Vehicles, Bikes, Planes, Boats

Aircraft have revolutionized the way we live. Billions of passengers take to the air every year and around the world airlines operate almost 80,000 flights daily. This book tells the story of civil aviation illustrating how quickly aircraft design developed and how things changed from the early days of balloon flight through to supersonic travel.

This book goes exclusively behind the scenes with the finest professional cycling mechanics during the most gruelling and high-pressure bike race in the world. Includes maintenance tips for modern and classic bikes.

This charming book, packed with unique artwork and engaging photographs, celebrates scooter mania. In a feast of nostalgia, it takes us through the evolution of the scooter, focusing naturally on all things Lambretta and Vespa, but also covering plenty of obscure and eccentric machinery along the way.

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Thames & Hudson has enjoyed exceptional commercial success and critical acclaim in its collaborative ventures with Magnum, notably with Magnum Magnum and Magnum Contact Sheets , which have combined sales of over 200,000 copies to date across eleven languages.

Following on the success of The Bike Book, this volume takes us inside all aspects of this growing phenomenon-from smart technology and advanced design to the top visual trends. Text in English, German and French.

The title says it all: witty, irreverent but informative text accompanies colourful, larger-than-life photographs of 127 rock stars and their cars. Artists include (in order of appearance: Chuck Berry, Morrissey, David Cassidy, Keith Richards, Jon Bon Jovi, Jim Morrison, Debbie Harry, The Monkees, Keith ...

Over a hundred years ago, on a windswept beach, Wilbur and Orville Wright took to the air - and, all too quickly, came down. Very soon, though, better concepts spread their wings: aircraft transformed warfare; they offered safe, speedy travel to distant places; the most advanced versions even touched ...

The closure of many of Britain's most attractive country railways and branch lines was a sad process for railway enthusiasts. But not all the closed routes remained dead, nor did steam operation disappear forever. For in many parts of Britain steam fans and local people combined to take over favourite ...

Featuring some 85 colour illustrations, 'Bygone London' is an exploration of a changing city. Alongside photographs of the long-departed trams and trolleybuses are rare colour images portraying the Festival of Britain in 1951 and other facets of Metropolitan life during these years.

The clang of the trolleybus bell, the sudden, piercing blast of the guard's whistle, the whirr of the Clippie's ticket machine and the familiar, friendly call of 'Fares, Please' are all sounds that bring back memories of travelling by public transport in years gone by. This lively history takes the reader on a journey of discovery. Startin

The lost lines of East Anglia are as distinctive as the area itself. They were particularly dependent on agricultural freight, which for generations had been the main activity in the region. This title explores these lines in detail.

Traces the development of the omnibus through the horse-drawn era to that of mechanical propulsion, when, after experiments with steam and electric battery units, the petrol engine reigned supreme until just before the Second World War.

This fascinating selection of photographs gives an interesting insight into the history Oxfordshire's buses.