Since his tragically early death from cancer in 1995 John Britten has taken his place as a New Zealand hero. He & his dedicated team in Christchurch designed & built from scratch the Britten V-twin motorcycle. For a time this machine was probably the fastest four-stroke bike in the world. It could wheel stand at 150 miles per hour simply by opening up the throttle. After five years of research the author has finally been able to give due credit to the man & his achievements. The biography details his early life the development of his vision & the early prototype motorcycles & then the gruelling cycle of hard work set-backs & failures before the Britten V-twin finally was able to beat the worlds best. His bike had legions of fans worldwide captured by the elegance originality & power of his machine but also by the romance of his story
- an individual taking on some of the worlds biggest & best motorcycle manufacturers & winning. This title should appeal to readers both inside & outside the motorcycle fraternity because of its universally inspiring theme
- that extraordinary things are possible when a person turns their dreams into reality.

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In this series a contemporary poet selects & introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems & by the personal & critical reactions they express in their prefaces the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible & passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. The birds are gone to bed; the cows are still & sheep lie panting on each old mole hill & underneath the willows grey-green bough
- Like toil a resting
- lies the fallow plough
- Hares at Play"."


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Packed full of analysis & interpretation historical background discussions & commentaries York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text youre studying whether its poetry a play or a novel. Youll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages & characters; learn interesting facts about the text; & discover structures patterns & themes that you may never have known existed. In the Advanced Notes specific sections on critical thinking & advice on how to read critically yourself enable you to engage with the text in new & different ways. Full glossaries self-test questions & suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam while internet links & references to film TV theatre & the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text. York Notes offer an exciting & accessible key to your text enabling you to develop your ideas & transform your studies! ...

John Clare: A Poet for all Seasons is a superb anthology combining the poems of John Clare the nineteenth century poetic commemorator ...

When John Constantine is run over by a truck it takes him a little while to realise that hes perched between life & death. After a few weeks of hospital rehab Constantine finds the London streets very different from when he left as a series of occult murders & mutilations demands his attention. The common denominator points back to the ER where Constantine was admitted. ...

John Constantine had no intention of tracking down his long-lost nephew despite the promise John made to his dead mom. But mysterious circumstances & a series of murders send Constantine out to Ireland in search of his forgotten relative. However after a seance with his late sister Cheryl Constantine finds that there might be a lot more connections between his nephew & these set of murders than meets the eye. In this penultimate chapter to Vertigos longest series Death & Cigarettes is the latest chapter in critically acclaimed writer Peter Milligans run on Hellblazer. ...

The 1995 Open Champion & legendary wild man of golf recalls the best & worst of his life: his inspirational play on both US & European tours; the demons that afflicted him on the course & his addiction to gambling & drink; & the trashed hotel rooms & spectacular marital problems. John Daly took professional golf by storm when he came out of nowhere to win the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick in Indiana. A big hitter Daly quickly became a favourite with PGA crowds for his long drives & no-frills philosophy of grip it & rip it. Almost as quickly he became a controversial figure thanks to his on-course fits of temper & off-course bouts of drinking & gambling. He won the Open Championship in 1995 at St Andrews then suffered through six years of poor play & personal turmoil before winning the BMW International Open in Munich in September 2001. In February 2004 he returned to the winners circle on the PGA Tour winning the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines. Daly has been married four times & his spectacular marriage bust-ups have attracted endless media headlines. His fourth wife Sherrie & her parents were indicted on federal drug & gambling charges in 2003; they were accused of selling cocaine marijuana & methamphetamines from 1996 to 2002 & of laundering the proceeds through local banks. She has only recently been released from a federal penitentiary to return to the family home. Daly talks openly in his book about his controversial private life the tantrums the additictions to drink gambling & women & reflects on a new course in life in this richly entertaining read. ...

At last a paperback reissue of this classic history of John Deere! Edited by the worlds most respected & best known Deere historian & expert-Don Macmillan-this is a detailed & fun history of the great tractor builder. This comprehensive history of the man his company & his legacy

Includes:: a biography of John Deere plus excerpts from the writings of Deere engineers & historians such as Wayne Broehl Harold Brock & Orrin Miller. Images are from the Deere archives as well as noted tractor photographer Ralph W. Sanders. Coverage of plows implements combines cars snowmobiles lawn & garden tractors & bicycles is also included.

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My name is David Wong. My best friend is John. Those names are fake. You might want to change yours. You may not want to know about the things youll read on these pages about the sauce about Korrock about the invasion & the future. But its too late. You touched the book. Youre in the game. Youre under the eye. It is crucial you keep one thing in mind: none of this is my fault. ...

John Everett Millais (1829
- 1896) was one of the most significant English painters of the nineteenth century successful & respected
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