Kenworth Trucks of the 1950s by Ron Adams
$44.95 AUD
Category: Machinery | Series: At Work Series
For Kenworth, the 1950s were some of its most exciting years. A financial windfall started out the decade, with a special truck built for ARAMCO that became a standard at oil sites around the world. In the mid 1950s Kenworth began building trucks in Canada and developed a new design with the cab beside ...Show more
Cuba Cars by RAINER FLOER
$72.00 AUD
Category: Machinery
- A snapshot of Cuban culture, focusing on the amazing classic cars that can be found across the country - Blends the conventional travel guide with a car enthusiast's bible - A must-have for any avid car fan Cuba is worth a visit. Or, as the authors of this book discovered, several. The average package ...Show more
Robot: Visual Atlas from Ancient Greece to Artificial Intelligence by Luca Beatrice
$65.00 AUD
Category: Machinery
From Ancient Greece onwards, humans have been swept up in a race to replicate and rebuild themselves. We design automatons that mimic human functions or improve on them, born from a desire to take evolution into our own hands, or even play God. In fact, every form of cultural expression has at some poin ...Show more
70 Years of Porsche Sportscars by Josef Arweck; Christina Rahmes
$90.00 AUD
Category: Machinery
- A beautifully illustrated celebration of the Porsche "A book like the brand: intoxicating, beautiful, intelligent." - Porsche Klassik Magazine Ferry Porsche reinvented the sports car in 1948. The first car to bear the Porsche name was made in the Austrian town of Gm nd. Just 15 years later Porsche pre ...Show more
Box on Wheels by Norbert Nettekoven
$32.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
- Dedicated to the VW camper, a cult classic, celebrating its many guises, in all their glory "Though this be madness, yet there is method in't." The VW camper van has been a cult classic for decades and has a broad fanbase all around the world. But Norbert Nettekoven is not interested in immaculately r ...Show more
Collector Cars of Australia by Ken Stepnell
$45.00 AUD
Category: Machinery
For the first time ever,one of the most soughtaftercollections ofAustralian collector carphotographs has beenpublished.With many colourphotographs, somenever before seen thisrare collection showsthe variety of cars inAustralia across all makes from Dodge to RollsRoyce, Rover to Chevrolet, Toyota to Ford ...Show more
Illustrated History of Military Motorcycles by Pat Ware
$26.95 AUD
Category: Machinery
This title covers 100 years of wartime motorcycles, from the first machines of World War I to the diesel-powered types and quad bikes of today, with 230 photographs. It is a complete reference guide to a century of military motorcycles, from their first use at the beginning of the 20th century to the so ...Show more
Cars on Film - A Celebration of Cars at the Movies by Giles Chapman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
This book celebrates the car at the movies... but not always as you might be expecting. Cars have been an integral aspect of on-screen storytelling ever since the earliest cameras first rolled, highlighting suspense or humor as they transport characters from scene to scene. Car chases and car crashe ...Show more
Cars We Loved in The 1990s by Giles Chapman
$24.99 AUD
Category: Machinery | Series: Cars We Loved Ser.
The 1980s car era had been brash and loud - but the 1990s that followed was markedly more sober, stylish and sophisticated. A period when safety and durability improved... even though insurance hikes, speed cameras and the introduction of the separate theory test made driving more of a challenge. Britpo ...Show more
Holden Commemorative Edition: The Great Years, the Great Cars 1968-2020 by Gelding Street Press
$39.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
Commodore. Torana. Monaro.Holden captures the essence of these three great cars - their muscle, their romance and their engineering - as well as their glory days at racetracks such as Mount Panorama at Bathurst and Phillip Island. It celebrates 50-plus years of great Aussie motoring memories, from the o ...Show more
Amazing and Curious Railway Tales by Colin G. Maggs
$32.99 AUD
Category: Machinery
Who won in a race between a train and a pigeon? How can you warn bats to leave a railway tunnel? Before the era of the car, which railway company carried the most prisoners? Colin G. Maggs has collected all of these answers - and more! - in Amazing and Curious Railway Tales, a compendium of stories, ...Show more
Train Stations of the World: From Spectacular Metropolises to Provincial Towns by MARTIN WELTNER
$85.00 AUD
Category: Machinery
First book to provide a historical overview and stunning photography of train stations on five continents. A lot has happened in the world of railroads since the first train station opened in Darlington, northern England, almost 200 years ago. Today's railroad station buildings are as wonderfully divers ...Show more