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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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British Rail
Christian Wolmar
£12.99   £10.99
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The Red Arrows
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The Red Arrows
David Montenegro
£10.99   £8.99
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Bradshaw's Handbook
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Bradshaw's Handbook
George Bradshaw
£12.99
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
£10.99
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The Car Book
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The Car Book
DK
£25.00
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The Aircraft Book
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The Aircraft Book
DK
£25.00
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Land Rover
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Land Rover
Ben Fogle
£9.99
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The Railways
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The Railways
Simon Bradley
£11.99
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Sea Fever
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Sea Fever
Meg Clothier
£9.99
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Steam Trains Today
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Steam Trains Today
Andrew Martin
£9.99
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The Tractor Book
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The Tractor Book
DK
£25.00
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Cathedrals of Steam
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Cathedrals of Steam
Christian Wolmar
£10.99
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How to Build a Motorcycle
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How to Build a Motorcycle
Gary Inman
£17.99
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Flight
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Flight
R.G. Grant
£30.00
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The Motorbike Book
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The Motorbike Book
DK
£25.00
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Concorde
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Concorde
Mike Bannister
£20.00
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The Last Overland
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The Last Overland
Alex Bescoby
£20.00
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Concorde
Concorde
Mike Bannister
£10.99 £9.49
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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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British Rail
Christian Wolmar
£12.99   £10.99
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Concorde
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Concorde
Mike Bannister
£10.99   £9.49
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The Ship Asunder
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The Ship Asunder
Tom Nancollas
£10.99
Paperback
The Camper Van Bible 2nd edition
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The Camper Van Bible 2nd edition
Martin Dorey
£25.00
Paperback
The Ship Beneath the Ice
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
£25.00
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The Classic Car Book
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The Classic Car Book
DK
£30.00
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The Train Book
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The Train Book
DK
£30.00
Hardback
abc Rail Guide 2023
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abc Rail Guide 2023
Pip Dunn
£25.00
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The Car
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The Car
Bryan Appleyard
£10.99
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The Spirit of BMW
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The Spirit of BMW
Vaughan Grylls
£12.99
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Glasgow Blue Trains
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Glasgow Blue Trains
Colin J. Howat
£15.99
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Boatlines
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Boatlines
Ian Stephen
£16.99
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Last Trains
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Last Trains
Charles Loft
£14.99
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The Last Overland
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The Last Overland
Alex Bescoby
£20.00
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Train Lord
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Train Lord
Oliver Mol
£10.99
Paperback
The Trainspotter's Notebook
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The Trainspotter's Notebook
Francis Bourgeois
£20.00
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Boatlines
Boatlines
Ian Stephen
£16.99
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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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The Train Book
DK
£30.00
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The Story of the Car
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The Story of the Car
Giles Chapman
£20.00
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Steam Trains Today
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Steam Trains Today
Andrew Martin
£9.99
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Flight
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Flight
R.G. Grant
£30.00
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Train Teasers
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Train Teasers
Andrew Martin
£14.99
Hardback
The Scooter Bible
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The Scooter Bible
Eric Dregni
£28.00
Paperback
Bradshaw's Handbook
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Bradshaw's Handbook
George Bradshaw
£12.99
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Railways
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Railways
Christopher Valkoinen
£50.00
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James Bond's Aston Martin DB5
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James Bond's Aston Martin DB5
Ben Robinson
£45.00
Hardback
London's Railway Termini
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London's Railway Termini
Kevin Nixon Peter Lloyd
£19.95
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Ferrari Formula 1 Car by Car
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Ferrari Formula 1 Car by Car
Stuart Codling
£45.00
Hardback
Epic Train Journeys
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Epic Train Journeys
Gestalten
£35.00
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Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners
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Secrets of the Great Ocean Liners
John G. Sayers
£25.00
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The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
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The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
evo Magazine
£25.00
Hardback
Unforgettable Journeys
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Unforgettable Journeys
DK Eyewitness
£25.00
Hardback

