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Extra Lemon by TONY DAVIS
$19.90 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
More heroic failures of motoring by the author of the bestselling Lemon!'The sales slogan was 'Make way for the Austin Freeway'. Car buyers did more than that. They gave it the widest berth possible.''You may not recall the Falcon EA. But Ford certainly does. It had to recall tens of thousands of them.' ...Show more
F.Scott , Ernest and Me by Tony Davis
$30.00 NZD
Category: General Travel
'The unpublished novelist arrived in Paris in April 1995 fully aware that if he was going to be one of the giants of 20th-century literature he didn't have much time.' So begins a simple tale of a man throwing in his job, moving somewhere exotic and attempting to fulfil his life's ambition of writing a ...Show more
Lemon! 60 Heroic Failures of motoring by TONY DAVIS
$19.90 NZD
Category: Miscellaneous
'When an owner stood by his Triumph Stag, it was usually because he couldn't get the door open.''The Niki demonstrated every handling vice known to suspension engineers, plus some invented especially for this car.''If you needed a sudden burst of acceleration in the Goggomobil Dart, it was best to jump ...Show more
Roland Wright at the Joust by Tony Davis
$17.00 NZD
Category: Children's fiction
He's been at Twofold Castle for just a month, but Roland's skill and determination have already impressed the king's bravest knights. And Roland is ready for his first tournament. He is only meant to be watching, of course. Ages 7+.
Splat! The Madness and Magnificence of the World's Most Dangerous Sports by Tony Davis
$30.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction
From the author of the bestselling Lemon! comes Splat!, a funny, quirky look at some of the most ludicrously dangerous sports in the world. What kind of person risks their life for their sport? And more to the point, why? Intrepid author Tony Davis takes a leap into the unknown to find out in Spla ...Show more
Step on It! A Wild Ride Through the Motor Age by Tony Davis
$35.00 NZD
Category: NZ non-fiction | Reading Level: very good
From the infamous Cugnot, the Frenchman who in 1789 both built the first working automobile and had the first car crash, to Craig Breedlove, who survived the fastest accident in the history of motoring (an unscheduled right-hand turn at 1080 km/h in a jet-car), Step On It! traces the evolution of the ca ...Show more
The Mad Mad World of Sports by Tony Davis
$18.00 NZD
Category: Children Non-Fiction
Ever heard of the surfer who rode a single wave for 37 minutes? Or the boxer who managed to knock himself out? Full of Mind-boggling, death-defying, thrill-seeking, spine-chilling and awe-inspiring stories from the mad, mad world of sports.'I liked it because it has a bunch of funny, crazy, weird and ju ...Show more
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