Transportation

This book follows the history and development of Brian Harris Transport Limited, the original red, green, and yellow liveried lorries that made the trek between Devon and Scotland at regular intervals for over fifty years. In 1946, Brian's father, Jerry,...

Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing, a wealthy timber merchant, the mighty Boeing Company's long history spans decades of rich achievement and technological development. Beginning with the manufacture of seaplanes, fighters and, from the 1930s onwards,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840372533Author Paul E EdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Airlife Publishing LtdPublisher The Crowood Press LtdWeight(grams) 169gDimensions(mm)...

The British Rail corporate image and its Rail Blue livery was one of the longest-lived colour schemes carried by the trains of Britain in the forty-eight-year life of the nationalised railway network. Launched in 1965, after Beeching, the then new...

During the course of the 1950s England lost confidence in its rulers and convinced itself it must modernise. The failing steam-powered local railways, run by Colonel Blimp, symbolised everything that was wrong with the country - surely the future lay in...

Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what it is carrying, and how it works its way between the passenger services? While goods services now tend to be shrouded in anonymity, in past times...

The infamous ‘Beeching Axe’ swept away virtually every Scottish branch line in the 1960s. Conventional wisdom viewed these losses as regrettable yet inevitable in an era of growing affluence and rising car ownership. This ground-breaking study of Dr...

'Magnificent' Robert MacfarlaneWinner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the YearOur lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden from us. In every lonely corner of every sea, through every night, every day, and every imaginable...

'Inspiring leadership lessons from the sea,' Rear Admiral Robert O. Wray Jr, USN (ret), author of Saltwater LeadershipAlthough merchant ships carry 90% of the world's trade, the mariners who run them have little guidance on leadership. This can result in...

Inside one of the world's most dangerous jobs with the star of History's top-rated reality show, Ice Road TruckersThe highest-rated reality show ever to hit the History channel, Ice Road Truckers follows the heart-pounding adventures of the...

Between 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time-enormous engines that powered a colossal industry. They were deceptively simple machines, yet, the more their technology was studied, the more obscure it became...

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Fully grasp the core principles of logistics, distribution management and the supply chain, in addition to emerging trends and the latest technologies, with this definitive guide that offers clear and straightforward explanations. The Handbook...

Having been classified by the Air Ministry as a 'Master Diversion' airfield, RAF Manston was for many years open twenty-four hours a day and available to both civil and military aircraft 365 days a year. It was also later equipped with the Pyrene foam...

This new publication from Michael Belafi offers some truly intriguing content. Photographs of the mighty Zeppelin at all stages of development feature in a publication that aims to chart the entire course of the airship's history. Named after the German...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352674Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Fundamentals of Sustainable Aviation is the first textbook to survey the critical field of sustainability within the aviation industry. Taking a systems thinking approach, it presents the foundational principles of sustainability and methodically applies...

Safety has traditionally been defined as a condition where the number of adverse outcomes was as low as possible (Safety-I). From a Safety-I perspective, the purpose of safety management is to make sure that the number of accidents and incidents is kept...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352537Author Hugh LongworthFormat HardbackPage Count 296Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Curated and designed by the experts at The London Transport Museum, this collection showcases London's 100 greatest transport design icons from the past 150 years.From TfL's exclusive Johnston font; Westminster Station's ground breaking architecture;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143128977Author Janette Sadik-KhanFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

During much of his early career, from 1944 through to the early 1960s, Richard Hardy took hundreds of pictures of life on the railways and the men he knew and worked with on a daily basis, using his trusty Brownie 620 box camera. These unique behind the...

Running a railway is a complex business. However organised it is, there will always be surprises: often hilarious, frequently unexpected, but sometimes serious.Along Different Lines includes such bizarre 'everyday' events as coping with hurricanes, rogue...

Start a Business-We'll Show You How. Entrepreneur magazine's Startup series presents everything you need to know about starting and running more than 55 of today's hottest businesses. As a successful import/export agent, you can net a healthy...

'As a movement for social change it is important that we understand our own history. This is a compelling read.' From the anti-roads protests of the 1990s to HS2 and Extinction Rebellion, conflict and protest have shaped the politics of transport. In...

The fifty years from the last decade of the eighteenth century saw great changes in Britain. Significant technological and economic change, not to mention wars, affected great swathes of the population and profoundly changed many aspects of life. In this...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800351394Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780115534614Author Maritime and Coastguard AgencyFormat HardbackPage Count 332Imprint Stationery Office BooksPublisher TSO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809648Author Crecy Publishing LTDFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840330571Author Gordon StansfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 180mm * 241mm * 3mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986209437Author Matthew McCleeryFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Marine Money, Inc.Publisher Marine Money, Inc.Weight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352773Author David LarkinFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Whether you're negotiating with an angry boss or a difficult colleague - or, indeed, a stubborn teenager - you can learn to use your emotions to help you achieve the result you want.Building Agreement shows you how to control the five 'core concerns'...

The twelve British Railways Standard Locomotive Classes were all constructed incorporating Belpaire fireboxes, rocking grates, self-emptying ash pans and self-cleaning smoke boxes to allow easy access for both daily maintenance and running needs. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780767901840Author Kevin FreibergFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday DelPublisher Broadway Books (A...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615026Author Sue WoodwardFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the transportation giant. Uber had catapulted to the top of the tech world, yet for many came to symbolise everything wrong with Silicon Valley...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781250058294Author Rose GeorgeFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Picador USAPublisher Picador USAWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 206mm * 137mm * 23mm

'A wonderful gallery of period items related to the Titanic and Olympic, presented and shared by some of the top researchers and collectors in the field. Many of these items are quite rare or unique, and are not often seen by the general public.' - Bill...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800350205Author Pip DunnFormat HardbackPage Count 432Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing