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Biker's Handbook: Becoming Part of the Motorcycle Culture
Becoming Part of the Motorcycle Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
There are millions of new motorcyclists hitting the blacktop every year. But being part of the American motorcycle culture takes more than just wanting to be cool. It takes a passion for the open road, freedom, and a lifestyle that even the best financing cant buy. This book, by someone who knows...
The Alaska Bush Pilot Chronicles: More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty
More Adventures and Misadventures from the Big Empty
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
Readers of Flying the Alaska Wild marveled at Mort Mason's true tales of braving the elements at the extremes in a Piper Super Cub. But the bush pilot, adventurer, and raconteur was just beginning, and in this book he revisits his most memorable moments of flying by the seat of his pants through blizzards...
Titanic's Last Secrets
The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
After rewriting history with their discovery of a Nazi U-boat off the coast of New Jersey, legendary divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler decided to investigate the great enduring mystery of history's most notorious shipwreck: Why did Titanic sink as quickly as it did?
To answer the question,...
Submarine
A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2003
Only the author of The Hunt for Red October could capture the reality of life aboard a nuclear submarine. Only a writer of Mr. Clancy's magnitude could obtain security clearance for information, diagrams, and photographs never before available to the public. Now, every civilian can enter this top...
Comm Check...
The Final Flight of Shuttle Columbia
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
On February 1, 2003, the unthinkable happened. The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated 37 miles above Texas, seven brave astronauts were killed and America's space program, always an eyeblink from disaster, suffered its second catastrophic in-flight failure. Unlike the Challenger disaster 17 years...
by Robert Firth
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2012
Tenerife, the worst accident in aviation history; like all pilots, Captain Van Zantenâs decision to go for the take-off was only one of the many thousands of decisions he had made in his career. Rain, snow or fog obscuring the view of the entire runway was not uncommon and something he had...
Ten Hours Until Dawn
The True Story of Heroism and Tragedy Aboard the Can Do
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
In the midst of the Blizzard of 1978, the tanker Global Hope floundered on the shoals in Salem Sound off the Massachusetts coast. The Coast Guard heard the Mayday calls and immediately dispatched a patrol boat. Within an hour, the Coast Guard boat was in as much trouble as the tanker, having lost...
by Editors of Chevy High Performance Mag
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2004
Now readers can turn their Chevelle or El Camino into the ultimate street machine.
Here is a compilation of tech articles from Chevy High Performance, the most popular magazine among Chevy enthusiasts. Includes articles on engine performance, tires, wheels, suspension, bodywork, exhaust,...
by Mike Mavrigian
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2002
This step-by-step guide to rebuilding LT1 small-block Chevy engines includes sections on disassembly and inspection, reconditioning the block and bottom end, reconditioning and rebuilding the cylinder heads, fuel injection systems, and exhaust.
Dirt Track Chassis and SuspensionHP1511
Advanced Setup and Design Technology for Dirt Track Racing
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2007
Don't just make it fast-make it state-of-the-art.
Comprehensive and fully illustrated, this technical guide covers all aspects of setup and design for dirt track racing.
How to Modify Your Mopar Magnum V-8HP1473
A Step-by-Step Guide to Modifying Magnum Series Engines for High Performance Street and Racing Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2005
Famed Mopar performance guru Larry Shepard offers a comprehensive guide on modifying Chrysler's popular Magnum V-8, used in 1992-and-newer Dodge Ram and Dakota; 1998-and-newer Durango; and 1994-98 Jeep Grand Cherokee 5.2L and 5.9L V8 engines. Includes sections on the cylinder block, piston/rods/crankshafts,...
Kelly
More Than My Share of It All
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2012
Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed “Skunk Works” cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Building the Chevy LS Engine HP1559
Rebuilding and Performance Modifications
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
This is an engine rebuilding and modification guide that includes sections on history, engine specs, disassembly, cylinder block and bottom end reconditioning, cylinder heads and valvetrain reconditioning, balancing, step-by-step engine reassembly, torque values, and OEM part numbers for the popular Chevy LS series of engines.
by Catherine Lutz, Anne Lutz Fernandez
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Carjacked is an in-depth look at our obsession with cars. While the automobile's contribution to global warming and the effects of volatile gas prices are is widely known, the problems we face every day because of our cars are much more widespread and yet much less known -- from the surprising $14,000...