[439] | | NOVEMBER 2009 NEW TITLES/RELEASES | |
Aviation (newly released, available now):| Air Canada brings you the 1st program on the B777-300ER and also a rare opportunity to go along on a roundtrip over the Pacific Ocean as we fly nonstop from Toronto to Tokyo Narita Airport and back. Our crew goes through all the flight preparations, briefings, checklists and take their time ... | |
| Imperial Airways is a name redolent of the excitement and glamour of the pioneering years of flight. This is a lively and entertaining history of this famous commercial aviation company, packed full of tales of daring and danger and larger than life characters who were the pioneers of aviation as ... | |
| A long-awaited new edition of a best-selling pocket guide specifically designed for the aviation enthusiast who wants to listen in to aircraft air band activity.First published in 1992 abc Air Band Radio Guide is an indispensable guide to the complexities of air traffic control communications. For ... From the series abc … | |
| TUIfly, the 217th airline to join the series, brings you the most complete Boeing 737 Next Generation program in the World Air Routes with a series of briefings, presentations, walkarounds... The program includes our first flight to the Cape Verdi Islands with landings at Boa Vista & Sal and the ... | |
| Azul, Brazil's new carrier, becomes the 216th airline to join the World Air Routes series and first program to feature the Embraer 195! This 4 hour DVD once again shows that Brazil is one of the most beautiful places around the world to fly around. Azul's great crews present this high tech ... | |
Aviation (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| Scarcity of information over the years has meant that secret Japanese planes of World War 2 remain an area of aviation history that is largely undiscovered. Despite this, they have a large base of interest as unlike the majority of secret Luftwaffe programs that were resigned to the drawing board, ... | Request notification when available  |
| The phenomenon of aviation archaeology has long captured the public's imagination and millions have watched the TV documentaries as legendary machines have been lifted from their muddy graves. Popular history shows such as Channel 4's Time Team, BBC2's Time Watch and Meet the Ancestors have ... | |
| OKB SUKHOI (Book) by Yefim Gordon and Dmitriy Komissarov |
| This book is the complete and definitive history of the famous Sukhoi Design Bureau, from its establishment in 1940 to the present day. Continuing the series of books exploring in detail the major Russian aviation companies, this is the most comprehensive study of Sukhoi ever undertaken with every ... | |
| This is the first part in an exhaustive two volume reference set on all the Luftwaffe's dive-bomber and ground attack units, including information on all their operations throughout the war. All 16 Stuka Geschwader, 17 ground-attack and 20 night-harassment units are covered, along with their ... | |
Buses (newly released, available now):| Crosville Motor Services was one of the most important regional bus operators that ultimately became part of the NBC. Its services dominated all of North Wales, from Holyhead eastwards as far south as a line from Aberystwyth to Oswestry. It also served other areas such as Cheshire, the Wirral ... | |
| The best bus books are like a good novel, a good play or a good film. They should draw you in and take you away to another time and another place and make you feel you are there, experiencing it for real. This book does that. It deals with a period now long gone but, as you turn the pages, the ... | |
| This is a natural sequel to Andrew's previous book about the Municipal buses of South Wales. Here, he looks at examples of the many buses from Independent companies of South & West Wales in their varied liveries. | |
| The 2009 Go-Ahead Bus Handbook is the Sixth edition of this volume dedicated the bus operations of the group. The Bus Handbook series is published by British Bus Publishing, an independent publisher of quality books for the industry and bus enthusiasts. The contents are correct to september 2009 From the series Bus Handbooks | |
| Most bus enthusiasts will tell you that their interest really started when they travelled by bus to school. In the days when parents were quite happy to bundle their offspring on to a bus to get to school or other activities, the trip on the bus was an exciting experience.Many adults now reminisce ... | |
Buses (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| The Little Red Book has long been regarded as Britain's leading directory to the road passenger transport industry with a new edition being published every Autumn. As always it has been fully updated to provide detailed information on bus and coach operators throughout Britain. It also includes ... | |
| Originally established in late 1969 and combining the municipal fleets of Birmingham, Walsall and Wolverhampton, West Midlands PTE was extended in 1974 to include the neighbouring fleet of Coventry Corporation. Further integration saw the PTE absorb some of the local operations of other local NBC ... | |
Maritime (newly released, available now):| Did the Titanic really sink? Or was it the sister ship Olympic? Was it a massive cover-up? Was it an insurance scam? Controversial and engaging, this is a fascinating and thought-provoking examination of what the author thinks really happened to Titanic, and is now released in B-format paperback ... | |
| Dutch Merchant Navy 1920 – 1929 is the fourth part in a series that shed a light on merchant shipping per decade. With these books we take you back in time to the start of the twentieth century and we follow the ships and the shipowners right into the twenty-first century. The 1920s of the previous ... | |
