Steve McQueen: A Tribute To The King Of Cool

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ISBN 13: 9781854432407
Published: 2010
Pages: 384
Dimensions: 230x300mm
Illustrations: Hard Bound, Colour and b/w ill



Steve McQueen: A Tribute to the King of Cool is the story of McQueen's incredible 50-year sojourn from troubled youth to movie icon beloved by millions worldwide.

His life read like a Hollywood screenplay: a Midwesterner from the wrong side of the tracks whose formative years were marked by dysfunctional behaviour, petty crimes and a stint in reform school. He bounced from job to job as a teenager and after a three-year term in the Marines, McQueen stumbled into acting. He eventually became the biggest movie star of The Beatles generation.

McQueen was cinema's greatest anti-hero while remaining a box-office champion at the same time. His macho swagger, rugged animal magnetism and vulnerability solidified his leading man status throughout the sixties and seventies in blockbusters such as The Great Escape, The Sand Pebbles, Bullitt, The Getaway, Papillon and The Towering Inferno. More than three decades after his death, his timeless look and utterly cool persona is the prototype for today's action movie star.

Off screen, McQueen was perhaps even more intriguing than the characters he played on celluloid. He was an expert motorcyclist and race-car driver, a licensed pilot, and a skillful martial artist. He was anti-establishment, a true rebel, a man's man, a lady's man and the original bad-boy.

Through this 360-degree perspective told in photo and passage form by family, friends, biker buddies, actors, directors, producers, business associates, acquaintances and fans from around the globe, you'll gain a deeper understanding of the man and get a little closer to the utterly charismatic, much loved and much missed 20th Century icon who was Steve McQueen.

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Collector Cars of Australia

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Stock Code: B14971B Publisher Code: 9781741109603 ISBN 13: 9781741109603 Published: 2010 Pages: 320 Dimensions: 234x285mm Illustrations: Hard Bound, Colour Ill Click to enlarge Collector Cars of Australia - Book Description This rare collection shows the variety of cars in Australia across all makes — from Dodge to Rolls-Royce, Rover to Chevrolet, Toyota to Ford and of course General Motors' Holden. Organised into periods, the book is a showcase of car manufacturers. From the Veteran and Edwardian era, to Vintage Cars of 1919-1930, Classic Cars of 1931-1945 and the Post-Classic Cars of 1946-1960s, the book is packed with pictures of more than 1,100 vehicles, many of which have been carefully restored to their original glory. Respected photographer Ken Stepnell spent several years capturing these golden oldies, travelling across the country to automobile clubs and fairs. More than 300 pages display the glory of Australia’s collector cars with many photographs never before seen.

Shunt: The Story of James Hunt

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Stock Code: B14972B Publisher Code: 978095656500 ISBN 13: 978095656500 Published: 2010 Pages: 602 Dimensions: 160x240mm Illustrations: Hard Cover, Colour ill Click to enlarge Description James Hunt is remembered more for his girlfriends and wild personal exploits than for his skills in a race car. But the excesses of his glamorous life cannot hide the fact that he was, in many people's opinion, the fastest driver on the Formula One circuits in the 1970s. In an era dominated by the likes of Emerson Fittipaldi, Niki Lauda and Ronnie Peterson, Hunt stood out in terms of raw speed and his seemingly effortless ability to plant a Formula One car on pole position. In this first full and comprehensive account of the life of James Hunt, the author and his researchers have examined every detail of the driver's life - from his very earliest days to the last hours of his existence - as well as the lives of the people he left behind. It is a story many have tried to tell - but never in such a complete way.This is that story. An icon of the 1970s ...the story of a life Chapter 1 Death: the unexpected -1993 Chapter 2. Early Life – 1947-1965 Chapter 3 Metamorphis: doctor to driver –1965-1967 Chapter 4 Mini Racer –1967 Chapter 5 Into Formula Ford –1968-1969 Chapter 6 The first big accident –1968 Chapter 7 The Vallelunga Incident Chapter 8 Fateful meeting with John Hogan – 1970 Chapter 9 The Formula 3 years – 1969-1972 Chapter 10 Flattening Dave Morgan and the shunts Chapter 11 Character building and the lack of a 'Plan B' Chapter 12 The Turning Point: meeting Bubbles and Alexander – 1971 Chapter 13 Formula 2 proves the springboard to Fl –1972-1973 Chapter 14 Formula One finally beckons – 1973 Chapter 15 Established in Formula One -1974 Chapter 16 Spain and tax exile – 1974 Chapter 17 Marriage to Suzy and Richard Burton to the rescue Chapter 18 The First Win – 1975 Chapter 19 Nearly down and out of Formula One – 1975 Chapter 20 The Championship Year – 1976 Chapter 21 Fiasco at Brands Hatch – 1976 Chapter 22 Near-Death Experience: Niki Lauda Chapter 23 Showdown in Japan Chapter 24 Reigning World Champion –1976- 1977 Chapter 25 Girls, Girls, Girls then Jane – 1975-1977 Chapter 26 A desperately disappointing title defence –1977 Chapter 27 A fear of death hold Chapter 28 The end of the road with McLaren – 1978 Chapter 29 The death of Ronnie Peterson –1978 Chapter 30 --Sudden retirement and gone –1979 Chapter 31 The return to Britain – 1980 Chapter 32 Disaster on the ski slopes – 982 Chapter 33 Fleetwood Mac, the BBC and all that –1980 Chapter 34 Meeting Sarah and wedding number two – 1982 Chapter 35 Family Life: Freddie and Tom and . . . the budgerigars Chapter 36 Black dog and his lost decade Chapter 37 Separation from Sarah and financial disaster Chapter 38 Helen's arrival sparks a personal revival – 1990-1993 Chapter 39 Premature goodbye to a great champion –1994 Chapter 40 Life after James

