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Documents the various aspects of British railways, including timetables, stations, tunnels, staff and trains. This work focuses on the 10,000 miles of lines closed in Britain since the 1950s, bringing to life the glorious story of train travel as it used to be.

Britain from the Rails Guide - Travel tips on British rail travel including Wales and Scotland, transportation, local history, Slow travel, regional holidays. This guide also features practical advice on fares and rail lines, secret railways, London, Great Western, local food and restaurants, hotels and B&Bs, culture and festivals, tours.

Freedom Pass London Travel Guide - Day trips for those with London's concessionary travel pass. Features bus routes and info, London highlights, itineraries and days out, best pubs. Also has off-the-beaten-track sights, top rambles and walks, foraging tips, quirky restaurants and cafes, practical transport advice, city breaks, museums and culture.

Jerusalem has a special status as a city that is both terrestrial and celestial. The name includes a cognate for 'peace, ' but the old stones of the city have witnessed epic bloodshed and destruction over the centuries. The three great monotheistic religions all regard it with especial fervor, and it ...

One of the most diverse and fascinating countries in the world seen through the eyes of early writers and travelers.

The illuminating and entertaining account of one woman's attempts to really get to grips with the Arabic language

This illustrated book features 26 world's railway journeys, from those of epic scope, such as the Trans-Siberian, Australia’s Indian Pacific and The Canadian - to those of great scenic beauty, such as the UK’s Settle to Carlisle and Switzerland’s Glacier Express. Steam-powered journeys include ...

No other great European city expanded as much as London during the twentieth century between the two World Wars. Yet, by a curious paradox, this expansion took place at times of great economic depression. Lured by continual newspaper advertising and the ease of daily travel by new London Underground ...

This photography book portrays the beauty and spectacle of volcanoes - the surface lava, the smoke, the intense heat, and colours - and also celebrates the rich beauty of our planet and its many peoples.

Travels to Britain's most unfashionable towns to uncover the nation's secret history. Starting on a green bus in Leeds, the city of his birth, and culminating atop the number 94 as it swooshes past Trafalgar Square, the author reclaims British towns from the embarrassment and neglect for which they are famed.

An eccentric look at lost Britain through its railway request stops. Tiny Stations is the story of the author's journey from the far west of Cornwall to the far north of Scotland, visiting around 40 of the most interesting of these little used and ill-regarded stations.

The London Underground is the oldest, most sprawling and illogical metropolitan transport system in the world, the result of a series of botch-jobs and improvisations. Yet it transports over one billion passengers every year - and this figure is rising. The author embarks on a social history of London's underground railway system.

An elegant and original series of sketchbooks inspired by travel, where you can write down your thoughts, ideas and drawings, with pages embellished by pencil sketches.

An elegant and original series of sketchbooks inspired by travel, where you can write down your thoughts, ideas and drawings, with pages embellished by pencil sketches.

London Transport was created in 1933 to coordinate the shambolic, overlapping transport systems of the capital, and for decades has striven to meet the challenges of organising London travel. This book presents the story of the organisation from its origins, through the upheavals of the Second World War, to TfL's biggest project - Crossrail.

This book celebrates the many styles of station building on the London Underground.

Step back in time to the golden age of railways. This is the story of Derbyshire's once-thriving rail network; a network of passenger and freight lines that criss-crossed the county at the turn of the 20th century.

Traces the history of the county's railway lines from their opening in the 19th century, their heyday around the turn of the century, and their closure in the 20th century.