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One Helluva Ride
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Written by Liz Clarke
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.00
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus, its races... Read more >
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Written by Liz Clarke
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $25.00
From its raw beginnings on Southern dirt tracks, NASCAR smacked of a slightly depraved spectacle, as if nothing but trouble could come from the unbridled locomotion of a V8 engine. By the time NASCAR roared into the twenty-first century, it had grown into a billion-dollar sports and marketing colossus, its races... Read more >
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Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea
Written by Gary Kinder
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: May 11, 1999
Price: $15.95
"White knuckle reading...with generous portions of adventure, intrigue, heroism, and high technology interwoven."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
This enthralling true story of maritime tragedy and visionary science begins with a disaster to rival the sinking of the Titanic.
In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the... Read more >
Written by Gary Kinder
Format: Trade Paperback, 560 pages
On Sale: May 11, 1999
Price: $15.95
"White knuckle reading...with generous portions of adventure, intrigue, heroism, and high technology interwoven."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
This enthralling true story of maritime tragedy and visionary science begins with a disaster to rival the sinking of the Titanic.
In September 1857, the S.S. Central America, a side-wheel steamer carrying passengers returning from the... Read more >
National Geographic Traveler: France, 2d Ed.
Written by Rosemary Bailey
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2007
Price: $27.95
From central Paris to the farthest reaches of the provinces, this new edition points you to the country's best sites. Here's up-to-date guidance for visiting the Loire Valley, Mont St.-Michel, Normandy's battlefields, and other popular destinations, along with lesser known attractions such as the charming vine-striped Var region of Provence and... Read more >
Written by Rosemary Bailey
Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: March 20, 2007
Price: $27.95
From central Paris to the farthest reaches of the provinces, this new edition points you to the country's best sites. Here's up-to-date guidance for visiting the Loire Valley, Mont St.-Michel, Normandy's battlefields, and other popular destinations, along with lesser known attractions such as the charming vine-striped Var region of Provence and... Read more >
Tanks
And Other Fighting Vehicles
Written by Ray Hutchins
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2007
Price: $14.99
This illustrated history of tanks and other wheeled and tracked fighting vehicles celebrates the vehicles and the work they have done on the battlefield. From early models like pre-1916 Holt and Hornsby tractors to today's self-propelled guns and howitzers, more than 200 vehicles from the United States and Europe are profiled... Read more >
And Other Fighting Vehicles
Written by Ray Hutchins
Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
On Sale: July 3, 2007
Price: $14.99
This illustrated history of tanks and other wheeled and tracked fighting vehicles celebrates the vehicles and the work they have done on the battlefield. From early models like pre-1916 Holt and Hornsby tractors to today's self-propelled guns and howitzers, more than 200 vehicles from the United States and Europe are profiled... Read more >
Porsche
The Road from Zuffenhausen
Written by Dennis Adler
Format: Hardcover, 348 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2003
Price: $75.00
A lavishly illustrated history of the most recognized sports-car maker in the world—Porsche—a story that began more than a century ago.
Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen is the first book in more than twenty-five years to chronicle in such meticulous detail the early years of the renowned automobile company. Perfect for the... Read more >
The Road from Zuffenhausen
Written by Dennis Adler
Format: Hardcover, 348 pages
On Sale: November 4, 2003
Price: $75.00
A lavishly illustrated history of the most recognized sports-car maker in the world—Porsche—a story that began more than a century ago.
Porsche: The Road from Zuffenhausen is the first book in more than twenty-five years to chronicle in such meticulous detail the early years of the renowned automobile company. Perfect for the... Read more >
Where the Suckers Moon
The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign
Written by Randall Rothenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $16.00
Rothenberg chronicles the brief, turbulent marriage between a recession-plagued auto company and an aggressively hip ad agency (whose creative director despised cars), capturing both the ad world's tantalizing gossip and the broader significance of its creations. "Simply the best book about advertising I have ever read."--Neil Postman (Technopoly). Read more >
The Life and Death of an Advertising Campaign
Written by Randall Rothenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
On Sale: October 31, 1995
Price: $16.00
Rothenberg chronicles the brief, turbulent marriage between a recession-plagued auto company and an aggressively hip ad agency (whose creative director despised cars), capturing both the ad world's tantalizing gossip and the broader significance of its creations. "Simply the best book about advertising I have ever read."--Neil Postman (Technopoly). Read more >
Ferrari
The Road from Maranello
Written by Dennis Adler
Foreword by Luigi Chinetti, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 344 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $45.00
In 1945, Enzo Ferrari, the onetime director of Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Romeo’s fabled racing program, emerged from Alfa’s shadow to create his own legend. Out of the rubble of World War II, Ferrari established an auto works whose products would surpass anything before seen. Demand for handcrafted racing cars in postwar... Read more >
The Road from Maranello
Written by Dennis Adler
Foreword by Luigi Chinetti, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 344 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $45.00
In 1945, Enzo Ferrari, the onetime director of Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Romeo’s fabled racing program, emerged from Alfa’s shadow to create his own legend. Out of the rubble of World War II, Ferrari established an auto works whose products would surpass anything before seen. Demand for handcrafted racing cars in postwar... Read more >
The God Machine
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $25.00
History has known few more inventive minds than those responsible for the helicopter, mankind’s most versatile flying machine. From the aerodynamic artistry of Leonardo da Vinci, through the futuristic tales of Jules Verne, to the prototypes built by the horde of rotationally obsessed enthusiasts who followed, here is the definitive story... Read more >
From Boomerangs to Black Hawks: The Story of the Helicopter
Written by James R. Chiles
Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: October 30, 2007
Price: $25.00
History has known few more inventive minds than those responsible for the helicopter, mankind’s most versatile flying machine. From the aerodynamic artistry of Leonardo da Vinci, through the futuristic tales of Jules Verne, to the prototypes built by the horde of rotationally obsessed enthusiasts who followed, here is the definitive story... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Trains
A Photographic Tour of America's Railways
Written by Brian Solomon
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $14.99
A celebration of trains—A celebration of America
Trains are the heartbeat of America. They have fueled this country's growth, transporting people and goods over its vast spaces. They epitomize the freedom to travel and explore, to go beyond the bounds. Now this breathtaking full-color celebration of trains, with nearly 100 new and... Read more >
A Photographic Tour of America's Railways
Written by Brian Solomon
Format: Hardcover, 96 pages
On Sale: June 29, 2004
Price: $14.99
A celebration of trains—A celebration of America
Trains are the heartbeat of America. They have fueled this country's growth, transporting people and goods over its vast spaces. They epitomize the freedom to travel and explore, to go beyond the bounds. Now this breathtaking full-color celebration of trains, with nearly 100 new and... Read more >
Tractors
An Illustrated History from Pioneering Steam Power to Today's Engineering Marvels
Written by Robert Moorhouse
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.99
The Illustrated History of Tractors traces their evolution from early steam-powered machines to the diesel-powered wonders found on the world's farms today. Beginning in the early days of agriculture and continuing on to chronicle their development and uses throughout the twentieth century, decade by decade, this book is packed with color... Read more >
An Illustrated History from Pioneering Steam Power to Today's Engineering Marvels
Written by Robert Moorhouse
Format: Hardcover, 192 pages
On Sale: June 6, 2006
Price: $14.99
The Illustrated History of Tractors traces their evolution from early steam-powered machines to the diesel-powered wonders found on the world's farms today. Beginning in the early days of agriculture and continuing on to chronicle their development and uses throughout the twentieth century, decade by decade, this book is packed with color... Read more >
