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With over six thousand miles of rugged coastline, nowhere in Scotland is more than forty-five miles from tidal waters, and seven of the biggest towns and cities are seaports. No wonder then that the sea has shaped Scotland, and in turn the Scots have helped to shape...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-12-07
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This book deals with the revolution of containerization, a breakthrough in maritime transport. Until World War II, maritime transport and transshipment of general cargo had been virtually unchanged for decades. Mechanization and the introduction of small unit loads...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2012-11-15
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'Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks' -William Dalrymple'One can only envy Monisha Rajesh as she embarks on this epic journey' -Tim ParksWhen she was a child, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted to Madras in the hope of making India...
Editeur :
John Murray
Parution :
2012-11-08
ePub
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Anlässlich der fortschreitenden Privatisierung staatlicher Unternehmen stellt sich die Frage, ob die Enteignung zugunsten privatisierter Flughäfen verfassungsgemäß ist. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, zeichnet die Autorin zunächst die Entwicklungslinien der...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-10-30
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Air transport must evolve if it is to optimize its value in the 21st century. The mood in the aerospace industry is positive with regard to economic recovery, but the focus in this transitional time must be on sustaining value, without losing sight of environmental and...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2012-10-15
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The Top Gear Years brings together Jeremy Clarkson's collected magazine columns for the first time.Clarkson at his pithy, provocative, hilarious bestWe now know all about the world according to Clarkson. In a series of bestselling books Jeremy has revealed it to be a...
Editeur :
Penguin
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2012-09-27
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Gegenstand der Arbeit ist der lange unterschätzte Problembereich der öffentlichen Finanzierung von Seehafeninfrastrukturen. Solange die norddeutschen Küstenländer nicht zu Nehmerländern im bundesstaatlichen Finanzausgleich geworden waren – bis Ende der 70er Jahre des...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-09-10
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The monograph addresses environmental problems, assessment methods and remedial measures related to the management of urban transportation.The book comprises description of current state and future developments towards sustainable urban transportation.The assessment of...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2012-08-07
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My Mother Warned Me About Blokes Like Me is Boris Mihailovic's frank, fearless and fast account of a life of motorcycles, brotherhood, demons, dirt and danger.Whether you're into dirt bikes, road bikes, ride a Yamaha, scooter or Laverda: if you've ever experienced the...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2012-07-31
ePub
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From flying cars to amphibious vehicles, solar-powered saloons to rockets on wheels, these are over 50 of the most wacky cars ever devised. Fancy a car that drives sideways? Try the Jeep Hurricane. Or maybe a car in which the windows change colour according to your mood...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2012-07-31
ePub
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‘A fool couldn’t ride the Vincent Black Shadow more than once, but a fool can ride a Ducati 900 many times, and it will always be a bloodcurdling kind of fun. That is the Curse of Speed which has plagued me all my life. I am a slave to it. On my tombstone they will...
Editeur :
Mainstream Digital
Parution :
2012-07-05
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Take a trip down memory lane, looking at all the familiar cars your Dad knew and loved.Good old Dad and his good old Dad's car. As solid and dependable as the man himself, if a little less balding, Dad's car was almost a member of the family, whisking you to exciting...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2012-06-30
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From the Austin Allegro to the Renault Safrane, and from the MGB to the Volkswagen Beetle, this book brings together 50 of the worst cars ever to grace the roads of Britain. The book features everything from the aesthetically pathetic to the mechanically misguided and...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2012-06-30
ePub
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Following up on Crap Cars and My Dad Had One of Those, Top Gear celebrates the midlife crisis with the definitive collection of the flashest, fastest, most impractical cars ever to be found in the driveways of otherwise perfectly sensible men.Drawing on the high level...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2012-05-31
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The Isle of Man TT - the world's most dangerous race - as seen through the eyes of Cummins, Martin, McGuinness and Dunlop. THAT NEAR DEATH THING is a life-affirming journey to the heart of the world's most dangerous race.The Isle of Man TT is a throwback to a maverick...
Editeur :
Orion
Parution :
2012-05-17
ePub
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Did you know that Jasons and Tracies crash more cars than Jacquelines and Damons? Or that a boomerang can be used to repair a knackered clutch? Have you ever wanted to visit a naked car show, wondered what it's like to drive on the world's most dangerous road, or...
Editeur :
Bbc Digital
Parution :
2012-04-30
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Best known as the third presenter in the unholy trinity that is Clarkson, Hammond and May on Top Gear, James May has lived, breathed and dreamt about cars his entire life. There is something about cars that stirs up intense feelings in people - how it makes them look to...
Editeur :
Virgin Digital
Parution :
2012-04-30
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Renowned science journalist Rolf Froböse illustrates using numerous examples how our modern world will change in the years to come and how technical revolutions large and small are announcing themselves by way of exciting and inventive discoveries.
Editeur :
Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2012-03-21
Collection :
Erlebnis Wissenschaft
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Army of the Sky addresses the development of military aviation from 1904 to 1914 in order to explore the relationship of modernization and Russian Imperial officer culture. Utilizing archival material, army reports, the military and popular press, published tracts, and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2012-02-27
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Sources are eclectic, results mixed, but one thing is certain: car design is being forced up an ever tightening spiral of creativity. These machines are memorials of our tastes, yearnings and capabilities. They have layers of meaning and can, as Henry Ford knew, be...
Editeur :
Conran Octopus
Parution :
2012-02-20
ePub
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