Solomon, Brian

Profiles some of the legendary wrestlers from WWE history, with career stats and descriptions of their most memorable matches.

Explores the history of diesel powered locomotives, offering a wide range of photographs featuring engines from the pre-World War II era into the 1960s and the history of the companies that made them, including Baldwin, Electro-Motive, and GE.

Contains over 200 color photographs with captions depicting various types of restored and preserved steam locomotives from the early nineteenth century to today.

Chronicles history's greatest locomotives, including Southern Pacific's cab-forward articulateds that conquered California's formidable Donner Pass; Boston & Albany's Berkshires, the first Lima Superpower; Pennsylvania's ill-fated Duplexes, built to compete with new diesels and operated at sustained speeds faster than 100 miles per hour; and Northern Pacific's gargantuan Yellowstones, locomotives so large that a banquet for 12 was once held in one of their fireboxes.

Traces the history of North America's steam railroads, discussing how they were created, what they were used for, and how they impacted the development of the United States.

Contains twenty-three essays in which the authors examine aspects of chemical and biological warfare, discussing its history and background, the Persian Gulf and Iraq, the Chemical Weapons Convention, terrorism in the United States and abroad, and the level of preparedness in the U.S.