Product Description: Although not immediately evident, with January 1948 came the inevitable nationalisation of the big four railway companies comprising British Railway operations. For a while at least things carried on much as they had done since the war...read more

Product Description: Sail your very first day on the water Learn to Sail Today offers a uniquely fun and quick method for beginners to learn exactly what they need to enter the fun and rewarding world of sailing. Written specifically to engage and reassure the uninitiated, this sailing primer covers the essentials step by step without overwhelming you with intimidating diagrams and long lists of sailboat parts...read more

Product Description: when you do regular exercise such as aerobics,you effectively toughen your muscles and bones and this helps you avoid sprains,bone fractures,and even pulled muscles.

Product Description: Small Dams: Planning, Construction and Maintenance has been written to provide a practical approach and guide to determining catchment yield and the amount of water required in a dam, advising on selecting and working with engineers and contractors, as well as outlining the cause of dam failures and how to remedy problems quickly...read more

Product Description: Kazuo Ishiguro is one of the finest contemporary authors who possesses that increasingly rare distinction of being a writer who is both popular with the general reading public and well-respected within the academic community. Kazuo Ishiguro: New Critical Visions of the Novels presents eighteen fresh perspectives on the author's work that will appeal to those who read him for pleasure or for purposes of study...read more

Product Description: The first complete study of Ishiguro's work from A Pale View of the Hills to When We Were Orphans, this book explores the centrality of dignity and displacement in Ishiguro's vision, and teases out the connotations of home and homelessness in his fictions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Kew Gardens, Queens, evolved with the dawn of the 20th century. The lush, hilly terrainthe backbone of Long Islandis situated north of the Victorian village of Richmond Hill. In 1910, Alrick Hubble Man noted the 1909 completion of the Queensborough Bridge and envisioned a modern sister community to Richmond Hill in this northern terrain...read more

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