The Bluebird And The Dead Lake
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Bluebird And The Dead Lake
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Author : John Pearson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 196?
Bluebird And The Dead Lake written by John Pearson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 196? with categories.
The Bluebird And The Dead Lake
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Author : John Pearson
language : en
Publisher: Aurum
Release Date : 2013-08-01
The Bluebird And The Dead Lake written by John Pearson and has been published by Aurum this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In 1964, in Australia's remote outback, on the dazzling saltpan of Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell set out to drive his Bluebird car at over 400 miles an hour - faster than any man in history. Things went wrong from the start: unseasonal rains, a sodden lake bed in which every high-speed run slewed dangerously, money running short...even an Aboriginal curse. WIth death shimmering on the horizon before him, the lonely Campbell tried to hold his nerve until he broke the record. Campbell would lose his life eventually on Coniston Water, with over thirty years passing before his body was recovered in 2001, but this strangest - and greatest - of all his world record attempts was witnessed by a young reporter. John Pearson's classic book about Donald Campbell is an extraordinarily compelling and moving portrait of a modern tragic hero, fighting a battle with inhospitable elements and the outer limits of technology - and, above all, with himself.
Bluebird And The Dead Lake The Classic Account Of How Donald Campbell Broke The World Land Speed Record Large Print 16pt
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Author : Richard Williams
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant
Release Date : 2014-04-02
Bluebird And The Dead Lake The Classic Account Of How Donald Campbell Broke The World Land Speed Record Large Print 16pt written by Richard Williams and has been published by ReadHowYouWant this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-02 with History categories.
In 1964, in Australia's remote outback, on the dazzling saltpan of Lake Eyre, Donald Campbell set out to drive his Bluebird car at over 400 miles an hour - faster than any man in history. Things went wrong from the start: unseasonal rains, a sodden lake bed in which every high - speed run slewed dangerously, money running short...even an Aborigi...
Bluebird And The Dead Lake
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Author : John Pearson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Bluebird And The Dead Lake written by John Pearson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Automobile racing categories.
An account (published before death) of the late Donald Campbell's attempts at breaking the water speed records.
The Bluebird Years
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Author : Arthur Knowles
language : en
Publisher: Sigma Press
Release Date : 2001
The Bluebird Years written by Arthur Knowles and has been published by Sigma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Illustrated throughout, The Bluebird Years details what really happened in the final, fateful crash in which Donald Campbell attempted to break the world water-speed record to 300 mph. New analysis is featured by Ken Norris, Bluebird's Designer.
Donald Campbell
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Author : David Tremayne
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-30
Donald Campbell written by David Tremayne and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Generations are familiar with the haunting black and white television footage of Donald Campbell somersaulting to his death in his famous Bluebird boat on Coniston Water in January, 1967. It has become an iconic image of the decade. His towering achievements, and the drama of his passing, are thus part of the national psyche. But what of the man himself? The son of the legendary Sir Malcolm Campbell who was famous for being the ultimate record-breaker of the inter-war years - he broke the land speed record nine times and the water speed record four times with his Bluebird cars and boats - Donald Campbell was born to speed. He was outgoing and flamboyant, yet carefully orchestrated the image he presented to the world. Some saw him as a playboy adventurer; others, such as the radio producer on the twenty-first anniversary of his death, as a reckless daredevil with a death wish. He was known to take solace in extra-marital dalliances, and was obsessed with spiritualism. And in his final years, battered by a 360-mph accident while attempting the land record on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, and his prolonged and anti-climactic subsequent effort on the treacherous Lake Eyre in Australia, Campbell appeared a haggard and often frightened man. He had become trapped on his record-breaker's treadmill as he continually sought to prove himself to his illustrious father, in whose long shadow he felt forever trapped. DONALD CAMPBELL: THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK paints a fascinating portrait of an intense, complex, superstitious yet abnormally brave man who was driven not only by the desire to prove that he was worthy of the mantle of his father, but also by his fervent and unswerving desire to keep Britain at the forefront of international speed endeavour. This book generates a unique insight into how his desperate fear of failure finally lured him into taking one risk too many.
Social Justice
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Author : Susan Magarey
language : en
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Release Date : 1998
Social Justice written by Susan Magarey and has been published by Wakefield Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Culture categories.
Egg-heads in an ivory tower? Dreary boffins carrying out useless research at the tax-payer's expense? Computer-nerds? Do such figures make you think of people working in humanities and social sciences in universities? This book shows just how wrong such representations are!
Dead Pool
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Author : James Lawrence Powell
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-11-10
Dead Pool written by James Lawrence Powell and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-10 with Nature categories.
Where will the water come from to sustain the great desert cities of Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix? In a provocative exploration of the past, present, and future of water in the West, James Lawrence Powell begins at Lake Powell, the vast reservoir that has become an emblem of this story. At present, Lake Powell is less than half full. Bathtub rings ten stories tall encircle its blue water; boat ramps and marinas lie stranded and useless. To refill it would require surplus water—but there is no surplus: burgeoning populations and thirsty crops consume every drop of the Colorado River. Add to this picture the looming effects of global warming and drought, and the scenario becomes bleaker still. Dead Pool, featuring rarely seen historical photographs, explains why America built the dam that made Lake Powell and others like it and then allowed its citizens to become dependent on their benefits, which were always temporary. Writing for a wide audience, Powell shows us exactly why an urgent threat during the first half of the twenty-first century will come not from the rising of the seas but from the falling of the reservoirs.
Dictionary Catalog Of The Research Libraries Of The New York Public Library 1911 1971
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Author : New York Public Library. Research Libraries
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1979
Dictionary Catalog Of The Research Libraries Of The New York Public Library 1911 1971 written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979 with Library catalogs categories.
Bookseller
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1965
Bookseller written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1965 with Bibliography categories.
Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.