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Top Gear: My Dad Had One of Those
by Giles Chapman Richard PorterGood old Dad and his good old Dad's car. As solid and dependable as the man himself, if a little less balding, Dad's car was almost a member of the family, whisking you to exciting days out, or just to visit boring relatives in distant parts of the country to the chant of 'are we nearly there yet?' Like the man behind the wheel, Dad's car made you feel safe and secure, because it was as reassuring and sensible as he was. Maybe in an idle moment Dad dreamt of driving something rakish and fast, just like in idle moments he dreamt that your Mum was Twiggy, but the demands of family life meant soft tops, hard suspension and anything even remotely sporty were off the cards. Even anything less than four doors would have been wildly hedonistic. But although the family car may not have been the very essence of rock 'n' roll, Dad was proud of it. Spanning the 1950s to the '80s, this is a celebration of the heyday of the Dad car. From much loved family workhorses like the Ford Cortina and Vauxhall Viva to the rakish excitement and playground kudos of the Rover 3500 and Citroen CX, all the great Dad cars are here. Reflecting a time before people carriers and lifestyle off roaders, when the nearest thing to an airbag was hiding behind your fat brother, this is a celebration of simple, honest cars that were as flawed and as loveable as your Dad himself.
Top Gear: Motor Mania
by Ivan Berg Nik BergDid you know that Jasons and Tracies crash more cars than Jacquelines and Damons? Or that a boomerang can be used to repair a knackered clutch? Have you ever wanted to visit a naked car show, wondered what it's like to drive on the world's most dangerous road, or receive the world's most expensive speeding ticket?Want to read about flying cars, amphibious cars, or atomic cars? What about the Accord that can actually strike a chord, or the love car park? Dip inside to find all these plus stacks of other stuff, including cars in films, cars on TV, cars in songs - even cars as coffins.Top Gear: Motor Mania is a car book like no other. It's full of the strangest stories, fascinating facts and spectacular stats - a must for any car nut.
Top Gear: Daft Cars
by Matt MasterFrom flying cars to amphibious vehicles, solar-powered saloons to rockets on wheels, these are over 50 of the most wacky cars ever devised. Fancy a car that drives sideways? Try the Jeep Hurricane. Or maybe a car in which the windows change colour according to your mood for a more serene and health-giving driving experience? That'll be the Toyota RiN. And if you like a flutter, you'll need the Chrysler Town and Country Black Jack, which contains a mini onboard casino.Some concept cars are designed to demonstrate alternative materials and energy sources, or to showcase the gadgets of the future, or even cater for specific lifestyles or groups of people. Many don't even get beyond the prototype stage - for reasons of cost or practicality, or, in the case of the nuclear-powered Ford Nucleon of 1958, the danger of causing a small atomic explosion. Featuring everything from practical experiments such as the hatchback fire engine, and ideas that have managed to make it into production, to stunning yet impractical supercar concepts, this book both celebrates and cringes at some of motoring's most daft - and even idiotic - ideas.
Top Gear's Midlife Crisis Cars
by Matt MasterFollowing up on Crap Cars and My Dad Had One of Those, Top Gear celebrates the midlife crisis with the definitive collection of the flashest, fastest, most impractical cars ever to be found in the driveways of otherwise perfectly sensible men.Drawing on the high level of expertise in this area, Top Gear explores the phenomenon of motoring and the midlife crisis, identifying over 50 classics of the genre across four desperate decades. From Ford Capri to Ferrari Testarossa, it celebrates the flashest, fastest and most ridiculous attempts to cover a bald spot, meanwhile offering a profound insight into the complex psychology of a middle-aged man and his quest for eternal youth.Top Gear's Midlife Crisis Cars both rejoices and recoils at the time-honoured tradition of flushing the children's inheritance on something you're too arthritic to get into in the first place.
Top Gear Ultimate Supercars
by Jason BarlowGuaranteed to rev the engines of car fans everywhere.Supercars are the purest and most extreme expression of automotive performance there is - and no one knows the territory better than the TopGear team. With ever-increasing power outputs, radical new designs, and eye-popping price tags, this book is a celebration of the supercar in all its fabulous glory. Supercars also brings this incredibly fast-moving, hi-octane world bang up to date. The world's best writers and photographers explore the latest developments in thrilling style - from the new generation of pure-electric cars that have raised the bar for zero emissions performance, to the crazy machines hell-bent on breaking the 300mph barrier ... this is TopGear Supercars. Buckle up. Are you ready?
