Vehicles, Bikes, Planes, Boats

My Cool Campervan celebrates the new wave of interest in modern-retro campervans. Join Jane Field-Lewis and Chris Haddon as they set off on a 3500-mile trip to locate campervans and proud owners sharing their memories of family holidays under candy-striped pop-top roofs, of ice creams on long road trips, of sunny days and simple pleasures.

Convertibles (in the First Gear series) is a celebration of the classic drop-top, from the earliest of coach cars where convertible style was the norm, to the high-end sports cars of today. Today’s convertible is a metaphor for freedom on the open road. To drop the top and feel the wind and sun and ...

High performance and utterly thrilling to drive, the muscle car changed the way we view automobiles. Through marketing wars and head to head horse power battles, a carefully curated ideology of what the muscle car should be able to do evolved. American family style two door sports coups with rear wheel ...

Chronicles 50 years of the iconic railway from 1960 to 2009.

Spanning some 350 years, the Thomson Collection of historic ship models contains examples of exquisite workmanship and some of the masterpieces of the genre. Pride of the collection are the rare British dockyard models made to scale for affluent 18th-century clients closely associated with the Navy.

The Thames was once Britain's shipbuilding heart, with its banks teeming with men toiling on wooden-hulled vessels. David Ramzan looks at three Greenwich-built ships, their design and their impact on the world.

The Vodka-Cola Cowboy describes life trucking in what is possibly the harshest environment, in the world - Russia. The book vividly illustrates the conditions that British truck drivers encountered, such as the atrocious winter weather in a wild and unforgiving landscape, police harassment and the dangers that came with the dissolution of the USSR.

The history of the U.S. Army Rangers is filled with courage, daring and unsurpassed fighting skills. The unit's success is directly attributable to its rigorous training, and the Ranger Handbook represents the core of those battlefield skills. Paladin Press is proud to be able to offer the newly released revised edition of the Ranger Handbook.

High-seas hijackings, hostile boardings, and robberies at port or anchorage have exploded world wide, and today's pirates are more daring, sophisticated and violent than ever before. Before a ship sets sail, a comprehensive maritime security plan is essential to ensure the safety of vessel and crew.

Thousands of years before any of our modern methods of transport were invented man traveled by boat on the water. This book chronicles our nautical heritage for the last one hundred or so years and features everything from tall ships to small ships, working boats and lifeboats.

A modern, hands-on look at using PCs at sea with a view to maximising their benefits and avoiding common problems.

The Army Medical Officer's Guide is a valuable addition to every U.S. medical officer's personal library. From present-day duties and customs to organization and administration, this newest title in the Stackpole Military Reference Series offers practical information for officers assuming command of a medical unit and taking on a mission.

The inside story of today's Dambusters, 617 Squadron RAF, at war in Afghanistan.

Career histories of the 336 most senior Royal Navy officers of the twentieth century The only published biographies of many individuals An essential reference for historians and genealogists

The Hatfield crash on October 17, 2000 killed four people and caused several months of social chaos. In this book, Ian Jack offers an in-depth analysis into the background of the crash and the implications it presents for Britain.

Nyala is an eleven-ton ketch built in 1933, which Sylvia Murphy and her husband brought up to standard. Each step of their work is carefully explained and beautifully illustrated here.