Transportation Books

Cool Book, Beautiful pictures. Lots Of Cars I have not seen before, Some I have. Worth The Price.

Great book, well done. It answered some questions i had.
Great job. Transaction was great.
Larry Sherrill

Very nice book loads of pix and info. Bought as gift. Guys who are into old GMC iron will be ingrossed for hours!

This book is an important, stylish look at a halcyon time in U.S. automotive history, when dreams became real and art and style were as significant as horsepower and torque. If you're an afficianado of the big cruisers Detroit cranked out in the late fifties and early sixties, this book shows you the wildest styles possible from the designers and how they were translated into what you drove into your driveway. It's a well put together compilation, and the book itself is heavy and durable. Any car collector or petroliana devotee will love it!

The General Motors company hit upon showcasing their new cars every year in a presentation that included automobiles from each of their various divisions (Cadillac, Buick, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Chevrolet, GMC), as well as experimental or 'Dream' cars created to test public reaction to new ideas in automotive engineering and design. "GM's Motorama: The Glamorous Show Cars Of A Cultural Phenomenon" by David W. Temple (a freelance automotive photojournalist specializing in vintage cars) is a profusely illustrated history of these events and those 'Dream Cars' of the 1950s. Featuring both color and black/white historical photographs, the text is informed and informative. The result is a masterpiece of automotive history and an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library American Automobile History reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

This book is a comprehensive detail of the once mighty Studebaker Corporation. Lots of great pictures and insightful comments about this great marquee. I would give it 5 stars.
The book also arrived in perfect shape.

This is a super book for the Studebaker fan! Looking forward to the reaction of the person I'm giving it to this week! Sure he'll love it!

Even if you thought you have learned everything about Studebaker, you willfind new info in this book. Not only a great coffee table book but also a great referance book.

I bought this for my dad's birthday. His first car was a '51 Studebaker, and when he and Mom married, they had a '53 ~ the car my mom learned to drive. He enjoyed reading about the cars and the company. The pictures are great.

I liked that the book is broken down into timeframes. There are pictures throughout. It's a nice coffee table type book.

I was hoping for NEW pictures.All are previously posted! It looks like the book was RUSHED to publication.

My 22 month old son is fascinated with buses. This is a great book for toddlers who love interaction. Not only is this book about a bus but the bus is full of animals. We read this book to our son at least 5 times a day and it never gets old.

I'm a preschool teacher, and my 3-5 year olds loved this book!
It's one they ask for over and over again.

This is such a funny little book. My 3 year old loves to sing along while I read this book to him. It makes me laugh every time I read it to him. It's high quality for a paper back. Fantastic addition to my collection.

I started reading to my son Owen when he was just a few months old, and this charming book was one of the first ones he reacted to. Now at 19 months, it's still his favorite. Colorful pictures, repetitive text, and the opportunity to use puppet-style hand gestures while you read make this a great interactive story for very young children. This book has earned its place, at least on our bookshelf, alongside classics like Bill Martin/Eric Carle's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear..."

Long before illustrator G. Brian Karas captured the world's attention with his not-particularly-groundbreaking-but-still-interesting, "Muncha Muncha Muncha" he helped author Lenny Hort create a sweet little selection entitled, "The Seals On the Bus". Taking silliness to a whole new level, "Seals" replaces those tired old standby lines found in the song, "The Wheels On the Bus" and replaces them with a convoluted carnival of copious critters. It's silly, frenetic, and thoroughly enjoyable to the kiddies.

A small family of four wait patiently at a bus stop. The kids are unencumbered and their parents read their book and newspaper respectively. Once on the bus, however, everything goes higgledy-piggledy. First some seals come on board (accompanied by the text, "The seals on the bus go errp, errp, errp"). I've always thought that seals were prone to more arfing than errping, but that's just me I guess. Suddenly the seals' boisterous errps make the driver more than a little angry. The driver, to the surprise of his human passengers, is actually a tiger. So the text says, "The tiger on the bus goes roar, roar, roar". This is where things start picking up. Geese jump aboard the bus, with the appropriate geese sounds in tow. Next come rabbits. Then monkeys, then vipers, then sheep. In a way, it's the final skunks that push the grownups completely off the deep end. Fortunately, at this point the bus as ended at a fabulous party and the kids are more than happy to join in the fun.

Lenny Hort is the official author of this tale, and it's a funny enough concept I'll grant you. Still, it's Karas who brings the entire enterprise to full glorious life. I wasn't a particular fan of his work on "Muncha Muncha Muncha", I'll admit. Maybe that was because he didn't include any seals. Cause let's face it, the man is an excellent seal-artist. The book itself has a kind of faux sloppiness to it. At first, it looks like the pictures were just randomly brought together. But on closer inspection it's clear that Karas uses his gouache, acrylics, pencils and cut paper to the best of his ability. I was particularly interested in how the buildings and reading materials in this story were created out of real honest-to-goodness newsprint. Partly these amused me because Karas would carefully smudge important names on that newsprint. Partly they amused me because they were often ads of boring grown-up business/stock information (apropos when using that same material to create houses and buildings). As for the characters themselves, Karas is far better at drawing animals than people. In "Muncha" this was a problem. Here, it's an advantage. You may notice the family from time to time, but the real heroes of this tale are the myriad of different animals filling each and every page. And great seals. Great great seals.

