Name: The Story Of The Car | Giles Chapman
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The Impossible Collection of Cars | Dan Neil

"The car has become...an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete." - Marshall McLuhanIt is the dream of many to own the world's most beautifully designed automobiles, but most often only a handful of collectors ever come close. Now, The Impossible Collection of Cars makes that dream come true, showcasing the one hundred most exceptional cars of the twentieth century in ASSOULINE's third volume in the Impossible Collection series. Each luxury automobile-from the 1909 Blitzen Benz to a 1996 McLaren F1-was chosen for its revolutionary engineering, magnificent lines, and head-turning capabilities. Assouline is pleased to announce this exquisite tome, which features cars owned by celebrities like Marlene Dietrich, Ralph Lauren, Greta Garbo, Pablo Picasso, and Elvis Presley. This Impossible Collection volume is presented on cotton paper in a beautiful black rubber clamshell box with a cutout metal plate.Dan Neil is a Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive columnis…

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The Car Book

Strap yourself in for an unforgettable ride through motoring history!From the earliest "horseless carriage" to the modern supercar, this lavishly illustrated history of the automobile is packed with everything you need to know about classic cars through the ages. Filled with stunning photography, and featuring more than 2,000 models, Car shows you how cars have evolved around the world over the last 130 years, and their impact on society as objects of curiosity, status symbols, and items of necessity.Journey back into automotive history and you will find: -In-depth profiles highlighting the most important cars of each period -Virtual photographic tours of some of the most iconic cars from the Ferrari F40 to the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost -A decade-by-decade history told in stunning visual detail-Illustrated feature spreads detailing the evolution of legendary brands from Aston Martin, to Porsche and Cadillac-A timeline of the milestone developments in car manufacturing and technologySee …

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Iconic Art Design Advertising & The Automobile | Miles S. Nadal

A Ford GT with a custom Gulf Oil paint job, an Aston Martin DB5, Jacques Villeneuve's Reynard Formula Ford, Jaguar E-Types, Mercedes-Benz 300 SL's, and a 2015 Porsche 918m. These are only a few of the fabulous cars featured in Miles S. Nadal's awe-inspiring Dare to Dream Automotive Museum. With this remarkable group - still only a part of his overall collection - Miles has acquired some of the most celebrated automobiles of the past century. They are carefully curated for their significance, relevance, and, most of all, for their iconic essence. Each vehicle is accompanied by an authoritative history prepared by award-winning author Ken Gross matching with photographs by acclaimed photographer Michael Furman. Every car is brought to life to the point where readers feel as the...y are walking through the museum.Iconic: Art, Design, Advertising, and the Automobile not only features Miles' collection, but also explores what it truly means to be an icon. Interviews with renowned automotive…

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Ultimate Collector Cars | Charlotte & Peter Fiell

DreamwheelingThe stories behind 100 of the world's most coveted automobilesFrom the adrenaline-filled 24 Hours of Le Mans to the legendary Goodwood Festival of Speed, Lake Como's famed Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este to the premier Monterey Car Week, the collector car calendar and market has shown one of the most extraordinary growth trajectories of recent years. As thousands flock to specialized meet ups, rallies, auctions, and Concours d'Elegance around the globe, asking prices for the rarest motors have revved higher and higher. So much so, that the value of the 100 cars included in this book exceeds a staggering $ 1 billion.For the seasoned car collector or the awestruck newcomer, this double-volume is the unrivaled collector car anthology. Curating 100 of the most exquisite, remarkable, and desirable cars of all time to tell a spellbinding story of automotive design-and-engineering endeavor in the tireless pursuit of ever-greater performance both on and off the track, from the fi…

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Killers Of The Flower Moon - Oil - Money - Murder And The Birth Of The Fbi | David Grann

WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIMESHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION**SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND ROBERT DE NIRO**'A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice' JON KRAKAUER'A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evil' KATE ATKINSON'A fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West' JOHN GRISHAM From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller, Robert Pattinson and Tom Holland, and the Number One international bestseller The Wager, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI's first major homicide investigations. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath t…

