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	Graveyards of the Pacific To be published in the 60th anniversary year of the infamous bombing of Pearl Harbor, Graveyards of the Pacific is Dr. Robert Ballard's compelling survey of the major WWII Pacific battlefields and graveyards including Midway, Guadalcanal, and Truk Lagoon. This authoritative overview of the Pacific war begins with a thrilling account of Ballard's search for an elusive midget sub sunk just prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, and ends with the American Nuclear tests on Bikini Island, where captured German and Japanese craft were scuttled. Featuring rare archival photographs, firsthand accounts of Ballard's explorations and the stories of survivors and eyewitnesses to the Pacific conflicts (gathered by National Geographic over the last year for this project), Graveyards of the Pacific is unique in the thoroughness of its coverage of the Pacific war. In this lavishly illustrated and definitive book, Ballard, a pioneering marine scientist and explorer best known for his discovery of the Titanic, has succeeded in recreating a defining period in American history. Author: Robert D. Ballard Publisher: National Geographic Books ISBN: 9780792263661 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $99.95
	The Wreckers From the bestselling author of The Lighthouse Stevensons, a gripping history of the drama and danger of wrecking since the eighteenth century - and the often grisly ingenuity of British wreckers, scavengers of the sea. A fine wreck has always represented sport, pleasure, treasure, and in many cases, the difference between living well and just getting by. The Cornish were supposedly so ferocious that notices of shipwrecks were given out during morning service by the minister, whilst the congregation concocted elaborate theological justifications for drowning the survivors. Treeless islanders relied on the harvest of storms to furnish themselves with rafters, boat hulls, fence-posts and floors. In other places, false lights were set up with grisly ingenuity along the coast to lure boats into destruction. With romance, insight and dry wit, Bella Bathurst traces the history of wrecking, looting and salvaging in the British Isles since the eighteenth century and leading up to the present day. 'For a fully laden general cargo to run to ground in an accessible position is more or less like having Selfridges crash-land in your back garden,' she writes, 'a Selfridges with the prices removed'. Far from being a black-and-white crime, wrecking is often seen as opaque by its practitioners - the divisions between theft and recovery are small. No successful legal prosecution has ever been brought the RNLI was founded by wreckers - even today lifeboat crews maintain the right to claim salvage. In settings ranging from the eerily perambulatory Goodwin Sands to the wreck-strewn waters off the coast of Durham, these murky tales of resourcefulness and quick-witted opportunism open a beguiling vista of life at the rough edges of our land and legality. Author: Bella Bathurst Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780007170333 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $24.95
	Daimler and Benz The official history of two of the world's pioneering automotive firms, lavishly illustrated with over 400 color photographs (some never before seen), noted author Dennis Adler tells the inside story of 80 years of automotive excellence. June 26, 2006 marks one of the important dates in automotive history: the merger of the Daimler and Benz motor companies. In this official history, written in cooperation with Daimler Motors, noted automobile historian Adler presents a decade-by-decade look at the evolution of one of the world's leading car companies. The book opens in early days of three pioneers, Karl Benz, Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach, and the birth of Mercedes, the modern motor car. It describes the Great War years, followed by the merger that created this classic car company in 1926. From there it takes a decade-by-decade approach, tracing the inter-war years, the rebirth after the destruction of German industry in World War II, and the succeeding years of prosperity and automotive excellence. With an introduction by racing legend Sir Stirling Moss, and new and archival photographs (some never before published), this book will become the standard for all Mercedes fanciers worldwide. Author: Dennis Adler Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780060890261 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $69.99
	Materials for Automobile Bodies The selection of automobile body materials is fundamental to the choice of fabrication method, and the characteristics and performance of the final vehicle or component. The factors behind these choices comprise some of the key technological and design issues facing automotive engineers today. Materials for Automobile Bodies presents detailed up-to-date information on material technologies for the automobile industry, embracing steels (including high-strength steels) aluminium, plastics, magnesium, hydro-forming and composite body panels. The coverage also includes: materials processing formability welding and joining anti-corrosion technologies plus a comprehensive consideration of the implications of materials selection on these processes. Dealing with the whole assembly process from raw material to production, right through to recycling at the end of a vehicle's life, this book is the essential resource for practising engineers, designers, analysts and students involved in the design and specification of motor vehicle bodies and components. It contains up-to-date information on contemporary autobody materials and international case studies, examples and terminology. It is fully illustrated throughout, with examples from Honda, Ferrari, Lotus, BMW and Audi. Author: Geoffrey Davies Publisher: Elsevier Publishers ISBN: 9780750656924 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $189.95
