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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906714604Author Fiona MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Book HousePublisher Salariya Book Company Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780861522552Author Kenneth MacDonaldFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint AcairPublisher AcairDimensions(mm) 197mm * 130mm * 8mm

A multi-disciplinary approach to transportation planning fundamentals The Transportation Planning Handbook is a comprehensive, practice-oriented reference that presents the fundamental concepts of transportation planning alongside proven techniques. This...

Details the beginnings, life and trading decline of the Stour Navigation from the seventeenth century. This book looks at the circumstances surrounding the construction of the first lock gates and general engineering works that converted the river into...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Benjamin Franklin Award (History) 2022 and Benjamin Franklin Award (Cover Design (Large)) 2022.Book InformationISBN 9781642340082Author Lee KlancherFormat...

Captain Stanley Lord and his vessel, the Californian, were accused of ignoring the Titanic's distress calls. This book offers an evidence which prompted the British Government to re-open the case surrounding Captain Lord and the Californian and proved...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781631172618Author Nelson PohlmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 168g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613255988Author Doug BoyceFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint CarTech IncPublisher CarTech Inc

White Star Line was originally founded in Liverpool in 1845 for travel to Australia but was eventually purchased by Thomas Ismay and transformed into the successful Oceanic Steam Navigation Co. Cleverly merging with Harland & Wolff, the line focussed on...

Why do organisations decline, and what happens when they do? Strategy and Managed Decline: London Transport 1948-87 is a historical case study looking at how London Transport, a world beater in 1948, declined from being an international exemplar to...

For the past one hundred and fifty years the name of MacBrayne has been synonymous with shipping in the West Highlands and Islands of Scotland. David MacBrayne was a partner from 1851 in the firm of David Hutcheson & Co. and when the Hutchesons retired...

While the near 1,500 victims of Titanic accounted for a huge loss of life, each of the ships here had a greater number of casualties, in some cases more than five times as many. In total, these 27 merchant ship sinkings resulted in a staggering loss of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901703078Author Colin CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Ships in Focus PublicationsPublisher Ships in Focus PublicationsWeight(grams) 628g

This book presents an account of the use and actions of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin, one of the primary pieces of the German navy in WWII.Book InformationISBN 9780887402425Author Siegfried BreyerFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Schiffer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943979Author Henry ConnFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062372086Author Edward HumesFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781780910628Author Dave MardenFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint DB PublishingPublisher DB Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781951116026Author Mark NicholasFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint Paradise Cay PublicationsPublisher Paradise Cay PublicationsWeight(grams)...

The term ‘steam roller’ has become part of the English language, rather like Biro or Hoover. Steam rollers themselves began to be made during the 1860s. It was Thomas Aveling who perfected the most common three-point design with a wide steerable roll at...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906008192Author David HarveyFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint Middleton PressPublisher Middleton Press

Staffordshire boasted one of the first dedicated aerodromes in Great Britain when, in 1910, Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton, hosted the first ever All British Flying Meeting. Since then, flying has always featured in the county. In the First World War...

A celebration of the world's most beautiful lighthouses.From ancient times until the present, lighthouses have symbolised safety, homecoming, and the seafaring way of life. Lighthouses of the World provides gorgeous full-colour photos showcasing...

Philip Van Buskirk enlisted in the U.S. Marines in 1846, when he was twelve years old. Beginning in 1851, he recorded his thoughts and experiences on board ship, providing a firsthand account of the countries he visited, the brawling nation in which he...

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. This event sparked off a war that was change the lives of millions of people around the world. More than 70 million military personnel were mobilised, and over 9 million combatants...

On 28 June 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. This event sparked off a war that was change the lives of millions of people around the world. More than 70 million military personnel were mobilised, and over 9 million combatants...

Streets make up more than 80 percent of all public space in cities, yet street space is often underutilised or disproportionately allocated to the movement of private motor vehicles. Excess impervious surface contributes to stormwater runoff, posing a...

Few scenes capture the American experience so eloquently as that of a lonely train chugging across the vastness of the Great Plains, or snaking through tortuous high mountain passes. Although this vision was eclipsed for a time by the rise of air travel...

From the 1880s to the 1950s, trams were a common sight in many British towns. This volume looks at the tramways and light railways that have operated in Britain's towns and cities. From Cornwall's Camborne & Redruth Tramway to the transit system in...

In September 1939, Hitler's Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Thus began the greatest armed struggle in history. Within days of the invasion, Germany was at war with France, Great Britain and much of the Commonwealth, but by the end of 1941 - by which time...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943252Author David HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857943252Author David HarveyFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Silver Link BooksPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781858952482Author John HillmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Past & Present Publishing LtdPublisher Mortons Media Group

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987183095Author Charlie SurianoFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Tebrakunna HoldingsPublisher Tebrakunna HoldingsWeight(grams) 503g

Canals reached their zenith in the eighteenth century during the Industrial Revolution, before the arrival of the railways usurped their position, whereupon a number of them fell into disrepair and disuse. For many years forgotten, canals and waterways...

Volume II covers: JG 53 Pik-As, JG 54 Grunherz, JG 77 Herz-As, JG 300, JG 301, JG 302 Wilde Sau, and JG 400.Book InformationISBN 9780887407529Author Bernd BarbasFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

A new photo chronicle of the Horten Flying Wing featuring new photographic material and information.Book InformationISBN 9780887408861Author H.P. DabrowskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint Schiffer Publishing LtdPublisher Schiffer Publishing...

Brunel and London. It might not seem an obvious association, but John Christopher puts the case that it was London, not Bristol, that was the most important centre of Brunel's activities. It was here that he lived, worked and died. The city is dotted...

For the first time, a rich heritage of pictures and other information about private motoring in Bedford since the turn of the 20th century highlights a little known aspect of the town's history.About the AuthorRichard Wildman is School Archivist of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840333046Author Robert GrievesFormat PaperbackPage Count 48Imprint Stenlake PublishingPublisher Stenlake Publishing

This fascinating collection of 200 archive photographs takes the reader on a nostalgic bus and tram ride through the north-west of Birmingham, from the city centre along the A41 to Hockley, taking in the famous Jewellery Quarter and the many Victorian...