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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Extraordinary Automobiles by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport
This is a nostalgic look at the world's best-loved and most significant automobiles. You can drive down memory lane with this celebration of 150 of the world's greatest cars, from the weird and wonderful to the largest, fastest and most infamous. From 0 to 150 take a journey through the first steam-powe ...Show more
The Jaguar Story by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport | Series: Story Ser.
The Jaguar name is synonymous with style, power, performance, luxury and an intangible element of Britishness. It's hard to imagine its humble origins in a Blackpool backstreet as the Swallow Sidecar Company. Jaguar Cars was formed in 1945, and the metamorphosis began: superb engines, knockout design, e ...Show more
The Land Rover Story by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport | Series: Story Ser.
A unique look at the development of the Land Rover, this is thestory of the simple four-wheel drive vehicle born out of post-war austerity that became a global byword for toughness and rugged styleLaunched in 1948, theLand Rover owed its low-key existence to shoestring British ingenuity and literally od ...Show more
The Range Rover Story by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport | Series: Story Ser.
The Range Rover was introduced in 1970 and immediately turned the world of luxury cars on its head. Big, powerful and stylish, it was the first four-wheel drive car that was as happy cruising on tarmac as it was tackling rocky terrain. The British icon set the template that others followed, and the Rang ...Show more
The Story of the Car: Great Machines & Inventions of Our Time (HB) by Giles Chapman
Category: Education | Series: The Story of
A beautifully illustrative history of the world's most iconic and popular cars of all time. Perfect for children and adult motoring fans alike! Cars do so much more than get us from A to B: they are vehicles of beauty that allow drivers to determine their own destination. Trace their extraordinary hist ...Show more
The VW Beetle Story by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport
The KdF car, a German acronym for Strength Through Joy, was conceived by Adolf Hitler's Third Reich as a true German 'people's car'. There is precious little in the legacy of 1930s Nazi Germany that is positive, but after the Second World war - and with a little help from the British - the Volks Wagen r ...Show more
The VW Camper Story by Giles Chapman
Category: Transport
What Europe needed after the Second World War was an ultra-reliable workhorse to get small businesses on the move again. And, with a little nudge from the Dutch, that's what Volkswagen provided in 1950 with its Transporter van. It was no fireball, but rock-solid quality meant it always delivered the goo ...Show more