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  • Audiobook

    Grass Roots

    by Stuart Woods ...
    Narrated by George Guidall ...
    Series series Will Lee

    Unabridged

    10 hours 53 min

    New York Times best-selling author Stuart Woods is one of suspense fiction's premier talents. Grass Roots is his first novel starring Will Lee, one of Woods' most popular creations. As the novel opens, Lee, a prominent lawyer, returns to his home town in Georgia to tackle a controversial, racially charged case while gearing up for a run at a Senate seat. A sinister group known as The Elect, ... Read more

    $35.72 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Naked Truth About Harrison Marks

    When The Naked Truth About Harrison Marks first appeared in 1967, public interest in the glamour photographer and magazine publisher was at an all-time high. Known for his beatnik beard and thick-framed glasses, Marks lived the dream of photographing beautiful women in various states of undress. The biography explores his rise as the world's leading nude photographer, his tumultuous relationship ... Read more

    $6.29 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)

    Civil War Memories Series

    Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war. "Famous Adventures and Prison Escapes of ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1960s Southern Region Steam in Colour

    by George Woods ...
    Railway enthusiasts living in London in the 1960s saw steam gradually disappearing from the capital’s railways. By 1966, with a few exceptions only the south-western lines from Waterloo saw main-line steam in any quantity. Despite being in the middle of an all-electric system, steam somehow survived until July 1967 and was only outlasted by steam in the north-west of England, which lingered on f ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant

    Enriched edition. A Chronicle of Indigenous Leadership during the Revolutionary War

    In "The War Chief of the Six Nations: A Chronicle of Joseph Brant," Louis Aubrey Wood intricately chronicles the life of Joseph Brant, a prominent Mohawk leader during the American Revolution. Through a vivid narrative that marries historical fact with rich storytelling, Wood captures the complexities of Brant's role as a mediator between British colonial interests and the indigenous peoples of ... Read more

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  • The Other Woods

    by George Woods ...
    This book is truly a gift from God. I could never have imagined writing it on my own. It was placed in my spirit with a purpose. God showed me that there would be people who might never pick up a Bible, but they would read this book and encounter His truth through it.My journey has been anything but ordinary. I grew up in a blended family. My father had three children, and my mother had four. As a ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Saint Joan

    One of Shaw's most unusual and enduringly popular plays. With SAINT JOAN (1923) Shaw reached the height of his fame and Joan is one of his finest creations; forceful, vital, and rebelling against the values that surround her. The play distils Shaw's views on the subjects of politics, religion and creative evolution. ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • Express Diesel Trains

    by George Woods ...
    In 1968 British Rail introduced a prototype train that would revolutionise rail travel, and form the backbone not only of BR services, but those of the companies that took over after the privatisation of the railways in 1994. This, of course, was the High Speed Train, which introduced 125 mph speeds to the UK and cut journey times as never before. Other fast diesels such as the Class 220 and Class ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Heavy Freight Locomotives

    by George Woods ...
    In the 1970s the introduction of the merry-go-round coal trains required a far more powerful loco, leading to the 3300 hp Class 56 being built. For general freight services, the Class 60 was developed. Both these types suffered from reliability problems in their early years. Several large stone companies in Somerset became frustrated with the constant loco problems that BR were having and decided ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • Sulzer Type 4 Locomotives

    by George Woods ...
    The BR modernisation plan of 1955 envisaged the replacement of steam traction with diesel and electric locos by around 1975. Chief among the requirements was a loco more powerful than the 2,000-hp locos that had been produced before then. The Sulzer Company in Switzerland were able to provide an engine of 2,300 hp, which was used in the Class 44. An updated 2,500-hp version was used in classes 45 ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • English Electric Diesel Locomotives

    by George Woods ...
    English Electric built their first diesel loco in 1936 and, before the company closed in 1968, built thousands of diesel and electric locos that saw service all over the world. They were among the companies chosen by BR to build prototype diesel locos for the Modernisation Scheme of 1955, which would see the replacement of steam traction by diesels and electrics. Locos were built to suit a wide ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD

  • The Last Days of Steam in North East England

    by George Woods ...
    In September 1967 the last steam locos finished operations in the North East – the area where it had all begun 142 years before. The last trains ran from the engine sheds at Sunderland, Tyne Dock and West Hartlepool, and were hauling coal from collieries to industrial sites, power stations and docks for export or transport by coaster to ports in the south of England. The traffic had hardly changed ... Read more

    $16.69 CAD