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  • Into Unknown Skies

    An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First Flight Around the World

    “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 of unlikely heroes to bring the dream of world flight to the public imagination.”—Wall Street Journal“David K. Randall has conjured the first air race to circumnavigate the globe in all its death-defying glory, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • The Ice Master

    The Doomed 1913 Voyage of the Karluk

    “A riveting adventure”: the true story of a 1913 Arctic expedition that ended in disaster—and the captain's daring journey to save his surviving crew (Booklist).In 1913, the former whaling ship Karluk set out in search of an undiscovered continent, with the largest scientific staff ever sent into the Arctic. Soon after, as winter took hold, they were blown off course by polar storms. When the ship ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Barracoon

    The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

    One of the New York Times' Most Memorable Literary Moments of the Last 25 Years! • New York Times Bestseller • TIME Magazine’s Best Nonfiction Book of 2018 • New York Public Library’s Best Book of 2018 • NPR’s Book Concierge Best Book of 2018 • Economist Book of the Year • SELF.com’s Best Books of 2018 • Audible’s Best of the Year • BookRiot’s Best Audio Books of 2018 • The Atlantic’s Books ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Killed by a Traffic Engineer

    Shattering the Delusion that Science Underlies our Transportation System

    by Wes Marshall ...
    In the US we are nearing four million road deaths since we began counting them in 1899. The numbers are getting worse in recent years, yet we continue to accept these deaths as part of doing business. There has been no examination of why we engineer roads that are literally killing us.Fixing the carnage on our roadways requires a change in mindset and a dramatic transformation of transportation. ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • Drinking with Men

    A Memoir

    by Rosie Schaap ...
    NPR “Best Books of 2013”BookPage Best Books of 2013Library Journal Best Books of 2013: MemoirFlavorwire 10 Best Nonfiction Books of 2013A vivid, funny, and poignant memoir that celebrates the distinct lure of the camaraderie and community one finds drinking in bars.Rosie Schaap has always loved bars: the wood and brass and jukeboxes, ... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $6.99 USD

  • Paved Paradise

    How Parking Explains the World

    by Henry Grabar ...
    **Shortlisted for the Zócalo Book PrizeNamed one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker and The New Republic“Consistently entertaining and often downright funny.”—The New Yorker“Wry and revelatory.” —The New York Times"A romp, packed with tales of anger, violence, theft, lust, greed, political chicanery and transportation policy gone wrong . . . highly entertaining."—The Los Angeles ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • How to Build and Modify GM LS-Series Engines

    by Joseph Potak ...
    Series series Motorbooks Workshop
    For gearheads who want to build or modify popular LS engines, How to Build and Modify GM LS-Series Engines provides the most detailed and extensive instructions ever offered for those modding LS engines through the Gen IV models.The LS1 engine shook the performance world when introduced in the 1997 Corvette. Today the LS9 version far eclipses even the mightiest big-blocks from the muscle car era, ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Sabotage

    The Mafia, Mao and the Death of the Queen Elizabeth

    by Brian Izzard ...
    On 9 January 1972, the mighty Queen Elizabeth, then the largest liner in the world, caught fire in Hong Kong harbour. Watched by millions around the world, she burned live on television, including on Britain's children's programme Blue Peter. Since her retirement in 1968, she had been a tourist attraction in Florida, before her owners went bankrupt and she was sold to become the floating Seawise ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Pilot's Weather

    A Commonsense Approach to Meteorology

    This book breaks new ground in the presentation of what is and should be presented as a fascinating and vitally important part of a pilot's skill. Gone are the dreary old monotone drawings of isobars and fronts, endless graphs and reams of figures and in bounce full colour photos of what you actually see - clouds and cloudscapes that tell you instantly what's happening to the air around you. For ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • At the Edge of Space

    The X-15 Flight Program

    In At the Edge of Space, Milton O. Thompson tells the dramatic story of one of the most successful research aircraft ever flown. The first full-length account of the X-15 program, the book profiles the twelve test pilots (Neil Armstrong, Joe Engle, Scott Crossfield, and the author among them) chosen for the program. Thompson has translated a highly technical subject into readable accounts of each ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • TWA 800

    Behind the Cover-Up and Conspiracy

    by Jack Cashill ...
    A book to challenge the status quo, spark a debate, and get people talking about the issues and questions we face as a country! ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • How the Railways Will Fix the Future

    Rediscovering the Essential Brilliance of the Iron Road

    by Gareth Dennis ...
    Railway engineer and transport policy specialist Gareth Dennis shows why the railways are key to the fight for a better world for us all.The world's railways were almost entirely created by capital and empire for extraction and exploitation, so what right do they have to exist and how can they be harnessed for good? Railway engineer and writer Gareth Dennis builds a case not simply for railways as ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • America's Greatest Road Trip!

