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From sports cars to ocean-liners, and from great rail-journeys to aviation adventures, here you’ll find our varied range of books on transport. Browse our bestselling books on cars and motoring, trains and railways, ships and sailing, and aeroplanes, and discover our range of perfect transport gifts.

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Our Bestselling Transport Books

British Rail
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The Red Arrows
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Bradshaw's Handbook
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
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The Car Book
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£25.00
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The Aircraft Book
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£25.00
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Land Rover
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£9.99
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The Railways
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£11.99
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Sea Fever
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£9.99
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Steam Trains Today
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The Tractor Book
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£25.00
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Cathedrals of Steam
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How to Build a Motorcycle
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Flight
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£30.00
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The Motorbike Book
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£25.00
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Concorde
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£20.00
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The Last Overland
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£20.00
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Part celebration, part elegy, part detective story and part courtroom drama, this fascinating volume from British Airways' former Chief Concorde Pilot charts the inside story of the titular aircraft, taking in both its majestic triumphs and the tragedies that befell it.
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Our Bestselling New Transport Books

British Rail
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Concorde
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The Ship Asunder
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£10.99
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The Camper Van Bible 2nd edition
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
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The Classic Car Book
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£30.00
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The Train Book
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£30.00
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abc Rail Guide 2023
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£25.00
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The Car
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£10.99
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The Spirit of BMW
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Glasgow Blue Trains
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Boatlines
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£16.99
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Last Trains
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£14.99
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The Last Overland
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£20.00
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Train Lord
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£10.99
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The Trainspotter's Notebook
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As he traces the iconic forms of a selection of the boats of Scotland, Ian Stephen outlines the purposes of craft, past and present, to help gain a true understanding of this vital part of our culture.
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Luxury Editions & Gift Books

The Train Book
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£30.00
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The Story of the Car
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Steam Trains Today
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Flight
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£30.00
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Train Teasers
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£14.99
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The Scooter Bible
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£28.00
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Bradshaw's Handbook
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Railways
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£50.00
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James Bond's Aston Martin DB5
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London's Railway Termini
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Ferrari Formula 1 Car by Car
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Epic Train Journeys
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£35.00
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Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners
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The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
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Unforgettable Journeys
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Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Great gifts for transport buffs

Mind the Gap Card Game
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£11.99
Game
Ticket To Ride London
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£19.99
Game
Waterloo Station 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
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Ticket to Ride Europe Board Game
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First Ticket To Ride
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£29.99
Game
Nanonblock London Underground
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£22.99
General merchandise
Battleship Card Game
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Crossing The Ribble 500pc Gift Puzzle
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Tangmere Hurricanes 500pc Jigsaw Puzzle
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Top Gun Strategy Board Game
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Train In A Tin
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£11.99
Other merchandise
Ticket To Ride Asia: Map Collection
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Titanic First Accounts 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
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Off the Rails 

Our bestselling books on railways and trains

 

The Railways
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£11.99
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Loco Spotter's Guide
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Steam Trains Today
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Railways' Strangest Tales
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The Train Book
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£25.00
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British Rail
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£30.00
Hardback
The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel
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Crossrail: The Whole Story
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abc Rail Guide 2022
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£25.00
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Motoring On  

Our bestselling books on cars and motoring

 

Diddly Squat
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£10.99
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The Car Book
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£25.00
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The Last Overland
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£10.99
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Enzo Ferrari
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Land Rover
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£9.99
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The Classic Car Book
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DK
£30.00
Hardback
Classic Supercars
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£12.99
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Aston Martin
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£9.99
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Classic Cars
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£45.00
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The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
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Speed Read F1: Volume 1
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Porsche 75th Anniversary
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Bond Cars
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£30.00
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The Atlas of Car Design
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Formula 1 Circuits
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From the Bronze Age to the era of the ocean liner, the author of former Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month Seashaken Houses compiles the ultimate British vessel in this beautifully written and highly original maritime history.
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The Sea, The Sea 

Our bestselling books on ships and sailing

 

The Ship Beneath the Ice
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Sailing Alone
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Call of the Titanic
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The Ship Asunder
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£10.99
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Down To The Sea In Ships
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The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition
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Pirates (newspaper edition)
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
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Deep Sea and Foreign Going
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Sea Fever
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£9.99
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Hebridean Voyages
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£19.95
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The Heathen Horde
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A Short History of Seafaring
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Icebreaker
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£8.99
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A Night to Remember
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£10.99
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How to Build an Aircraft Carrier
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The All Round Guide to the Isle of Man
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Titanic: A Passenger's Guide Pocket Book
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Up, Up and Away

Our bestselling aviation books

Concorde
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Space
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£22.00
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The Red Arrows
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Mosquito
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The Aircraft Book
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£25.00
Hardback
Skyfaring
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£10.99
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The Spitfire Kids
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IWM Duxford Guidebook
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£5.00
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Sudden Death
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£8.99
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Topgun
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£10.99
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Up in the Air
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Spitfire
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£12.99
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Aircraft of World War II
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Concorde Pocket Manual
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Airline Maps
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£16.99
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The Little Book of Aviation
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Flight
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£30.00
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Space
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£22.00
Hardback

You're Going to Need a Bigger Garage!

Haynes Owners' Workshop Manuals for Transport icons

Astute Class Nuclear Submarine
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Inter-City 125 High Speed Train
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U-Boat Owners' Workshop Manual
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat Manual
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London Underground Owners' Workshop Manual
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RAF Chinook Owners' Workshop Manual
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Lola T70 Owners' Workshop Manual
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Jaguar D-Type Owners' Workshop Manual
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Airbus A380 Owners' Workshop Manual
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Royal Navy Submarine Manual
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Mary Rose Owners' Workshop Manual
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker
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Learning to Drive

Theory Test, Practical Test & the Highway Code
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AA the Highway Code
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Theory Test & Highway Code
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£10.99
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Theory Test for Car Drivers
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£9.99
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AA Know Your Road Signs
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The Driving Instructor's Handbook
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
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