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Voices from the Carpathia: Rescuing RMS Titanic by George Behe
$30.11When Titanic began sending out distress calls, one of the first to reply was the Cunard liner Carpathia. As it turned out, Carpathia was the only vessel to reach the scene in time to save the lives of any of Titanic's passengers, and, after she arrived... -
Knox-Johnston on Seamanship & Seafaring: Lessons & experiences from the 50 years since the start of his record breaking voyage Robin Knox-Johnston 9781912177141
RRP: $19.34$11.95On 14th June 1968 Robin Knox-Johnston set sail from Falmouth to take part in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race - the first, non-stop, single-handed sailing race around the world. He was an unknown 29-year old Merchant Navy Officer. Ten and a half months... -
Electric Cars For Dummies by Culp
RRP: $23.21$15.66Drive into the 21st century in an electric car With falling cost of ownership, expanded incentives for purchasing, and more model and body type options than ever, it may finally be time to retire the old gas-guzzler and dive into the world of electric... -
SS Jaguar 100: The Remarkable Story of 18008 ('Old No. 8) Chas Parker 9781913089603
RRP: $45.15$41.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913089603Author Chas ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press InternationalWeight(grams)... -
The Portsmouth Dockyard Story: From 1212 to the Present Day by Paul Brown
RRP: $25.80$19.92From muddy creek to naval-industrial powerhouse; from constructing wooden walls to building Dreadnoughts; from maintaining King John's galleys to servicing the enormous new Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers: this is the story of Portsmouth Dockyard... -
Dornier Do 335 by Robert Forsyth
RRP: $20.63$16.27The Dornier Do 335 was conceived as a high-speed, all-weather fighter, and represented the pinnacle of piston-engined aircraft design. The Do 335 was a big aircraft, weighing just over 10,000kg when laden with fuel, equipment, and pilot, yet powered by... -
The North Yorkshire Moors Railway Colin Alexander 9781445661841
RRP: $20.63$14.00The North Yorkshire Moors Railway is Britain's most popular heritage railway, and runs for 18 miles through the national park of the same name. The journey commences at the market town of Pickering, whose station has a recently restored overall roof. It... -
BMW 500 & 600Cc Twins 55-69 by Haynes 9780892872244
RRP: $43.86$24.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780892872244Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)... -
The A4 Pacifics After Gresley: The Late L N E R and British Railways Periods, 1942-1966 by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781399073431
RRP: $38.70$31.33Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The VW Beetle Story by Giles Chapman 9780752484600
RRP: $12.89$10.54The KdF car, a German acronym for Strength Through Joy, was conceived by Adolf Hitler's Third Reich as a true German 'people's car'. There is precious little in the legacy of 1930s Nazi Germany that is positive, but after the Second World war - and with... -
Bristol 403 by John Manley 9781398116702
RRP: $20.63$14.00First introduced in 1953, the Bristol 403 made an instant impact. With its smooth aerodynamic shape, it became a design icon of British motor manufacturing. In this book, Bristol 403 owner John Manley explains the background to the development of the... -
Making Cars at Longbridge: 1905 to the Present Day by Gillian Bardsley 9780750965293
RRP: $29.03$23.70Lavishly illustrated with unique images from the official company archive, this book charts more than 100 years of car-making at the Longbridge factory, near Birmingham. Herbert Austin founded the Austin Motor Company here in April 1905 and it was... -
The Complete Book of Ducati Motorcycles: Every Model Since 1946 by Ian Falloon 9780760350225
RRP: $51.60$34.06From the single-cylinder bikes of the 1950s to the high-performance sportbikes of today, The Complete Book of Ducati Motorcycles showcases the entire spectrum of Ducati.Legendary Ducati motorcycles have something of a rags-to-riches story. This Italian... -
The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959 by Insight Guides 9781781555514
