Transportation

This is a colour album of London Buses concentrating mainly on the 1970s which was the first decade since London Transport's inception in 1933 to feature a large number of buses on London streets which were not painted in the mainly all-red (or in a few...

The regulation of modern civil aviation can be traced back to the later years of the Second World War. An intense debate about the future regulatory regime resulted in a compromise which to this day essentially dictates the structure of the global...

This book tells the story of the famous James ML military motorcycle which had originally been developed as a utility machine for the working man and was then modified for the military during the Second World War. The James ML was used for carrying...

The B-24 Liberator remains to this day the world's most produced heavy bomber and multi-engine aircraft, and the most-produced military aircraft in US history, with almost 19,000 examples leaving the assembly lines of five plants. Through a broad range...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943337Author Alan J. HaighFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

A small investment in this book could save you a fortune. With the aid of this book's step-by-step expert guidance, you will discover all you need to know about the car you want to buy. The unique point system will help you to place the car's value in...

We think of the Stephensons and Brunel as the fathers of the railways, and their Liverpool and Manchester and Great Western Railways as the prototypes of the modern systems. But who were the railways' grandfathers and great-grandfathers? The rapid...

SUV may stand for Sport Utility Vehicle, but it is the vehicle of choice for everyone from the soccer mom to the hunter to the small-business person. Whether confronting wild terrain or suburban sprawl, these daily drivers require regular maintenance to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642340549Author C. Lyle Cummins, Jr.Page Count 756Imprint Octane PressPublisher Octane Press

With more than 1,300 pages and 12,500 illustrations covering 70 years, this may be the most complete visual history of the American automobile ever published. Nowhere else are there so many collector, luxury, sporting and every day cars assembled with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620923436Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 387gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644253687Author Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)/Aviation Supplies & Academics (Asa)Format PaperbackPage Count 1120Imprint Aviation Supplies &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085444Author Mick WalshFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press International

In 1984 Peugeot launched the 205 1.6 GTi, which not only changed Peugeot's image forever, but also set a new benchmark for 'hot hatches' eight years after the legendary Golf GTI had raised the bar. Weak points, rust traps, and potential mechanical...

A great many books have been written over the years about individual airfields or those in particular counties/areas but this one covers a good proportion of them in one publication, from Abbots Bromley to Zeals. It provides brief details of over 1700...

A smuggler ... 'honest thief' or 'wretch'? Opinion was divided some 200 years ago when smuggling was in its heyday and known as 'that infamous traffick'. Charles Lamb, the essayist, was in favour when he wrote in the early 1800s, 'I like a smuggler;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780938716587Author Gustav LilienthalFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Markowski International PublishersPublisher Markowski International...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911639671Author George ReevesFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 276gDimensions(mm) 295mm...

Seventies Spotting Days in the Western Region is a full-colour photographic album depicting the 1970s with coverage of both diesel-electric and diesel-hydraulics from that great period of change on our railways. The captions include items of news,...

Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of...

The first Waterloo Station opened in 1848 and the current building was completed in 1922, after a huge rebuilding programme started in 1899. Catering for suburban traffic, Waterloo is also the major station for trains to Southampton, Portsmouth and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783943330274Author Jean-Marc ThevenetFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Gingko PressPublisher Gingko Press

Alf Townsend is a London cabbie with nearly fifty years' experience. In his new book, he gathers together for the first time the complete history of London's cabs in wartime - not just in the Second World War when cabs were converted for other uses...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945577Author Terry Gough and Bob AveryFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841144429Author Mike HeathFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995142138Author Fletcher McKenzieFormat PaperbackPage Count 394Imprint Squabbling Sparrows PressPublisher Squabbling Sparrows PressWeight(grams) 152g

Famously pictured in the opening credits of the popular television series M.A.S.H., Bell's Model 47 helicopter was the first helicopter certified for civilian use in March 1946 and went on to serve a wide variety of military and civilian applications...

This book describes the heritage and development of the entire Piper Cherokee family; its safety and ownership characteristics; internal and external details; and a range of special variants from STOL modifications and new engines to seaplanes and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781929133062Author Timothy RemusFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wolfgang PublicationsPublisher Wolfgang PublicationsWeight(grams) 486gDimensions(mm)...

Few marques inspire such enthusiasm as Alfa Romeo, and among its most celebrated jewels are undoubtedly its coupes and spiders, the sportiest members of an already sporty Alfa family. This book tells the full story of Alfa's two-door cars in the post-war...

This illustrated history describes how the two pioneering railways of northern England, the Stockton and Darlington and Newcastle and Carlisle railways, developed from unsuccessful canal proposals and how they, with the ill-fated Stanhope and Tyne...

For over 150 years Britain's railways have relied on a system of semaphore signalling, but by 2020, all semaphore signals and lineside signal boxes will be gone. A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling provides a unique record of the last...

STOP! Don't buy a Porsche 964 without buying this book first! Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Adrian Streather's years of Porsche ownership. Learn how to spot a bad car quickly and how...

Science with the squishy bits left in! The Fearsome Fight for Flight will send you sky-high! Are you in a flap to discover: * who put a parachute on a puppy? * why scientists fire dead birds from cannon? * what happened...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858951263Author John BroughtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 173g

The narrow gauge railways of Britain have seemingly had the gift of choosing some of the country's most beautiful scenery through which to run. The Leek & Manifold Valley Light Railway was no exception, running for eight winding miles through the valleys...

Featuring an array of previously unpublished images, Royston Morris documents the fascinating world of the vehicles and equipment that keep the nation's railways on track and on time. There are numerous machines that can carry out various different...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911639374Author Mike CowtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 256gDimensions(mm) 196mm *...

Discovering Britain's First Railways is devoted to the history, rediscovery and exploration of Britain's first railways, examining its network of over 1,500 miles of horse-drawn tramroads and waggonways. This essential guide not only describes their...