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Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World by James Hamilton-Paterson
24.99 AUD
Category: Transport
In 1945 Britain was the world's leading designer and builder of aircraft - a world-class achievement that was not mere rhetoric. And what aircraft they were. The sleek Comet, the first jet airliner. The awesome delta-winged Vulcan, an intercontinental bomber that could be thrown about the sky like a fig ...Show more
Stuck Monkey - The Deadly Planetary Cost of the Things We Love by James Hamilton-Paterson
42.99 AUD
Category: Non-Fiction
People hunting monkeys in the jungle once devised a simple yet effective trap: When the creature found a banana in a large jar with a narrow neck, it would plunge its paw in to retrieve it. But it couldn't let go. And unless the monkey released the banana, it was stuck.We are, of course, the stuck monke ...Show more
Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
59.99 AUD
Category: Transport
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes the flourishing of transport and travel, and the engineering that made it possible, in the years before the ...Show more
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