	Union Pacific Streamliners Union Pacific is America's most popular railroad, and certainly the best-known one, with a compelling history. The first line to create a transcontinental railroad link in 1869 with Central Pacific, UP was also the first to create a modern, streamlined passenger train. Sleek, quiet, powerful, fast the lightweight streamliner set new standards for luxury on the rails. This authoritative, lavishly illustrated history follows Streamliners from 1943 with the launch of the City of Salina right up to the ceding of passenger services to Amtrack in 1971.Award-winning rail author Joe Walsh examines the fleet of 'City' trains that followed the Salina, all connecting Chicago to their namesakes with revolutionary equipment, diesel motive power, and breakneck speed and schedules. In this work images detail the opulent furnishings and impeccable service that distinguished this premier passenger line - from uniforms, dinnerware, to the most exotic lounge cars ever built. In addition to detailed look at the trains, readers are treated to the different forms of motive power, rolling stock, and the unparalleled service. Dozens of black-and-white images and period color photographs depict the City of Portland, Denver, Los Angeles, san Francisco, and St Louis along with period advertisements and route maps to complete the full picture. Author: Joe Walsh Publisher: Voyageur Press Inc.,U.S. ISBN: 9780760325346 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $64.99
	Avanti Avanti is Italian for forward or 'advance, and the car lived up to its name. This book tells the amazing story from the Avanti inception in South Bend, Indiana, to its current status in Cancun, Mexico. Many original source documents, factory photographs, corporate records, advertisements and first hand accounts trace the evolution of this American classic. The Avanti design was conceived by one of the greatest industrial designers Raymond Loewy and his associates for Studebaker. The Avanti was Studebakers shining star for a brief period of time (1963-1964 models years) before the company exited the automobile manufacturing business in the United States in December of 1963. The Avanti exhibited phoenix like traits a number of times since and has gone through more than a handful of owners along with updates in design, maintaining a loyal customer base large enough to support production as a luxury specialty car on and off for more than 45 years. Get the full scoop on the companies and people who helped keep Avanti alive. Author: John Hull Publisher: Iconografix ISBN: 9781583882139 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $69.95
	Mercedes-Benz E Class Owner's Bible 1986-1995 This book is an E-class buyer's guide, maintenance handbook and technical reference source all wrapped into one. It is full of tech tips, service hints and system descriptions, plus lots of insightful information about the W124 E-Class chassis. This E-Class Owner's Bible can help steer you through the purchase of your first Mercedes-Benz, provide the information necessary to maintain your E-Class to factory standards, give you the assurance to speak knowledgeably to your service professional and provide you with the hot setup for better road handling. The prospective buyer will also find tips on what to watch out for, why a pre-purchase inspection is important and why one model may be preferred to another. Do-it-Yourself owners will discover a huge hands-on maintenance chapter to help keep their E-Class at peak efficiency. To bring you this authoritative volume, Bentley Publishers has teamed up with Stu Ritter, a 25-year independent Mercedes-Benz repair shop owner/technician and current technical editor of The Star (the magazine of the Mercedes-Benz Club of America). Author: Stu Ritter Publisher: BENTLEY (ROBERT) INC.,US ISBN: 9780837602301 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $79.95
	Buehler's Backyard Boatbuilding Everybody has the dream: build a boat in the backyard and sail off to join the happy campers off Pogo Pogo, right? But how? Assuming you aren't independently wealthy, if you want a boat that's really you, you gotta build it yourself. Backyard boatbuilding has its problems. Building in fiberglass is itchy, smelly, and yields a product that yachting maven L. Francis Herreshoff once called 'frozen snot'. Ferrocement, once all the rage, has pretty much sunk from favor, if you catch the drift. But there's still wood, right? Ah, wood. Nature's perfect material. You can build in the time-honored traditions of the Golden Age of Yachting, loving crafting intricate joints in rare tropical hardwoods, steaming swamp oak butts to sinuous shapes, holding the whole thing together with nonferrous fastenings that cost a buck or better each. Does that sound like boatbuilding for every person? What about the currently fashionable wood/epoxy boatbuilding? You butter regular old wood with Miracle Whip, stick it together in the shape of a boat, and off you go, right? Epoxy works, but they don't exactly give it away; nor is it exactly a benign substance. Suiting up like Homer Simpson heading for a fun-filled day at the nuclear power plant isn't