The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles

The Ultimate History of Fast Motorcycles

Author: Parragon, Incorporated

Publisher: Parragon Publishing

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 9781405415927

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Photographs and text trace the history of high-performance motorcycles, profiling the people who built and rode them and the most important models and designs.


Chris Boardman: The Biography of the Modern Bike

Chris Boardman: The Biography of the Modern Bike

Author: Chris Boardman

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2015-06-22

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1844038475

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Former Olympic champion, Tour de France record holder, successful bike designer, and leader of the British Olympic Cycling Team's 'Secret Squirrels', Chris Boardman, looks at the development of the modern bike from the first experiments with gearing, through to the superbikes of today. Co-written with cycling expert Chris Sidwells, with features on components, manufacturers, designers and iconic designs, The Biography of the Modern Bike is a fascinating study of cycle design through the decades. Fully illustrated throughout, and with lively and informative text - this will make a great addition to any bike lover's bookshelves.


The Ultimate History of Fast Bikes

The Ultimate History of Fast Bikes

Author: Roland Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781405415903

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For those whose hearts miss a beat at the sight, sound or feel of a speeding motorbike - join us in the fast lane for a celebration of the most exciting high-performance motorcycles ever built. Illustrated in full colour, each entry includes a detailed specification table and authoritative performance figures.


The Ultimate History of Fast Bikes

The Ultimate History of Fast Bikes

Author: Roland Brown

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781405473033

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For those whose hearts miss a beat at the sight, sound or feel of a speeding motorbike - join us in the fast lane for a celebration of the most exciting high-performance motorcycles ever built. Illustrated in full colour, each entry includes a detailed specification table and authoritative performance figures.


The Bicycle Book

The Bicycle Book

Author: Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

Publisher:

Published: 2016-05-02

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 9780241226117

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Jessica Hart has never forgotten Matthew Landley. After all, he was her first love when she was fifteen years old. But he was also her school maths teacher, and their forbidden affair ended in scandal with his arrest and imprisonment. Now, seventeen years later, Matthew returns with a new identity, a long-term girlfriend and a young daughter, who know nothing of what happened before. Yet when he runs into Jessica, neither of them can ignore the emotional ties that bind them together. With so many secrets to keep hidden, how long can Jessica and Matthew avoid the dark mistakes of their past imploding in the present?


Sports and Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia

Sports and Modernity in Late Imperial Ethiopia

Author: Katrin Bromber

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1847012922

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This first academic study of the history of modern sports in Ethiopia during the imperial rule of the 20th century argues that modern sports offers new possibilities to explore the meanings of modernity in Africa. Providing an in-depth analysis of the role of sports in modern educational institutions, volunteer organizations, and urbanization processes, the author shows how agents, ideas and practices linked societal improvement and bodily improvement.


Discovering the Motorcycle

Discovering the Motorcycle

Author: Armand Ensanian

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 9780996391900

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'Discovering the Motorcycle'' is an extraordinary history of motorcycling from 1867 to the present. Each of the 12 chapters of this remarkable 510 page book is devoted to a major aspect of motorcycling; ranging from historical discussions of the machines that lead the way to today's modern sportsbikes, to vintage classics, choppers and bobbers, off-road machines, cafe racers, touring bikes, customs, a history of motorcycle racing, electric motorcycles, the motorcycle's impact on society, and great motorcycle museums. The book honors motorcycling's great makes, with over 1,000 photographs and illustrations. A special chapter is devoted to the four-hundred-year history of the engine. This book is an ideal addition to any motorsport enthusiast's library, and makes a perfect gift for the motorcycle enthusiast.


The Oxford Companion to United States History

The Oxford Companion to United States History

Author: Paul S. Boyer

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001-07-04

Total Pages: 985

ISBN-13: 0199771103

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Here is a volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays. With over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, it illuminates not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion. Here are the familiar political heroes, from George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, to Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. But here, too, are scientists, writers, radicals, sports figures, and religious leaders, with incisive portraits of such varied individuals as Thomas Edison and Eli Whitney, Babe Ruth and Muhammed Ali, Black Elk and Crazy Horse, Margaret Fuller, Emma Goldman, and Marian Anderson, even Al Capone and Jesse James. The Companion illuminates events that have shaped the nation (the Great Awakening, Bunker Hill, Wounded Knee, the Vietnam War); major Supreme Court decisions (Marbury v. Madison, Roe v. Wade); landmark legislation (the Fugitive Slave Law, the Pure Food and Drug Act); social movements (Suffrage, Civil Rights); influential books (The Jungle, Uncle Tom's Cabin); ideologies (conservatism, liberalism, Social Darwinism); even natural disasters and iconic sites (the Chicago Fire, the Johnstown Flood, Niagara Falls, the Lincoln Memorial). Here too is the nation's social and cultural history, from Films, Football, and the 4-H Club, to Immigration, Courtship and Dating, Marriage and Divorce, and Death and Dying. Extensive multi-part entries cover such key topics as the Civil War, Indian History and Culture, Slavery, and the Federal Government. A new volume for a new century, The Oxford Companion to United States History covers everything from Jamestown and the Puritans to the Human Genome Project and the Internet--from Columbus to Clinton. Written in clear, graceful prose for researchers, browsers, and general readers alike, this is the volume that addresses the totality of the American experience, its triumphs and heroes as well as its tragedies and darker moments.


Hot Bikes

Hot Bikes

Author:

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2014-04-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 1465430881

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Packed with more than a hundred marvelous motorbikes, this revved-up collection will delight the motorcycle enthusiast. Expert author Hugo Wilson has loaded the book with the most exceptional machines ever to rule the roads. Superb, museum-quality photography and a clean and classic DK layout showcases each machine, while the text celebrates the appeal of each and every brilliant bike in the book. Test drive this essential visual history of the motorbike and you'll want to take it home.