Mark Webber: Two Steps Forward - A Formula One Pictorial History

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Stock Code: B14983B Publisher Code: WEBB ISBN 13: 9780980524857 Published: 2010 Pages: 170 Dimensions: 290x210mm Illustrations: Soft Bound, colour ill Description Mark Webber is one of the "unsung" international stars of Australian sport. To get to the very top level of world motorsport without family wealth or substantial corporate support or contacts is a massive achievement. To get there was one thing; to make his mark on Formula 1 has been another. Mark is an individual who remains completely grounded, and a typical Aussie, despite the rarified air and occasionally bizarre bubble that F1 drivers live in.

Peter Brock: Road to Glory

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Stock Code: B14981B Publisher Code: 9781742371306 ISBN 13: 9781742371306 Published: 2010 Pages: 212 Click to enlarge A dramatic look at Peter Brock's life - in particular the period which fashioned his character, created the legend and made him a household name in Australia - as told by people who knew him from the start.   Description Long regarded as one of the best touring car racers in the world Peter Brock was a legend in Australian sporting lore. Much has been written about him but like many famous people his early life has never been accurately documented. Writer, Colin Fulton, with help from the Brock family and many people who knew Peter in his early days have chronicled the racer's early life; from his childhood to his first victory in The Great Race in 1972. Peter was sometimes a controversial figure and this book reveals little known facts about his life in the army as a National Serviceman, the failure of his first marriage and the gestation of the famous A30 racer which launched his career. All the central figures in his story are here: his brothers and key family members, the legendary head of the Holden Dealer Team, Harry Firth; his Chief Mechanic and friend for many years, Ian Tate; fellow racer and HDT team member, Colin Bond; the man who actually instigated the Holden Dealer Team, Peter Lewis-Williams, childhood and school friends, plus many more. Both photographer, Terry Russell, and writer, Colin Fulton, knew Peter in his youth and their work reveals much about his childhood and teenage years. Colin Fulton was a journalist and as a racing driver and long time friend of Peter Brock has used his knowledge to write a vivid and accurate portrayal of this unique Australian legend's Road to Glory. Most of Terry Russell's photographs are published here for the first time.

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Veloce Publishing - Automotive stuff: TOP GEAR'S STIG REVEALED AS BEN COLLINS

TOP GEAR'S STIG REVEALED AS BEN COLLINS

The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig.


The High Court in London refused to grant the BBC an injunction blocking the publication by HarperCollins of an autobiography of former Formula Three driver Ben Collins.

The book, called The Man In The White Suit, claims Mr Collins is the mystery driver on the BBC Two show.

The Stig is famous for his racing overalls and dark-visored helmet. His identity has long been a closely-guarded secret on Top Gear - one of the BBC's most popular shows in the UK and around the world.

Last week, HarperCollins said it would "vigorously defend" its right to publish the book, adding it was "disappointed that the BBC has chosen to spend licence fee payers' money to suppress this book".

However Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman attacked the publisher, writing on the Top Gear website that the BBC had a right to protect Stig's anonymity "from a bunch of chancers" who were "hoping to cash in on it".

Source: BBC