This is a book about sea journeys made by brave souls - Italians, Germans, Dutch, and English - who battled storms, pirates and xenophobia to stock our homes and feed this island's appetite for exotics and whatever we could not grow or make ourselves as we fought our way through civil war, invasion paranoia and economic disaster, as if nature's own storms at sea are not challenge enough.
As early as the 1910s, African drivers in colonial Ghana understood the possibilities that using imported motor transport could further the social and economic agendas of a diverse array of local agents, including chiefs, farmers, traders, fishermen, and urban workers.
Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection of classic magazines we have compiled a series of informative publications on the subject of sport.
Complete coverage of aircraft design, manufacturing, and maintenanceAircraft Materials and Analysis addresses aircraft design, mechanical and structural factors in aviation, flight loads, structural integrity, stresses, properties of materials, compression, bending, and aircraft fatigue.
Skoda Octavia: The Story of a Czechoslovakian Automotive IconThis book offers a fascinating look into the history of Czechoslovakian car design, focusing on the Skoda Octaviaa rare Eastern European car that rivalled its Western European contemporaries, such as the Ford Anglia and Triumph Herald.