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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest
The story of RMS Titanic resonates all around the world, the vessel
immortalised on stage, screen and in print. This collection of
drawings does not dwell on the tragedy that befell this magnificent
ship, but rather seeks to showcase her great beauty, representing
the pinnacle of a grand era of style and innovation, with experts
Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge providing insight and commentary.
Colouring these scenes of Titanic's hope-filled early days at sea,
sumptuous interiors and grand promenades will breathe life into a
bygone age of luxury, opulence and transatlantic adventure.
Suitable for children.
Haynes offers the best coverage for cars, trucks, vans, SUVs and
motorcycles on the market today. Each manual contains easy to
follow step-by-step instructions linked to hundreds of photographs
and illustrations. Included in every manual: troubleshooting
section to help identify specific problems; tips that give valuable
short cuts to make the job easier and eliminate the need for
special tools; notes, cautions and warnings for the home mechanic;
color spark plug diagnosis and an easy to use index.
With off-road driving becoming more and more popular and taking
drivers to ever more challenging destinations, the time has never
been better for this essential guide to surviving the many
challenges come across during these adventures. Covering areas such
as first aid, navigation, repairs, vehicle recovery and outdoor
skills, this must have handbook for all four-wheel adventurers
shows how to survive in many diverse terrains with your 4x4.
The Titanic. The Britannic. The Olympic. They are some of the most
famous ships in history, but for the wrong reasons. The Olympic
Class liners were conceived as the largest, grandest ships ever to
set sail. Of the three ships built, the first only lost the record
for being the largest because she was beaten by the second, and
they were both beaten by the third. The class was meant to secure
the White Star Line's reputation as the greatest shipping company
on earth. Instead, with the loss of both the Titanic and the
Britannic in their first year of service, it guaranteed White
Star's infamy. This unique book tells the extraordinary story of
these three extraordinary ships from the bottom up, starting with
their conception and construction (and later their modification)
and following their very different careers. Behind the technical
details of these magnificent ships lies a tragic human story - not
just of the lives lost aboard the Titanic and Britannic, but of the
designers pushing the limits beyond what was actually possible,
engineers unable to prepare for every twist of fate, and ship
owners and crew who truly believed a ship could be unsinkable. This
fascinating story is told with rare photographs, new
computer-generated recreations of the ships, and unique wreck
images that explore how well the ships were designed and built.
Simon Mills offers unparalleled access to shipbuilders Harland
& Wolff's specification book for the Olympic Class, including
original blueprints and - being made widely available for the first
time - large fold-out technical drawings showing how these
extensive plans were meant to be seen.
A concise text and photo sequences guide home-shop enthusiasts
through each step of a typical engine rebuild. Provides
comprehensive information on how to diagnose, remove, tear down,
inspect, recondition, assemble, and install all Nissan and Datsun
four- and six-cylinder L-Series engines. Includes parts interchange
and identification information.
Cultural Heritage and Tourism in Africa examines the multiple and
diverse manifestations of cultural heritage-based tourism in Africa
from a regional, social science, and sustainability perspective.
This book delivers a comprehensive treatise on the interdependent
concepts of cultural heritage and tourism. Heritage is one of the
most pervasive tourism assets worldwide and lies at the foundations
of tourism in many localities, including Africa. However, despite
its salience, there has not been a systematic examination of
Africa's heritage resources, markets, policies, practices,
successes, and challenges in a tourism framework, despite the
continent's immense heritage value. This book reviews the different
types of heritages that pervade the cultural environment of Africa
and comprises its vast heritagescapes. It also examines the
increasing potential for the growth of heritage tourism throughout
the entire continent. The contributions in this volume delve into
current thinking about space and place and their effects on
heritage, mobilities, globalization, colonialism and indigeneity,
conflict, identity and nation-building, connections with other
regions through migration and the slave trade, and a greater
emphasis on the ordinary heritage of Africa, which has long been
ignored by tourism scholars and industry representatives. The
chapters herein are authored by Africa specialists, most being from
Africa, offering a truly African perspective. The chapters are
conceptually rigorous and empirically rich with examples from all
regions of the African continent. This unparalleled
interdisciplinary glimpse at cultural heritage and tourism in
Africa delivers strong value and is a vital resource for all
students and researchers of tourism, cultural studies, heritage
studies, geography, anthropology, sociology, history, and global
studies.
Valuable contribution being together family an event research
together and uses events as a lens to further understand how family
is constructed, understood and portrayed in modern society. Wide
appeal given multidisciplinary approach to a range of disciplines
including events, leisure, sociology and sport. Includes research
from around the world and looks at a variety of event contexts.
100/6 Mk I & II & 3000 Mk I, II & III. Petrol: 2.6
litre (2639cc) & 2.9 litre (2912cc). Written from hands-on
experience gained from the complete strip-down and rebuild of a
Austin Healey, Haynes can help you understand, care for and repair
your Austin Healey.
