US Multi-Role Fighter Jets
Written by Steve Davies
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: April 19, 2011
Price: $35.00
Steve Davies, military aviation photographer and critically acclaimed author of
Red Eagles, is back with a new photo-essay on American's cutting-edge fighter fleet. Davies examines the F/A-18C/D/E/F Super Hornet, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-16CG/F-16CJ, F-22A Raptor, and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, taking readers on a complete behinds-the-scenes tour of these fearsome...
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Route 66
The Mother Road
Written by David Knudson
Format: eBook, 56 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $7.95
Begun in 1926 to connect Chicago to Los Angeles, Route 66 was the country's first major east-west thoroughfare. By 1930 it was an important route for both truckers and travellers alike, and in 1939 it became known as 'The Mother Road' thanks to John Steinbeck's classic "The Grapes of Wrath". Over...
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Muscle Cars
The First American Supercars
Written by Colin Romanick
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: July 24, 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...
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Traveling Light
On the Road with America's Poor
Written by Kath Weston
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: September 1, 2009
Price: $20.00
How far can you get on two tacos, one Dr. Pepper, and a little bit of conversation? What happens when you're broke and you need to get to a new job, an ailing parent, a powwow, college, or a funeral on the other side of the country? And after decades of...
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Pushing the Limits
New Adventures in Engineering
Written by Henry Petroski
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $14.95
Here are two dozen tales in the grand adventure of engineering from the Henry Petroski, who has been called America’s poet laureate of technology.
Pushing the Limits celebrates some of the largest things we have created–bridges, dams, buildings--and provides a startling new vision of engineering’s past, its present, and its future. Along...
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The London Underground
Written by Andrew Emmerson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: July 20, 2010
Price: $12.95
The London Underground is the heart of London life, used by millions of commuters and shoppers every year, its tentacles extending into the suburbs it has helped to create. Its turbulent life has been determined by the trials and tribulations endured by the people it carries: it provided an network of...
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British Motorcycles of the 1960s and '70s
Written by Mick Walker
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $7.95
For the first half of the 20th century Great Britain led the world in motorcycle design and production, exporting its products to countries in every section of the globe. However, as the second half of the century began in 1960 this once great industry commenced what was to be a terminal...
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Land Rover
Written by James Taylor
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 19, 2010
Price: $12.95
In the aftermath of the World War II, the long established Rover company of Solihull was fighting to survive. It needed a vehicle that would give it an advantage over its rivals. Taking the American Willys Jeep as inspiration, Rover designers came up with a four-wheel drive utility vehicle that would...
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