This fascinating volume illuminates the world of Britain's railways during the Age of Steam seen through the eyes of legendary railwayman Richard Hardy. One of the last of the 'old breed' Richard is the author of innumerable transport articles & biographies of Dr Beeching & Bert Hooker as well as Conway's ' The Railwayman's Pocket-Book'. During much of his early career from 1944 through to the early 1960s Richard took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways & the men he knew & worked with on a daily basis using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera. These unique & largely unpublished images form a fascinating & hugely evocative portrayal of the height of the steam era during the age of the ' Big Four' & after 1947 on the sprawling nationalised network known as British Railways. Many of the pictures capture the railways in wartime providing a valuable social record of the nation at war. In addition there is a sequence of rare photographs of French engines railways & railwaymen which offer a superb contrast to the British rail network (it quickly becomes evident that whereas the British rail system ran on tea the French system ran on wine). Great characters are the unifying theme of the pictures & they include famous figures associated with the railways such as the poet John Betjeman. This lavishly illustrated book sets Richard's personal photographs & text alongside a carefully collated selection of ephemera artworks & photographs drawn from the National Railway Museum York. Collectively these images & artefacts tell the stories of the great brotherhood of railwaymen. ...

Take a step back into the world of steam railways & discover the reality of life & work on Britains railway system before the Beeching cuts & the introduction of diesel changed it forever. Tom Quinn has sought out a fascinating range of characters who recount their experiences of working on steam trains. From a shedmaster to a fireman from an engine driver to a signalman tales of accidents & mishaps evenings round the fire in the workers common room & the perils of left luggage in the days when almost anything might
- & frequently did
- turn up! Remarkable reminiscences about life on the old railways when Britains railway system was the envy of the world.

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In Life on The Other Side Sylvia Browne New York Times bestselling author of The Other Side & Back explores & explains the afterlife in this revealing & inspiring account. You will find out: What happens when we die; What The Other Side looks like; Who's waiting for us on The Other Side; How we spend out time on The Other Side; Why & how we return from The Other Side. With her trademark warm & down-to-earth style Sylvia Browne's insights into the afterlife are utterly compelling yet wonderfully reassuring. Sylvia looks over her lifelong career as a psychic using past experiences readings hypnosis sessions & research to illustrate her findings about The Other Side. For the very first time we are shown an unprecedented view of a peaceful place where our departed loved ones are patiently awaiting us
- & where the next leg of our eternal journey will begin. This book is absolutely unforgettable!
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Mom I went to the store. See inside the fridge. I watered the plants. I cleaned out Peter's cage. I tidied the sitting room. & the kitchen. & I did the washing up. I'm going to bed. Your live-in servant Claire. Life on the Refrigerator Door" is told exclusively through notes exchanged by Claire & her mother Elizabeth during the course of a life-altering year. Their story builds to an emotional crescendo when Elizabeth is diagnosed with breast cancer. Stunningly sad but ultimately uplifting this is a clever moving & original portrait of the relationship between a daughter & mother. It is about how we live our lives constantly rushing & never making time for those we love. It is also an elegy to how much can be said in so few words if only we made the time to say them." ...

Derwent May is one of the countrys leading experts on nature & the countryside & for many years his Feather Reports have appeared regularly in the pages of The Times. In those columns
- collected in this evocative & charming volume
- May captures the rich & changing world of British bird life throughout the calendar year. In the tradition of Gilbert White & W. H. Hudson May writes with a freshness of observation & sensitivity that makes On The Wing simply captivating especially when combined with the superlative nature drawings of illustrator Peter Brown. This is a book that is sure to be treasured by all nature lovers.

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Before you were born you worked with your angels to orchestrate a life mission that would help others & be emotionally rewarding. This card deck by Doreen Virtue will allow you to conduct accurate & trustworthy readings to explore that life purpose. Each of the 44 beautifully illustrated cards contains an illuminating message from the angels related to this topic. The accompanying guidebook explains the general meanings of the cards & provides specific details that can offer more clarity about your career & spiritual path. Whether you're seeking answers for yourself or your loved ones & clients these cards can yield valuable insights. The angels are happy to guide every aspect of your life purpose! A companion that will grow as you discover new meaning in your life this deck is illuminating to your true spirit. ...

He was the quiet Beatle only in that he was standing alongside two louder-than-life characters & in front of a guy playing drums. He held many strong opinions
- on Beatlemania on global want on his right to privacy on his God
- & gave firm voice to most of them. But George Harrison was certainly the most reluctant Beatle wanting out almost as soon as he was in. He often said that his luckiest break was joining the band & his second luckiest was leaving it. The standard line is that George Harrison was an enigma but perhaps he was transparent: a terrific guitarist a fine songwriter a wonderer a seeker & overriding all a celebrity who hated & feared celebrity. George Harrison died at a friends home in Los Angeles ten years ago in late 2001 at age 58 losing his last battle with cancer. He was beloved & had been for a long time. He had thrived in the aftermath of the bands breakup becoming a recording artist on the level of his former mates Mc Cartney & Lennon. As would be expected from LIFE" it is all here in pictures
- the Hamburg days the Cavern Club the craze that was Beatlemania the fun movies the psychedelic period & the solo years. This is an intimate look back with many visual surprises."


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Josephine Hart author of the bestselling novel Damage had what she called a long love affair with poetry. It was an affair that started as a child & lasted until her untimely death at the age of sixty-nine in 2011. She said I was a word child growing up in Ireland a country of word children where life was language before it was anything else. As a teenager & later she found the poetry of Eliot Larkin Yeats & others a lifeline a route map through life. In the late 1980s Hart by now a successful West End theatre producer began a hugely popular event in which actors read the words of the great poets to an enraptured audience. In 2004 The Josephine Hart Poetry Hour moved to the British Library where it remains today. By her own admission Josephine Hart gave dead poets society. But she also gave them intelligent & exciting introductions; all of which are now collected here in this volume. They are insightful even great works in their own right. Life Saving leaves us an inspiring legacy. It takes us on a journey of the imagination to some of the greatest poems written in the English language & allows us to understand intuitively & deeply why poetry matters. ...

A combination of overwork & jet-leg propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. But when she realises that she has fonder feelings for his adorable Labrador than for Oscar himself she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong. Ditching her fiance & jacking in her job she decides to revolutionise her life. Her new career as a cook on a pair of hotel boats is certainly a departure & teaches her more about life than how to get a couple of narrow boats through a lock. But even afloat Julias past catches up with her. Not only must she contend with the persistent Oscar (not to mention his frightful mother & her own mothers determined matchmaking) but also the arrival of her childhood enemy the enigmatic Fergus Grindley. ...

Take a good hard look at your life. Are there things you are unhappy with? Your life is your responsiblity; the choices you made yesterday brought about the life you have today. If you dont like what you have then get ready to act & move on. Life Strategies gives powerful straightforward advice on shaping your life & tells you how to make dramatic changes. Whether its a bad relationship a dead-end career or a harmful habit Dr Mc Graw helps you wake up & get out of your rut. It is never too late to take charge of & be responsible for your life. ...