Planes, Trains & Automobiles

Great gifts for transport buffs

Mind the Gap Card Game
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Mind the Gap Card Game
£11.99
Game
Ticket To Ride London
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Ticket To Ride London
£19.99
Game
Waterloo Station 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
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Waterloo Station 1000 piece Jigsaw Puzzle
£15.99
Jigsaw
Ticket to Ride Europe Board Game
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Ticket to Ride Europe Board Game
£44.99
Game
First Ticket To Ride
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First Ticket To Ride
£29.99
Game
Nanonblock London Underground
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Nanonblock London Underground
£22.99
General merchandise
Battleship Card Game
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Battleship Card Game
£6.99
Game
Crossing The Ribble 500pc Gift Puzzle
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Crossing The Ribble 500pc Gift Puzzle
£11.99
Game
Tangmere Hurricanes 500pc Jigsaw Puzzle
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Tangmere Hurricanes 500pc Jigsaw Puzzle
£11.99
Jigsaw
Top Gun Strategy Board Game
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Top Gun Strategy Board Game
£19.99
Game
Train In A Tin
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Train In A Tin
£11.99
Other merchandise
Ticket To Ride Asia: Map Collection
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Ticket To Ride Asia: Map Collection
£33.99
Game
Titanic First Accounts 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
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Titanic First Accounts 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle
£17.99
Jigsaw

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Off the Rails 

Our bestselling books on railways and trains

 

The Railways
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The Railways
Simon Bradley
£11.99
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Loco Spotter's Guide
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Loco Spotter's Guide
Stuart Black
£6.99
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Steam Trains Today
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Steam Trains Today
Andrew Martin
£9.99
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Railways' Strangest Tales
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Railways' Strangest Tales
Tom Quinn
£7.99
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The Train Book
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The Train Book
DK
£25.00
Hardback
British Rail
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British Rail
Christian Wolmar
£30.00
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The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel
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The Times Golden Years of Rail Travel
Julian Holland
£30.00
Hardback
Crossrail: The Whole Story
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Crossrail: The Whole Story
Christian Wolmar
£9.99
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abc Rail Guide 2022
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abc Rail Guide 2022
Pip Dunn
£25.00
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Motoring On  

Our bestselling books on cars and motoring

 

Diddly Squat
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Diddly Squat
Jeremy Clarkson
£10.99
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The Car Book
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The Car Book
DK
£25.00
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The Last Overland
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The Last Overland
Alex Bescoby
£10.99
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Enzo Ferrari
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Enzo Ferrari
Enzo Ferrari Brock Yates
£12.99
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Land Rover
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Land Rover
Ben Fogle
£9.99
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The Classic Car Book
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The Classic Car Book
DK
£30.00
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Classic Supercars
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Classic Supercars
Richard Gunn
£12.99
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Aston Martin
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Aston Martin
Ben Collins
£9.99
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Classic Cars
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Classic Cars
Simon De Burton
£45.00
Hardback
The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
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The Dream 100 from evo and Octane
evo Magazine
£25.00
Hardback
Speed Read F1: Volume 1
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Speed Read F1: Volume 1
Stuart Codling
£14.99
Paperback
Porsche 75th Anniversary
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Porsche 75th Anniversary
Randy Leffingwell
£45.00
Hardback
Bond Cars
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Bond Cars
Jason Barlow
£30.00
Hardback
The Atlas of Car Design
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The Atlas of Car Design
Jason Barlow
£100.00
Hardback
Formula 1 Circuits
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Formula 1 Circuits
Maurice Hamilton
£30.00
Hardback
The Ship Asunder
The Ship Asunder
Tom Nancollas
£10.99
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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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The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
£10.99   £9.49
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Sailing Alone
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Sailing Alone
Richard J. King
£25.00   £21.99
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Call of the Titanic
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Call of the Titanic
Lindsay Galvin
£7.99
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The Ship Asunder
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The Ship Asunder
Tom Nancollas
£10.99
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Down To The Sea In Ships
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Down To The Sea In Ships
Horatio Clare
£9.99
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The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition
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The Narrowboat Guide 2nd edition
Tony Jones
£22.50
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Pirates (newspaper edition)
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Pirates (newspaper edition)
Terry Deary
£6.99
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
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The Ship Beneath the Ice
Mensun Bound
£25.00
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Deep Sea and Foreign Going
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Deep Sea and Foreign Going
Rose George
£9.99
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Sea Fever
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Sea Fever
Meg Clothier
£9.99
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Hebridean Voyages
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Hebridean Voyages
Colin Tucker
£19.95
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The Heathen Horde
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The Heathen Horde
Steven A. McKay
£10.99
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A Short History of Seafaring
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A Short History of Seafaring
Brian Lavery
£9.99
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Icebreaker
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Icebreaker
Horatio Clare
£8.99
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A Night to Remember
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A Night to Remember
Brian Lavery
£10.99
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How to Build an Aircraft Carrier
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How to Build an Aircraft Carrier
Chris Terrill
£12.99
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The All Round Guide to the Isle of Man
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The All Round Guide to the Isle of Man
Miles Cowsill
£7.95
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Titanic: A Passenger's Guide Pocket Book
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Titanic: A Passenger's Guide Pocket Book
John Blake
£9.99
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Up, Up and Away

