Transportation
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  PassengersFrom: Titanic Remembered |
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 |
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From  Photo CreditsFrom: Fastest in the World |
Photo Credits | John Boileau | 1 | 2004 | $0.10 Add |
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From  Pipeline on Wheels |
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 |
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From  NEW! Planning – Before the Flight |
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 |
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From Plus ça Change |
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 |
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From NEW! Postflight Checklists and Reflections |
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 |
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From NEW! Pre-Descent, In-Range, Landing and After Landing Checklist |
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 |
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From  Preface & IntroductionA Paradigm Shift From: Samuel Cunard |
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 |
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From  Preparing for WarFrom: Churchill and Fisher |
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 |
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From  NEW! Prisoners of WarFrom: War Among the Clouds |
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 |
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From Proposals & PartnersFrom: Samuel Cunard |
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 |
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From Railway Makeover |
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 |
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From Religion & RevolutionFrom: Samuel Cunard |
Examines Samuel Cunard’s family roots in religion and revolution, overview of his early life in Halifax | John Boileau | 10 | 2006 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Canadian Hydrofoil ProjectFrom: Fastest in the World |
1948-1957. The naval applications and development of hydrofoil design are explored. | John Boileau | 8 | 2004 | $0.80 Add |
Samuel CunardNova Scotia's Master of the North Atlantic |
An illustrated biography of a Canadian who sparked a world transportation revolution In North America, the name Cunard is synonymous with shipping. This book traces the entrepreneurial rise of … | 112 | View | ||
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From Say ‘Resurgam’!From: Churchill and Fisher |
Historian Barry Gough examines Winston Churchill’s defence of the Dardanelles campagin despite high casualities and cost while Jack Fisher takes a position at the Admiralty Board of … | Barry Gough | 45 | 2017 | $4.50 Add |
