In this book the author traces the rise and fall of the American railways from its beginnings in the early 1800s to the present time. At its time the railways were at the cutting edge of transportation technology and proved to be one of the biggest factors in America’s growth. The author also throws light on these points.
As the title implies ‘Conquistadores’ is about how the Spanish went on their exploratory journeys to the Americas starting with Christopher Columbus (who was Italian but got his sponsorship for the trip from the Spanish Monarchs
This is my 4ooth post since I started blogging back in 2008. 14 years, 4 different blogs and 399 posts later here I am. As you can see I am posting this on my brand new website. I created this website at the suggestion of my brother who said it would be better to create a common website and combine all my blogs into one place. I had 2 active blogs going on and 2 inactive ones. I combined all of them, imported all the old posts and created this new interface here.
Book Name : the intel trinity: How Robert Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andy grove built the World’s most important company Author: Michael S. Malone Genre : Non-Fiction/Technology Book …
A couple of months ago my work took me to the south east side of British Columbia, specifically to two beautiful resorts, Panorama Mountain Resort …
Goat’s Peak Provincial Park is a small park in West Kelowna near the shores of the Okanagan Lake. One of my colleagues at work strongly …
Book Name : Insane Mode: How Elon Musk’s Tesla sparked an Electric Revolution to end the age of Oil. Author: Hamish McKenzie Genre : Non-Fiction/Transportation Book Post …
Book Post : 28 Book Name : Jerusalem: The Biography Author: Simon Sebag Montefiore Genre : Non-Fiction/History  What is it about?: It is about the history of the …
Greenwood is a city of around 600 people located in south British Columbia. Back in 1890s it used to be a hub of mining with …
Book Post : 27 Book Name : After Cooling: On Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort Author : Eric Dean Wilson Genre : Non-Fiction/Environment What is …
