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Dr Beeching's infamous 1963 report recommending cuts to a number of Britain's railways has long been etched into the consciousness of the British public, but a look at the rail map of Britain today reveals some survivors. These survivors avoided the chop...

The Jet Age in Britain began with the Gloster E.28/39 and the Meteor fighter during the Second World War. At the end of the 1950s and the start of the 1960s, the next generation of British jet aircraft was beginning to come into service. This second...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909328334Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781937684211Author The Reading CompanyFormat PaperbackPage Count 126Imprint Periscope Film LLCPublisher Periscope Film LLCWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm)...

Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring the Titanic's distress calls. This book offers an evidence which prompted the British Government to re-open the case surrounding Captain Lord and the Californian and proved...

Many books have been produced which detail the lives and thoughts of famous individuals. A View from the Wings is unique, recalling a wartime boyhood in which aircraft flying constantly overhead played a large part. This experience led to a lifetime...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486409665Author Alexander O. ExquemelinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419264Author David HammersleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

Like Henry Ford, Herbert Austin had farming roots. Both brought motoring to the masses and both attempted to take the physical drudgery out of farming by introducing mechanisation. Austin imported American machines in the First World War and heard...

Among the iconic aircraft of World War II, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt not only was physically the biggest single-engine fighter, it also had an enormous impact on history. In terms of its combat effectiveness, P-47 fliers destroyed 7,067 hostile...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892873043Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Cunard, the most famous name in shipping, turns 175 years old in 2015. Cunard began back in 1840 with paddlewheel steamers, but grew and progressed and created some of the largest, fastest and most luxurious liners in their time. The final 'golden age'...

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When the RAF was formed in 1918, Great Britain boasted the largest air force in the world, but it was not to last. As soon as the armistice was declared, a rapid disarmament began. After a period of austerity, the surplus military aircraft formed the...

The start of the twenty-first century saw a flurry of bus activity at Stratford in East London to provide services to the Millennium Dome - this proved to be largely unneeded. Far more significant was the award of the Olympic Games to London in 2012,...

Services from mainland Scotland to Orkney and Shetland were, from the dawn of steam navigation right up until 2002, in the hands of the North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Company, known as the North Company, whose predecessors dated back to...

This is a photographic album showing the navigable section of the River Chelmer from Maldon to Chelmsford. After almost 200 years of commercial traffic, today the waterway is used by pleasure craft, and its recent restoration is mirrored in the images...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414093Author Martin DerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085826Author Richard HeseltineFormat HardbackPage Count 108Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press International

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837601519Author Moses LudelFormat PaperbackPage Count 612Imprint Bentley (Robert) Inc.,USPublisher Bentley (Robert) Inc.,USDimensions(mm) 280mm * 215mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780859791847Author Ken EllisFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952338Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781908174130Author George BradshawFormat PaperbackImprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

This revised edition contains over 5,000 terms used by air traffic controllers, pilots, cabin crew, maintenance crews, ground staff and other airline personnel. Designed for those specialising in aviation and related industries, including trainee pilots,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613251317Author Pat GanahlFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 7mm

Merchant Ship Types provides a broad and detailed introduction to the classifications and main categories of merchant vessels for students and cadets. It introduces the concept of ship classification by usage, cargo type, and size, and shows how the...

Strathclyde Traction covers the former Strathclyde Region Council area of the west of Scotland, stretching from the southern end of the Western Highlands to the Southern Uplands, which was formed by merging the city of Glasgow with the counties of Ayr,...

In the final volume of his historical neuroscience trilogy, prize-winning author Alan J. McComas recounts the research that led to recognition of the hippocampus, a structure deep within the brain, as being primarily responsible for memory. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615641195Author Bob HerzogFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint LotuszogPublisher LotuszogWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 7mm

The route covered by this book dates from 1849 onwards. It ran from Manchester to Altrincham, utilising the infrastructure of the Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Railway, then to Knutsford by 1862, with extensions to Northwich and Mouldsworth,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613253267Author Gerry BurgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781873793084Author Vic MitchellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

O.S. Nock continues his account of the GWR 4-4-0s with a further look at G.J. Churchward and his programme of modernisation and standardisation, particularly in boiler design, and his introduction of the 'County' class - the last of the new GWR designs...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892879977Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Looking Back at Sulzer Locomotives is a full-colour photographic album depicting the various classes of locomotives on British Railways that enjoyed Sulzer power. Inside we cover Classes 47, 44, 45, 46, 33, 27, 26, 25, and 24, not forgetting the seldom...

This book presents an account of the use and actions of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, one of the primary pieces of the German navy in WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887402425Author Siegfried BreyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer...

A must-have A-Z guide with fascinating facts, figures, quotes and statistics from the high-flying world of aviation, From Airbus to Zeppelin has it all. D is for Desert Island Discs: just what would Dambuster Guy Gibson have liked while marooned on his...

Today, most British Rail diesel locomotive types are represented in preservation, though some classes are much more prolific than others (in particular the more recently withdrawn). Sadly, several early types were lost completely as they were withdrawn...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542029Author Ralph BuehlerFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

From the mythical De Dion Bouton Type K1 to the Delahaye, from the Jeep Willys to the combi Volkswagen, from the Mercedes Benz to the Ford Mustang Shelby GT 500, from the Aston Martin DB7 to the Bugatti Veyron 16.4, and from the Austin Mini to the Range...