This text celebrates the 150th anniversary of the opening of the major part of the London to Southampton, demonstrating it was not all plain sailing. Retelling in words and pictures the full story of the smallest of the four major companies of the Grouping era, with contributions from experts in all fields including many who worked on the line. The Southern devloped its own touch of magic, created the world's largest suburban electrification, and increased its passengers by 50%, despite the depression and road competition.
John Elliot Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
John Herbert Elliot bol britský autor, ktorého diela skúmajú zložitosť ľudskej skúsenosti. Prostredníctvom svojho písania sa ponoril do hlbín ľudskej psychiky a analyzoval motivácie a túžby, ktoré poháňajú ľudské správanie. Jeho štýl je charakterizovaný precíznym zmyslom pre detail a hlbokým porozumením ľudskej povahy. Elliotove diela sa vyznačujú premysleným skúmaním morálnych dilem a hľadaním zmyslu v každodennom živote.
Mogul
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- 5 hodin čítania
the making of a myth
A for Andromeda
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- 7 hodin čítania
A new radio telescope picks up from the constellation of Andromeda a complex series of signals which prove to be a programme for a giant computer. After the computer is built it begins to relay information from Andromeda. Scientists find themselves possessing knowledge previously unknown to mankind, knowledge that could threaten the security of human life itself.