All in all, "The Seals On the Bus" takes an old song, modernizes it with silly and ridiculous images, and has a great time doing it. Consequently, your kids will have a ball reading it. And if you happen to be the kind of adult that can repeat the words, "Errp, errp, errp", over and over with the right amount of aplomb and humor, this will become your children's favorite bedtime story of the year. Definitely consider checking it out.

We love Duck in a Truck...my son is almost 4 and we have read the book at least 40 times since we bought it. He loves the rhyming words and the silly duck. It is very appropriate for younger children too.

This has been our 2 yr old grandson's favorite book since he was 9 months old. My daughter and I can recite it in our sleep. Yet, it never grows dull.

The illustrations are bright, colorful and engaging. There are several items to point out and look for, which is what our little guy enjoys.

The text has rhythm and the story begs for participation via sounds effects and physical support.

Our boy shouts every time he sees Duck's vegetables go flying (and we exclaim "Where's the carrot? Look at the watermelon!" etc.) He compares everyone's feet during, "These are the feet, which jump the duck down..." And he gets red in the face helping sheep, frog and duck push against the back of the truck.

I like the introduction to poetic language (again, "the feet that jump the duck down") and the rhyme.

Reviewers have commented on Duck's selfishness in leaving his friends stuck in the muck. However, for our family, being in the muck is a pleasurable, sought-after experience and Duck's quirky character provides opportunity for silly comments.

This is the easiest of the duck books. The others are slightly more complex and Duck's irascibility is even more pronounced. As our boy grows and understands, we know that Duck's less desirable characteristics will serve as object lessons and also provide opportunities to highlight the patience and friendship of Goat, Frog and Sheep. Good lessons, those.

Our little boy (a young toddler) loves this book. We've got hundreds of similar books and have owned and read this one for months now--it doesn't get old and he still loves and laughs at it. It's got great illustrations, excellent rhymes, lots of opportunity for sound effects and voices. As for the idea that the duck is treating his friends badly, well...that's part of why it's funny! You have to explain that the duck is being a jerk, although I think the kid will see that himself.

My 13 month old son LOVES this book. He "reads" it every chance he gets and loves flipping through the pages to point at the different pictures (which are so funny and clever). He asks us to read this book before naps and bedtime constantly. Our family loves Duck in the Truck!

I had to buy this for my 2.5 year old daughter and my friend's son for christmas after borrowing this book from the library. We love rhyming books at our house and it one is wonderful. It is so fun to read!!!

This is a great series of books! My 19 month old son picks this and the snowman one to read ALL the time. Love them!

My son loves tractors! This one is great because the tractor pitures are very big and the book itself is short and sweet! (the way I like them!)

My one year old grandson who lives next door to us loves to be read to. He loves this book and can't wait for you to turn the page so he can "feel" each part. His favorite thing to do each afternoon is go for a tractor ride with his Paw Paw, so having a book about a tractor is really cool.

My son (11 months) absolutely loves this line of books. And even my daughter (3 1/2) enjoys them! Great for sensory skills...and fun to read.

Bought this for my son when he was 16mos old and he loved it. He still has to read it over and over. It's one book I recite to him in the store and when we come home he runs to his room for it.

I way out in the middle east, and I got this item in a much faster time than anything else i've been sent!!! bravo zulu!

i have used this manual several times for basic maintenance
and simple repairs.

well worth the price. will probably pay for itself
the first time you use it instead of paying someone
else to do the work.

good section on tuneups and routine maintenance.
appears to cover any work i would be inclined to attempt.

well illustrated and easy to follow

this book does not cover all sohc engines from 92-95!!!
d16a7 and many more are not included.
does not cover ecu types as well.
very basic book.

It's a detent starters, but if you know how to search on the web, you can find the Helms manual which is much better. The big flaw of Haynes is that if you don't know where to search for a part, the close-up won't help you locate it.
It also won't help you troubleshoot soemthing. For that join a forum or club, and use the book as a reference to do the repair once troubleshooting is done.

I used it for electrical and for such it's fine...

This is a decent general reference book, but as I was troubleshooting an ignition problem I found that color codes and positions of wires listed are incorrect. The illustrations are black and white, grainy, and very small. Additionally they certainly appear contradict the instructions in the text.

