at the day to day life of one of Britain's most popular railway companies over the course of a whole year, revealing much about a long lost way of life, not just for the railways

This is the story of an industry that began in the North of England, with small engineering concerns building engines that powered early railways like the Stockton and Darlington and Liverpool & Manchester. Once railway companies had become firmly established, the industry expanded dramatically as they set up their own engineering workshops to build and maintain not only locomotives, but also carriages, wagons and all manner of other items of ...