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Books > Sport & Leisure > Transport: general interest
A graphic novel by a lifelong motorcycle club member, inspired
by the secrets of one percenters.
Phil Cross has been a Hells Angel for over 40 years. In the
world of outlaw motorcycle clubs, there are many stories that can't
be told, for a variety of reasons, but they have spurred Phil's
imagination to create a fictional story inspired by real
events.
One-percenter antiheroes populate these pagesa tougher and
wilder than any character ever played by Dennis Hopper, Peter
Fonda, or Marlon Brando. The guys in the tales Phil spins might
remind you of Easy Rider and The Wild One, but the hard glint in
their eyes proves that they are based on the real deal.
Illustrator Ronn Sutton provides stunning visuals to bring
Phil's stories to life. These bikers aren't going to ride off into
the sunset any time soon."
In an era when immigration was at its peak, the Fabre Line offered
the only transatlantic route to southern New England. One of its
most important ports was in Providence, Rhode Island. Nearly
eighty-four thousand immigrants were admitted to the country
between the years 1911 and 1934. Almost one in nine of these
individuals elected to settle in Rhode Island after landing in
Providence, amounting to around eleven thousand new residents. Most
of these immigrants were from Portugal and Italy, and the Fabre
Line kept up a brisk and successful business. However, both the
line and the families hoping for a new life faced major obstacles
in the form of World War I, the immigration restriction laws of the
1920s, and the Great Depression. Join authors Patrick T. Conley and
William J. Jennings Jr. as they chronicle the history of the Fabre
Line and its role in bringing new residents to the Ocean State.
More than one million immigrants fled the Irish famine for North
America--and more than one hundred thousand of them perished aboard
the "coffin ships" that crossed the Atlantic. But one small ship
never lost a passenger.
"All Standing" recounts the remarkable tale of the "Jeanie
Johnston" and her ingenious crew, whose eleven voyages are the
stuff of legend. Why did these individuals succeed while so many
others failed? And what new lives in America were the ship's
passengers seeking?
In this deeply researched and powerfully told story, acclaimed
author Kathryn Miles re-creates life aboard this amazing vessel,
richly depicting the bravery and defiance of its shipwright,
captain, and doctor--and one Irish family's search for the American
dream.
London Transport's Country Buses provided services in the outer
London area and part of the Home Counties extending to an
approximate 25 mile radius from central London. Upon its formation
in 1933 the London Passenger Transport Board faced the task of
acquiring many independent operators in the Country area,
restructuring the route network and dealing with the great variety
of vehicle types. In the following years London Transport designed
a range of new buses for these services and built a number of
well-equipped garages. The Second World War saw a vast expansion of
services with many new routes serving the needs of war workers.
After the war a start was made in replacing the war weary fleet,
and a number of new routes in rural areas were established. This
first volume of the book tells the story from the origins of the
Country area in the early 1920s until the end of 1949.
Accident reconstruction utilizes principles of physics and
empirical data to analyze the physical, electronic, video, audio,
and testimonial evidence from a crash, to determine how and why the
crash occurred, how the crash could have been avoided, or to
determine whose description of the crash is most accurate. This
process draws together aspects of mathematics, physics,
engineering, materials science, human factors, and psychology, and
combines analytical models with empirical test data. Different
types of crashes produce different types of evidence and call for
different analysis methods. Still, the basic philosophical approach
of the reconstructionist is the same from crash type to crash type,
as are the physical principles that are brought to bear on the
analysis. This book covers a basic approach to accident
reconstruction, including the underlying physical principles that
are used, then details how this approach and the principles are
applied when reconstructing motorcycle crashes. This second edition
of Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction presents a thorough,
systematic, and scientific overview of the available methods for
reconstructing motorcycle crashes. This new edition contains:
Additional theoretical models, examples, case studies, and test
data. An updated bibliography incorporating the newest studies in
the field. Expanded coverage of the braking capabilities of
motorcyclists. Updated, refined, and expanded discussion of the
decelerations of motorcycles sliding on the ground. A thoroughly
rewritten and expanded discussion of motorcycle impacts with
passenger vehicles. Updated coefficients of restitution for
collisions between motorcycles and cars. A new and expanded
discussion of using passenger car EDR data in motorcycle accident
reconstruction. A new section covering recently published research
on post-collision frozen speedometer readings on motorcycles. A new
section on motorcycle interactions with potholes, roadway
deterioration, and debris and expanded coverage of motorcycle
falls. This second edition of Motorcycle Accident Reconstruction is
a must-have title for accident reconstructionists, forensic
engineers, and all interested in understanding why and how
motorcycle crashes occur.
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