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Author : Stephan Wilkinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781592287925
A reminiscence of life''s serpentine paths, sparked by the painstaking and loving restoration of a Porsche 911SC.
Author : Stephan Wilkinson
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781599216799
"They sit on a spur of test track outside General Electric's locomotive factory in Erie, Pennsylvania, panting and grumbling like two old lions half asleep. The ominous, muttering rumble is the idle of 8,800 horsepower--24 cylinders with pistons big as buckets, turbochargers the size of washing machines, two V12 engines driving alternators five feet in diameter. For here are two units of the most advanced diesel-electric locomotives in the world: a pair of GE Evolutions."--Excerpt from "Do the Locomotion" in Man and Machine Stephan Wilkinson--a longtime expert on the ways men entertain themselves when no one is telling them what to do--takes readers into the high-speed, high-risk world of restored jets, fast boats, and Formula 1 cars. Wilkinson visits a factory where Amish men build custom ambulances, flies an airliner from the glory days of air travel, meets a bird that is a killing machine, and has a hot date with a handgun. In another chapter, Wilkinson relates the hazards of flying purely on instruments, and why being able to do so can make the difference between life and death. He draws from his own misadventures in flight and explains exactly why the high-end Beech Bonanza is known as “the doctor killer.” And dissecting the finely tuned instrument that is the Formula 1 car, Wilkinson relates how the engine's connecting rods actually stretch at 19,000 rpm, even though they're made of titanium, and what can happen when a racecar brakes at 6Gs. Always entertaining, Wilkinson takes men, and maybe even a few women, where they love to go--under the hood, over the mechanic's shoulder, and behind the wheel.
Author : Adrian Streather
Publisher : Veloce Publishing Ltd
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-15
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781845843304
STOP! Don’t buy a Porsche 911 SC without buying this book first! Having this book in your pocket is just like having a real marque expert by your side. Benefit from Adrian Streather’s years of Porsche ownership. Learn how to spot a bad car quickly and how to assess a promising one like a professional. Get the right car at the right price!
Author : Douglas T. Kenrick,Vladas Griskevicius
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780465040971
Why are Amazonian hunter-gatherers better at logic than Harvard students? Why did the Zambian president reject food donations during a famine? And why do billionaires work so hard—only to give their hard-earned money away? In this animated tour of the latest in behavioral science, psychologist Douglas T. Kenrick and marketing professor Vladas Griskevicius argue that while our decision making may seem superficially irrational, our misjudgments are the result of a psychological mismatch between ancestral drives for survival and our modern lifestyles. Ultimately, The Rational Animal offers an uplifting message—that while our brains may still house caveman impulses, we have evolved to be smarter than we think.
Author : Dennis Adler
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-01
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760352519
Porsche: The Classic Era offers something for all Stuttgart enthusiasts and those interested in automotive history. There are few automobiles in the world as iconic as Porsche's air-cooled sports cars. For more than 50 years Porsche's rear-engine wonders set the benchmark for production sports cars and dominated the world's race courses. From the first Gmund coupe, to the 356 to the timeless 911, this richly illustrated volume tells the full story of Germany's fabled sports cars. Automotive writer and photographer Dennis Adler begins the books with the early career of Ferdiand Porsche, detailing the influences and events that set him on the path of automotive-engineering greatness including key stints with Mercedes-Benz, Auto Union, and Volkswagen. From there he details Porsche's WWII work before moving into the postwar era and the establishment of Porsche as a unique automotive brand. Adler's engaging text is accompanied throughout by rare images from Porsche's historic archive as well as stunning contemporary photos of all the great cars including 356 Carerra, 550 Speedster, 911S, 912, 930 Turbo, 914/6 as well as key racers like the 906, 908, and 935.
Author : Bruce McAllister,Stephan Wilkinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Flight attendants
ISBN : 0615539378
Offering historical images, documents, and firsthand experiences, covers the history of flight attendants from the earliest days of air travel to the present day.
Author : John Heitmann
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-03
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781476630021
Now revised and updated, this book tells the story of how the automobile transformed American life and how automotive design and technology have changed over time. It details cars' inception as a mechanical curiosity and later a plaything for the wealthy; racing and the promotion of the industry; Henry Ford and the advent of mass production; market competition during the 1920s; the development of roads and accompanying highway culture; the effects of the Great Depression and World War II; the automotive Golden Age of the 1950s; oil crises and the turbulent 1970s; the decline and then resurgence of the Big Three; and how American car culture has been represented in film, music and literature. Updated notes and a select bibliography serve as valuable resources to those interested in automotive history.
