Author: Gérard Baron VuilletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Railway Reminiscences of Three Continents
Author: Gérard Baron VuilletPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Memoirs of Three Continents
Author: Mirza Saeed-Uz Zafar ChaghraiPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1462056385
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 753
Book Description
Prof. Mirza Saeed-Uz Zafar Chaghtai is a renowned scholar, scientist and author of many books in various languages. He looks back at adventures that have spanned thousands of miles and included some of the worlds most remarkable people. With candor and humor, he outlines his social, political, and religious beliefs and shares insights on scientific and literary life in India, Europe, the United States of America, and elsewhere. His rise to the top of the scholarly community began in a small town in British India and brought him to Paris, London, Sweden and various places throughout the world, where he shared ideas with distinguished scientists, Nobel laureates, men of letters and many exemplary people. From rural and feudal British India to pragmatic and modern Europe, he honed his understanding of the world and, at times, went through personal, social, political, religious, scientific, and literary upheavals before returning home enthused to work for his people as a scholar and scientist. Scholars, history buffs, and anyone eager to learn about people and places, especially India and Europe through the turn of the century, will be inspired and educated by Memoirs of Three Continents.
Railway Reminiscences
Author: George P. NeelePublisher:
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
History of Technology Volume 9
Author: Norman SmithPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350018384
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The technical problems confronting different societies and periods, and the measures taken to solve them form the concern of this annual collection of essays. Volumes contain technical articles ranging widely in subject, time and region, as well as general papers on the history of technology. In addition to dealing with the history of technical discovery and change, History of Technology also explores the relations of technology to other aspects of life -- social, cultural and economic -- and shows how technological development has shaped, and been shaped by, the society in which it occurred.
Chapelon
Author: HCB RogersPublisher: Crecy
ISBN: 1800350120
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Colonel Roger's book on André Chapelon, originally published in 1972, has been difficult to obtain for many years. It remains the best and most detailed biography of the man and his work. It is both a readable and accessible guide to the life and achievements of a man whom few would disagree was the foremost steam locomotive engineer the world has ever seen.
Memoir on the Euphrates Valley Route to India
Author: Sir William Patrick AndrewPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
The Railway Magazine
Author: The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost
Author: Rachel FriedmanPublisher: Bantam
ISBN: 038534337X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
Rachel Friedman has always been the consummate good girl who does well in school and plays it safe, so the college grad surprises no one more than herself when, on a whim (and in an effort to escape impending life decisions), she buys a ticket to Ireland, a place she has never visited. There she forms an unlikely bond with a free-spirited Australian girl, a born adventurer who spurs Rachel on to a yearlong odyssey that takes her to three continents, fills her life with newfound friends, and gives birth to a previously unrealized passion for adventure. As her journey takes her to Australia and South America, Rachel discovers and embraces her love of travel and unlocks more truths about herself than she ever realized she was seeking. Along the way, the erstwhile good girl finally learns to do something she’s never done before: simply live for the moment.
Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi
Author: Goodspeed'sPublisher: Pelican Publishing
ISBN: 9781455601196
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 600
Book Description
Embracing an authentic and comprehensive account of the chief events in the history of the state, this newly republished double volume collection provides a record of the lives of many of the most worthy and illustrious families and individuals of Mississippi. Part 1, containing chapters one through fifteen, explores everything from postbellum organization to the records of families and individuals, including several citizens' private memoirs. This section provides much of the historical information from the legal and judicial history, political, educational, and religious history.
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