Author: Daisy Hirst Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 1536212768 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Daisy Hirst’s charming ode to a toddler’s love of trains, featuring her sweet signature artwork Whether sending toy animals on a journey around a model track or driving a cardboard-box locomotive, this little puppy really likes trains. All aboard! But best of all is riding a real train to visit someone special—and playing with more trains there! Simple yet evocative prose and pictures make this a delightful read for the youngest train enthusiasts.
Author: Rush Loving Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253000645 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 383
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An award-winning account of a crisis in railroad history: “This absorbing book takes you on an entertaining ride.” —Chicago Tribune A saga about one of the oldest and most romantic enterprises in the land—America’s railroads—The Men Who Loved Trains introduces the chieftains who have run the railroads, both those who set about grabbing power and big salaries for themselves, and others who truly loved the industry. As a journalist and associate editor of Fortune magazine who covered the demise of Penn Central and the creation of Conrail, Rush Loving often had a front-row seat to the foibles and follies of this group of men. He uncovers intrigue, greed, lust for power, boardroom battles, and takeover wars and turns them into a page-turning story. He recounts how the chairman of CSX Corporation, who later became George W. Bush’s Treasury secretary, managed to make millions for himself while his company drifted in chaos. Yet there were also those who loved trains and railroading—and who played key roles in reshaping transportation in the northeastern United States. This book will delight not only the rail fan, but anyone interested in American business and history. Includes photographs
Author: Judi Abbot Publisher: ISBN: 9781848959026 Category : Board books Languages : en Pages : 32
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Little Elephant LOVES trains! But Cat wants to play with his plane. Penguin wants to play with his car. And Rabbit would rather play with his digger. How will they learn to play together?
Author: Jacob H. McKee Publisher: ISBN: 9781593270063 Category : Crafts & Hobbies Languages : en Pages : 0
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McKee, who has been building with LEGOs since he was a boy, gives budding engineers everything they need to know to build trains, from setting up tracks to designing custom freight cars.
Author: Angela Johnson Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers ISBN: Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 40
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Papa says it's the sound of leaving that speaks to my soul... The poignant words of two-time Coretta Scott King Award-winning author Angela Johnson and striking images from fine artist Loren Long join forces in this heartbreaking yet uplifting picture book about a boy, his love for trains, and his adulation of one legendary engineer. It's the story of a hero lost and a hero discovered, of a dream crushed then reawakened, but mostly it is a story of the force that sustains the human spirit -- hope.
Author: Alexander McCall Smith Publisher: Anchor ISBN: 0307908550 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 172
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The rocking motion of the train as it speeds along, the sound of its wheels on the rails . . . There’s something special about this form of travel that makes for easy conversation, which is just what happens to the four strangers who meet in Trains and Lovers. As they journey by rail from Edinburgh to London, the four travelers pass the time by sharing tales of trains that have changed their lives. A young, keen-eyed Scotsman recounts how he turned a friendship with a female coworker into a romance by spotting an anachronistic train in an eighteenth-century painting. An Australian woman shares how her parents fell in love and spent their life together running a railroad siding in the remote Australian Outback. A middle-aged American patron of the arts sees two young men saying goodbye in a train station and recalls his own youthful crush on another man. And a young Englishman describes how exiting his train at the wrong station allowed him to meet an intriguing woman whom he impulsively invited to dinner—and into his life. Here is Alexander McCall Smith at his most enchanting, exploring the nature of love—and trains—in a collection of romantic, intertwined stories. This eBook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.
Author: Deborah Harding Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap ISBN: 9780448191119 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Freight trains, passenger trains, and super-speed trains—they're all here in this colorful collection, filled with easy-to-read facts and realistic pictures, just right for young train lovers.
Author: Philemon Sturges
Author: Daisy Hirst
Author: Rush Loving
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Author: Angela Johnson
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Author: Alexander McCall Smith
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