Colours in the Sky. The History of Autair and Court Line Aviation, Hardback - Graham Simons

A comprehensive and colourful history of Autair and Court Line, the prominent British holiday charter airline of the 1970s.

During the 1950s, at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog and the USA was aiming to become the world's only superpower, plan...

DescriptionThe Boeing 707 family - that includes the forerunner Model 367-80, the KC-135 series of military transports and the slightly smaller Mod...

The French had been involved in human flight since 1783, and this book explores the men, the machines, the places and the events of French aviation...

Judy Simons thought to leave her grandchildren a legacy of reminiscences about her Jewish upbringing in 1950s Sheffield. But when her mother died s...

DescriptionIn a similar style to Comet : The World's First Jet Airliner and Boeing Group: A History Graham Simons presents us with a colorful, thor...

Large and luxurious, it carried only 60-80 passengers, and with a range of 5, 000 miles, a 225ft wing span and eight engines buried in the wings wi...

Published to commemorate the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the definitive and bestselling first-person account of the day that changed the worldIllustr...

The Lockheed TriStar first flew in November 1970, with production continuing until 1984, by when some 250 aircraft had been built.Publisher: Pen & ...

A complete record of every grand prix winning car since the championship began in 1950Illustrations: 508 Illustrations, color

Reducere. As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, ...

Reducere. As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, ...

An irreverent romp through time looking back over the history of aviation, from Icarus and his wax wings to everything that happened sincePublisher...

This book focuses on the design, engineering, development and tactical use of the many variants throughout the bombers service life.

A guide to the 1942 Flying Fortress which dropped more than 60 tons of bombs on Germany.

Reducere. DescriptionONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BOOKS EVER PUBLSHED, it's the work of a creative genius whose observation, analysis, ingenuity, and daring lai...

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Publisher: Arkose PressIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 632Publication date: 2015Dimensions: 164 x 240 x 43Cover typ...

How the American airship came within a hair's breadth of replacing planes, trains, and ocean liners as dominant long-distance transportPublisher: T...

In 1976, a young Swede named Bjorn Borg put a stranglehold on the Wimbledon men's singles title that proved unbreakable for the next five years. No...

True-life stories of seafarers facing danger and death in the 19th and early 20th centuries

Balloons, parachutes, aeroplanes, gliders, airships -the extraordinary personal tales of the women who led the way in early British aviation!Publis...

True-life stories of seafarers facing danger and death in the 19th and early 20th centuries

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Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson's design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the 'Connie', produced one of the world's most iconic air...

A full and comprehensive history of De Havilland Enterprises. Acquaints the reader with the man behind the company, Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilla...

Challenges the traditional histories of British and Irish migration, the stories of oppression and exile that form an essential part of the existin...

Publisher: Dorling Kindersley LtdAuthor(s): R.G. GrantNumber of pages: 456Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 243 x 288 x 33Cover type: HardbackRedes...

Reducere. Praise for The Court of the Last Tsar ""Any book by Greg King is a book to be kept and savored. He has not only given us a fresh, clear-eyed, and o...

England versus Germany is one of football's fiercest and most enduring rivalries, with moments of sheer sporting drama alongside troubling resonanc...

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Reducere. Award NameNew Mexico-Arizona Book AwardsAward categoryBiography-AZIn Death Valley National Monument, 1947, a handsome young park ranger idly plucks...

Publisher: Disney Book Publishing Inc.Author(s): Robert VendittiIllustration(s): 128 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date...

Reducere. A searing new work of nonfiction from award-winning author Brandy Colbert about the history and legacy of one of the most deadly and destructive ac...

Publisher: Disney Book Publishing Inc.Author(s): Robert VendittiIllustration(s): 128 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 128Publication date...

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Climbing gives you the illusion of being in control, just for a while, the tantalising sense of being able to stay one move ahead of death. Helen M...

DescriptionOne day, Little Mo found an injured little bird in her backyard, and she spent all her time nursing the bird back to health. They quickl...

This book presents a remarkable picture of the men and machines that played such an important part in the early history of flight.Illustrations: Ap...

Music legend, photographer, and artist Graham Nash reflects on more than fifty years of an extraordinary life in this extensive collection of perso...

An annotated anthology of the 150-year legacy of fact, fiction and 'fake news' surrounding the mysterious abandonment of the brigantine Mary Celest...

Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress, and explores how the symbolism ha...

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Joe Pappalardo's Inferno tells the true story of the men who flew the deadliest missions of World War II, and an unlikely hero who received the Med...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Joe PappalardoNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 135 x 207 x 29Cover type: Paperback / so...