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 Forty Wooden Boats: A Third Catalog of Building PlansBest Price: $7.58 Another fine selection of boat porn! This is a great resource for boat design enthusiasts and... |  Physics of ClimateBest Price: $57.02 This is probably the most useful book in my library. This is not a book of people's theories... |  A Pocket Guide to Geo-Metrics III: Dimensioning and Tolerancing, Inch Version (Ten Pack)Best Price: $38.12 This is a must for those working in the metal working trades. The companion guide is also... |  Understanding Firearm BallisticsA very good book! I have several ballistics related books available to me and have found that... |  Clouds in a Glass of Beer: Simple Experiments in Atmospheric PhysicsBest Price: $7.57 Craig F. Bohren writes science books with a delight that is infectious. There are few books like... |
 Military Small Arms of the 20th CenturyBest Price: $8.76 There must be millions of readers out there who don't really care about guns, per se, but run... |  We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific (Revised)Best Price: $20.40 The best treatment of traditional Pacific navigation practices, written by someone who actually... |  Boatbuilding With PlywoodBest Price: $32.95 If you want to build your plywood boat right then this is the book for you. |  John Deere Tractor Data Book: Two-Cylinder Models Through 1960 (DataBook)Best Price: $10.17 great referance book, very handy for any who collects j.d. tractors. very easy to use |  An Introduction to Space WeatherBest Price: $48.11 Space weather is an emerging field of space science focused on understanding societal and... |
 Nelson's Ships: A History of the Vessels in Which He Served, 1771-1805Best Price: $27.17 This is an outstanding work on the life and times of the Royal Navy in Nelson's time. The... |  The Guide to Wooden Power BoatsBest Price: $13.42 One can tell that the pictures were beautifully done, but there is only one pic per boat and... |  Atmospheric ThermodynamicsBest Price: $95.74 When I bought this book in 1998, I did so with great expectations: at long last an overdue text... |  Primer Of TowingBest Price: $19.26 I am an Engineer in the tugboat industry and bought this book just because I am intrested in... |  The Compact Tractor Bible (Country Workshop)Best Price: $16.21 Superificial coverage of a number of subjects. No reviews, opinions, or specs of individual... |
 The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex ApplegateBest Price: $21.83 An excellent book overall and a welcome addition to any library featuring special operations and... |  Introduction to Marine Engineering, Second EditionBest Price: $58.32 This second edition deals comprehensively with all aspects of a ship's machinery from propulsion... |  Agricultural Mechanics: Fundamentals & ApplicationsBest Price: $119.80 as an agriculture student,i find this book to be a very well-written,highly informative book.... |  Military Rifles of JapanBest Price: $39.80 This is a must have for anyone interested in collecting Japanese weapons of the pre 1946 time... |  U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Revised EditionBest Price: $61.20 This is undoubtedly the definitive work on U.S. destroyer design and role. What is slightly... |
 HMS BEAGLE: Survey Ship Extraordinary (Anatomy of the Ship)Best Price: $29.52 While this is another great book in the series, I found it lacking in several departments when... |  The Making of the Atomic BombBest Price: $115.00 Myself not being a scientist there were parts of this book that were hard to understand... |  Isaac's StormBest Price: $18.73 Isaac's Storm,a non -fiction account of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, reads like a book of... |  Thirty Wooden BoatsBest Price: $7.50 These 30 designs include powerboats, daysailers, cruising boats and canoes and kayak. Also... |  Preliminary Design of Boats and ShipsBest Price: $21.88 This book is filled with the 'rules of thumb' a boat or ship designer uses to create a new... |
