Transportation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316414470Author R G GrantFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersPublisher Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersWeight(grams)...

With over 260 images, this is a highly illustrated history of the ships and operations of the Royal Navy during the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II. During the 70 years spanned by the reign of the late Queen Elizabeth II, the Royal Navy changed...

When the plane crashed, 160 people perished. Now someone is killing off the survivors.Five years ago, a horrific airline disaster made headlines around the world. On the anniversary of the fatal crash, a number of those who were spared gather to mark the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613254455Author Mike MavrigianFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint CartechPublisher CartechWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm * 8mm

The books in the Everyday Modifications series from Crowood are designed to guide classic car owners through the workshop skills needed to make their cars easier to use and enjoy. MG expert Roger Parker gives his advice on maintaining and modifying MGB,...

In the days before privatisation, many bus companies adapted old buses for a variety of specialist uses as service vehicles. Using the skills and ingenuity of their workshops, buses might become, among other things, stores vans, tree loppers or uniform...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809365Author Sergey KomissarovFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Between soaring mountains, across arid deserts, parched plains and valleys of fruit orchards and olive groves, down glittering coastlines and along viaducts towering above plunging ravines... there is no better way to see Spain than by train. Tom...

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To sail the oceans needed skill as well as courage and experience, and the sea chart with, where appropriate, the coastal view, was the tool by which ships of trade, transport or conquest navigated their course. This book looks at the history and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613250389Author Joseph PalazolloFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

September 1940: In the midst of the Second World War, The Luftwaffe unleashed a series of devastating raids on Southampton, all but destroying its Spitfire factories.But production didn't stop. Instead, manufacturing of this iconic fighter moved...

This lavish photographic history of the most beautiful and historic railway stations in London tells a story of power, progress and innovation, from the beginning of steam age to the teeming commuter hubs of today. London has more mainline railway...

Welding is a skill that any do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his arsenal. Its only when you can join metal that you can properly repair and create. This book is the perfect introduction for neophytes and an excellent refresher for veteran welders, a...

Porsche Boxster and Cayman follows the design and development of this mid-engined sports car and coupe family, from their origins in the company's concerted racing activities in the 1950s and 1960s, to the drawing board, launch and systematic evolution...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599696508Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 472Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

Which was the first railway in Great Britain? Certainly not the one engineered by George Stephenson - one of the first was laid down at Wollaton, near Nottingham, open by 1610, long before Stephenson's birth in 1781. In this comprehensive history,...

Tired of airport security queues, delays and all those extra taxes and charges, Tom Chesshyre embarks on a series of high-speed adventures across the Continent on its fast trains instead. From shiny London St Pancras, Tom travels to places that wouldn't...

For over 50 years Heavy Weather Sailing has been regarded as the ultimate international authority on surviving storms at sea aboard sailing and motor vessels. In this book, former Commodore of the Ocean Cruising Club Martin Thomas brings together a...

The poor boy raised on a bankrupt farm along the western shore of the Mississippi would become the owner of the Fortune 500 aerospace empire, Gulfstream Aerospace. It was a convoluted journey for this visionary tycoon of modern aviation, and the...

Navigate your way around Swansea with detailed street maps from A-Z This up-to-date, folded A-Z street map includes all of the 1,500 streets in and around Swansea.As well as the city centre and Swansea Maritime Quarter, the other areas covered...

Celebrate more than 100 years of Germany's best two- and four-wheeled rides. This handsome volume is filled with images, history, and in-depth review of the incredible machines BMW has created year after year. Established in 1916, BMW is one of the...

For centuries, battleships provided overwhelming firepower at sea. They were not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation's power, wealth and pride. The rise of the aircraft carrier following the Japanese aerial strike on...

Plans included: Crinan Approaches (1:10 000) Ardrishaig (1:15 000) East Loch Tarbert (1:12 000) Campbeltown Loch (1:35 000) Campbeltown Harbour (1:7500) Caladh Harbour (1:10 000) Burnt Islands (1:10 000) Rothesay Harbour (1:5000) Lamlash Harbour (1:75...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892879601Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

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Return to the era when rail blue ruled supreme on the railways of Britain, when a wide variety of British-built trains operated from the highlands of Scotland, through the now vanished industrial north and midlands, through the Welsh valleys, across the...

The Bridgewater Canal is distinguished as England's first canal and its development marked the beginning of a transport revolution that provided a crucial foundation for industrial and commercial development in England. Since its completion in 1765, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780856966231Author J. H. HaynesFormat HardbackPage Count 245Imprint J H Haynes & Co LtdPublisher Haynes Publishing Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800352568Author Lord Richard FaulknerFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Every manual is written from hands-on experience gained from stripping down and rebuilding each vehicle in the Haynes Project Workshop. The practical step-by-step instructions and clear photos are easy to follow and provide information on maintenance,...

Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy...

Following the end of the steam locomotive in normal service, the diesel has become the favourite of many railway enthusiasts. To show something of the diesel types and operations on various international railway systems, Peter J. Green has selected some...

For a century now the Aston Martin name has been synonymous with performance, style and sophistication. Perhaps more than any other luxury car it possesses a mystique and charisma that have established it as a cultural icon and the pinnacle of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143111771Author Peter WalkerFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint TarcherPerigeePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 209mm *...

The Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Model 720 - was the pioneer of the sweptback wing, incorporating podded engines borrowed from the B-47 military bomber...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913628055Author Liz HurleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 118Imprint Mudlark's PressPublisher Mudlark's Press

Rene Staud, the grand master of automobile photography, has published a new illustrated book. In his coffee-table book Black Beauties, the automotive photographer devotes himself entirely to the colour black. In this extraordinarily book, Staud takes car...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892878284Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 416Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

From trams and trains and buses to ... Concorde. This is a story in photographs of the erstwhile Victorian farming villages of Filton and Patchway in Gloucestershire, through their metamorphosis into the urban communities of the supersonic era. It...