Transport

Geoff Tibballs / Motor Racing's Strangest Races: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over a Century of Motor Racing (Large Paperback)

 In 1894, when the motley assortment of steam and petrol-powered vehicles lined up at the start of the trial from Paris to Rouen, motor-racing's colourful history was launched. Many of the pioneering events were death-defying, trans-continental...

Niamh McAnally / Flares Up: A Story Bigger than the Atlantic (Large Paperback)

 Flares Up is the true story of adventure, tenacity and the capacity of the human spirit to triumph over adversity!Firefighter Paul Hopkins, 55, survives a brain hemorrhage. The experience motivates him to undertake the Talisker Whisky Atlantic...

Tonia Bern-Campbell / My Speed King : Life With Donald Campbell (Hardback)

 The love affair between British speed king Donald Campbell and vivacious singer Tonia Bern was one of the great romances of the twentieth century. But passion turned to tragedy with the dramatic death of Campbell on Coniston Water in January 1967...

Ben Fogle / Land Rover (Hardback)

   As quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British.It is said that for more than half the world's population, the...

Bob Reiss / Frequent Flyer: One Plane, One Passenger, and the Spectacular Feat of Commercial Flight (Hardback)

 A look at commercial airlines discusses the jobs of pilots, mechanics, plane designers, traffic controllers, dispatchers, schedulers, weather forecasters, salesman, labor leaders, and others and recounts anecdotes about air travel. 30,000 first...

Raymond Flint / Head of Steam - Men of Steam Stories (Large Paperback)

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Stephen W. Hines / Titanic: One Newspaper, Seven Days, and the Truth That Shocked the World (Large Paperback)

 The Titanic was the greatest ocean liner ever built and the news of its sinking 5 days into its maiden voyage, shocked the world. Captivated by the tragedy, audiences turned to the trusted Daily Telegraph hoping to find answers to questions of how...

Sebastian Junger / The Perfect Storm - A True Story Of Men Against The Sea (Hardback)

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Maurice Griffiths / The Magic of Swatchways

 Written for all those who love to explore in small boats. It is a book that aims to enthrall anyone who is entranced by the peace and solitude of the creeks at night and the moan of the sea on the sands     All of our books are second...

Steven Davison - Dunlop Dynasty - The World’s Greatest Road Racing Family - HB - 2023

  This is the story of Northern Ireland’s motorcycle road racing legends, the extraordinary Dunlop family. Told through the photography of Stephen Davison, the world’s leading road racing photojournalist, The...

Robin Krause / Ireland by Bike: 21 Tours Geared for Discovery (Large Paperback)

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Frederic Arthur De Vere Robertson - Aircraft of the World - HB 1924

First edition, published by Oxford University Press, 1924, illustrated with colour plates, and black and white illustrations.  In illustrated boards, bumped and scuffed, binding tight, all images intact internally.  A history of aviation in...

John Marriott / Disaster at Sea (Hardback)

This book is a collection of accounts of some of the better-known disasters at sea which have occurred over the past 150 years. There have of course been many disasters, but the author has tried to select those which are of interest to the mariner,...

Nicholas Faith / Crash : The Limits of Car Safety (Hardback)

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Mark Wallington / The Auto Biography: British Motoring from Golden Age to Gridlock (Hardback)

   Growing up in the 1950s, and now wondering whether he wouldn't be better off getting a free bus pass, Mark's life, told through the cars he's owned, is also the story of Britain seen from the driving seat. His "auto" biography takes us on a...

Maurice Hamilton / Niki Lauda : The Biography (Large Paperback)

 LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2020 'The definitive biography of a racing driver who won three World Championship titles' Matt Dickinson, The Times, Sports Books of the Year'Thoroughly gripping...a fitting tribute'...

Jeremy Clarkson / Is It Really Too Much To Ask? (Large Paperback)

 In a world which simply will not see reason, Jeremy Clarkson buckles up once again and sets off in his ceaseless quest to navigate a path through all the silliness and idiocy. And, every once in a while, he finds something absolutely blooming...

Len Beadell / Beating about the Bush (Large Paperback)

 When your grader breaks down in the middle of the desert, there's only one thing you can do - attach it to your bulldozer and tow it back to civilisation.When your grader breaks down in the middle of the desert, there's only one thing you can do -...

Priyanthi Fernando / Balancing the Load : Women Gender and Transport (Large Paperback)

 Increasing women's opportunities for micro-enterprise is a vital step in overcoming poverty, and in rural areas, access to markets and transport is a necessary means to achieving that ends. Yet, as this unique investigation into the relationship...

