Transportation

Although Coventry Corporation had been running a tram service since the 1880s, the Corporation's first bus services did not come into operation until 1914. The outbreak of the First World War that September, however, meant that the bus chassis built for...

The schooner Sultana is a remarkable example of what can happen when a grand idea sparks the imagination of a group of exceptional people. The idea-building a reproduction of an eighteenth-century schooner to be a floating classroom on the Chesapeake...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644253328Author ASA Test Prep BoardFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Aviation Supplies & AcademicsPublisher Aviation Supplies &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857945126Author Henry ConnFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media GroupDimensions(mm) 169mm * 238mm * 5mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994603852Author Owen ZuppFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint There and BackPublisher There and BackWeight(grams) 254g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781929133499Author Timothy RemusFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Wolfgang PublicationsPublisher Wolfgang PublicationsWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

There are many ways of designing a motorcycle, but it takes a great deal of artistic sensitivity to create a legend from only two cylinders. That is exactly what Moto Guzzi, the prestige manufacturer in Mandello del Lario, has done. Active in motorcycle...

For all owners - and would-be owners - of four-wheeled Morgans, this invaluable book is packed with genuinely useful information. Beginning with a detailed look at Morgan's history, Ken Hill then describes the marque's motorsport record, followed by a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613255490Author Larry ShepardFormat 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 9781588347350Author Tony ReichhardtFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Smithsonian BooksPublisher Smithsonian Books

When Orville and Wilbur Wright soared over Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina's outer banks and solved the problem of aerial navigation, they wrote the last chapter in a long story. For decades prior, a small community of engineers, scientists, and...

The iconic Hawker-Siddeley Harrier was designed to fight the Cold War from the fields of West Germany but won its battle spurs in the Falklands, Belize and Afghanistan. It was controversially scrapped by the British Government fifty years after entering...

Livable Streets 2.0 offers a thorough examination of the struggle between automobiles, residents, pedestrians and other users of streets, along with evidence-based, practical strategies for redesigning city street networks that support urban livability...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578425832Author James Rush ManleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 318Imprint James Rush ManleyPublisher James Rush ManleyWeight(grams) 426gDimensions(mm) 229mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (Cover Design (Large)) 2019 and Benjamin Franklin Award (Professional/Technical) 2019.Book InformationISBN 9781937747930Author Michael...

Fuelled by passion, nostalgia and perhaps eccentricity over necessity, Chris Haddon unveils often overlooked and garage-dwelling cars and introduces you to the worlds' most classic cars and their owners. Some are immaculate, while some come...

This book provides a flight plan for riding the impending connectivity transformation curve. It takes the perspective of actionability, highlighting initiatives that executives in airlines and related businesses can use from the insights of...

When Arthur Anderson invited William Makepeace Thackeray to take a cruise in 1844, and to write about it, British shipping lines offered passage on their vessels for no other reason than leisure. By the 1880s, passenger ships designed solely for cruising...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312334369Author Michael J TougiasFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm)...

Covers the history and development of the railways and the transforming effect which they had on the world. A lively and readable account, peppered with fascinating facts. Written by an authoritative and important figure in the world of railways.About...

Space Power Development: Theory and Organization explores the nature of space programs and how nations can maximize their advantages gained from space operations. The first chapter of the book draws from both military and economic theory to describe an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943887Author Henry ConnFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

This is the new 2015 edition of the FAA's previous "Instrument Procedures Handbook" (previously the FAA-H-8083-16).This book covers all of the information needed to operate safely within the airspace system. In the FAA's "Instrument Procedures Handbook"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892879281Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 632Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935828693Author Timothy RemusFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Wolfgang PublicationsPublisher Wolfgang Publications

Approved in May 1833 at the same time as the London & Birmingham Railway, the Grand Junction Railway was intended to act as a link between the London & Birmingham and the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. Built under the guidance of Joseph Locke, the Grand...

The incredibly popular sixties design classics, with their enduring appeal, the original air-cooled Volkswagen cars and Transporters are fully explored in this fascinating book. A unique picture-led chronicle of the Volkswagen story through the 1950s and...

We read the story of a young designer's idea of a car so radical that over fifty years later, it would still be part of our lives. From the car's launch at Earl's Court in 1948 to the passion of restorer's who are making this classic available for a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563927317Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 610gDimensions(mm)...

Roughly moving around the town along the old 'figure of eight' electric tram route that opened in 1906, this book rediscovers the lost world of the horse-drawn and electric trams through to trolleybuses and motorbuses operated by South Shields...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788797184905Author Robert OlesenFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Lzb DanmarkPublisher Lzb DanmarkWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 21mm

The Eastern Region was a great attraction to railway enthusiasts in the years after nationalisation. The 200 photographs here have been carefully selected to convey the essence of these exciting times, when it seemed that steam would remain unchallenged...

Steamship Travel in the Interwar Years: Tourist Third Cabin offers a window into a bygone era in which modern steamships like the Queen Mary, the Normandie, and the Olympic transported new breeds of tourists between Europe and North America, and dazzled...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780988336353Author Michael RinaldiFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Rinaldi Studio PressPublisher Rinaldi Studio Press

The railways of the USA have a great following, both in the United States where there are large numbers of rail fans and increasingly in Britain/Europe, where there are enthusiasts who visit and model North American railroads. The number and variety of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613250129Author Jim SzilagyFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 358gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952758Author John StrettonFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

"I suggest, henceforth, when a woman talks women's rights, she be answered with the word Titanic, nothing more-just Titanic," wrote a St. Louis man to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He was not alone in mining the ship for a metaphor. Everyone found...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781644677735Author Robert R FrumpFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Race PointPublisher Race PointWeight(grams) 231gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

The story of the Great Liners begins on the Atlantic route between the Old World and the New, between Europe and the United States. It was the most prestigious, most progressive and certainly most competitive ocean liner run of all time. It was on the...