Ben Robinson

In celebration of its 60th anniversary (1966–2026), experience Star Trek like never before through 100 objects that make the franchise so well-loved. From Spock’s ears to the captain’s chair or the Enterprise itself, high-quality images and behind-the-scenes stories explain and explore the importance of each iconic artifact. Through fascinating photographs and insider facts that span the entire 60-year history of Star Trek and the various films and spin-off series it has inspired across the decades, readers will discover the significance of each object and its place within the beloved franchise. Filled with anecdotes from cast and crew, revealing behind-the-scenes photographs, concept art, and film facts, this is a must-have for Star Trek fans.

Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction. In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, were signed by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had been appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League. However, within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been duped by a convicted fraudster called Russell King. The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

The inventive concept art behind Star Trek: Deep Space Ninetitular space station, U. S. S. Defiant and dozens more ships come to life on the page! Deep Space Nine is considered by many Star Trek fans to be the best of all the Trek shows in the franchise's illustrious 55-year history, and Star Trek Designing Starships puts the spotlight on the show's space-faring vessels. The fifth entry in Hero Collector's ongoing series of Star Trek Designing Starships, Deep Space Nine and Beyond delivers original production art and extensive interviews with the award-wining artists who created the ships and helped bring them to the screen over the course of the show's seven-year run (1993-1999) and its 176 episodes.

For the first time ever! The definitive illustrated guide of Captain Picard's Enterprise-D from Star Trek: The Next Generation! The Galaxy-class U. S. S. Enterprise NCC-1701-D, presented in more detail than ever before. This deluxe hardcover of Captain Picard's Enterprise features the ship's operational history, illustrations of all the key locations including the bridge, main engineering and sickbay, equipment and auxiliary vehicles, plus explanations of the science and technology. With isometric illustrations and technical information from official sources, this book provides an extraordinary reference guide. STAR TREK ILLUSTRATED HANDBOOKS is a series of books that provide in-depth profiles of the STAR TREK universe, covering a wide range of topics from individual starships to races such as the Klingons. Each full-color, heavily illustrated reference work is packed with isometric illustrations, artwork, photographs and CG renders, and features detailed technical information from official sources.

Captain James T. Kirk's Original Starship Enterprise! Everything you want to know about this iconic starship in the FIRST full color volume ever published. Featuring details from both TV series and the first six movies. This volume, featuring the U. S. S. Enterprise NCC-1701 and the U. S. S. Enterprise NCC-1701-A, is a detailed, illustrative account of the TV starship from the original 1966-1969 series, and the movie starship from STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE (1979), STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (1982), STAR TREK III: THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK (1984), STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME (1986), STAR TREK V: THE FINAL FRONTIER (1989), and STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (1991). Plus, Captain Pike's Enterprise from the hit TV series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. With isometric illustrations of all the key locations, annotated plan views, detailed technical information, Starfleet equipment, and uniforms and insignia, the chapters follow the starships through time and provide an extraordinary reference guide to these iconic Federation vessels.

Featuring the ships of the Klingon fleet from their first appearance in the original TV series through the hit new series Star Trek: Discovery! THIRTY KLINGON SHIPS INCLUDING FOURTEEN SHIPS FROM STAR TREK: DISCOVERYThis volume features ships of the Klingon Fleet, from the 22nd to the 24th Century. Opening with the Klingon Defense Force bird-of-prey - an essential part of the fleet since the Empire first achieved space flight - the book features thirty ships, including the D7-Class Battle Cruiser, the Sarcophagus, the Raptor and the late 24th Century I. K. S. Negh'Var. With technical details, operational histories and annotated plan views, the book shows the evolution and development of the fleet in sumptuous CG renders, and is the most comprehensive collection of Klingon ships ever produced. The Star Trek Shipyards Encyclopedia series provides Star Trek fans with the first ever chronological history of the starships from the television and film series. In this third volume, the ships of the Klingon fleet are explored from their first appearances in all the Star Trek television series through their most recent appearances in the hit new series Star Trek: Discovery.

