Transport: general interest

Intelligent Vehicular Network and Communications: Fundamentals, Architectures and Solutions begins with discussions on how the transportation system has transformed into today's Intelligent Transportation System (ITS).

Philip Wallis visited South and West Wales several times with his camera between 1961 and 1963 and captured on film a great variety of bus operators in that part of the country.

This book covers many variants of the long-lived Leyland PD marque, photographed throughout Britain from 1967 into the seventies.

The steam lorry (or wagon, as it was more commonly known) developed in Britain alongside the internal combustion engine truck.

The Ypres sector of the Western Front was held predominantly by the British and Dominions Armies from 1914 to 1918.

Walter Alexander first began running a motor bus service from Falkirk to Grangemouth in 1913 and services have continued in the area ever since, under the auspices of Scottish Motor Traction, Walter Alexander & Co.

In this readable and informative book, motoring expert Malcolm Bobbitt tells the story of one of the most iconic cars in motoring history.

As with everything, the coach industry has changed beyond all recognition over the last few decades.

With words and pictures, a railway enthusiast examines the huge changes in the British railway network over a 50-year period.

Over the past generation the Class 66 has been one of Britain's most successful and reliable diesel locomotives.

Bradshaw's Guide of 1863 was the staple book on what's what and where's where for the mid-Victorians and it gives the modern reader a unique insight into the world of the nineteenth-century railway travellers.

Anyone who owns a Suzuki 4x4, and wonders what it is REALLY capable of, needs this book.

Walter Hinton was a pilot on the first plane to cross the Atlantic (eight years before Lindbergh)--a four-engine, Navy-Curtiss flying boat with a crew of six, in May 1919.

Two million people fly commercially every day in the United States, and every single passenger must interact with members of airport security.

You wouldn't think that a steam lawnmower could evolve into a high-class luxury coach or a 100-seat doubledecker bus.

This book celebrates the British railway station hotel.

Many people may know about the blazing crash of the Hindenburg in 1937 but are possibly unaware that it had made 62 flights before its final journey (including one transporting author Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint).

Cross-Cultural Behaviour in Tourism: Concepts and Analysis is important reading for those in the following areas of industry: * Tourism: illustrates the importance of cultural background in the tourist experience and how it is a major determinant in repeat visitation * Marketing: provides an understanding of the cultural background of a destination that is vital when formulating successful marketing strategies * Management: provides valuable examples on how cultures influence tourist behaviour and decision-making, helping managers to develop cross-cultural skills and deal with tourists from diverse cultural backgrounds Tourism is a service industry where people from different nationalities meet.

Die Beliebtheit der Sport Utility Vehicles (kurz SUV) steigt seit Jahren.

The 1960s saw the last hurrah of steam on the railways - the final period of steam-powered locomotives dominating the main line.

In 1919, Charles Kenilworth (';C.

The movies, the documentaries, the museum exhibits.

The very first issue of the - still current - magazine, The Autocar was on 2 November 1895.

One of the most evocative reminders of Victorian ingenuity at the British seaside is the much-loved cliff lift.

This title offers a dynamic understanding of tourism, usually defined in terms of clearly circumscribed places and temporalities, to grasp its changing spatial patterns.

A delightful and often humerous account of life with the Triumph motorcycle company in its heyday.

The most comprehensive, current guide to aircraft powerplantsFully revised to cover the latest industry advances, Aircraft Powerplants, Eighth Edition, prepares you for certification as an FAA powerplant technician in accordance with the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR).

'32 Ford Coupe Comes Back to Life.

When we think of our seagoing past, it tends to be about the harbours, docks, and quaysides through which trade passed, or the famous ships such as the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy, and the great liners that graced the oceans up to the end of the twentieth century.

The South Wales Railway was promoted in the 1840s with the aim of completing a rail link between England, Wales and Ireland.

The Korean War (1950-1953) was the first - and only - full-scale air war in the jet age.

AEC Lorries explores the story of lorry use in the last fifty years, showing the diverse use of the vehicles and their configurations for many different types of work, with a focus on one of the great British manufacturers - AEC.

Greg Moore is one of three sons of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bud Moore.

Royal events such as coronations and jubilees encompass a wide spectrum of planned events involving monarchs and their families that are strategically designed to reinforce the role of royalty within social and political structures.

The theme of the edited book acknowledges the multiple meanings of quality tourism experiences, the diverse contexts in which tourism occurs, and the varied stakeholders associated directly or indirectly with the phenomenon of tourism.

The industrial and minor railways of the former counties of Cumberland and Westmorland are neglected topics deserving of greater attention.

From ancient times to World War II and the postwar period, Battleships charts the evolution of the vessel that ruled the seas-a vessel that, until the arrival of the aircraft carrier, would be the most expensive and complex human-made moving object in history.

One hundred and twenty-five years of steamboating in Muskoka come alive with the anniversary celebration of the RMS Segwun.

An examination of the process of prioritizing private motorized transportation in Bengaluru, a rapidly growing megacity of the Global South.

Kelvin Central Buses came together as a result of a merger between Kelvin Scottish and Central Scottish, both companies created by the Scottish Bus Group in 1985 as it prepared for deregulation in 1989.

An expert examination of the evolution of military aviation and its profound impact on warfare-from the employment of balloons during the French Revolutionary wars to the use of aircraft in World War I.

Haus und Auto ist ein absolutes Muss für Autoliebhaber und Fans spektakulärer Architektur!

The terms travel and tourism are often used interchangeably in tourism literature.

This book takes you straight inside that mystical bond between a man and his truck, a woman and her truck.

Since the middle of the last century tourism has demonstrated almost continual growth, with international tourist arrivals now recorded in excess of one billion per annum.

The Midland main line from London St Pancras to the north of England is one of Britain's most important trunk routes.