exactly the aesthetic boatbuilding experience many of us are looking for. Where does that leave us? In the capable hands of George Buehler, who honors the timeless traditions of the sea all right, but those from the other side of the boatyard tracks. Buehler draws his inspiration from centuries of workboat construction, where semiskilled fishermen built rugged, economical boats from everyday materials in their own backyards, and went to sea in them in all kinds of weather, not just when it was pleasant. Buehler's boats sail on every ocean and perform every task, from long-term live-aboards in Norwegian fjords to a traveling doctor's office in Alaska. This book contains complete plans for seven cruising boats - from a 28-foot sailboat to a 55-foot p... Author: George Buehler Publisher: McGraw Hill Publishers ISBN: 9780071583800 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $57.95
	Arlen Ness The life and bikes of the chopper builder who started it all. In the beginning, there was Arlen Ness. Before Jesse James, Billy Lane, Arlen Ness started the business of building celebrity choppers. He is a long time custom motorcycle builder whose bikes combine the artistic and the extreme. These rolling sculptures have been covered in motorcycle and even hot rod magazines for decades as Arlen Ness built a worldwide reputation as an innovator and sought-out builder of themed, named custom bikes. This book traces the growth of the Arlen Ness reputation, business empire, and custom bike resume. This book features stunning new photography of all the bikes in Arlen's personal collection, over 50 in total. His custom motorcycle accessories and apparel are sold worldwide and he has dealerships in California and Florida. He and his son Cory, a fellow custom bike builder, are profiled frequently on television and in magazines, and they are expanding their reach as styling consultants for Victory Motorcycles. Author: Arlen Ness & Michael Lichter Publisher: Motorbooks International ISBN: 9780760322192 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $39.99
	Batavia's Graveyard When the Dutch East Indiaman Batavia struck an uncharted reef off the new continent of Australia on her maiden voyage in 1629, 332 men, women and children were on board. While some headed off in a lifeboat to seek help, 250 of the survivors ended up on a tiny coral island less than half a mile long. A band of mutineers, whose motives were almost beyond comprehension, then started on a cold-blooded killing spree, leaving fewer than 80 people alive when the rescue boat arrived three months later. BATAVIA'S GRAVEYARD tells this strange story as a gripping narrative structured around three strong principal characters: Francisco Pelsaert, the cultivated but weak-willed captain Jeronimus Cornelisz, a sinister apothecary with a terrifying personal philosophy influenced by Rosicrucianism who set himself up as the ruler of the island and Wiebbe Hayes, the only survivor with the courage to fight Jeronimus's band. The background to these events, including the story of the Dutch East India Company, and the discovery of Australia, is richly drawn. Author: Mike Dash Publisher: Orion Publishing ISBN: 9780753816844 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $24.99
	Triumph Motorcycle Restoration Triumph Twins first burst onto the scene in 1938, and continued to improve up to their demise in the 1980's. This book covers the restoration of these classic and beloved machines, and is the only one to do so. In full-colour format, it includes two start-to-finish assemblies, with sidebars to explain how to correctly lace a wheel, which metal coatings are correct for which year, and other valuable information. Written by Triumph restoration expert Gary Chitwood and well-known how-to author Timothy Remus, all the projects are practical, clearly explained, and fully illustrated - including the disassembly and restoration of both a Bonneville 1963 and a Bonneville 1969, in complete step-by-step stages with full illustrations, plus the overhaul and assembly of an engine for the 1969 model. It may be good to have a book that explains how to install a wheel in a frame, but how much better is it when this is shown as well in full colour - the wheel being slipped up between the fork legs and the axle sliding through the fork and into the hub. With over 400 colour photos, this book offers 144 pages of hard-core how-to help for anyone who wants to repair or restore their own Triumph twin. Author: Timothy Remus Publisher: Wolfgang Publications ISBN: 9781929133420 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $59.95
	Nuts!: Southwest Airline's Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success Twenty-five years ago, Herb Kelleher reinvented air travel when he founded Southwest Airlines, where the planes are painted like killer whales, a typical company maxim is Hire people with a sense of humor, and in-flight meals are never served--just sixty million bags of peanuts a year. By sidestepping reengineering, total quality management, and other management philosophies and employing its own brand of business success, Kelleher's airline has turned a profit for twenty-four consecutive years and seen its stock soar 300 percent since 1990. Today, Southwest is the safest airline in the world and ranks number one in the industry for service, on-time performance, and lowest employee turnover rate and Fortune magazine has twice ranked Southwest one of the ten best companies to work for in America. How do they do it? With unlimited access to the people and inside documents of Southwest Airlines, authors Kevin and Jackie Freiberg share the secrets behind the greatest success story in commercial aviation. Read it and discover how to transfer the Southwest inspiration to your own business and personal life. Author: Kevin Freiberg Publisher: Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) ISBN: 9780767901840 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $32.95
	Alec Issigonis Alec Issigonis, the brilliant British designer of the Morris Minor and the Mini, is one of the commanding figures in the history of automobile design and engineering. His ingenious and effective designs had a deep, lasting influence on the evolution of the motor car and on the wider history of industrial design, and he deserves to be ranked with the other giants of the field like Ferdinand Porsche in Germany and Dante Giacosa in Italy. But, until now, Issigonis's career as an engineer and designer, and his strong, single-minded character, have never been the subject of a full-length biography. Jonathan Wood's meticulously researched, penetrating study of this flawed genius of automobile design offers a rounded portrait of his life and work, and places him squarely in the context of his times. Vivid recollections of Issigonis's contemporaries, combined with a critical reassessment of his output, create a balanced view of a remarkable, controversial man. The author also offers a behind-the-scenes impression of the personal and corporate struggles within the declining British car industry, a complex process in which Issigonis played a famous role. Author: Jonathan Wood Publisher: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd ISBN: 9781859834497 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $59.95
	Aston Martin Ultimate Portfolio 1981-1993 For Aston Martin the period 1981 to 1993 was a time of transition progressing from the DB body to the new Virage plus the takeover of the Company by Ford in the early 1990s. The fourth book in this series deals with the Gauntlet and Livanos period. These two rekindled the link with Zagato, who brought to life the V8 Zagato. The Lagonda V8 continued to keep their heads above water and they also gave support to a number of private racing teams. On the production front 1988 saw the brand new Virage, powered by a new 5.3 litre V8 and at the same time on the racing side there was the V8 AMR1 series of Group C racers. Money, however, was a problem, so when Ford made an offer Gauntlet and Martin wisely accepted. With Ford behind them, the V8 cars continued to increase in luxury and power and the AMR1 entered its first season of international racing. 1993 saw the establishment of Aston Martin based at the TWR works at Bloxham, near Banbury and it was from here that, in a year's time, an exciting new model would emerge. Author: R.M. Clarke Publisher: Brooklands Books ISBN: 9781855207240 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $59.95
	How to Build a Cheap Chopper Choppers don't have to cost thirty thousand dollars. In fact, a chopper built at home can be had for as little as five thousand dollars. The key is the use of a donor bike for most of the components. How to Build a Cheap Chopper documents the construction of four inexpensive choppers with complete start-to-finish photo sequences. Least expensive is the metric chopper, based on a 1970s vintage Japanese four-cylinder engine and transmission installed in a hardtail frame. Don't look for billet accessories or a fancy candy paint job on this one. Next up, price wise, are two bikes built using Buell/Sportster drivetrains. The fact is, a complete used Buell or Sportster can be had for five thou or less. Now you've got more than an engine you have wheels and tires, brakes, hardware, lights, harness, and some sheet metal. Bolt all that stuff to a simple hardtail frame to create an almost-instant chopper. Most lavish, but still cheap by comparison with many of the bikes built today, is a big twin chopper built from carefully chosen aftermarket parts. A RevTech engine and five-speed tranny set in a Rolling Thunder frame. Accessorize from the swap meet and add a simple one-color paint job to create a bike no one needs to be ashamed of. Author: Timothy Remus Publisher: Wolfgang Publications ISBN: 9781929133178 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $55.00
	How to Build Advanced Motorcycle Chassis Written for the person starting from scratch and for the advanced builder this is an invaluable guide to building a motorcycle the way you want it to be, with all the projects you need to successfully complete your chassis. Each chapter contains full information on it's subject - the Frame chapter discusses rake and trail angles, listing the various types on the market. Current owners looking to upgrade wheels or brakes (adding a 300 tire to the back of a factory Softail, for example) will find a full chapter on each subject, with methods, advice, and step-by-step instructions fully illustrated. Containing the answers to many questions - is a six-person caliber better than a four-person, and is it worth the extra money? - and a listing of products that is invaluable. The two mock-up assemblies move, stage by stage, from bare assemblies to complete frames with drivetrain, wheels, and complete sheet metal installations - in short everything you need to build your very own, individual motorbike. Author: Doug Mitchell Publisher: Wolfgang Publications ISBN: 9781929133376 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $55.00
	Wings on My Sleeve Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany in 1939, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him. They released him, not realizing he was a pilot in the RAF volunteer reserve: and the rest is history. Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more different aircraft types than anyone else. He is the only man alive who has flown every major (and most minor) combat aircraft of the Second World War as well as all the early jets. Speaking perfect German, he went to Germany in 1945 to test the Nazi jets, interviewing (among others) Hermann Goering and Hanna Reitsch. He flew the suicidally dangerous Me 163 rocket plane, and tested the first British jets. He would have been the first man to break the sound barrier, except that the British government cancelled the programme and gave the technology to America. His naval career continues to this day, as he advises on the new aircraft carrier design for the Royal Navy. A living legend among aviation enthusiasts, his amazing life story deserves to be told in full -- from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets. Author: Eric Brown Publisher: Orion Publishing ISBN: 9780753822098 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $27.00
	BMW 3 Series Service Manual 1984-90 This Bentley Manual is the only comprehensive, single source of service information and specifications for BMW 3 Series (E30) cars from 1984-1990. Whether you're a professional technician or a do-it-yourself BMW owner, this manual will help you understand, maintain, and repair every system on 3 Series cars. Features: -Fundamental automotive concepts, including explanations of basic troubleshooting, safe and effective workshop practices, and tools. -Complete preventative maintenance procedures for everything from resetting the oil and service indicator light to the yearly brake fluid change. This manual tells you what maintenance to do, how and when to do it, and why it's important. Many of the maintenance recommendations actually exceed factory-recommended service and are designed to extend your BMW's service life. -Comprehensive Engine Management information explains specific BMW 3-Series driveability problems, with detailed troubleshooting and repair information for these Bosch Fuel Injection and Engine Management Systems: L-Jetronic (318i), Motronic (325, 325e, 325es), and Motronic 1.1 (325i, 325is, 325i Convertible). -Troubleshooting tips with fast, proven repair procedures used by BMW technicians and specialists. -Hard to find service information from dealer service bulletins, such as how to replace the camshaft timing belt, sprocket and tensioner with the correct Z-127 update, and cylinder head bolt replacement on early 3 Series cars. -Large, easy-to-read wiring schematics for all major circuits. -Complete procedures and specifications for rebuilding these engines and transmissions: Engines (engine code): 1.8 liter 4 cylinder (B18) 2.7 liter 6 cylinder (B27) 2.5 liter 6 cylinder (B25) Transmissions: Getrag 240 (4 cylinder cars) Getrag 260 (6 cylinder cars) Author: R. Bentley Publisher: Brooklands Books ISBN: 9780837603254 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $105.00
	The Balloonists First published in 1966 as The Aeronauts: A History of Ballooning 1783-1903, this book is a complete history of balloons and the intrepid men who flew in them. Beginning in 1783, the year in which balloons first took flight, it ends in 1903, the year in which the Wright Brothers first heavier-than-air flight at Kittyhawk changed the history of aviation for ever. The exploits of balloonists attracted the attention and admiration of the masses like nothing before: within weeks of the first flights, its form featured in designs of wallpaper and fabrics, in jewels and on snuff boxes, and as balloon clocks and chandeliers. The aeronauts themselves became heroes of their time. From the first flight, by the Montgolfier brothers in a balloon of paper and cloth, through the first Channel crossing by air, showman aeronauts, female aeronauts, efforts to cross the Atlantic and the use of balloons in war, this is a wholly fascinating and riveting book. Lightly and entertainingly written, it includes lively extracts from journals and contemporary accounts, as well as engravings of the period. This new edition has a foreword by one of the foremost aeronauts of today, Don Cameron. Author: L.T.C. Rolt Publisher: The History Press Ltd ISBN: 9780750942027 Format: Paperback Book Online Price: $19.95
	Fly with the Stars From 1946-49, British South American Airways pioneered the dangerous air routes from England to West Africa, South America and the Caribbean. Under the leadership of Air Vice-Marshal Don Bennett, the inspirational wartime commander of the elite RAF 'Pathfinders', BSAA had a bright future as a dynamic and innovative airline. But a handful of widely publicised fatal accidents, allegations of sabotage and mysterious disappearances of aircraft brought the organisation down. In a story reminiscent of a John Le Carre thriller, the book reveals the political chicanery behind the merger of BSAA with BOAC through exclusive interviews with former BSAA employees and the son of then managing director Don Bennett. This compelling story - told for the first time as a complete history - marks the 60th anniversary of the disappearance of the BSAA Lancastrian Star Dust and is fully illustrated with archive photographs and maps. The book also lists the aircraft flown by BSAA, its accident reports and commercial performance tables. Author: Susan Ottaway & Ian Ottaway Publisher: The History Press Ltd ISBN: 9780750944489 Format: Hardback Book Online Price: $59.95

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