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The Chequered Past
In the forty-year period between 1951 and 1991, Canadian sports car competition underwent a massive change, transforming itself from an amateur recreational pastime to a commercialized profession and from an individual sport to a spectacle for mass consumption. The Chequered Past is the story of the struggle over power and purpose within the Canadian auto sport that led to this transformation. The first comprehensive history of sports car racing and rallying in Canada, The Chequered Past traces the efforts of the national governing body - the Canadian Auto Sport Clubs (CASC) - to bring its sports car competition up to a 'world class' level, and to manage the consequences of those efforts in ...
Classic cars
A celebration of vintage automobiles and their manufacturers traces their development from the pioneering days to ghe end of the 1930s.
The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars
Comprehensive guide to over 1000 of the world's most coveted cars. Features 200 manufacturers, alphabetically listed. Illustrations include colour and black and white photographs, including archive images and details of engines and interior trim. Covers the history of each automobile model, including full story of the car's design, manufacture, specification tables, marketing and subsequent development.
The Encyclopedia of Classic Cars
This reference features the best models from the greatest manufacturing companies of the world, both past and present. Alphabetized entries include a short history of each manufacturer. Specific models of 600-plus cars are examined in detail and illustrated by color and bandw photos highlighting their unique qualities. The story of each classic car is complemented by performance tables that include information such as maximum speed and power, engine type, and details of transmission, chassis, suspension and brakes. Oversize: 9.5x12". Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Wild West Shows
The Wild West: a term that conjures up pictures of wagon trains, unspoiled prairies, Indians, rough 'n' ready cowboys, roundups, and buffalo herds. Where did this collection of images come from? Paul Reddin exposes the mythology of the American frontier as a carefully crafted product of the Wild West show. Focusing on such pivotal figures as George Catlin, Buffalo Bill Cody, and Tom Mix, Reddin traces the rise and fall of a popular entertainment shaped out of the "raw material of America." Buffalo Bill and other entertainers capitalized on public fascination with the danger, heroism, and courage associated with the frontier by continually modifying their presentation of the West to suit thei...
Taking Software Design Seriously
With presentations of concrete software design methodologies and ways to improve design practices, this book explores techniques that are useful in user-centered software design. Discussions of interesting new research perspectives by contributors from the United States and Europe are also included.
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Corvette
The Chevrolet Corvette is the only real sports car in the United States and enjoys the longest uninterrupted production of any car since the Model T Ford. Here is the whole story of this car told through 100 color and 20 b&w p hotos.
