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A new logo, new technical regulations and fresh excitement placed the 82nd Le Mans 24 Hours under the banner of innovation. In front of a record crowd of 263 000 spectators the race fulfilled all its promise. The battles between Toyota, Porsche and Audi in LM P1 and Ligier and Zytek in LM P2, and the fantastic scrap between Corvette, Porsche, Aston Martin and Ferrari in grand touring endurance kept the spectators on tenterhooks throughout the 24 hours. Finally, victory went to Fâssler-Lotterer-Tréluyer, the trio's third since 2011 and Audi's thirteenth since 2000 in a car that used 30% less fuel than the R18 e-tron quattro, which won 12 months earlier. In LM P2 the outcome was decided in t...
The establishment of the European Economic Community in 1958 was one of the most remarkable developments in the history of the post-World War II era. It aimed for nothing less than a complete economic union so that goods, people, and capital would be able to pass over national boundaries of member countries as freely as they move within any one country. As the Community's target date of 1992 for economic integration draws closer, the need for information, both current and historical, becomes more urgent. The aim of this annotated bibliography is to create a critical and descriptive list of books published mainly in English for businessmen and analysts, combining older publications with new. ...
Taking special note of new promotion and control techniques applied in the steel, auto, aluminum, textile and machinery industries, Mr. Sheahan attempts to clarify the reasons for the spectacular improvement in the French economic performance and suggests policies which might be of further help, while cautioning against those to be avoided.
This is the true story, so far as it can be reconstructed, of the beast of the Gevaudan, and how it terrorized an entire countryside for years during the 18th century, killing scores of men, women, and children but ignoring the domestic animals.
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- This luxurious book of more than 360 pages is presented like an album of mostly unpublished photographs, arranged chronologically Throughout its century of existence, every moment of Le Mans has been captured in countless photographs. From black & white to color, these particularly vivid images bring to life a whole world: that of the cars, naturally, but also of the many human players - drivers, engineers, mechanics - and the public, always numerous and varied. The authors summarize the moments and actions of the key characters, identifying five major periods: 1923-1929: The time of the pioneers 1930-1967: Reconstruction and globalization 1968-1981: In search of the right solution 1982-1999: The 21st century in sight 2000-2022: A Modern Race Text in English and French.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
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