A fascinating picture of the Highlands and Islands seen from a unique perspective

Largest. Fastest. Biggest. Most extreme. From gigantic, spaceship-carrying transporters to ultra-luxurious motorhomes and the Large Hadron Collider - the biggest machine ever constructed by humans - this book covers everything young readers want to know about the most amazing machines on the planet! Covering machines on land, in the air, at sea and in space, 'Extreme Machines' is guaranteed to keep gadget-mad kids spellbound.

This is the autobiography of the famous flier, Charles A. Lindbergh, written almost immediately after his famous flight across the Atlantic Ocean from New York to Paris on May 20-21, 1927. This historic flight by Charles Lindbergh took him from being a little known US Postal Service Air Mail pilot and made him into one of the most famous if not the most famous person in the world. The main impetus for the flight was the $25,000 Orteig Prize offered...

Created in 1973 with the amalgamation of the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. and David MacBrayne, Cal-Mac's black hulls and white toppings have been a common sight on the Clyde estuary, the Western Isles and on numerous short crossings in the Western Highlands. Starting with much old tonnage, the fleet has been updated over the past decade and now comprises some very modern shipping, still sailing to the Western Isles and to Arran, Bute and Cumbrae. This...

The year is 1937 - and a conundrum is afoot: a professor on the verge of a brilliant discovery has disappeared. Can you help to solve the clues on this time-travelling adventure and track down the missing scientist? On your voyage, you'll travel the world, see some of the most important moments in the history of transport, meet the most brilliant engineers of all time, and ultimately unveil the design of the world's first jet engine! This interactive...

The longest ship ever built, the heaviest digger and the largest aeroplane, the world's first working motorcar, and its most expensive one. What machines like these have in common is that they all say a lot about the inventiveness and imagination of the people who conceived and created them. Some of them are useful, others are just a bit of fun, but the best ones are truly magnificent, and fascinating to discover.