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Killer on the Road by Ginger Strand
epub |eng | 2012-01-28 | Author:Ginger Strand

Roger Reece Kibbe, the “I-5 Strangler”: a killer so bland even a mother who put her daughter into his car couldn’t remember any details about him to tell police. Courtesy ...
( Category: Highway & Traffic January 29,2015 )
Reach for the Skies by Richard Branson
epub |eng | 2011-05-30 | Author:Richard Branson

Freddie went into the scrap business full-time, turning old warplanes into aluminum ingots. He claimed he was more than happy servicing and recycling planes, and that his flying days were ...
( Category: History January 29,2015 )
To the Edge of the World : The Story of the Trans-siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad by Wolmar Christian
mobi |eng | 0101-01-01 | Author:Wolmar, Christian [Wolmar, Christian]

SEVEN THE NEW SIBERIA While the railway may have been conceived by its principal promoters as an imperialist and military enterprise, the impact on Siberia was no less profound. For ...
( Category: History January 13,2015 )
To the Edge of the World : The Story of the Trans-siberian Express, the World's Greatest Railroad (9781610394536) by Wolmar Christian
epub |eng | | Author:Wolmar, Christian [Wolmar, Christian]

SEVEN THE NEW SIBERIA While the railway may have been conceived by its principal promoters as an imperialist and military enterprise, the impact on Siberia was no less profound. For ...
( Category: History January 13,2015 )
Pirates: A History by Travers Tim
epub, mobi |eng | 2012-06-10 | Author:Travers, Tim [Travers, Tim]

7 Death to the Pirates In the western world of the Atlantic, the Caribbean, and along the coasts of the Americas, government forces were engaged in a concentrated campaign of ...
( Category: History December 27,2014 )
Submarine! by Edward L. Beach
epub |eng | | Author:Edward L. Beach [Beach, Edward L.]

While Tang was going into commission at Mare Island, Trigger completed her refit following Dusty Dornin’s second patrol, and on Christmas Day, 1943, was scheduled to leave for the area ...
( Category: Military December 27,2014 )
Last Train to Paradise by Les Standiford
epub |eng | 2003-08-04 | Author:Les Standiford

However, reports of Flagler’s demise were greatly exaggerated, as the saying goes. Even as the Journal account was being published, crews were back at work, rebuilding work camps and replacing ...
( Category: State & Local December 27,2014 )
Great Train Crimes: Murder and Robbery on the Railways by Oates Jonathan
epub |eng | 2010-06-14 | Author:Oates, Jonathan [Oates, Jonathan]

Yet, as in earlier cases, this type of remark went unheeded. Perhaps the desire for privacy overcame concerns for security. There was controversy over the verdict in this murder case ...
( Category: History December 27,2014 )
The Titanic's Last Hero by Adams Moody
epub |eng | 2012-02-01 | Author:Adams, Moody [Adams, Moody]

Photo of John Dick CHAPTER 4 HE ROSE FROM THE RANKS OF THE WORKING MEN Tribute by Pastor John Dick Paisley Road Baptist Church, Glasgow, Scotland Reclaimed drunkards, gamblers, prize ...
( Category: Great Britain December 27,2014 )
Around the World Submerged by Edward L. Beach
epub, mobi |eng | | Author:Edward L. Beach

Official U.S. Navy Photo Lieutenant Milton R. (“Whitey”) Rubb was our custodian of sea water. From each of the seven seas we gathered separate samples, and in one bottle we ...
( Category: Travel December 27,2014 )
In the Kingdom of Ice-The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette by Hampton Sides
mobi |eng | 2014-08-05 | Author:Hampton Sides

AROUND MIDNIGHT ON June 11, something momentous did happen. While most of the men slept away the bright polar night, the ice opened with a ragged crack, and the Jeannette ...
( Category: Transportation December 19,2014 )
I Know You Got Soul by Jeremy Clarkson
epub, mobi, pdf |eng | 2004-12-31 | Author:Jeremy Clarkson

Flying Scotsman The Flying Scotsman is exquisite to behold, partly because he's so nicely balanced and partly because he seems to shout I AM VERY POWERFUL. Trainspotters. You still see ...
( Category: Travel December 8,2014 )
The Routes of Man by Ted Conover
epub |eng | 2010-11-24 | Author:Ted Conover [Conover, Ted]

*Obadiah and Bradford are pseudonyms. *Nicolas and Mike were the only white people in the office. They appeared to hire people from across the spectrum of Kenya’s tribes and religions. ...
( Category: Adventure November 25,2014 )
Fire and Steam by Christian Wolmar
epub |eng | | Author:Christian Wolmar

ELEVEN FIGHTING TOGETHER – RELUCTANTLY The strategic importance of the railways in wartime had been realized as early as 1855 in the Crimean War when the army shipped out 900 ...
( Category: History November 24,2014 )
The Virgin Way: Everything I Know About Leadership by Richard Branson
epub, mobi |eng | 2014-09-09 | Author:Richard Branson [Branson, Richard]

PLANE SAILING When we were getting ready to launch Virgin Atlantic, and with zero experience whatsoever in the airline industry, I realised how important the ability to delegate was going ...
( Category: Commercial November 24,2014 )

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