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  • Cycling

    The Craze of the Hour

    by Charles Spencer, George Herschell, M.D., Barry Pain, Jerome K. Jerome ...
    Series Book 1 - The London Library
    The first bicycle was invented at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1890s that the craze really took off. This brought with it the fears, scaremongering, worries and uncertainties that inevitably accompany any new fashion. Women (often unchaperoned and oddly dressed) taking to "velocipedes"; overexertion; the possibility of heart disease - these are just some of the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

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  • I Hate Everyone, Except You

    by Clinton Kelly ...
    From Clinton Kelly, bestselling author, beloved television host, and “arbiter of style and good taste in all areas” (People) comes a hilariously candid, deliciously snarky collection of essays about his journey from awkward kid to slightly-less-awkward adult.Clinton Kelly is probably best known for teaching women how to make their butts look smaller. But in I Hate Everyone, Except You, he reveals ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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  • Alpine Giggle Week

    How Dorothy Parker Set Out to Write the Great American Novel and Ended Up in a TB Colony Atop an Alpine Peak (A Penguin Classics Special)

    by Dorothy Parker, Marion Meade ...
    A little known, rediscovered letter: an SOS from a woman trapped on a Swiss mountaintop in a TB colony with no idea how to escape—that woman being Dorothy Parker.“Kids, I have started one thousand (1,000) letters to you, but they all through no will of mine got to sounding so gloomy and I was afraid of boring the combined tripe out of you, so I never sent them.” Thus starts a little-known and ... Read more

    $1.99 CAD

  • The End of the Road

    The Festina Affair and the Tour that Almost Wrecked Cycling

    by Alasdair Fotheringham ...
    The first detailed account of the Festina affair, which ripped apart the 1998 Tour de France and irrevocably changed cycling.The Tour de France is always one of the sporting calendar's most spectacular and dramatic events. But the 1998 Tour provided drama like no other. As the opening stages in Ireland unfolded, the Festina team's soigneur Willy Voet was arrested on the French–Belgian border with ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Life in the Slipstream: The Legend of Bobby Walthour Sr.

    by Andrew M. Homan ...
    A century before Lance Armstrong captured headlines around the world by winning a record seventh consecutive Tour de France, another American dominated the world of competitive cycling. His name was Bobby Walthour, and in the early 1900s he was one of the world's most famous and highly paid athletes.Life in the Slipstream chronicles Walthour's rise from a lowly bicycle messenger in Georgia to a ... Read more

    $23.90 CAD

  • Rainbows in the Mud

    Inside the Intoxicating World of Cyclocross

    by Mr. Paul Maunder ...
    Cyclocross is no longer cycling's hidden gem.Its rapid growth in the USA and UK means this intense and dramatic sport is exploding into the mainstream. With a season running from September to February, cyclocross is cycling's only purely winter discipline, demanding a combination of athleticism, supreme technical skill and ruthless tactics for the muddy conditions.In the sport's heartland of ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Year

    Reawakening the legend of cycling's hardest endurance record

    by Dave Barter ...
    In 1939 British cyclist Tommy Godwin cycled 75,065 miles in a single year. Think about that for a second: that's an average of over 200 miles each day. And it's a mark that still stands after almost eighty years. In The Year, Dave Barter resurrects the legend of the year record - a challenge nearly as old as bicycles themselves - and the cyclists who pushed themselves to establish and break it. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Corsa Rosa

    A history of the Giro d’Italia

    by Brendan Gallagher ...
    The Giro d'Italia is the cooler, tougher brother of the Tour de France. First staged in 1909, and only pausing for two World Wars, its hundredth edition takes place in 2017.Inspired by L'Auto's improved circulation figures after establishing France's Grand Tour, the Gazzetta dello Sport saw an opportunity to outdo its rival paper, the Corriere della Sera, by organising its own race. From its first ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Re:Cyclists

    200 Years on Two Wheels

    by Mr Michael Hutchinson ...
    'As if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels' - FTSomewhere in a German forest 200 years ago, during the darkest, wettest summer for centuries, the story of cycling began. The calls to ban it were more or less immediate.Re:Cyclists is the tale of the following two centuries. It tells how cycling became a kinky vaudeville act for Parisians, how it was the basis of an American business empire to rival ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Construction - Bicycles, Dicycles Or Otto Type Machines And Tricycles

    by G. Lacy Hillier ...
    This early manual on bicycle construction is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. A fascinating read for any cycling enthusiast or historian of the sport, it also contains much information that is still useful and practical to today's cyclist. Detailed instructions are accompanied by black and white illustrations. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Velocipedes, Bicycles, And Tricycles

    by Velox ...
    Originally published in 1869, this unusual book will appeal graetly to all who are interested in the early history and manufacture of the bicycle. Chapters include; The French bicycle, The American or Pickering bicycle and The tricycle. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories

    by Giles Belbin ...
    Series series Around the World in 80 Days
    Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments, inspired pursuits, and a whole host of heroes, hellions, and legend-makers.A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories brings together the most important, memorable, and intriguing moments of cycling's illustrious past.From the death of the great Fausto Coppi through to the dominance of Sir Bradley Wiggins and the intrepid ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD