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Provides a catalogue of the aeroplanes, enemy and friendly, seen over British skies during the Second World War. This guide features diagrams, glossary and some useful mnemonics and shows how each type of aircraft could be identified quickly and easily. It is intended for those interested in aviation.

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"[ALL CORVETTES ARE RED] reveals the inner workings of the car industry and how the Corvette was saved." The Mail on Sunday

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Includes essays that consider how flying has altered not only how we move about the earth, but also how we view our world and our place in it. With descriptions of excitement of flight, this title discusses the risks that go with this beauty: the perils of air traffic control, and the dangers of nervous passengers and bad weather.

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This book is the perfect starting point for anyone interested in this fascinating period of U.S. history.

After a historical overview that opens the book, railroad historian Augustus Veenendaal explores the technology that made the railroads possible and the innovations in financing that got them built.

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This book challenges the common evolutionary model of development from the bicycle to the motorcycle. It examines the bicycle and motorcycle as material objects and focuses on the complex socio-political and economic convergences that produced the materials, which in turn shaped the vehicles appearance, function, and adoption by riders.

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The fastest, the sleekest, the most famous and the strangest! This fascinating and high-speed look at more than 200 years of motoring will have you marvelling - and sometimes laughing out loud - at cars that float and fly and walk, cars made from plastic and even bamboo and those that are knee-high or as long as a bus. Ages 7-10 years.

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Aston Martin is now a century old - and what a century it has been. This book features cars, the personalities and talents who have shaped Aston Martin. It also features owners, engineers, and the drivers who have shared with the company in racing glory.

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Presents a concise history of Austin-Healey, and the marque's success on road and track. This book contains illustrations and an introduction for all lovers of this quintessentially British sports car.

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Presents the story of the cat and mouse duel between the airship and another pioneering form of technology - the submarine during World War 1. This work features cut-away drawings that show the design and development of the airship, during and after the war, whilst illustrations depict the airship in dramatic action shots.

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The British industry was exhorted to 'export or die', and until well into the 1950s the majority of the British bikes were sold abroad. During this period, the industry continued to develop various exciting machines. This book tells the story of the British post-war motorcycle during this golden age of the industry.

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"British Motorcycles of the 1960s and '70s".

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E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey - nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s. This book tells the story of the British sports car in the 1950s and '60s.

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In this collection of true short stories from the U.S. Army's little-known, underappreciated airplane community, readers will get to know the pilots who did what was asked--and lived to tell their tales. Stories about the Cold War, combat, Korea, South America. These stories will both entertain and inform, all the while lending credence to the age old adage: Truth is stranger than fiction.

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This new Shire Album is primarily an introduction to narrowboats. It is illustrated by modern colour photographs of boats on the inland waterways today and will act as a guide to those who want to search out the heritage of the working canals.

This book traces the history of the canals and waterways, from Roman days through to the decline of the commercial traffic in the 1950s. I covers the building of the canals, the structures, their maintenance and the boats that travelled on them.

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Since the first Holden, the FX, rolled off the plant at Fishermens Bend in Melbourne 60 years ago, millions of Australians have been obsessed with cars. In this book, 12 of Australia's leading writers celebrate our fascination with metal, speed and power, exploring the links between cars and sex and much more.