Everyone knows someone who is an involuntary nondriver and has trouble moving freely around their community-whether it is due to age, immigration status, or a disability-and it is time to address the need for an improved mobility system
Over a decade ago, the first edition of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide sparked a design revolution in cities. City streets are now understood as key elements in confronting the intertwined safety, equity, and climate crises in North America. The completely revised and updated third edition of the NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide sets a new ......
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 ......
Now in Paperback. Following the success of his bestselling book, the Passion for Holden, Joel Wakely takes a personal look at the golden age of Australian car manufacturing and particularly the passion for the muscle cars that arose in the 1950s and reached its height in the 1970s.
In this fully illustrated personal look at the culture of hot rods and customised vehicles in Australia are dozens of fascinating stories about these incredible cars and the passionate craftspeople, amateur and professional, who build them. Includes unique and never before seen photos and contributions from dozens of hot rod and custom enthusiasts.
To mark the manufacture of the very last Australian Holdens in 2017, Joel Wakely gathered together dozens of fascinating personal stories about many of the models Holden produced since 1948. Joel tells the whole story of Holden, recounting highlights of 69 years of manufacturing all-Australian vehicles and the final closure of Holden in 2020.
The steam locomotive is one of Britain’s greatest and most beautiful inventions and generations have marvelled at the power conveyed in its iron form. But the mystical qualities of smoke and pure white steam give life to the locomotive and through the genius of design, it appears to blend magically with the scenery through which it passes. ......
Thirty five years in the making, and Tony Loxleys Sprintcars book has finally been updated and is now available. This lavish, exciting volume is jam-packed filed with pulse-pounding images covering the sport of sprintcar racing from Australia and the USA. It is the perfect companion and a must have in your Full Throttle Publishing collection.
A True Civil War Story of Mutinies, Jailbreaks, Blockade-Running, and th
The riveting story of Appleton Oaksmith, a swashbuckling sea captain whose life intersected with some of the most important moments, movements, and individuals of the mid-19th century, from the California Gold Rush, filibustering schemes in Nicaragua, Cuban liberation, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
The story of electric rail transportation in Schenectady mirrors the development of urban transportation throughout America in many ways, but it also has its own peculiar local characteristics. Most notably, Schenectady had some of the finest amenities for street railway passengers in the nation, including a Beaux-Arts waiting room with ......
One Man's Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind
The Pony Express has a hold on the American imagination wildly out of proportion to its actual contribution to the history and development of the West. It lasted less than eighteen months-about the amount of time it took author Scott Alumbaugh to plan and ride the route-and utterly failed by every measure of success attributed to it. The only ......
Ole Bill is still a very popular exhibit at the London Transport Museum today. The book explains the role London Transport staff played during WW1, taking their vehicles to war as transport and ambulances for the troops. The books looks at the inclusion of women into London transport staff for the first time.
The Macchi C.202 was probably the most successful Italian fighter in WW2, the aircraft of almost all Italian top scoring aces. Mc.202 was fast and manoeuvrable, on par with, or better than the allied fighters of the same period. However, there were too few machines to exert a determinant role during the war due to inadequate planning and ......
Attention Australian Speedway and Motorsport Fans! The popular Liverpool City Raceway book is finally reprinting! This lavishly illustrated book covering the history of Liverpool City Raceway from its construction in 1966 to its sad demise in 1989, is loaded with first person memories from competitors, (like Sir Jack Brabham).
The author provides a broad view of the Southern Region and the steam engines employed in the last years before the diesel takeover. Bill Reed's superb colour photographs have made this possible.
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.