Transport: general interest

Take to the skies with A Short History of Aviation, a fascinating journey through humanity's quest to conquer the air.

A Concise Guide to Fixing Aesthetic Car DamagesThe Author is an experienced automotive technician with over 25 years of hands-on work in professional cosmetic car damage repairs.

Unterwegs, um Grenzen zu uberwindenIn einem alten indischen Auto macht sich Andreas Babst zusammen mit seiner Freundin Rebecca auf den Weg von Indien nach Europa auf der Suche nach Antworten in einer Welt, die uns immer unsicherer und unberechenbarer erscheint.

Passengers travelling on the Hastings Line, between Battle and Robertsbridge in Sussex, may well be surprised to observe a clearing in the forest where railway sidings have been laid.

At the end of the 1980s a fleet of fifty Class 90 electric locomotives was to commence service for British Rail.

There are twenty-four railway stations in Warwickshire and these comprise the full range from busy town-centre main-line stations to quiet rural branch-line halts.

Zeppelins were the biggest aircraft ever built and Germany led the way in their use as a weapon of war.

2026 marks forty years since the United Counties operations in Luton, Hitchin and Aylesbury were transferred into the new Luton and District Transport Company, which in 1990 acquired London Country North West, and various other operators along the way.

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a family of long-range, mid-size, wide-body, twin-engine jet airliners that can carry 242-330 passengers in two classes.

Stop Trading Your Time for a Paycheck that Doesn't Move you ForwardAre you tired of the 9-to-5 grind?

Eine magische Akademie uber den Wolken.

Neunzig Prozent des globalen Welthandels werden uber die Ozeane abgewickelt, doch die Staaten selbst haben kaum Kontrolle daruber, welche Schiffe uberhaupt seetuchtig sind.

Wenn ein Passagierflugzeug am Gate andockt, rollt oft ein kleiner Tankwagen heran.

Imagine sitting in a pitch-black cockpit, accelerating rapidly down a runway and lifting into the night sky.

Bananen aus Ecuador, Rindfleisch aus Argentinien und Lachs aus Neuseeland.

Tim lebt auf einer kleinen Insel und traumt davon, ein groer Abenteurer zu werden.

Aviation Manuals is a professional educational collection designed to support the training and continuous development of aviation personnel, as well as aviation enthusiasts who wish to deepen their understanding of how flying really works.

Aviation Manuals is a professional educational collection designed to support the training and continuous development of aviation personnel, as well as aviation enthusiasts who wish to deepen their understanding of how flying really works.

Aviation Manuals is a professional educational collection designed to support the training and continuous development of aviation personnel, as well as aviation enthusiasts who wish to deepen their understanding of how flying really works.

Der Drachenreiter und der WerwolfIn Eldrathia trennen uralte Feindschaften Drachenreiter und Werwolfe und verbieten jede Nahe.

Cultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and arts/heritage management.

Ever since its first launch in 1989, the Land Rover Discovery has stood for robust durability and practicality both off and on-road.

Of all the environments most conducive to a little murder and intrigue, the overnight sleeper train is the best.

The earliest recorded operators of buses in Preston were pioneers who provided services from nearby surrounding villages in the 1910s.

Nick Sanderson's interest in the railway, first sparked during his teenage years as a train enthusiast, was revived during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The BAE Hawk jet trainer was first delivered to the RAF in November 1976 - fifty years ago.

In this volume Andy Gibbs returns to the Highlands, Lowlands and Borders of Scotland with many more images of trains in the region.

The Titan was an integral double-decker bus built by Leyland Motors, becoming the standard double-decker produced by the company in the 1980s.

The scenery of North Wales is well known for its breathtaking views and historic landmarks, with towns and villages having their own unique history and modern-day function.

Cultural Tourism remains the only book to bridge the gap between cultural tourism and arts/heritage management.

This is the story of courageous people with strong family values who persisted, against all odds, in the years prior to the birth of the Irish nation.

This is an unusual maritime story in that the author looks at life from the lower echelons of a merchant ship's company and the relationship between officers and crew, deck department and the catering staff, recounting his life and experiences with people and places in Australia, New Zealand and Europe.

Across Europe to Azerbaijan, Afghanistan and onward to Siberia, Japan and Australia, this is a work that is rich in many dimensions.

Volume 4 of the acclaimed Leith-built Ships series follows Ship Nos 495 to 535 built from 1965 until the eventual closure of the shipyard in 1984 by a government that was hell-bent on destroying British industry and breaking the powerful unions.

The Dover Straits is the resting place for many wrecks and this book reveals the stories behind a selection of these unfortunate vessels.

This is an in-depth appraisal of the 30-year post Second World War period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Shipping.

This volume includes some very famous ships with tales of adventure and new trade routes, also sadness, the launch and then the loss of the largest sailing ship ever built in a British shipyard - the five-masted auxiliary sailing barque, Kobenhavn.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a small family-owned German company made and exported the world's best off-road motorcycles.

Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are distinctive in the maritime world - civilian-crewed Merchant Navy ships owned by the Crown working under naval orders.

This book reveals the part played by the eight Bustler Class Rescue Tugs built at the Henry Robb Shipyard during the Second World War and will shed more light on the almost-forgotten part played by this country's mariners.

This under-documented expedition was a pivotal moment in the annals of polar exploration and was the starting point, in historical terms, of revealing the great unknown continent of Antarctica.

An extraordinary and rare glimpse into the daily life of a cadet and midshipman in the Victorian Navy.

Over centuries past, powerful nations and empires have expressed their might and control in part through the strength of their navies and their industrial and commercial prowess through fleets of vessels whether powered by sail or later steam.

The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company, known in colonial Burma as the 'Fabulous Flotilla', was the largest privately-owned fleet of ships in the world.