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Under the Red Ensign: British Passenger Liners of the 50s & 60s
William H. Miller
The History Press, 2009
It was the Golden Age of British passenger shipping, when new liners were still being constructed and the finest liners afloat, the Cunard Queens, were at their peak. The airplane had still to overtake the ocean liner as the "only way to travel" and wouldn?t do so until the early 1960s. What the liner lost in speed, it certainly made up for in ...
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Chicago Stations & Trains Photo Archive
John Kelly
Iconografix, 2008
No other American city had such a fascinating group of railroad passenger stations as Chicago. This book highlights Chicago's six major railroad stations and the trains that served them. Included are Dearborn Station, Grand Central Station, Central Station, La Salle Street Station, North Western Station, and Union Station. During the heyday of ...
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Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited (Great Passenger Trains)
Joe Welsh
Voyageur Press, 2006
The Illustrated Story of a Famous Passenger Train
There was a time when the railroads cared about passenger travel. and the Pennsylvania Railroad's Broadway Limited was prime evidence. The ads said a lot, 'The Best Equipped Train in the World.' Of course you might get a bit of an argument from the New York Central's ...
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Permanent Passenger: My Life on a Cruise Ship
Micha Berman
Lulu.com, 2007
Permanent Passenger
Great book! Heard about on Cruise Critic message board and with one click I ordered it. Very interesting especially is you have cruised before. Next week will be our 14th cruise!!
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American Passenger Trains and Locomotives Illustrated, 1889-1971 (Great Passenger Trains)
Mark Wegman
Voyageur Press, 2008
The period from the 1890s to the mid-1950s is generally considered the ?golden era? of passenger rail travel in America. It was a time of celebrated locomotives and luxurious passenger service, a time when rail technology saw its greatest advances and railroads became the nation?s favored mode of transportation. These glory years come alive in ...
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Dexter in the Dark: A Novel
Jeff Lindsay
Doubleday, 2007
Dexter in the dark
I love the TV show so I decide to try out the books. They have been the best books I've read in a long time! I read them in one sitting because I can't put them down!
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Union Pacific's Streamliners (Great Passenger Trains)
Joe Welsh
Voyageur Press, 2008
Union Pacific is America?s most popular railroad. The first to create a transcontinental railroad link in 1869 in conjunction with the Central Pacific, UP was also the first U.S. railroad to create a modern streamlined passenger train. Sleek, quiet, powerful, and fast, the lightweight streamliner set a new standard for luxury on the rails. This ...
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They Came in Ships: Finding Your Immigrant Ancestor's Arrival Record (3rd Edition)
John Philip Colletta
Ancestry.com, 2002
Excellent Information
This is an excellent book for find passenger lists that are not at the National Archives.A must have for finding them.
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Get Your Captain's License, Fourth Edition (Get Your Captain's License)
Charlie Wing
International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press, 2008
Every year approximately 10,000 people take the exams to obtain a U.S. Coast Guard captain's license. Get Your Captain's License is a comprehensive study guide for the exams required for the most popular Coast Guard captain's ratings, including the six-passenger license (commonly called the charterboat license or ?Six-Pack?) and the 100-ton ...
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The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland
Jim Defede
Harper Paperbacks, 2003
The Day he World Came to Town:9/11 in Gander, Newfoundlan
Most amazing book I've read. Most Americans were unaware that all of incomming flights at the time of the bombings were diverted to the nearest airports not within USA borders. This story is wonderful and shows how the human race really cares about one another. It ...
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Baltimore & Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited (Great Passenger Trains)
Joe Welsh
Voyageur Press, 2007
Baltimore and Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited
I have owned Baltimore and Ohio's Capitol Limited and National Limited book since December 4, 2007. The book has excellent black and white and color photos of the Capitol Limited and National Limited. My favorite color photos of the National Limited are in Chapter 1. I ...
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Lake Boats: The Enduring Vessels of the Great Lakes
Greg McDonnell
Boston Mills Press, 2007
Amazing Photography
This is a beautiful book, and well worth the money for those who are interested in the subject matter. I bought this for my husband. He says there are only about four pages of text in the book, but he loves the photography.
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Golden Age of the Great Passenger Airships : Graf Zeppelin and Hindenburg
Harold G. Dick
Smithsonian, 1992
One of the best.
One of the best airship books written as the author was directly involved in all aspects of the zeppelin program. No book written so far exceeds this one in illuminating the operations and organization of the passenger airship effort. Pictures never before seen are ...
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Amtrak (Mbi Railroad Color History)
Brian Solomon
MBI, 2004
A Full Color Look at the Nation's Railway
For someone who has many books on Amtrak, this one is a treat. All the pictures are in color. They are up-to-date and complement the text perfectly. The cover pages show an Amtrak map from 1972 and another for 2004. For a recent book there is still plenty of red hoods ...
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Airport Operations
Norman Ashford, H. P.Martin Stanton, ...
McGraw-Hill Professional, 1996
Very comphrensive to all areas of airport operations
This book is an excellent text to all airport related personnels. I found it's particularly useful to people working in airport and/or aviation management who want to gain more in-depth understanding to all areas of airport operations. This book can also serve as ...
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