The latest volume in the Shipyards series features ships of the United Federation of Planets, including Vulcan, Andorian, Tellarite, Bajoran, Trill, and Earth Civilian ships. Each vessel is illustrated in CG artwork, with original VFX models made for the TV shows, alongside a technical overview and operational history. Featuring 27 ships! Starships include the Vulcan D'Kyr, the Vulcan cruiser and the T'Plana Hath; the Andorian battle cruiser, the Bajoran solar-sailor, the El-Aurian S. S. Lakul; and Civilian Federation Ships The Festoon, the S. S. Xhosa, and Harry Mudd's Class-J starship, the Norkova. Federation Members is latest volume in the Star Trek Shipyards Encyclopedia series - the very first set of books to collect all of the ships from Star Trek film and television shows in chronological order. series - The very first series of books to collect all of the ships from Star Trek film and television shows in chronological order. Each ship profile features artwork from the original visual effects models, detailed technical specifications, service history, and annotated views of the ships features. Written by Ben Robinson, author of the USS Enterprise and Klingon Bird-of-Prey Haynes Manual books.

Featuring ships from the first season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY! The story of how the creative teams reimagined STAR TREK for the 21st Century with previously unseen production art and interviews with the show's artists and designers. Every ship for season 1! Showcasing ships such as the U. S. S. Shenzhou, the U. S. S. Discovery and the Klingon bird-of-prey, this book brings you all the Federation and Klingon ships as they appeared in the decade before Captain James T. Kirk's five-year-mission, and is packed with original concept art from STAR TREK artists John Eaves, Sam Michlap, John 'JD' Dickenson and Goran Delic. This latest volume in the Designing Starships series shows how artists and designers reinvented STAR TREK for a new era, taking the classics and reinventing them to build a whole new look for the Federation and the Klingons featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV series. Explore the process behind the creation of the Starships featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV series!

Based on the hit BBC 5Live podcast series, The Trillion Dollar Conman is a tale of audacious international fraud that is stranger than fiction. In 2009, Notts County FC were struggling to survive in League Two when they were taken over by a mysterious company supposedly backed by the Bahrain royal family. The club was promised millions of pounds worth of investment and marquee players, including Sol Campbell and Kasper Schmeichel, were signed by former England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson, who had been appointed to take the club all the way to the Premier League. However, within months, the dream turned into a nightmare as it transpired that the club, the players and the fans had been duped by a convicted fraudster called Russell King. The world's oldest professional football club found itself at the centre of one of the most outlandish frauds in sporting history, which spanned the globe from Nottingham to North Korea, involving fake sheikhs, fast cars, broken promises and a trail of destruction.

Explore the behind the scenes process to reveal the thinking - and the artwork - behind the creation of the most iconic ships in Star Trek's history! This book, which covers more than 30 ships including the U. S. S Voyager, Delta Flyer, V'ger, and the Enterprise-J, is packed with original concept art, and includes work from legendary artists Syd Mead and Robert McCall. Continue the exploration of the design process that led to the iconic Star Trek ships from the hit television programs and films. Featuring interviews with the ship designers and screen model builders, this first-time ever explored subject will appeal to all Star Trek fans. Includes first-time ever collected concept art and sketches. Learn about the real-world people events behind one of the greatest science fiction universes.

Explore the design process behind the creation of more than 30 of the most iconic ships in Star Trek's history! This is the story of how some of the most talented designers in Hollywood created STAR TREK's starships, from the first sketches to the finished models that appeared on screen. Covering the genesis of more than 30 ships including all seven Enterprises, this book is packed with original concept art, showing fascinating directions that were explored and abandoned, and revealing the thinking behind the finished designs. The design history of every variation of the USS Enterprise is covered within this volume, including three that were never seen on screen. Hundreds of physical and CGI model development photos including concept art, blueprints, sketches, and schematics, provided by the original designers and the vast archives of CBS and Paramount Studios. Delve deep into the design process that led to the iconic Star Trek ships featured on television and film. Includes concept art and interviews with the ship designers and screen model builders, this first-time ever explored subject will appeal to all Star Trek fans.

The third volume in this acclaimed series focuses on the J. J. Abram's Star Trek films - featuring nearly 20 ships, including the new Enterprise! Explore the process behind the creation of the ships features in the Star Trek, Star Trek: Into Darkness and Star Trek: Beyond films. This is the story of how some of the most talented designers in Hollywood created STAR TREK's starships from the first sketches to the finished models that appeared on screen. This book covers nearly 20 new ships from the modern STAR TREK movies, from the new Enterprise to a fleet of Federation ships that was barely seen. Along the way it covers the thinking behind Klingon and Romulan ships and the heavily-armed U. S. S. Vengeance. This third volume in the Designing the Starships series collects the profiles and design history from the rebooted Star Trek "Kelvin Timeline" film universe. The "Kelvin Timeline" is an alternate reality timeline in which the current Star Trek film universe operates. It is named after the ship captained by Captain Kirks father in the first of J. J. Abrams' Star Trek films, the U. S. S. Kelvin. Ships included: U. S. S. Enterprise, U. S. S. Enterprise-A, Narada, U. S. S. Kelvin, Spock's Jellyfish, U. S. S. Yorktown Space Station, and many more. Includes 6 ships that were designed for the final sequence of Star Trek: Beyond which were not used and have never been seen before.

