This is the story of the historic ship Vega’s first missions of mercy—a real-life sea tale complete with vicious storms, exotic locations, heart-rending moments, and priceless glimpses into real life on some of the world’s most remote tropical islands.
In December 2004, Shane Granger and his partner, Meggi Macoun, had just completed a ......
On a whim, several mates fly to Nepal, and ride vintage motorbikes from Kathmandu to Everest Base Camp and beyond to Tibet, and meet all manner of oddities and new friends on the way. The spectacular and bizarre are captured in vivid photographs from throughout the trip.
Originally published to accompany a major exhibition at London Transport Museum about the First World War. Full of unseen photos and illustrations. A fascinating illustrated look at London life and transport thought WW1.
The Ultimate Guide to the Greatest Sports Cars of All Time
An automotive vision that's been building for over a century, the sports car represents the ultimate expression of speed, style and the thrill of driving. This comprehensive volume takes you on an exhilarating journey through a hundred years of automotive excellence. Buckle up as we travel from the pioneering vintage sports cars of the 1920s to ......
The Revolutionary Atlantic World of Captain Thomas Allen
The story of a cunning sea captain whose tempestuous life charts new dimensions of the American Revolution This is the gripping tale of how ambitious sea captain Thomas Allen and his family navigated the gales of the American Revolution. Starting as a rogue and smuggler, Allen won and lost several fortunes before eventually establishing himself ......
The Silent Flyer is the inspiring story of Michael Bishop, the boy who loved airplanes so much he built an airline. Unhappy at public school, and passing only one exam in his life, he went on to become a major figure in global air travel, chair a national broadcaster, be honoured with a knighthood and elevated to the House of Lords. Along the way ......
Clement M. Keys and the Formation of the American Aviation Industry
Entrepreneurship in aviation took flight during the 1920s, though at the beginning of the decade it was struggling for survival. After World War I, the market was oversaturated with war surplus airplanes, commercial transport a mere dream, and, with no laws or regulations on air travel, aviation lacked investors. Clement M. Keys, a Canadian-born ......
On a cold, blustery, late November day in 1920 a little black 45-foot yacht beat her way slowly through the Narrows against an ebbing tide and a raw nor'wester and tied up at St. George, Staten Island. To the casual observer there was nothing unusual about the event, except possibly the lateness of the season, but to the practiced eye there were ......
At the age of nineteen, Robert F. Weir of West Point, New York, ran away to sea, where he spent the next ten years. Assuming the pseudonym Robert Wallace, Weir sailed aboard the bark Clara Bell out of Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, in 1855 for a voyage to the whaling grounds of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. Upon the death of the boatsteerer, Weir ......
