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The call of the open road and the romantic notion of driving luxurious vehicles, meeting fascinating people, and traveling to exotic locations are lures that compel people to become drivers. Driving is a very old profession that started when the USA was very young. At that time drivers drove carriages and wagons behind horses. This was an age when your word meant something and good honest work gave you a chance to grow economically. Professional career drivers care about the well-being and safety of their passengers and ensure the rides they give are enjoyable experiences.

Deepwater archaeology uncovers secrets from the ancient maritime past...Thousands of shipwrecks and archaeological sites lie undiscovered in deep water, potentially holding important clues to our maritime past. Ships from the Depths surveys the dramatic advances in technology over the last few years that have made it possible for scientists to locate, study, and catalogue archaeological sites in waters previously inaccessible to humans. Søreide provides an introduction to and survey of the history, development, and potential of this exciting branch of nautical archaeology.

In building a railroad, there is only one decisive spot - the end of the track. Nothing like this great work had ever been seen in the world when the last spike, a golden one, was driven in Promontory Peak, Utah, in 1869, as the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific tracks were joined. Ambrose writes with power and eloquence about the brave men - the famous and the unheralded, ordinary men doing the extraordinary - who accomplished the spectacular feat that made the continent into a nation.

De 20ste eeuw is de eeuw van de massamotorisering. In 1913 begon de eerste massale serieproductie van auto’s in Amerika. Door een efficiënt productieproces lukte het de industrieel Henry Ford om de T-Ford relatief goedkoop op de markt te brengen en daarmee toegankelijk te maken voor de groeiende middenklasse. In Europa kwam de automobilisering van de samenleving pas op gang na 1960. Elk Europees industrieland leverde een eigen bijdrage.

Dieses Hörbuch ist geeignet für jeden, der Wert auf einen fundierten Einstieg in die Gebrauchtwagensuche und den entsprechenden Test am Fahrzeug legt, um sich und sein Portemonnaie vor späteren Enttäuschungen zu schützen. Sie werden erstaunt darüber sein, was Sie mithilfe weniger Tricks besser machen können. Wie Sie sich vor Betrug und Unwissenheit des Verkäufers schützen, aber auch, wie Sie sich und Ihre Passagiere vor möglichen Gefahren des neuen KFZs schützen, erfahren Sie in diesem Ratgeber. Lassen Sie sich durch dieses Hörbuch zu neuen Methodiken bezüglich des Autokaufes anregen.

Du träumst davon, deinen eigenen Camper auszubauen? Du weißt aber nicht, wie du anfangen kannst oder welches Auto du überhaupt kaufen solltest? Dann ist dieses Buch genau das Richtige für dich! Damit auch du es schaffst deinen eigenen Camper auszubauen und welche Aufgaben auf dich warten, erwartet dich in diesem Buch folgendes: Worauf du bei deinem Basisfahrzeug achten musst, weshalb gebrauchte Wagen teilweise besser für den Umbau geeignet sind als Neuwagen, wie du dich optimal vorbereiten kannst und welche Werkzeuge du für den gesamten Ausbau benötigst.

In diesem Hörbuch möchte ich dir, lieber Leser, aufzeigen, wie wir als 4-Köpfige Familie, welche bis zu dem Tag X als totale "Petrolheads" unterwegs waren, den Umstieg in einen heute rein elektrisch motorisierten Haushalt geschafft haben. Wobei... Geschafft ist nicht unbedingt das passende Wort. Es war ja eine durchaus freiwillige Aufgabe, welche wir uns selbst nach und nach auferlegt haben.

Verspätungen, Zugausfälle, geänderte Wagenreihung, fehlende Sitzplatzreservierungen und ewige Baustellen - kein Unternehmen erregt den Unmut seiner Kunden so sehr wie die Deutsche Bahn. Survival Training inklusive. Fast jeder Zugreisende kann solche Geschichten erzählen. FAZ-Redakteurin Maria Wiesner hat die irrsten Erlebnisse Bahnreisender gesammelt: von achtstündigen Verspätungen, saunaähnlichen Großraumwaggons, schnarchend-schmatzenden Sitznachbarn bis hin zu Pendlern am Rande des Nervenzusammenbruchs.