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The definitive collection of interviews, history, photos, and artwork from Star Trek: The Original Series. A must-have for all fans of Captain Kirk and his crew. Following the success of Star Trek Voyager: A Celebration, this second volume in the series focuses Star Trek: The Original Series. The book will be released in the week of Star Trek's 55th anniversary. Gene Roddenberry's series changed television forever and created a broadcast phenomenon, and world that continues to influence our culture today. With a curated selection of archive interviews, personal recollections from cast and crew, and new interviews specially undertaken for the book, the chapters explore the writing, directing, production art and visual effects, plus classic episodes from the show's three season run.

Birds and Animals have been disappearing from the quiet rural area. Earnshaw and his Friends, including some Humans, are drawn into a battle against a sinister criminal gang planning to create a secret base for terrorism, espionage and murder. Earnshaw is a Tabby Cat of unusual intelligence; born into cruelty and suffering in a derelict part of Salford, rescued by a Human family, including Twins, and transported to a village on the edge of the Lake District. The Tabby reluctantly accepts responsibility for the Humans and adopts them, but has to share his rural retreat with a Rabbit, Scruffy Parrot and black Cat, becoming leader of the self-styled RSPCA. Earnshaw creates a wide network of unusual Animal and Bird friends and a particular understanding and trust with a Human, in the form of the Twins nature-wise Grandfather. Their lives have already been threatened by their association with their Human family and have had previous experience of attacks by criminal gangs of Spies, Witches and vicious Poachers, becoming wise in the cruel and lethal ways of these Humans. They now face even bigger challenges. Earnshaw and his friends, like all Animals and Birds, live in a parallel world; speak parallel languages, often at frequencies beyond Human hearing, understanding each other perfectly well. They also understand what Humans say but cannot talk to them, until the communication barrier is broken by their scruffy, bi-lingual Parrot, with a colourful vocabulary. During the local Town's fortnight-long Charter Festival, the family and the RSPCA come under attack once more, from both old enemies and new, even more dangerous adversaries. Earnshaw and his friends have to overcome many cruel, vicious and potentially lethal attacks, to protect themselves and their adopted Humans; encountering many unnerving experiences and dark elements of the parallel Human World. Earnshaw with his organisation of clever and resourceful friends survive all their strange and unusual adventures to overcome the darker side of Human nature, with their own enduring sense of humour, mutual mischief and moments of occasional slapstick, all seen through the eyes of the Tiger Tabby.

Birds and Animals have been disappearing from the quiet rural area. Earnshaw and his Friends, including some Humans, are drawn into a battle against a sinister criminal gang planning to create a secret base for terrorism, espionage and murder. Earnshaw is a Tabby Cat of unusual intelligence; born into cruelty and suffering in a derelict part of Salford, rescued by a Human family, including Twins, and transported to a village on the edge of the Lake District. The Tabby reluctantly accepts responsibility for the Humans and adopts them, but has to share his rural retreat with a Rabbit, Scruffy Parrot and black Cat, becoming leader of the self-styled RSPCA. Earnshaw creates a wide network of unusual Animal and Bird friends and a particular understanding and trust with a Human, in the form of the Twins nature-wise Grandfather. Their lives have already been threatened by their association with their Human family and have had previous experience of attacks by criminal gangs of Spies, Witches and vicious Poachers, becoming wise in the cruel and lethal ways of these Humans. They now face even bigger challenges. Earnshaw and his friends, like all Animals and Birds, live in a parallel world; speak parallel languages, often at frequencies beyond Human hearing, understanding each other perfectly well. They also understand what Humans say but cannot talk to them, until the communication barrier is broken by their scruffy, bi-lingual Parrot, with a colourful vocabulary. During the local Town's fortnight-long Charter Festival, the family and the RSPCA come under attack once more, from both old enemies and new, even more, dangerous adversaries. Earnshaw and his friends have to overcome many cruel, vicious and potentially lethal attacks, to protect themselves and their adopted Humans; encountering many unnerving experiences and dark elements of the parallel Human World. Earnshaw with his organisation of clever and resourceful friends survive all their strange and unusual adventures to overcome the darker side of Human nature, with their own enduring sense of humour, mutual mischief and moments of occasional slapstick, all seen through the eyes of the Tiger Tabby.