Transportation

Drawing on previously unpublished letters of journals of crew members, their descendants and, astonishingly, interviews with survivors, Jennifer Niven's book is a riveting account of one of the most ambitious - and disastrous - Arctic expeditions ever...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909431928Author Michael RhodesFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Platform 5 Publishing LtdPublisher Platform 5 Publishing Ltd

In the last century, the trolleybus developed into a successful provider of public transport in many towns and cities around Britain. It is often described as being part tram and part motorbus. The trolleybus was a fast vehicle whose acceleration from...

The books in the Everyday Modifications series from Crowood are designed to guide classic van and car owners through the workshop skills needed to make their vehicles easier to use and enjoy. Camper van enthusiast Rob Hawkins gives practical advice on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937822104Author David C McIntoshFormat HardbackPage Count 255Imprint Wooden Boat PublicationsPublisher Wooden Boat PublicationsWeight(grams)...

The incredible rags-to-riches story of one of the world's greatest motorcycle racers. From humble beginnings in 1930s London, to winning six world titles, Jim Redman MBE is one of GPs most extraordinary characters, and a true legend of motorcycle racing...

Since their introduction in 1984, the Class 150 series of 'Sprinter' diesel multiple units have plied their trade across the UK - from Cornwall to Scotland and many places in between - replacing large numbers of aging 1950s-built rolling stock. The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911703310Author John JennisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 300g

A remarkable eighty-year adventure spanning the golden age of twentieth-century mechanical and motor-vehicle engineering. Born into an ecclesiastical family, Harry Varley had a burning ambition to be the best engineer he could. He was one of the...

* Autobiography of a fighter and test pilot during World War II and Vietnam *Among first marines to fly a helicopter *First Marine to be named to the Navy Carrier Aviation Test Pilots Hall of Honor First published in 1994, this stirring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945607Author Henry ConnFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The industrial and technical history of the Lambretta Junior series, told through invaluable archive materials. In the early Sixties, Innocenti took a technological leap in the engineering of the...

A book dedicated to a true milestone in the history of the Innocenti scooter: "Scooterlinea 1962", a thoroughly revised Lambretta that was a protagonist on the worldwide scooter scene of the Sixties. Technically known as the "Series III", the new...

The launch in 1906 of HMS _Dreadnought_, the worlds first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete, but at the same time it wiped out the Royal Navy's numerical advantage, so expensively maintained for decades. Already locked...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038059Author Elaine ArthursFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615611839Author Robert GandtFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Black Star ProductionsPublisher Black Star ProductionsWeight(grams) 467gDimensions(mm)...

Books on railway history invariably start with the Stephenson's or with Richard Trevithick's locomotive of 1804., but the story begins much earlier with the development of steam engines for pumping out deep mines. Ken Gibbs, a retired engineer who served...

Have you longed to restore a classic Porsche 911, but were either overwhelmed by the scale of the task, or simply unsure of what was involved? This unique publication brings that experience to life, covering every detail of the loving restoration of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780730399896Author Eddie DilleenFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdPublisher John Wiley & Sons Australia LtdWeight(grams)...

Aston Martin is now a century old - and what a century it has been. Since its birth in London on the eve of the First World War, the company has experienced the highs of racing triumph - most famously in the 1959 Le Mans 24-hour race - and the lows of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619546233Author Aviation Supplies & AcademicsFormat HardbackPage Count 104Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies &...

In this book Martyn Hilbert presents a pictorial survey of Electrical Multiple Units in the North of England, from Staffordshire to the Scottish borders, Doncaster to Tyneside and including the conurbations of Merseyside, Greater Manchester and...

This is the story of 32 years of Boeing 747 jumbo jet service with French leisure carrier Corsair, bringing together the individual history of their 24 747s, and two in-depth historical essays: the story of the Boeing 747, and the complete story of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780911366Author David Burgess-WiseFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853615767Author John E. ChackesfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 168Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

'Cliffs, sudden death and sharks on the right; poisonous snakes, spiders, lethal kangaroos, dingoes and, of course, the killer wombats on the left.' These are just some of the challenges that face Geoff Hill and Colin O'Carroll as they set off on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781912050680Author Tom FerrisFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg Limited

All too often, when observing our railways, focus falls entirely on the locomotives or multiple units that haul the many services that travel on them. Britain's railway wagons are equally deserving of attention, with many fascinating details of their own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492663966Author Patrick SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc

The Dennis company has been building vehicles since 1895, making it the oldest continuously producing British manufacturer. From its origins in a small Guildford shop, the company has grown to become a major bus manufacturer with its products selling...

In the long and absorbing history of Britain's railways and the men and women who have worked on them, the most challenging years were those of the two world wars. Neither of these wars could have been won without the railways. Transportation of...

This book describes the birth, development, and rallying career of the original Ford Escort, one of Europe's Landmark Rally Cars in the early 1970s, providing a compact and authoritative history of where, how, and why it became so important to the sport...

Michael Schumacher: the greatest of all time. A champion with a reputation founded on records, the man who has brought most glory to Ferrari in the modern era. With a dramatic coda to the story that we like to think of as a pit stop before a return to...

The bestselling author of The Journeying Moon explores the history and culture of Sicily in this colorful travel memoir. In his memoir The Journeying Moon, historian Ernle Bradford recounts the call to adventure that brought him and his wife, Janet, to a...

The Land Speed Record is a fascinating story of human endeavour - of man and machine battling time to be the fastest. Since 1898 many have dreamed of being the fastest on earth, first with electric, then steam, then petrol, moving forward to the jet car,...

Build your own flathead roadster just as it would have been built in the 1950s! Using a 1929 Ford Model A, this guide follows its construction from start to fantastic finish. Bishop begins with a wealth of expert advice on planning your project, finding...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780977824519Author Mike Byrnes and AssociatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Mike Byrnes & AssociatesPublisher Mike Byrnes &...

Robert Stephenson's Planet class locomotive was the first true design of mainline express passenger locomotive. Delivered less than a year after Rocket it was one of the most successful early locomotive designs. Planet set the mold for British locomotive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorRoger Williams was born in 1940. Aircraft became his first love & he joined the de Havilland Aircraft Company where he quickly added motor cars to his list of...

A fascinating array of operators and vehicles are portrayed in the years leading up to 1972, when National Bus Company amalgamations changed so much. Starting in Oxford, characterised by City of Oxford's red, maroon and duck-egg green buses, the River...