Books, Nonfiction, Transportation, General

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Tom Vanderbilt
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-07-29)

Robert Pirsig
Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Bantam (Mass Market Paperback) (Release Date: 1984-03-01)

E. B. Sledge
With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa (Classics of Naval Literature)
by US Naval Institute Press (Hardcover)

In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." John Keegan referred to it in The Second World War as "one of the most arresting documents in war literature." And Studs Terkel was so fascinated with the story he interviewed its author for his book, "The Good War." What has made E.B. Sledge's memoir of his experience fighting in the South Pacific during World War II so devastatingly powerful is its sheer honest simplicity and compassion. Now including a new introduction by Paul Fussell, With the Old Breed presents a stirring, personal account of the vitality and bravery of the Marines in the battles at Peleliu and Okinawa. Born in Mobile, Alabama in 1923 and raised on riding, hunting, fishing, and a respect for history and legendary heroes such as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene Bondurant Sledge (later called "Sledgehammer" by his Marine Corps buddies) joined the Marines the year after the ...

Harley-Davidson 2009 Calendar
by Motorbooks (Calendar)

Harley-Davidson® 2009, our best-selling calendar, features David Blattel's photos of beautifully restored or maintained classic Harley-Davidson® motorcycles, as well as the hot new models, shot in various locales This large formatl calendar also features historical photos from the Harley-Davidson® archives, each telling a piece of the motorcycle's story.

David L. Hough
Proficient Motorcycling: The Ultimate Guide to Riding Well
by BowTie Press (Paperback)

This fresh update of the world's best introduction to safe street-riding techniques now marries color imagery and contemporary road scenes with expanded content and more real road hazard strategies written in clear, concise,easy-to follow instruction that has made the book #1.

Bill Bryson
A Walk in the Woods
by Broadway (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1998-05-04)

Mark Ovenden
Transit Maps of the World
by Penguin (Non-Classics) (Paperback)

Transit Maps of the World is the first and only comprehensive collection of historic and current maps of every rapid-transit system on earth. Using glorious, colorful graphics, Mark Ovenden traces the history of mass transit-including rare and historic maps, diagrams, and photographs, some available for the first time since their original publication. Transit Maps is the graphic designer’s new bible, the transport enthusiast’s dream collection, and a coffee-table essential for everyone who’s ever traveled in a city.

Darwin Holmstrom
The Harley-Davidson Motor Co. Archive Collection
by Motorbooks (Hardcover)

Who knew, one hundred years ago, that the freedom-loving, speed-hungry, cutting-edge motorcycle fanatics who founded Harley-Davidson were making history along with bikes?  The Harley-Davidson Collection, showcasing a century of bikes that shaped motorcycle history, brings that history to gleaming life in page after page of motorcycles beyond compare.  On the eve of the opening of the historic Harley-Davidson Museum, this book gives motorcycle enthusiasts an opportunity to pore over the bikes in the collection, and to linger over every detail that made Harley-Davidson such an icon of American open-road power and performance.  With exquisite, detailed photographs and histories of the hundred motorcycles in Harley’s collection, from serial number one built in 1903 to the latest low-slung Softail, high-revving VRSC, and touring models, the book captures the excitement of the best-known motorcycles in the world.  All that’s missing is the patented roar, which readers are ...

Federal Aviation Administration
FAR/AIM 2009: Federal Aviation Regulations/Aeronautical Information Manual (FAR/AIM series)
by Aviation Supplies & Academics, Inc. (Paperback)

Adhering to a reputation for excellence, this definitive manual of the latest civil aviation directives has been fully updated and indexed to clearly reflect all the changes in the Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) and the Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM) over the past year. In addition to the regulations, AIM procedures, and redrawn AIM illustrations, this retypeset edition also includes a study guide for specific pilot certifications and ratings, a pilot/controller glossary, the NASA Aviation Safety reporting form, important FAA contact information, and a free e-mail service that accounts for regulation changes throughout the publication year. Updates are provided to account for FAA regulation changes throughout the publication year via the Aviation Supplies & Academics website.

Dava Sobel
Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time
by Walker & Company (Paperback) (Release Date: 2007-10-30)

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