The opening of the pioneering Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways` vital role in changing the face of Britain. ” Fire & Steam” celebrates the vision & determination of the ambitious Victorian pioneers who developed this revolutionary transport system & the navvies who cut through the land to enable a countrywide network to emerge. From the early days of steam to electrification, via the railways` magnificent contribution in two world wars, the chequered history of British Rail, & the buoyant future of the train, ” Fire & Steam” examines the social & economical importance of the railway & how it helped to form the Britain of today. ...

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The third volume of William Golding`s Sea Trilogy A decrepit warship sails on the last stretch of its voyage to Sydney Cove. It has been blown off course & battered by wind, storm & ice. Little but rope holds the disintegrating hull together. & after a risky operation to reset its foremast, an unseen fire begins to smoulder below decks. ...

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Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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This Fire Safety Log Book covers IMO/US Coast Guard fire drill & training recommendations. Providing entry space in a grid-table format for: fire safety advice, fire alarm systems, firefighting equipment, emergency lighting systems, record of tests, fire instructions & fire drills. Edition Date: 2015 ...

`I`ve watched deer & elk frolic in the meadow below me, & pine trees explode in a blue ball of smoke. If there`s a better job anywhere on the planet, I`d like to know what it is.` For nearly a decade, Philip Connors has spent half of each year in a small room at the top of a tower, on top of a mountain, alone in millions of acres of remote American wilderness. His job: to look for wildfires. Capturing the wonder & grandeur of this most unusual job & place, Fire Season evokes both the eerie pleasure of solitude & the majesty, might & beauty of untamed fire at its wildest. Connors` time up on the peak is filled with drama -- there are fires large & small; spectacular midnight lightning storms & silent mornings awakening above the clouds; surprise encounters with smokejumpers, black bears, & an abandoned, dying fawn. Filled with Connors` heartfelt reflections on our place in the wild, Fire Season is an instant modern classic: a remarkable memoir that is at once an homage to the beauty of nature, the blessings of solitude, & the freedom of the independent spirit. Advance praise for Fire Season: `A masterwork of close observation, deep reflection, & hard-won wisdom.. .an unforgettable reckoning with the American land` Philip Gourevitch ` His adventures in radical solitude make for profoundly absorbing, restorative reading` Walter Kirn ...

In 1992 the Venerable Palden Gyatso was released after thirty-three years of imprisonment by Chinese forces in Tibet. He fled across the Himalayas to India, smuggling with him the instruments of his torture. This powerful text is the story of his life & irrefutable testimony to the appalling suffering of the Tibetan nation at the hands of the Chinese. ...

Four friends. One intensely hot summer that will change their lives forever. When a group of hedonistic teenagers save a woman from drowning they become unlikely local heroes, but their celebrity becomes the focus for first envy, then harassment. Fireball takes us through their last summer together, & one that will come to define their future: a summer of sex, chemical experimentation, shifting loyalties & disillusionment. ...