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  • Benelux Railways

    by John Law ...
    The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg are three separate European countries that have their own railway systems, with much integration between each other. They are united by all running regular passenger train services, mostly hourly or more frequent, within each country and beyond. Nederlandse Spoorwegen supplies the principal rail service within the Netherlands, supplemented by other operators ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Buses and Trams Around Leeds

    by John Law ...
    The history of affordable public transport in the Yorkshire city of Leeds began in 1871, when horses began pulling trams around the city. Leeds Corporation purchased the network in 1893 and electrification followed soon afterwards. The system expanded, but finally ceased operations in 1959.Leeds was also an early pioneer of trolleybuses, with a route to Farnley Moor Top opening in 1911. Two ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Cleo and the Magic of Rainbows

    Self-discovery, diversity, embracing

    by JOHN LAW ...
    Catchy Book Description (Short Version)"Cleo and the Magic of Rainbows" is a heartwarming tale about a little cloud with a big dream — to become a rainbow! Join Cleo on her colorful adventure as she learns that true magic comes from within. With gentle lessons about self-worth, kindness, and believing in yourself, this uplifting story will inspire children to chase their dreams, no matter how big ... Read more

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  • Railways of the Eastern Counties Since 1970

    by John Law ...
    Over more than fifty years, the railways of the Eastern Counties have seen a great number of changes. In the early 1970s, many stations, even some of the smaller ones, had a resident diesel shunter for moving empty carriages or servicing the goods yard. First generation diesel multiple units ran most of the secondary lines, with locomotive-hauled expresses being used on the InterCity routes and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Buses in East Yorkshire

    by John Law ...
    Kingston upon Hull Corporation Transport set about replacing its trams with trolleybuses in the 1930s, but the war meant that trams did not finish until 1945. Motorbuses took over all operations in 1965. The fine blue and white buses of the municipality were a feature of the city until 1994, when the stripes of the Stagecoach Group began to be applied. The area’s other major operator, East ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Money and Trade Considered With a Proposal for Supplying the Nation with Money

    by John Law ...
    John Law (21 April 1671 died 21 March 1729) was a Scottish economist who believed that money was only a means of exchange that did not constitute wealth in itself and that national wealth depended on trade. He was appointed Controller General of Finances of France under King Louis XV. In 1716 Law established the Banque Générale in France, a private bank, but three-quarters of the capital consisted ... Read more

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  • Aircraft Stories

    Decentering the Object in Technoscience

    by John Law, Barbara Herrnstein Smith, E. Roy Weintraub ...
    Series series Science and Cultural Theory
    In Aircraft Stories noted sociologist of technoscience John Law tells “stories” about a British attempt to build a military aircraft—the TSR2. The intertwining of these stories demonstrates the ways in which particular technological projects can be understood in a world of complex contexts.Law works to upset the binary between the modernist concept of knowledge, subjects, and objects as having ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • North Yorkshire Buses

    by John Law ...
    North Yorkshire has long been the meeting point of many major bus operators. United Automobile Services dominated the north, West Riding Automobile Services the south; West Yorkshire Road Car had services in Harrogate and the city of York, while East Yorkshire Motor Services came into York and Scarborough from its home territory. Privatisation and takeovers meant that municipal transport ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Buses in Lancashire

    by John Law ...
    The boundaries of the current county of Lancashire were established in 1974 when the Furness district was lost to the newly formed Cumbria. Meanwhile Merseyside and Greater Manchester gobbled up much of the southern portion of the original county. However, some parts of the former West Riding of Yorkshire were gained. The major bus operator was, for many years, Ribble Motor Services. After sale it ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Yorkshire Traction Buses

    by John Law ...
    Public transport began in Barnsley in 1902 with the opening of the Barnsley & District Electric Traction Co. Ltd, with a small Y-shaped network from Smithies to Worsborough Bridge and Worsborough Dale. Motorbus operations commenced in 1913, which soon expanded outwards, bringing about the first name change, with the word electric being dropped from the company’s title. 1928 saw the name changed ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Doncaster's Railways

    by John Law ...
    The railways first came to Doncaster in the 1840s. In the 1850s, the Great Northern Railway established the Doncaster Locomotive and Carriage Building Works, later responsible for building Mallard and Flying Scotsman for the LNER as well as many hundreds of other locomotives. Today, Doncaster railway station is on the East Coast Main Line between London and Scotland, and is a major interchange ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • London's Railways Since the 1970s

    by John Law ...
    Though British Rail had dispensed with steam locomotives by 1968, the greatest changes to the capital’s railways occurred afterwards. In the early years of the 1970s much of the network was run down and some parts not expected to survive. Non-corridor passenger stock, all painted in drab blue, dominated suburban services. Inter-city routes had loco-hauled stock in blue and grey. Many lines were ... Read more

    $12.99 USD