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  • Flying Scotsman

    The Legend Lives On

    by Brian Sharpe ...
    From hauling the first non-stop express from London to Edinburgh in 1928 and breaking the 100mph barrier in 1934, to being sold in 1963, and to its final home at the York National Railway Centre, The Flying Scotsman has a rich and, at times, controversial history.It has travelled across the USA and steamed across Australia, changed owners and color and sold for the highest price ever paid for a ... Read more

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    Based on C.H.J. Snider's "Schooner days"

    by Robert B. Townsend ...
    For more than two hundred years, thousands of giant sailing ships traversed the Great Lakes carrying cargo and passengers. The memory of the romance and elegance of these beautiful ships has almost been forgotten in the search for greater efficiency and speed in our modern world.C.H.J. Snider (1879-1971) chronicled this era in his 1,303 "Schooner Days" columns for Toronto's The Evening Telegram ... Read more

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  • The Great Race

    The Global Quest for the Car of the Future

    by Levi Tillemann ...
    The Great Race recounts the exciting story of a century-long battle among automakers for market share, profit, and technological dominance—and the thrilling race to build the car of the future.The world’s great manufacturing juggernaut—the $3 trillion automotive industry—is in the throes of a revolution. Its future will include cars Henry Ford and Karl Benz could scarcely imagine. They will drive ... Read more

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  • The TTC Story

    The First Seventy-five Years

    by Mike Filey ...
    Looking back over the past 75 years, there is no doubt that public transportation has played a major role in the development and maturing of Toronto and its metropolitan area. Indeed , despite the fiscal challenges facing it, the TTC today remains a transit agency with an enviable reputation.The TTC Story:The First Seventy-five Years, by Mike Filey, features over one hundred magnificent black and ... Read more

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  • Blood on the Tracks

    A History of Railway Crime in Britain

    by David Brandon, Alan Brooke ...
    Between 1835 and the 1850s, railway mania blossomed around Britain. Crime emerged as the railways developed, at first opportunistic crimes such as fare evasion and robberies, but gradually more inventive forms evolved, notably the minor clerk Redpath in the 1850s, whose shameless cooking of the books to live the high life exposed the lack of any kind of accountancy across the railway industry. The ... Read more

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  • Standard Catalog of John Deere Tractors 1st

    by rOBERT Pripps ...
    Series series Standard Catalog
    This well researched, all-color reference spans some of the most developmentally significant years of John Deere production history. Listings for each model produced between 1917 and 1972 include features, history, original price, variations of the model, Nebraska Test data and serial numbers. Current collector pricing information as well as two or more large color photographs and 3-4 detail ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Grand Prix Motorcycle Racers

    The American Heroes

    by Norm DeWitt ...
    Until the 1970s, North America was considered a backwater with respect to world championship–level motorcycle road racing. European racers viewed American riders as being less talented and rode around in circles on tracks made of dirt. That all changed when Kenny Roberts exploded onto the Grand Prix racing scene and became the first American to win the world championship in motorcycle road racing ... Read more

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  • Oriental Endeavour

    by David Creamer ...
    A tale of two tugboats brimming with adventure, mishap and intrigue. A rare and true-life seafaring adventure story with a difference! ... Read more

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  • British Diesel Locomotives of the 1950s and ‘60s

    by Greg Morse ...
    Series Book 825 - Shire Library
    A beautifully illustrated guide to the trains that took over as the Age of Steam was drawing to a close in the 1950s. Ideal for anyone interested in Britain's railways and the evolution of rail transport.After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had been around for some time, but faced ... Read more

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  • The Transportation of Oil by Sea

    by Tony Akaki ...
    Before the coming of the dot com era it was by no accident that the richest individuals in the world were involved with tankers. Probably the most famous ship owner in the world was Aristotle Socrates Onassis. But before one looks at tanker freights of which Onassis among others managed to secure a good return on capital it is crucial to recap and examine some of the factors that affected the ... Read more

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  • How to Ride a Moped

    by Peter Gibbons ...
    It is easier to ride a moped than it is to ride a motorcycle, and you can still get some of the same thrill that is at the heart of whatever draws us to two-wheeled vehicles. The licensing procedure can be simpler. There's a bit less to keep in mind, than compared to a motorcycle. Read on to learn more. Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading ... Read more

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  • Roads and Ecological Infrastructure

    Concepts and Applications for Small Animals

    Edited by Kimberly M. Andrews, Priya Nanjappa, Seth P. D. Riley ...
    Series series Wildlife Management and Conservation
    A practical guide that explains how we can design roads that are compatible with populations of small wildlife.Few of us think twice about driving on roads. Yet the very presence of roads and the act of driving on them can impact the ecological infrastructure that supports an animal's daily life. What chance does a turtle have of successfully laying its eggs when it needs to traverse a busy ... Read more

    $63.99 USD