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White Lies - The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret (Paperback): A. J Baime White Lies - The Double Life of Walter F. White and America's Darkest Secret (Paperback)
A. J Baime
R615 R517 Discovery Miles 5 170 Save R98 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Go Like Hell - Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (Paperback): A. J Baime Go Like Hell - Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (Paperback)
A. J Baime
R492 R410 Discovery Miles 4 100 Save R82 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

By the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Baby boomers were taking to the roads in droves, looking for speed not safety, style not comfort, and Ford didn't offer what these young drivers wanted. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari lorded over the European racing scene, crafting beautiful, fast sports cars that epitomized style.
"Go Like Hell" tells the remarkable story of how Henry Ford II, with the help of a young visionary named Lee Iacocca and a former racing champion turned engineer named Carroll Shelby, concocted a scheme to reinvent the Ford company. They would enter the high-stakes world of European car racing, where an adventurous few threw safety and sanity to the wind. They would design, build, and race a car that could beat Ferrari at his own game, at the most prestigious and brutal race in the world, the 24 Hours of LeMans.
"Go Like Hell" transports readers to a risk-filled, glorious time through this brilliant portrait of a rivalry between two industrialists, the cars they built, and the "pilots" who drove them to their victory, or doom.

The Arsenal of Democracy - Fdr, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War (Paperback): A. J Baime The Arsenal of Democracy - Fdr, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War (Paperback)
A. J Baime
R506 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R88 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Go Like Hell - Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (Paperback): A. J Baime Go Like Hell - Ford, Ferrari and their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans (Paperback)
A. J Baime 1
R346 R283 Discovery Miles 2 830 Save R63 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Coming to cinemas in November 2019, under the title LE MANS '66 ____________________ In the 1960s Enzo Ferrari emerged as the dominant force in sports cars in the world, creating speed machines that were unbeatable on the race track. In America, the Ford Motor Company was quickly losing ground as the pre-eminent brand. Henry Ford II saw a solution. He decided to declare war on Ferrari, to build a faster car than anything Ferrari had brought to the track, and to beat him at the world's biggest race, Le Mans. Ferrari was just as determined to see off this challenge from across the Atlantic. With practically no safety regulations in place in the European Grand Prix races, horrific accidents were routine, with both drivers and spectators killed in many races. The stakes were incredibly high, money and men were thrown at the competition, neither Ford or Ferrari would accept anything but victory. The battle to become the fastest in the world truly became a race to the death.

The Accidental President - Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World (Paperback): A. J Baime The Accidental President - Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World (Paperback)
A. J Baime 1
R668 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Save R162 (24%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A hypnotically fast-paced, masterful reporting of Harry Truman's first 120 days as president, when he took on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power--marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man. That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR's sudden death. The first four months of Truman's administration saw the founding of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the mass starvation in Europe, the Potsdam Conference, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of imperial Japan, and finally, the end of World War II and the rise of the Cold War. No other president had ever faced so much in such a short period of time. The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during a tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher. "[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining." --Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

100 Dream Cars - The Best of My Ride (Hardcover): A. J Baime, Mario Andretti 100 Dream Cars - The Best of My Ride (Hardcover)
A. J Baime, Mario Andretti
R1,029 R823 Discovery Miles 8 230 Save R206 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The 100 Dream Cars stories are more than a collection of the standard car stories they will appeal to all of us no matter what type of ride is your ride. You want fast? Step on the gas in a Koenigsegg CCX, Adi R-8, a 62 Lamborghini, 87 Lamborghini Jalpha, or 1970 Pontiac GTO. You want classic? Here are the keys to a 62 Corvette, a 48 Austin A4, a 57 Thunderbird, a 37 Caddy V-16, or a 1930 BMW the oldest beemer in the United States. You want cool? Take a 64 Shelby Cobra, Tesla Model X, a 60 Caddy Coupe de Ville, or Aston Martin Vulcan for a spin. You want one-of-a-kind? How about a 52 Seagrave firetruck, a 1960 amphibious, a 73 VW Thing, or THE Batmobile? Bikes your thing? Hop on an Indian Scout Bobber, a 67 Harley, or a 2009 Harley Street Rod? You also get to meet the owners. There s the story of a pizza-delivery man who dodges polar bears in his Hyundai in the farthest northern town in the country (Barrow, Alaska). The NBA star who endures Los Angeles traffic by having his Tesla drive for him. The retired Kentucky entrepreneur with his 22-foot-long 1937 Cadillac, which he calls the biggest, baddest car that could exist.

The Accidental President (Paperback): A. J Baime The Accidental President (Paperback)
A. J Baime 1
R413 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R74 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who find themselves facing extraordinary circumstances and, through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as President Roosevelt's fourth term Vice President for his admired work ethic, good judgement and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man from small-town America. That is, until he was thrust in over his head following the sudden death of Roosevelt. With the world still caught up in the inferno of the Second World War, Truman found himself playing the roles of both judge and jury during the founding of the UN, the Potsdam Conference, the Manhattan Project, the German surrender, the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the decision to drop the Bomb and bring the war to the end. Tightly focused, meticulously researched and drawing on documentation not available to previous biographers, The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during this tumultuous, history-making four months - when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher . . .

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