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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. At Lucent Academy, you don't choose your mate. You summon them. Every Manaborn of the Invicto Empire is claimed at adulthood and shipped to the Academy-to master their power and call forth their fated mate from the Pacted Realms. A beastkin mate is common. A vampire, rare. A dragon? That's the kind of legend nobles brag about for generations.But highborn or lowborn, everyone knows the unbreakable rule of our Empire: You summon exactly one Bonded Mate.Rules exist to be broken. As the daughter of lowborn gardeners, I never dreamed I'd awaken Mana. I'd have been grateful for an imp. A kobold.Anything that let me keep my head down and avoid the notice of the elite.Then my Summoning happens.An Abyss Dragon who offers me his hoard and his heart. A Blood Lord promising eternal devotion and immortal nights. A Fae Prince vowing to make me his Queen.Three Bonded Mates. One terrified girl. And a prophecy come to life.Suddenly I'm declared a Trinity-the first in recorded history. A living legend destined either to save this world.or make it burn.Now the Empire watches. The Pacted Realms stir. Priests, kings, and monsters argue over whether I'm a miracle or a catastrophe.All I know is I'm trapped between three equally irresistible, equally dangerous suitors who don't understand the meaning of "share"-and who are ready to take extreme measures to get what they claim as theirs.The problem is, I've never been good at choosing.And if the prophecy is right?I might not have to. ***Lucent Academy: Trinity Awakens is a thrilling romantasy reverse harem (why choose?) with three enigmatic leads and one seemingly ordinary girl. who may hide more bite than everyone thinks. Preorder now before the price changes.: ) This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What if one of the world's most recognizable automobile companies was born from a promise that millions of people never saw fulfilled as intended WHO REALLY FOUNDED VOLKSWAGEN takes readers behind the familiar name and into a history far more complicated than the story of one founder building a car company.In 1930s Germany, automobile ownership remained beyond the reach of most ordinary citizens. Adolf Hitler pushed an ambitious solution: create an affordable 'people's car' for German families. Ferdinand Porsche was commissioned to turn that political vision into a working automobile. The proposed vehicle would carry two adults and three children, reach about 100 kilometers per hour, and cost only 990 Reichsmarks.It sounded like the beginning of a transportation revolution.Then came war.The civilian dream collided with Nazi Germany's military ambitions. Volkswagen's factory moved into wartime production, and severe labor shortages opened one of the darkest periods in the company's history. Forced workers, prisoners of war, foreign civilians, and concentration-camp prisoners became part of the industrial system keeping production alive.And behind the factory gates was an even more disturbing story involving women, infants, and a children's facility where hundreds died.Yet Volkswagen's story did not end with Nazi Germany.When Allied forces reached the damaged plant, the regime that had created the project was collapsing, the factory had been devastated by bombing, and its future was uncertain. British Army officer and engineer Major Ivan Hirst would become part of an extraordinary postwar turn.From those ruins came renewed civilian production.Then came the Volkswagen Type 1.The world would know it as the Beetle.Its rise would eventually take Volkswagen across international markets and beyond the famous production record of Henry Ford's Model T.Written as an engaging historical narrative with detailed analysis, this book examines why Volkswagen was created, who actually shaped its beginnings, what happened when war transformed its purpose, how human beings paid the price, and how a company so closely tied to Nazi Germany survived to become a global automobile manufacturer.Perfect for readers fascinated by automotive history, business origins, World War II history, famous companies, engineering, and the hidden stories behind everyday brands.If you have ever looked at a Volkswagen and wondered how it all began, this story may completely change the way you see that familiar name.Get your copy of WHO REALLY FOUNDED VOLKSWAGEN today and discover the troubling, surprising, and remarkable history behind the people's car.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - God, Gold & the Mormon Church: How a 19th Century Faith Quietly Built a $100 Billion EmpireWhat if the most financially sophisticated institution in America wasn't a Wall Street firm. but a church God, Gold & the Mormon Church pulls back the veil on one of the most compelling, controversial, and quietly constructed financial empires in modern history. With the precision of investigative journalism and the pulse of true storytelling, this book reveals how a persecuted 19th-century faith-founded in hardship and spiritual defiance-grew into a global religious power managing billions in secret assets.Why does a religious institution need its own investment firm Who controls the money What happens when sacred donations are quietly funneled into stock portfolios, luxury real estate, and sprawling business ventures And at what point does spiritual stewardship blur into corporate strategy This book is not just about wealth-it's about power, faith, and the tension between transparency and tradition. It's about how silence became strategy. How missionaries became soft-power agents. How land, loyalty, and legacy became tools in building one of the most under-the-radar financial ecosystems the world has ever seen.Whether you're a curious believer, a business mind, a religious scholar, or someone fascinated by the intersection of money and morality-this book will challenge everything you thought you knew about modern religion.This is the story the headlines only hinted at. The one they didn't want to tell.You don't have to believe in the Church to be shaken by its reach. You just have to read.Buy now and discover the untold story behind faith's most astonishing fortune.