This is the definitive story of the men who built the railways
- the unknown Victorian labourers who blasted, tunnelled, drank
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The Railway Detective faces his most dangerous adversary yet 1852. Inspector Robert Colbeck & his assistant Sergeant Victor Leeming

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In 1875, a row of tiny cottages stands by the tracks of the newly built York-Doncaster railway... Railwayman Tom Swales, with his wife & five daughters, takes the end cottage. With no room to spare in the loving Swales household, eldest daughter Mary accepts a position as housemaid to the nearby stationmaster. There she battles the daily grime from the passing trains ...

Britains railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years.

Transforming lives & landscapes, they

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It is impossible not to have fun adding colour to this mesmerizing collection of rainforest-related nature & wildlife scenes.

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A new addition to the bestselling sports miscellany series, The Rangers Miscellany is crammed with facts, stats, lists, "es & anecdotes from the rich history of one of the world's most famous & best supported football clubs, all presented in a striking quarter-bound hardback cover featuring the famous blue & white strip. The size of this book is 18.4cm in height & 11.4cm wide with 149 pages. ...

`A masterclass on how to write an engaging thriller.. . You'll be gripped.'
- Irvine Welsh In a merciless summer of biblical
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The compelling biography of the beautiful, talented Garman sisters & the glittering, romantic era in which they lived. Each of the seven Garman sisters were strikingly beautiful, artistic & wild. Born around the turn of the nineteenth century, most of the siblings were to become involved in the radical literary & political circles of British life between the First & Second World Wars. Their morals were unconventional: bisexuality, unfaithfulness & illegitimate children were a matter of course. Nevertheless they were high-minded & intensely loyal. They were the last muses: women who were prepared to sideline their own talent, friendships, material comforts
- even their own children
- in order to beguile & inspire the men they loved. Cressida Connolly's family biography delves into the lives of three of the sisters in intense & revealing detail. Kathleen Garman, the father's favourite, ran away to London to study music. She was spotted by the American sculptor Jacob Epstein, who promptly fell in love with her, & remained his muse until his death. They had three children, she was shot in the shoulder by his first wife & she finally became Lady Epstein in 1955. Mary Garman came to London with Kathleen & studied art at the Slade. She married poet Roy Campbell, who was to become the scourge of the literary establishment by espousing General Franco's side during the Spanish Civil War. Finally there was Lorna Garman, the youngest & most beautiful of all the family. At sixteen she married the wealthy Ernest Wishart, a landowner, communist & founder of the socialist publishing house Laurence & Wishart, who spent most of his life turning a blind eye to his wife's infidelities. Lorna was the love of Laurie Lee's life & they had a daughter. Lucian Freud painted several pictures for her. Through Cressida Connolly's skilfull retelling of these remarkable lives, we get an intimate portrait of a golden age of romance, passion & art that is an original, beguiling read.

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Details: Each book in this fiendishly frightening collection will thrill, chill & thoroughly entertain young readers.
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Clare Balding looks back at the last time that the Olympic Games came to London in 1948. Three years after the end of the Second World War, Britain was still gripped by austerity. Rationing was still in force, severe bomb damage was still much in evidence & no new sports facilities could be built. Visiting athletes were put up in schools & RAF camps. Yet the Games were a resounding success & actually made a profit. Clare Balding meets athletes who competed in 1948, including cyclist Tommy Godwin, who won two bronze medals, & Dorothy Manley, who won silver in the athletics. She also talks to Roger Bannister who saved the day for the British team in the opening ceremony. The programme also

Includes:: fascinating voices from the archives, including Dutch sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen, who won four gold medals.

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