Top Gear Nought to Sixty: The Greatest Moments From (Probably) The Greatest Motoring Show In The World…
by Top GearUnleash the adrenaline-fueled chaos of Top Gear with Top Gear Nought to Sixty – a collection of the 60 maddest motoring moments from every era of probably the greatest motoring programme of all time.From epic challenges like homemade stretch limos, bungee jumping a Rover 114 and destroying a Toyota Hilux to all of the legendary road trips, from Botswana and Vietnam to Bolivia and Nepal.This is a loving tribute to every era of Top Gear, where speed, power, and sheer audacity collide in a spectacular showcase of motoring madness.Featuring all your favourite presenters, road trips, challenges and choice insults as well as features on everything from racing legends and sleek supercars to space shuttles and old bangers, this epic collection is a must-have for any discerning petrolhead.
Top Gear Hypercars: The Greatest Automotive Gamechangers
by Jason BarlowNewer, faster and more spectacular than ever, join the Top Gear team as they get to grips with the latest and most innovative Hypercars.Top Gear Hypercars uncovers the 15 latest and greatest Hypercars, each pushing design and automotive technology to the limit.Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ferrari, Koenigsegg, Lamborghini and Red Bull are reconfiguring the Hypercar landscape, all featured in this lavishly illustrated book, complete with technical cross-sections, vital stats, driving reports and insider access to the people who make these incredible machines.With a foreword from racing legend Horacio Pagani, this book answers the question: exactly what makes a Hypercar ‘Hyper’?
Top Five Regrets of the Dying: A Life Transformed by the Dearly Departing
by Bronnie WareRevised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide with translations in 29 languages.After too many years of unfulfilling work, Bronnie Ware began searching for a job with heart. Despite having no formal qualifications or previous experience in the field, she found herself working in palliative care. During the time she spent tending to those who were dying, Bronnie's life was transformed. Later, she wrote an Internet blog post, outlining the most common regrets that the people she had cared for had expressed. The post gained so much momentum that it was viewed by more than three million readers worldwide in its first year. At the request of many, Bronnie subsequently wrote a book, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, to share her story.Bronnie has had a colourful and diverse life. By applying the lessons of those nearing their death to her own life, she developed an understanding that it is possible for everyone, if we make the right choices, to die with peace of mind.In this revised edition of the best-selling memoir that has been read by over a million people worldwide, with translations in 29 languages, Bronnie expresses how significant these regrets are and how we can positively address these issues while we still have the time. The Top Five Regrets of the Dying gives hope for a better world. It is a courageous, life-changing book that will leave you feeling more compassionate and inspired to live the life you are truly here to live.
Top Farming Girl’s Silly Husband: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Xi ZiOnce transmigrated to the ancient era, he became an unloved and unloved little pawn. He sold her a few taels of silver to be a fool's wife.If it's raining, then so be it. It's better to protect her and love her than to let those black-hearted people take care of her.Ye Zichen rolled up his sleeves and started to get rich. It wasn't easy for him to live a fulfilling life, how could this fool not be stupid …
Top Farming Girl’s Silly Husband: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Xi ZiOnce transmigrated to the ancient era, he became an unloved and unloved little pawn. He sold her a few taels of silver to be a fool's wife.If it's raining, then so be it. It's better to protect her and love her than to let those black-hearted people take care of her.Ye Zichen rolled up his sleeves and started to get rich. It wasn't easy for him to live a fulfilling life, how could this fool not be stupid …
Top Farming Girl’s Silly Husband: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Xi ZiOnce transmigrated to the ancient era, he became an unloved and unloved little pawn. He sold her a few taels of silver to be a fool's wife.If it's raining, then so be it. It's better to protect her and love her than to let those black-hearted people take care of her.Ye Zichen rolled up his sleeves and started to get rich. It wasn't easy for him to live a fulfilling life, how could this fool not be stupid …
Top Farming Girl’s Silly Husband: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Xi ZiOnce transmigrated to the ancient era, he became an unloved and unloved little pawn. He sold her a few taels of silver to be a fool's wife.If it's raining, then so be it. It's better to protect her and love her than to let those black-hearted people take care of her.Ye Zichen rolled up his sleeves and started to get rich. It wasn't easy for him to live a fulfilling life, how could this fool not be stupid …
Top Farming Girl’s Silly Husband: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Xi ZiOnce transmigrated to the ancient era, he became an unloved and unloved little pawn. He sold her a few taels of silver to be a fool's wife.If it's raining, then so be it. It's better to protect her and love her than to let those black-hearted people take care of her.Ye Zichen rolled up his sleeves and started to get rich. It wasn't easy for him to live a fulfilling life, how could this fool not be stupid …
