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Railways of Derbyshire by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68Derbyshire is a county of contrasts, and the development of the railways reflect this. In Limestone Country in the west the LNW held sway with its railways from Ashbourne and Cromford to Buxton... -
Lincolnshire Railways by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68England's second largest county contains a wealth of railway history. The county was dominated by two companies - the Great Central in the north and the Great Northern in the centre and south. The... -
Railways of Cumbria by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented within Cumbria's borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone. To the east of the mountains are the great Anglo-Scottish lines of the London... -
Railways of Sussex by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.47The first railway to penetrate Sussex was the Brighton Line of the LBSCR. From this beginning, lines spread out along the coast. Over the succeeding years further lines stretched across out the rest... -
Railways of the Chilterns by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The Chilterns consist of a band of chalk hills to the north-west of London stretching from Oxfordshire to Hertfordshire. It so happened that these hills were directly on the routes of five major... -
French Railways: A-Z by Patrick Bennett 9781445690971
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.42The railways of France present a uniquely interesting picture, consisting as they once did of two entirely separate but overlapping systems: the standard-gauge network of the great railway companies... -
Railways of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight by Patrick Bennett 9781398110250
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68First on the scene was the London & Southampton, soon to change its name to the London & South Western. The branch on to Salisbury was the start of the LSW's drive to reach Exeter. Other routes... -
Joint Railways: Eastern and Southern England Patrick Bennett 9781398119352
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The pre-Grouping Companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'. Nevertheless, at times they would... -
Talking With Texas Writers: Twelve Interviews by Patrick Bennett 9780890961056
Booksplease Price: £16.21Texas has a whole remuda of writers, some native-born and Texas-raised and some immigrants to the state. They range from poets and playwrights to newspapermen and novelists. Pat Bennett has rounded... -
Joint Railways: Scotland and Northern England by Patrick Bennett 9781398119314
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The pre-Grouping companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'. Nevertheless, at times they would... -
Joint Railways: Midlands, Wales and the South West Patrick Bennett 9781398119437
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68The pre-Grouping companies were fiercely competitive and would defend any incursion by another company penetrating what they considered to be their 'territories'. Nevertheless, at times they would... -
The Later Years of British Rail 1980-1995: Freight Special by Patrick Bennett
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.681980 to 1995 was an extraordinary time for the railways of Britain, especially the freight sector. In 1980 there was a unified, monochrome railway. Freight traffic was still abundant, with... -
Rough And Rowdy Ways: The Life and Hard Times of Edward Anderson by Patrick Bennett 9781585440566
Booksplease Price: £15.23Times were tough in the thirties, and tough guys chronicled the era in newspapers, short stories, and novels in prose that was terse, hard-boiled, bleak. One such writer was a Texan named Edward... -
No Stopping in the South of Britain: From Multiple Railway Stations to None Patrick Bennett 9781398115118
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68During the railway mania of the nineteenth century many places gained more than one station, and not just in the big cities. Many small settlements ended up with two or even three stations. This was... -
No Stopping in the North of Britain: From Multiple Railway Stations to None Patrick Bennett 9781398115132
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.68During the railway mania of the nineteenth century many places gained more than one station, and not just in the big cities. Many small settlements ended up with two or even three stations. This was... -
Hausa Language: An Encyclopedic Reference Grammar by Paul Newman 9780300081893
Booksplease Price: £119.88This book is a comprehensive grammar of Hausa, one of the largest and most important languages of Africa. Hausa is spoken by some 35 million people as a first language and approximately 15 million... -
Winner Takes All by Sandra Kitt 9781728214887
RRP: £11.99Booksplease Price: £10.31When everyone wants something from you, who do you trust?Jean Travis has the job of announcing the latest lottery winner on TV and is stunned to find that Patrick Bennett, her teenage crush, is the...