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  • The Limits to Travel

    How Far Will You Go?

    by David Metz ...
    As affluence grows, it gets easier to travel faster and further. But research shows that, despite this, the average travel time in all societies remains steady at roughly an hour a day. The implication is that people are choosing to increase the distance they regularly travel, rather than opting for shorter journey times. While this clearly offers advantages in terms of reaching more desirable ... Read more

    Was $51.99 USD Now $45.99 USD

  • Good To Go? Decarbonising Travel After the Pandemic

    by David Metz ...
    Series series Perspectives
    Travel is central to our lives. The transport system brings us the goods and services that we need and allows us to access the experiences and opportunities that we seek. Yet our transport system has many problems: congestion and overcrowding, noise, air pollution and carbon emissions, deaths and injuries, and the intrusion of vehicles into unsuitable locations. Much effort and money has been ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Travel Fast or Smart?

    A Manifesto for an Intelligent Transport Policy

    by David Metz ...
    Britain does not have a coherent transport policy, and conventional transport economics has reached a dead end. A transport policy should incorporate systematic thinking about the travel needs of society, but in Britain public investment in the transport system has been extraordinarily volatile. We closed underused railways and then experienced a doubling of passenger numbers, prompting huge new ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Master of Airpower

    General Carl A. Spatz

    by David Mets ...
    “A valuable and long-overdue biography of one of America’s greatest soldiers.”—ParametersThe story of Gen. Carl “Tooey” Spaatz’s life is more than a biography of one of America’s great military leaders. It is a history of the development of airpower, and a fascinating, inside look at the long, difficult struggle to win autonomy for the U.S. Air Force. Spaatz earned his wings in 1918, when flying ... Read more

    Was $12.99 USD Now $10.99 USD

  • Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers

    Stories

    by David C. Metz ...
    There are no superheroes in Nick and Lorraine Were Lovers, just ordinary people caught in moments of crisis as they get on with their lives. A middle-aged corporate lawyer confronts a painful childhood memory in the wake of the George Floyd protests. A college student is on a mission to rescue his former lover from herself. A single mother is haunted by the suicide of her daughter. In a small ... Read more

    $6.99 USD