Top End Girl
by Miranda TapsellA deadly memoir about being bold, black and brave in work, life and love'Sharing my story is important ... I think it is true that you don't aspire to be what you cannot see. I would like this book to show you that you can push yourself to do things you never dreamed you would do.'As a young Larrakia Tiwi girl Miranda Tapsell often felt like an outsider. Growing up, she looked for faces like hers on our screens. There weren't many. And too often there was a negative narrative around First Nation lives, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women especially. As she got older, Miranda stopped expecting others would help change things and set about doing something herself. Combining her pride in her Aboriginality and passion for romantic comedies with her love of Darwin, the Tiwi Islands and the Top End, Miranda co-wrote, produced and starred in the box office hit Top End Wedding.In this engaging memoir, Miranda shares the path she took to acting and how her role in The Sapphires and then in Love Child inspired her to create a film about coming back to family and culture. And, it would turn out, that as she was writing her romantic lead she was also conjuring up some magic that saw a real-life love ignite. This deadly, ballad-loving rom-com nerd also asks us all to open our minds and our hearts to the importance of country and culture, In doing so, Miranda shows us how we will all be richer for it.Funny, wise and thought-provoking, Top End Girl will have you at hello.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 9 (Volume 9 #9)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 8 (Volume 8 #8)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 7 (Volume 7 #7)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 6 (Volume 6 #6)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 5 (Volume 5 #5)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 4 (Volume 4 #4)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Xiao QianThe great Dao was invisible, the great Dao merciless.This young man, Chu Yan, had a heart of innocence. For the sake of this dream, he would destroy all mountains and rivers, destroy 3000 worlds, and finally become a Celestial Emperor.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 29 (Volume 29 #29)
by Xiao QianChu Yan was born to be the pride of heaven, but for the time being he could only be a wasteful man. He needed to wait for an opportunity to open his magic body.He went to see his fiancee as a waste, but he did not expect that his father-in-law was a man of faith and promise, in order to repay, promised to marry his daughter to him. It was a pity that this girl already had a sweetheart. What she didn't know was that the person she missed day and night was standing in front of her right now.☆About the Author☆Xiao Qian, an outstanding online novelist, has authored many novels. Her representative works include "Top Emperor of Martial Arts" and "Unparalleled Evil Monarch". Her novels have received high marks, and her ups and downs plot Attracted a lot of readers.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 28 (Volume 28 #28)
by Xiao QianChu Yan was born to be the pride of heaven, but for the time being he could only be a wasteful man. He needed to wait for an opportunity to open his magic body.He went to see his fiancee as a waste, but he did not expect that his father-in-law was a man of faith and promise, in order to repay, promised to marry his daughter to him. It was a pity that this girl already had a sweetheart. What she didn't know was that the person she missed day and night was standing in front of her right now.☆About the Author☆Xiao Qian, an outstanding online novelist, has authored many novels. Her representative works include "Top Emperor of Martial Arts" and "Unparalleled Evil Monarch". Her novels have received high marks, and her ups and downs plot Attracted a lot of readers.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 27 (Volume 27 #27)
by Xiao QianChu Yan was born to be the pride of heaven, but for the time being he could only be a wasteful man. He needed to wait for an opportunity to open his magic body.He went to see his fiancee as a waste, but he did not expect that his father-in-law was a man of faith and promise, in order to repay, promised to marry his daughter to him. It was a pity that this girl already had a sweetheart. What she didn't know was that the person she missed day and night was standing in front of her right now.☆About the Author☆Xiao Qian, an outstanding online novelist, has authored many novels. Her representative works include "Top Emperor of Martial Arts" and "Unparalleled Evil Monarch". Her novels have received high marks, and her ups and downs plot Attracted a lot of readers.
Top Emperor of Martial Arts: Volume 26 (Volume 26 #26)
by Xiao QianChu Yan was born to be the pride of heaven, but for the time being he could only be a wasteful man. He needed to wait for an opportunity to open his magic body.He went to see his fiancee as a waste, but he did not expect that his father-in-law was a man of faith and promise, in order to repay, promised to marry his daughter to him. It was a pity that this girl already had a sweetheart. What she didn't know was that the person she missed day and night was standing in front of her right now.☆About the Author☆Xiao Qian, an outstanding online novelist, has authored many novels. Her representative works include "Top Emperor of Martial Arts" and "Unparalleled Evil Monarch". Her novels have received high marks, and her ups and downs plot Attracted a lot of readers.