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DEAR AUSTEN DEAR AUSTEN Nina Bawden Accidents happen to other people. But on May 10 2002 Nina Bawden discovered what it feels like to be one of the other people. It was to be a lovely outing to Cambridge for a friend's birthday party. … OL13637904W
Doragon heddo Doragon heddo Minetarō Mochizuki "Teru finally returns to Tokyo after enduring the horrific events of the last few weeks. Unfortunately, his return is anything but a happy one. as the mystery behind the Dragon Heads starts to reveal… OL13668583W
Train wreck! Train wreck! Wesley S. Griswold The stories and descriptions of 19 of the worst historic rail disasters, between 1833 and 1958. The book was compiled largely from contemporary accounts in local and national newspapers, with sketche… OL140005W
Kate Shelley Kate Shelley Robert D. San Souci A biography of the fifteen-year-old Iowa teenager who helped avert a train disaster in 1881 and became a national heroine. OL15077028W
The Christmas Brides The Christmas Brides Linda Lael Miller izzie McKettrick is on a homebound train with a Christmas Eve surprise for her family—a special young man, Whitley Carson. He might seem a little too interested in the McKettrick money, but Lizzie's … OL15426463W
John Blair and the great Hinckley fire John Blair and the great Hinckley fire Josephine Nobisso Tells how a brave African American porter helped save many lives when the train on which he was working was caught up in the horrendous firestorm near Hinkley, Minnesota, in 1894. OL15970061W
Kate Shelley and the midnight express Kate Shelley and the midnight express Margaret K. Wetterer Fifteen-year-old Kate risks her life in a storm to prevent a train disaster. OL16067126W
A dream rides by A dream rides by Tania Crosse In August 1883, the first steam train on the new Princetown branch line makes its triumphant passage across Dartmoor. For Ling Southcott and her young sister, Fanny, this is a momentous event, for th… OL18181796W
Deadman's switch Deadman's switch Barbara Seranella Charlotte Lyon can handle a crisis and has made that talent into a lucrative business. She describes it as crisis management, in which she supplies excellent and often unusual advice to suddenly trou… OL1971782W
Timberline Timberline Matthew P. Mayo "1875-1885 high-country train wreck. Mountain man Maple Jack and Roamer trail the killers in a blizzard"-- OL19747149W
Lincoln's greatest case Lincoln's greatest case Brian McGinty The untold story of how one sensational trial propelled a self-taught lawyer and a future president into the national spotlight. OL19992259W
From behind the mask From behind the mask Pam Warren "She was not expected to survive. She became the lady in the mask. In October 1999, Pam Warren's life was turned on its head when she sustained horrific injuries in the Paddington rail crash. The cas… OL20853975W
The crossing The crossing Christina James It is a foggy day. Ruby Grummett, a railway crossing keeper, opens the gates for a council lorry, thinking that the Skegness train has been cancelled, but it comes looming through the mists and hits … OL21531833W
Railway Disasters Railway Disasters Simon Fowler British railways are one of the safest ways of travelling. That they are so is the result of painful lessons learnt over many decades, for there have been many hundreds of railway disasters.This book… OL21586370W
South Dakota railroads South Dakota railroads Mike Wiese,Tom Hayes "Using over 200 images, authors Mike Wiese and Tom Hayes take the reader on a historic tour of the depots, trains, and wrecks that defined South Dakota railroading in the early part of the 20th centu… OL23887939W
Bliss and tragedy Bliss and tragedy Thomas E. Corts The 1876 accident at Ashtabula had all the elements of a classic tragedy: cold, snowy weather that lent eeriness to the dark of night; height, as in the 70 feet from bridge to river; modern technolog… OL26196271W
Love & justice Love & justice Diana Morgan-Hill At the age of 29, Diana Hill fell under a London train. In 7 seconds the tall, glamorous businesswoman went from busy woman of the world with everything to live for to double-leg-amputee, her life in… OL27704761W
Tracks to disaster Tracks to disaster Adrian Vaughan 160 p. : 24 cm OL3583112W