RRP: $24.50$18.47The book takes an in-depth look at the East Coast Main Line-King's Cross to Edinburgh-between 1939 and 1959. This is carried out in a series of chapters. In the first one a picture is painted of the state of the network in the late 1930s. It is followed... -
Southdown Buses in Preservation Simon Stanford 9781398119376
RRP: $20.63$14.00Southdown Motor Services was formed in 1915 and went on to become the well-known and highly respected operator of green-and-cream buses and coaches seen along the south coast of Sussex and Hampshire. Fast forward to today and there are over a hundred... -
Opel Ascona & Manta by Haynes Publishing
RRP: $46.44$32.38Every 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,... -
North Sea Passage Pilot: 2022 by Imray
RRP: $41.93$34.62Under his authorship, this edition has been restructured to reflect the changing nature of passages across the North Sea. As well as a consideration of the various Traffic Separation Schemes, routes take into account the many new offshore windfarms and... -
The Locomotives of Robert Riddles by Colin Boocock 9781399099967
RRP: $38.70$31.33The Locomotives of Robert Riddles guides the reader in the quest to understand how Robert Riddles career on the LMS and in war service shaped his knowledge and character and led to him becoming the obvious choice for leading the locomotive engineering... -
The Catterick Camp Military Railway and the Richmond Branch by A J Ludlam
RRP: $20.58$18.38Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617471Author A J LudlamFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake PublishingDimensions(mm) 210mm * 148mm * 7mm -
The Combine Harvester Jonathan Whitlam 9781445677712
RRP: $20.63$14.00This book tells the complete story of one of the most significant agricultural inventions of all time - the combine harvester. Starting with the early straw walkers and rotary models, author Jonathan Whitlam charts the chronological evolution of these... -
Motorworld by Jeremy Clarkson
RRP: $16.76$11.73Jeremy Clarkson invites us to Motorworld, his take on different cultures and the cars that they drive.There are ways and means of getting about that don't involve four wheels, but in this slice of vintage Clarkson, Jeremy isn't much interested in them... -
Do Not Alight Here: Pocket Edition by Ben Pedroche 9781854144591
RRP: $8.97$8.86Our very successful book giving details of London walks to see the sites of disused railway structures will now soon be available in a larger format 'handbook' edition as well as the familiar pocket version. Updated to the first half of 2021, the book... -
The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959: 2 by Peter Tuffrey 9781781557495
RRP: $25.80$18.95In this second and final volume, the whole of the East Coast Main Line between King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley stations is examined closely, with a particular emphasis on the ways and structures: the line, stations, connections, yards, and other... -
The Peking Express: The Bandits Who Stole a Train, Stunned the West, and Broke the Republic of China James M. Zimmerman 9781541701700
RRP: $32.25$18.91In May 1923, when Shanghai publisher and reporter John Benjamin Powell bought a first-class ticket for the Peking Express, he pictured an idyllic overnight journey on a brand-new train of unprecedented luxury-exactly what the advertisements promised... -
British Railway Standard Steam Locomotives: The Railway Photographs of RJ (Ron) Buckley by Brian J. Dickson 9781803993638
RRP: $25.80$19.40The twelve British Railways Standard Locomotive Classes were all constructed incorporating Belpaire fireboxes, rocking grates, self-emptying ash pans and self-cleaning smoke boxes to allow easy access for both daily maintenance and running needs. The... -
Subaru Impreza Group A Rally Car Owners' Workshop Manual: 1993 to 2008 (all models) by Haynes
RRP: $29.66$21.521993 to 2008 (all rally cars), The Subaru Impreza first appeared on the World Rally scene in 1993, taking a hat-trick of World Rally Manufacturers' Championships, in 1995, 1996 and 1997. The list of drivers who have competed in Imprezas includes Marku... -
Gresley and his Locomotives: L & N E R Design History by Tim Hillier-Graves 9781526729934
RRP: $51.60$37.91The story of Gresley and his locomotives is a well-trodden path. But our view of his achievements is a blinkered one because it fails to recognise all the other people who played a part in his work. As the leading American aviation engineer Paul S Baker... -
