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Praise for the first edition: "A fascinating book [and] a sympathetic look at the man who glued General Motors together and in the process made Flint one of the great industrial centers of America." ---Detroit Free Press "It is refreshing to report that Billy Durant is...

"Eventyret om Ford" er William A. Simonds ligefremme fortælling om den amerikanske grundlægger af bilfabrikken Ford Motor Company, Henry Ford. William A. Simonds (1887-1963) var amerikansk redaktør og forfatter og særligt kendt for sine bøger "Eventyret om Edison" og "Eventyret om Ford" – hyldester til fremskridtet.

Henry Ford (1863-1947) var Amerikas og måske verdens største bilproducent. Han startede sin karriere som ingeniør i Thomas Edisons elektricitetsselskab, mens han samtidig arbejdede på udviklingen af automobilen. Efter en række mislykkede forsøg på at starte virksomhed, dannede han i 1903 Ford...

Enzo Ferrari var det 20. århundredes suverænt mest magtfulde mand inden for motorsporten. Han skabte stribevis af vidunderlige og succesfulde racerbiler, der igennem årtier har tiltrukket millioner af passionerede fans verden over. Denne biografi kommer helt tæt på mennesket Enzo Ferrari og afslører...

For nearly forty years he has ruthlessly exploited and dominated Formula One motor racing, and now he is setting his sights further afield...This is the true story of Bernie Ecclestone, the street-smart, working-class kid who masterminded the transformation of Formula One from an amateur sport of...

The trials and tribulations of a Canadian business titan during a fascinating period in 19th-century Quebec. A Mind at Sea is an intimate window into a vanished time when Canada was among the world’s great maritime countries. Between 1856 and 1877, Henry Fry was the Lloyd’s agent for...

Nineteen years ago, David McLean was appointed by the prime minister of Canada to the board of directors of CN, after which he was elected chairman. McLean has been reelected each year and will retire in April 2014. In A Road Taken, the longest-serving chairman of the board in CN history explains...

From growing up in a wooden caravan to building his own state-of-the-art racetrack, this is the remarkable story of Targa champion, Hampton Downs and Highlands Motorsport Park owner Tony Quinn. On a clear and frosty morning in 2012, in the small, Central Otago town of Cromwell, Tony Quinn and his...

Within a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile...

Following in the tradition of Ghost Rider and Traveling Music Rush drummer Neil Peart lets us ride with him along the backroads of North America Europe and South America sharing his experiences in personal reflections and full-color photos. Spanning almost four years these 22 stories are open letters...

As I Was Saying... is the seventh book in Jeremy Clarkson's best-selling The World According to Clarkson series. *** Crikey, the world according to Clarkson's been a funny old place of late . . . For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but,...

Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage. This is the fascinating...

First to Last is the true story of a soldier's life through the motorcycles he has owned and the most prominent action events that have occurred on those bikes and during his lifetime. It is a factual, first-hand account of the tale of a biker, a warrior and an incurable romantic. The story has...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From America’s “forgotten war” in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the author of A Higher Call. Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy’s most famous aviator duo, Lieutenant Tom Hudner and Ensign Jesse Brown, and the Marines they...