2016, ISBN: 9780752452258

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HarperCollins, London 2001. 20.0 x 22.5cms (landscape), 160p colour illusts, very good hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued). 154-155pp were stuck together. This is … Mehr…

HarperCollins, London 2001. 20.0 x 22.5cms (landscape), 160p colour illusts, very good hardback with decorated boards (no dustwrapper as issued). 154-155pp were stuck together. This is 'a nostalgic, affectionate, some might even say eccentric look at the London Underground'., HarperCollins, London 2001, 0, Paperback / softback. New. On the way to court one morning, Jane passes through Covent Garden Underground station and is caught up in a bomb blast that leaves several people dead, and many horribly injured. When a photograph appears in the newspapers, showing Jane assisting the injured at the scene, it puts her and her family at risk from IRA retaliation., 6, Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2016. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 346 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Allen & Unwin, Australia, 2016. First Edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine has minimal reading creases. . Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: On a frozen January evening in 1944, Nancy Levin, and her three-year-old daughter, Emily, flee their impoverished East London home as an air raid siren sounds. Not far away, 39- year-old Diana Meadows and her own child, three-year-old Abigail, are lost in the black-out as the air raid begins. Finding their way in the jostling crowd to the mouth of the shelter they hurry to the safety of the underground tube station. Mrs Meadows, who has so far sat out the war in the safety of London's outer suburbs, is terrified - as much by the prospect of sheltering in an Eastend tube station as of experiencing a bombing raid first hand. Far away Diana's husband, Gerald Meadows finds himself in a tank regiment in North Africa while Nancy's husband, Joe Levin has narrowly survived a torpedo in the Atlantic and is about to re-join his ship. Both men have their own wars to fight but take comfort in the knowledge that their wives and children, at least, remain safe. But in wartime, ordinary people can find themselves taking extreme action - risking everything to secure their own and their family's survival, even at the expense of others. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; War; ISBN/EAN: 9781743310601. Inventory No: 21020085.. 9781743310601, Allen & Unwin, 2016, 3, College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. 0890966079 . Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. A detailed memoir of the Belgian underground resistance to the Third Reich. 8vo. 243 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar. ., Texas A & M University Press, 1994, 5, Hardback. New. With 980 million passengers a year, more than 250 miles of track, literally hundreds of different stations and a history stretching back nearly 150 years, the world's oldest underground railway might seem familiar, but actually, how well do you know it?, 6<

2009, ISBN: 9780752452258

Did You Know? In 1884 the Circle Line opened and was described in The Times as ‘a form of mild torture which no person would undergo if he could conveniently help it.’ According to one p… Mehr…

Did You Know? In 1884 the Circle Line opened and was described in The Times as ‘a form of mild torture which no person would undergo if he could conveniently help it.’ According to one psychologist, Tube commuters can experience greater levels of stress than a police officer facing a rioting mob or even a fighter pilot going into a dogfight. Underground trains have only twice been used to transport deceased people in coffins: William Gladstone and Dr Barnardo. Some of the most bizarre items handed in to lost property include 250lb of sultanas, a 14ft canoe, a child’s garden slide, a harpoon gun, a pith helmet, an artificial leg, someone’s brother’s ashes and a sealed box containing three dead bats. WITH well over a billion passengers a year, more than 250 miles of track, literally hundreds of different stations and a history stretching back at least 160 years, the world’s oldest underground railway might seem familiar, but how well do you actually know it?This book offers a feast of Tube-based trivia for travellers and lovers of London alike. Books David Long|Hardback|The History Press Ltd|07/09/2009, The History Press Ltd<