 Architectural Acoustics: Principles and PracticeBest Price: $95.00 This book was so advanced and technical that it was almost entirely useless to me. It is... |  Germany's Tiger Tanks - Vk45 to Tiger II: Design, Production & Modifications (Schiffer Military History)Best Price: $39.96 Thomas Jentz and artist/collaborator Hillary Louis Doyle have created an excellent technical... |  Marine HydrodynamicsBest Price: $71.99 I used this book for a graduate course in marine hydrodynamics. I found it clear and easy to... |  Latitude Hooks and Azimuth Rings: How to Build and Use 18 Traditional Navigational InstrumentsBest Price: $10.66 I bought this as a gift for my boyfriend. We are both stargazers. This is really a cool book for... |  War In The Shadows: The Guerrilla in HistoryBest Price: $26.22 This is a very broad, very shallow survey of the entire history of guerilla warfare from the... |
 Kawasaki Jet Ski, 1976-91/W801 (Clymer Personal Watercraft) (Clymer Personal Watercraft)Best Price: $23.72 I bought this manual mainly for torque specs and wiring/hose diagrams.... and it was pretty... |  Baidarka: The KayakBest Price: $84.93 George Dyson has written such diverse books as Baidarka, Darwin among the Machines and Project... |  Scale Aircraft Drawings: World War II (Scale Aircraft Drawings Vol. 2)Best Price: $14.36 Like Volume I (covering WW1 planes), this volume covers WW2 planes with reprints of drawings and... |  U.S. Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated Design HistoryBest Price: $56.18 This is the best book I have found on the US Air Craft Carriers. It gives a complete review of... |  Chris-Craft in the 1950sBest Price: $15.92 This book was a real hit with the boat enthusiast who received it as a gift for his birthday. ... |
 The Allis-Chalmers Story: Classic American TractorsBest Price: $7.94 The signature orange of Allis-Chalmers tractors symbolizes the reliability and innovation of... |  AR-15/M16: A Practical GuideBest Price: $13.86 This book is a good primer on the AR-15 and M-16, and it's a decent book to flip through and... |  Understanding Gps: Principles and Applications (Artech House Telecommunications Library)Best Price: $114.99 [A review of the SECOND EDITION, 2005.] In the last 15 years, GPS has moved from an expensive... |  Encyclopedia of American Farm Implements & AntiquesBest Price: $18.96 This is a great read for anyone interested in old farm equipment. The only problem was that I... |  All This and Sailing, Too: An AutobiographyBest Price: $31.13 This is a charming and insightful autobiography by the living legend of 20th century yacht... |
 Crusader!: Last of the Gunfighters (Schiffer Military/Aviation History)Best Price: $29.16 While I would agree that this book turned out to be an engaging read, it was far from what I... |  Tiger 1 Heavy Tank 1942-45 (New Vanguard)Best Price: $8.00 The tiger tank is one of the most recognized tanks of WWII.Having said that, this book is very... |  Illustrated Guide to Wood Strip Canoe BuildingBest Price: $26.37 This text was easy to read and understand, partly due to the excellent photographs of work in... |  Panzer III & Its Variants (The Spielberger German Armor & Military Vehicles, Vol 3)Best Price: $19.77 Panzer III & Its Varients is THE book to buy about this German Tank of WWII. All of the... |  British Secret Projects 4: Hypersonics, Ramjets and Missiles (Secret Projects)Best Price: $29.65 The book was as promised and showed up early, too. How much better can it get? |
 Johnson/Evinrude Outboards, 1-2 Cylinders, 1956-70Best Price: $23.44 I ordered this book May 12th. When I followed up on June 6th, I was informed the order was... |  Mercury Outboard Shop Manual 3.5-40 Hp 1972-1989 (Includes Electric Motors) (Includes Electric Motors)Best Price: $25.15 |  Gougeon Brothers on Boat Construction: Wood and West System MaterialsBest Price: $73.20 As editor of a popular amateur boat building site I have seen quite a few books on building in... |  Military Avionics Systems (Aiaa Education Series)Best Price: $134.95 This book introduces the military roles expected of aircraft types and describes the avionics... |  Pictorial Encyclopedia of Ocean Liners, 1860-1994: 417 PhotographsBest Price: $12.18 If 1/3 of a page and one photo for each ship is enough info for you, this is an outstanding... |
 An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation, Volume 84, Second Edition (International Geophysics)Best Price: $85.60 Good book for both undergrads and grads. also helpful as a reference book for researchers. |  Kingtiger Heavy Tank 1942-45 (New Vanguard)Best Price: $8.00 When the casual reader buys a Vanguard book, it's for a general history -- some notes on... |  2003 International Fuel & Gascode (Softbound) (International Fuel Gas Code)Best Price: $48.00 The 2003 International Fuel Gas Code? (IFGC?) addresses the design and installation of fuel gas... | ||
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