Maritime (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| This valuable book covers the losses of ships around the world larger than 500 gross tons. Beginning in the 1840s during the birth of the steam age, and continuing up to the present day all passenger losses during both wartime and peacetime are recorded. Also included is a useful dictionary section ... | |
Military (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| Three squadrons of Mosquito's streak over snow covered France at tree-top height; their target a prison full of Resistance Fighters and British Agents, their purpose to free them - or kill them. Desperate calls to London from the French Resistance told of 100 men and women due to be shot at dawn, ... | Expected: 31st December 2010 |
| This brilliant new book offers a unique and highly detailed insight into the workings of one of Nazi Germany's main wartime aircraft production centres – the famous Messerschmitt works at Regensburg. The Regensburg factory was responsible for the output of some of Germany's most important military ... | |
| Over the years the global conflict of World War 1 has been subject to much examination in all aspects save one — a detailed campaign study of the air war and its tactical doctrines over the Western Front from 1916 to the Armistice. Most published works to date have been either personal accounts or ... | |
Miscellaneous (newly released, available now):| The Napoleonic Wars brought an unexpected revival of charcoal production in the Fernhurst area, years after local iron making had ceased. Large quantities of vinegar were also made at the same time. Herein are the explanations for those curious occurrences, together with diagrams of the equipment. | |
Miscellaneous (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| Terrorism – the imposition of, or opposition to, government with the threat or fear of force – is mostly regarded as a modern horror, implemented by bombs, hijackings and assassinations. But the origins of terrorism occur far back in the Middle Ages, when the forefathers of the modern world's most ... | |
| SAUCY JACK (Book) by Gavin Baddeley and Paul Woods |
| Enduringly fascinating and never identified, this is an exposé of the fact and fiction behind the legend of Jack the Ripper, perhaps Britain's first serial killer. This gripping new book examines the heinous case from every angle, exploring theories both plausible and eccentric which have captured ... | |
| With a foreword by Rt. Hon. Ann Widdecombe, this is a thought-provoking analysis of the history, ethics, and methods of capital punishment in Britain. Capital punishment has played its part as the ultimate judicial penalty in the UK for centuries. Often a graphic exercise in physical mutilation, it ... | |
Modelling (newly released, available now):| This new book is aimed at all those who have started the hobby by buying a basic model railway kit and want to move from just laying a few pieces of track on the lounge floor to starting to build a model railway themselves or through joining a model railway club. Little has been written to help ... | |
Modelling (new to the shop, available now):| A practical manual of how to weather model railways of both historic and modern eras, and a book which is also a delight to look through for the sheer artistry of the results achieved by the author. | |
Modelling (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| A new addition to Ian Allan Publishing's highly popular practical modelling series, this title introduces the concepts and practice of wiring model railway layouts from start to finish. Beginning with the basics the book will cover cab control, point control, signalling, train detection and ... From the series Aspects of Modelling | |
| Building on the huge success and popularity of the Aspects of Modelling series designed primarily for railway modellers, Ian Allan Publishing is now extending the coverage of the series to encompass some of the other most popular hobby modelling areas. The first of these titles looks in detail at ... From the series Aspects of Modelling | |
Railways & Tramways (newly released, available now):| DVD Video (also available as Blu-Ray HD Disc ). This is the normal DVD version of our new Driver's eye view from Brussels Midi to London St Pancras International calling at Lille Europe and Ebbsfleet International. Riding with the driver at speeds up to 300 kilometres an hour, or 186 miles an ... From the series Driver`s Eye Views | |
| The 200 photographs in this book reflect the diversity and importance that steam once had in East Anglia. For a hundred years it was the main carrier of people and freight, and a major employer, even though Suffolk was a mainly agricultural county with relatively few lines. Although the ... | |
| It is many years since the ‘Past and Present' series visited London's suburbs, and the privatisation era as seen many developments ‘south of the river'. Since the Grouping of 1923 there have been many changes of ownership and livery, and a constant updating of rolling stock, although some examples ... From the series British Railways Past and Present | |
| Over thirty years ago, Michael Quick amused himself by drawing maps showing the changing aspects of Britain's railway network over time. Discovery of many gaps and anomalies in recording station names led him into the task of recording the names, name changes, opening dates and (if closed) closing ... | |
| From humble beginnings in the 1800s, the Pennsylvania Railroad grew to be one of the most powerful, influential railroads in American history--a railroad that Fortune Magazine called 'a nation unto itself.' It owned its own shops, coal mines, hotels, communications system, and power plants, not to ... | |