    Key West to Deadhorse: 9000 Miles Across Backroad USA

    Ride along with author Tom Cotter and photographer Michael Alan Ross as they pilot their Ford Bronco/Airstream Basecamp combination 8,881 miles along the lower 48’s back roads and byways.Tom Cotter has spent decades ferreting out lost “barn find” collector cars. The process has made him an ardent road tripper, logging thousands of miles every year on America’s back roads. Previous journeys have ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • The Student Pilot's Flight Manual

    From First Flight to Pilot Certificate

    Series series Kershner Flight Manual Series
    This first volume in The Flight Manuals Series is a ground school textbook, maneuvers manual, and syllabus all rolled into one, providing a step-by-step comprehensive course for student pilots working towards a Private or Sport Pilot certificate. This authoritative manual from the legendary flight instructor, William K. Kershner, edited by William C. Kershner, presents a wealth of practical ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chrysler A-833 Transmissions

    How to Rebuild and Modify

    by Jamie Passon ...
    Making horsepower at Chrysler in the early 1960s was nothing new for the Pentastar brand. The 413 RB engine had been producing more than 350 hp since the late 1950s. Joining the lineup in 1963, the 426 Wedge doubled down on the fact that Chrysler was all-in on going fast. The one weakness holding them back from total domination on the streets and strips was with their dated and tired manual ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Bishop's Boys: A Life of Wilbur and Orville Wright

    by Tom D. Crouch ...
    The reissue of this definitive biography heralds the one-hundredth anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight.Brilliant, self-trained engineers, the Wright brothers had a unique blend of native talent, character, and family experience that perfectly suited them to the task of invention but left them ill-prepared to face a world of skeptics, rivals, and officials. Using a treasure trove of ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • November's Fury

    The Deadly Great Lakes Hurricane of 1913

    On Thursday, November 6, the Detroit News forecasted “moderate to brisk” winds for the Great Lakes. On Friday, the Port Huron Times-Herald predicted a “moderately severe” storm. Hourly the warnings became more and more dire. Weather forecasting was in its infancy, however, and radio communication was not much better; by the time it became clear that a freshwater hurricane of epic proportions was ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Camaro 5th Gen 2010-2015

    How to Build and Modify

    by Scott Parker ...
    Filling these pages is great step-by-step information on modifying your 5th Gen, including upgrade instruction on brakes, suspension, rear axles, intake and exhaust, cooling, fuel systems, transmissions, LS engine mods, superchargers, turbochargers, ECM tuning, aftermarket EFIs, and more. There is fierce competition on the street for modern muscle supremacy. ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Crossing the Bar

    The Adventures of a San Francisco Bay Bar Pilot

    by Paul Lobo ...
    There is nothing placid about San Francisco Bay. Its raucous waters have hosted brutal storms, daring rescues, horrendous accidents, and countless hours of drama and tension. Captain Paul Lobo knows that better than most people. As a licensed harbor pilot in those treacherous waters, Lobo captained nearly 6,500 boats in a thirty-one year career-everything from mega-yachts to the USS Enterprise to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Picture History of the Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth

    Series series Dover Maritime
    Big, fast, and powerful, the Queen Mary lived a long life that included 1,001 successful Atlantic crossings. Launched in Southampton, England in 1934, the ship at one time held the record for the fastest-ever North Atlantic crossing, and for a number of years carried the rich and famous across the ocean in luxury. Her running mate, the Queen Elizabeth, christened four years later, saw service in ... Read more

    $16.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Tales from Great Passenger Ships

    A Jaunt Through Time

    by Paul Curtis ...
    A collection of stories from many of the best-known passenger ships and liners, that vividly showcase the romance and tragedy of life at seaThis latest book from ex-Queen Mary entertainments officer Paul Curtis collates a lively selection of stories about some of the greatest and most fascinating passenger ships to ever ply the world's oceans.Stories range from tragic to funny, from elegant Cunard ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Freight Dispatcher Training: How to Build and Run a Successful Truck Dispatching Business Without Owning a Single Truck

    by Kayla Hobson ...
    Do you want to effortlessly master the freight dispatching business to build the life you really want without leaving the comfort of your home?(Oh, and did I mention these strategies can work even if you have zero experience with freight dispatching or have failed as a truck dispatcher in the past?)Keep reading because 90% of Truck Dispatchers fail within their first month in freight dispatching ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Road to Nowhere

    What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation

    by Paris Marx ...
    How to build a transportation system to provide mobility for allRoad to Nowhere exposes the flaws in Silicon Valley’s vision of the future: ride-hailing services such as Uber and Lyft to take us anywhere; electric cars to make them ‘green’; and automation to ensure transport is cheap and ubiquitous. Such promises are implausible and potentially dangerous.As Paris Marx shows, these technological ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Formulas for the E6-B Air Navigation Computer

    Using the E6-B Simply & Efficiently

    Formulas for the Air Navigation Computer is written for pilots and air navigators at all levels of experience from the novice to the professional. The book is self-help on how to use the E6-B Air Navigation Computer. An E6-B Air Navigation Computer is a circular slide rule with a wind slide on the reverse side. It is dedicated to performing all calculations related to pre-flight planning and in ... Read more

    $35.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus