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  • THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY
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    THE SHROPSHIRE & MONTGOMERYSHIRE LIGHT RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    The Shropshire & Montgomeryshire Light Railway, was one of the lines managed and operated by Colonel Holman Fred Stephens from his office in Salford Terrace in Tonbridge Kent. It was a revival of the long disused Potteries Shrewsbury & North Wales Railway, a railway that went bankrupt shortly after opening in the mid 1860s and was left derelict for forty years. The railway reop...

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  • MAIL BY RAIL - THE STORY OF THE POST OFFICE AND THE RAILWAYS
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    MAIL BY RAIL - THE STORY OF THE POST OFFICE AND THE RAILWAYS
    PETER JOHNSON
    Railways have been used for the carriage of mail since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the first travelling post offices following, enabling the Post Office to achieve maximum efficiencies in mail transportation. As the rail network grew the mail network grew with it, reaching a peak with the dedicated mail trains that ran betwee...

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  • MAIL BY RAIL
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    MAIL BY RAIL
    PETER JOHNSON
    Railways have been used for the carriage of mail since soon after the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opened in 1830, the development of the first travelling post offices following, enabling the Post Office to achieve maximum efficiencies in mail transportation. As the rail network grew the mail network grew with it, reaching a peak with the dedicated mail trains that ran betwee...

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  • EDUCATION IN WORLD HISTORY
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    EDUCATION IN WORLD HISTORY
    MARK S. JOHNSON / PETER N. STEARNS
    Education in World History shows how broad currents in transnational history have interacted with trends in educational organization and teaching practices over time. From antiquity and early classical societies to present day, this book highlights the ways in which changes in religious and intellectual life and economic patterns in key world regions have generated developments...

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  • POLITICS, INNOCENCE, AND THE LIMITS OF GOODNESS
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    POLITICS, INNOCENCE, AND THE LIMITS OF GOODNESS
    PETER JOHNSON
    First published in 1988. Moral innocence is of enduring interest because it seems to embody our ideals in their purest form. The place of moral innocence in politics is the central theme of Peter Johnson’s subtle and original book. Are there moral dispositions which are not only incompatible with politics but actually endanger it? If it is sometimes necessary to act badly in or...

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  • THE CONSTANTS OF NATURE
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    THE CONSTANTS OF NATURE
    PETER JOHNSON
    First published in 1997, this volume constitutes an attempt to resolve certain misunderstandings and ignorance concerning the constants of Nature. Its purpose is to look closely at the philosophical arguments made to support the customary conventional view of measurement, particularly with regard to constants. Peter Johnson argues that historic accounts provide only a partial u...

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  • NEW FIRMS
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    NEW FIRMS
    PETER JOHNSON
    This book, first published in 1986, is an important contribution to the economic analysis of new firms. It emphasises the importance of analysing the economic inter-relationship between new and established firms. These links are especially relevant in the assessment of the employment effects of formation activity. ...

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  • WHO'S WHO IN SHAKESPEARE
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    WHO'S WHO IN SHAKESPEARE
    HAMISH JOHNSON / PETER QUENNELL
    Who's Who in Shakespeare presents a complete and handy guide to the men and women who throng Shakespeare's plays. It provides: * detailed biographical information on each leading figure * analyses of the role and significance of each minor figure * a reliable guide to the huge Shakespearian canon for student and teacher * quotations from famous critics * useful information on s...

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  • THE ECONOMICS OF SMALL FIRMS
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    THE ECONOMICS OF SMALL FIRMS
    PETER JOHNSON
    Student-friendly and international in scope and relevance, this book provides an accessible introduction to the economics of small business for those with little knowledge of economics. Economics, alongside other disciplines and interacting with them, has some important insights to offer and it is in this context that The Economics of Small Firms examines the formation, surviva...

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  • THE STRUCTURE OF BRITISH INDUSTRY
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    THE STRUCTURE OF BRITISH INDUSTRY
    PETER JOHNSON
    `...as an up-to-date and intelligible an account of large areas of British industry as you will find...It will be a valuable handbook for a variety of users: students and teachers(its prijmary audience), businessmen or coivil servants.' British Business ...

