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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Murder & Mayhem on Ohio's RailsRide Ohio's rails with some of the bravest trainmen and most vicious killers and robbers to ever roll down the tracks.The West may have had Jesse James and Butch Cassidy, but Ohio had its own brand of train robbers. Discover how Alvin Karpis knocked...
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Police CarsOften racing at high speeds, police cars command attention on the road. Their blue and red lights signal other cars to either pull over or get out of the way. This book will offer young students the thrills of an exciting ride-along in a...
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Garbage TrucksTrash cans and dumpsters are the weights garbage trucks lift with their robotic arms. Once lifted, the bins lose their weight, being flipped upside down and emptied into the trucks' hoppers. In this low-level title, children will pick up a basic knowledge of garbage...
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The Bus for UsA perfect picture book to share with children starting school or those riding the school bus for the first time. It's the first day of school for Tess, and it's also her very first ride on a school bus. Waiting at the bus stop...
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So You Want to Be a Fashion Designer: Here's the Info You NeedBecoming a fashion designer is the dream of many young people. As of 2014, there is even an award for this young talent called the LVMH Prize for Young Fashion Designers. If you aren t living in the heart of New York City or...
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The Titanic: Disaster of a CenturyIn this centennial edition of the definitive book on the Titanic, new findings, photos, and interviews shed light on the world's most famous marine disaster for the 100th anniversary of the Titanic's sinking. On that fatal night in 1912 the world's largest moving object...
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Motorama: GM's Legendary Show & Concept CarsIn an age of unbridled American enthusiasm and towering industrial might, the GM Motorama was a dazzling and elegant show that was unlike any automotive event before it or since. General Motors staged extravagant and elaborate Motorama shows that rivaled some fashion shows. It...
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Competition Engine BuildingThe photos in this edition are black and white. The needs of a true competition engine are quite different than those of the engine under the hood of a typical commuter car. From the basic design needs, to the base component materials, to the...
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How to Build Honda HorsepowerThe photos in this edition are black and white.Offers complete results from over 2000 dyno pulls, and provides literally tens-of-thousands of dollars worth of dyno test results from all popular Honda performance parts. From air intake systems to exhausts, cams and cylinder heads to...
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How to Build Altered Wheelbase CarsThe photos in this edition are black and white.One of the most distinctive and interesting eras in hot rodding was the early '60s, when Gasser-class and altered wheelbase machines were changing the definition of what a hot rod was. Eventually, the altered wheelbase machines...
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How to Drag RaceThe photos in this edition are black and white.From race registration to the finish line and everything in between, How to Drag Race explains all the steps for successful drag racing, so the aspiring drag racer can easily setup his or her car, launch...
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How to Build Supercharged & Turbocharged Small-Block FordsThe photos in this edition are black and white.The supercharger and turbocharger in their various forms and applications have both been around for well over a century. What makes them so popular? Looks, power, performance, sound, and status. And how do they relate to,...
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The Fishing Line: A History of the Grand Rapids & Indiana RailroadWith roots in Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Grand Rapids & Indiana Railroad--nicknamed "The Fishing Line" for its connections to attractive Michigan tourist areas--was organized in the mid-nineteenth century to take advantage of the lucrative logging business of the vast forests of the northern Lower...
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Mainers on the TitanicMainers on the Titanic traces the stories of passengers on that fateful ship who had ties to Maine. Many of them were wealthy summer visitors to Bar Harbor, but there were other residents of state aboard as well. Their tales are retold, along with...
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Trans World Airlines a Book of MemoriesTRANS WORLD AIRLINES - A Book of Memories is a history of TWA offered in a different and most unique format... through the eyewitness experiences of its flight crews and ground workers, as well as friends of the company who share their reminiscences. TWA...
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The T.W. Lawson: The Fate of the World's Only Seven-Masted SchoonerArmed with curiosity and a desire to piece together the story of the world's only seven-masted schooner, Tom Hall spent several years researching on both sides of the Atlantic, diving on the Lawson wreck and interviewing the relatives of those involved in the rescue...
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Beginner's Guide to Ship Watching on the Great Lakes: What to Look For, Ship-Watching Destinations, Ports, Whistles and MoreStart Ship Watching on the Great Lakes Today Ship watching on the Great Lakes is fascinating It's hard to fathom how big a 1000-foot-long ship is until you see one navigating on the Great Lakes or passing under a lift bridge. Immediate questions come...
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Alphabet TrucksPerfect for the lover of all things that go, ALPHABET TRUCKS provides a fun and accessible way for the littlest of readers to learn their trucks and their ABCs. Each letter of the alphabet is accounted for in this introductory concept book for young...
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My ClementineA loyal captain narrates the story of his beloved ship's extraordinary 50-year life--from the early 1930s, when the refrigerated cargo ship named Clementine was built and launched, to her travels to exotic ports of call around the world, through her service in war and...
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Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine Rocket Propulsion [With *]This seminal book on gas turbine technology has been a bestseller since it was first published. It now includes a comprehensive set of software programs that complement the text with problems and design analyses. Software topics included are atmosphere programs, quasi-one-dimensional flow programs (ideal...
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