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Roller Coasters - Samantha K. Throgmorton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Roller Coasters - Samantha K. Throgmorton - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

In its fourth edition, this exhaustive guide to roller coasters in the United States and Canada also provides a history of coaster evolution (from the 16th century) and a look into the future of coaster technology and design. The book lists by state or province more than 700 coasters at more than 160 amusement and theme parks. Each entry includes contact information along with summaries of each coaster''s origins, features and history. There are six appendices: famous coaster designers, the longest wood and steel coasters in North America, a coaster census by state or province, a chronology of wooden roller coasters still in operation, interesting amusement park and coaster facts, and a guide to the alpine coasters at winter resorts in the U.S. and Canada.

DKK 523.00
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Electric Motorcycles and Bicycles - Kevin Desmond - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Electric Motorcycles and Bicycles - Kevin Desmond - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Beginning in 1881, isolated prototypes of electric tricycles and bicycles were patented and sometimes tested. Limited editions followed in the 1940s, but it was not until the lithium-ion battery became available in the first decade of this century that urban pedelecs and more powerful open-road motorcycles--sometimes with speeds of over 200 mph--became possible and increasingly popular. Today''s ever-growing fleets of one-wheel, two-wheel and three-wheel light electric vehicles can now be counted in the hundreds of millions. In this third installment of his electric transport history series, the author covers the lives of the innovative engineers who have developed these e-wheelers.

DKK 476.00
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The Great Sports Documentaries - Michael Peters - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The Great Sports Documentaries - Michael Peters - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sports and competition have been film subjects since the dawn of the medium. Olympic sports documentaries have been around nearly as long as the games themselves; films about surfing, boxing, roller derby, motorcycle racing and bodybuilding were theatrical successes during the 1960s and 1970s. The author surveys the history of the sports documentary subgenre, covering more than 100 award-winning films of 40+ different competitions, from traditional team sports to dogsled racing to ballroom dancing.

DKK 334.00
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Tony Scott - Larry Taylor - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Tony Scott - Larry Taylor - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Tony Scott got his start as a film director when he joined his brother at the lucrative commercial directing company Ridley Scott Associates. After directing Top Gun --his second film, which changed not only the trajectory of his own life but of the entire action-movie industry--Scott''s career would be a roller coaster of blockbuster hits, personal films and confounding failures. With extensive research and original interviews with actors, cinematographers and writers, this book documents Tony Scott''s larger-than-life persona from his early days to his untimely death, which left a hole in genre filmmaking yet to be filled.

DKK 421.00
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Kinesis - Donal Mac Erlaine - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Kinesis - Donal Mac Erlaine - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Our universe is characterized by constant motion. From electrons to galaxies, all things are on the move. This resonates within the human condition; we are born to move. From the earliest hunters, sailors, and horse-riders to the modern world of trains, bicycles, and cars, movement is everywhere in human life. Our history as nomads compares starkly to our increasingly sedentary life today. This fundamental disruption of the human as a moving being led to the invention of the wheel, new religious cultures, and even the rational mind. This book considers the full depth of the link between humanity and motion, examining how it manifests in us and how we embody it. Broad and multidisciplinary, it blends history, geography, psychology, philosophy, architecture, anthropology, and spirituality.

DKK 259.00
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Sociology Noir - Roger A. Salerno - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Sociology Noir - Roger A. Salerno - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Between 1915 and 1935 the University of Chicago was the center for the production of innovative sociological research that unearthed the marginalized existence of unconventional Americans. Referred to as the Chicago school monographs by social historians, these works brought acclaim to the country''s premiere graduate program in sociology. Working at the shadowy margins of the city, these Chicago school scholars dramatically examined the lives of delinquents, prostitutes, gangsters, and homeless men. Their work harmonized with narratives of proletarian and pulp fiction and the serialized newspaper accounts of urban vice and deviance. This book offers a survey of some of these key monographs such as The Unadjusted Girl, The Hobo, The Jack-Roller and The Taxi Dance Hall.

DKK 429.00
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Let Me Sell You a Ferrari - Robert E. Guarino - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Let Me Sell You a Ferrari - Robert E. Guarino - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The moment in 1958 when a sports car-crazed youth in Massachusetts saw his first Ferrari changed his life. The black 250 GT coupe''s seductive lines, purposeful air and already hallowed name seized Robert E. Guarino''s imagination; just a few years later, he would be selling such cars. And in 1967, with two partners and an investment of just $6,000 apiece, he would open a Ferrari-Porsche-Datsun dealership. This memoir follows his lifelong journey with Ferraris and other remarkable automobiles, as an enthusiast and dealer. Highlights include a nonstop drive from Chicago to Boston in a 308 GTB; rides with important figures like Piero Ferrari at Fiorano and Dario Benuzzi at Mugello; visits to the Ferrari, Maserati and Lamborghini factories; the horror of watching a delivery truck crash onto a row of new cars; and time at the wheel of such icons as the 365 GTB/4 "Daytona," 250 GTO, 288 GTO and F40.

DKK 429.00
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From Vietnam to Hell - Shirley Dicks - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

From Vietnam to Hell - Shirley Dicks - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

"I broke into a house, entering from the back door. When I left, two people inside were dead. I don''t remember killing them, but I know I must have. All I can remember is the police chasing me. I thought I was in the jungle, with the Cong chasing me, trying to kill me before I could kill them.... I was nineteen years old and the Vietnam War was the high point in my life. I didn''t come home in a body bag or a wheel chair. Even though I thought I had come home a complete person, it''s evident that I didn''t"--from the interview with Gary Cone. Interviews with Vietnam veterans and their family members explain as nothing else can the emotional consequences of wartime experiences. Many of these interviewees are now in prison as a result of the substance abuse or violence that characterizes PTSD.

DKK 240.00
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Koufax Throws a Curve - Brian M. Endsley - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

Koufax Throws a Curve - Brian M. Endsley - Bog - McFarland & Co Inc - Plusbog.dk

The conclusion of the Sandy Koufax Era was a wild roller coaster ride for the LA Dodgers. Overly dependent on the fragile left arm of their to-be Hall of Fame left-hander, they careened from their worst season since World War II in 1964 after losing Koufax to an injury in mid-August, to a World Series Championship in 1965 on the strength of his shutout performance on short rest in Game 7 with the Twins, to an ignominious World Series collapse to the Orioles in 1966 after he single-handedly saved the Dodgers'' 1966 regular season in the final game. In the last two seasons of his career, Koufax averaged an impressive 27 complete games, 27 wins and 350 strikeouts. Yet 16 days after winning his second straight unanimous Cy Young Award, he shocked Major League Baseball by announcing he was going to retire. Like a supernova that had lit up the sports world for six years, he flamed out and was gone by age 30.

DKK 288.00
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