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The bestselling author of Underground, Overground recaptures the glamour of a lost age of rail travel and trains by travelling Britain's most famous train journeys.

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Take a tour on Britain's railways in this brand new puzzle book for train and travel fans and history buffs from the National Railway Museum in York

(Spiral bound)

Explore Britain's canals and rivers with the Nicholson bestselling guides.

For all users of the inland waterways. This established, popular and practical guide covers the canals and waterways around Birmingham and central England.

(Hardback, Facsimile edition)

(Hardback)

Explores Great Britain's countryside and transport links. This title not only offers insights into the routes and uses of the canals themselves, but also commentary on rural features and social life in and around the canals that had had such an important industrial impact throughout the later Georgian and Victorian eras.

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A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britains railways and the evolution of rail transport.

With the end of the Second World War it was not long before increasing wealth, cheaper cars, and social pressures made a family car the aspiration of thousands. Ford, Hillman, Standard, Morris and Vauxhall became household names. This illustrated book looks at the British cars that were available to the post-war family.

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A fully illustrated and affectionate look at British luxury cars of the 1950s and '60s with appeal to classic car enthusiasts and those interested in the history of the British car industry.

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Guides us through a world of Traveller's Fare, concrete concourses and peak-capped porters, a difficult period that began with the aftershock of Beeching but ended with BR becoming the first nationalised passenger network in the world to make a profit.

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The history of Brunel's great brainchild, the ingenious but ultimately abortive 7ft 1/4in railway gauge, which formed the basis of the Great Western Railway.

(Hardback)

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A handy travel guide to the Canal Du Midi--the most popular waterway in France.

(Paperback, 4th edition)

Packed with maps and fascinating text relating everything from history to folklore and attractions along the way, the fourth edition of this comprehensive guide to British canals is thoroughly revised throughout and features many new photographs.

(Hardback)

A page-turning, previously untold story of the tumultuous early years of the automotive era, when three pioneering manufacturers battled bare-knuckled for market share, an unprecedented cross-continental race transfixed the nation, and the automobile radically transformed America.

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When the 'sky train' to Tibet opened in 2006, the Chinese government fulfilled a fifty-year plan first envisioned by Mao Zedong. This book explores the lives of the Chinese and Tibetans swept up in the project.

(Paperback)

Includes topics as useful and diverse as: the perils of bicycle ownership; why Australians - not Brits - need bull bars; why soon only geriatrics will be driving BMWs; the difficultly of deciding on the best car for your wedding; why Jesus' dad would have owned a Nissan Bluebird; and why it is that bus lanes cause traffic jams.

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(Hardback)

The story of one of the greatest technological achievements of the twentieth century told from a pilot's-eye view, which will appeal to all enthusiasts of modern aviation.

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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 everyones horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking.

(Paperback)

The story of an engineering marvel of the modern age, from an author and broadcaster specialised in transport matters.