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The drama of the Cumbrian countryside combined with some of the most powerful diesel and electric locomotives to be found anywhere in Britain. Gordon Edgar's photographs cover every aspect of diesel and electric traction in Cumbria, hauling both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943535Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

When Royal Princess was named in Southampton by HRH The Princess of Wales in November 1984, she was the most advanced purpose-built luxury cruise ship ever conceived and constructed. Built at the beginning of the modern commercial age of cruising, she...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel gave Reading an inconvenient station with but a single platform; after four major rebuilds it now has 15. This book documents 175 years of growth; the proliferation of branches and connections; the 'railway mania' of the 1840s;...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987183095Author Charlie SurianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Tebrakunna HoldingsPublisher Tebrakunna HoldingsWeight(grams) 503g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401300043Author Kenneth T WalshFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 531gDimensions(mm) 240mm * 163mm * 25mm

From 1850 to 1854, the ambitious Commander Robert McClure captained the HMS Investigator on a voyage in search of the missing Franklin Expedition, which sailed from England into the Arctic in 1845 to map the last uncharted section of the North-West...

How many times have we heard the phrase 'they don't make them like they used to'? Whatever the merits or otherwise of applying such a comment to UK railway locomotives, the fact remains that there are many longstanding survivors from our railway past...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906419424Author Kevin RobertsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 100Imprint Noodle BooksPublisher Crecy Publishing

For the first time, a rich heritage of pictures and other information about private motoring in Bedford since the turn of the 20th century highlights a little known aspect of the town's history.About the AuthorRichard Wildman is School Archivist of...

The practice of naming trains has a long history. The 'Irish Mail' was known thus, unofficially, from about 1848 and the 'Flying Scotsman' from 1862. However, official recognition of these titles did not come until many years later, and engine headboards...

All the information you need to operate safely in US airspace, fully updated. If you're an aviator or aviation enthusiast, you cannot be caught with an out-of-date edition of the FAR/AIM. In today's environment, there is no excuse for ignorance of the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781642341393Author Lee KlancherFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Octane PressPublisher Octane Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780932146229Author Oscar Bryan WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Peninsula PublishingPublisher Peninsula PublishingWeight(grams) 290g

This new large format volume is a grand tribute to all of those who served in SAC from its inception in 1947 to its disestablishment in 1992. The great variety of aircraft and missile systems of Strategic Air Command are shown in over 800 color and black...

With photos taken in Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, the West Country, London and beyond, Peter Horrex takes the reader on an illuminating tour around England's modern bus scene, covering a period of almost thirty years. During this time there has not...

This is a rare day-to-day account by a young German squadron leader in Jagdstaffel 35 during the grim last year of the war. Originally published in 1933, it provides minute descriptions of kills, losses, and the Germans' step-by-step retreat in the face...

The rapid disappearance of steam from British Railways in the late 1960s was a bitter blow for the thousands of railway enthusiasts who had been brought up with the sounds, smells and sheer excitement of steam power. The industrial railways of Britain...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613258002Author Wes EisenschenkFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

Canals reached their zenith in the eighteenth century during the Industrial Revolution, before the arrival of the railways usurped their position, whereupon a number of them fell into disrepair and disuse. For many years forgotten, canals and waterways...

AUTHOR OF SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, LIFE TO THE LIMITIn his 17 years as a Formula 1 driver, Jenson Button has picked up a thing or two about how to do the job properly. Sure, you need to be able to drive a car fast - and Jenson is on hand to pass on a few...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781850109211Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 370gDimensions(mm)...

Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400.Book InformationISBN 9780887407529Author Bernd BarbasFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

In September 1939, Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Thus began the greatest armed struggle in history. Within days of the invasion, Germany was at war with France, Great Britain and much of the Commonwealth, but by the end of 1941 - by which time...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780228815006Author Rorke BryanFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Tellwell TalentPublisher Tellwell TalentWeight(grams) 381g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985035303Author William PearceFormat PaperbackPage Count 124Imprint Old Machine PressPublisher Old Machine PressWeight(grams) 178g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945591Author Henry ConnFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620922880Author Editors of Haynes ManualsFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781900340465Author Michael ReillyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Mainline & MaritimePublisher Mainline & Maritime

Being situated in the centre of the UK, the West Midlands have always been the hub of the railway network. From InterCity workings from London Euston, to CrossCountry trains from the North East to the South West, there has always been plenty of variety...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973225396Author Phil CroucherFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Lulu.comPublisher Lulu.comWeight(grams) 189g

A new photo chronicle of the Horten Flying Wing featuring new photographic material and information.Book InformationISBN 9780887408861Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

From its birth in 1959, the Mini grew to become a national treasure and huge success: Princess Margaret owned one, as did Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, the Beatles, Peter Sellers and Marianne Faithfull. Its popularity with women in particular marked it out...

'Stations and Lineside Views in and Around London' features photographs taken by retired British Medical Council researcher/author Dr B. W. L. Brooksbank and captions by railway author Peter Tuffrey. The photographs span the last years of steam traction...

Kent Ports and Harbours charts the changes that have occurred over the last 400 years to the Kent ports and their associated shipping industries. It covers the development from naval dockyard to commercial port that took place at Chatham and Sheerness,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563922039Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 542gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604520460Author James Patrick BaldwinFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Bluewaterpress LLCPublisher Bluewaterpress LLCWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

Comprehensively revised and updated, the second edition of this widely regarded text reflects the changing environment within international airline training. With particular emphasis on human factors, crew resource management (CRM), crew and...

With off-road driving becoming more and more popular and taking drivers to ever more challenging destinations, the time has never been better for this essential guide to surviving the many challenges come across during these adventures. Covering areas...