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Researched and written with the full co-operation of the factory, here in definitive detail is the story of the Mercedes-Benz W124-based range - a series of models that included saloons, estates, coupes, convertibles, lwb cars, and special chassis units...

The National Maritime Museum in Greenwich houses the largest collection of scale ship models in the world, many of which are official, contemporary artefacts made by the craftsmen of the navy or the shipbuilders themselves, and ranging from the mid...

This colourful introduction to the first decades of the motor car covers its earliest iterations, when the automobile represented the very peak of technological innovation. It is packed with fascinating facts about the experimental origins of the motor...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905505197Author Nigel BrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Kestrel Railway BooksPublisher Kestrel Railway Books

ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL is famous for the engineering wonders he left behind - from the SS Great Britain to the delights of Paddington and Temple Meads stations, but much of what he designed has been lost. From the ships Great Western and Great Eastern...

This book provides the first accessible English language account of motorcycles in the Soviet Union. Concentrating on the wartime and postwar period until 1990, prior to the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, it covers the motorcycles produced, and looks...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613250488Author George ReidFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

Born In London, the son of a successful builder and developer, Mike Thorne gravitated to agriculture in his teens and soon became familiar with the tractors then used on the land, having a particular admiration for the revolutionary grey Ferguson, with...

Plans included: Eyemouth Harbour (1:7500) Berwick Harbour (1:12 500) Holy Island Hbr (1:17 500) Farne Islands (1:90 000) Warkworth Harbour (Amble) & Approaches (1:22 500) Blyth Harbour (1:10 000) River Tyne (1:10 000) Continuation of the River...

#1 New Release in Caribbean & West Indies History - Discover the True Story Behind One of the Black Passengers on the TitanicAn Incredible Tragedy: Joseph Laroche was an anomaly among the passengers of the Titanic. He was exceptionally well-educated in a...

We Seek the Highest has been the motto of the thousands of Officer Cadets who, over ten decades, have passed through the rigorous training regime at the Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. The words embody the College ethos: to strive to...

Can flying be green? Everyone loves to travel, and the industry's room for growth seems almost limitless-except that flying will soon be responsible for 19 percent of global emissions. Some people have even decided never to fly. Over the coming decades,...

Written by an enthusiast with many years' experience of working on classic British motorcycles but with little experience of working on these iconic machines this book covers the complete dismantling, refurbishment, and rebuilding of two Tridents: a 1973...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781905414147Author Brian CullFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingPublisher Dalrymple and Verdun PublishingWeight(grams)...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780711038073Author Ben MuldoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Ian Allan PublishingPublisher Crecy Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781563927584Author Haynes PublishingFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Haynes Manuals IncPublisher Haynes PublishingWeight(grams) 477gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853617129Author Stanley C. JenkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint The Oakwood PressPublisher Stenlake Publishing

The training aid for many a pilot from one of the leading instructors of the First World War. There are 160 pages with many illustrations of leading aircraft of the period. Chock full of handy tips for the budding aviator. Nothing could ready you for the...

Launched in 1949 as the 92 before evolving into the 93, 96 2-stroke and 96V4, this car was in production for thirty-one years. Attracting global admiration and sales, it also excelled in motorsport and by the early 1960s was the most successful rally-car...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910809587Author Andrew RoyleFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Oxford Publishing CoPublisher Crecy Publishing

The astonishing true story of trust, pain, becoming lost, and finding a way back to yourself despite it all'An intimate preservation of a moment in time, full of personality' THE TIMES__________Life is beautiful - even in the dark . . .Oliver Mol was...

The ultimate guide through motoring history Slip off the handbrake and take a spin through the history of motoring - from the first horseless carriages to the rush of modern-day motor sport. Find out everything you need to know about motoring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911658030Author Dan SharpFormat HardbackPage Count 218Imprint Mortons Media GroupPublisher Mortons Media GroupWeight(grams) 959gDimensions(mm) 210mm *...

'Barefoot navigation: 5,000 years in the making.' Barefoot Navigator introduces us to a unique take on navigation - using the skills of the ancients and technology-free techniques, we learn how to navigate using the sun, sea, wind and stars, and even...

In a similar style to Comet!: The World's First Jet Airliner and Boeing Group: A History, Graham Simons presents us with a colourful, thoroughly engrossing, well-researched and highly illustrated history of The British Overseas Airways Company, from its...

This is a new biography of two great British engineering pioneers, who did much to develop the world we now live in. George and Robert Stephenson, were at the forefront of early railways and were at the cutting edge of modern engineering history. ...

Barnstormer, World War II fighter, pioneering test pilot, aerobatic genius-Bob Hoover is a true American hero. Now, in Forever Flying, he tells his amazing story, sharing all the thrills and chills, spectacular stunts and death-defying exploits that have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871680416Author Bruce PeterFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Boldre MarinePublisher Boldre MarineWeight(grams) 142gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 150mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781914079832Author Peter WallerFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 150mm * 200mm * 15mm

This informative book provides a step-by-step account of the construction, from scratch, of a model railway called Dovedale. The model is operated like a real modern railway and was built entirely by the author within a strict low budget, using,...

Conspiracy theories of sabotage, murder and even UFOs flourish around the greatest unsolved mysteries of aviation from the twentieth century. This account of the most intriguing loose ends from aeronautical history provides the known details of five...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907085468Author Chas ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Porter Press InternationalPublisher Porter Press International

In the 1930s, Bentley's Derby factory supplied only chassis, without bodies, and customers for these refined, fast and enormously desirable cars would then select and turn to one of the many coachbuilders to design and construct a body for them to meet...

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,...

Under a Yellow Sky paints a canvas of life aboard a Merchant Navy ship in the early 1970s. Simon, a dreamer who steps into this different world, uncovers much of the magic of the sea, although also encounters brutality, dizzying hard work and frightening...

'A soaring gift of a book' Owen Sheers'Remarkable' Mark Vanhoenacker, author of Skyfaring'Stunning . . . a love letter to nature' Cathy Rentzenbrink, author of The Last Act of LoveThe day she flew in a glider for the first time, Rebecca Loncraine fell in...

The first edition of the present book was published in 2014 and was quickly acclaimed as the bible of the classic Jaguar racers. This greatly expanded new edition runs to more than 400 pages and contains 500 illustrations. It brings the individual...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854143044Author Beverley ColeFormat PaperbackPage Count 60Imprint Capital Transport PublishingPublisher Capital Transport Publishing

Beginning in 1936, just two years after Ron Buckley started what was to be almost half a decade working for the railways, London Midland Steam shows the changes in locomotive power taking place throughout the London Midland and Scottish Railway and its...