Underground railways of the world

Underground Railways of the World

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Railways

A concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.

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Railways

A fascinating and diverse collection of British railway facts and stories. Travel back to the age of steam to discover the world's oldest active steam

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Lost Railways of the World

Written in a way that will delight the railway enthusiast, but will also appeal to those with an interest in nostalgia, geography, history and travel.

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Historical Railways Around the World

Wonderful historic images celebrating the variety of railways around the world over the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Discovering the Secret World of Nature Underground

An exciting picture book to teach children what it's like to be an animal living underground! From mice and rabbits to badgers and ants, this engaging

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Britain's Railways in the Second World War

This book is a fascinating account of the important role that the railways played in the defence of the country as well as in their support of the All

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Underground City

Jules Verne is the writer of many classic, world famous novels such as Around the World in 80 Days (currently showing at the cinema) and Journey to th

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Going Underground: The Potteries

A fascinating exploration of the underground world and its history beneath the surface of the Potteries in North Staffordshire.

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Underground Structures of the Cold War: The World Below

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Narrow Gauge Railways of Saxony

A fascinating insight into the world of Saxony's narrow gauge railways, which remain a favourite among rail enthusiasts due to their continuing steam-

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South Wales Railways Gallery

A comprehensive portrait of one of the world's most intensive railway networks.

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Underground Structures of the Cold War

World-wide guide to the underground structures of the Cold War.

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The Underground Railroad - Whitehead Colson

Anotace: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and a NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER FOR FICTION 2016 `Whitehead is on a roll: the reviews have been sublime` Guardian `Luminous, furious, wildly inventive` Observer `Hands down one of the best, if not the best, book I`ve read this year` Stylist `Dazzling` New York Review of Books Cora is a slave on a cott...

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Going Underground: Birmingham

A fascinating exploration of the underground world and its history beneath the surface of Birmingham.

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Going Underground: Edinburgh

A fascinating exploration of the underground world and its history beneath the surface of Edinburgh.

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British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s

Guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beech

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Exploring the Natural Underground Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book explores the enigmatic world of the natural underground, viewing it as a site of leisure and a primary sphere of anthropotechnics. It reshapes the old language of caving into new ideas that broaden the possibilities of the sociology of caving. Marking a turning point in the way that the natural underground is understood, and the degree to which sensory dimension...

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Going Underground: Bury St Edmunds

A fascinating illustrated exploration of the underground world and history beneath Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

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Under Ground: Subways and Metros of the World

A visual tour of the world's most fascinating underground city railways showcasing their architecture, art and history and the trains that run on them

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Underground / Human Portrait - Rudolf Prekop

Anotace: For several years Rudo Prekop has been photographing studio portraits of personalities who have contributed significantly to the qualitative shift in our society in terms of culture, society, mentality, morality and humanity in general. Along with the book, a travelling exhibition of large-format photographs is being prepared. Generational confrontation in the ...

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Underground / Human Portrait - Rudolf Prekop

<p>For several years Rudo Prekop has been photographing studio portraits of personalities who have contributed significantly to the qualitative shift in our society in terms of culture, society, mentality, morality and humanity in general. Along with the book, a travelling exhibition of large-format photographs is being prepared. Generational confrontation in the l...

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Allied Railways of the Western Front - Narrow Gauge in the Somme Sector

In this book the metre gauge networks established before the First World War are examined. A companion volume to Narrow Gauge in the Arras Sector by t

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Badu Erykah: Worldwide Underground - LP (3594605)

LP vinyl - Worldwide Underground je třetí studiové album americké zpěvačky Erykah Badu vydané 16. září 2003. Rok vydání : 2003 (3.album) Rok reedice : 2022 Seznam stop LP Intro (World Keeps Turnin') / Bump It (Part 1 & 2) / Back In The Day / I Want You / Woo / The Grind / Danger / Think Twice / Love Of My Life Worldwide / Outro (World Keeps Turnin')...

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Notes from Underground - Dostojevskij Fjodor Michajlovič

Anotace: The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact revenge on an officer who h...

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Notes from Underground - Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij

<p>The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact revenge on an officer who ha...

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Project X Origins: Lime Book Band, Oxford Level 11: Underground: Going Underground

Going Underground explores the world underground and what lies beneath the surface. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided

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World Below

A class field trips turns into an underground quest for survival in the latest middle grade novel from the author of OCDaniel.

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

Anotace: #1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would`ve helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again il...

