The Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway
by Keith Fenwick and Neil Sinclair
Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company (Great Lakes Books)
by C. Roger Pellett
From 1888 to 1898, the American Steel Barge Company built and operated a fleet of forty-four barges and steamships on the Great Lakes and in international trade. These new ships were considered revolutionary by some and nautical curiosities by others. Built from what was then a high tech material (steel) and powered by state-of-the-art steam machinery, their creation in the remote north was a sign of industrial accomplishment. In Whaleback Ships and the American Steel Barge Company, C. Roger Pe...
Describes different kinds of trucks and their parts; introduces both female and male truck drivers; gives advice on trucking careers; relates tales of heroism by "knights of the road;" discusses CB radio, driving incentives, and trucking hobbies.
Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston Rail Road, The: Dreams of Linking North and South
by H. Roger Grant
In the worst peacetime disaster experienced by the Russian Navy, on 12 August 2000 the state-of-the-art nuclear-powered Kursk submarine sank with the loss of 118 officers and crew. The sinking was a humanitarian, environmental, and military catastrophe for Russia, and a powerful political reversal for President Putin But what really happened? Peter Truscott, former Foreign Affairs and Defence spokesperson in the European Parliament and Vice-President of the Security Committee, aims to provide th...
Canadian and British airmen engaged in fierce and deadly battles in the skies over Europe during the Second World War. Those who survived often had to overcome incredible obstacles to do so - dodging bullets and German troops, escaping from burning planes and enduring forced marches if they became prisoners. In one story, a tail gunner from Montreal survived despite being unconscious when blown out of his bomber. Another story describes how the crew of a navigator from Ottawa used chewing gum to...
UK VFR Flight Guide 2022 (Bound)
Harwich-Hoek Van Holland
by Miles Cowsill, Frank Haalmeijer, and John Hendy
Die Anfange der Dampfschiffahrt in Niedersachsen und in den Angrenzenden Gebieten von 1817 bis 1867
by Hans Szymanski
Introduces different types of motorcycles, riding techniques, and the world of motorcycle racing, from motocross, speedway, and drag racing to desert and ice racing.
Triumph Motorcycles Illustrated Workshop Manual 1937-1951
by Floyd Clymer
Can-Am lasted only 8 1/2 seasons, from 1966 into 1974, but what ground-shaking, car-shaping years those were. With minimal rules and lavish prize money, the Can-Am attracted top-flight teams and superstar drivers. It also encouraged innovation, and racing's most inventive minds brought out novel and astounding ideas. Chaparral, Lola, McLaren, Porsche and Shadow are among 22 of these epic machines revisited through stunning studio photography by Peter Harholdt and vivid descriptions by Pete Lyons...
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