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Amazing Glaze - Techniques, Recipes, Finishing, And Firing

by Gabriel Kline

29,74€ + 10% CARD

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 Amazing Glaze sets out all you need to create your own amazing glazes: recipes, foundational and advanced techniques, and inspiration from some of the best contemporary ceramicists.
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Speed Read Tour De France - The History, Strategies And Intrigue Behind The World''S Greatest Bicycle Race

by John Wilcockson

33,11€ + 10% CARD

 <DIV>This beautifully designed and illustrated essential guide to the Tour de France from Motorbooks' Speed Read series will make you an instant expert on its history, its winners and rivalries, the tactics necessary to win it, and the technology of its bicycles. Le Tour has sometimes been called "chess on wheels" because of the complicated strategies used by the race's 22 teams and 176 riders. This book—written by award-winning cycling journalist John Wilcockson, who has covered the Tour 45 times—will help you understand those tactics, along with informing you about the race’s century-plus history, its famed winners and rivalries, and the technology that has gone into creating the modern racing bicycle and determining how today’s athletes train. Among the questions answered are:</DIV><ul><li>Who owns the Tour?</li><li>How are the course’s 21 stages selected?</li><li>What are the most famous mountain climbs?</li><li>How is the overall winner determined?</li><li>What is a peloton, a soigneur, or an echelon?</li><li>How big are the prizes?</li><li>What are time bonuses?</li><li>Who was the first American to compete in the Tour, and who was the first one to win it?</li><li>How fast do the racers go down mountain descents?</li><li>What speeds can the riders reach in sprint finishes?</li><li>Why are the teams known by the names of their sponsors and not their countries?</li><li>What do the riders eat, and where do they sleep every night?</li><li>What are all those motorcycles doing among the cyclists?</li><li>How do the organizers deal with doping scandals?</li><li>And is it true that, one year, the top four finishers were all disqualified?</li></ul><DIV>You will find the answers to all these questions, and many more, in this informative, beautifully illustrated, fun-to-read book: Speed Read Tour de France. With Motorbooks’ Speed Read series, become an instant expert in a range of fast-moving subjects, from Formula 1 racing to car design. Accessible language, compartmentalized sections, fact-filled sidebars, glossaries of key terms, and event timelines deliver quick access to insider knowledge. Their brightly colored covers, modern design, pop art-inspired illustrations, and handy size make them perfect on-the-go reads.</DIV>
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Speed Read Porsche 911 - The History, Technology And Design Behind Germany''S Legendary Sports Car

by Wayne R. Dempsey

33,11€ + 10% CARD

 Porsche 911,Â the latest in Motorbooks' Speed Read series, breaks thisÂ immortal rear-engined sports car down into fully illustrated, easy-to-digest portions that neophytes and experts alike will love.
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Speed Read F1 - The Technology, Rules, History And Concepts Key To The Sport

by Stuart Codling

29,14€ + 10% CARD

 Don't be intimidated by F1,Â Speed Read F1Â is your guide to this great sports tech, rules, history, culture and concepts in one stylish, easy-to-read package.
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Speed Read Supercar - The History, Technology And Design Behind The World’S Most Exciting Cars

by Basem Wasef

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 <DIV>From Motorbooks' beautifully designed and illustrated Speed Read series, Speed Read Supercar guides you through every aspect of these imagination-capturing, eye-widening, land-bound speed missiles. When Lamborghini unleashed its Miura on an unsuspecting world in 1966, it set off a high-performance arms race that continues to this day. Ferrari, Maserati, Jaguar, Porsche, and Lotus all accepted the challenge. Over the following five decades, numerous others stepped up, including stalwarts like Aston Martin, BMW, and Audi, as well as small-volume specialists such as Koenigsegg, Pagani, Noble, and Spyker. The result is a veritable smorgasbord of blazingly fast and delicious-looking land missiles available to anyone with several hundred thousand dollars to spare. Supercars are complex subjects that interest nearly everyone. Every part of a supercar represents myriad decisions informed by engineering, aesthetics, human interface, and emotion. Speed Read Supercar answers the hows and whys of these fantastic cars in sections divided by topic, offering an engaging review of history, engineering, design, key concepts, and key people. Each section ends with a glossary of related terms, and informational sidebars provide fun facts, historical tidbits, and mini-bios of key people in the supercar world. Sleek illustrations showcase the incredible designs. With Motorbooks’ Speed Read series, become an instant expert in a range of fast-moving subjects, from Formula 1 racing to the Tour de France. Accessible language, compartmentalized sections, fact-filled sidebars, glossaries of key terms, and event timelines deliver quick access to insider knowledge. Their brightly colored covers, modern design, pop art-inspired illustrations, and handy size make them perfect on-the-go reads.</DIV>
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Speed Read Car Design - The History, Principles And Concepts Behind Modern Car Design

