Piers Courage
Piers Courage

Author: Adam Cooper

Publisher: Haynes Publishing Group

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781859606636

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Piers Courage, a rising motor racing star in the 1960s, was the first man to drive for Frank Williams in Formula 1, and tragically died in a Williams-run car at the 1970 Dutch Grand Prix. This enthralling biography, written with his family's cooperation, chronicles the full racing history of the charismatic old Etonian, including the wild Formula 3 days when he and friends roamed Europe surviving on their wits. Recalling a more relaxed era in motorsport, the book features dozens of people who knew Piers including Frank Williams, Bernie Ecclestone, Jackie Stewart, Bette Hill, Nina Rindt and, of course, his wife Lady Sarah, daughter of pre-war racer Earl Howe.

Heroes and Contemporaries
Heroes and Contemporaries

Author: Jonathan Aitken

Publisher: A&C Black

Published: 2006-07-30

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780826478337

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Heroes and Contemporaries is a book of profiles written with the author's personal insights, anecdotes and judgments on fascinating public figures he encountered in life's journey. Jonathan Aiken was for many years at the heart of British journalism and politics. The early chapters here offer illuminating portraits of historical characters Aitken knew as a young man including Sir Winston Churchill, Randolph Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook, the author's great uncle, who founded the Aitken dynasty of newspaper owners and politicians. In his own career, which took him through 23 years in the House of Commons to the Cabinet, Aitken became close to some of the most intriguing figures in British politics including Harold Wilson; Margaret Thatcher and her family; and Michael Portillo - all profiled in these pages. Jonathan Aitken also enjoyed a colourful personal and business life which ranged wider than politics. This is reflected in the chapters on Sir James Goldsmith, John Aspinall and Sir Frank Williams. During his prison sentence Aitken was visited by several of his subjects including Lord Longford and Nicky Gumbel. The resulting mixture of these profiles makes a book attractively written biographical studies full of fresh perceptions and revealing stories.

A Chequered Life
A Chequered Life

Author: Richard Heseltine

Publisher: David and Charles

Published: 2022-03-29

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1787118789

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This is the first and only account of the Chequered Flag race team and its charismatic founder, Graham Warner. It charts the highs and lows, the victories and losses, and features interviews with the man himself and and several star drivers of the 1960s and '70s. Accompanied by 150 photographs, many previously unpublished, plus a look at Graham's subsequent career as a fighter aircraft expert and restorer, this is a unique story of a fascinating life in motorsport.

Real Racers
Real Racers

Author: Stuart Codling

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 210

ISBN-13: 1610597397

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The visceral sensations of driving a Formula 1 race car in the 1950s and 1960s are brought to life through the extraordinary images of the Klemantaski Collection and first-person accounts the drivers who experienced them. Original commentary F1 legends Sir Stirling Moss, Sir Jackie Stewart, Sir Jack Brabham, John Surtees, and Sir Frank Williams and carries the reader through a Grand Prix weekend, arrival at the track, practice and setup, the start of the race, and the race itself. A must-have for all Formula 1 aficionados.

Split Infinity
Split Infinity

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Del Rey

Published: 2012-02-14

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 0307815676

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On the technological, decadent world of Proton, someone was trying to destroy Stile, serf and master Gamesman. His only escape lay through a mysterious “curtain” revealed by a loving robot. Beyond the curtain lay Phaze—a world totally ruled by magic. There, his first encounter was with an amulet that turned into a demon determined to choke him to death. And there, he soon learned, his alternate self had already been murdered by sorcery, and he was due to be the next victim. “Know thyself!” the infallible Oracle told him. But first he must save himself as he shuttled between worlds. On Proton, his fate depended on winning the great Games. On Phaze, he could survive only by mastering magic. And if he used any magic at all, the werewolf and the unicorn who were his only friends were determined to kill him at once!

Lotus
Lotus

Author: Johnny Tipler

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2022-01-24

Total Pages: 543

ISBN-13: 0719840066

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From the Mark 1 in 1948 to the World's most powerful electric hypercar – the Evija – in 2021, the story of the Lotus marque encompasses ongoing technical innovation on road and track. With seventy-four F1 Grand Prix wins, six Drivers' and seven Constructors' F1 World Championships chalked up over seven hectic decades, Lotus consolidated its reputation in racing while at the same time creating some of the World's most stylish and desirable sportscars and Grand Tourers, in-house as well as for global automotive clients via its Lotus Engineering consultancy. With over 380 photographs, this book includes: the origins of the business, creating Austin 7-based competition cars; the metamorphosis from sports-racing cars to F1 – and seven World titles; factory relocations, from Hornsey to Cheshunt to Hethel; the road cars: the Elite, Elan, Europa, Excel, Esprit, Elise, Exige and Evora; how sponsorship transformed traditional British Racing Green into Gold Leaf and JPS livery. There are also interviews with key Lotus personnel and drivers.

Pet Peeve
Pet Peeve

Author: Piers Anthony

Publisher: Macmillan

Published: 2005-10

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9780765304087

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Unlikely Goblin hero Goody is instructed by the Good Magician Humfrey to find a suitable home for a foul-tempered bird, a quest that inadvertently triggers an invasion by an army of seemingly indestructible killer robots.

Formula One: Made In Britain
Formula One: Made In Britain

Author: Clive Couldwell

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2012-05-31

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1448132940

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Formula One: Made in Britain is one of Formula One's last untold stories. As a centre of technical excellence for over thirty years. Britain is at the sharp end of the worldwide motor sport industry, and playing ever harder to win. Most of the sport's Grand Prix teams are based in the UK and many of them have British managers and designers who act as a showcase for the UK's skill base - past, present and future. The success of Britain's Formula One industry has gone largley unrecognised outside the close-knit world of the racing aficionado. Now, with Formula One: Made in Britain, Clive Couldwell reveals what makes this industry tick and why many of the world's players choose to come here. He explores Motorsport Valley, an area which covers the south and Midlands of the UK, where 75 per cent of the world's single-seater racing cars are designed and built, and talks to many of F1's leading lights. Winning in F1 depends on innovation and performance-critical engineering, and in this fascinating and insightful book, Clive Couldwell show how UK research and development are leading the world.

Formula One: The Pinnacle
Formula One: The Pinnacle

Author: Tony Dodgins

Publisher:

Published: 2022-07-05

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0711274207

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The history of Formula One and the changes which have taken F1 from its rudimentary beginnings to the exhilarating high octane spectacle it is today. A fascinating insight into one of the most exciting and dangerous sports in the world