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BUSES Yearbook 2025
Key Publishing LtdBuses Yearbook 2025 follows a proven format with a mixture of articles on current and historic developments, strictly factual ones and others of a ...
View full detailsFV4005 Centaur
Key Publishing LtdFV4005: Including Development of the FV215 and Anti-Tank Guided Missiles In September 1945, the unexpected appearance of heavily armoured Soviet JS...
View full detailsSouth African Air Force- The Flying Springboks
Key Publishing LtdSouth African Air Force: 1939–80 In a 1917 report to the British government, South Africa’s General Jan Smuts foresaw the future for a South Africa...
View full detailsThe Modern Railway 2024
Key Publishing LtdBritain’s railways have arguably never faced more uncertainty. With rail reform still on hold, the cancellation of HS2 announced, and passenger rev...
View full detailsThe Car: A History of the World in 150 Cars
Key Publishing LtdThe Car: A History of the World in 150 Cars; Non Series; Where might we have been for the last century without the car? Henry Ford saw the potentia...
View full detailsMetroline: After London Transport
Key Publishing LtdMetroline: After London Transport When London Buses Ltd.'s subsidiary companies were privatised in the autumn of 1994, Metroline, serving a large s...
View full detailsLondon Buses: Review of 1998
Key Publishing LtdLondon Buses: Review of 1998 A quarter of a century ago, the red bus fleets of the former London Buses Ltd (LBL) were privatised. By 1998, the resu...
View full detailsHornby Magazine Yearbook 2024 No 16 Hardback
Key Publishing LtdThe Hornby Magazine Yearbook has become the go-to annual for the model railway enthusiast. This Collector's Edition hardback version of the 16th a...
View full detailsCanals and Railways of Wiltshire
Key Publishing LtdCanals and Railways of Wiltshire A network of inland waterways criss-cross the length and breadth of the country. Constructed in the late 18th cent...
View full detailsBehind The Cordon - Air Raid Precautions
Key Publishing LtdBehind the Cordon Air Raid Precautions/Civil Defence, Emergency Services and Civilian Interactions with Unexploded Bombs in World War Two World Wa...
View full detailsRossendale Transport to Rosso: The Last 10 Years of Municipa
Key Publishing LtdRossendale Transport to Rosso: The Last 10 Years of Municipal Buses Motor bus operation in the Rossendale Valley boroughs of Haslingden and Rawtens...
View full detailsEmirates
Key Publishing LtdEmirates Established four decades ago, Emirates is now the largest airline in the Middle East and widely recognised as one of the safest in the wor...
View full detailsEl Al Airlines
Key Publishing LtdEl Al The history of El Al, the Israeli national flag carrier, dates back to September 1948, when a former Israeli Air Force C-54B-15-DO Skymaster ...
View full detailsArmoured Vehicles of the First Gulf War
Key Publishing LtdArmoured Vehicles of the First Gulf War In 1990, Saddam Hussein’s forces invaded Kuwait in an unprovoked attack. He was motivated by Kuwait’s wealt...
View full detailsRailways of Asia: Singapore and Malaysia
Key Publishing LtdRailways of Asia: Singapore and Malaysia During the last quarter of a century, the railways of Singapore and Malaysia have experienced extensive ch...
View full detailsUSAAF Antisubmarine Operations in World War Two
Key Publishing LtdUSAAF Antisubmarine Operations in World War Two Historic Military Aviation Series German submarines were spotted surfacing on the East Coast of th...
View full detailsThe Glacier Express
Key Publishing LtdThe Glacier Express: An Iconic Railway Journey Through the Swiss Alps Travelling a distance of 180 miles across the central Swiss Alps, this iconic...
View full detailsRAF Fighters in the Far East
Key Publishing LtdRAF FIGHTERS IN THE FAR EAST: 1945–50 Despite the Japanese surrender in August 1945, the RAF was required to engage in further combat operations in...
View full detailsBoeing 727
Key Publishing LtdBoeing 727 Two years before the introduction of the Boeing 707 into service in 1958, designers at Boeing began to work on a short-/medium-range a...
View full detailsStorms Over Ireland
Key Publishing LtdStorms Over Ireland Ireland's Air Wars; In the early decades of the 20th century, Ireland experienced three armed conflicts. Britain had an aerial...
View full detailsTrial and Tribulation: RAF Gransden Lodge
Key Publishing LtdTrials and Tribulations: A History of RAF Gransden Lodge Today, the peaceful countryside to the west of Cambridge is mainly given over to agricultu...
View full detailsBUSES Yearbook 2024
Key Publishing LtdFirst published for Christmas 1963, the Buses Yearbook offers a mix of chapters and photo features on matters topical and nostalgic. These include ...
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