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Jaguar
Written by Graham Robson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $9.95
Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand which he introduced became world-famous. Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, in the 1930s he was in Coventry developing the SS... Read more >
Written by Graham Robson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: August 21, 2012
Price: $9.95
Sir William Lyons enjoyed a seemingly unstoppable rise to fame and fortune in the motor industry, and the Jaguar brand which he introduced became world-famous. Yet it did not happen overnight. In the 1920s he was in Blackpool, styling motorcycle sidecars, in the 1930s he was in Coventry developing the SS... Read more >
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Pleasure Steamers
Written by Andrew Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
The pleasure steamer reached its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: hundreds of vessels, most of them paddle-powered, plied the lakes, waterways and coast of Britain, most often ferrying daytrippers from urban areas to the coast. Presenting a serene alternative to rail travel, they had the added advantage... Read more >
Written by Andrew Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
The pleasure steamer reached its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: hundreds of vessels, most of them paddle-powered, plied the lakes, waterways and coast of Britain, most often ferrying daytrippers from urban areas to the coast. Presenting a serene alternative to rail travel, they had the added advantage... Read more >
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In the Blink of an Eye
Written by Pat Milton
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 18, 1999
Price: $19.00
Like the sinking of the Titanic, the crash of TWA Flight 800 just off Long Island, New York, in the early evening of July 17, 1996, captured the world's imagination. Associated Press reporter Pat Milton has covered the story from day one and was granted unprecedented access to the FBI investigation--the... Read more >
Written by Pat Milton
Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: August 18, 1999
Price: $19.00
Like the sinking of the Titanic, the crash of TWA Flight 800 just off Long Island, New York, in the early evening of July 17, 1996, captured the world's imagination. Associated Press reporter Pat Milton has covered the story from day one and was granted unprecedented access to the FBI investigation--the... Read more >
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Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
WALL TO WALL
Written by Mary Morris
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Following her celebrated Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone, Mary Morris, still alone, still graced with her extraordinary gifts of narrative and observation, presents an unforgettable account of her 1986 trip through China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. As in Nothing to Declare, she combines vivid portrayals of people... Read more >
Written by Mary Morris
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: March 14, 2012
Price: $11.99
Following her celebrated Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone, Mary Morris, still alone, still graced with her extraordinary gifts of narrative and observation, presents an unforgettable account of her 1986 trip through China, Russia, and Eastern Europe. As in Nothing to Declare, she combines vivid portrayals of people... Read more >
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British Railways in the 1950s and 60s
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
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The Nation's Hangar
Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian
Written by Robert F. Van Der Linden
Photographed by Dane Penland
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $29.95
The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian offers a fascinating textual and visual history of civilian, military, and commercial aviation from the earliest balloon flights to today's most advanced aircraft.
The Nation's Hangar charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around the world. F. Robert Van Der Linden, a Smithsonian curator... Read more >
Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian
Written by Robert F. Van Der Linden
Photographed by Dane Penland
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: November 6, 2012
Price: $29.95
The Nation's Hangar: Aircraft Treasures of the Smithsonian offers a fascinating textual and visual history of civilian, military, and commercial aviation from the earliest balloon flights to today's most advanced aircraft.
The Nation's Hangar charts the awe-inspiring history of flight around the world. F. Robert Van Der Linden, a Smithsonian curator... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Bradshaw's Continental Railway Guide (Abridged Version)
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.99
*This electronic edition is an abridged version of the original 1548pp book. All the original text is included, along with a wealth of carefully selected examples from the several hundred pages of timetables and advertisements.*
Following its bestselling edition of Bradshaw’s Handbook 1863, Old House brings you this fascinating guide... Read more >
Written by George Bradshaw
Format: eBook, 416 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.99
*This electronic edition is an abridged version of the original 1548pp book. All the original text is included, along with a wealth of carefully selected examples from the several hundred pages of timetables and advertisements.*
Following its bestselling edition of Bradshaw’s Handbook 1863, Old House brings you this fascinating guide... Read more >
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The British Motor Industry
Written by Jonathan Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $12.95
Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the native British industry survived until the collapse of The Rover Group in 2005. Jonathan Wood chronicles this industry's 109-year life... Read more >
Written by Jonathan Wood
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 25, 2010
Price: $12.95
Austin, Hillman, Morris, Standard and Wolseley were a handful of the myriad marques that once constituted Britain's indigenous motor industry. Born in 1896 into the high summer of Victorian prosperity, the native British industry survived until the collapse of The Rover Group in 2005. Jonathan Wood chronicles this industry's 109-year life... Read more >
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Muscle Cars
Written by Colin Romanick
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $9.95
In 2010, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird fetched $286,000 at an auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 2009, a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda sold for $2.16 million. Auctions of classic cars in general and muscle cars in particular routinely garner upwards of $39 million annually. Since their debut in the early 1960s, Americans... Read more >
Written by Colin Romanick
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: May 22, 2012
Price: $9.95
In 2010, a 1970 Plymouth Superbird fetched $286,000 at an auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. In 2009, a 1970 Plymouth Hemi Barracuda sold for $2.16 million. Auctions of classic cars in general and muscle cars in particular routinely garner upwards of $39 million annually. Since their debut in the early 1960s, Americans... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
