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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Europa Euphoria: The semi-technical and semi-humorous account of the restoration of a Lotus Europa.This book is a semi-technical and semi-humorous account of the restoration of a Lotus Europa. A Lotus Europa is an old British car that was imported to the United States from about 1966 to about 1973. I had previously restored a Lotus Cortina, a...
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Clinker BoatbuildingThis book describes clinker and cold-moulded construction methods for sailing, rowing or powered boats up to 20 feet in length.Author: John LeatherPublisher: A&c Black 3plPublished: 01/02/2002Pages: 244Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.70dISBN: 9780713636437This title is not returnable
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Sunset Limited: The Southern Pacific Railroad and the Development of the American West, 1850-1930The only major U.S. railroad to be operated by westerners and the only railroad built from west to east, the Southern Pacific acquired a unique history and character. It also acquired a reputation, especially in California, as a railroad that people loved to hate....
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Miracle on Buffalo Pass: Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217On the evening of December 4, 1978, Rocky Mountain Airways Flight 217 departed Steamboat Springs, Colorado bound for Denver with twenty-two souls on board. Less than an hour later, the flight was forced down on Buffalo Pass at an altitude of 10,500 feet when...
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Making Waves: Michigan's Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteenth century, Michigan had emerged as the industry's hub, drawing together...
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Curious George Subway Train AdventureIn this Level 2 Green Light Reader based on the Emmy Award-winning PBS show, George can't believe his luck when he gets to visit the zoo and ride there on the subway! George is so excited to take the underground train for the first...
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Dinotrux Go to SchoolIn this beginning reader, today is the first day of school. The Dinotrux are nervous What will they eat for lunch? Will their teacher be nice? But the Dinotrux don't need to worry. They can help each other. And school isn't scary. It's fun,...
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Fire TruckIf you love fire trucksmore than anything, this book is for you.Author: Peter SisPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublished: 07/06/2004Pages: 28Binding Type: Board BookWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 6.00h x 6.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9780060562595Audience: Ages 4-8Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 1.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 64999 / Fire TruckAbout the...
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You Are the First Kid on MarsAs we look back to the beginnings of the space race, 2009 is also the year for looking forward to humankind's next step toward the stars. In the spirit of books that once imagined colonies on the moon, Patrick O?Brien has created a unique...
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From Worst to First: Behind the Scenes of Continental's Remarkable Comeback1994 rangierte Continental Airlines allgemein als schlechteste Airline und stand kurz vor dem Konkurs - das dritte Mal in nur 10 Jahren. Nur wenige Monate nach seinem Amtsantritt als CEO hatte Gordon Bethune einen enormen Erfolg zu verzeichnen: Nie zuvor war die Arbeitsmoral besser,...
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Whoosh and Chug!This fun adventure about a fast train and the little engine that saves the day is perfect for young fans of Sebastien Braun's other picture books, Toot and Pop and Digger and Tom , as well as new classics such as I'm Dirty by...
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The Railroad That Never Was: Vanderbilt, Morgan, and the South Pennsylvania RailroadThis 200-mile line through Pennsylvania's most challenging mountain terrain was intended to form the heart of a new trunk line from the East Coast to Pittsburgh and the Midwest. Conceived in 1881 by William H. Vanderbilt, Andrew Carnegie, and a group of Pittsburgh and...
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The Iowa Route: A History of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern RailwayThe Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Railway was an important part of the commercial life of the upper Midwest during the age of railways. Don L. Hofsommer uses the BC&N as the vehicle for his investigation of the birth, evolution, and disappearance of an...
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The Complete Canvasworker's Guide: How to Outfit Your Boat Using Natural or Synthetic ClothNow completely revised and updated, and expanded by more than fifty percent, The Complete Canvasworker's Guide, Second Edition, brings you Jim Grant's thorough step-by-step approach to constructing a nearly endless variety of attractive and functional gear for your boat. Grant, with his wife, Connie,...
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Sully: My Search for What Really MattersNow a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks--the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. 'Sully' Sullenberger--the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York's Hudson River, saving the...
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The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska SeasIt was a desperate mission that made front-page headlines and captured the attention of millions of readers around the world. In January 1998, in the dead of an Alaskan winter, a cataclysmic Arctic storm with hurricane-force winds and towering seas forced five fishermen to...
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Tugboat Bill and the River RescueFans of Little Tug and Chugga-Chugga Choo-Choo will love this lyrical, heartwarming story by Calista Brill, brought to life by Tad Carpenter's bright and lively illustrations. Perfect for readers who can't get enough of things that GO Bill is a tugboat. Mabel is a...
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Curious George Takes a TrainCurious George heads to the train station to take a trip with the Man with the Yellow Hat, but when he tries to help out the station master, he gets himself into trouble. George finds himself a hiding place--only to discover that his help...
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My BusClimb on board the 123 bus One bus plus one bus driver plus ten bus riders and lots of bus stops equals a busy day of driving, riding, flying, and sailing for everyone--especially you Author: Byron BartonPublisher: Greenwillow BooksPublished: 08/11/2015Pages: 38Binding Type: Board BookWeight:...
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The People's Car: A Global History of the Volkswagen BeetleAt 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...
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