Product Description: This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of the evolution of freight services and the ‘Rise and Fall’ of the local goods train, from the early days to the modern privatized railway and from the steam age to today’s modern traction era, with particular emphasis on the British Railways years from 1948 to 1997...read more

Product Description: In a feast of railway nostalgia, this gloriously illustrated book celebrates the history of British-built main line diesel locomotives constructed between 1947 and 1993. Written by a respected railway author, it features locomotives from the whole of mainland Britain, with particular emphasis on the years from 1968, when steam ended on British Railways, to the arrival of the new generation of North American diesels at the end of the 1990s...read more

Product Description: This is the first in a new series entitled 'Transport and Industrial Heritage' that will provide readers with unique and well-researched histories exploring the true historical heritage of the country on a region by region basis. Cornwall is the first county under the spotlight and is an obvious region to feature; it is relatively self-contained but with a long industrial and transport heritage, including tin mining and china clay mining; a buoyant fishing industry and an extensive transport infrastructure that linked the county to the rest of England...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...read more

Product Description: The main line from Plymouth and the River Tamar to Truro was first opened in May 1859. This lovely new book explores the entire history of the main line from the earliest days of the Cornwall Railway through to the post-Privatisation era...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: Although the bulk of the Southern Region was either electrified by the late 1950s or was planned for future electrification, there remained a need for some diesel traction for the region. The result was the 98-strong Class 33, with the first of the class entering service in 1958...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

The award-winning author of The Mediterranean Herb Cookbook presents a new edition of the classic guide to French country cookery that features sixty ingenious recipes made from the finest of fruits, vegetables, and herbs from the potager, or kitchen garden. Reprint. (view table of contents)

More than two hundred color photographs highlight an in-depth look at thirty-one fabulous California houses, showing the varied architectures of these designer showcases, from an Italianate palazzo to a rustic Big Sur cabin.

Offering eighty mouthwatering ways to combine pasta with in-season vegetables and sauces, a cookbook organized alphabetically by vegetable features such delights as summer Linguini with Green and Golden Zucchini and a winter feast of Penne with Cauliflower Sauce. Original. IP.

Product Description: For decades, Kuleto's has hosted new guests and old friends from up the street and around the world right in the heart of San Francisco's Union Square. Their Northern Italian cuisine with an American twist uses choice ingredients hand-picked by local family farmers to create seasonal specials and celebrate the natural bounty of Downtown Bay Area fine dining...read more

An illustrated compendium of kitchen designs for the 1990s features forty innovative and practical contemporary kitchens, with advice on layout, storage, appliances, accessories, furniture, cabinets, and flooring. 20,000 first printing.

When two people pass out seeds and gardening supplies, neighbors who claim to have no interest in gardening are transformed into a community of gardeners