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Michael Mather explores eastern Scotland's disused railway lines.

This valuable study provides a much-needed insight into the confusing and complicated world of the crew of Titanic.

A pictorial tour of the North Yorkshire Moors Railway.

This book provides comprehensive and integrated approaches for rigid and flexible object assembly. Further, it includes experimental validations for different assembly situations, including those for the assembly of industrial parts taken from the automotive industry.

Using the radical strategy of air control, the RAF tried to subdue vast swathes of the Middle East, Asia and Africa.Wings of Empire is a compelling account of the colonial air campaigns that saw a generation of young airmen take to the skies to battle against warlords, jihadists and hostile tribes.

In a work rich in maritime lore and brimming with original historical detail, Eric Jay Dolin, the best-selling author of Leviathan, presents an epic history of American lighthouses, telling the story of America through the prism of its beloved coastal sentinels.

This book presents research advances in automotive AC systems using an interdisciplinary approach combining both thermal science, and automotive engineering.

Written by an enthusiast, for enthusiasts, the How to Restore Volkswagen Beetle Enthusiasts Restoration Manual is the only up-to-date book dealing with a complete Beetle restoration - from basic skills required, to dealing with professional restorers. The perfect book, whether you have no technical knowledge, or are an old hand at restoring!

TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone's horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking.

Filled with authentic period sources including pilots notes and other Air Ministry publications, this is the most thorough and unique guide to the iconic Mosquito combat aircraft."

Filled with authentic period sources including pilot s notes and other Air Ministry publications, The Hurricane Pocket Manual provides a unique guide to this iconic aircraft."

A dictionary with line drawings which define various distinct body types applied to automobiles, from the early days when many were closely derived from established types of horse-drawn vehicles. It explains subtype designations and distinctions between similar types, comments on when and where individual body types were popular.

Railway stations are among Britain's most special buildings. The start and end point of the daily commute and the magical holiday, they vary hugely in style and size. This book is the perfect introduction to the subject.

Fascinating photographic chronicle of the heyday of Britain's railways towards the end of the age of steam, as seen through the eyes of legendary railwayman Richard Hardy.

This book analyzes the influence of electric vehicles on microclimate and the indirect influence on power load from a unique perspective.

A new and boldly original history of the iconic aircraft, by the bestselling author of Spitfire: The Biography and Harrier.

Tells stories of some of the lost trains of Britain, that evokes the glories of a bygone age. This book deals with the pioneers who built the tracks, the yarns of the men and women who operated them and the colourful trains that ran on them.

Pick, shovel, dynamite: the classic account of the men who built the railways.

This latest title in the highly successful `my cool' vehicle series covers the world of open top motoring. The book includes a broad mix of `cool' convertibles, and their owners, from vintage to classic and modern, with eye-catching photography and locations, captured by specialist car photographer Lyndon McNeil.

Now in an updated paperback edition, this book captures Joey in action, his triumphant racing moments, with his family, on his relief missions to Romania. A fitting record of one of the greatest motorcyclists the sport has ever seen.

Since his boyhood days watching test pilots roar through the sky over his Long Island, NY, home, Robert Bryan was fascinated with flight. Add to that his love of a good story and his vocation as an Episcopal priest and you have the three great themes of his life.

First published in 1944, and now reissued with new black-and-white illustrations and a foreword by Jo Bell, Canal Laureate, this book has become a classic on its subject, and may be said to have started a revival of interest in the English waterways.