| DVD Video (also available as VHS Cassette ). When Traction Magazine, the East Lancashire Railway and EWS got together to stage a diesel event and decided it would be the biggest and best of its kind ever, they meant it! Not only had EIGHT of the visiting main line locomotives never operated over a ... | |
| Jim Clemens Collection No.27. A record of the demise of steam on British railways during 1967 and 1968 in the North-West of England, seen mainly through the camera of Jim Clemens. We feature scenes of steam at CREWE, WARRINGTON and PRESTON followed by shed visits to Dallam, Lostock Hall, Bolton, ... From the series Along LMS Lines | |
| When the first section of the London Underground network opened, it represented the first serious attempt to use railways as a means of improving public transport access into the heart of a pre-existing urban environment. Steam, however, was not an ideal means of propulsion in long tunnel sections ... | |
| This detailed new volume concentrates on the development of the train ferry wagon from the mid 1970s through to the present day. The author carefully explains the method of operation at the ports, and broad division of traffic, including useful details of the freight services used to feed the ... | |
| The last of the four regular Southern Way issues for 2009 features an exciting illustrated article on the chalk-falls between Folkestone and Dover in November 1939. Other pieces include more on the tragedy of Lewisham in 1957, and the much anticipated Part 2 of Richard Simmons' recollections of ... From the series Southern Way | |
| The complex history, the scenic joys and the important minerals combine to make this fascinating series of photographs. The Great Western is evident in many of the views from a forgotten past. From the series Branch Lines | |
| These brief histories of each Underground line are written by the leading authorities on the history of the system. Each uses photographs, many in colour, from the London Transport Museum archive collection. From the series Illustrated History | |
| Scotland's dramatic mountain landscape has attracted many railway photographers but the most scenic routes, such as the beautiful West Highland line and Perth to Inverness route, were among the first to fall victim to dieselisation in the early 1960s. In 1962 however, a decision was taken to ... | |
| This is the start of a fascinating new series which provides a valuable aid to all those that like to photograph or observe Britain's railways. Number 1 features 70 locations around the Midlands. Each location features an Ordnance Survey map and full directions on how to get their, by car or public ... | |
| Welcome to southern Austria. While the Gotthard railway links the north sea ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam with Italy (Milan and Genoa in particular) the Brenner links the north German ports of Hamburg, Bremerhafen and Bremen with Italy (Verona and points south). The Brenner, like the Semmering, ... From the series Ticket To Ride | |
| Welcome to Italy. We continue our exploration of the Brenner railway that links the northern German ports with Verona and points south. Our main calling points are: Fortezza, Brunico - on the line to Lienz and Villach in Austria - Bressanone, Bolzano, Trento, Rovereto, Domegliara and then Verona ... From the series Ticket To Ride | |
| It is nearly twelve years since the last edition CALIFORNIA & NEVADA was published during which time much has once again changed following the mergers of Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe and the merger of Southern Pacific into Union Pacific. In addition to general updating, this new edition has ... From the series Railroad Atlas Of North America | |
| Old Oak Common was opened in 1906. The locomotive side comprised a four turntable roundhouse, a 12 road shed plus a coaling stage. In the 1930s the depot's facilities were further improved. With the decline of steam the depot was changed to facilitate the diesel age. This culminated in the ... | |
| Memories from the hydraulic traction scene of the 1970s plus a look at the loco hauled era of the early 1980s. The Class 52 Westerns with a round up of the active members of the class in the final year of service. Paddington and Old Oak Common with ‘Westerns', ‘Hymeks' and Class 50s in the early ... | |
| DVD Video (also available as VHS Cassette ). The Programme Comprises: B12 Class 4-6-0 Gt Eastern Design: Holdsworths design is featured in the 1950s together with the preserved example 61572 at work on a railtour in the early 1960s. B16 Class 4-6-0 North Eastern Design: Archive film shows the ... | |
| In the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s the Eastern Region of British Railways was characterised by a number of branch and secondary lines that had changed little since the days of working steam. In this programme we'll explore the network, travelling from the suburbs of London to Norfolk from where ... | |
| The first passenger railway in Ireland, the Dublin & Kingstown, opened for business in 1834. From modest beginnings, the railway network expanded over the next 70 years into almost every part of the country. At its greatest extent, the national network consisted of just under 3,500 route miles of ... | |
Railways & Tramways (expected within the next two months, may be ordered now):| While not being one of the major main lines in the country and never gaining a foothold in the capital, the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway led the way with many developments in the design and construction of locomotives. Indeed, its final CME went on to occupy the same position in the LMS and the ... | |