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  • INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: BUTTERWORTHS INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL REVIEWS
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    INFECTIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: BUTTERWORTHS INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL REVIEWS
    KENNEDY, PETER G. E. / JOHNSON, RICHARD T
    Infections of the Nervous System ...

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  • THE WELSHPOOL & LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY
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    THE WELSHPOOL & LLANFAIR LIGHT RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    “A superb book . . . about the background to the railway, its development and closure and the relaunch into one of Wales’ most pleasant preserved railways.” —The Railway Correspondence and Travel Society Unusually among Welsh narrow-gauge railways, the 2ft 6in gauge Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway was built to benefit agriculture, not minerals. After several failed attempts ...

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  • FESTINIOG RAILWAY: THE SPOONER ERA AND AFTER, 1830–1920
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    FESTINIOG RAILWAY: THE SPOONER ERA AND AFTER, 1830–1920
    PETER JOHNSON
    Festiniog Railway 1836–2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the railway from its beginnings as a horse-worked tramroad in 1836, through its technical developments with the introduction of steam locomotives, Fairlie articulated locomotives and bogie carriages through its twentieth-century...

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  • FESTINIOG RAILWAY: THE SPOONER ERA AND AFTER, 1830–1920
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    FESTINIOG RAILWAY: THE SPOONER ERA AND AFTER, 1830–1920
    PETER JOHNSON
    Festiniog Railway 1836–2014 describes the history of the worlds first steam-operated narrow gauge railway to carry passengers. It covers the history of the railway from its beginnings as a horse-worked tramroad in 1836, through its technical developments with the introduction of steam locomotives, Fairlie articulated locomotives and bogie carriages through its twentieth-century...

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  • FESTINIOG RAILWAY: FROM SLATE RAILWAY TO HERITAGE OPERATION, 1921–2014
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    FESTINIOG RAILWAY: FROM SLATE RAILWAY TO HERITAGE OPERATION, 1921–2014
    PETER JOHNSON
    Opened in 1836 as a horse tramway using gravity to carry slate from Blaenau Ffestiniog to Porthmadog, by the 1920s the Festiniog Railway had left its years of technical innovation and high profits long behind. After the First World War, the railways path led inexorably to closure, to passengers in 1939 and goods in 1946.After years of abandonment, visionary enthusiasts found a ...

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  • THE SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
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    THE SNOWDON MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    The Snowdon Mountain Railway is one of the great narrow gauge railways of North Wales, with thousands of visitors travelling to the summit of Mount Snowdon along the line each year. This book covers the history of this historic and interesting line from its beginnings in the 1890s through to the present day. The author Peter Johnson has been writing about narrow gauge railways ...

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  • REBUILDING THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY
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    REBUILDING THE WELSH HIGHLAND RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    THE REVIVAL AND RESTORATION of the Welsh Highland Railway is one of the greatest heritage railway achievements of the 21st Century, yet its success followed more than one hundred years of failure.Supported by public loans, its first incarnation combined the moribund North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways, some of the abandoned works of the Portmadoc, Beddgelert & South Snowdon Railw...

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  • THE CORRIS RAILWAY
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    THE CORRIS RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    An extensively illustrated history of this Welsh railway—and the effort to restore it.   One of Wales’ oldest narrow gauge railways, the 2ft 3in gauge Corris Railway was built to carry slate from several quarries in the Dulas valley to wharves on the river Dyfi. At first forbidden to use steam locomotives or to carry passengers, it overcame these obstacles and became an essenti...

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  • THE VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY
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    THE VALE OF RHEIDOL RAILWAY
    PETER JOHNSON
    “A great book about a small railway with a lot of history that has managed to adapt . . . and become a tourist attraction without losing its charm.” —Unos Cuantos Trenes (A Few Trains) Built to carry minerals from mines in the Rheidol valley, the 2ft gauge Vale of Rheidol Railway found its niche carrying tourists to the tourist attraction at Devil’s Bridge, 12 miles inland from...

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