Transportation

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From On the Road From: Wanderlust View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter Seven focus on travel by the ancient roads to modern highway systems. The chapter begins with ancient roads, the silk road, the art of cartography in Europe and its development of roads …	Laura Byrne Paquet	29	2007	$2.90 Add
From NEW! Operations on the Western Front From: War Among the Clouds View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter highlights the experiences of many New Brunswick men who were engaged in combat roles fighting in Belgium and France, and the operations they took part in.	Brent J. Wilson	28	2024	$2.80 Add
From Passengers From: Titanic Remembered View Formac Publishing	Looks at identifying the Passengers who were on board and specific passengers are more thoroughly looked at like George Wright, Molly Brown, and many others	Alan Ruffman	10	2013	$1.00 Add
From Photo Credits From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	Photo Credits	John Boileau	1	2004	$0.10 Add
From Pipeline on Wheels From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Identifies how big corporations moved to get fracked North Dakota Bakken oil and bitumen to refineries, regularly ignoring basic safety practices.	Bruce Campbell	9	2018	$0.90 Add
From NEW! Planning – Before the Flight From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	Chapter 1 explores the planning that takes place before a flight. The chapter includes descriptions of author Doug Morris’ life and path towards aviation, the motivations behind becoming a …	Doug Morris	33	2022	$3.30 Add
From Plus ça Change From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Analyzes the Trudeau government’s record on rail safety and concludes it has not changed the fundamental deregulation approach of the Harper government. Concludes that questions about what …	Bruce Campbell	14	2018	$1.40 Add
From NEW! Postflight Checklists and Reflections From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	Chapter 7 focuses on the plan once it has landed on the ground. Topics discussed include airplane docking, VDGS (Visual Docking Guidance Systems), ground marshals, Captains controls, bridges, …	Doug Morris	16	2022	$1.60 Add
From NEW! Pre-Descent, In-Range, Landing and After Landing Checklist From: This Is Your Captain Speaking View ECW Press	Chapter 6 discusses the landing process. Topics explored include ILS (Instrument Landing System), speed limits and how they calculate speed, keeping outside clean, small verses large aircrafts, …	Doug Morris	25	2022	$2.50 Add
From Preface & Introduction A Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	Explains the importance of Samuel Cunard in giving a major push to the use of steamships and the paradigm shift of the first use of regularized transportation and communication by steamship …	John Boileau	5	2006	$0.50 Add
From Preparing for War From: Churchill and Fisher View James Lorimer and Company	Historian Barry Gough examines the preperations for war made by Winston Churchill and Jack Fisher (1911-1914) including the naval officers involved, the role of oil, the Mediterranean naval …	Barry Gough	41	2017	$4.10 Add
From NEW! Prisoners of War From: War Among the Clouds View Goose Lane Editions	This chapter shares the experiences several New Brunswick airmen who were prisoners of war, many of whom were shot down, captured, and later repatriated.	Brent J. Wilson	24	2024	$2.40 Add
From Proposals & Partners From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	1835-1840. Looks at designing steamships for tranoceanic travel, looks at bids for steam ship companies involvment in the British mail service which Samuel Cunard went after as well as his competitors	John Boileau	10	2006	$1.00 Add
From Railway Makeover From: The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster View James Lorimer and Company	Discusses the privatization of CN Rail, and the impact of NAFTA on rail regulations. Identifies why privatized rail firms cut staffing levels, how the federal government allowed private rail …	Bruce Campbell	13	2018	$1.30 Add
From Religion & Revolution From: Samuel Cunard View Formac Publishing	Examines Samuel Cunard’s family roots in religion and revolution, overview of his early life in Halifax	John Boileau	10	2006	$1.00 Add
From The Canadian Hydrofoil Project From: Fastest in the World View Formac Publishing	1948-1957. The naval applications and development of hydrofoil design are explored.	John Boileau	8	2004	$0.80 Add