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British Airfields WWII by Stuart Hadaway
20.00 NZD
Category: Military | Series: Shire Library
An illustrated introduction to the military airfields of Britain and the essential roles they played in the Second World War. The Second World War airfields peppered around Britain are among the most visible and widespread reminders of this devastating conflict. Some are now almost forgotten or built o ...Show more
British Microcars 1947-2002 by Duncan Cameron
18.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Between the 1940s and the 1960s the microcar posed a challenge to large companies producing cars in huge volumes to a uniform pattern. The microcar was the opposite, produced by small entrepreneurial start-ups using quirky, unusual design concepts. This book is a beautifully illustrated history of Brit ...Show more
Broad Gauge Railways by Tim Bryan
18.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Isambard Kingdom Brunel considered the Great Western Railway the "finest work in England" and he contributed many groundbreaking features, none so unorthodox as the decision not to adopt the "standard" track gauge of 4ft 81/2in and instead introduce the new 'broad gauge' of 7ft 1/4in. Describing the rat ...Show more
Canals in Britain by Tony Conder
0.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library | Reading Level: General Adult
Dunkirk and the Little Ships by Philip Weir
25.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
An illustrated guide to the history of the famous "Little Ships" and their role in the Dunkirk evacuation in 1940, which saved hundreds of thousands of British soldiers from capture by German forces. In May 1940, German troops advanced through Holland, Belgium, and France with astonishing speed, fo ...Show more
Good Trains by Tim Bryan
20.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Goods transportation was the lifeblood of early railways, and remains a key part of rail services today. This concise illustrated guide illuminates the history of goods trains across Britain. Have you ever watched wagon after wagon of a goods train thunder past and wondered where it is heading, what i ...Show more
Illuminated Manuscripts by Richard Hayman
18.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using brightly coloured pigments and gold embellishments was a labour of love and an act of piety in itself. The ...Show more
Land Speed Records by Don Wales
17.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
The Land Speed Record is a fascinating story of human endeavour - of man and machine battling time to be the fastest. Since 1898 many have dreamed of being the fastest on earth, first with electric, then steam, then petrol, moving forward to the jet car, and into the present and future with rocket power ...Show more
Medieval Castles of England and Wales by Bernard Lowry
22.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Designed to dominate the surrounding area, to house powerful garrisons, offer sumptuous quarters for local nobility, and to discourage and repel enemy attacks, castles dominated England and Wales for more than half a millennium. Though some were built before 1066, the Norman Conquest left a lasting lega ...Show more
RAF Bomber Crewman by Jonathan Falconer
23.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
RAF Bomber Command and its crews were probably unique in the history of warfare. During the Second World War each RAF bomber crew member was a volunteer, and in the case of the Command's elite Pathfinder Force, many were volunteers within a volunteer force. Discover what it was like to fly with an RAF h ...Show more
Railway Carriages by Tim Bryan
23.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
A brief history of the design and use of railway carriages in the UK, ideal for those interested in railway and social history. Evolving from the horse-drawn stage coaches that they soon eclipsed, railway carriages steadily grew in sophistication so that by the end of the nineteenth century the railway ...Show more
Sir Christopher Wren by Paul Rabbitts
23.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: Shire Library
Sir Christopher Wren (1632-1723) is now mostly remembered as a genius of architecture - but he was also an accomplished polymath, who only came to architecture quite late in life. Most famous as the mastermind behind the rebuilding of St Paul's Cathedral and more than fifty parish churches after the Gre ...Show more