| For 65 years Bowater's paper mills in Kent were served by an extensive 2ft 6in gauge railway system. This connected the original mill at Sittingbourne with the large mill at Kemsley and a private dock at Ridham. Thousands of tons of coal, china clay, recycled paper, wood pulp, logs and finished ... | |
| With the scenically beautiful Midland main line through the Peak District on one side, and the more workmanlike Erewash Valley line on the other, Ripley was surrounded by coal mines, potteries and agricultural land. Hard by Ripley, the Butterley Company sat like a spider in a web of industrial ... | |
| Hornby Magazine Yearbook No. 1, published in November 2008, was a huge success, and was instantly in high demand selling out within weeks of publication. No. 2 follows on with this successful blend of practical features for a wide range of modelling skills. The illustrations are vital to the ... | |
| Not another DVD on the Great Western! Well yes but we think that this two disc offer is one which you cannot ignore. Disc 1 contains many archive scenes on old film which captures the special value and integrity of Gods Wonderful Railway. From Paddington in the 1930s through Swindon, Dawlish and ... | |
| D600s and D800s versions; over 70 locos. Successor to The Book of the Deltics; the full story of the concept and development, rivalries, internal struggles, politics, Germany and Der Englishe; demise, defeat, industrial last throws of the dice, recriminations. Unprecedented detail of every Warship ... From the series Book Of The | |
| Usual ‘Book Of' format, with comprehensive history, photographs, every detail variation and change, works histories. The nation's favourite 4-4-0, a splendid Victorian design modernised by the Southern and best remembered for a protracted final fling on the ‘Withered Arm' west of Exeter, out across ... From the series Book Of The | |
| A secondary line wandering through rolling countryside bordered by brooding hills; obscure to modern minds but a substantial double track railway nonetheless, curving and twisting through the pleasant, rural, Alyn and Wheeler valleys, linking the Welsh county towns of Flintshire and Denbighshire ... | |
| A complex story that begins before the Battle of Trafalgar; the canals, industries, railways, political and commercial struggles and rivalries of this little known but fascinating corner of a little known but fascinating county, Staffordshire. | |
| Blu-Ray HD Disc also available as standard DVD Video ). 1080 line HIGH DEFINITION* This is the very first specialist railway production to be published on Blu-ray disc in high definition, This is Driver's eye view from a class 373 Eurostar, the 0929 Brussels Midi to London St Pancras ... From the series Driver`s Eye Views | |
| An icon of the railway world, Kings Cross is examined in detail through the ages, as are the trains which have used it. The evolution of the route northwards is explained with detailed maps, plus photographs of all periods. From the series Eastern Main Lines | |
| Few travelled the entire length of this charming rural route, owing to the sparseness of the service and the rarity of through trains. Here is the opportunity to savour the scenic setting of many of the country stations and to enjoy the classic GWR trains, exclusively steam. From the series Country Railway Routes | |
| This new book examines the changing railway network in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, as well as north Essex, and parts of Hertfordshire. Each line is covered in detail, with an outline of its history, as well as detailed information on its services, both passenger and goods, on local and ... | |
| Although railway privatisation is only just over a decade old, there have been a great variety of liveries that have been introduced since then that have, for a variety of reasons, disappeared. This has resulted, for example, in the disappearance most recently of Central Trains, Midland Main Line ... | |
| The fourth volume in this well-received series based on the original cartography from Colonel Cobb's famous two volume atlas examines the complex railway history of London north of the Thames. With brilliant new maps cleverly combining the current road network to show the inter-relationship of road ... From the series Railways of Britain | |
| The Complete Guide to all Diesel & Electric Locomotives which operate on the Railtrack and Eurotunnel Networks. From the series British Railways Pocket Books | |
| The Complete Guide to all Electric Multiple Units which operate on the Railtrack & Eurotunnel Networks. From the series British Railways Pocket Books | |
| This new volume in the Platform 5 European Handbook series is the complete guide to all locomotives, multiple units & trams operating in Switzerland. It has been completely revised and updated since the second edition was published in 1997. It includes: A General overview of the Swiss railway ... From the series European Handbooks | |
| This book is divided into several main categories namely steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, petrol locomotives, eletric locomotives, battery electric locomotives, gas turbine vehicles, multiple unit stock and overseas steam locomotives in Great Britian. This is the fully updated Thirteenth ... | |
| This is the indispensable, hands-on annual review and directory of the UK rail industry.This special Modern Railways annual publication details all parties involved in the operation, maintenance, manufacture, supply and management of the UK rail industry and gives an overview of developments in ... | |
| A series of revealing images documents the incredible story of the so-called ‘standard' Pullman car from the 1920s, through the depressive 30s, their revival and popularity in the early post-war period and subsequent withdrawal from main line service in the 1960s. An extensive sequence of ... | |
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