ï ½ Illustrated with hundreds of colour & black-&-white photographs, maps & artworks. ï ½ Revealing, engaging text written by an established steam railway expert. ï ½ Detailed

Specification tables of all the most important locomotives. ï ½ Profiles of famous railway engineers & ground-breaking companies.

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The Illustrated History of Torture is a chronicle of the practice from Ancient Rome to the current War on Terror. It



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See the history of civilization through the world's most deadly & fascinating tools of battle. In the Illustrated History of Weaponry, the extraordinary weapons from the Berman Museum of World History, some of which have never been photographed before, are collected in one unique volume. Within these pages, you'll find weapons owned by Napoleon Bonaparte, Heinrich Himmler, Catherine the Great, Benito Mussolini, Jefferson Davis, Belle Starr, Hermann Goering, Napoleon III, Kaiser Wilhelm & Maximilian I. This book also offers information on weapons innovators including John C. Garand & the Mauser brothers. A variety of exceptional weapons of espionage, combination curiosities & rarities rounds out the compelling selection, making this a must-have guide for both military historians & antique armament collectors. ...

Dolphin adores Marigold, her beautiful, vibrant mother. She’s not like the other mums. She has vivid tattoos all over her body,

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While the Bible brings salvation to every one who recieves it as the Word of God
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The Signs & Symbols Sourcebook is an A to Z treasure trove of facts, stories, & hidden meaning of symbols from cultures around the world. Where does each symbol come from & what does it mean? Learn about Native American hunting symbols, secret alphabets, & coded messages. Find out the true meaning of Indian mudras, the Masonic compass, the Eye of Horus, the caduceus, & hundreds of ancient signs. Loaded with over a thousand lush images, this comprehensive sourcebook has everything you need to unlock the secrets of the symbols of our world. ...

Details: Great art movements & the paintings that inspired them. The Illustrated Story of Art is an innovative approach
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Awakened by the shuddering of a huge iceberg puncturing the side of the ship, Colonel Archibald Gracie was quickly dressed & on deck to see the aftermath of what was to become the most famous collision in history. The night of 14 April 1912 had seen him go to bed early in his first-class cabin abroad the world's most luxurious ship, but by morning he was standing atop an overturned lifeboat awaiting rescue from the frozen North Atlantic. The night's exertions were to have a hug effect on him & he sat down to write the story of the tragic events soon after he was back on dry l&, completing the task in the autumn of 1912. Telling the story of the last few hours of the sinking ship, & his miraculous escape as she plummeted to the ocean floor 14, 000 ft below, Gracie's book is recognised as simply the best account of the disaster. He died in December 1912 before the proofs were completed, but The Illustrated Truth about the Titanic remains today, however, the most accurate of all the eyewitness accounts recounting Gracie's own story as well as that of each of the lifeboats as they left the doomed Titanic. ...

Can you ever trust someone you meet online?

Twins Anna & Zoe are identical in appearance & utterly different in personality.

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THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as He La. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells ? taken without her knowledge ? became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first ?immortal? human tissue grown in culture, He La cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, & the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to important advances like in vitro fertilization, cloning, & gene mapping; & have been bought & sold by the billions. Yet Henrietta herself remains virtually unknown, buried in an unmarked grave. Now Rebecca Skloot takes us on an extraordinary journey in search of Henrietta's story, from the ?coloured? ward of Johns Hopkins Hospital in the 1950s to East Baltimore today, where her children & grandchildren live, & struggle with the legacy of her cells. Full of warmth & questing intelligence, astonishing in scope & impossible to put down, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks captures the beauty & drama of scientific discovery, as well as its human consequences. ...