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One Helluva Ride
How NASCAR Swept the Nation
Written by Liz Clarke
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
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: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2008
Price: $14.99
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 >
The Tube
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
Station to Station on the London Underground
Written by Oliver Green
Format: eBook, 120 pages
On Sale: November 20, 2012
Price: $7.95
From Norman Foster’s remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London’s tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings. This beautiful hardback edition is a fantastic gift-book, publishing in the run up to Christmas, and sales... Read more >
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Outlaw Machine
Harley-Davidson and the Search for the American Soul
Written by Brock Yates
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $19.00
The legendary story of Harley-Davidson's rise to power--not only as an international industry leader but as an American cultural icon.
How did the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, originally a machine for casual riders, evolve into a symbol of defiance and liberation? An embellished 1947 Life magazine article about a California town terrorized by gangs... Read more >
Harley-Davidson and the Search for the American Soul
Written by Brock Yates
Format: Trade Paperback, 272 pages
On Sale: May 2, 2000
Price: $19.00
The legendary story of Harley-Davidson's rise to power--not only as an international industry leader but as an American cultural icon.
How did the Harley-Davidson motorcycle, originally a machine for casual riders, evolve into a symbol of defiance and liberation? An embellished 1947 Life magazine article about a California town terrorized by gangs... Read more >
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Vintage Motorcycles
Written by Jeff Clew
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $11.95
After the close of the First World War, the British motorcycle industry rose to prominence as British motorcycles became almost unbeatable in competitions. However, a shortage of these new model bikes pushed prices to a premium and most people were forced to settle for prewar designs. These high prices led to... Read more >
Written by Jeff Clew
Format: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
On Sale: November 17, 2009
Price: $11.95
After the close of the First World War, the British motorcycle industry rose to prominence as British motorcycles became almost unbeatable in competitions. However, a shortage of these new model bikes pushed prices to a premium and most people were forced to settle for prewar designs. These high prices led to... Read more >
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Austin-Healey
Written by Graham Robson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $12.95
One of the sensations of the 1952 Motor Show was a two-seat sports car built by Donald Healey at a small factory in Warwick in the English Midlands. Before the show was over Leonard Lord, head of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) had struck a deal with Healey to mass produce... Read more >
Written by Graham Robson
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: March 23, 2010
Price: $12.95
One of the sensations of the 1952 Motor Show was a two-seat sports car built by Donald Healey at a small factory in Warwick in the English Midlands. Before the show was over Leonard Lord, head of the British Motor Corporation (BMC) had struck a deal with Healey to mass produce... Read more >
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Pleasure Steamers
Written by Andrew Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
The pleasure steamer reached its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: hundreds of vessels, most of them paddle-powered, plied the lakes, waterways and coast of Britain, most often ferrying daytrippers from urban areas to the coast. Presenting a serene alternative to rail travel, they had the added advantage... Read more >
Written by Andrew Gladwell
Format: Trade Paperback, 70 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
The pleasure steamer reached its heyday in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: hundreds of vessels, most of them paddle-powered, plied the lakes, waterways and coast of Britain, most often ferrying daytrippers from urban areas to the coast. Presenting a serene alternative to rail travel, they had the added advantage... Read more >
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Victorian and Edwardian Railway Travel
Written by David Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone... Read more >
Written by David Turner
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $12.95
For the majority of the British public in the Victorian period the railways were the only way to travel. In 1880 the population of Britain and Ireland took 518 million railway journeys, and by the turn of the century this number had risen to just over 1.1 billion. Therefore, for anyone... Read more >
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Discovering London Railway Stations
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
Written by Oliver Green
Format: Trade Paperback, 104 pages
On Sale: October 19, 2010
Price: $13.95
London is the supreme railway city. In 1900 it had fourteen railway termini, more than any other city in the world. A century later only one of them has disappeared completely, and just three have undergone comprehensive reconstruction. All the others are recognisable products of the Victorian railway age that continue... Read more >
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Birdmen, Batmen, and Skyflyers
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
Wingsuits and the Pioneers Who Flew in Them, Fell in Them, and Perfected Them
Written by Michael Abrams
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2007
Price: $11.99
The Wright Brothers were wimps.
Or so you might think after reading this account of their unsung but even more daring rivals—the men and women who strapped wings to their backs and took to the sky. If only for a few seconds.
People have been dying to fly, quite literally, since the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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British Railways in the 1950s and 60s
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Written by Greg Morse
Format: Trade Paperback, 56 pages
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $12.95
The 1950s saw a realisation that British Railways needed to modernise its equipment and rationalise its network if it was to hold its own in the face of growing competition from road and air transport. The next decade brought line closures, new liveries and the last breath of steam, as Doctor... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
