Author: Dan SpencerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781401002718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Four Wheels Good
Author: Dan SpencerPublisher:
ISBN: 9781401002718
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Flying on Four Wheels
Author: Dennis OrtenburgerPublisher:
ISBN: 9780850597707
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 217
Book Description
Four Wheels to Freedom
Author: Victor LerchPublisher:
ISBN: 9780979888717
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
As a young boy, the author reveled in the fantastic tales he heard of his grandparents' exploits resisting the Nazis. As an adult, he spent 10 years searching out their story, and in the process, he discovered a framework by which to live his own life.
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Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Singapore's leading tech magazine gives its readers the power to decide with its informative articles and in-depth reviews.
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Author: Two Wheels Good
Author: Jody RosenPublisher: Crown
ISBN: 0804141517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417
Book Description
A panoramic revisionist portrait of the nineteenth-century invention that is transforming the twenty-first-century world “Excellent . . . calls to mind Bill Bryson, John McPhee, Rebecca Solnit.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker The bicycle is a vestige of the Victorian era, seemingly at odds with our age of smartphones and ride-sharing apps and driverless cars. Yet we live on a bicycle planet. Across the world, more people travel by bicycle than any other form of transportation. Almost anyone can learn to ride a bike—and nearly everyone does. In Two Wheels Good, journalist and critic Jody Rosen reshapes our understanding of this ubiquitous machine, an ever-present force in humanity’s life and dream life—and a flash point in culture wars—for more than two hundred years. Combining history, reportage, travelogue, and memoir, Rosen’s book sweeps across centuries and around the globe, unfolding the bicycle’s saga from its invention in 1817 to its present-day renaissance as a “green machine,” an emblem of sustainability in a world afflicted by pandemic and climate change. Readers meet unforgettable characters: feminist rebels who steered bikes to the barricades in the 1890s, a prospector who pedaled across the frozen Yukon to join the Klondike gold rush, a Bhutanese king who races mountain bikes in the Himalayas, a cycle-rickshaw driver who navigates the seething streets of the world’s fastest-growing megacity, astronauts who ride a floating bicycle in zero gravity aboard the International Space Station. Two Wheels Good examines the bicycle’s past and peers into its future, challenging myths and clichés while uncovering cycling’s connection to colonial conquest and the gentrification of cities. But the book is also a love letter: a reflection on the sensual and spiritual pleasures of bike riding and an ode to an engineering marvel—a wondrous vehicle whose passenger is also its engine.
Mobilities and Health
Author: Anthony C. GatrellPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317095235
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Looking at health and health care in a new way, this book examines health risks and benefits as encountered 'on the move' rather than focusing on the risks and benefits incurred at fixed locations. The provision and utilization of health care is also investigated, as produced/delivered and consumed/accessed in mobile settings. Engaging with the contemporary concern with 'mobilities' this book covers many forms of movement and flow, including movements of people, disease, information and health care. The issues and problems which are considered - whether re-emerging infections, displaced persons, or the 'risks' of globalised travel - are of current and ongoing concern. Drawing on three main disciplines, geography, sociology, and epidemiology, author Tony Gatrell makes strong connections between these areas of inquiry, drawing on (for example) social theorising, geographical concepts, and epidemiological methods and data. The book will be of interest to the growing number of geographers working on the geography of health, along with social scientists involved in the mobilities 'turn'. More broadly, as issues of global public health that invariably involve the movements of people, goods, viruses and information continue to hit the headlines, the book is both timely and of policy relevance.
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Author: Charlie Beers, IIIPublisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1499054602
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 73
Book Description
“You can’t handle the truth” rang through America’s collective conscience in 1992; that sentiment has always been the way the people are treated by governments. Citizens are thankfully blind to what goes on behind the scenes because knowing would promote mass hysteria. This was driven home on April 19, 1995 and September 11, 2001. Freedom is not free, blood will always be spilled, and we, the people, will remain ignorant of how close and how often this amazing country comes to annihilation from threats foreign and domestic. A few souls, working in the shadows, prevent terrorists from turning us into a nation of paranoia by hunting down these purveyors of hate. Is it murder or extermination of vermin? Are citizens entitled to know how they are protected at a cost to national security? You are “The People”. You decide.
The Four-Wheeler's Bible
Author: Jim AllenPublisher: Motorbooks
ISBN: 0760368066
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
If you have a hankering for the sand and mud, this thoroughly updated edition of The Four-Wheeler's Bible is your ultimate resource for overland adventures, both close to home and farther afield. Whether you are a seasoned veteran or a four-wheeling novice, you will find the information you need to maximize your enjoyment of your next off-road excursion. Author and four-wheeling experts Jim Allen and James Weber begin with a primer on emergency preparedness before combing through all considerations you should take aboard, from trail etiquette to the latest technologies. Allen and Weber explain the concepts of four-wheel-drive systems in easy-to-understand terms and go on to suggest modifications to make off-road rigs more capable, comfortable, and dependable for intended application. This third edition is completely redesigned and updated to offer explanations of the latest electronic GPS and communications gadgetry, advice and techniques for planning and negotiating overland routes, and updates for new off-road vehicles that will help you get the most from your four-wheeling experience. With you machine up to snuff, you will be ready to hit the trails. Allen and Weber demonstrate the correct way to handle countless common off-road situations. And because everyone makes a mistake eventually, they also show how to get out of a variety of sticky situations. There’s more to the four-wheeling experience than modifying and driving a vehicle, and the authors leave no rock unturned, ensuring that you are equipped to handle nearly any trip, no matter how far into the wilderness you choose to venture. The Four Wheeler’s Bible is an indispensable piece of gear if you're planning to hit the trails!
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