How the Steam Railways came to Surrey    by Rupert Matthews
Price: $6.90 USD. 22970 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on August 29, 2010. .
A fascinating account of how the railways came to Surrey and the impact they had on the people who lived in the county The book the great days of the steam railways in the county. It shows how and why the lines were built, giving an account of the people who laid the lines and built the stations.

McAlpine's Men    by Ultan Cowley
Price: $7.50 USD. 36520 words. Published on January 14, 2012. .
"On Saturday nights in The Half Moon a ganger would come in and ask did you want a shift in the morning...If you did, you had to guarantee him a drink the next night." McAlpine’s Men is a unique collection of personally recounted stories from many of the 200,000 Irishmen who laboured on British civil engineering sites, pulled cable, drove tunnels and drank their pay. Edited by Ultan Cowley MA