Example : a drawing labels 4 wires coming off of a part as a,b,c,d and gives the color codes. These don't match the real part. Then the instructions say check the resistance between a and c, but the photo shows them checking between b and d. The color codes are right for the picture, but the labeled position is wrong - or is it the other way around .... who knows ????? Many of the photos are too small and grainy to verify what is being checked anyway, so now your really lost.

Another example, a section tells you to remove all the wires from the terminals on a part (so that only the case is electrically connected to the ground). Now you are asked to verify that there is voltage between terminal X and ground. How could there be!?!? Not finding any is supposed to tell you the part is bad. The photo shows it being checked with all wires connected. ?!?!? BTW one of these check is for resisitance between two teminals that show 12V between them - ZAP! there went your VOM fuse!

From these types of checks you are expected to determine if a part is faulty or not. If you have two identical hondas, one working and one not, you could use this book to get the gist of what you are supposed to be checking, otherwise its pretty useless.

There is a decent section on trouble codes which seems to be correct if not complete, and other than the nitpicky details it seems to be a good guide, but they assume the user has a good bit of knowledge and don't go into enough detail on alot of steps.

You really can't go wrong with SS! All the books and movies are wholesome and entertaining. I love reading them to my daughter and watching the movies with her. Actually, my son loves them too but would never admit it to his friends (he's 9). Good thing he has a little sister ;)

My daughters love Strawberry Shortcake, and I like the lessons that these books teach. I am so glad that they are introducing new characters who live in far off lands. This book talks about Strawberry's friends from other countries and their cultures. Strawberry visits her friends and learns about things they do in their homes, languages they speak and the clothes they wear. I think that my girls would benefit from having a penpal from another country just like Strawberry. My daughters also liked the recipes.

My daughter has just about every Strawberry Shortcake book that Amazon sells, and this is one of her favorites. It has four cute postcards in it and some stickers. The pictures are also really cute.

Everything that you wanted to know about rigging ships with square sails.
The last part of the book is about ship handling. Now I know the reason the ships are rigged the way they are. You need this book if you build model square rigged ships.

This is a great reprint of the training manual for a Royal Navy officer. It has helped my presentation for living history of a US Navy seaman incredibly.

I bought this book because I am a recreational sailor and ship modeler. I found this to be an excellent source of information on the rigging and basic operation of 19th century military and commercial sailing vessels, and it answered many questions I have had about older sailing vessels as compared to modern ones.

The subject matter is laid out logically, but must be read carefully due to its original 19th century syntax and language, and the tremendous amount of detail discussed.

The book starts with how strands are laid into ropes, how ropes are made into lines, the basic components of rigging (hooks, blocks, hearts, trucks, cleats), description and tying of basic seaman's knots, moving on to constrction and stepping of the masts, spars and sprits, standing rigging, running rigging, sail construction and rigging for each location on the ship, finishing with anchor rigging. As if that were not enough, the second half of the book is a fascinating treatise on practical seamanship of the day, including coming to anchor, when to use certain sails, reefing, laying to, heaving to and other heavy weather techniques.

The book is illustrated throughout with hundreds of highly detailed period line drawings. Truly an 19th century version of the Annapolis Book of Seamanship and Chapman's Piloting combined, it is an absolute must for any model builder or student of sailing ships who wants to know "how it was".

History and ships...
I Love History and ships, and this is simply one of the best and most enjoyable books I have read. I am still reading it, but it is one of those you want to share immediately. My hobby is building 18th century wood static model sailing vessels, and I have learned a few things already (despite my library of 40+ books on the subject). It hurls you back in time, to enjoy details that would have been forgotten, if not for this kind of book. Like the page that tells the strategy that one should use if the wind changed by three points... or taking in a topsail... or tacking expeditiously...
If you are a fan of history and the 1700's sailing... you cannot go wrong with this book (and its cheap!)

Judge this book by its cover! It's exactly what it says it is. This book is full of practical knowledge suited for the young naval officer or merchant seaman. It's one of those books that is just fun to read. Similar to "The Art of Rigging," this book has tons of information about the rigging of sailing vessels not in common use today, but it's fascinating nonetheless. A great volume for those enthralled by the sea, or who enjoy model ship building. Looks great on the coffee table, too!

This book was excellent on doing on what I wanted to on a VW.
Since reading it I shall be able to finish my car.

It is a book with mostly general info, not much of a true restoration book such as what head light was used for this year, good general vw shop book.

This is an excellent book for anyone starting a Volkswagen restoration project, even for those with a Karmann Ghia and not a Beetle. The pictures were plentiful and very detailed. Definitely one of the best books I've seen on this topic, and a fun read as well.

Book was in good condition and has some good info.

Very nice text for working/restoring a Volkswagen Beetle, and even other air cooled relatives (mechanicals, headliner, door overhaul, and others). It is almost full color, which is a treat. The only problems I have with it is it is a soft cover (can get damaged easier) and some aspects are left to the experts. Oh, and it is in British English, which is not really a problem, and makes the text more interesting. ;-)