Wanderlust is a personal view of the joy of travelling: seeing the place ´over the hill´.Roy Smith and his wife Martha met while both were abroad. they married, and have spent the past twenty years travelling. Roy´s eagerness to see new places continues unabated.

A bittersweet story of a man remembering his late father.

Understanding the theories that underpin international political economy (IPE), and their practical applications, is crucial to the study of international relations, politics, development and economics. International Political Economy in the 21st Century offers students an engaging and coherent foundation to the subject. It considers traditional and alternative approaches to IPE, and in doing so elucidates key concepts, assumptions and the intellectual and historical context in wh...

A short story set in London 1970. A father takes his thirty-year-old daughter back to the town where he was born and raised. He has not been in England since 1945, when at the end of WWII he had emigrated to the U.S.A. A story of love, separation and adultery.

This is a story of excitement, laughs, astonishment and anger - a story of the determination of a man with a dream and a passion for motor racing in the big leagues. It is the first time that the history of the always under-financed Gordini racing team has been documented in English, and the first complete story of Gordini himself in any language. This volume will appeal to new enthusiasts and old hands of Formula 1 and sports prototype racing, especially those who have owned a Gordini-bad...

Mercedes and Benz Racing: The First 55 Years of the RennabteilungStep into the thrilling world of Mercedes-Benz racing, where innovation, speed, and daring drivers shaped motorsport history. Mercedes and Benz Racing unveils the extraordinary story of the Rennabteilung—the legendary Mercedes-Benz racing department—from the birth of motor racing in the early 1900s to Daimler-Benz’s dramatic withdrawal from Grand Prix and sports car competition in 1955.

There are still those who see the Porsche 914 model as a 'funny little car,' compared to the immortal 911. Granted, in its day, professional rally drivers were not keen on the 914: they were nervous driving it at the limit. Yet the records show that 914s were driven to at least 41 class wins, and at least 71 positions on the other two steps of the podium in Regional, National, and International Rallies. Racing on the circuits of Europe, 914s came home first in their class, and even took ov...

A positive look at cancer.This short book is free. If you like it or find it useful, you could contact me, write a review, give a thumbs-up. You could also make a donation to your favorite charity. If you don´t like it, you could forget feedback, the review, and the thumb. But perhaps remember that donation.Thanks.

Nearly seventy years after the last great stock market bubble and crash, another bubble emerged and burst, despite a thick layer of regulation designed since the 1930s to prevent such things. This time the bubble was enormous, reflecting nearly twenty years of double-digit stock market growth, and its bursting had painful consequence. The search for culprits soon began, and many were discovered, including not only a number of overreaching corporations, but also their auditors, investment b...

Powered by Porsche - the Alternative Race Cars is a thorough and fascinating account of the racing cars that were powered by Porsche engines, but where the chassis and development of the car was carried out by others. The Porsche company in Zuffenhausen, Germany, can probably be said to be the most successful marque ever for victories in the motor racing scene. Likewise many firsts in innovation have come with the name Porsche attached. Many major racing car producers such as Elva, Lotus, ...

Tips for coping with the side effects of chemo and radiation treatment of cancer. This short book is free. You may download it as many times as you wish.One of the advantages of eBooks is that they are easily updated.This book is regularly updated.The last update was made on 8 April 2012.

Adam Smith was a Scottish professor of moral philosophy. He published his classic The Wealth of Nations in 1776, the year the American Revolution began. Smith became widely known for his ideas of free markets, laissez-faire commerce, and the "invisible hand." Yet English politicians, landed gentry, and the nobility paid little attention and enacted none of Smith's suggested reforms.The American colonies, however, began their existence as an independent nation in 1781 with n...