Author : H. F. Moorhouse
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780719029165
Moorhouse (sociology, U.of Glasgow) interprets the post-war American passion for hot rods and drag racing as an extreme example of the country's attitude toward automobiles. Of interest to social scientists and to teenagers who want to see what they missed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Doug Nye
Publisher : Virgin Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Formula One automobiles
ISBN : 9781852278410
This history of the McLaren F1 explains how the McLaren Cars' team pursued their quest for perfection to create the fastest road car in the world - setting the record at 240.1mph in 1998. The book has been created with the full support and involvement of McLaren Cars.
Author : Richard Burns
Publisher :
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Automobile racing
ISBN : 9780340825174
Richard Burns' career has been a series of firsts - 1993 youngest winner in British Championship history, 1998 first Englishman ever to win an overseas World Rally Championship race, 2000 first in the Greek, Australian and Great Britain rallies; first driver ever to win the British Rally three times in a row. In 2001 he became the first English driver to win the World Rally Championship, an outstanding achievement for a man who is only 30 years old.
Author : John Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 24,91 MB
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : History
ISBN : 0429844794
This book throws new light on white-collar crime, criminals and criminality in late nineteenth and early twentieth-century Britain. It does so by considering the life of one man, Jesse Varley (1869–1929), who embezzled more than £80,000 from Wolverhampton Corporation, and for a decade and more enjoyed an ostentatiously extravagant lifestyle. He was discovered, and despite serving a period of penal servitude, he turned again to white-collar crime (this time in Sheffield). Sentenced again to penal servitude, he died a few years later in Liverpool in what were said to be 'very poor circumstances'.
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Page : 112 pages
File Size : 10,79 MB
Release : 1995-05
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Author : Carol Dyhouse
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 24,58 MB
Release : 2006-03-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 1134245882
This compelling and stimulating book explores the gendered social history of students in modern Britain. From the privileged youth of Brideshead Revisited, to the scruffs at 'Scumbag University' in The Young Ones, representations of the university undergraduate have been decidedly male. But since the 1970s the proportion of women students in universities in the UK has continued to rise so that female undergraduates now outnumber their male counterparts. Drawing upon wide-ranging original research including documentary and archival sources, newsfilm, press coverage of student life and life histories of men and women who graduated before the Second World War, this text provides rich insights into changes in student identity and experience over the past century. The book examines : men's and women's differing expectations of higher education the sacrifices that families made to send young people to college the effect of equality legislation demography changing patterns of marriage and the impact of the 'sexual revolution' on female students the cultural life of students and the role that gender has played in shaping them. For students of gender studies, cultural studies and history, this book will have meaningful impact on their degree course studies.
Author : Graeme Donald Snooks
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 36,79 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780739106136
In this provocative work, noted social and economic theorist Graeme D. Snooks exposes fatal flaws in the foundations of the Darwinian theory of evolution, which he deems an "artificial algorithm," as well as the neo-Darwinian synthesis adopted by many social scientists. Utilizing the historical method, Snooks develops a remarkable replacement theory of evolution, which he calls the "dynamic-strategy" theory. While the neo-Darwinian position places too great an emphasis on genetic change--giving rise to untenable but popular concepts such as the "selfish gene"--and fails to explain the fluctuating fortunes of life's most successful species (mankind), Snooks' framework starts by systematically observing the broad patterns of life and human society. The resultant realist theory of life posits life as a strategic pursuit (rather than a game of chance) in which organisms adopt dynamic strategies (only one of which is genetic change) to survive and prosper. Organisms' and species' progress is achieved through "strategic selection"--a concept that displaces the "divine selection" of creationists and the "natural selection" of Darwinists. This new theory reveals the organism as empowered, rather than as the plaything of gods, genes, or blind chance; and it provides a new basis for humanism.
Author : Barbara Czarniawska
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 15,59 MB
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1839100958
In this timely book, Barbara Czarniawska and Bernward Joerges examine the hopes and fears around work and job security inspired by automation, from the original coining of the term ‘robot’ to the present day media fascination. Have these hopes and fears changed or do they remain the same? This discerning book investigates whether these changes in perception correlate to actual changes taking place in the field of robotics.
Author : F. LaGard Smith
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0736980032
“May this unique chronological panorama of God’s interaction with mankind inform, inspire, and draw you higher.” —F. LaGard Smith When you want to go deeper in your chronological study of Scripture, these 365 original readings will enrich and expand your time in the Word. Each devotion goes beyond the narrative contents of The Daily Bible® to more clearly illuminate the practical truths, faith foundations, and biblical promises found in each day’s passage. As you journey through The Daily Bible® Experience, you will better understand how to… follow God’s call in every aspect of your life embrace His certainty in times of trial and hardship feel the momentum and might of God's sublime love and mercy This collection of thoughtful devotions can be used alongside TheDaily Bible® or by itself, and includes space for you to journal your own reflections. The Daily Bible® Experience will help you meditate on the mystery and power of faith, and provide a year of encouragement, strength, and inspiration that will have you seeking God with ever more reverence and wonder.
Author : Patrick J. Killen
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 32,56 MB
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1664195599
Pat Killen's collection of stories and memories of the exhilarating life of Earnest Hoberecht (pronounced Ho-bright), good old boy and war correspondent for United Press, stationed in Asia 1945-1988, is part modern history, part fascination, part legend. He reveals some secrets about Ernie's confidant, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, and tells of Ernie's four wives, one a part-Asian beauty, and his efforts to keep afloat a major international news service.
