Author : Guy Martin
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,58 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Biography
ISBN :
"This is the story of life at the centre of the world's most dangerous sport, by its brightest and biggest star. Guy Martin, international road-racing legend, maverick star of the Isle of Man TT, truck mechanic and TV presenter, lives on the edge, addicted to speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger"--Publisher's description.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1473586933
Guy Martin can't sit still. He has to keep pushing - both himself and whatever machine he is piloting - to the extreme. He's a doer, not a talker. That applies whether Guy's competing in a self-supported 750-mile mountain bike race across Arizona, or trying to reach 300mph in a standing mile on the 800-horsepower motorbike he built in his shed. And during his TV adventures, travelling through Japan, winning records for the world's fastest tractor, re-creating the famous Steve McQueen Great Escape jump, discovering the toil and sacrifice of the D-Day landings and trying to cut the mustard as a Battle of Britain pilot. Guy's become a dad now and he's hoping that one day his daughter will grow up to be a better welder than he is. Oh, and he's still getting up at 5am to work on trucks in for service or to be out on his tractor, working the Lincolnshire land he's always called home. This is Guy Martin's latest book, in his own words, on the last four years of his life that make the rest of us look like we're in slow motion. We're here for a good time, not a long time. To Guy, if it's worth doing, it's worth dying for.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Gost Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,69 MB
Release : 2019-03-12
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781910401224
Photographer Guy Martin investigates the blurred lines between reality and fiction in Turkey.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 46,70 MB
Release : 2016-10-20
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0753545330
‘I was never going to sleep in and take it easy, there were worms to catch.’ Breaking records on the world’s biggest Wall of Death, cycling 2,745 miles across the length of the United States (while sleeping rough), attempting to be the fastest person ever on two wheels and travelling to Latvia to investigate his family’s roots, it's been a busy year for Guy Martin. There’s been some thrilling racing too, including wild Harley choppers on dirt and turbo-charged Transit vans through the Nevada desert. And don't forget there’s the day job to get back to in North Lincolnshire – the truck yard and the butty van. Guy has done more in one year than most people do in a lifetime, and with his gift for story-telling, he takes you with him to the outer limits of human endurance, and on a dizzying adrenalin high, all in a day’s work.
Author : Phil Wain
Publisher : Carlton Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2017-06
Category : Motorcycle racing
ISBN : 9781780979557
Enter the world of motorcycling daredevil and cult racer Guy Martin: a down-to-earth guy . . . driven by a passion for speed and danger. Truck fitter, ace racer, world record holder, speed junkie, and all-round "character" renowned for his loveable personality, racer Guy Martin is a modern-day celebrity motivated not by wealth and fame but by his love of bikes and trucks. Written by an experienced motorcycle journalist who also served as Martin's PR officer, Guy Martin: Portrait of a Bike Legend charts the star's eventful life. Featuring never-before-published photographs, it recounts Martin's career in front of, and away from, the spotlight. This first illustrated biography of Martin captures a man who doesn't do things halfway; if it's not a challenge to life, limb, and sanity, he's just not interested.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 25,10 MB
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 1448131790
It is a largely forgotten fact that Britain was the first industrialized country in the world, but Guy Martin - the cult motorcycle racer and mechanic - is about to remind us how the industrial revolution helped make Britain great. Guy shows how the discoveries made in the late 18th-19th centuries are to thank for the ease of our every day lives: in order to cook a bacon and egg sandwich in Industrial-era conditions, Guy has to restore a steam locomotive and railway to have the components delivered to the local shop; he has to bring a saw mill back into working order to be able to make a bicycle; he has to revamp a Victorian fishing trawler so he can cook himself some fish and chips, and when he decides to mow the lawn, he restores a Victorian botanical garden. After all that, he's in need of a holiday - so he sets to work restoring a Victorian holiday resort. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned photography as well as historical images, Guy will take us through each project; his passion, enthusiasm and sheer inventiveness bringing a completely new perspective to the Industrial Revolution. He invites us to live it with him, to enjoy the nostalgia, marvel in the mechanics and learn from its legacy.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Editions du Chêne
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,89 MB
Release : 2016-09
Category : Cooking
ISBN : 9782812315220
* Fifty-six signature recipes from one of the finest Parisian restaurants and Michelin-starred chef Guy Martin* More than cooking: discover the history of one of the oldest gourmet restaurants in Paris* Le Grand Véfour, a monument of French cuisine, reveals its history, secrets and recipes in this eponymous fine bookLe Grand Véfour is one of the most famous and oldest gourmet restaurants in Paris. It is a veritable jewel of the 18th century "art décoratif", located in the heart of Paris, next to the Gardens of the Palais Royal. Le Grand Véfour has been the finest gourmet rendezvous of the Parisian political, artistic and literary society for more than two hundred years.This book retraces the history of the Grand Véfour, founded in 1784, with anecdotes and texts about the many celebrities who have eaten there. Guy Martin shares about fifty of the restaurant's signature recipes and talks about the restaurant's service and atmosphere. The text is accompanied by magnificent four-color photographs that capture the atmosphere, gilding, reflections in the age-old mirrors and of course the delicious food.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Random House
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 37,9 MB
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0753549956
The Phenomenal Sunday Times No1 Bestseller ‘It was the start of the third lap of the 2010 Senior TT, the last race of the fortnight. The last chance to get a TT win for another year, and I was pushing hard. Ballagarey. The kind of corner that makes me continue road racing. A proper man’s corner. You go through the right-hander at something like 170mph, leant right over, eyes fixed as far down the road as I can see. But this time something happened. This time the front end tucked ...’ Guy Martin, international road-racing legend, maverick star of the Isle of Man TT, truck mechanic and TV presenter, lives on the edge, addicted to speed, thoroughly exhilarated by danger. In this book we’ll get inside his head as he stares death in the face, and risks his life in search of the next high. We’ll discover what it feels like to survive a 170mph fireball at the TT in 2010, and come back to do it all again. He’ll sweep us up in a gritty sort of glory as he slogs it out for a place on the podium, but we’ll also see him struggle with the flipside of fame. We’ll meet his friends and foes, his family, his teammates and bosses and we’ll discover what motivates him, and where his strengths and weaknesses lie. For the first time, here is the full story in Guy’s own words. From the boy who learned to prep bikes with his dad, to the spirited team mechanic, paying his way by collecting beer glasses in pubs, to the young racer at the start of his first race and the buzz he’s been chasing ever since. This thrilling autobiography is an intense and dramatic ride.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 48,48 MB
Release : 2012-12-05
Category : History
ISBN : 1403966346
For most of its history, the African continent has witnessed momentous political change, remarkable philosophical innovation, and the complex cross-fertilization of ideologies and belief systems. This definitive study surveys the concepts, values, and historical upheavals that have shaped African political systems from the ancient period to the postcolonial era and beyond. Beginning with the emergence of indigenous political institutions, it traces the most important developments in African history, including the Africanization of Islam, liberal democratic movements, socialism, Pan-Africanism, and Africanist-Populist resistance to the neoliberal world order. The result is an invaluable resource on a region too often ignored in the history of political thought.
Author : Guy Martin
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 19,75 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9780865438583
This book examines the key aspects of Africa's external relations and reviews the various political, security and economic strategies through which independent African states have tried to enhance their power and status in the world. The author analyses the ideology of Eurafrica, as well as Europe's evolving relationship with Africa, while also assessing the prospects for African regional integration in the context of Pan-Africanism.
