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Buses Yearbook 2025 follows a proven format with a mixture of articles on current and historic developments, strictly factual ones and others of a ...

First published for Christmas 1963, the Buses Yearbook offers a mix of chapters and photo features on matters topical and nostalgic. These include ...

Airfix Model World Basic Guide to Modelling Whether you are just entering the hobby or re-acquainting yourself with it, this book provides simple s...

The 2023 Hornby Magazine Yearbook Collector's Edition Hardback offers essential reading for every British railway modeller with detailed modelling ...

The Hornby Magazine Yearbook has become the go-to annual for the model railway enthusiast. This Collector's Edition hardback version of the 16th a...

Pathfinders: The Definitive Story Pathfinders: The Definitive Story Pathfinders is a new history of Bomber Command’s corps d’elite and the men who ...

Bristol Beaufighter: Wartime Operations of the Mighty Twin The rugged Bristol Beaufighter was a multi-role aircraft. Operating as a heavily armed ...

British Buses Since 1950: Trendsetting Designs Bus design has certainly evolved in the seven decades since 1950, but it has not been a steady proc...

Britain’s Preserved Railways The preserved heritage museum railways of Britain are thriving. There is nostalgia for the steam locomotives of a bygo...

Jet: The Engine that Changed the World The invention of the jet engine had a profound effect on the world. Commercial jet aircraft revolutionised t...

Douglas DC-8 The Douglas DC-8, which began life in the 1950s as the Douglas Model 1881, became available to airliners a year after the first Boeing...

Dan-Air Dan-Air began almost by accident: with an aircraft received for a loan payment that wasn’t honoured. With the means to fly aircraft parts ...

Airliners of the 2000s Each decade in aviation’s history has brought important developments and changes. In the 2000s, the European Airbus consorti...

Alexander Dennis Buses Three of the best-known names in the history of British bus building, Alexander, Dennis and Plaxton, have survived the uncer...

Monarch Airlines Monarch Airlines was founded in June 1967 and began operations from Luton Airport in April 1968, using two Bristol Britannias to f...

BAC One-Eleven NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Classic Airliner: BAC One-Eleven. On 20 August 1963, the British Aircraft Corporation ...

The Hardback version of the 2025 Hornby Magazine Yearbook is the must have annual to suit almost every modelling taste and ability. Packed with in...

Britain’s Guided Weapons Britain has been at the forefront of weapons technology since the Industrial Revolution and, with the Brennan wire-guided...

Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird The Lockheed Blackbird family – the A-12, YF-12, and SR-71 – were the most remarkable reconnaissance and evaluation aircr...

Sunderland NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Sunderland. In the early 1900s, Short Brothers opened its doors as one of the earli...

Cubana In October 2022, Cubana de Aviación celebrated its 93rd birthday. The flag carrier of Cuba has been on a very colourful journey since its fo...

British Aircraft of the Falklands War The Falkland Islands is a remote British territory, about 8,000 miles from the UK mainland and just over 400 ...

Lysander NOTE: This is a new book edition of Aeroplane Icons: Lysander. The Westland Lysander is one of Britain’s most easily recognisable aircraft...

British Reconnaissance Aircraft of the 1970s and ’80s This book explores the reconnaissance aircraft used by the British armed forces in the 1970s ...