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  • Wolfram Wars: Exposing The Secret Battle in Portugal

    by Rod Ashley ...
    Wolfram – also known as Tungsten – is about more than electric light bulbs. Its more deadly claim-to-fame rests in its armour-piercing qualities.During WWII, Wolfram was in great demand with both the Allies and Axis powers who scoured the globe for the precious material; indeed, they deployed huge resources to secure supplies whilst simultaneously doing their best to sabotage and undermine one ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 40 Motoring Heroes: Pioneers, Inventors, Mavericks, and Game Changers

    by Rod Ashley ...
    How did an English pub inspire a legendary road safety feature?Which F1 driver had to wear leg braces as a young boy in hospital, yet started his own winning team?What prompted a young woman from Alabama to invent the windscreen wiper?Who was the "bloody fool" from Yorkshire who master-minded the VW Beetle's rise from the ashes of the Second World War?... ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • The Life of the Automobile

    The Complete History of the Motor Car

    by Steven Parissien ...
    "From a Ford Model-T, by way of glitzy Cadillacs, cool Golfs and hot Minis, to futuristic autos, this is an exhilarating ride over some bumpy roads." ― Saga Magazine (UK)Steven Parissien examines the impact, development, and significance of the automobile over its turbulent and colorful 130-year history. Readers learn the grand and turbulent history of the motor car, from its earliest appearance ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • British Motorcycles: Triumph

    by James Robinson ...
    Beginning life in 1887 as a bicycle manufacturing company, The Triumph Cycle Company went on to become today's Triumph Motorcycles Limited. Since motorcycle production commenced in 1902, the Triumph factory has produced thousands of classics designs and is regarded as being producers of some of the world's finest motorcycles,from the original Bonneville in 1959 to today's models. The Triumph name ... Read more

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  • British Motorcycles of the 1960s and ’70s

    by Mick Walker ...
    Series Book 654 - Shire Library
    For the first half of the twentieth century, Great Britain led the world in motorcycle design and production, exporting its products to countries all over the globe.However, by 1960 this once-great industry had fallen into what was to be a terminal decline. During the 1960s and '70s Britain still manufactured a wide range of machines, but a combination of poor management, lack of investment, ... Read more

    $9.39 USD

  • Roads Were Not Built for Cars

    How cyclists were the first to push for good roads & became the pioneers of motoring

    by Carlton Reid ...
    In Roads Were Not Built for Cars, Carlton Reid reveals the pivotal—and largely unrecognized—role that bicyclists played in the development of modern roadways. Reid introduces readers to cycling personalities, such as Henry Ford, and the cycling advocacy groups that influenced early road improvements, literally paving the way for the motor car. When the bicycle morphed from the vehicle of rich ... Read more

    $30.29 USD

  • Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of biking's biggest, brightest and best ever decade Volume 1:

    A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969

    by Richard Skelton ...
    Series series Motorcycling in the 1970s
    'Motorcycling in the 1970s. The story of motorcycling's biggest, brightest and best ever decade' Volumes One to Five by Richard Skelton, author of Funky Mopeds. 'Motorcycling in the 1970s' is a series of five books about motorcycling. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately. The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Morris Minor: The Biography

    Sixty Years of Britain's Favourite Car

    by Martin Wainwright ...
    The split screen, the indicators poking up like perspex orange fingers, the notoriously rust-prone floors, the pootling exhaust note… just some of the much-loved characteristics of the Morris Minor or Morris 1000. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis back in 1948, in a sense it was Britain’s answer to the Beetle – a bulbous little creation that was also Britain’s first mass-appeal car. Between then and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • British Railways in the 1970s and ’80s

    by Greg Morse ...
    Series Book 753 - Shire Library
    For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing computerisation and the arrival of the high-speed Inter-City 125s.But while television advertisements told of an 'Age of the Train', Monday morning misery continued for many, the commuter experience steadily worsening as rolling stock aged and grew ever ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Motorcycling in the 1970s The story of biking's biggest, brightest and best ever decade Volume 3:

    Funky Motorcycling – Biking in the 1970s - Part Two

    by Richard Skelton ...
    Series Book 2 - Motorcycling in the 1970s
    'Motorcycling in the 1970s. The story of motorcycling's biggest, brightest and best ever decade' Volumes One to Five by Richard Skelton, author of Funky Mopeds. 'Motorcycling in the 1970s' is a series of five books about motorcycling. The books are designed to be read together, but can also be enjoyed separately. The first volume, 'A Brief History of Motorcycling from 1887 to 1969', is a general ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • History of Electric Cars

    by Nigel Burton ...
    One hundred years ago electric cars were the most popular automobiles in the world. In the late nineteenth century and at the start of the twentieth century, they outsold every other type of car. And yet, within a couple of decades of the start of the twentieth century, the electric car had vanished. Thousands of battery-powered cars disappeared from the streets, replaced by the internal ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • British Leyland—From Triumph to Tragedy

    Petrol, Politics & Power

    by Lance Cole ...
    A history of the British automotive manufacturer and an analysis of what went wrong.What really happened at British Leyland (BL)? Was it 'just' the cars, or were other factors vital to the story? Who really was to blame for BL and MG Rover's death?The 'truth' about BL is deeper than its cars – were ultra- Left-wing plots to topple BL and British society real? Did secret deals and political ... Read more

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