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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,...

Which racing motorcycles or sidecar outfits have made the strongest contributions to the Isle of Man TT over the last century? If you had to choose twenty-five individual machines for a fantasy museum, which ones would they be? Matthew Richardson has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658603Author Stuart OwenFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 780gDimensions(mm) 256mm *...

WINNER OF THE 2018 GIRO D'ITALIA!THREE TIME WINNER OF THE TOUR DE FRANCE.THE FIRST MAN SINCE BERNARD HINAULT TO HOLD THE MAGLIA ROSA, THE MAILLOT JAUNE AND THE MAILLOT ROJO AT THE SAME TIME.This is Chris Foome in his own words.'Engaging, vividly evoked'...

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...

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)...

They don't make 'bad' cars any more, right? Well, maybe not, but there have been some real clunkers in years gone by, and this is the first book to celebrate them in all their awful glory. In this new edition, Giles Chapman presents to you "The Worst...

The Land Cruiser is Toyota's longest continually produced model. From its start as a utility vehicle built during a period of economic gloom and uncertainty after the Second World War, it is now a well-equipped, luxurious and highly capable prestige SUV...

The largest, most luxurious ship in the world, lost on her maiden voyage after colliding with an iceberg in mid-Atlantic, Titanic has become the stuff of legends. Built at the peak of the race between the British, French and Germans to build bigger and...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563924101Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 570gDimensions(mm)...

Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world's deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. After a brutal accident forced him out of...

On the map of global trade, China is now the factory of the world. A parade of ships full of raw commodities-iron ore, coal, oil-arrive in its ports, and fleets of container ships leave with manufactured goods in all directions. The oil that fuels...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809693Author David LarkinFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

British Midland Airways existed under different identities for over 70 years, during which time it grew from a flying training school into a scheduled transatlantic airline operating wide-bodied Airbus aircraft. With the prime routes dominated by British...

In the 1970s you could travel from the Scottish border to the Yorkshire coast resort towns using only red and white United buses. In the 2000s you can still do the same but in turquoise Arriva buses. It would be easy to assume little has changed, but to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262538404Author David Gordon WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 568Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 33mm

An insight into the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the British Army's most successfull post-war tank, The Centurion is significant in the history of British armoured fighting vehicles as well as being one of the most important...

Peter Tucker presents a photographic survey of London's red buses from his teenage years in the 1990s to the present day. Buses featured in this colourful publication include the classic AEC Routemaster, the sophisticated Leyland Titan, the sturdy MCW...

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,...

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,...

The Alvis company of Coventry were motor and aero engineers who made some of the finest motor cars during the period 1920 to 1967, when car production stopped. There were no independent coachbuilders left and mass production was not for Alvis. Total...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599696393Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 752Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

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,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620922019Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 494gDimensions(mm)...

In the last few decades, steampunk has blossomed from being a rather obscure and little-known subgenre of science fiction into a striking and distinctive style of fashion, art, design and even music. It is in the written word however that steampunk has...

Why will a sailor never go to sea on Friday 13th? Why are boats always referred to as 'she'? How do you navigate the ocean without a compass? Does the Bermuda Triangle really exist? Why do sailors wear earrings? Did Blackbeard actually exist? Did...

In the mid-nineteenth century, the great age of railway building, Charles Dickens could not but be aware of their transformative impact on society. So he wrote about it - to a remarkable extent. He wrote a classic ghost story, 'The Signalman'; in Dombey...

A comprehensive textbook on the VOR and ADF. An essential book for the student or private pilot about to embark on instrument navigation. All the basic functions and use of the equipment are discussed. In addition, instrument descents are included to...

When the Titanic sank, so did the Edwardian age that created it. In this brilliantly original history, Gareth Russell recasts a tragedy we think we know to explore an era of seismic change. With new research and...

There are few more beautiful cities in the world that it is possible to sail into the heart of, but that is what the authors were able to do in Istanbul while researching this, the tenth edition. Their research also took them south as far as Goecek and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781843360810Author David RobsonFormat PaperbackImprint Air Pilot Publisher LtdPublisher Air Pilot Publisher Ltd

This volume of R A Burt's magnificent bestselling three-volume history of British battleships covers the pre-dreadnought era which has, in recent years, acquired a new and fervent following. The Russian war scare of 1884 and the public's anxiety about...

After ten years of production, the Solihull-manufactured Land Rover was established as a useful 4x4, popular with farmers, armies, and those whose employment took them far from the beaten track. Following a redesign, the Series II Land Rover was launched...

With a Haynes manual, you can do it yourself...from simple maintenance to basic repairs. Haynes writes every book based on a complete teardown of the vehicle. We learn the best ways to do a job and that makes it quicker, easier and cheaper for you. Our...

Exploring the frozen Alaskan wilderness; spotting elephants and lions on a Botswana river safari; sailing through the mighty fjords in Scandinavia and New Zealand; island-hopping the Caribbean, rich in colonial plazas and white sand beaches. Cruising has...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563920608Author J. H. HaynesFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 490g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563926464Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 481gDimensions(mm)...

The Titanic is one of the most famous maritime disasters of all time, but did the Titanic really sink on the morning of 15 April 1912? Titanic's older sister, the nearly identical Olympic, was involved in a serious accident in September 1911 - an...