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Download or read book The Manx Norton written by Mick Walker and published by Redline Books. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous of all British racing motorcycles, with an ancestry dating back to the very dawn of the internal combustion engine, the 'cammy' Norton is inseparable from the era of British domination in motorcycle racing. It is linked with the legendary heroes of the sport, Jimmie Guthrie, Harold Daniell, Geoff Duke, John Surtees, Mike Hailwood and the age when Britain had the world's finest motorcycle industry. This revised edition of the definitive history contains additional material and traces the design, development, the leading riders and tuners. It presents a superb collection of photographs, many previously unpublished. The Manx Norton covers not only the Manx itself, but also features boardroom battles, Norton's early history, record breaking, sidecars, Formula 3 cars, scrambling (motocross); the Domiracer; racing at Daytona and today's classic scene.
Download or read book The Showman written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis In the Shadow of the Big Top by : Maureen Brunsdale
Download or read book In the Shadow of the Big Top written by Maureen Brunsdale and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A thrilling behind-the-scenes biography of the Ringling brothers’ chief henchman. Art Concello wasn’t born into the circus. But he was in the right place at the right time, becoming one of the world’s best trapeze artists before transforming himself into a shrewd circus businessman. In the Shadow of the Big Top: The Life of Ringling's Unlikely Circus Savior details Concello’s fateful path from flyer, to manager, to owner. Against the backdrop of the golden age of the American circus, this book goes beyond the showmanship displayed in the ring to reveal how the circus could both thrill a crowd and make incredible money—and exposes the human toll extracted for doing so. Maureen Brunsdale not only tells Art’s incredible life story, but also that of his wife, an orphan-turned-acrobat who was determined to never be left behind in a career every bit as terrifying and electrifying as her husband’s. The first-ever biography of Concello, In the Shadow of the Big Top draws back the curtain on the inner workings of the circus and casts a light on the man who shaped not only Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey, but the circus industry as a whole.
Book Synopsis From the Race Shop Floor by : Hedley J. Cox
Download or read book From the Race Shop Floor written by Hedley J. Cox and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-11-06 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the inside story of how motorcycle race team of the 'forties worked. How a division in the company's outlook drove it to bankruptcy. The story of how a member of the racing team saw it all. How he participated in racing, and devised a new machine, but was swept aside. How he emigrated, and tried to get a factory to embrace a new world view but was frustrated again. Lessons that Detroit might heed. How he moved into an academic program, and aided the US Air Force in its search for lower costs.
Book Synopsis The Motorcycle by : Christian Lacombe
Download or read book The Motorcycle written by Christian Lacombe and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Architecture of Pleasure by : Josephine Kane
Download or read book The Architecture of Pleasure written by Josephine Kane and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The amusement parks which first appeared in England at the turn of the twentieth century represent a startlingly novel and complex phenomenon, combining fantasy architecture, new technology, ersatz danger, spectacle and consumption in a new mass experience. Though drawing on a diverse range of existing leisure practices, the particular entertainment formula they offered marked a radical departure in terms of visual, experiential and cultural meanings. The huge, socially mixed crowds that flocked to the new parks did so purely in the pursuit of pleasure, which the amusement parks commodified in exhilarating new guises. Between 1906 and 1939, nearly 40 major amusement parks operated across Britain. By the outbreak of the Second World War, millions of people visited these sites each year. The amusement park had become a defining element in the architectural psychological pleasurescape of Britain. This book considers the relationship between popular modernity, pleasure and the amusement park landscape in Britain from 1900-1939. It argues that the amusement parks were understood as a new and distinct expression of modern times which redefined the concept of public pleasure for mass audiences. Focusing on three sites - Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Dreamland in Margate and Southend's Kursaal - the book contextualises their development with references to the wider amusement park world. The meanings of these sites are explored through a detailed examination of the spatial and architectural form taken by rides and other buildings. The rollercoaster - a defining symbol of the amusement park - is given particular focus, as is the extent to which discourses of class, gender and national identity were expressed through the design of these parks.
