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  • Rides on Railways

    by Samuel Sidney ...
    "Rides on Railways" by Samuel Sidney is a captivating exploration of the burgeoning railway system during the 19th century. Sidney, an enthusiastic traveler and writer, takes readers on a journey through various landscapes, detailing the experiences and adventures encountered while riding the trains. His vivid descriptions and engaging narrative style bring to life the excitement and innovation of ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Three Colonies of Australia

    Enriched edition. New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; Their Pastures, Copper Mines and Gold Fields

    by Samuel Sidney, Eric Booth ...
    Samuel Sidney's "The Three Colonies of Australia" offers an insightful examination of the socio-political landscape of Australia during the mid-19th century, focusing on the distinct yet interrelated narratives of New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and South Australia. Sidney's prose is marked by a blend of vivid descriptions and analytical commentary, situating the reader within a pivotal era of ... Read more

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  • Bradshaw’s Handbook

    by George Bradshaw ...
    A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the BBC television series 'Great British Railway Journeys'.When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book shot back to fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway network was at its peak ... Read more

    $12.39 CAD

  • Bradshaw's Railway Handbook Complete Edition, Volumes I-IV

    by George Bradshaw ...
    A superb guide to Britain's villages, towns and connecting railways, dating from 1866.'Hard to put down ... truthful and opinionated, often funny but never predictable ... the finest travelling companion.' – Michael Portillo on George Bradshaw.Unavailable for many years and much sought after, this classic guide book is now faithfully reissued for a new generation. Bradshaw's Railway Handbook was ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD

  • Western Australia: A History

    From its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth

    by J.S. Battye ...
    WESTERN AUSTRALIA:Comes with an Active Table of Contents.This history is full of vivid details of the hard life of the first explorers and pioneers.**It covers the period from 1600 to 1901. It has all the makings of an adventure story with epic shipping voyages, politics, starvation, searches for water and minerals, convicts, and hard work. In most countries, the story of the European settlers ... Read more

    $3.93 CAD

  • Rural Rides

    by William Cobbett ...
    Travelling on horseback through southern England in the early 19th century, William Cobbett provides evocative and accurate descriptions of the countryside, colourful accounts of his encounters with labourers, and indignant outbursts at the encroaching cities and the sufferings of the exploited poor. Ian Dyck's new edition places these lively accounts of rural life in the context of Cobbett's ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Governor Macquarie

    His life, times and revolutionary vision for Australia

    by Derek Parker ...
    The first new biography of Lachlan Macquarie in decades, this book draws on a wealth of sources, both in Australia and overseas, to paint a picture of the man and his times. It must be seen as one of the great ironies of Australian history that as far as the British Government was concerned he failed in his duty as Governor of New South Wales - as was clearly documented to official minds in the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • The Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer

    by Samuel Smiles ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Thomas Telford (1757–1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and a noted road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. Such was his reputation as a prolific designer of highways ... Read more

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  • Lives of the Engineers (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson

    by Samuel Smiles, Maren Fairbourne ...
    Samuel Smiles's Lives of the Engineers is a monumental Victorian work of industrial biography, tracing the careers of the men who transformed Britain through canals, roads, bridges, railways, lighthouses, and steam power. Written in a vigorous, anecdotal prose, it combines technical explanation with moral narrative, presenting engineering as both practical science and national epic. In the context ... Read more

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  • Australian Pictures: Drawn with Pen and Pencil

    by Howard Willoughby ...
    In one respect this work differs from its predecessors. The companion volumes were written by travellers to the lands which they described, but Australian Pictures are by an Australian resident. Hence, when praise is required, the author has often preferred to quote some traveller of repute rather than to state his own impressions. Thanks have to be given to the Government of Victoria, which ... Read more

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  • The 1852 Guide to the Great Western Railway

    by George Measom ...
    When George Measom wrote his bestselling Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway in 1852, Brunel’s railway line between London and Bristol had been fully opened just eleven years. The Great Exhibition of the previous year had attracted six million visitors, many of whom had travelled to it by rail. This was the true Age of the Train. His guide is alive with an atmosphere of bustle and steam ... Read more

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  • The History of Australia and New Zealand from 1606 to 1890

    by Alexander Sutherland, George Sutherland ...
    According to Wikipedia: "Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.N4 Neighbouring countries include Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New ... Read more

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