Customer Review: "Space Shuttle: The History of the National Space Transportation System. The First 100 Missions." Long title. Big book. Loads of detail. A treasure for shuttle geeks like me.
This book is packed with mission details and hundreds of rare photographs. One shows a close up of one of the struts... more info
Customer Review: Outstanding source of photographs, lithographs, and precise detailed mechanical line drawings of these old machines. Originally printed in 1896, the written commentary is in the rich, highly descriptive style of the era, conveying nearly as much information as the images themselves. Highly... more info
Customer Review: I thought a good overview of contemporary railways in India but thought could have given the Brits more credit for building a universal system that really made possible a democratic India. Personally I have riden most of the system several times and am impressed with volume of passenger traffic but... more info
Customer Review: This book shows the various stages up to and including the scrapping of thousands of these airplanes after the war. The US waged a war of attrition against both Japan and Germany and the 300,000 airplanes and 500,000 produced and trained was the key part of it since both enemies did not have an... more info
Customer Review: This is a nice concise history of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. It focuses mainly on the competition between the railroads which led the Vanderbilts to select a route for a new railroad across southern Pennsylvania and partially complete several tunnels before abandoning the project. That route and... more info
Customer Review: You aren't an ocean liner buff if you don't have this book! It is REQUIRED. You also ought to have every other book written by Miller and Braynard - the books they've worked on together and apart are beyond words. I have close to all in my private collection. Do yourself a favor and get them all -... more info
Customer Review: This book is perfect for American History buffs. It contains
an exhaustive history of the evolution of railroading in the USA.
Railroads thrived throughout the 1850s in response to the trans-
Pacific trade in gold. In 1860, Chicago was served by 8 railroads.
The Pacific... more info
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