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The harrowing story of the Zaandam cruise ship, which set sail with a deadly and little-understood stowaway - Covid-19 - days before the world shut down in March 2020. A story of human kindness, peril and bravery.

Professional photographer Kevin Nixon has two particular passions in his work: live music events and architecture. The latter led to this album of stunning images of London's mainline railway termini in both colour and black and white. Brief histories of the stations by architectural writer Peter Lloyd introduce each chapter.

The Birmingham Canal Navigations comprise the greatest concentration of waterways in Britain. Over the course of a century, from the original Birmingham Canal of 1769, they grew to their greatest extent of almost 160 miles. Following decades of decline, the BCN is once more an important player in the regeneration of the region's centres and the growth of leisure.

Silver Arrows tells the story of Mercedes in motor sport from the very beginning, with those pioneers of the 19th century, right through to today's hybrid F1 cars.

VW Classic Beetle - Maintenance and Upgrades Manual includes an illustrated timeline to the various models of air-cooled VW Beetles and a useful buyers' guide with a systematic approach.

The dory has seen duty as a fishing boat, lumberman's batteau, lifeboat, recreational rowing boat, and racing sailboat. The most comprehensive book about dories ever published, this is at once a history of the dory, a practical handbook on dory building, and a compendium of 23 dory designs with full construction details. The author, a longtime contributor to National Fisherman, and the illustrator, Sam Manning, are perhaps the foremost experts on the subject. A steady stream of letters and photographs to the late John Gardner from successful dory builders worldwide has been testimony to the widespread popularity and influence of this book.

The official Mystic Seaport Museum yacht logWith Yacht Log, you can preserve your sailing memories, recall the details of idyllic or stormy passages, remember cruises spent with your favorite guests, and record the important data of your vessel in one convenient location. This helpful book contains space for your yacht's vital data, a Register of Guests with room for recording ninety-six visits aboard, a Radio Log with entries to cover sixty-four transmissions, and a guide to using the log, written by avid sailor and cruiser Ken Mahler. Double pages provide room to record a variety of data--time, position, course, current, wind, weather, maintenance notes, crew on board, navigator and skipper, engine or sail combination while under way, and more--for sixty-five passages or short cruises, for both sail and power boats.

This book covers East Yorkshire's fascinating passenger and freight trains, railway infrastructure, stations and signalling over a 40-year period from the late 1970s. The over 180 color photos illustrate rail services have grown or declined and the infrastructure of the railways has evolved over 40 years to meet the needs of the modern railway era.

Qantas Short Empire flying boats navigated a tumultuous period for commercial aviation. They flew part of the Imperial Airways route, introducing a new level of luxury. However, war brought them onto the front line. With over 160 photos, this book details the history of the Empire flying boats as they went from luxury carriers to military service.

The last 15 years have seen many changes in Scotland's rail network, including the replacement of old rolling stock, many colorful liveries, routes opening, the demise of coal trains and a boom in container freight traffic. With over 180 images, this book details the variety of trains that have been seen on Scotland's rails in the last 15 years.

The years between 2006 and 2015 saw many changes in Central Scotland's railways with projects such as the rebuilding and reopening of the lines. With over 150 photos, this book looks at the transformation of the main route network in Central Scotland, detailing changing franchises, different liveries and new lines, locomotives and rolling stock.

Outside York are many small country villages and bus operators were needed to provide services. This book tells the story of stage bus companies who operated from the west of York. Including over 150 photographs, it shows how most of the companies started out as small operators before expanding to offer excursions and private hires.

Lodekkas first appeared in service when the passenger-transport industry was enjoying a peak in popularity. The Lodekka was supplied only to state-owned transport operators, making it one of the most familiar British double-deck bus types. This book gives a colorful look at the Bristol Lodekka, portraying it in different liveries and locations.

Germany was reunified in October 1990. For the rail system, the complex task of unifying two networks with different systems had just begun. New lines and stations were built to unite the network and trains were introduced to transform services. This book, illustrated with over 130 photos, traces the development of the unified German rail network.

Merseyside can claim to have a greater variety of transport than anywhere else in Britain. It is these images, including road, rail, sea and other transport, that illustrate the key aspects of the richly varied scene. This book gives a full-color view of the historic transport that was part of the Merseyside townscape from the 1950s to the 1970s.

London Transport was formed in 1933 to bring together all the public transport operations that served the area. Containing some 120 color photos, this book looks at London Transport's buses, trolleybuses, trams and underground trains operating between 1949 and 1974.

This book follows the railway through the eye-catching scenery of the west of the county. Over 180 stunning full-color photos take the reader on a journey that starts in St Austell before moving on to the capital city, Truro. Nostalgically, the Hayle Wharves branch has been included and is the only line in the volume that no longer exists.

Following the routes of two main lines that enter Devon from the east, as well as exploring the branch lines that are still open in this part of the county, this book records the changes that have taken place over the last 35 years to both infrastructure and trains. With over 180 color photos, this book covers service trains and special workings.

The Class 60 was the last truly British-built diesel locomotive design and 100 in total went to Railfreight. Towards the end of the 2000s almost all the locos were put into store. However, in the early 2010s, a small fleet of Class 60s were rebuilt. With over 190 photos, this volume looks at the Class 60s from the 1990s through the 2010s.

Find out what really happened with the expert investigation into the only crash that Concorde had. This and other detective stories that puzzled investigators are analysed by the author and presented in a highly readable form.

Through 286 photographs, descriptive text, operating data, track plans and anecdotes in the usual Railway Memories style, this book takes us back to a time when Yorkshire's East Riding was served by a comprehensive railway network. Does not include Hull.

Follows the usual Railway Memories style illustrating the railways of Sherwood and the Dukeries, mainly as they were in the days of steam and before the decline of the coal industry. Features main routes and colliery branch lines.

Clear chronological history of the many complex variations of the Midland 4-4-0 classes.