With a Haynes manual, you can do it yourself...from simple
maintenance to basic repairs. Haynes writes every book based on a
complete teardown of the motorcycle. We learn the best ways to do a
job and that makes it quicker, easier and cheaper for you. Our
books have clear instructions and hundreds of photographs that show
each step. Whether you are a beginner or a pro, you can save big
with Haynes!--Step-by-step procedures--Easy-to-follow
photos--Complete troubleshooting section--Valuable short
cuts--Model history and pre-ride checks in color--Color spark plug
diagnosis and wiring diagrams--Tools and workshop tips section in
colorComplete coverage for your Harley-Davidson Twin Cam 88
covering Softail (2000 thru 2010), Dyna Glide (1999 thru 2010), and
Electra Glide/Road King and Road Glide (1999 thru 2010): --Routine
Maintenance and servicing--Tune-up procedures--Engine, clutch and
transmission repair--Cooling system--Fuel and exhaust--Ignition and
electrical systems--Brakes, wheels and tires--Steering, suspension
and final drive--Frame and bodywork--Wiring diagrams--Reference
Section
VW Polo models with petrol and diesel engines. Petrol: 1.2 litre
(1198 cc) and 1.4 litre (1390 cc) Does not cover 1.2 litre TSI, 1.4
litre twin-charger, ACT or bi-fuel engines Diesel: 1.2 litre (1199
cc) and 1.6 litre (1598 cc)
This is a maintenance and repair manual for the DIY mechanic.
With a Haynes manual, you can do it yourself...from simple
maintenance to basic repairs. Haynes writes every book based on a
complete teardown of the vehicle. We learn the best ways to do a
job and that makes it quicker, easier and cheaper for you. Our
books have clear instructions and plenty of photographs that show
each step. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, you can save big
with Haynes!
- Step-by-step procedures
- Easy-to-follow photos
- Complete troubleshooting section
- Valuable short cuts
- Color spark plug diagnosis
Complete coverage for your Jeep Grand Cherokee covering all models
(1993 thru 2004):
- Routine Maintenance
- Tune-up procedures
- Engine repair
- Cooling and heating
- Air Conditioning
- Fuel and exhaust
- Emissions control
- Ignition
- Brakes
- Suspension and steering
- Electrical systems
- Wiring diagrams
This is the definitive DIY manual on small petrol engines used in
lawn mowers, rotovators, generators, compressors, pumps,
mini-bikes, karts, etc. General chapters on maintenance, fault
finding and repair apply to all single-cylinder air-cooled engines.
Lancashire and Yorkshire led Britain and the world into the
industrial revolution, yet were long cut off by the Pennine chain.
The railway age finally brought the two counties together and
ensured the continued growth of Manchester as Britain's second
city. It was linked to Leeds and Sheffield by a series of heroic
railway tunnels, three of which were successively the longest in
the world when completed in the 1840s. Often taken for granted,
this book portrays them as extraordinary achievements against
seemingly insuperable odds that deserve the fullest recognition.
These pages look not just at the tunnels and the men who created
them but also at how lines built through them connected key
stations either side of the Pennines. They step back further in
history to show how canals paved the way for the railways and also
look forward to the future with its brave talk of HS3 achieving
journey times that seem unimaginable. There is a remarkable
collection of illustrations ranging from period lithographs through
to present-day photographs. The many varied themes in this book
include: * The vision of George Stephenson - 'Father of Railways' *
Navvies left to fend for themselves in huts thrown together with
loose stones and thatch * Drunken riots following pay day * Death
and chronic illness at Woodhead tunnel on top of the Pennines *
Enginemen coming close to suffocation when working heavy freights
through the tunnels * Early travellers who preferred to get off and
walk rather than travel through a tunnel behind a 'steam monster' *
Branwell Bronte, errant brother of the literary sisters, dismissed
for constant carelessness at a Calder Valley station * The
magnificent Huddersfield station - a stately home with trains * The
Midland Railway with almost eight miles of tunnel between Sheffield
and Manchester * Inferno in a tunnel when a derailed tanker train
caught fire and temperatures reached 1,500 degrees C. * The superb
new Woodhead tunnel with its electric services that closed to
passengers after only 16 years
The total number of foreign tourists received in countries
throughout the world was 530 million in 1995. That number broke
through the 1 billion mark for the first time in 2012, at
1,035,000,000. In 2015, it reached 1,180,000,000. According to
Anthony Elliott and John Urry, modern society has been
characterized as being "mobile", and within that we are also living
"mobile lives". In modern society, flows of people, things,
capital, information, ideas and technologies are constantly
occurring, and as they are merging like a violently rushing stream,
what could be termed a landscape of mobilities has appeared. Social
realities are in flux and are transforming to become different than
they were before. This volume will expand the inquiry of tourism
mobilities comprehensively and clearly from the fields of
humanities and social sciences. In particular, tourism mobilities
has been actively investigated up to now in the UK, US, Europe and
Australia, but even though the Japanese body of literature contains
a great many excellent studies of Japanese examples, there are
almost no English-language articles presenting their results.
Publishing examples of Japanese tourism mobilities will not only
foster new and exciting lines of inquiry for existing and future
research on tourism mobilities, but will also have implications for
humanities and social sciences throughout the world.
Author built wooden boats for over 50 years and shares his
knowledge about traditional, practical, plank-on-frame boat
construction. Literate, warm, encouraging, insightful. Wonderfully
illustrated by Sam Manning.
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