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Legends A Chequered History

Author : Simon Read
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1479751316
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Legends A Chequered History written by Simon Read and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-03-28 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the first international motor race in 1895, to today's high-tech supercars, author and illustrator Simon Read takes the reader on a journey through the evolution of Grand Prix Racing. The major breakthroughs, events and personalities are discussed alongside more than 500 illustrations, ranging from ink sketches and watercolours to technical explanations of key principles. ‘Legends’ is packed with sketches, diagrams and paintings, both newly created for this book and archive material from a lifetime spent drawing and painting racing cars. This is a book for the enthusiast, those who stand in awe at the show, the machinery, the drivers, the wizards who put it all together and the great glamorous, colourful spectacle that is Grand Prix racing.

The Chequered Past

Author : David Anderson Charters
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 0802090931
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Chequered Past written by David Anderson Charters and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the forty-year period between 1951 and 1991, Canadian sports car competition underwent a massive change, transforming itself from an amateur recreational pastime to a commercialized profession and from an individual sport to a spectacle for mass consumption. The Chequered Past is the story of the struggle over power and purpose within the Canadian auto sport that led to this transformation. The first comprehensive history of sports car racing and rallying in Canada, The Chequered Past traces the efforts of the national governing body - the Canadian Auto Sport Clubs (CASC) - to bring its sports car competition up to a 'world class' level, and to manage the consequences of those efforts in the second half of the twentieth century. David Charters traces the social origins of the sport and the major trends that shaped it: professionalism, technological change, rising costs, and the influence of commercial sponsors. Charters argues that while early enthusiasts set the sport on a course toward professionalism that would eventually produce world-class Canadian events and racers, that course would also ultimately change the purpose of the sport: from personal recreation to mass entertainment. As technological innovations drove up the costs of competing at the top ranks, racers were forced to rely on sponsors, who commercialized and ultimately gained control of the sport. The end result, Charters argues, was the marginalization of the amateur competitor and of the CASC itself. Based on extensive research into the CASC's records and dozens of interviews with former competitors and officials, The Chequered Past opens a window into the rich but virtually unknown history of the auto sport, and claims for it a place in Canadian sports history.

The Outlaws of Medieval Legend

Author : Maurice Keen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113512888X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book The Outlaws of Medieval Legend written by Maurice Keen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wonderfully written and beautifully presented , The Outlaws of Medieval Legend brings the popular heroes of the Middle-Ages to life. Featuring both famous - Robin Hood and William Wallace - and now forgotten rogues such as Gamelyn and Fulke Fitzwarin, this book explains the popularity of these semi-mythical figures, and how their stories appealed to the common people of the Middle Ages. Long unavailable, and now featuring a new introduction from the author, this is the perfect book for anyone with a fondness for medieval history and folklore.

A Short Guide to Roman London

Author : Andrew Tibbs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 139811796X
Total Pages : 197 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book A Short Guide to Roman London written by Andrew Tibbs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illustrated, readable companion and indispensable guide to Roman London, both visible and beneath your feet.

Harris in History and Legend

Author : Bill Lawson
Publisher : John Donald
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Harris in History and Legend written by Bill Lawson and published by John Donald. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THIS IS THE story of the communities and people of Harris in history and legend. One of the largest and most famous of all the islands of Scotland, astonishingly little has been written about the varied and eventful life of Harris, perhaps because the island has been so self contained. Including much material on the now deserted islands around Harris, including new information on St Kilda, Bill Lawson's book is the first modern account of Harris and those who have shaped its history over thousands of years.

Cei and the Arthurian Legend

Author : Linda Gowans
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0859912612
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (599 download)

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Download or read book Cei and the Arthurian Legend written by Linda Gowans and published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd. This book was released on 1988 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `No Arthurian critic will be able to ignore this book which gathers together so much diverse material and skilfully brings out unexpected links between versions widely separated in time and country of origin. MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW `No Arthurian critic will be able to ignore this book which gathers together so much diverse material and skilfully brings out unexpected links between versions widely separated in time and country of origin.' MODERN LANGUAGE REVIEW Cei is one of the most puzzling figures in the development of the Arthurian legend: a hero beyond compare in the early Welsh sources, his appearances in later Arthurian literature are frequently associated with comic defeatin combat, objectionable outspokenness, and sometimes with more serious misdeeds. This study assesses Cei from his native Welsh context to his role in the romances of Chrétien de Troyes and later developments, in which the authorlooks at the portrayal of Cei in a selection of medievalContinental, Welsh and English works, before moving closer to the present day and the rich heritage of English ballad and Gaelic folktale; the ending offers something of a surprise. This account of the long and varied career of one of Arthur's closest associates shows how a sympathetic approach to Cei can shed new light on some particularly controversial aspects of Arthurian studies.

