Bøker av Anthony Lambert

The fifty most incredible, awe-inspiring, spectacular journeys by train.

CONTENTReviews the reality of a God in our creation, existence, world and universe. How God is real in our lives and how we can open ourselves to God's help and support if we truly want this. Book does not reject the written word (Bible etc.) but tries to incorporate what they contain into our reality. Encourages deep thought and reflection into our lives (What has happened in them and what they truly contain)NOTEHave you stopped to wonder what your life is all about. Why you're here and where you are going as your life is timing out. You can claim you are far too busy trying hard to reach your goals. STOP - NOW is the time to think and reflect about your soul. We are completely amazed and dazzled by discoveries made in our world and indeed our universe. We marvel at what is being discovered, invented, and achieved by our fellow man.Very little however is credited to God. His existence and presence in our world is seldom acknowledged or thought about. It's very easy to conclude that WE ARE ON OUR OWN - THERE IS NO GOD. Still we marvel at the incredible glory, beauty, majesty, awesome power and wonder of our observed world and universe. Could a God be possible? - YES. YES. Not only possible but there for us and drawing us to Him.AUTHORThe father of six children (one profoundly handicapped at birth). Ex prisoner of war-interned three and half years by the Japanese- 2nd world war. A pragmatic realist, Mechanical engineer accepting only factual, believable, prove-able information about the possible existence of a God and God's influence in and on our lives. A searcher/researcher agonizing over the meaning and purpose of our lives as we-live them. A servant to God and our fellow life travelers. Sharing his thinking about his life in the hope that this may help others struggling in their lives.

The world of the railways weaves a spell over many people. In this engaging book railway expert Anthony Lambert presents some of the best stories. From the early days come tales of financial skulduggery and worries that sparks from locomotives might ignite sheep's fleeces. But as the railway transformed the modern world, attitudes changed, and railways were opened to great rejoicing and even religious blessing. The perennial appeal of the steam locomotive generated a pride amongst railwaymen and a fascination among the public. The romantic aspects of the railway were soon celebrated - and not just the unexpected engagement that came from a snowbound train in the Highlands or the sexual shenanigans of the Orient Express. Here are stories of railway travel, from the palatial carriages of tsars and maharajahs to the open trucks of the 'lower orders', mishaps and faux pas, and tales of how ticket inspectors used to have to hold on to the outside of carriages while clipping tickets.From tales of lonely stations and signal-boxes in Scotland, to the unlucky engineer eaten by a lion in a carriage in Kenya, Lambert casts his net across railways worldwide to gather the most entertaining material. There are stories here that would enliven even a cheerless commute on the 18.01, and remind you that our railways really were - and occasionally still are - full of derring-do, romance and character.