Slow Train

Author : Diccon Bewes
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781473644915

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Slow Train to Switzerland by Diccon Bewes Pdf

"Bewes' breezy prose makes him a pleasant traveling companion ... he clearly knows Switzerland inside and out." - The Spectator In June 1863 an English lady set off by train on the trip of a lifetime: Thomas Cook's first Conducted Tour of Switzerland. A century and a half later, travel writer Diccon Bewes, author of the bestselling Swiss Watching, decided to go where she went and see what she saw. Guided by her diary, he followed the same route to discover how much had changed and how much hadn't. She went in search of adventure, he went in search of her, and found far more than he expected. Slow Train to Switzerland is the captivating account of two trips through the Alps: hers glimpsing the future of travel, his revisiting its past. Together they make a journey to remember. This is a tale of trains and tourists, of the British and the Swiss, of a Victorian traveller and a modern-day Englishman abroad. It is the story of a tour that changed both Switzerland and the world of travel forever.

Author : Jack Benton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1074445287

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Slow Train by Jack Benton Pdf

On the evening of Saturday, January 15th, 1977, a local commuter train is delayed at a small village station by a freak blizzard. Young nurse Jennifer Evans, keen to get back to her family, plans to walk the last couple of miles to her home in a neighbouring village. She phones her daughter to confirm that she's on her way, but she never arrives home.In the ensuing police investigation, no trace of Jennifer Evans is ever found. The only evidence is a photograph taken by a fellow passenger of footprints in the snow in front of Holdergate station.It appears someone was fleeing for their life....Contacted by Jennifer's daughter, at first it seems private investigator John "Slim" Hardy has no chance of solving a forty-two-year-old mystery. But as the case begins to unravel, Slim finds himself caught in the centre of a whirlwind which will send him spinning to a dramatic conclusion.Other Slim Hardy books currently available:The Man by the SeaThe Clockmaker's SecretThe Games Keeper

Author : Rev. W. Awdry
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780385374088

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Fast Train, Slow Train (Thomas & Friends) by Rev. W. Awdry Pdf

The newest Bright and Early Board Book featuring Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends, this sturdy book features a simple train adventure about opposites to share with boys and girls ages 0 to 3.

Author : Dee Shemma
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-05-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781452541341

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Slow Train by Dee Shemma Pdf

Tears are the perfect place for you to start healing. Dealing with the dreaded diagnosis and planning your prognosis. Ovarian cancer is not silent, there are signs and symptoms. Dont own cancer by saying I have cancer or My cancer. Will you go the conventional or the alternative route? Theres a difference between a good doctor and a great doctor. The choices, challenges and changes of chemotherapy treatment. Getting used to bald being beautiful and wearing a wig. Life is like a movie and, temporarily, you may not be in it. If you dont have a wellness programme, you should create one. Do you feel you fit the cancer profile? On a cancer journey, you die to your old life and are born again. Your recovery is individual, it wont fit a schedule. There are things family and friends should know. Try to keep in touch with Champs, no matter what. Youll be showered with gifts from the Universe and friends. Youll be grateful for chemo pals, sisters and carers. It hurts when someone doesnt know how to be there for you. The pain of losing a friend to cancer. Strategies for dealing with depression. Youll be wrapped in light, grace and good energy. In time, you may feel grateful for the cancer journey. Is cancer a gift?

Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Random House
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781409050896

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On The Slow Train by Michael Williams Pdf

'A trip back in time' DAILY TELEGRAPH A love of railways, a love of history, a love of nostalgia. ______________________________ Get ready to board the slow train to another era, to a time when travel meant more than hurrying from one place to the next. On the Slow Train will reconnect you with that long-missed need for escape, and reminds us to lift our heads from the daily grind and remember that there are still places in Britain where we can take the time to stop and stare. This book is a paean to another age: before milk churns, train porters and cats on seats were replaced by security announcements and Burger King wrappers. These 12 spectacular journeys will help free us from what Baudelaire denounced as 'the horrible burden of time.' ___________________________________ 'Captivating' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Deep in our soul, the railways represent an idyll that we love' INDEPENDENT 'A magical world, barely changed since the golden age of rail' DAILY MAIL 'Superb' RAILYWAY MAGAZINE 'Memory lane . . . An intriguing social snapshot' HERITAGE RAILWAY

Author : Michael Williams
Publisher : Random House
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-07
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781409051244

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On the Slow Train Again by Michael Williams Pdf

Michael Williams has spent the past year travelling along the fascinating rail byways of Britain for this new collection of journeys. Here is the 'train to the end of the world' running for more than four splendid hours through lake, loch and moorland from Inverness to Wick, the most northerly town in Britain. He discovers a perfect country branch line in London's commuterland, and travels on one of the slowest services in the land along the shores of the lovely Dovey estuary to the far west of Wales. He takes the stopping train across the Pennines on a line with so few services that its glorious scenery is a secret known only to the regulars. Here, too, is the Bittern Line in Norfolk and the Tarka Line in North Devon as well as the little branch line to the fishing port of Looe in Cornwall, rescued from closure in the 1960s and now celebrating its 150th anniversary taking families on holiday to the seaside. From the most luxurious and historic - aboard the Orient Express - to the most futuristic - on the driverless trains of London's Docklands Light Railway - here is a unique travel companion celebrating the treasures of our railway heritage from one of Britain's most knowledgeable railway writers.

