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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Airplanes of World War I Coloring BookOne of the most colorful, innovative and deadly theaters of the Great War took place in the air. Before 1914 planes were toys for gentlemen-amateurs; by 1918 they had become precise, sophisticated machines. This book of 43 remarkable aircraft of World War I presents...
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Sovereigns of the Sea: The Quest to Build the Perfect Renaissance BattleshipThe Ultimate WarshipHer keel measured 126 feet, and she stretched to 160 feet overall. Her 46.5-foot beam sacrificed speed for the sake of stability, and the 19 feet of water she drew denied her access to smaller ports. Some saw her enormous size and...
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The Lives of Beryl Markham: The Rise and Fall of America's Favorite PlanetDrawing on her own long association with Markham, as well as diaries, letters, and interviews, Errol Trzebinski unravels the complexities of one of the century's great personalities. Markham's memoir, West with the Night, was rediscovered in 1983 and became an instant bestseller, though shadowed...
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Iron HorsesA masterly account of the origins of the transcontinental railroad (Douglas Brinkley) by the author of the bestselling The Admirals. After the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in 1869, the rest of the United States was up for grabs, and the race was...
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Sea Venture: Shipwreck, Survival, and the Salvation of JamestownIn one of the most triumphant high sea stories ever told, Kieran Doherty brings to life the remarkable true story of the ship that rescued the struggling Jamestown settlement in 1610 and single-handedly ensured England's place in the New World. When the Sea Venture...
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One More Train to Ride: The Underground World of Modern American HoboesDrawn from intimate interviews with 14 modern-day "steel rail nomads," One More Train to Ride provides a revealing picture of today's American hobo. Interspersed with their stories are original poems and songs echoing the ancient lyricism and loneliness of life on the road. Their...
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Zero to Sixty: The Motorcycle Journey of a LifetimeNearing sixty, diagnosed with heart disease and feeling his mortality, Gary Paulsen buys his first Harley-Davidson and rides from his home in New Mexico to Alaska-and from the present into his past, through the landmarks of a singular life. Paulsen's journey is peopled with...
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Titanic, First Accounts: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)Fascinating firsthand accounts of the Titanic--in a deluxe package with gorgeous graphic cover art The Titanic, First Accounts graphic deluxe edition compiles first hand accounts, testimonies, and letters by notable Titanic survivors, including Archibald Gracie, Lawrence Beesley, Elizabeth W. Shutes, and the "unsinkable" Molly...
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Understanding Boat Design (H/C)Author: Ted BrewerPublisher: International Marine PublishingPublished: 11/22/1993Pages: 158Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.08lbsSize: 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.44dISBN: 9780071837972About the AuthorBrewer, Ted: - McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwideThis title...
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Rebuilding the Famous Ford FlatheadAuthor: BishopPublisher: McGraw-HillPublished: 09/27/1981Pages: 142Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.69lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38dISBN: 9780071832489This title is not returnable
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RV Electrical Systems: A Basic Guide to Troubleshooting, Repairing and ImprovementThis problem-solving reference answers questions such as, "Why do interior lights dim or burn out rapidly" and "Why won't the batteries recharge after a night without electricity?"Author: Bill Moeller, Jan MoellerPublisher: International Marine PublishingPublished: 10/22/1994Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize: 9.12h x 7.47w x 0.65dISBN:...
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Work, Dogs, Work: A Highway TailBeginning readers will love this I Can Read adventure starring a doggy construction crew The text and art have been gently adapted from James Horvath's picture book of the same title.Top dog Duke and his busy crew of construction worker dogs have a big...
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Mighty Truck: The Traffic Tie-UpClarence was just a muddy pickup. One day, there was a big storm and Lightning zapped the car wash. Now Clarence has a secret: Water turns him into MIGHTY TRUCK Everyone has a job to do in Axleburg. Stella's job is to be a...
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Mighty Truck on the FarmClarence was just a muddy pickup. One day there was a big storm, and lightning zapped the car wash. Now Clarence has a secret: Water turns him into MIGHTY TRUCK But even Mighty Truck needs to relax after working wheely hard to save the...
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Auto Biography: A Classic Car, an Outlaw Motorhead, and 57 Years of the American DreamA brilliant blend of Shop Class as Soulcraft and The Orchid Thief, Earl Swift's wise, funny, and captivating Auto Biography follows an outlaw auto dealer as he struggles to save a rusted '57 Chevy--a car that has already passed through twelve pairs of hands...
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Cruising Attitude: Tales of Crashpads, Crew Drama, and Crazy Passengers at 35,000 FeetReal-life flight attendant Heather Poole has written a charming and funny insider's account of life and work in the not-always-friendly skies. Cruising Attitude is a Coffee, Tea, or Me? for the 21st century, as the author parlays her fifteen years of flight experience into...
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Highest Duty: 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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Crosville Diverted 35: The Leyland Tigers 1949-1964Crosville is the story of the Crosville Motor Company and the Leyland Tiger buses they operated in the post world war II period. As with many other operators nationwide Crosville Motor Services based in Chester faced difficulties in re-establishing both stage carriage and private...
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Captain on the YangtzeThe Yangtze River is the key artery through China's heartland, and through the early decades of the 20th Century, the biggest ships on the river were all skippered by foreign sailors like Peter Mender. As a captain for the American company Standard Oil, he...
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Awesome AircraftThe first powered aircraft was built in the United States at the start of the twentieth century. Within a few years, aircraft was being engineered to fly farther and especially faster. This carefully researched book starts at the beginning, with the Wright brothers, and...
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