Kirat History and Culture

Author : Imanshing Chemjong
Publisher : Amar Nembang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kirat History and Culture written by Imanshing Chemjong and published by Amar Nembang. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an enlarged edition of my book "Kirat Itihas" written and Published in 1948 in Kalimpong. Its second edition was published in 1952 in Darjeeling. In compiling this book I have consulted the books of every authority, I have knowledge of, who has written on Kirat people ad their civilization. The European authors like Col. Krikpatric, F. Hamilton, D. Hodgson, Father Guiseppe and Lieut. Col. E. Vansitart, who wrote about the Kirat people of Nepal in 18th and 19th century gave me much help. The Indian authors like late Pandit Rahul Sankrityayan, S.K. Chatterjee and Vagava Datta, who took much interest in publishing the ancient account of Kirat people of Nepal and India, gave me much idea about them. Last of all, my own collection of the old Kirat MSS in Shrijunga or Limbu script and Lapcha or Rong script became the base of this work. In this connection, I thank Mr. R.K. Sprigg, Professor of the school of Oriental and African Studies, London, who very kindly helped me in acquiring the micro film photo of the old Kirat MSS from the India Office Library, London. I also thank to all my friends who very kindly helped me in collecting materials for the composition of this book. Iman Singh Chemjong Specialist Kirat Language and Literature Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu,Nepal

The Report: Bulgaria 2008

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Publisher : Oxford Business Group
ISBN 13 : 1902339924
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book The Report: Bulgaria 2008 written by and published by Oxford Business Group. This book was released on 2008 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Glorious History of Dalits

Author : Raj Kumar
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
ISBN 13 : 9788178357607
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (576 download)

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Download or read book Glorious History of Dalits written by Raj Kumar and published by Gyan Publishing House. This book was released on 2010 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hereditary Physicians of Kerala

Author : Indudharan Menon
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 0429663129
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Hereditary Physicians of Kerala written by Indudharan Menon and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the history and evolution of Ayurveda and other indigenous medical traditions in juxtaposition with their encounter with colonial modernity. Through the lens of hereditary folk and Ayurvedic practitioners, it focuses on Kerala’s heterogeneous medical traditions and presents them against the backdrop of the geographical, historical, sociocultural, ethnographic and regional contexts in which they developed and transformed. The author explores the world of Kerala’s last traditionally trained hereditary practitioners (folk healers, poison therapists, Sanskrit-speaking Muslim Ayurvedic practitioners and the legendary Brahman Ashtavaidyan physicians). He discusses the views of these physicians regarding the marked difference between their personalised ancestral methods of treatment and the standardised version of Ayurveda compliant with biomedicine that is practised by doctors today. Drawing on extensive fieldwork, this book will be useful to researchers and scholars of medical anthropology, health and social medicine, sociology and social anthropology, the history of science and modern Indian history, as well as to medical practitioners interested in alternative and traditional medicine.

The Great Sandy River of History and Legend : Introducing the History, Legend, Tank Civilization, the Veddas, Elephants, and Adventure Around Mahaweli Basin

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Author : Gamini de S. G. Punchihewa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Great Sandy River of History and Legend : Introducing the History, Legend, Tank Civilization, the Veddas, Elephants, and Adventure Around Mahaweli Basin written by Gamini de S. G. Punchihewa and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Magical History of Britain

Author : Martin Wall
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445677091
Total Pages : 518 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book The Magical History of Britain written by Martin Wall and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2019-03-15 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to consider British history from a magical perspective, and how these arcane magical themes developed over time.

The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English:

Author : Peter France
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191554324
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English: written by Peter France and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2006-02-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the one hundred and ten years covered by volume four of The Oxford History of Literary Translation in English, what characterized translation was above all the move to encompass what Goethe called 'world literature'. This occurred, paradoxically, at a time when English literature is often seen as increasingly self-sufficient. In Europe, the culture of Germany was a new source of inspiration, as were the medieval literatures and the popular ballads of many lands, from Spain to Serbia. From the mid-century, the other literatures of the North, both ancient and modern, were extensively translated, and the last third of the century saw the beginning of the Russian vogue. Meanwhile, as the British presence in the East was consolidated, translation helped readers to take possession of 'exotic' non-European cultures, from Persian and Arabic to Sanskrit and Chinese. The thirty-five contributors bring an enormous range of expertise to the exploration of these new developments and of the fascinating debates which reopened old questions about the translator's task, as the new literalism, whether scholarly or experimental, vied with established modes of translation. The complex story unfolds in Britain and its empire, but also in the United States, involving not just translators, publishers, and readers, but also institutions such as the universities and the periodical press. Nineteenth-century English literature emerges as more open to the foreign than has been recognized before, with far-reaching effects on its orientation.

Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (7 download)

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Collections Historical and Archeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 466 pages
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Download or read book Collections Historical and Archeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Collections Historical & Archaeological Relating to Montgomeryshire and Its Borders written by and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford History of Modern Europe

Author : T. C. W. Blanning
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191578347
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford History of Modern Europe written by T. C. W. Blanning and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-06-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by eleven contributors of international standing, this book offers a readable and authoritative account of Europe's turbulent history from the French Revolution in the late eighteenth century to the present day. Each chapter portrays both change and continuity, revolutions and stability, and covers the political, economic, social, cultural, and military life of Europe. This book provides a better understanding of modern Europe, how it came to be what it is, and where it may be going in the future.