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The perfect gift for every railway enthusiast • The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats. Julian Holland brings together a unique miscellany of intriguing tales and engaging trivia - the perfect collection for every railway enthusiast • Stories range from Bulleid's 'Chinese Laundries', trainspotting trips in Wales and Scotland and Liverpool's 'Dockers' Umbrella' to railway artists and clergy, a railway-owned airline and railways that were never built • Find out about • - The Royal Scot's 11,000-mile journey in the USA and Canada • - A narrow gauge island railway in the middle of the Bristol Channel • - How the London & South Western Railway saved the British Empire • - Mallard's unbeaten world speed record of 1938 • - How to fly by Great Western Railway from Cardiff to Plymouth • - The 75-mile network of narrow gauge railways on the Isle of Skye • - How another 4,500 miles of railway escaped closure by Dr Beeching • All Aboard is a delightful miscellany for every railway enthusiast, filled with fascinating and obscure stories, facts and figures

Challenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles • For those who like to live dangerously and push beyond their mental comfort zone, steel yourself for The Times' toughest Killer collection yet • Prepare for the extreme mental challenge of 100 Deadly-level Killer puzzles, including, for the first time ever, 20 Extra Deadly, to really test your limits: thjs is the only place you'll find such a torturous collection in a single book • The Times Ultimate Killer Su Doku is not for the fainthearted. The puzzles use the same 9x9 grid as Su Doku, and have an added mathematical challenge. The aim is not only to complete every row, column and cube so that it contains the digits 1-9, it is also necessary to ensure that the outlined cubes add up to the same number as well

Quiz your family at home with crosswords, puzzles and games • For anyone who loves the challenge of Su Doku but manages to solve them within minutes, you can now enjoy the extended mental workout and ultimate endurance test of a five grid interlinked system • This is Su Doku multiplied: every column, row and 3x3 box must contain the digits 1 to 9. Where the puzzles overlap, the rows and columns do not go beyond their usual 9x9 length but the interlocking boxes give you more clues - and more complexity • With another 100 new Samurai puzzles to vex you for hours, lose yourself in the four levels of this book • 30 Mild • 30 Difficult • 30 Super difficult • 10 Deadly • Even the speediest of Su Doku solvers will be agonising over these ultra-complex, extended brain-teasers

Based on The Times Bridge column, an extensive bridge guide aimed at the less experienced or social player who longs to improve their game, with instructive deals and tips, as well as a helpful Index • Andrew Robson, The Times Bridge Correspondent, is both a champion Bridge player and an inspired teacher. He teaches and tutors at his Bridge Club and has acquired great practical knowledge about how people learn to play Bridge • Based on Andrew Robson's daily column in The Times, common scenarios are presented with an outline of what actually happened, as well as what should have happened. Along with every deal is the very popular handy tip 'If you remember just one thing…', which features throughout the book • The first section of the book, 'The Game', is a basic outline providing the key to playing a sensible game of Bridge, subdivided into 'Bidding', 'Declarer Play' and 'Defence'

Christopher Somerville has covered the length and breadth of the UK on foot, and has written and broadcast about its history, landscape, wildlife and people for over 25 years. Now, in this extensive new volume, he selects his top 200 routes from his hugely popular Times column, A Good Walk • More than just a basic guidebook, this is a meditation on our relationship with the landscape and a celebration of all that Britain has to offer. From Cornwall to Shetland via Pembrokeshire and Barrowdale, this is the most comprehensive collection of walks in the United Kingdom available in one book, and features trails to suit all skill levels and references, whether you want a gentle ramble to the pub or something much more challenging • Each of the featured walks contains • - Detailed description as featured in The Times column • - Postcode and OS grid reference start point • - Instructions on how to get there • - Distance and grade so readers can suit walks to their ability, fitness and mood • - Simple step-by-step walk instructions • - Beautiful colour photograph for each walk • - Full colour, clear and up-to-date map • - Food and accommodation details for the hungry traveller • Featuring stunning photography and using Christopher's trademark with and lyricism, this is the perfect gift for ramblers anywhere

A one-stop practical guide on how to play and master the fascinating and rewarding game of bridge with expert advice throughout from Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, the world's most famous and successful player and teacher of bridge • Previously published as Collins Need to Know? Bridge. Now with additional practice deals • Andrew Robson, the Times bridge correspondent, shows you how to play bridge - starting from the basics and taking you through the learning process step-by-step. Using clear illustrations and accompanying text, Andrew gives the reader a complete course in learning the game, including sample hands and ways to practice • You'll also learn about bidding, tricks, scoring and dealing, and etiquette whilst playing. Above all you'll begin to develop the skills you need to play bridge, and win - including ingenuity, working well in a partnership, and a good memory