Il volo ha sempre affascinato l'essere umano e la possibilità di potersi librare nel cielo ha alimentato la fantasia di poeti, scrittori, mercanti, inventori e scienziati dall'alba della civiltà. Quando il 17 dicembre 1903 i fratelli Wright riuscirono a mantenere in volo per 12 secondi l'aeromobile da loro progettato, molti aspetti della vita dell'uomo vennero rivoluzionati per sempre. Il sogno dei condottieri di ogni tempo di materializzarsi con i propri eserciti sull'avversario si stava improvvisamente realizzando: stavano nascendo le operazioni militari nella terza dimensione.

"Die Autodoktoren" Hans-Jürgen Faul und Holger Parsch sind Millionen Zuschauern bekannt. Denn die beiden Schrauber aus Leidenschaft kriegen immer raus, wo es holpert. Ob auf Vox oder YouTube: in ihrer Werkstatt ist immer was los. Hier begegnen sie Menschen mit den irrsten Geschichten und den verrücktesten Fahrzeugen - und so drehen die Docs gern mal selbst am Rad. Hier erzählen die Autodoktoren, wie alles anfing. Sie berichten aus ihrem Reparatur-Alltag, spüren Geräuschen und Gerüchen nach. Finden verblüffende Fehler - und ihre Ursachen.

In March of 1984, the commercial fishing boat Wind Blown left Montauk Harbor on what should have been a routine offshore voyage. Its captain, a married father of three young boys, was the boat’s owner and leader of the four-man crew, which included two locals and the blue-blooded son of a well-to-do summer family. After a week at sea, the weather suddenly turned, and the foursome collided with a nor’easter. They soon found themselves in the fight of their lives. Tragically, it was a fight they lost. Neither the boat nor the bodies of the men were ever recovered.

It is difficult to imagine now, but for all its gorgeous scenery, the American West might have been barren tundra as far as most Americans knew well into the 19th century. While the West was advertised as a paradise on earth to citizens in the East and Midwest, many believed the journey too hazardous to be worthwhile — until 1869, when the first transcontinental railroad changed the face of transportation.

The self-driving car has been one of the most vaunted technological breakthroughs of recent years. But early promises that these autonomous vehicles would soon be on the roads have proven premature. Alex Davies follows the twists and turns of the story from its origins to today.

Valentino Rossi is an icon: the most successful and most loved motorcycle racer of all time, he has transcended MotoGP to become a symbol of courage, risk and daring. To race for 23 years at the very highest level of the world's most dangerous sport is unprecedented. But then, there has never been a motorcycle racer like Valentino Rossi. He is a modern-day gladiator, a man who still risks his life every time he throws a leg over a motorcycle.

Starting out as a talented youth riding the desert tracks of California, his reckless nature and incredible talent earned him a position in the rarefied world of professional motorcycle racing. Despite the success in his professional life, his personal life was crumbling around him - John was battling with depression and temptation, which began to threaten his career, health and marriage, ultimately bringing him to a life of alcoholism, addiction and even smuggling.

A definitive new edition of a classic memoir, published in association with the RAF Museum. Guy Gibson was the leader of the famous Dambusters raid and Enemy Coast Ahead is a vivid, honest account, widely regarded as one of the best books on World War II. It is also an insider's account that sets down in clear, honest detail the challenges that the RAF faced in the war against Germany's Luftwaffe.

The world's worst air disaster happened more than 40 years ago on a remote Atlantic Ocean island, when two fully loaded 747 passenger jets collided after a horrendous series of human errors. One of the jets, KLM Flight 4805, was traveling more than 150 miles an hour and was within seconds of lifting off when it crashed into Pan Am Flight 1736 taxiing in its path. The loss of lives was staggering - 583 dead. The crash happened after a lengthy series of major and minor human errors. In the intervening years, has aviation advanced to the point that such a disaster can't happen again?

A penetrating look at near-future disruption as truly autonomous vehicles arrive.

Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted fans and sold hundreds of thousands of copies. Now, he returns with a provocative account of an overlooked form of technology - personal transportation - and explores how it has shaped societies and cultures over millennia. Beginning around 3,500 BCE with the wheel - a device that didn't catch on until a couple thousand years after its invention - Standage zips through the eras of horsepower, trains, and bicycles, revealing how each successive mode of transit embedded itself in the world we live in.

Flying cars - the best or worst idea ever? In the ever-changing world of technology and transportation, flying and autonomous cars might not be just a part of futuristic sci-fi movies anymore...they may become available in your lifetime. Listen in as Seeker discusses the future of transportation, the evolution of fuel alternatives, and how close humans are to a self-driving world in this best of collection, available for the first time in audio.