Author : Lee Murphy
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2009-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781449019662
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Author : Craig Glenday
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 642 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780553593372
Lists records, superlatives, and unusual facts in the areas of fame, business, crime, the natural world, technology, war, the arts, music, fashion, and sports.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781663209955
Follow the Viking Child as he leaves Newfoundland, the Rock and his life in Cripple Creek Pass far behind him.. Follow his adventures across the continent and into his new life, desguissing himself from his past.. The past filled with blood, guts and torture, a past filled with visions of the Witch, the Wisord, the ugly stick and the Crassandra, Erics Grave Ship.. The love and the hate the demons he has, as nothing now, is left for him on the secred island.. Watch as he develops into a fierce nogotiating warrior, a creative guiness.. Then watch as his world falls apart, falling deeply into the world of psychotic monsters.. A world filled with Phycophaths, Nacassistic personality and mutipule personality disorders.. All, each one less none, completely capable of infecting you, drawing you into them deeply, into their own pshchic.. Then completely tranforming you into one of the 50%, of the mentally affected humans today on this planet.. Then into, A Life Without A Mirror, then maybe, just maybe into just another everyday, perfectly functional, phyco killers..
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780756663285
Eyewitness Economy unravels the mysteries and paradoxes of how economies work, or fail. Illustrated throughout with illuminating photos, the book answers questions such as: why is money valuable, why do recessions happen, and why are some countries rich and others poor?
Author : Colin Lancaster
Publisher : Harriman House Limited
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857198938
Fed Up! tells the story of a global macro trader working amidst the greatest market panic we have seen since the Great Depression. As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads across the world, readers are taken through the late-stage decadence of an exuberant market bubble to the depths of the market crash and into the early innings of a recovery. It provides readers with a front row seat on trading activity, allowing them to experience the heartbeat of the markets. It’s also about money and opportunity. It’s about the moral dilemma of a man who is struggling as he reaches his own peak. Readers will experience the frenetic pace of life as a trader and will connect with the protagonist, experiencing his struggle to balance his personal values with the compromised values of the world around him. It shines a light on the largest policy issues confronting the U.S., while offering an entertaining and humorous look at the guys and gals who are the new market operators. This riveting account of the 2020 market crash from inside the mind of a global macro trader will serve as an exciting, nail-biting record of current times. It is about making fortunes while the world slips into misfortune. Will he beat the markets or will the markets beat him?
Author : Randy Leffingwell
Publisher : Motorbooks
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760365038
Porsche's fabled 911 represents the ultimate expression of Ferdinand Porsche's original vision of the perfect sports car. In The Complete Book of Porsche 911, author and photographer Randy Leffingwell provides a year-by-year overview of Stuttgart's most famous car, from the original 901 prototype to today's technologically advanced GT2 and GT3 derivatives and the latest 992-generation 911. Along the way, he highlights the racing, prototype, and limited-production cars—offering the most complete reference available to these top-tier sports cars. In this book, you'll find the air-cooled cars of 1963 to 1998, then the water-cooled 911s of 1998 to present day. With behind-the-scenes info on the evolution of this iconic sports car, this book offers the detail craved by Porsche enthusiasts. Illustrated throughout with images from Porsche's own historical archive and complemented by the author’s stunning photos, along with detailed technical specification tables, The Complete Book of Porsche 911 offers a thorough account of one of the most beloved enthusiast cars ever produced.
Author : Tom Vanderbilt
Publisher : Vintage Canada
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-11
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780307373175
Driving is a fact of life. We are all spending more and more time on the road, and traffic is an issue we face everyday. This book will make you think about it in a whole new light. We have always had a passion for cars and driving. Now Traffic offers us an exceptionally rich understanding of that passion. Vanderbilt explains why traffic jams form, outlines the unintended consequences of our attempts to engineer safety and even identifies the most common mistakes drivers make in parking lots. Based on exhaustive research and interviews with driving experts and traffic officials around the globe, Traffic gets under the hood of the quotidian activity of driving to uncover the surprisingly complex web of physical, psychological and technical factors that explain how traffic works.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCLA:31158012230883
