The First Three Shelby Cobras: The Sports Cars That Changed the Game (Bruce Gordon)(Pevná vazba)

The First Three Shelby Cobras: The Sports Cars That Changed the Game (Bruce Gordon)(Pevná vazba)

The First Three Shelby Cobras, the third book in the acclaimed Exceptional Cars series, tells the story of three remarkable cars, the first AC Cobras created by the legendary Carroll Shelby in 1962 and now favorites of sports-car enthusiasts throughout the world. The prototype CSX2000 has been

Jaguar XK140/150 (Clausager Anders Ditlev)(Pevná vazba)

Jaguar's series of XK sports cars used the remarkable twin overhead camshaft engine that was first exposed to the public in 1948 in the new XK120 two-seater, which took the motoring world by storm. For 1954 the XK120 was replaced by the mildly restyled XK140 model, with an increase in power,

Dynasties: The 10 G.O.A.T. Teams That Changed the NBA Forever (Thompson Marcus)(Pevná vazba)

Acclaimed sports journalist Marcus Thompson II picks the 10 teams that transformed basketball in this illustrated history of the NBA. Love it or hate it, being dubbed a dynasty is one of the ultimate accomplishments in team sports. In Dynasties, Marcus Thompson II contends dynasties are good for

100 Cars That Changed the World: The Designs, Engines, and Technologies That Drive Our Imaginations (Publications International Ltd)(Pevná vazba)

From the 1908 Ford Model T through mid-century masterpieces like the 1957 Lotus Elite to hybrid, electric, and self-driving cars, this book explores the importance of each car's design and technology to automobile

Built for Speed: The World's Fastest Road Cars (Publications International Ltd)(Pevná vazba)

Explore some of the world's fastest cars from 1996 to 2019. Including the Shelby Series 1, Chevrolet Corvette ZR1, and McLaren Senna. 35 cars are included, foreign and domestic Beautiful full-color photos are featured with an overview of each car Mid-engine supercars with pricetags north of a

Mayflower - The perilous voyage that changed the world (Romero Libby)(Pevná vazba)

Bruce Gilden: Cherry Blossom (Gilden Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

Bruce Gilden first set foot in Japan in 1994. On that trip and subsequent others, he explored the meandering streets of a country that had long fascinated him. From Tokyo to Osaka, he laid Japan bare in his own inimitable photographic style. Each image is a very close and powerful encounter with a

The Writer's Library: The Authors You Love on the Books That Changed Their Lives (Pearl Nancy)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction by Susan OrleanTwenty-three of today's living literary legends, including Donna Tartt, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Andrew Sean Greer, Laila Lalami, and Michael Chabon, reveal the books that made them think, brought them joy, and changed their lives in this intimate, moving, and insightful

Science of Supercars - The technology that powers the greatest cars in the world (Roach Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Explore the technology that drives the greatest cars in the world, with exclusive contributions from the biggest names in the supercar

Science Year by Year - The Ultimate Visual Guide to the Discoveries That Changed the World (DK)(Pevná vazba)

Offers a guide to the discoveries that changed the world. This title looks at our heritage of invention and explores how science has shaped the past and how it may shape the

Cars - Driven by Design: Sports Cars from the 1950s to the 1970s (Til Barbara)(Pevná vazba)

As a design object beyond its practical purpose, the automobile has left an indelible mark on the world we live in. There is scarcely another everyday item which has been designed in a more sophisticated and inventive manner and which offers a larger projection area. This can be seen with

50 Ultimate Sports Cars. 40th Anniversary Edition - Peter Fiell, Charlotte Fiell

For the seasoned car collector or the awestruck newcomer, this volume is the consummate sports car anthology. Bringing together 50 of the most exquisite, desirable, and adrenaline-charging sports cars of all time, it recounts the enthralling endeavors in automotive design and engineering in pursuit

The Three Musketeers (Dumas Alexandre)(Pevná vazba)

A perfect first illustrated introduction to the classic story for younger readers The Three Musketeers has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children, while retaining all the key parts of the story of d'Artagnan and of course Athos, Porthos, and

Neuroenology: How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine (Shepherd Gordon)(Pevná vazba)

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in

Motormania: Sports Cars (Colson Rob)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the fastest, the brashest, the most-stylish and the outright strangest cars that have ever been

Design Between the Lines (Le Qument Patrick)(Pevná vazba)

The car industry and the way in which cars are created have changed beyond all recognition over the last half-century. Automotive styling was once the grudging afterthought when the engineers had finished their work. Now, following a short flirtation with exotic Italian design houses, it has

The First Breath: How Modern Medicine Saves the Most Fragile Lives (Gordon Olivia)(Pevná vazba)

The First Breath is the first popular science book about the pioneering fetal and neonatal medicine bringing a new generation into the world--a generation of babies without precedent, who would not have lived if they had been born only a few decades ago. Olivia Gordon explores the female experience

Gordon Bennett and the First Yacht Race Across the Atlantic (Jefferson Sam)(Paperback)

The 1866 transatlantic yacht race was a match that saw three yachts battle their way across the Atlantic in the dead of winter in pursuit of a $90,000 prize. Six men died in the brutal and close-fought contest, and the event changed the perception of yachting from a slightly effete gentlemen's

Those Girls - The electrifying thriller that grips you from the very first page (Stevens Chevy)(Paperback / softback)

They wanted him gone... On the night three sisters ran away, everything changed, including their names. A chilling portrait of desperation, loyalty and evil, from the bestselling author of That Night and Still

Works of Game: On the Aesthetics of Games and Art (Sharp John)(Pevná vazba)

An exploration of the relationship between games and art that examines the ways that both gamemakers and artists create game-based artworks.Games and art have intersected at least since the early twentieth century, as can be seen in the Surrealists' use of Exquisite Corpse and other games,

100 Novels That Changed the World - Colin Salter

A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. Before the novel, the world of books was dominated by scientific tomes, religious tracts and histories of the victorious in war. There had been stories and epic poems from ancient times

Alfa Romeo Coupes and Spiders in Detail Since 1945 (Rees Chris)(Pevná vazba)

When you think of Alfa Romeo, it is the Italian's company's sports cars, above all, that fire the imagination, since they encapsulate everything that is great about the brand. In successive dynasties of fixed-roof coup s and convertible spiders, Alfa Romeo has built one of the greatest canons of

World of Sports: A Book for Sports Fans All Over the Globe (Groundwater Ben)(Pevná vazba)

Destination Sport is your guide to one of the world's great obsessions: to the teams, the games, the venues, the histories and the personalities that all come together to form something amazing. Matches that freeze economies. Races that stop nations. Rivalries that stretch back through centuries

Time Tamed (Foulkes Nicholas)(Pevná vazba)

The story of mankind's struggle to measure time - and the stunning timepieces that have changed the way we do