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"Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America's pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race...

'By mixing lo-fi charm into hi-fi science Into the Groove captures all the wonder and absurdity of its subject, jumping and skipping with real analogue delight .' - Sunday Times...

Overlooked, under-explored and misunderstood - this is the story of spin, the force which, quite literally, makes the world go round. In this comprehensive and wide-ranging book, Roland Ennos examines...

'A gorgeous, sweeping epic' ANN NAPOLITANO 'A master of prose' WASHINGTON POST ' One of my favourite writers' ROXANE GAY 'Spectacular' JOANNE SEFTON 'I didn't want it to end' SARA...

In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at throwing and fire, and the role they have played in shaping the development of our species. Humans began throwing rocks in...

The book titled Cobra: Tank Killer Supreme by the author Mike Verier. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A concise history of the attempts to develop and improve the British Army's most important individual weapon, and the ammunition designed for it. In the late eighteenth century a new...

The innovative P-38 was produced in response to the need for a long range and high altitude fighter to escort the B-17 bomber fleet. A history of the plane from...

The book titled Everyone Else Must Fail by the author Karen Southwick. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Automobile Chronicle celebrates 78 classic automobiles, all with breathtaking large-format photography and informative text that is sure to captivate. Enjoy such familiar favorites as the 1939 Ford DeLuxe Coupe, 1953...

From the pilot's seat in the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to Chernobyl's exclusion zone and to the site in Finland where highly radioactive waste will be...

'Riveting, timely and truly revelatory. The Organisation Todt is the Nazi-era secret that still needs to emerge from the shadows' DAMIEN LEWIS, author of SAS Brothers in Arms and The...

We love to imagine the future. But why are groundbreaking future technologies always just around the corner, and never a reality? For decades we've delighted in dreaming about a sci-fi...

p>500 years of innovation that has shaped the world we live in./p>p>Who Invented What When recounts the 500-year saga of innovation that has shaped the world we live in, from...

First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, the first part of a three-volume pictorial history of the RAF, which contains many rare and previously unpublished photographs from collections...

In 2012, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler published Abundance in which they made bold predictions about where the future was heading, if humanity only harnessed the powers of emerging tech....

In 2012, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler published Abundance in which they made bold predictions about where the future was heading, if humanity only harnessed the powers of emerging tech....

A comprehensive guide to the aces of the British Empire fighting scout units during World War I. It gives biographies of 800 British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, South African and...

In 2012, Peter Diamandis and Steven Kotler published Abundance in which they made bold predictions about where the future was heading, if humanity only harnessed the powers of emerging tech....

The book titled Thanks for the Memory: Unforgettable Characters in Air Warfare, by the author Laddie Lucas. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this...

Part of a trilogy covering military action in the last 100 years, this reference text provides a chronology of significant events in 20th-century military aviation, describing not only air action,...

A unique and compelling adventure through the history of rope and its impact on civilization, in the vein of single-subject bestsellers like Salt and Cod. Tim Queeney is a sailor...

The book titled Sukhoi Su-27 by the author Hans Halberstadt. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled American Spy Planes by the author Mike Spick. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Tells the extraordinary story of septuagenarian Diana Barnato Walker. Born to great wealth, she chose to step beyond the chaperoned world of privilege, becoming a wartime pilot in the Air...

Alex Henshaw had the luck to grow up in the '20s and '30s during the golden age of flying. The Blue Riband of flying in the British Isles between the...

The autobiography of the man who became PA to Arthur Harris, led the Bostons of 88 Squadron and became equerry to King George VI.

"Everyone knows the old saying "necessity is the mother of invention," but if you do a paternity test on many of the modern world's most important ideas or institutions, you...

The book titled Chronicle of Aviation by the author Bill Gunston, OBE. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A sequel to "Antiques and Classic Airplanes", this book attempts to capture the charm of private and sport flying across five decades from "stick and string" pre-World War I aeroplanes...

Shard engineer Roma Agrawal deconstructs our most complex inventions into seven fundamental objects: the nail, spring, wheel, lens, magnet, string and pump. _____________ 'Delightful' TIM HARFORD, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Appeals to...

From the pilot's seat in the B-29 that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, to Chernobyl's exclusion zone and to the site in Finland where highly radioactive waste will be...

In this account of the origins and development of the RAF, the author offers evidence of its organization, strategy and preparedness for the Battle of Britain. Drawing on the facts...

A tribute to the famous aeroplane from men who flew or admired them including Johnie Johnson, Cecil Beaton, Douglas Bader and Richard Dimbleby. The story of its creation is described...

The book titled Airforce Australia by the author George Odgers. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

We already know how much of our data is collected and used to profile and target us. The real question is why, knowing all this, do we keep going back...

Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) changed the world. This biography is a fully illustrated look at the man, his most famous invention - the telephone - and his myriad other achievements....

Gustave Eiffel was the man behind the landmark that became the symbol par excellence of Paris and so the dominant image of France around the world. However, the work of...

Fighter Pilot presents a record and celebration of fighter pilots of many nations. It examines the reality behind the myths, the skills that a successful pilot must have and the...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was the outstanding entrepreneurial Victorian engineer. He helped construct the Thames Tunnel, build the Great Western Railway and its terminus, Paddington Station, but his boldest endeavours were...

The book titled A History of Smoking by the author Egon Caesar,Count Corti. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Joysticks to Haptics is the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming. As video games are played, memories are left in the grooves of...

The author of the bestselling Coming of Age in the Milky Way turns his talents to demystifying such topics as the Big Bang, time travel, and virtual reality, along with...

Even in these days of frequent flying, the idea of flight still holds a special fascination in our minds. In this work, the aviation writer T.A. Heppenheimer captures the essence...

The history of the birth and development of human flightthe technology that defined the twentieth century. The invention of the airplane ushered in the modern agea new era of global...