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Sound Of The Jam

Tento titul obsahuje skladby v úpravě: melodická linka s textem, akordové značky a klavírní part. Obsah: Away From The Numbers Beat Surrender Boy About Town Carnation David Watts Down In The Tube Station At Midnight English Rose Ghosts Going Underground In The City It's Too Bad Liza Radley ...

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Percy Jackson isn't expecting freshman orientation to be any fun. But when a mysterious mortal acquaintance appears on campus, followed by demon cheerleaders, things quickly move from bad to diabolical. In this latest installment of the blockbuster series, time is running out as war between the Olympians and the evil Titan lord Kronos draws near. Even the safe haven of Ca...

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Hills Tramroad: Blaenavon World Heritage Site

The incredible story of the primitive railways, known as tramroads, built in order to link the iconic ironworks around Blaenavon - now a UNESCO world

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - George Saunders

<p>'One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far' SFX Review 'Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best' Anne Enright, Guardian 'A triumph of storytelling' i paper 'A joy. 'Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart' Daily Mail ____________ The first short story collec...

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Liberation Day: From ´the world´s best short story writer´ (The Telegraph) and winner of the Man Booker Prize - Saunders George

Anotace: `One of the best science fiction short stories to be published in the 21st century so far` SFX Review `Saunders is funny and kind as ever, and his narrative virtuosity puts him up there with the best` Anne Enright, Guardian `A triumph of storytelling` i paper`A joy. `Effortlessly stylish, funny and smart` Daily Mail____________The first short story collection ...

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The Brothers Hawthorne - Barnes Jennifer Lynn

Anotace: FOUR BROTHERS. TWO MISSIONS. ONE EXPLOSIVE READ.Jennifer Lynn Barnes returns to the world of her international #1 bestselling, `impossible to put down` (Buzzfeed), thrilling Inheritance Games trilogy, and the stakes have never been higher.Grayson Hawthorne was raised as the heir apparent to his billionaire grandfather, taught from the cradle to put family first....

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Belonging : The Story of the Jews 1492-1900 - Simon Schama

<p>A passionate history of Judaism; a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling historians.Belonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour. From the Jews’ expulsion from Spain in 1492 it tells the stories not just of rabbis and philosophers but of a ...

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Sightwitch: A Tale of the Witchlands (1250193885)

Kniha - 208 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Set a year before Truthwitch, Sightwitch follows Ryber Fortiza, the last Sightwitch Sister as she treks deep underground to rescue her missing best friend. While there, she encounters a young Nubrevnan named Kullen Ikray, who has no memory of who he is or how he wound up inside the mountain. As the two journey e...

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White Nights - Dostojevskij Fjodor Michajlovič

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol - Andy Warhol

<p>The autobiography of an American icon, Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics.'I never think that people die. They just go to department stores'Andy Warhol - American painter, filmmaker, publisher, actor and major figure in the Pop Art movement - was in many ways a reluctant celebrity. Here, in his autobiography, he sp...

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Liberation Day : Stories - Saunders George, Saunders George

Anotace: The "best short-story writer in English" (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of power, ethics, and justice and cuts to the very heart of what it means to live in community with our fellow humans. With his trademark prose-wickedly funny, unsentimental, and exquisitely tuned-Saunders continues to challenge and surprise: Here is a collect...

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World War III Black Gold (PC) DIGITAL

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues. World War III - Black Gold takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil reserves will run out within 8-...

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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest (0241389356)

Kniha - autor Suzanne Simard, 256 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving, deeply personal journey of discovery. In her first book, Simard brings us into her world, the intimate world of the trees...

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Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Malta

Set before the dramatic events of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment’s Jurassic World Dominion, you’ll head to the warmth of the Mediterranean and attempt to manage multiple dinosaur facilities across three locations. Discover spectacular new prehistoric species, three new islands, detailed Malta-inspired buildings, and an all-new campaign in Jurassic...

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Jurassic World Evolution 2: Dominion Malta (PC)

Set before the dramatic events of Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment&rsquo;s Jurassic World Dominion, you&rsquo;ll head to the warmth of the Mediterranean and attempt to manage multiple dinosaur facilities across three locations. Discover spectacular new prehistoric species, three new islands, detailed Malta-inspired buildings, and an all-new campaign in ...

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Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest - Suzanne Simard

<p>'A scientific memoir as gripping as any HBO drama series' Kate Kellaway, ObserverA dazzling scientific detective story from the ecologist who first discovered the hidden language of trees No one has done more to transform our understanding of trees than the world-renowned scientist Suzanne Simard. Now she shares the secrets of a lifetime spent uncovering startlin...