Author : Eric Flint,Dave Freer
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2008-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781618246974

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Slow Train to Arcturus by Eric Flint,Dave Freer Pdf

Make Tracks to the Stars! 0 Ye civilized of Earth: send forth your outcasts, your primitive throwbacks, your religious fundamentalists, your sexual separatists¾and heck, you can even toss in your totalitarian crackpots in the bargain. Pack them all in sealed habitats, rocket them into space, and pronounce good riddance to those lunatics, oddballs and losers! But if you happen to be an alien explorer stranded on that ship and looking to find a way home Well then, your one chance lies in seeking out the true iconoclasts in a sea of nutcase societies¾for verily, it is only the absolutely original and terminally weird who shall inherit the stars! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "[T]he sharpest moments in this giddy entertainment are those where [Flint and Freer] blithely skewer human mores." ¾Publisher's Weekly on Rats, Bats & Vats

Author : Tom Chesshyre
Publisher : Summersdale Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 1800072635

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Slow Trains Around Spain by Tom Chesshyre Pdf

Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Rail enthusiast Tom Chesshyre, author of Slow Trains to Venice, Ticket to Ride and Tales from the Fast Trains, hits the tracks once again to take in the country through carriage windows on a series of clattering rides beyond the popular image of "holiday Spain" (although he stops by in Benidorm and Torremolinos too). From hidden spots in Catalonia, through the plains of Aragon and across the north coast to Santiago de Compostela, Chesshyre continues his journey via Madrid, the wilds of Extremadura, dusty mining towns, the cathedrals and palaces of Valencia and Granada, and finally to Seville, Andalusia's beguiling (and hot) capital. Encounters? Plenty. Mishaps? A lot. Happy Spanish days? All the way.

Author : Great Britain Atmospheric Railway
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1842
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105015587087

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Reports by Great Britain Atmospheric Railway Pdf

Author : Paula Hawkins
Publisher : Doubleday Canada
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780385689670

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A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Pdf

Years ago someone lit a match... Laura has spent most of her life being judged. She's seen as hot-tempered, troubled, a loner. Some even call her dangerous. Miriam knows that just because Laura is witnessed leaving the scene of a horrific murder with blood on her clothes doesn't mean Laura is a killer. Bitter experience has taught her how easy it is to get caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Carla is reeling from the brutal murder of her nephew. She trusts no one and no thing: good people are capable of terrible deeds. But how far will she go to find peace? Innocent or guilty, everyone is carrying damage. Some are damaged enough to kill. Look what you started.

Author : L.C. Jain,X. Zhao,V.E. Balas
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-01-16
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781614999393

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Information Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems by L.C. Jain,X. Zhao,V.E. Balas Pdf

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are the model for integrating advanced information technology, data communication transmission technology, electronic sensing technology, control technology and computer technology into a comprehensive ground traffic management system. They are the direction of development for future transportation systems. This book presents the proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITITS 2018), held in Xi’an, China, on 15-16 September 2018. The conference provides a platform for professionals and researchers from industry and academia to present and discuss recent advances in the field of information technology and intelligent transportation systems. Intelligent transport systems vary in the technologies they apply, from basic management systems to more application-based systems. Information technology – including wireless communication, computational technologies, floating car data/floating cellular data, sensor technologies, and video vehicle detection – is also intrinsic to intelligent transportation systems. All papers were reviewed by 3-4 referees, and the program chairs of the conference committee made their selections based on the score of each paper. This year, ITITS 2018 received more than 168 papers from 4 countries, of which 41 papers were accepted. Offering a state-of-the-art overview of the theoretical and applied topics related to ITS, this book will be of interest to all those working in the field.

Author : Sally Crabtree
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1905236913

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Magic Train Ride by Sally Crabtree Pdf

A ticket on the Magic Train takes the reader from outer space to underwater to a land of cakes.

Author : Peter Millar
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781909807082

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Slow Train to Guantanamo by Peter Millar Pdf

Starting in the ramshackle but romantic capital of Havana, Peter Millar travels with ordinary Cubans, sharing anecdotes, life stories and political opinions to the far end of the island, the Guantanamo naval base and detention camp.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1398 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1928
Category : Railroads
ISBN : UOM:39015010881459

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Railway Age by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Dow
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006-04-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780801882920

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Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations by Andrew Dow Pdf

Dow's Dictionary of Railway Quotations is an authoritative compendium of quotations about railways from 1608 to the present day. More than 3,400 entries are drawn from over 1,300 writers and speakers and a wide range of original sources both British and American—Acts of Parliament, poetry, songs, journals, advertisements, obituaries, novels, histories, plays, films, office memoranda, speeches, newspapers, television and radio broadcasts, and private documents and conversations. Here Andrew Dow records remarkable, memorable words—from the well-known to the abstruse, from the commonplace to the vital. The selected quotations are arranged by subject matter and searchable by speaker, subject, and keyword. Dow's Dictionary will inform and captivate railway enthusiasts along with readers interested in railway architecture, engineering, geography, and history.