On October 1, 1958, the world's first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Union's launch of Sputnik a year earlier. Within a decade, the National Aerona...
A celebration of trucks and trucking, from the first motorised wagons to the advent of driverless freight vehicles.Charting decade after decade of innovation and change, The Truck Book ...
Jest rok 1974. W niezwykłą podróż do przeszłości, do Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej, zabierają nas Michael Russell i Peter Haseldine. Grupa brytyjskich miłośników komunikacji odwie...
Stencils are ubiquitous in the fields of industry, military, traffic and transportation, as well as in the home, often applied as ornamental patterns on cabinets, walls and floors. And because they...
Explore the science, methods, and materials needed to create today's technology and buildings with this engaging guide to engineering.Discover the skills needed to...• Design cars,...
A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, A Degree in a Book: Electrical And Mechanical Engineering provides you with all the concepts you need to know to understand the fundamental ...
Fully illustrated throughout, The Supercar Book is a sumptuously designed guide full of everything you could ever want to know about the best supercars on the planet.From number-one bes...
The first dedicated, illustrated study of the events of the Second Punic War in Iberia, which served as a launch pad for the Carthaginian invasion of Rome.Iberia was one of three crucia...
An illustrated account of the dramatic engagement between the Luftwaffe's Me 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II.In the summer of 1944, US Army Air For...
A comprehensive. illustrated account of the wartime Italian battle fleet, from its ships and technology to command structure, logistics, codebreaking and more.In the 1920s, the Italian ...
The first book to cover the full history of the RAF's air war against Hamburg, one of the most important target cities in Germany.The city of Hamburg became synonymous with the destruct...
A fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940.The German conquest of France in 1940 was arguably the Wehrmacht's greate...
An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmjäger.Developed from one of the finest fight...
For more than 60 years, Porsche has been one of the greatest names in the automobile industry. Even before World War II, Ferdinand Porsche was one of the most important auto engineers, having creat...
This volume traces through more than 150 years of Italian automotive history. A history made, above all, by men who have put creativity, hard work, inspiration, ingenuity, and tenacity to use in de...
The automobile was invented in Germany and historically, German manufacturers have always played a leading role in car design and construction. To this day, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Porsche continu...
There are automobiles that slipped into anonymity as though they had never existed. And then there are vehicles that made history, that served as reference points for design, performance, and fasci...
For more than 60 years, the house of the prancing horse has designed and produced hundreds of cars and extraordinary sports carts, with countless world championships and victories to its name. An i...
F1 is now the fastest growing sport in the world; the full story of its unbelievable rise is a riveting saga only hinted at by the likes of Drive to Survive. In this book - the first, definitive ac...