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Bradshaw’s Handbook

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1908402458
Total Pages : 1086 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw’s Handbook written by George Bradshaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book – often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' – that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.

Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide: 1853 Railway Handbook of Europe

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780008201272
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide: 1853 Railway Handbook of Europe written by George Bradshaw and published by Collins. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlarged facsimile edition of Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Europe originally published in 1853. Bradshaw's original tourist guide to rail travel is the star of the BBC's television series 'Great Continental Railway Journeys' as used by Michael Portillo. Produced in 1853 at a time that the railways became essential for tourism as well as infrastructure. This new larger format facsimile edition gives you the chance to explore what is now common, through the eyes of a continent for whom rail travel was still a novelty of the age. Providing a fascinating view of European railway travel in the nineteenth century. This Bradshaw's Continental Handbook has been recreated from the Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide and General Handbook Illustrated with Local and other Maps 'special edition' from 1853 and also Bradshaw's General Shareholders Manual and Directory 1853. Maps which appear as pull outs throughout the original text have been moved to a section after the main book. In order to make the original documents easier to interpret this edition has been published at a slightly enlarged scale.

Bradshaw's Handbook to London

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784423335
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Handbook to London written by George Bradshaw and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bradshaw's guide to London was published in a single volume as a handbook for visitors to the capital, and it includes beautiful engravings of London attractions, a historical overview of the city, and lots of other information relating to London theatres, Hackney carriages, omnibuses, London churches and even banks. There is also advice for tourists on coping with London smog, avoiding pickpockets, dealing with London's muddy streets and ferocious din, and many other topics - some just as useful today as they were in 1862! The main body of the book focuses on a series of 'walking tours' radiating outwards from the centre of London, covering the North, East, South and West, The City of London and a tour of the Thames (from Greenwich to Windsor). All major attractions and districts are covered in detailed pages full of picturesque description. This reformatted edition preserves the historical value of this meticulously detailed and comprehensive book, which will appeal to Bradshaw's enthusiasts, local historians, aficionados of Victoriana, tourists and Londoners alike - there really is something for everyone. It will enchant anyone with an interest in the capital and its rich history.

Bradshaw's Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain and Ireland

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007591893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (918 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain and Ireland written by George Bradshaw and published by Collins. This book was released on 2014-10-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An enlarged facsimile edition of Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Great Britain and Ireland of 1861.

Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide (full edition)

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1908402695
Total Pages : 915 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw’s Continental Railway Guide (full edition) written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 915 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's fascinating guide to Europe's rail network. Bradshaw's descriptive railway handbook of Europe was originally published in 1913 and was the inspiration behind Michael Portillo's BBC television series 'Great Continental Railway Journeys'. It is divided into three sections: timetables for services covering the continent; short guides to the best places to see and to stay in each city; and a wealth of advertisements and ephemeral materials concerning hotels, restaurants and services that might be required by the early twentieth century rail traveller. This beautifully illustrated facsimile edition offers a fascinating glimpse of Europe and of a transport network that was shortly devastated by the greatest war the world had ever seen.

Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780007941957
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book written by George Bradshaw and published by Collins. This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Bradshaw’s Handbook

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher : Old House Books
ISBN 13 : 9781908402028
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw’s Handbook written by George Bradshaw and published by Old House Books. This book was released on 2012-07-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s – Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland was published in four parts, describing the sights to be seen in towns and cities encountered along selected railway journeys in each region. Gathered together into a single book, it bore the short title Bradshaw's Handbook and after a few years, passed into obscurity, remaining extremely rare to this day. This is facsimile of that book, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. The original Bradshaw's Handbook inspired the BBC2 television series Great British Railway Journeys, now preparing for a fourth season.