Donald McCullough / You Have Been Warned! : A Complete Guide to the Road (Hardback)

 This guide to the road, originally published in Britain in 1935, is a compilation of humorous advice for perplexed motorists. It contains perennially useful tips on such topics as hand signals for drivers - from 'I am going to shake the ash off my...

John Christopher / Riding the Jetstream : The Story of Ballooning - From Montgolfier to Breitling (Hardback)

   Ballooning can be both all-absorbing relaxation and high-tech sport. This text tells its amazing story from the Montgolfier brothers to today's riders of the jetstream - the narrow band of fast winds high in the Earth's atmosphere...

Richard Rawlings / Fast N' Loud : Blood, Sweat and Beers (Hardback)

 The breakout star of Discovery's hit automotive restoration show Fast N' Loud takes readers on an entertaining ride through his wild life and behind the scenes of his hit show in this memoir and automotive handbook, revving with outrageous details...

Leslie Howe - The Merchant Service To-Day - Vintage HB - 1941

Hardcover Publisher: Oxford University Press. London, undated but 1941. No dustjacket. 159 pages with tables, and 10 figures, plus 23 plates with 30 black and white photos, & 1 folded chart of the Thames Estuary. Frontis illustrations...

Tommy Cecil - The Harsh Winds of Rathlin : Stories of Shipwrecks ( Extended Edition - PB ) BRAND NEW

This is an updated and extended edition of Thomas Cecil's original The Harsh Winds of Rathlin: Stories of Rathlin Shipwrecks, first published in 1989. This earlier edition contained the result of all the known wrecks known at the time. This new edition...

Gwen Wilkinson - The Waters and the Wild - PB - BRAND NEW 2023

In 2019, Gwen Wilkinson set herself the challenge of building a canoe and paddling it the length of Ireland, along a network of inland waterways. She set out from the shores of Lough Erne and navigated a 400km journey to the tidal waters of the River...

Humphrey Wynn / World Airline Insignia (Vintage Paperback)

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John W. R. Taylor / Rockets & Missiles (Vintage Paperback)

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John Matthews / Grand Prix: The Killer Years : Extended Interviews from the BBC Film

  This is the story of when Grand Prix was out of control. Mechanical failure, lethal track design, fire and incompetence snuffed out dozens of eager young drivers, who had become almost expendable. It was the '60s and early '70s and this waste...

J Joyce - Tramway Twilight - The Story of British Tramways 1956 to 1962 - HB

A survey of British urban tramways post WW2 . Edgewear to covers.  Closed tear to upper edge of back cover.  Illustrated throughout in black and white, published 1962. 

William Fotheringham / Roule Britannia

 Fifty years ago, ten Britons crossed the Channel and made history. For the first time, a team of British cyclists took part in the Tour de France, the most gruelling event in all of sport. Only two of those riders completed that 1955 race; only one...

Brendon, Piers - The Motoring Century - The Story of the Royal Automobile Club ( RAC) 1887-1987 - Boxed Deluxe ed

Hardcover , in glassine transparent jacket, as issued in a dark blue cardboard box with RAC emblem and the centenary dates on front box cover in silver.  As you grapple with increasing traffic, pollution and cities scarred by the motor car, it may...

Brendan Ogle / Off the Rails : The Story of ILDA (Large Paperback)

  The summer of 2000 in Ireland was dominated by a three-month lock out by Iarmod Eireann, the national train service, of 118 of its drivers, over 40% of the total workforce. The employees involved were all members of the ILDA-the Irish...

Nock, O. S - Railway Race to the North - Scotland - Vintage 1958 PB

Published by Ian Allan Publishing ( probably the pre-eminent publisherof railway material in the last century) - undated  but the preface is dated 1958.  Small format paperback, illustrated throughout in b&w , detailing the development (...

Josie Dew / A Ride In The Neon Sun : A Gaijin in Japan (Hardback)

  Josie spent eight months cycling round Japan, starting with Tokyo - the hustle and bustle of a very busy city with masses of cars, neon lights and fast food takeaways. Tokyo has a population of 27 million. Then she went on to the country,...

Guy Martin / Guy Martin: Worms to Catch (Hardback)

 `I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.'In August 2015 Guy Martin crashed out of the lead of an Ulster Grand Prix superbike race held on the world's fastest racetrack. He had invasive surgery to bolt his broken...