by Tony Lewin

26,49€ + 10% CARD

 <DIV>This beautifully designed and illustrated essential guide to car design from Motorbooks' Speed Read series traces the inspirations of the first car designers and tracks the craft, the art, and the science that have propelled successive generations of designers and shaped the contours of the vehicles we see all around us. Never before has the car-buying public been more aware of how a car's design fits into their everyday lives and what it communicates about the driver behind the wheel. Like all design, car design is complex subject. Every part of a car represents myriad decisions by the design team ruled by engineering, aesthetics, human interface, and emotion. Speed Read Car Design helps the you understand the hows and whys of that design process, offering an engaging review of history, theory, key concepts, and key designers. It’s a book for car enthusiasts, design fans, and anyone with a desire to better understand why our wheeled world looks the way it does. In sections divided by topic, you'll explore the birth of car design, how it evolved over the last century, successes and failures in innovation, the elements that make up a car's style, the engineering behind the design, the creative process and design fads, and finally the road ahead in car design. Each section ends with a glossary of related terms, and informational sidebars provide fun facts, historical tidbits, and mini-bios of key people in car design. Sleek illustrations of the cars give clear design examples throughout. With Motorbooks’ Speed Read series, become an instant expert in a range of fast-moving subjects, from Formula 1 racing to the Tour de France. Accessible language, compartmentalized sections, fact-filled sidebars, glossaries of key terms, and event timelines deliver quick access to insider knowledge. Their brightly colored covers, modern design, pop art-inspired illustrations, and handy size make them perfect on-the-go reads.</DIV>
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Speed Read Porsche 911 - The History, Technology And Design Behind Germany'S Legendary Sports Car

by Mr. Wayne R. Dempsey

25,67€ + 10% CARD

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 Porsche 911,Â the latest in Motorbooks' Speed Read series, breaks thisÂ immortal rear-engined sports car down into fully illustrated, easy-to-digest portions that neophytes and experts alike will love.
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Gardener'S Guide To Compact Plants - Edibles And Ornamentals For Small-Space Gardening

by Jessica Walliser

21,88€

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Science In A Jar - 35+ Experiments In Biology, Chemistry, Weather, The Environment, And More!

by Julia Garstecki

15,44€

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 With Science in a Jar, kids and their adults get the opportunity to discover a variety of scientific disciplines at home with this beautifully presented collection of experiments using a ubiquitous and inexpensive everyday object most often doomed to the recycling bin.
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Speed Read Tour De France - The History, Strategies And Intrigue Behind The World'S Greatest Bicycle Race

by Mr. John Wilcockson

16,73€

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Little Free Libraries & Tiny Sheds - 12 Miniature Structures You Can Build

by Little Free Library e Philip Schmidt

21,88€

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The Pvc Pipe Book - Projects For The Home, Garden, And Homestead

by Chris Peterson

16,73€

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Kitchen Ideas You Can Use, Updated Edition - The Latest Styles, Appliances, Features And Tips For Renovating Your Kitchen

by Chris Peterson

21,88€

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Car Design - The History, Principles And Concepts Behind Modern Car Design

by Tony Lewin

16,73€

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Speed Read F1 - The Technology, Rules, History And Concepts Key To The Sport

by Stuart Codling

22,97€ + 10% CARD

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 Don't be intimidated by F1,Â Speed Read F1Â is your guide to this great sports tech, rules, history, culture and concepts in one stylish, easy-to-read package.

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