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Aston Martin DB9 and Vanquish: The Complete Story by JAMES TAYLOR
Category: Transport
Aston Martin broke new ground with the Vanquish at the start of the 21st century, having previewed the model with a fully driveable prototype called Project Vantage at the Detroit Show in 1998. The Vanquish became the company's new flagship model, with a sleek and readily recognisable shape penned by Ia ...Show more
BMW Classic Coupes, 1965 - 1989: 2000c and CS, E9 and E24 by James Taylor
Category: Technology and Transport
This is a definitive guide to BMW's high-performance classic coupes, tracking their rising success from 1965 to 1989. After the doldrums of the post-war years, BMW had felt the need for a flagship grand touring coupe. The 507 of the late 1950s and the 3200 CS that replaced it in the early 1960s may not ...Show more
BMW E30 - The Complete Story by James Taylor
Category: Technology and Transport
The E30 3 Series was the car that defined BMW more than any other during the 1980s, and it has gone on to become a much-loved modern classic. This book tells the full story of the cars from the time in 1976 when work first began on the successor to the original E21 3 Series. This new book features the ...Show more
BMW Mini by James Taylor
Category: SPORT
How BMW successfully reinvented the Mini. This is a complete picture of one of the world's most successful cars. Launched in 2001, the second generation Mini, produced by BMW, was an instant success. Based on a design brief that stated that it could only be a Mini, the new car remained faithful to its ...Show more
Be More Kid: How to Escape the Grown Up Trap and Live Life to the Full! by Ed James, Mark Taylor, Nicky Taylor
Category: Self Help & Personal Development
'OMG! This book is SO me! The tips and stories shared by Ed, Mark and Nicky will help you live a life filled with more fun, joy and enthusiasm!' ALISON HAMMOND, TV Presenter 'Kids are so authentic and there's no reason for us to lose that when we're older. Kids see the wonder and awe in the smallest thi ...Show more
Bentley Since 1965 by James Taylor
Category: Transport
Bentley Since 1965 tells the story of the revival of the Bentley marque and the technical developments that shaped the company's latter-day history. To illustrate the fall and rise of Bentley, this book goes right back to the origins of the 1960s T series cars through to the current Continental. The mod ...Show more
Bmw M5 - The Complete Story by James Taylor
Category: Transport
BMW's M5 was a simple concept: a production 5 Series saloon re-developed for high performance by the Motorsport division. The M5 was the car that really initiated the legend of the M-cars from BMW. The letter M has been applied to a high-performance BMW as early as 1978, but that year's M1 was an exoti ...Show more
British Leyland - The Cars, 1968-1986 by James Taylor
Category: Technology and Transport
In 1968, British Leyland brought together most of Britain's motor manufacturers, with the intention of creating a robust unified group that could equal the strength of the big European conglomerates. But this was not to be. There have been many books about the politics and the business activities of B ...Show more
British Sports Cars of the 1950s and 60s by James Taylor
Category: Technology and Transport | Series: Shire Library
Nobody built sports cars like British manufacturers in the 1950s and 1960s. There was something very special about the combination of low-slung open two-seater bodywork with a spartan interior, a slick sporting gearchange and a rorty exhaust note. This was wind-in-the-hair motoring, and it was affordabl ...Show more
Electric Cars by James Taylor
Category: Planes Trains Automobiles | Series: Shire Library
An essential introduction to the surprisingly long history of the electric car, from the early pioneers, through to the first commercially viable marques such as Tesla.After a century in the shadow of the internal combustion engine, the electric motor is making a seismic comeback. Battery-propelled vehi ...Show more
Factory-Original Land Rover Series 1, 80-Inch Models by James Taylor; Simon Clay (By (photographer))
Category: Technology and Transport
It was back in 1996 that James Taylor's book Original Land Rover Series I was first published, and it has been in print and in constant demand ever since. In recent years James has been engaged in further research and the gathering of new information for a much larger and more detailed work about the ...Show more
Factory-Original Wartime Jeeps - Originality Guide to Willys MB and Ford GPW Jeeps by James Taylor
Category: Military | Series: Factory-Original Ser.
The wartime Jeep continues to fascinate enthusiasts around the world, nearly eight decades after the first prototypes were built. Yet, while it is true that there was only ever one Jeep, it is emphatically not the case that there was only one variety of Jeep. Not only were Jeeps built by both Willys and ...Show more