David Walsh / Inside Team Sky (Large Paperback)

 After the victory of Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky in the 2012 Tour de France, the pressure was on the team to repeat their success in 2013. When Wiggins had to pull out of the defence of his yellow jersey, attention moved to Chris Froome, who had...

Malcolm MacPherson / Air Disasters : Dramatic Black Box Flight Recordings

 Compelling and dramatic insights into crucial moments inside the cockpit.Discover the most sensational air disasters of recent years. Transcripts of actual black box recordings of conversations between captains, their crew, and air traffic control...

Scott-Moncrieff , David - Veteran and Edwardian Motor Cars - Vintage PB 1963

A detailed ( and illustrated) guide to the most notable cars from teh earliest age of automobiles - roughly covering the period 1895 -1914 , as well as a look back at the origins of personal motorised transport .  Light edgewear to the covers,...

Pat Doran - A Clune's Lane Fisherman : My Life as a Shannon Estuary Fisherman & Boatbuilder - PB - LImerick City - 2008

  The life of ordinary working people is often not the content of history books. This book is a unique contribution to the social history of Limerick , looking as it does at the life of dock labourers and of salmon fishermen on the Shannon estuary...

Road Safety Authority - Rules of the Road - PB - BRAND NEW - 7th Updated Edition

Official Rules of the Road for Ireland, from the Road Safety Authority. THE OFFICIAL IRISH RULEBOOK Following the Rules of the Road saves lives and prevents injury. Written in straightforward language and aimed at all road users – drivers,...

Edward J Bourke - Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast : 1582-2000 - Volume 3 - PB

A classic of Irish maritime history.  The Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast series consists of three main volumes and a fourth photographic edition. 10,000 wrecks are covered with additional chapters on salvage, Lusitania mysteries East india ship...

Edward J Bourke - Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast 1105-1993 - Volume 1 - PB - SIGNED

A classic of Irish maritime history.  The Shipwrecks of the Irish Coast series consists of three volumes and a fourth illustrated volume. 10,000 wrecks are covered with additional chapters on salvage, Lusitania mysteries,  East india ship...

Joe Jackson / A Furnace Afloat : The Wreck of the Hornet and the 4,300 Mile Voyage of its Survivors

  When an accident with an open oil lantern set the American clipper Hornet alight in 1866, the 31 passengers and crew were forced to abandon ship. Cast adrift in three small lifeboats, they had less than 10 days rations to share between them...

O. S. Nock / Pocket Encyclopedia British Steam Railways

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Pat Sweeney / Liffey Ships and Shipbuilding (Large Paperback)

  To the vast majority of people, when shipbuilding in Ireland is mentioned, they think only of Belfast, the Harland & Wolff shipyard and the tragic maiden voyage of the Titanic in 1912. However, there was a vibrant shipbuilding industry in...

Matt Cooper / Michael O'Leary : Turbulent Times for the Man Who Made Ryanair (Large Paperback)

   Financial Times Business Book of the MonthSeptember 2017. Ryanair cancels over 700,000 bookings and its powerful PR juggernaut comes shuddering to a halt. For once, the airline's aggressive and flamboyant CEO, Michael O'Leary, is contrite...

James Hamilton-Paterson / Empire of the Clouds : When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World

   In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an...

L T C Rolt - Green and Silver HB - 1993 Reprint ( originally 1949) - Canal Waterways Ireland

First published in 1949, Green & Silver by L.T.C. Rolt describes a journey through the inland waterways of Ireland. He takes us over the mighty Shannon from the upper limit of navigation at the little village of Battlebridge, near Leitrim down to...

Anthony Lambert / The 50 Greatest Train Journeys of the World

     Whether you're on the Orient Express or the Inverness to Wick and Thurso route traversing some of the wildest country in Britain, train travel affords a vision of the world like no other. From the modest line through North...

Iain Carson / Zoom : The Global Race to Fuel the Car of the Future

   If oil is a problem, it seems that cars are the solution. Working on innovative, environmental technologies and entirely new business models, the car industry could be launching society's greatest leap forward in a hundred years. "Zoom"...

C.Hamilton Ellis - Famous Locomotives of the World ( Globe Books) 1962 HB Railway History

A hardcover ex library copy of C Hamilton Ellis' Famous Locomotives of the World, part of the Globe Books series published by Muller of London, and published in this revised second edition in 1962, originally published in 1957.  Condition - Being...

Jeremy Clarkson / On Cars

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