The World of Poo

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Doubleday
ISBN 13 : 0385538251
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book The World of Poo written by Terry Pratchett and published by Doubleday. This book was released on 2015-10-13 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to be about twinkly little things with wings. As he turned page after page, it dawned on him that whoever had written this book, they certainly knew what would make kids like Young Sam laugh until they were nearly sick. The bit about sailing down the river almost made him smile. But interspersed with the scatology was actually quite interesting stuff about septic tanks and dunnakin divers and gongfermors and how dog muck helped make the very best leather, and other things that you never thought you would need to know, but once heard somehow lodged in your mind.'

Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada

Author : D. Appleton
Publisher : Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN 13 : 9781471159947
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada written by D. Appleton and published by Simon & Schuster UK. This book was released on 2017-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A facsimile edition of the classic 1879 travel guide—often referred to as “Appleton’s Guide”—that inspired the Great American Railroad Journeys PBS television series with Michael Portillo. Appleton’s Railway Guide to the United States & Canada was originally published in two volumes, describing the variety of attractions offered in each North American town or city the train traveler would encounter along the railway system's numerous routes. It was the first tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, offering a rare glimpse through the carriage window of a continent lost to history. As with many guidebooks of the era, Appleton Guides became obsolete as routes and destinations became less popular and new guidebooks took their place. Both these volumes became collector’s items due to their rarity, until now. An unprecedented snapshot of North America in the 1870s, Appleton’s Railway Guide is a must-have for any travel and railway enthusiast, historian, and fan of Americana.

Death in the Age of Steam

Author : Mel Bradshaw
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1459716310
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)

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Download or read book Death in the Age of Steam written by Mel Bradshaw and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2004 ForeWord Book of the Year Award Toronto in 1856 is industrializing with little time for scruple or sentiment. When Reform politician William Sheridan dies suddenly and his daughter Theresa vanishes, only one man persists in asking questions. A former suitor of Theresa’s, bank cashier Isaac Harris has never managed to forget her, despite her marriage to another man. Thrust into the role of amateur detective, he must now struggle with the demands of his job and the shortcomings of the fledgling city police. He also faces the hostility of Theresa’s powerful husband, a steamboat and railway magnate. Harris’s search takes a grisly turn when, in a valley outside of town, he finds human remains decked in traces of Theresa’s finery. If she is dead, who is responsible? And who cares to find out, apart from the man who wooed her too timidly and now would do anything to make up for it? Death in the Age of Steam whirls the reader through a richly realized Victorian landscape, from Niagara Falls to Montreal and north as far as the shores of Lake Superior. It’s a world at once near and exotic, a world of noise and smoke and churning pistons, but a world still very familiar to denizens of the 21st century.

Bradshaw's monthly railway and steam navigation guide

Author : George Bradshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1588 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's monthly railway and steam navigation guide written by George Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1861 with total page 1588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great Continental Railway Journeys

Author : Michael Portillo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1471151506
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (711 download)

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Download or read book Great Continental Railway Journeys written by Michael Portillo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Great Continental Railway Journeysis now a firmly established series on BBC2, following in the illustrious tracks of its predecessor - Great British Railway Journeys. Both series are fronted by ex-politician Michael Portillo and in this European odyssey he travels around continental Europe, using George Bradshaw's1913 Continental Railway Guide. Now coming up for its fourth instalment this autumn, Portillo guides the train-travelling fan across Europe arriving at a myriad of magical and historically fascinating cities we all dream of travelling to by train. From London, to Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Copenhagen, Oslo, Lisbon, Madrid, Berlin, Monte Carlo, Prague, Munich, Zurich, Rome, Budapest, St Petersburg; all the way down to Constantinople, Haifa and Jerusalem - Portillo describes the great feats of engineering that built the various railway lines connecting Europe and further afield and the men and women who made these journeys famous through their deeds and words. The new series (6x1-hour) will transmit in early November 2015, and this book will be the official, lavishly illustrated tie-in covering every single journey Portillo has undertaken across Europe. Capturing all the colour, beauty, excitement and fervour of journeying across this historic continent can muster. A must-have purchase for any armchair fan of unique and award-winning travel programming.

