| Author: | Peter Clark |
This book describes the diesel and electric locomotives used on the main line and export mineral railways in Australia, and the oper-ating preserved steam locomotives used both on preserved lines and on main lines. The diesel locomotives are listed according to the type of diesel engine used and are arranged to show the devel... read more
| Author: | PA Photos |
| Series: | Twentieth Century in Pictures |
This is a visual history of Great Britain's railway network. It contains around 300 photographs from PA Photos' huge archives, spanning the whole of the 20th Century. The railway system in Britain is the oldest in the world, beginning in 1825 with the first steam locomotive hauled public railway and culminating in a network o... read more
| Author: | Michel Zumbrunn |
Few names in the automobile industry evoke as much glamour as Ferrari. From its inception as a motor racing team in the late 1920s to its position today as one of the world's leading car manufacturers, Ferrari has produced some of the most alluring and iconic machines ever to grace both the racetrack and the road. Ferrari Leg... read more
| Author: | Michael Furman |
Few nations have had such an enduring love affair with the automobile as the United States. American Auto Legends presents more than 50 of the most remarkable American cars ever produced, from the 'horseless carriages' of the early 1900s to the sleek and ultra-efficient machines of the early twenty-first century. Following a ... read more
| Author: | Alessandro Sannia |
One of the greatest names in motoring history, Ferrari made its name with hand-built V12 sports cars in the 1950s. Since then it has won innumerable sports car and grand prix races and it is now the most desirable car in the world to own. This is the illustrated story of Enzo Ferrari's brainchild and all the models from the h... read more
| Author: | Greg McDonnell |
The essential photographic reference to modern North American locomotives.
| Author: | Philippe de Baeck |
The ultimate illustrated celebration of the world's most expensive yachts.
| Author: | Michel Zumbrunn |
Great Britain's role in shaping the history of the automobile cannot be overestimated. The British motor industry has been responsible for many of the world's landmark car designs, and its famous names - including Jaguar, Bentley, AC, Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin, MG and Lotus - are inextricably linked with some of the most ... read more
| Author: | Jonathan Glancey |
Jonathan Glancey is a lifelong steam enthusiast who has oiled, fired and driven, as well as watched and listened to, steam locomotives around the world. In Giants of Steam, he turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway locomotives in regular... read more
| Author: | Don Loffler |
'Don Loffler has now written five outstanding books on Australia's Own Holden. Unlike many motoring enthusiasts, Loffler's interest in the cars comprises a deeper interest in Australian social and cultural history. For the first time, he looks at models made between 1956 and 1967 and explains why photos of the early cars stil... read more
| Author: | Donald Albrecht |
Discover the past history and future possibilities of airport design in this extraordinarily delightful book packaged with a special Z-binding. Open one side to explore history, current trends and pop culture imagery...flip the book over to soar into a world of possibilities in a visual voyage through the Airport of the Futur... read more
| Author: | LEWIN TONY |
The first years of the twenty-first century brought many changes and challenges for the automobile industry, from the development of environmentally responsible vehicles to the consolidation of numerous small companies as part of major manufacturing groups. Written by auto expert Tony Lewin and featuring over 1500 stunning ph... read more
| Author: | Paolo Tuminelli |
Car Design Europe is first in a series on world automotive history. Discover how European cars shaped the culture from the '30s to the present. Transport, status symbol and design object: cars have been all this--and more. The leading brands are show cased with top-notch photography. We learn about key technological and comme... read more
| Author: | Bernhard Rieger |
At the Berlin Auto Show in 1938, Adolf Hitler presented the prototype for a small, oddly shaped, inexpensive family car that all good Aryans could enjoy. Decades later, that automobile--the Volkswagen Beetle--was one of the most beloved in the world. Bernhard Rieger examines culture and technology, politics and economics, and... read more
| Author: | Christopher Chant |
Which are the finest aircraft ever to have flown? The finest military aircraft, the finest airliners, the finest planes of today, and yesterday? This book answers these questions comprehensively, and with photographs and illustrations which help convey just what is so special about each aircraft. Over 250 of the world's most ... read more