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LEGO Speed Champions Lamborghini Countach 76908

Kids and car enthusiasts now have the chance to explore one of the world's most iconic sports cars with the LEGO® Speed Champions Lamborghini Countach (76908) building set. Stunning from every angle, this detailed replica model delivers an engaging building experience, is perfect for display and awesome for epic racing action.Digital building instructionsThis collectible toy car includes printed and digital building instructions. Available in the free LEGO Building Instructions app for smartphones and tablets, the interactive digital guide comes with amazing zoom and rotate tools that allow you to visualize this model from all angles as you build.Celebrating iconic engineering and designLEGO Speed Champions building sets deliver buildable versions of the world's leading and best-known vehicles. Designed for kids and automobile fans of all ages, the authentically detailed models are also great for thrilling race action against other toy vehicles from the Speed Champions range.LEGO® recr…

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Influence Empire The Story of Tecent & Chinas Tech Ambition | Lulu Chen

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022*'A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government' - Guardian'Influence Empire by Lulu Yilun Chen is so much more than the long-awaited story of Tencent and its vital everything app, WeChat, the messaging tool used by 1.3 billion people. It's also the sobering account of an entire generation of high-flying Chinese tech entrepreneurs, whose wings were clipped by the omnipotent hand of their own government.' -- Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound and The Everything StoreORDER NOW: the first definitive look at Tencent, one of the world's largest tech companies. __________In 2017, a company known as Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft.Yet to many of the two billion-pl…

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Influence Empire The Story of Tecent & Chinas Tech Ambition | Lulu Chen

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK 2022*'A fascinating study of the tech giant and its symbiotic relationship with the Chinese government' - Guardian'Influence Empire by Lulu Yilun Chen is so much more than the long-awaited story of Tencent and its vital everything app, WeChat, the messaging tool used by 1.3 billion people. It's also the sobering account of an entire generation of high-flying Chinese tech entrepreneurs, whose wings were clipped by the omnipotent hand of their own government.' -- Brad Stone, author of Amazon Unbound and The Everything StoreORDER NOW: the first definitive look at Tencent, one of the world's largest tech companies. __________In 2017, a company known as Tencent overtook Facebook to become the world's fifth largest company. It was a watershed moment, a wake-up call for those in the West accustomed to regarding the global tech industry through the prism of Silicon Valley: Facebook, Google, Apple and Microsoft.Yet to many of the two billion-pl…

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Man & His Car | Matt Hranek

In the same format as A Man & His Watch, A Man & His Car is a celebration of cars and stories that speak to the heart of men's obsession with them.Celebrate That Special Bond Between Men and Cars, and the Stories That Connect ThemDiscover actor and director Ed Burns talking about his 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, a model he'd been dreaming about since his days pumping gas. NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal, whose favourite cars are trucks-he loves the wow factor of an International CV Series 6.6. Or Jay Leno on his 1955 Buick Roadmaster, big enough for him to sleep in while trying to make it as a comic.Filled with stunning photographs of the whole cars and of the exquisite details that make car lovers' hearts beat just a little faster, as well as more than 80 personal stories, it's a joy for every reader who knows that a car is never just a car.

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Mclaren: The Road Cars 2010-2024 | Kyle Fortune

The definitive illustrated history of the exotic sports cars and supercars of McLaren Automotive.When the McLaren Formula 1 team set up McLaren Cars and launched the revolutionary, iconic F1 road car in 1992, it turned the supercar world upside down. McLaren wouldn't make another road car itself until it formed McLaren Automotive in 2010. It was set up with the vision not just to rival the established companies in the sports and supercar marketplace, but to disrupt and to constantly innovate in its pursuit of performance.Readers will learn the following:. Upstart company McLaren Automotive applied Formula 1 engineering expertise, innovation, and radical thinking to create cars that quickly became benchmarks for performance, ride, and handling against long-established supercar manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Porsche. Unparalleled insight from the designers, engineers, aerodynamicists, and test drivers who create McLaren Automotive's cars, with modern, independent insight…

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