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    Starman's Saga

    The Long, Strange Journey of Leif the Lucky

    by Colin Alexander ...
    Narrated by Alex Freeman ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Leif the Lucky

    Unabridged

    11 hours 27 min

    In the year 2069, humanity’s last chance for peace is the first ever interstellar mission. A multi-national crew of the most talented scientists and pilots has been chosen based on their expertise and skill. The final spot aboard the craft is assigned as a prize in a global “BerthRight” lottery, and Leif Grettison is the “everyman volunteer” who won.However, Leif isn’t really an “everyman.” He’s a ... Read more

    $19.17 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lady of Ice and Fire

    by Colin Alexander ...
    The Soviet Union has fallen. The Cold War is over. Or, is it? Dr. George Jeffers' biotech breakthrough has been stolen and his friend is missing in Amsterdam. Jeffers is a brilliant biochemist but a life spent in academic laboratories has left him ill-prepared for the rough and tumble real world. Despite his naiveté, Jeffers rushes off to find his invention and rescue his friend, only to be nearly ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rail Rover: The Northumbrian Ranger in the 70s & 80s

    by Colin Alexander ...
    In common with many teenage railway enthusiasts on Tyneside in the late 1970s and early 1980s, Colin Alexander clocked up hundreds of miles per day travelling on a variety of classic diesel trains, especially their beloved Deltics. October half-term week 1979, for example, saw him cover just under 3,000 miles. How did they afford this? The answer is that good old British Rail always had bargains ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • The Tyne & Wear Metro

    by Colin Alexander ...
    August 2020 marked the fortieth anniversary of the opening of the first section of the Tyne & Wear Metro between Haymarket and Tynemouth. It is an exciting time for the system, with a new fleet of trains about to be ordered, and extensions to the network being proposed. This book explores the decline of the BR suburban lines that were replaced, the phased opening of the new system from 1980, and ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Vulcan Foundry

    150 Years of Engineering

    by Colin Alexander ...
    Founded by Charles Tayleur in 1830 as a factory to produce locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Vulcan Foundry at Newton-le-Willows grew rapidly both in reputation and capacity. From 1832, Tayleur was partnered by the great Robert Stephenson, and over the next 138 years the factory would go on to manufacture steam, diesel, gas-turbine and electric locomotives for railways all ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Defensive Northumberland

    by Colin Alexander ...
    Thousands of years before the Romans and the Venerable Bede, Northumberland was a landscape of hilltop forts, many of which can be traced today. Military order was imposed on the region by Hadrian’s legionaries, who built the 73-mile northern frontier of the Roman Empire across the county. Through the Dark Ages and into Medieval times, the kingdom of Northumbria was governed from massive castles, ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Shed Bashing in the 1970s and 1980s

    by Colin Alexander ...
    Ask anyone who was a teenage railway enthusiast in the 1980s and they will regale you with tales of ‘bunking’ engine sheds or locomotive works. While many depot foremen would happily allow youngsters to wander their shed buildings and yards to admire the locomotives stabled there, others would take great pleasure in chasing us away. This meant that some depots could only be accessed by clambering ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • The British Railways Pilot Scheme Diesel Locomotives

    by Colin Alexander ...
    British Railways’ Modernisation Plan of the 1950s started, sensibly, with small orders for a variety of diesel locomotives, intended for different purposes, from a range of manufacturers including its own workshops at Swindon and Derby. This was the Pilot Scheme, and the idea was to analyse the reliability and performance of these 174 locomotives of fourteen types in service before placing larger ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • Railways of the British Empire: Australasia and Beyond

    by Colin Alexander, Alon Siton ...
    Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ruled the rails over much of the world, for Britain’s engineers effectively exported the Industrial Revolution and specifically the railway around the globe. This was especially true in that forerunner of the Commonwealth, the British Empire. In those ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Railways of the British Empire: The Indian Subcontinent

    by Colin Alexander, Alon Siton ...
    Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ruled the rails over much of the world, for Britain’s engineers effectively exported the Industrial Revolution and specifically the railway around the globe. This was especially true of the forerunner of the Commonwealth, the British Empire. In those ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • God's Adamantine Fate

    by Colin Alexander ...
    God's Adamantine Fate has at its core a medical mystery. Set in the early 1990's, three young boys from a small area have been diagnosed with a rare cancer. Two have already died. Could this be coincidence, or is there a more sinister explanation? A local pharmaceutical company has had a chemical spill in a nearby creek. What spilled, though, is an approved drug, a wonder drug. Or, is it? The ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Age of Streamlining

    by Colin Alexander ...
    Between the two world wars there was a golden era of industrial design when the benefits of streamlining were realised, allowing for reduced wind resistance, faster transportation and a more efficient economy. The Art Deco-influenced style was also a huge public relations exercise in the glamour-obsessed 1920s and 1930s. Its most obvious manifestations were on the railways, with beautiful ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD