This new book from Anthony Burton looks at ten pivotal moments in transport world history, rangin...

Inspired by the University of Illinois's celebration of the Brown v. Board of Education decision...

The official guide to this superb National Trail, published in conjunction with Walk Unlimited.Co...

Following the limestone escarpment on the Western edge of the Cotswolds, the 102 miles of the Cot...

Examines the realities of ocean liner travel, revealing contrasts between luxurious experiences a...

Mining is Britain's oldest industry, and this book tells the story of the men and, in the past, w...

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the dev...

Wedgwood was born in the Staffordshire Potteries in 1739 and lived in the area all his life. His ...

Newly researched information, good selection of illustrations, good index.

The book looks at London's maritime history from the establishment of Roman Londinium to the pres...

Londoners will have a chance to find out just how travel around the city has changed in the last ...

The official guide to this superb National Trail along Britain's oldest road, published in conjun...

The eighteenth century saw the second Iron Age. Practically everything was made of iron: the mach...

Chronicles the evolution of British steam locomotives from the Victorian to Edwardian eras.The Vi...

A charming and insightful exploration of the amazing architecture and engineering wonders that su...

With two all-original 20-page stories; one from writer Cullen Bunn with art by Andrea Mutti and t...

The First World War: famous for the unprecedented loss of life on a global scale that affected th...

Chronicles the 4,000-year history of wool, from animal rearing to cloth production, highlighting ...

The 93-mile West Highland Way is indisputably Britain’ s most spectacular long-distance path. The...

A history of railway travel from improved railway advancements to firsthand passenger encounters....

Beginning in the late 18th century, the author conveys the original character of the waterways of...

Samuel Smiles published his 'Lives of the Engineers' in 1862, presenting engineers as heroic char...

This book tells the often dramatic and always fascinating story of flight in lighter than air mac...

From modest beginnings, Britain rose throughout the nineteenth century to become the greatest shi...

Celebrates the evolution of steam locomotives during the Victorian and Edwardian eras through a r...

A history of the technology that changed the cotton industry and the world.This book is about tec...

Tin mining has existed in Cornwall and parts of Devon from before the Romans arrived in Britain, ...

This is the story of the men who built Britain's canals and railways--not the engineers and the a...

The big railway companies had famous locomotive works such as Crewe and Swindon, but this is the ...

This stimulating guide will help students and their teachers to achieve stylish performances of m...

Over a thousand years ago the Chinese discovered that the slender filaments that formed the cocoo...

Matthew Boulton, of the famous Boulton & Watt steam engine partnership, was an eighteenth-century...

Competition from rail and later road forced many canals into closure, and a large section of the ...

This book surveys rolling stock behind early railways, tracing evolving passenger carriages and f...

This is the story of how for more than a hundred years steam power played a vital role in the dev...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel has always been regarded as one of Britain's great heroes and an engineer...

Veterinary disease refer to an impairment that leads to a modification in the vital functions of ...