Great British Railway Journeys

Author : Charlie Bunce
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007413211
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Great British Railway Journeys written by Charlie Bunce and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2011-04-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times Bestseller A glorious insight into Britain over the last 150 years - its history, landscape and people - from the window of Britain’s many and magnificent railway journeys.

Bradshaw's Guide The Railways of Ireland

Author : John Christopher
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445638835
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Bradshaw's Guide The Railways of Ireland written by John Christopher and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Bradshaw’s Guides were invaluable in their time and they provide the modern-day reader with a fascinating insight into the nineteenth-century rail traveller’s experience.’

Dodger's Guide to London

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1448174600
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Dodger's Guide to London written by Terry Pratchett and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-01-31 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This digital edition includes the original artwork, has been specially adapted for ebook platforms and is optimized for tablet devices. The hardback edition of Dodger's Guide to London has fully integrated images and text. ROLL UP! ROLL UP! READ ALL ABOUT IT! Ladies and Gents, Sir Jack Dodger brings you a most excellent Guide to London! Did you know . . . ? If a Victorian couldn’t afford a sweep, they might drop a goose down their chimney to clean it! A nobby lady’s unmentionables could weigh up to 40lbs! Parliament had to be suspended during the Great Stink of 1858! From the wretches of the rookeries to the fancy coves at Buckingham Palace, Dodger will show you every dirty inch of London. Warning: Includes ’orrible murders, naughty ladies and plenty of geezers!

Portillo's Hidden History of Britain

Author : Michael Portillo
Publisher : Michael O'Mara Books
ISBN 13 : 178929049X
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (892 download)

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Download or read book Portillo's Hidden History of Britain written by Michael Portillo and published by Michael O'Mara Books. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the hidden history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned places and buildings. Portillo's Secret History of Britain presents a compelling and wonderfully evocative history of Britain through the stories of its 'lost' or abandoned places and buildings. The chapters cover a variety of historical themes: Crime and Punishment, Health and Medicine, Defence and Warfare, and Entertainment and Leisure. Using a combination of his own investigations and archive research, plus memories and quotations from the contributors he interviewed for the series, Michael Portillo explains what the buildings were used for and by whom, why they were abandoned, and what they can tell us about our past. For example: * Learn what the ruins of London Road Fire and Police Station in Manchester reveal about the history of the emergency services in the last 100 years * How Bradford's art deco Odeon cinema encapsulates a century of film-making and movie-going With evocative text that brings each location vividly to life, Michael Portillo describes the building and its activities in its heyday and compares this past life with its faded grandeur or melancholic abandonment seen today. Filled with fascinating insights and observations, his narrative provides a compelling and original perspective on Britain's social and military history. Portillo's Hidden History of Britain features deserted villages, abandoned prisons, closed-down cinemas, empty hospitals, derelict military bases, sewers and much more. Complementing the text are 32 pages of atmospheric and informative photographs, including 'then' and 'now' images of the locations, which pointedly juxtapose their former glory with their present-day destitution.

The Unadulterated Cat

Author : Terry Pratchett
Publisher : Orion
ISBN 13 : 9780752853697
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (536 download)

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Download or read book The Unadulterated Cat written by Terry Pratchett and published by Orion. This book was released on 2002 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Unadulterated Cat is becoming an endangered species as more and more of us settle for those boring mass-produced cats the ad-men sell us - the pussies that purr into their gold-plated food bowls on the telly. But the Campaign for Real Cats sets out to change all that by helping us to recognise a true, unadulterated cat when we see one. For example: real cats have ears that look like they've been trimmed with pinking shears; real cats never wear flea collars . . . or appear on Christmas cards . . . or chase anything with a bell in it; real cats do eat quiche. And giblets. And butter. And anything else left on the table, if they think they can get away with it. Real cats can hear a fridge door opening two rooms away . . .