Отпразднуйте расцвет пассажирских железнодорожных перевозок по Британии с помощью этой прекрасной книги Times railway • Совершите путешествие назад, во времена бума британских железных дорог, с помощью уникальной коллекции увлекательных историй, фотографий, плакатов и железнодорожных эфемеров • Ведущий железнодорожный автор Джулиан Холланд рассказывает о волнующем периоде в истории железных дорог Великобритании – ушедшем навсегда, но никогда не забытом • Исследуйте столетие железнодорожных путешествий в Великобритании, охватывающее три важных периода • Конец 19 века - 1922 год. Зенит британских железных дорог, в котором работают 120 компаний • С 1923 по 1947 год. Железнодорожные компании объединены в "Большую четверку" • С 1948 по 1994 год. Национализация предвещает эру британских железных дорог

Перенеситесь в 1950-е и 60-е годы с этим ностальгическим взглядом на британские железные дороги в дни их славы. Прекрасно проиллюстрировано уникальной коллекцией фотографий, записных книжек с изображениями поездов и железнодорожных эфемеров • Набитый сотнями фотографий, записных книжек с записными книжками-однодневками. Это яркое воспоминание обо всей атмосфере железных дорог, царившей с тех пор, как закончилась эпоха пара и появились дизели • Совершите путешествие по каждому из основных регионов под руководством автора бестселлеров и эксперта по железнодорожным перевозкам Джулиана Холланда • Насладитесь образами могучих паровых двигателей, когда они выполняли свои окончательные графики • Насладитесь частичкой волшебства, которое испытали трейнспоттеры в ту славную эпоху

Everything you might want to know about infinity - in history and all the way to today's cutting-edge science • Infinity is surely the strangest idea that humans have ever had. Where did it come from and what is it telling us about our Universe? Can there actually be infinities? Can you do an infinite number of things in a finite amount of time? Is the Universe infinite? • Infinity is also the place where things happen that don't. What is it like to live in a Universe where nothing is original, where you can live forever, where anything that can be done, is done, over and over again? • These are some of the deep questions that the idea of the infinite pushes us to ask. Throughout history, the infinite has been a dangerous concept. Many have lost their lives, their careers, or their freedom for talking about it

"The Ladybird Book of London" is a gem from the Ladybird vintage archive. First published in 1961, this is a classic Ladybird hardback book, packed with information about Britain's capital. This new edition is exactly the same as the original, with a dust jacket and beautifully reproduced images. The story of London, her sights and history, is illustrated with twenty-four beautiful full-page pictures. Starting from Trafalgar Square this book takes you through famous streets to see historic buildings, to learn something of the story of Britain's famous capital. Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral, the Tower, Guildhall and the City, Hampton Court and Kew Gardens, the Zoo and Madame Tussaud's - they are all here

The Penguin Book of Card Games is the authoritative up-to-date compendium, describing an abundance of games to be played both for fun and by serious players • Auctions, trumpless hands, cross-ruffing and lurching: card players have a language all of their own. From games of high skill (Bridge) to games of high chance (Newmarket) to trick-taking (Whist) and banking (Pontoon), David Parlett, seasoned specialist in card games, takes us masterfully through the countless games to choose from • Not content to merely show us games with the conventional fifty-two card pack, Parlett covers many games played with other types of cards - are you brave enough to play with Tarot? With a 'working description' of each game, with the rules, variations and origins of each, as well as an appendix of games invented by the author himself, The Penguin Book of Card Games will delight, entertain and inform both the novice and the seasoned player

Which Haruki Murakami novel shares its title with a Beatles song? • In Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, what is Charlie's surname? • What is heavy-drinking Rachel Watson known as in the title of a 21st-century bestseller? • And what do you get if you add the number of Bennet sisters in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice to the number of Karamazov brothers in Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov? • With four hundred questions covering books from literary classics to modern bestsellers, through iconic children's books and books you say that you've read but really you haven't, The Penguin Book Quiz is as appropriate for making you look well-read at a party as it is for a book-loving family to tuck into after Christmas dinner: it's as enjoyable to read as it is to play