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From humble beginnings as a 1970s motoring show, Top Gear has gone on to achieve diesel-powered world domination. After Clarkson and producer Andy Wilman successfully pitched a new format to...

Roadwork Theory and Practice gives the essential information needed by every road worker, highway technician, incorporated, graduate or chartered engineer, not only by explaining the theory of road construction and...

Journey across six continents with this highly visual celebration of the great railways of the world. With Professional photography from top railway photographer Colin Garrett, "Great Railways of the World"...

Tying in with a BBC2 series, this book comprises accounts of six international train adventures undertaken by well-known personalities. Chat-show host Clive Anderson travels from Hong Kong to Mongolia; ballerina...

'Ironing the Land' tells the thrilling story of the railways in Ireland. The railway was the greatest advance in human mobility in all history. This book recalls the heroic early...

A practical guide that gets you geared up with proper riding techniques, safety gear, indispensable items for long trips, and handling characteristics of various motorcycle types Few activities offer more...

From childhood Dervla Murphy harboured a desire to visit Rumania. Two weeks after the fall of Ceausescu her dream was realized, and this is the story of her journey, by...

'Speckled with anecdotes, insights and surprises. It is great fun - and utterly timely' Sunday Times'Standage writes with a masterly clarity' New York Times'The product of deep research, great intelligence...

Spitfire: The Illustrated Biography is quite simply the most beautiful book of its kind. It is a soaring celebration of a great British invention, of the men and women who...

From flying cars to amphibious vehicles, solar-powered saloons to rockets on wheels, these are over 50 of the most wacky cars ever devised. Fancy a car that drives sideways? Try...

Aviation Year by Year is a fascinating record of the great sweep of aviation history from man's first faltering attempts to fly to the modern technological triumphs such as the...

Quentin Wilson, the classic car specialist, is well known to millions of viewers around the world as a past presenter on the universally popular TV show "Top Gear". In "Cool...