(Hardback)
By: David Gump
ISBN: 9780275933142
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Oct 1989
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This historic shift from government to private leadership in space is evidenced in the many large and small companies already planning private space stations and battling to create their own launches at far lower costs than NASA's projects.
The book begins with an engrossing account of the causes of the Challenger failure.
(Paperback)
By: Chia-Ch'iao Lin
ISBN: 9780691625676
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Hardback)
By: Chia-Ch'iao Lin
ISBN: 9780691654898
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: May 2017
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Tony Davis
ISBN: 9781863255288
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Publisher: Transworld Publishers (Division of Random House Australia)
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Presents the best and worst car names, advertising slogans and technical innovations, the rise of drive-thru culture and four- wheel drives and the films and songs that parked certain cars firmly in our hearts.
(Paperback, 2nd edition)
By: British Gliding Association
ISBN: 9780713686609
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2008
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Aimed at all glider pilots and instructors, this user-friendly guide explains the key theories of flight. Packed with clear illustrations, Gliding makes complex topics comprehensible and includes over 400 illustrations detailing how and why gliders work.
(Paperback, Reissue)
By: John Leather
ISBN: 9781408114407
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A handbook for those designing, building, rigging or sailing gaff rigged craft. It provides an insight into the design, history, techniques and developments of gaff rigs, and outlines the practical aspects of the masts, spars, sails, running and standing rigging.
(Hardback)
By: H. Roger Grant
ISBN: 9780313330797
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Apr 2005
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The railway altered the landscape to the United States. Within a few decades of the invention of the locomotive, railways stretched from coast to coast, enabling people and goods to travel far greater distances than ever before, completely altering our concept of time and space.
(Paperback)
By: Ian Jones
ISBN: 9780852638040
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The safety bicycle, with front-wheel steering and pedal-driven rear wheel, has existed since the experiments of Kirkpatrick Macmillan in 1839, but his ideas were forgotten when the front-wheel driven boneshakers and penny farthings reigned supreme. In the 1870s, experimental safeties appeared, culminating in Henry Lawson's Bicyclette of 1879.
(Paperback, Revised and Expanded Edition)
By: Alan C. Tribble
ISBN: 9780691102993
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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The breakup of the Space Shuttle Columbia as it reentered Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, reminded the public - and NASA - of the grave risks posed to spacecraft by everything from insulating foam to space debris. This title presents an account of environmental effects that can damage or cause poor performance of orbiting spacecraft.
(Paperback)
By: Robert Thomas Jones
ISBN: 9780691604213
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Sep 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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Originator of many of the theories used in modern wing design, Robert T. Jones surveys the aerodynamics of wings from the early theories of lift to modern theoretical developments. This work covers the behavior of wings at both low and high speeds, including the range from very low Reynolds numbers to the determination of minimum drag at supersonic
(Hardback)
By: Robert Thomas Jones
ISBN: 9780691633381
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Princeton University Press
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(Paperback)
By: Bernardo Malfitano
ISBN: 9781543994063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2020
Publisher: BookBaby
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: Young Adult
Publication Date: Sep 2025
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Hardback)
By: Sally Gimson
ISBN: 9781836430179
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2026
UK Publication Date: 28th August 2025
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
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Britain: from railway pioneers to the fiascos of HS2
(Paperback)
By: Kendall Carter
ISBN: 9781399425315
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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The established book of annual astro-navigation tables compiled specifically for the needs of boaters.
(Hardback)
By: Brendan OShannassy
ISBN: 9781399426497
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2026
UK Publication Date: 9th October 2025
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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An insiders guide to the superyacht industry, detailing how to get in, progress through the ranks and thrive on the journey.
(Hardback, 11th edition)
By: Tom Cunliffe
ISBN: 9781399422154
Readership/Audience: Adult Education
Publication Date: Jan 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A comprehensive hands-on manual that covers the Yachtmaster syllabus and brings together all the essentials of modern cruising in one volume.
(Hardback)
By: Peter Griffin
ISBN: 9781775542995
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2025
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (New Zealand)
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(Hardback)
By: Richard Endsor
ISBN: 9781472866691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2026
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A comprehensively researched and beautifully illustrated history of the design of the ships of Charles II's Navy, using reconstructed architectural plans based on contemporary records.
(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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(Paperback)
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
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