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Concorde: The Rise and Fall of the Supersonic Airliner by Jonathan Glancey
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography/Memoir
The story of this magnificent and hugely popular aircraft is told here anew, taking the reader from the moment Captain Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier in 1947 to the last commercial flight in 2003. It is a tale of national rivalries, technological leaps, daring prototypes, tightrope politics, ...Show more
Giants of Steam: The Great Men and Machines of Railways' Golden Age by Jonathan Glancey
50.00 NZD
Category: History
Jonathan Glancey is a lifelong steam enthusiast who has oiled, fired and driven, as well as watched and listened to, steam locomotives around the world. In Giants of Steam, he turns his enthusiastic and knowledgeable attention to the thrilling story of the last, and greatest, generation of steam railway ...Show more
Harrier by Jonathan Glancey
29.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
"The British designed and built the Harrier, the most successful vertical take-off-and-landing aircraft ever made. Combining state-of-the-art fighter plane technology with a helicopter's ability to land vertically the Harrier has played an indispensable role for the RAF and Royal Navy in a number of con ...Show more
Spitfire : The biography by Jonathan Glancey
30.00 NZD
Category: Aviation
It is difficult to overestimate the excitement that accompanied the birth of the Spitfire. An aircraft imbued with balletic grace and extraordinary versatility, it was powered by a piston engine and a propeller, yet came tantalisingly close to breaking the sound barrier. First flown in 1936, the Spitfir ...Show more
Spring Light - The Anglepoise Story by Jonathan Glancey
55.00 NZD
Category: Design
This accessible and comprehensive book shines a light on the design history of the famous Anglepoise lamp. Starting with the beginnings of the company with George Carwardine, the designer behind the lamp, the book takes you through an illuminating journey of the development and influence of this Briti ...Show more
What's So Great About the Eiffel Tower? 70 Questions That Will Change the Way You Think About Architecture by Jonathan Glancey
30.00 NZD
Category: Architecture
Why do we find the idea of a multi-colored Parthenon so shocking today? Why was the Eiffel Tower such a target for hatred when it was first built? Is the Sagrada Familia a work of genius or kitsch? Why has Le Corbusier, one of the greatest of all architects, been treated as a villain? This book examin ...Show more
Wings Over Water: The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
25.00 NZD
Category: History
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess. Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that cap ...Show more
Wings over Water - The Story of the World's Greatest Air Race and the Birth of the Spitfire by Jonathan Glancey
45.00 NZD
Category: History
The thrilling story of the Schneider Trophy, a series of glamorous air races that captivated both sides of the Atlantic and became a driver and celebration of speed and engineering prowess.
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