Devon and Cornwall The Class 47 Years: Class 47 A West Country symposium by Bernard Mills 9781781556573
RRP: $24.50$18.47The year 2002 saw a radical change on the railways of Devon and Cornwall: it was the last year of daily locomotive hauled passenger trains (other than the overnight London sleeper). These remaining workings were in the capable hands of the ubiquitous... -
OMC Cobra Sx Stern Drive Engines by Clymer Publications 9781599691077
RRP: $45.15$26.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781599691077Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Clymer PublicationsPublisher Haynes Publishing GroupWeight(grams)... -
Helicopter Boys: True Tales from Operators of Military and Civilian Rotorcraft by Richard Pike
RRP: $25.80$18.43Richard Pike became a flight cadet in 1961, at the RAF College, Cranwell where, on graduation, he was awarded the Dickson Trophy and Michael Hill memorial prize for flying. In the early stages of his forty-year flying career he flew the English Electric... -
Rabaul 1943-44: Reducing Japan's great island fortress by Mark Lardas
RRP: $21.92$18.19In 1942, the massive Japanese naval base and airfield at Rabaul was a fortress standing in the Allies' path to Tokyo. It was impossible to seize Rabaul, or starve the 100,000-strong garrison out. Instead the US began an innovative, hard-fought two-year... -
British Tipper Lorries by Bill Reid
RRP: $20.63$14.98Tipper lorries have been part and parcel of road transport since the beginnings of the age of motor vehicles. In fact their roots are in horse-drawn carts, which were built to tip by balance and gravity. For many years, and probably still today, the... -
Civil Aircraft Markings 2021 by Allan Wright 9781910809891
RRP: $15.42$10.85Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809891Author Allan WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Crecy PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing -
Buses in the Border Towns of London Country 1969-2019 (South of the Thames) by Malcolm Batten 9781399096218
RRP: $32.25$31.33London Transport was created in 1933 with monopoly powers. Not only did it have exclusive rights to run bus (and tram and trolleybus) services in the Greater London area, it also ran services in a Country Area all around London. Green Line express... -
Fire Engines by Eddie Baker
RRP: $11.60$8.32More complex and imposing than any other vehicle in the British emergency services, the fire engine has a long and interesting history. The earliest water pumps had been developed by the eighteenth century - basic manual pumps that had to be hauled... -
Car Registration Guide Peter Robson 9781872686387
RRP: $6.39$6.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781872686387Author Peter RobsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Newby BooksPublisher Newby Books -
Honda Twinstar, Rebel 250 & Nighthawk 250, 1978-2016 Clymer Manual: Maintenance * Troubleshooting * Repair by Clymer Publications
RRP: $43.86$24.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620923610Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes Manuals IncWeight(grams) 610gDimensions(mm)... -
Jagdgeschwader 301/302 "Wilde Sau": In Defense of the Reich with the Bf 109, Fw 190 and Ta 152 by Willi Reschke
RRP: $47.72$30.93Jagdgeschwader 301 and 302 were established in 1943. Their mission was to intercept enemy bombers at night flying fast single-engined fighters. But they also had to engage Allied bombers by day. The pilots of these new fighter wings were a mix of former... -
Valentino Rossi, Revised and Updated: Life of a Legend Michael Scott 9780760378380
RRP: $36.12$24.76This visual biography explores the legendary career of motorcycle racer Valentino Rossi, including his victories, rivalries, and racing class transitions across Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha, and Ducati race bikes. From the day he was born into a racing family... -
The Perfect Corner: A Driver's Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Their Own Optimal Line Through the Physics of Racing by Paradigm Shift Driver Development 9780997382426
$18.37Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780997382426Author Paradigm Shift Driver DevelopmentFormat PaperbackPage Count 110Imprint Paradigm Shift Motorsport BooksPublisher Paradigm Shift Motorsport...