Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Brooklands Book Limited
ISBN: 9781855203488
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The best of Peter Egan has been assembled for you and published together in this fabulous volume! Filled with Peters popular stories including - The Great TC Trek; Crate Expectations; Model A Odyssey Parts 1 & 2; Hover Dynamics RX2; Great Smoky, Big Healey; B-ing There and many others.
Peter Egan at Large
Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Brooklands Book Limited
ISBN: 9781855203488
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The best of Peter Egan has been assembled for you and published together in this fabulous volume! Filled with Peters popular stories including - The Great TC Trek; Crate Expectations; Model A Odyssey Parts 1 & 2; Hover Dynamics RX2; Great Smoky, Big Healey; B-ing There and many others.
Publisher: Brooklands Book Limited
ISBN: 9781855203488
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The best of Peter Egan has been assembled for you and published together in this fabulous volume! Filled with Peters popular stories including - The Great TC Trek; Crate Expectations; Model A Odyssey Parts 1 & 2; Hover Dynamics RX2; Great Smoky, Big Healey; B-ing There and many others.
Leanings
Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760336571
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An unforgettable collection of feature articles and columns from Cycle World magazine by master writer Peter Egan, whose simple adventures of life remind us all why we love to ride.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760336571
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
An unforgettable collection of feature articles and columns from Cycle World magazine by master writer Peter Egan, whose simple adventures of life remind us all why we love to ride.
Peter Egan on the Road
Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Parker House Publishing Incorporated,Csi
ISBN: 9780981727004
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A compendium of Road & Track columnist Peter Egan's travel writing from 1983 through 1996. Lyrical, self-effacing and nostalgia-driven.
Publisher: Parker House Publishing Incorporated,Csi
ISBN: 9780981727004
Category : Automobiles, Racing
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A compendium of Road & Track columnist Peter Egan's travel writing from 1983 through 1996. Lyrical, self-effacing and nostalgia-driven.
Leanings 2
Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760337160
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
For many motorcyclists, the next best thing to riding or working on their bikes is reading Peter Egan's Cycle World columns. His conversational style and adroit language make his writing appeal to all types of riders.
Publisher: Motorbooks International
ISBN: 0760337160
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
For many motorcyclists, the next best thing to riding or working on their bikes is reading Peter Egan's Cycle World columns. His conversational style and adroit language make his writing appeal to all types of riders.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 076036379X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 076036379X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing: Long-Distance Motorcycling's Endless Road
Author: Melissa Holbrook Pierson
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
“Pierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.”—Boston Globe “World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders”—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor and the men and women who live to ride impossibly long distances, eating up road, almost without cease. And who find it nothing but fun. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a magnetic, enigmatic man who loves nothing better than breaking records of amazing distance—at no small risk to himself and his health. But why? Pierson, who rediscovered the joys of motorcycling in the midst of a personal crisis, puts on her helmet and joins Ryan in his element in order to understand his singular desire and discipline, his passion and his obsession. The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing offers an intimate glimpse of an unusually independent yet supportive community as well as a revealing, unforgettable portrait of its most daring member. In electric, pitch-perfect prose, Pierson gives us rare insights into not only a subculture but also the deeply human craving for something more that drives it.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083268
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
“Pierson is an even better writer than she is a rider.”—Boston Globe “World’s Toughest Motorcycle Riders”—long-distance motorcycling is not a pastime but an obsession. In this candid, eloquent, sharply observed book, Melissa Holbrook Pierson introduces us to this strange endeavor and the men and women who live to ride impossibly long distances, eating up road, almost without cease. And who find it nothing but fun. Perhaps the most determined of them is John Ryan, a magnetic, enigmatic man who loves nothing better than breaking records of amazing distance—at no small risk to himself and his health. But why? Pierson, who rediscovered the joys of motorcycling in the midst of a personal crisis, puts on her helmet and joins Ryan in his element in order to understand his singular desire and discipline, his passion and his obsession. The Man Who Would Stop at Nothing offers an intimate glimpse of an unusually independent yet supportive community as well as a revealing, unforgettable portrait of its most daring member. In electric, pitch-perfect prose, Pierson gives us rare insights into not only a subculture but also the deeply human craving for something more that drives it.
Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher
Author: Timothy Egan
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618969020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudevill stars, leading thinkers. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent's original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0618969020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
Edward Curtis was charismatic, handsome, a passionate mountaineer, and a famous photographer, the Annie Leibovitz of his time. He moved in rarefied circles, a friend to presidents, vaudevill stars, leading thinkers. And he was thirty-two years old in 1900 when he gave it all up to pursue his Great Idea: to capture on film the continent's original inhabitants before the old ways disappeared.