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1943-11-27 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Download or read book Airman written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pick-me-up written by and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 1296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Billboard written by and published by . This book was released on 1946-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.
Book Synopsis Jim Redman - Six Times World Motorcycle Champion - The Autobiography by : Jim Redman
Download or read book Jim Redman - Six Times World Motorcycle Champion - The Autobiography written by Jim Redman and published by David and Charles. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible rags to riches story of one of the world's greatest motorcycle racers.
Book Synopsis Only Big Show Coming by : Orin Copple King
Download or read book Only Big Show Coming written by Orin Copple King and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-06-13 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Only Big Show Coming is an amended and greatly enlarged version of articles published in Bandwagon: The Journal of the Circus Historical Society between 1982 and 1999. Volume I covers the routes, reviews and incidents surrounding circus and wild west performances in Kansas between 1853 and 1878, and provides an intriguing view of life in the Victorian west.
Book Synopsis The Lion Tamer’s Assistant by : Solet Scheeres
Download or read book The Lion Tamer’s Assistant written by Solet Scheeres and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2022-04-01 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nothing exciting ever happens in the town of Kraaipan. Especially not to Martjie, who lives on a farm nearby. But when Bertus Botha dares Martjie to climb on the Mafikeng train and peep inside one of the crates to see what’s inside, it’s the beginning of a huge adventure. Martjie ends up in one of the carriages – with a circus lion! Soon, she gets to know the circus owners, Mister and Madam Pagel, and the other performers at the famous Pagel’s Circus. Mister Pagel is the world’s strongest man and sticks his head inside the lion’s jaws during every performance. Madame Pagel drives to the bank with a lion sitting next to her in the car. And plain old Martjie knows her life will never be the same again. This exciting novel is loosely based on the history of the Pagel Circus, which was known in every South African city and town in the previous century. A wonderful story full of action, adventure ... and the timeless magic of circus life.
Download or read book Out of Sight written by Lynn Abbott and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-18 with total page 903 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark study, based on thousands of music-related references mined by the authors from a variety of contemporaneous sources, especially African American community newspapers, Out of Sight examines musical personalities, issues, and events in context. It confronts the inescapable marketplace concessions musicians made to the period’s prevailing racist sentiment. It describes the worldwide travels of jubilee singing companies, the plight of the great Black prima donnas, and the evolution of “authentic” African American minstrels. Generously reproducing newspapers and photographs, Out of Sight puts a face on musical activity in the tightly knit Black communities of the day. Drawing on hard-to-access archival sources and song collections, the book is of crucial importance for understanding the roots of ragtime, blues, jazz, and gospel. Essential for comprehending the evolution and dissemination of African American popular music from 1900 to the present, Out of Sight paints a rich picture of musical variety, personalities, issues, and changes during the period that shaped American popular music and culture for the next hundred years.
Book Synopsis Edward Turner - The man behind the motorcycles by : Jeff Clew
Download or read book Edward Turner - The man behind the motorcycles written by Jeff Clew and published by David and Charles. This book was released on with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The deeply researched biography of the man who was probably the most important individual in the history of the British motorcycle industry.In the words of Triumph's famous sales slogan, Edward Turner designed "The Best Motorcycle in the World". Records details of all the world famous motorcycles designed by Edward Turner.
Book Synopsis Borderland by : William Thomas Stead
Download or read book Borderland written by William Thomas Stead and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Clowns and Cannons by : William L. Slout
Download or read book Clowns and Cannons written by William L. Slout and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of the survival of American circuses throughout one of the most perilous periods in our nation's history: 1860-1865. This was a period of transition for traveling exhibitions. The size of equipment and personnel had leveled off, performances were fixed, and the number of proprietors had reached a peak that would not be exceeded until the early 1870s. But still the show had to go on! Complete with notes, index, bibliography, and contemporaneous illustrations.
