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(Paperback)

By: David Kaye

ISBN: 9780852639221
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Traces the history of the trolleybus since the first experiments in this mode of electric transport were conducted over a century ago.


(Paperback, 3rd ed.)

By: Haynes Publishing

ISBN: 9780892876105
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1993
Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group
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(Hardback)

By: Nick Voulgaris

ISBN: 9780847873463
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
UK Publication Date: 17th October 2023
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
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(Hardback)

By: Guillaume Picon

ISBN: 9781851499151
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 16th August 2019
Publisher: ACC Art Books
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The history of this legendary train, with never-before-seen material from the Orient Express archives. With a preface by Sir Kenneth Branagh.


(Paperback)

By: Peter H. Spectre

ISBN: 9780713644678
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This is a book on painting and varnishing boats. It covers stripping old paint, dealing with mildew, applying water-based clear coatings, paint adhesion, mast protection, hot weather varnishing and painting for decoration. It also has quick tips for springtime painting and varnishing.


(Hardback)

By: John Matthews

ISBN: 9781399094801
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 30th June 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Covers main line expresses, local and branch line services plus special workings. Includes Steam, Diesel and Electric locomotives from over six decades. Contains views from the length and breadth of the North of England. Sixty-five years of passenger trains, many remembered and many forgotten.


(Paperback)

By: Steve Holmes

ISBN: 9781869509880
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2012
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
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(Hardback)

By: Ren Staud

ISBN: 9783961715220
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 9th October 2023
Publisher: teNeues Publishing UK Ltd
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This coffee table book on the occasion of Porsche's 75th anniversary traces the company history and model development of the brand. With the usual high-quality photographs by Rene Staud. Text in English and German.


(Hardback)

By: Glen Smale

ISBN: 9781785000393
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2015
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Featuring interviews with several of Porsche's key engineers, designers and modellers who worked on the car in period, this book outlines the design processes and development work, detailing each model, and contains sections on the motor sport achievements of each model, as well as owners' views of their cars.


(Hardback)

By: Jan-Henrik Muche

ISBN: 9783966645805
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
Publisher: Heel-Verlag GMBH
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For the first time in their history, the Zuffenhausen-based company Porsche is presenting 100 extraordinary and often previously unseen exhibits from the depths of the company archive.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9781785002113
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2016
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Follows the design and development of the Porsche Boxster and Cayman sports car and coupe family, from their origins in the company's concerted racing activities in the 1950s and 1960s, to the drawing board, launch and systematic evolution through successive model ranges from 1996 to 2016.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9781847976994
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2014
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Follows the development and design of the Carrrera car dynasty, from the origins of the Carrera line in the 550 and 356 models through the highly tuned race cars of the 1960s to the largely hand-crafted, air-cooled cars of the 1970s and the 1980s.


(Hardback)

By: Stefan Bogner

ISBN: 9783667129536
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2024
Publisher: Delius, Klasing & Co
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Stefan Bogner showcases rare Porsche models on breathtaking driving routes from around the world, in Patagonia, Thailand, Iceland, Vietnam, Austria, Malaysia, France and many more. Part of the Curves series of luxury car and lanscape photo books.Text in English and German.


(Hardback)

By: Ren Staud

ISBN: 9783667125316
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2022
Publisher: Delius, Klasing & Co
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Star photographer Ren Stauds illustrated book is a monument to the highspeed icons from Zuffenhausen to the ultimate best of Porsche racing cars. Text in English and German.


(Hardback)

By: Constantin Bergander

ISBN: 9780764369155
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2025
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
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An illustrated history of Renn Sport Porsches, from 550 RS to 992 GT3 RS.


(Hardback)

By: Johnny Tipler

ISBN: 9780719844591
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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(Hardback)

By: Andrea Rapelli

ISBN: 9788854418974
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
Publisher: White Star
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To celebrate the 60 years since the creation of the now legendary 911, this volume tells the story of a brand that has become a myth on four wheels: Porsche.


(Paperback)

By: Carl H. Munroe

ISBN: 9781557883551
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2001
Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
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(Hardback)

By: Peter J Green

ISBN: 9781399042697
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 29th August 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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This book looks at Shrewsbury itself, the lines that radiate from there, and the trains that ran on them, in the late twentieth and the early part of the twenty-first century.


(Paperback)

By: Bob Gwynne

ISBN: 9780747810414
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Heritage railways are a serious matter, bringing visitors, employment and a sense of local identity to regions throughout Britain. This title tells the story of this phenomenon and looks at the range of challenges that have been overcome to create the vibrant world of the Heritage railway that we enjoy today.


(Hardback)

By: Christian Wolmar

ISBN: 9781788549844
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2020
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A concise, authoritative and fast-paced telling of how the railways changed the world.


(Hardback)

By: John Hodge

ISBN: 9781399041089
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 29th June 2023
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
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Abundantly illustrated with many photos of each of the locations along the route. Contains images of some of the best scenery in the Western Region. Detailed coverage of each location along the line with location details and photographs


(Hardback, 3rd New edition)

By: Jack Simmons

ISBN: 9781873329016
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 1991
Publisher: Sheldrake Press
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Jack Simmons sympathetically tells the history of the railways and describes every major aspect of their equipment and operations: permanent way, buildings, locomotives, rolling stock, signalling and labour relations. He also makes journeys through the Pennines, Scotland, Essex and Southern England on which he acts as observer and guide.


(Paperback)

By: Adrian Vaughan

ISBN: 9781847978714
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
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Spans the history of the route from the opening in 1840 until 1965, when British Rail withdrew all the local passenger services between Didcot and Swindon and all the intermediate stations were closed.

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