A Curious Man: The Strange & Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley (Inbunden)
avNeal Thompson
ISBN: 9780770436209 - UTGIVEN: 201305"A Curious Man" is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert "Believe It or Not" Ripley, the enigmatic cartoonist turned globetrotting millionaire who won international fame by celebrating the world's strangest oddities, and whose outrageous showmanship taught us to believe in the unbelievable.[...]
Light This Candle: The Life and Times of Alan Shepard (Häftad)
avNeal Thompson
ISBN: 9781400081226 - UTGIVEN: 2005-03"Light This Candle," based on Thompson's exclusive access to private papers and interviews with Shepard's family and closest friends--including John Glenn, Wally Schirra, and Gordon Cooper--offers a riveting, action-packed account of Shepard's life.[...]
Driving with the Devil: Southern Moonshine, Detroit Wheels, and the Birth of NASCAR (Häftad)
avNeal Thompson
ISBN: 9781400082261 - UTGIVEN: 2007-08Presents the dramatic untold story of the origins of NASCAR racing in the world of Southern moonshiners, who used fast Ford cars to transport bootleg alcohol during the Depression, men who transformed their driving skills to the Dixie racetracks in the aftermath of World War II. Reprint. 20,000 firs[...]
Remake It Home: The Essential Guide to Resourceful Living (Inbunden)
avHenrietta Thompson, Neal Whittington
ISBN: 9780789320568 - UTGIVEN: 200910Perfectly suited to the spirit of our times, this book is a spare yet stylish guide to living without wastefulness. It chimes with todayâs consumer and design trends toward cost-consciousness and environmental awareness, and shows how to live stylishly by reusing and repurposing rather than buy[...]