Our bestselling aviation books

Concorde
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Concorde
Mike Bannister
£10.99   £9.49
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Space
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Space
Tim Peake
£22.00
Hardback
The Red Arrows
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The Red Arrows
David Montenegro
£10.99   £8.99
Paperback
Mosquito
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Mosquito
Rowland White
£20.00   £16.99
Hardback
The Aircraft Book
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The Aircraft Book
DK
£25.00
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Skyfaring
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Skyfaring
Mark Vanhoenacker
£10.99
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The Spitfire Kids
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The Spitfire Kids
Alasdair Cross
£8.99
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IWM Duxford Guidebook
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IWM Duxford Guidebook
£5.00
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Sudden Death
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Sudden Death
Rachel Lynch
£8.99
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Topgun
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Topgun
Dan Pedersen
£10.99
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Up in the Air
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Up in the Air
Terry Deary
£6.99
Paperback
Spitfire
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Spitfire
Leo McKinstry
£12.99
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Aircraft of World War II
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Aircraft of World War II
Robert Jackson
£12.99
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Concorde Pocket Manual
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Concorde Pocket Manual
Richard Johnstone-Bryden
£10.99
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Airline Maps
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Airline Maps
Mark Ovenden
£16.99
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The Little Book of Aviation
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The Little Book of Aviation
Norman Ferguson
£9.99
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Flight
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Flight
R.G. Grant
£30.00
Hardback
Space
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Space
Tim Peake
£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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Astute Class Nuclear Submarine
Jonathan Gates
£30.00
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Inter-City 125 High Speed Train
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Inter-City 125 High Speed Train
125 Group
£25.00
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U-Boat Owners' Workshop Manual
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U-Boat Owners' Workshop Manual
Linda Gallop
£25.00
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat Manual
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Grumman F-14 Tomcat Manual
Tony Holmes
£22.99
Hardback
London Underground Owners' Workshop Manual
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London Underground Owners' Workshop Manual
Paul Moss
£22.99
Hardback
RAF Chinook Owners' Workshop Manual
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RAF Chinook Owners' Workshop Manual
Dr Chris McNab
£22.99
Hardback
Lola T70 Owners' Workshop Manual
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Lola T70 Owners' Workshop Manual
Chas Parker
£25.00
Hardback
Jaguar D-Type Owners' Workshop Manual
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Jaguar D-Type Owners' Workshop Manual
Chas Parker
£25.00
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Airbus A380 Owners' Workshop Manual
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Airbus A380 Owners' Workshop Manual
Robert Wicks
£25.00
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Royal Navy Submarine Manual
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Royal Navy Submarine Manual
Peter Goodwin
£22.99
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Mary Rose Owners' Workshop Manual
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Mary Rose Owners' Workshop Manual
Brian Lavery
£25.00
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker
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Convair B-36 Peacemaker
David Baker
£25.00
Hardback

Learning to Drive

Theory Test, Practical Test & the Highway Code
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Theory Test, Practical Test & the Highway Code
£12.99
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AA the Highway Code
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AA the Highway Code
Aa Publishing
£2.49
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Theory Test & Highway Code
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Theory Test & Highway Code
£10.99
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Theory Test for Car Drivers
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Theory Test for Car Drivers
£9.99
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AA Know Your Road Signs
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AA Know Your Road Signs
Aa Publishing
£3.99
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The Driving Instructor's Handbook
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The Driving Instructor's Handbook
John Miller
£26.99
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
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AA Theory Test for Motorcyclists
Aa Publishing
£9.99
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