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Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare

The incredible story of the secret underground operations of the Second World War.

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The Volunteer : The True Story of the Resistance Hero who Infiltrated Auschwitz - The Costa Biography Award Winner 2019 - Jack Fairweather

<p>'Totally gripping'-- Simon Sebag Montefiore‘Pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world war ... this insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life’ -- Economist</p> <p>Would you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?</p> <p> </p> <p>In the Summer of 1940,...

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Lord of the Rings Replica 1/4 The Erebor Royal Guard Helm 16 cm

To guard his hoard, King Thror set a watch upon his gate. Dwarf soldiers, well-trained and armed with swords, axes and long spears mounted an unending vigil at the entrance to the underground city. Stoking the forges of the Mountain kingdom and harnessing the skills of Middle-earth greatest armourers, Thror clad his regal Erebor guards in thick plate and square-edged helm...

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Book of Night: #1 Sunday Times bestselling adult fantasy from the author of The Cruel Prince - Holly Black

<p>'Dark, strange, thick with mystery and twists Book of Night is everything delicious and frightening I've come to expect from Holly Black.' Leigh Bardugo, Sunday Times bestselling author of Ninth House'Black is a master at world-building.' The New York Times Book Review_______________________________________________________________________#1 New York Times bestsel...

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A Short Walk Through a Wide World - Douglas Westerbeke

<p>The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Midnight Library and Life of Pi meet in this spellbinding novel of adventure, wonder and self-discovery.Paris, 1885: Aubry Tourvel, a spoiled and stubborn nine-year-old girl, comes across a wooden puzzle ball on her walk home from school. She tosses it over the fence, only to find it in her satchel that evening. Days later, ...

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

<p>#1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think...

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Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant

<p>#1 New York Times bestseller "This brilliant book will shatter your assumptions about what it takes to improve and succeed. I wish I could go back in time and gift it to my younger self. It would've helped me find a more joyful path to progress."-Serena Williams, 23-time Grand Slam singles tennis championThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think...

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World War III Black Gold (PC) DIGITAL (PC)

Actual Armies. Actual Weapons. Actual Political Issues.World War III - Black Gold&nbsp;takes the player to the near future. The political crisis has been going on for months, leading to worldwide turmoil. A secret conference of the UN Central Geological Commission reveals that worldwide oil reserves have reached dangerously low levels: Oil reserves will run out within...

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The Cut Out Girl. A Story of War and Family, Lost and Found - Bart Van Es

The extraordinary true story of a young Jewish girl in Holland during World War II, who hides from the Nazis in the homes of an underground network of foster families, one of them the author's grandparents

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The Choice - Jakub Trpiš

‘’I dream of a world in flames: nuclear bombs falling on cities, consuming them like cancer; surviving in underground shelters, where we slowly turn into animals. These dreams are so lifelike.

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Treasure of Silver Lake

The Treasure of Silver Lake is one of Karl May's most popular books. The bandits are preparing for a major heist. First they want to steal the wages of the lumberjacks at the Black Bear Creek. Then they want to raid a rich farm in Kansas on their way to robbing a railway station that has money for the construction of the Union Railways. Their final target is the Silver La...

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All the Demons Are Here

Bestselling author Jake Tapper's "absolute page-turner" (Gillian Flynn) transports readers to the 1970s underground world of cults, celebrities, tablo

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Mines of Mars

Some suspected that Mars once harbored life. There was a reason that it wasn't ever found. Mines of Mars is a procedural atmospheric mining game that is inspired by games like Metroid and Motherload. It is also a story based adventure game with dark secrets, great weapons, tons of different items, and a gorgeous world to explore. The world of MoM is procedurally created, ...

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Mines of Mars (PC)

Some suspected that Mars once harbored life.There was a reason that it wasn't ever found.Mines of Mars is a procedural atmospheric mining game that is inspired by games like Metroid and Motherload.It is also a story based adventure game with dark secrets, great weapons, tons of different items, and a gorgeous world to explore.The world of MoM is procedurally created,...

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Wool: The thrilling dystopian series, and the #1 drama in history of Apple TV (Silo) - Howey Hugh

Anotace: NOW THE NO.1 DRAMA IN THE HISTORY OF AppleTV+, SILO.An epic story of survival at all odds and one of the most anticipated books of the year, soon to also be a major Apple TV series.`Thrilling, thought-provoking and memorable ... one of dystopian fiction`s masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 and Brave New World.` DAILY EXPRESS_____________In a ruined and ho...

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