Side Glances
Author: Peter Egan
Publisher: Brooklands Books Limited
ISBN: 9781855207288
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the millions of loyal readers of Road & Track who look forward to Peter Egan's column every month, Side Glances gives you more than 300 pages of Peter at his best. His conversational, self-effacing style and adroit use of the language make his writing appealing to every automotive enthusiast. This is a collection of 48 of Peter Egan's latest Side Glances columns from Road & Track - they cover the period June 2002 to June 2006. This time he comments on TVR, Driver's Ed., Driving the Jaguar, Mercury Blues, The Ferrari Sharknose plus many more. Also included are 6 features from the same period including Zamboni 500 & A Jaguar in Moose Country.
Publisher: Brooklands Books Limited
ISBN: 9781855207288
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
For the millions of loyal readers of Road & Track who look forward to Peter Egan's column every month, Side Glances gives you more than 300 pages of Peter at his best. His conversational, self-effacing style and adroit use of the language make his writing appealing to every automotive enthusiast. This is a collection of 48 of Peter Egan's latest Side Glances columns from Road & Track - they cover the period June 2002 to June 2006. This time he comments on TVR, Driver's Ed., Driving the Jaguar, Mercury Blues, The Ferrari Sharknose plus many more. Also included are 6 features from the same period including Zamboni 500 & A Jaguar in Moose Country.
The Great Lakes Water Wars
Author: Peter Annin
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726637X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.
Publisher: Island Press
ISBN: 159726637X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The Great Lakes are the largest collection of fresh surface water on earth, and more than 40 million Americans and Canadians live in their basin. Will we divert water from the Great Lakes, causing them to end up like Central Asia's Aral Sea, which has lost 90 percent of its surface area and 75 percent of its volume since 1960? Or will we come to see that unregulated water withdrawals are ultimately catastrophic? Peter Annin writes a fast-paced account of the people and stories behind these upcoming battles. Destined to be the definitive story for the general public as well as policymakers, The Great Lakes Water Wars is a balanced, comprehensive look behind the scenes at the conflicts and compromises that are the past-and future-of this unique resource.
A Pilgrimage to Eternity
Author: Timothy Egan
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735225249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
From "the world's greatest tour guide," a deeply-researched, captivating journey through the rich history of Christianity and the winding paths of the French and Italian countryside that will feed mind, body, and soul (New York Times). "What a wondrous work! This beautifully written and totally clear-eyed account of his pilgrimage will have you wondering whether we should all embark on such a journey, either of the body, the soul or, as in Egan's case, both." --Cokie Roberts "Egan draws us in, making us feel frozen in the snow-covered Alps, joyful in valleys of trees with low-hanging fruit, skeptical of the relics of embalmed saints and hopeful for the healing of his encrusted toes, so worn and weathered from their walk."--The Washington Post Moved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity to explore the religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and travels overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy, accompanied by a quirky cast of fellow pilgrims and by some of the towering figures of the faith--Joan of Arc, Henry VIII, Martin Luther. The goal: walking to St. Peter's Square, in hopes of meeting the galvanizing pope who is struggling to hold together the church through the worst crisis in half a millennium. A thrilling journey, a family story, and a revealing history, A Pilgrimage to Eternity looks for our future in its search for God.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0735225249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
From "the world's greatest tour guide," a deeply-researched, captivating journey through the rich history of Christianity and the winding paths of the French and Italian countryside that will feed mind, body, and soul (New York Times). "What a wondrous work! This beautifully written and totally clear-eyed account of his pilgrimage will have you wondering whether we should all embark on such a journey, either of the body, the soul or, as in Egan's case, both." --Cokie Roberts "Egan draws us in, making us feel frozen in the snow-covered Alps, joyful in valleys of trees with low-hanging fruit, skeptical of the relics of embalmed saints and hopeful for the healing of his encrusted toes, so worn and weathered from their walk."--The Washington Post Moved by his mother's death and his Irish Catholic family's complicated history with the church, Timothy Egan decided to follow in the footsteps of centuries of seekers to force a reckoning with his own beliefs. He embarked on a thousand-mile pilgrimage through the theological cradle of Christianity to explore the religion in the world that it created. Egan sets out along the Via Francigena, once the major medieval trail leading the devout to Rome, and travels overland via the alpine peaks and small mountain towns of France, Switzerland and Italy, accompanied by a quirky cast of fellow pilgrims and by some of the towering figures of the faith--Joan of Arc, Henry VIII, Martin Luther. The goal: walking to St. Peter's Square, in hopes of meeting the galvanizing pope who is struggling to hold together the church through the worst crisis in half a millennium. A thrilling journey, a family story, and a revealing history, A Pilgrimage to Eternity looks for our future in its search for God.