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  • MG Century

    100 Years—Safety Fast!

    by David Knowles ...
    Celebrate and explore 100 years of MG cars with this impressive volume featuring expert commentary, historical images, period ads, and contemporary photography.For many car enthusiasts, MG is synonymous with “sports car.” It is often credited with igniting a passion for European cars in postwar America at a time when roads were otherwise filled with the lumbering output of Detroit. In MG’s native ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • MGB - The superlative MG

    Including MGC and MGB V8

    by David Knowles ...
    The MGB was a great British success story, a product largely conceived, designed and produced by a small team of dedicated people who genuinely cared about their work. Of course, the MGB came from a proud, successful sports car tradition, and the model it replaced - the revolutionary aerodynamic MGA - had been an unprecedented success - so the new car had big shoes to fill. Launching in 1962 and ... Read more

    $48.79 USD

  • Bully Glares at Anti-Bully

    The story of morality

    by David Knowles ...
    This is a thought-provoking life-enhancing book addressed to ordinary men and women in the 21st century, which helps resolve a broad spectrum of moral dilemmas. The the presentation of familiar dialogues, and a realistic yet poetic narrative, the author introduces a discussion of the greatest ethical issues of our age. His core thesis is explored through the Bully/Anti-Bully principle in reaching ... Read more

    $6.72 USD

  • MGA

    The Revolutionary MG

    by David Knowles ...
    The MGA truly marked a revolution in MG sports car design, with its appearance quite unlike any previous production car from the celebrated British marque. Entering production in the summer of 1955, it broke with the time-honoured tradition of narrow-gutted, flat-sides, upright styling, with the distinctive large grille, exposed headlamps, separate wings and sharply cut-off tail that had serviced ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

  • Loyalty and Disloyalty

    the history of morality

    by David Knowles ...
    Imagine yourself transported to live with an early human hunter-gatherer group of 100 or so individuals, back about 250,000 years ago. Think of them as similar to one of the few forager societies still in existence today. As a basis for this exercise, it will do for now. Can you see any reason why human actions and emotional reactions to those around them in the group were likely to be ... Read more

    $9.44 USD

  • MG V8

    by David Knowles ...
    MG V8 tells in unprecedented detail the stories of some of the most powerful and exciting cars ever to wear the evocative MG octagon badge. Topics covered include: The story of each MG V8 model, from concept to development and production; Detailed information tables of notable cars and their chassis numbers for each model, plus special editions and colour charts; Interviews with the original MG V8 ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Triumph TR6

    The Complete Story

    by David Knowles ...
    This book tells the life story of the much-loved Triumph TR6 in unprecedented detail, bringing to life the genesis and magnificent history of one of the most-loved British sports cars of its era. Covering the design, development and manufacture of the car as well as its motorsport history, it shows how this last bastion of traditional British sports car motoring went against the grain of troubled ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

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  • Cops and Robbers

    The Story of the British Police Car

    by Ant Anstead ...
    TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone’s horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking.The British Police Force’s relationship with the car started by chasing after pioneer speeding motorists on bicycles. As speed ... Read more

    $6.49 USD

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  • Brick by Brick

    The Biography of the Man Who Really Made the Mini - Leonard Lord

    by Martyn Nutland ...
    The myth that Alec Issigonis conceived the Mini is just one whisp of the smoke screen that obscures the untold story of post-War Britains greatest industrialist. This is more than a motoring story. You will find commentary on life in the first half of the 20th century as you explore the drama of one mans determination to overcome adversity. Someone who shot from the hip as no other tycoon. This is ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Triumph TR

    From Beginning to End

    by Kevin Warrington ...
    Beginning with the arrival of the company founder from Germany, this book tells the story of the early years, the rescue of the brand name by the Standard Motor Company following the Second World War and the inspired idea to use the Triumph name on a new sports car - the TR. The Triumph TR cars were built on a minimal budget yet would go on to achieve significant success in motor sport and ... Read more

    $27.09 USD

  • British Sports Cars of the 1950s and ’60s

    by Mr James Taylor ...
    Series Book 801 - Shire Library
    E-type Jaguar; Triumph Spitfire; MGA; Austin-Healey – nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and '60s.There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork and spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a throaty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, and it was affordable by the average young man – at least, until ... Read more

    $9.39 USD

  • Classic British Motorcycles

    by Colin Jackson ...
    In the modern era, mass-produced motorcycles tend to be Japanese or Italian, with the big four oriental manufacturers dominating the market. However, this wasn t always the case. Until the 1950s, and even into the 60s, British makers such as Scott, Rudge, BSA, Norton and Vincent ruled the roost. These legendary companies sold their bikes around the world, winning racing championships and setting ... Read more

    $6.81 USD