Transportation
Explore the best books on transportation, featuring engaging reads on buses, trains, and cars for all ages, including top picks for preschoolers and captivating picture books. Find your next favorite transportation book at our online bookstore, showcasing bestsellers and highly recommended reads.
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How to Build Big-Inch Ford Small BlocksThe photos in this edition are black and white.Have you been dreaming about a little extra displacement for your Ford? By increasing the bore and stroke of your current engine, you can add those cubic inches without the hassle of switching to a big...
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How to Drift: The Art of OversteerThe photos in this edition are black and white.Drifting is the newest, most exciting motorsport we have seen in the United States since the invention of the limited slip differential - it may even be the most exhilarating contest man and machine ever devised...
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High-Performance Brake SystemsThe photos in this edition are black and white.Brake systems are one of the most important yet least understood vehicle systems. Brake systems can be intimidating, and they aren't the first thing the average horsepower junkie chooses to upgrade. But there's no reason to...
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To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Express, the World's Greatest RailroadTo the Edge of the World is an adventure in travel -- full of extraordinary personalities, more than a century of explosive political, economic, and cultural events, and almost inconceivable feats of engineering. Christian Wolmar passionately recounts the improbable origins of the Trans-Siberian railroad,...
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Highway 101: The History of El Camino RealA fun-filled look at the history and attractions of California's legendary Highway 101.Now the road has the utilitarian designation of U.S. Route 101, but originally it had a name of romance and mystery--El Camino Real, or the King's Highway, built on the trail pioneered...
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Shipwrecks of the California Coast:: Wood to Iron, Sail to SteamMore than two thousand ships have been lost along California's 840 miles of coastline--Spanish galleons, passenger liners, freighters, schooners. Some tragedies are marking points in U.S. maritime history. The City of Rio de Janeiro, bound from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1901, sliced...
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Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews: Humble Heroes from a Downeast IslandA thrilling tale fit for sailing experts and history buffs alike, historian Mark J. Gabrielson delivers the exciting tale of the Deer Isle Crew: a sailing story that offers an uncommon glimpse into American life at the turn of the twentieth century.In 1895, emissaries...
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Let's Go, Bobby!"Fantastic books for the ... kids on your list....Trace Bobby's scooter, helicopter, rocket adventures and more by following raised paths that stimulate babies' sensory play." -- Los Angeles Times Bobby likes actions. He flies a HELICOPTOR, sails a BOAT and drives a RACE CAR....
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The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United StatesThe definitive guide to the historic S.S. United States, featuring the classic text with a new foreword and introduction by the SS United States Conservancy.The Big Ship: The Story of the S.S. United States is the fascinating behind-the-scenes story of one of the fastest...
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The Lego Trains BookLearn the model-making process from start to finish, including the best ways to choose scale, wheels, motors, and track layout. Get advice for building steam engines, locomotives, and passenger cars, and discover fresh ideas and inspiration for your own LEGO train designs. Inside you'll...
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Jaguar Xk-E & E-Type 3.8 & 4.2 Series 1 & 2 Workshop Manual202 pages, 123 illustrations, size 8.25 x 10.75 inches. This Floyd Clymer publication includes complete technical data, service and maintenance information and comprehensive detailed instructions for the repair and overhaul of all major and minor mechanical and electrical components for both the 3.8 &...
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Corvette V8 1955-1962 Owner's Workshop Manual348 pages, with more than 200 illustrations and charts, size 5.5 x 8.5 inches. Originally published under the same title by Floyd Clymer in 1961 this revised edition was republished in 2015 by VelocePress. Written in easy to understand language, this is possibly the...
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The Garage Girl's GuideWhether you know nothing about your car or are well versed but want to know more, The Garage Girl's Guide to Everything You Need to Know About Your Car covers it all! Inside you will find tips on buying the right car, inspecting a...
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The Inventor's Secret: What Thomas Edison Told Henry FordBoth Thomas Edison and Henry Ford started off as insatiably curious tinkerers. That curiosity led them to become inventors--with very different results. As Edison invented hit after commercial hit, gaining fame and fortune, Henry struggled to make a single invention (an affordable car) work....
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Alphabet BoatsSet sail and learn the ABCs with a boat for each letter Discover twenty-six types of vessels, from the more common--canoe and motorboat--to the unusual--umiak and Q-boat. Just like in Alphabet Trucks and Alphabet Trains, colorful art includes the letters of the alphabet hidden...
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America's Victory: The Heroic Story of a Team of Ordinary Americans -- And How They Won the Greatest Yacht Race EverThe America's Cup is the oldest international trophy in competitive sports, yet few know the inspirational story of the dedicated seamen behind the original historic race. In 1850, a brilliant young boat designer struck a terrible deal with the New York Yacht Club: he...
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Ford Fusion & Milan 2006-10 Repair ManualThis is one in a series of manuals for car or motorcycle owners. Each book provides information on routine maintenance and servicing, with tasks described and photographed in a step-by-step sequence so that even a novice can do the work.Author: Mike Stubblefield, Jay StorerPublisher:...
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Flying the Beam: Navigating the Early US Airmail Airways, 1917-1941With air travel a regular part of daily life in North America, we tend to take the infrastructure that makes it possible for granted. However, the systems, regulations, and technologies of civil aviation are in fact the product of decades of experimentation and political...
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Otter and Twin Otter: The Universal AirplanesFollowing the success of the Beaver aircraft, the engineers and test pilots who developed it decided to build an airplane that could do everything the Beaver could -- with twice the capacity and payload -- and the Otter was born. The Otter was a...
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The Queen of the North Disaster: The Captain's StoryFew recent events in British Columbia have seized the public mind like the 2006 sinking of the BC Ferries passenger vessel Queen of the North. Across Canada, it was one of the top news stories of the year. In BC it has attained the...
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