Superyacht Captain: Life and leadership in the world's most incredible industry by Brendan O'Shannassy
$29.99 AUD
Category: Transport
'Billionaires are the suns in their unique universe. Their solar system contains planets built of information and access. Like Copernicus' physical sun, they don't seek either- information and access are captured in a gravitational field that circles them.' There are the wealthy listed and described in ...Show more
The Passion for Hot Rods & Australian Custom Vehicle by Joel Wakely
$39.99 AUD
Category: Transport
In this fully illustrated personal look at the culture of hot rods and customised vehicles in Australia, veteran author Joel Wakely has gathered together dozens of fascinating stories about many of these incredible cars – and other vehicles – and the passionate craftspeople, amateur and professional, wh ...Show more
The Car Book: The Definitive Visual History by DK
$39.99 AUD
Category: Transport
A new edition of the definitive visual history of the automobile, profiling over 2,000 models, from the earliest "horseless carriage" to the modern supercar. A lavishly illustrated history of the automobile - the marques, the machines, and the magic. From the first motor cars to today's supercars and en ...Show more
I Tried to Run a Railway by Gerard Fiennes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Transport
"BR rebel chairman resigns.' --The Guardian "Rebel rail chief in row." --Daily Mail "I don't take it back says sacked rail chief." --Daily ExpressThis is the notorious book that got Gerard Fiennes sacked from British Railways while he was Chairman and General Manager of the Eastern Region in 1968. Fienn ...Show more
Angels by David King; Maureen Lane
$29.95 AUD
Category: Transport
David King was only 10 years old when he met The Angels. This is a tale full of childhood adventures, street smarts and ingenuity. It is the story of a survivor in a time when violence in the home was commonplace and of the gang of Angels who took him under their wings, protected him and taught him the ...Show more
Lighter Than Air: Australian Ballooning History by Helen Rogers
$45.00 AUD
Category: Transport
Fledgling balloonists in nineteenth century Australia realised that their aerial endeavours added little to their pockets, or to science. Re-inventing themselves as showmen and women, they performed daring acrobatics from trapezes and parachutes, touring towns and cities all over the country.Along the w ...Show more
Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
$59.99 AUD
Category: Transport
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes the flourishing of transport and travel, and the engineering that made it possible, in the years before the ...Show more
Age of Combustion: Notes on Automobile Design by STEPHEN BAYLEY
$44.99 AUD
Category: Transport
The automobile is the ultimate analogue machine and mankind's most ingenious, seductive and damaging invention. For over a century, cars have provided reference points for our notions of style, status and desire. In design terms, the Age of Combustion was as rich and varied as architecture's Baroque and ...Show more
Outback Railwaymen: Life on the Commonwealth Railways by Nick Anchen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Transport
CENTRAL AUSTRALIA RAILWAY - NORTH AUSTRALIA RAILWAY - TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY "Outback Railwaymen - Life on the Commonwealth Railways" explores the life and times of three extraordinary railways, through the recollections and humorous stories of a selection of retired railwaymen and women. These were t ...Show more
The Passion for Holden: A Celebration of the Classic Australian Marque in 48 Cars by Joel Wakely
$49.99 AUD
Category: Transport
Joel Wakely has worked with and raced with Holden cars almost his entire life, owning several significant and some very rare models. He knows Holdens like he knows the back of his hand, and he knows many other passionate Holden lovers like himself. Following his success with his book Legends of the 48-2 ...Show more
Trains: A Miscellany by Ray Hamilton
$27.99 AUD
Category: Transport
HOP ON BOARD, SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE! Whether you pine for the romantic age of the steam engine, thrill at the speeds of today's superfast trains, dream of travelling on the world's great long-distance rail journeys or yearn to take the 'Toy Train' to Darjeeling, this book offers a fantastic, whist ...Show more
A Short History of Seafaring by DK
$19.99 AUD
Category: Transport
A fascinating journey through more than 5,000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers, and maritime environments. For more than 5,000 years, the seas have challenged, rewarded, and punished the brave sailors who set forth to explore it. This h ...Show more