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Metals have been used in boats for thousands of years, as components of the vessel's construction, as load-bearing parts of the rigging and steering systems, and for a wide variety of domestic and service duties. Due to misunderstandings of the...

Cammell Laird's shipyard has brought tremendous benefit to the social and economic fabric of the area. For Ian Collard, who grew up in the Wirrall, it was a place he always imagined being there. However, severe competition from European and Far Eastern...

Global disruption, new technologies and changing consumer habits are causing turmoil in the supply chain industry. This book shows businesses how to remain resilient in this dynamic new environment. The supply chain crisis of 2021 exposed the...

The Only Route 66 Guidebook with a Fully Integrated App! Deviate from the norm, go a bit farther, and make your trip uniquely yours. Put discovery and wonder back into your travels. Roadtrippers Route 66 celebrates life's detours and on-the-road...

A comprehensive guide to original factory specification and equipment of VW Split-screen and Bay-window transporters. 265 photographs of 25 vehicles from Germany, the UK and the USA illustrate not only the people carriers but the many variations panel...

Restoring a fibreglass yacht is not something for the faint-hearted, even if you don't intend to do all the work yourself (you still need to understand the processes to be gone through). But the satisfaction of the job well done, not to mention the...

Discover some of the rarest and most desirable Porsche sports cars ever produced! Throughout the history of the sports car, no marque has epitomized the excitement and passion of driving like Porsche. The Saratoga Automobile Museum, in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952949Author John Stretton and Tim MaddocksFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Starting in 1965, when Swift found success with its early models, this book follows the development of Swift Caravans to the present day, where it has grown into a multi-brand leisure vehicle producer. The author describes the early models, which became...

The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Within months, the company raised its own battalion of men and was the only railway company to do so. The NER also set to work adapting to the changes and...

The railway at Witham dates from 1843 and the branches to Braintree and Maldon from 1848; the cross-country line to Bishop's Stortford was opened in 1869. The passenger service on the Bishop's Stortford - Braintree line was withdrawn in 1952 and, after...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956813800Author Justin James SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Decinet PublishingPublisher Decinet PublishingWeight(grams) 531g

This book is the mechanic in your glovebox, essential for troubleshooting, identifying issues and suggesting roadside fixes for 101 common problems associated with Series Land Rovers - both on and off-road.The user-friendly layout incorporates extensive...

The introduction of iron tanks within barges in the early twentieth century enabled much heavier cargoes to be carried on the Humber waterways, including liquids such as coal tar or vegetable oils and, by the 1920s, petrol. By the late 1950s/early 1960s,...

Croydon Airport, opened as a Royal Flying Corps aerodrome in 1916, had a short but important history before closing in 1959 after being replaced by Heathrow as London's main airport. One of Europe's most important airports in the inter-war period,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793237Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945645Author John HillierFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The golden age of coaching came between 1815 and 1840 as great road improvements occurred allowing trams, carts and buggies to be towed by horses comfortably. As companies vied for market share, one man stood out above the rest. William Turton made his...

The extraordinary account of how the world's most popular sports car - the Mazda MX-5 Miata Roadster - came into being. The story of how a team of dedicated engineers and designers boldly conceived the idea of a totally new lightweight sports car at a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617587Author Nigel S. C. MacmillanFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943047Author John DeanFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

The stretch of railway line between Hull and Bridlington forms part of northern England's historic Yorkshire Coast Line (or the Hull to Scarborough line), which runs from Hull Paragon to Bridlington and Scarborough and is around 55 miles long. Since it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783960981671Author Wolfgang TillmansFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther KonigPublisher Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617440Author Peter PayeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

Based in Renfrewshire, Clydeside Scottish was a member of the Scottish Bus Group and was created from the northern part of Western SMT's area. Covering the Clyde coast from Largs in Ayrshire into Renfrewshire and Glasgow, its distinctive yellow and red...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965760706Author Lauran Paine JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Cascade PublishingPublisher Cascade PublishingWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943474Author Paul ShannonFormat 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 9781644251881Author William K. KershnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Aviation Supplies & Academics IncPublisher Aviation Supplies & Academics Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892878765Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781894759212Author Betty O'KeefeFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Caitlin PressPublisher Caitlin PressWeight(grams) 256g

It is now more than thirty years since two words synonymous with Diesel Multiple Units became part of railway parlance - 'Pacers' and 'Sprinters'. The Class 142 Pacers were introduced in the mid-1980s and, despite almost continuous criticism as to...

Tom Cotter is the best-known barn-find collector-car expert working today. Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales pulls together his best barn find stories from America and around the globe. Tom Cotter bought his first barn find some 50 years...

The story returns, with new chapters and prospects about to unfold. The agreement between Sauber and Alfa Romeo brings back to the World Championship stage a name that for so long was an integral part of Formula 1 series. Going back to the 1950 and 1951...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785213748Author John MeadFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint J H Haynes & Co LtdPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams) 391gDimensions(mm) 271mm...

Like the railway industry in the nineteenth century, Britain was a major player in supplying the world with buses, particularly double-deckers. The principal contributors in the mid-twentieth century were AEC, Daimler and Leyland Motors. Buses were...

Offers a look at the ever changing Leeds railway scene over a span of 50 years from the late 1940s to the 1990s. In 217 top quality photographs, this book features not only many steam trains of the past but diesels, electrics, stations, locomotive depots...

By the turn of the 1960s, steam traction on Britain's railways was within its last decade and for a group of young enthusiasts living in Carlisle, there was always the urge to travel to other parts of the country to photograph steam locomotives, which in...

Second Generation DMUs in Scotland covers the modern diesel multiple units introduced by BR from 1981. It features locations from across Scotland, and also looks at Carlisle. This book covers units from the experimental Class 140s, introduced in 1981, to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997432220Author Christin ChapmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Bunch PublishingPublisher Bunch PublishingWeight(grams) 240g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943825Author Philip HortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group