Author : Peter McMahon
Publisher : Kids Can Press Ltd
Page : 42 pages
File Size : 13,29 MB
Release : 2010-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 155453366X
Includes five "build it yourself" experiments.
Author : Sophie Prenat
Publisher : Twirl
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 15,73 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN :
The Ultimate Spotlight™ books have all the fun, facts, and hands-on action of the incredibly successful Ultimate series, but in a focused, more compact, and affordable format. Flaps, pull tabs, and many other moveable parts show young children how these mighty engines have helped people travel and transport goods throughout history. Pull a tab to open train doors, lift flaps to see inside a train car, or turn a wheel to see different types of trains. Chock-full of surprising details and beautiful illustrations, this interactive book is a must-have for young train and transportation enthusiasts
Author : Tim Richards
Publisher : Hardie Grant Books
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,31 MB
Release : 2021-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781741177350
An inspirational and practical guide to 30 of the best train rides around the world, some long and luxurious, some shorter and simple.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,32 MB
Release : 2014-10-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 1465436588
This glorious visual celebration of train travel keeps you on the right track with stop-offs at the most important and incredible rail routes from all over the world. Your first stop in The Train Book is the groundbreaking steam locomotives of the 19th century and your final destination is the high-speed bullet trains of today. From the Union-Pacific Railroad to the Trans-Siberian Railway, you'll cross the continents to experience epic journeys and staggering scenery. You'll pick a seat on the most iconic locomotives, including the Orient Express, the Blue Train, and the Eurostar. You can also inspect the engines of famous British trains, such as Rocket, Mallard, and Javelin, and international trains, such as India's Palace on Wheels and America's Thatcher Perkins. You'll meet the true pioneers of train and track, including "Father of the Railways" George Stephenson, engineering legend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Métro maestro Fulgence Bienvenüe. For train-spotters and transport enthusiasts everywhere, this is your trip of a lifetime.
Author : Colin Garratt
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,20 MB
Release : 2011-05
Category : Locomotives
ISBN : 9780754823636
Two perfect books for train enthusiasts, with a historical reference book spanning nearly two centuries of locomotive development, and an enthralling illustrated guide to the world's greatest railway journeys of all timme
Author : Colin Garrett
Publisher : Southwater
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,42 MB
Release : 2015-01-07
Category : History
ISBN : 9781780193960
Over 1500 photographs of locomotives from around the world. A definitive history of locomotive technology from the great steam engines of the 1830s to the electronic speed trains of the present day. Detailed specification boxes given for over 100 key locomotive designs.
Author : Aled Herbert
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 40,14 MB
Release : 1999-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780751359077
These activity books make learning fun - children create their own picture book as they find out about trains. Read the captions in the eight-page booklet and, using the labels beside each sticker, choose the train that best fits in the space available. Don't forget that your stickers can be stuck down and peeled off again. You can also use the train stickers to decorate your own books, or for project work at school. Hours of fun!
Author : H. G. Wells
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 23249 pages
File Size : 25,99 MB
Release : 2018-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8026896971
e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted SF collection, jam-packed with the dystopian worlds, intergalactic action-adventures, and the greatest Sci-Fi classics: E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D… George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution… Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay: A Voyage to Arcturus Edward E. Hale: The Brick Moon Stanley G. Weinbaum: A Martian Odyssey… Abraham Merritt The Moon Pool… Edgar Wallace: The Green Rust… H. Beam Piper: Terro-Human Future History… Garrett P. Serviss: The Sky Pirate… Philip K. Dick: Second Variety… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth H. G. Wells: The Time Machine Edgar Allan Poe: A Descent into the Maelstrom… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein… Edwin A. Abbott: Flatland Jack London: Iron Heel… R. L. Stevenson: Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde George MacDonald: Lilith H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines She William H. Hodgson: The Night Land… Edward Bellamy: Looking Backward… Mark Twain: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Arthur Conan Doyle: The Lost World… Edgar Rice Burroughs Pellucidar Series Caspak Series Francis Bacon: New Atlantis C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne: The Lost Continent Margaret Cavendish: The Blazing World Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels William Morris: News from Nowhere Samuel Butler: Erewhon Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The Coming Race James F. Cooper: The Monikins Charlotte P. Gilman: Herland Ayn Rand: Anthem Owen Gregory: Meccania the Super-State Hugh Benson: Lord of the World Fred M. White: The Doom of London Ignatius Donnelly: Caesar's Column Ernest Bramah: The Secret of the League Milo Hastings: City of Endless Night Arthur D. Vinton: Looking Further Backward Robert Cromie: The Crack of Doom Gertrude Bennett: The Heads of Cerberus E. E. Smith: Triplanetary… Murray Leinster: Murder Madness… Fritz Leiber: The Big Time… Andre Norton: The Time Traders… Pursuit A Traveler in Time Gulliver of Mars A Journey in Other Worlds…
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,44 MB
Release : 2016-10-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1465462147
From the first locomotive built in 1804 to the high-speed bullet train, The Big Book of Trains is the perfect ebook for kids who love trains. Includes amazing facts and photographs of trains around the world, The Big Book of Trains covers the history of trains and train travel. Different types of trains are featured on their own spreads, and each page features multiple images to give a close-up view as well as informative text about each train. See the differences among monorails, passenger trains, and TGVs. Learn about pistons, fireboxes, boilers, and coupling rods, and find out exactly what they do to help the train travel down on the tracks. See key features of each train model and discover the difference between steam trains and diesels. Find out how trains are designed for certain jobs and tasks, including mountain trains, snow trains, and freight trains. Look at the biggest and fastest trains in the world. With incredible pictures and informative text, The Big Book of Trains is the essential ebook for young readers who want to know everything about trains.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 806 pages
File Size : 45,85 MB
Release : 1901
Category : American literature
ISBN :
A history of our time.