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it take to build a truck capable of carrying 363 tonnes through some of the toughest mining conditions on Earth THE MAKING OF THE LIEBHERR T 284 takes readers beyond the staggering dimensions of one of the world's great ultra-class haul trucks and into the engineering decisions that make such a machine possible.A fully loaded T 284 can reach approximately 605 tonnes. Yet sheer size is not enough. It must accelerate under load, climb punishing grades, descend under control, survive thousands of haul cycles, dump its cargo, return for another load and remain productive through long working hours.So how did engineers make something this enormous work day after day This book follows the story from the early T 282 and the lessons that shaped the T 282 B and T 282 C to the unveiling of the T 284 at MINExpo 2012. Along the way, discover why Liebherr pursued a 363-tonne payload while keeping the truck's own weight under control, and how years of real mining experience influenced the machines that followed.Go inside the diesel-electric Litronic Plus AC Drive System and discover how engine power becomes electricity before returning to the wheels as immense mechanical force. See why tyres, suspension, frame design, braking, retardation, cooling and payload distribution can matter just as much as raw engine power.Then follow the T 284 into the real world.Experience a complete haul cycle from loading to dumping. Discover what happens when these trucks operate more than 4,500 metres above sea level at Chile's Collahuasi copper operation. Explore trolley-assisted hauling, telematics, autonomous operation and the changing energy technologies that are pushing ultra-class mining trucks toward a new era.This is not simply a book for people who already know mining equipment. It is for heavy-machinery enthusiasts, engineers, students, technology lovers and curious readers who have ever looked at a gigantic machine and wondered, How does that actually work Behind every 363-tonne load are thousands of decisions most people will never see.Open THE MAKING OF THE LIEBHERR T 284 and discover the engineering hidden behind the giant.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How does a tractor that keeps sinking into California soil eventually lead to some of the largest and most powerful machines on Earth The answer is a story of invention, rivalry, failure, survival, and engineering ambition.THE MAKING OF CATERPILLAR takes readers back to a time when horses still powered much of American agriculture and steam tractors promised to change farming forever. But there was a problem. As tractors became larger and more powerful, their enormous weight could make them sink into soft ground.Benjamin Holt needed an answer.What followed helped produce the tracked tractor and inspired one of the most recognizable names in industrial history. But Holt was not working without competition. Clarence Leo Best was developing machines of his own, learning from unsuccessful designs, improving gasoline tractors, and building a company capable of challenging Holt.Their rivalry would become one of the most important forces behind what happened next.Inside this book, discover why Holt and Best went from competitors to the two major forces behind the historic 1925 merger that created Caterpillar Tractor Co.; how the Great Depression tested the young company; why Caterpillar continued betting on diesel technology during uncertain times; and how machines once associated with farming found new roles building roads, dams, mines, and major infrastructure.Then watch the scale change dramatically.Follow Caterpillar from early steam machines and tracked tractors to the massive D11 dozer and the extraordinary 797 family of mining trucks, including the 797F with a nominal payload of 400 U.S. tons. See how greater size created new engineering problems involving power, weight, cooling, braking, structural strength, tires, maintenance, and control.This is not simply a company history.It is an accessible engineering and business story about what happens when competitors refuse to stop improving and practical problems demand better machines.Perfect for readers interested in heavy machinery, engineering history, construction equipment, mining, tractors, manufacturing, invention, and the businesses that helped build the modern industrial world.If you have ever watched a giant yellow Caterpillar machine at work and wondered how it all began, this book takes you back to the problem that started the journey.Get your copy today and discover the remarkable story behind the yellow machines that learned how to move the earth.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What happens when one of the most successful racing teams in Europe discovers that raw power is no longer enough to win In 1936, Mercedes-Benz entered Grand Prix racing expecting success. Instead, the season became a painful lesson. Its W25 struggled with handling, stability, mechanical problems, and a growing threat from Auto Union. Behind the wheel of the rival machine, Bernd Rosemeyer was proving that Mercedes could be beaten.Mercedes faced a choice: keep modifying a troubled car or admit that something deeper was wrong.THE MAKING OF THE MERCEDES-BENZ W125 tells the gripping story of what happened next.Follow Rudolf Uhlenhaut and the Mercedes engineering team as they investigated the failures of 1936 and began questioning almost everything beneath the surface. Chassis stiffness. Wheelbase. Suspension travel. Damping. Aerodynamics. Driver confidence. And, of course, power.The result was the W125, a Grand Prix machine powered by a supercharged 5.66-liter straight-eight producing roughly 556 to 585 bhp in racing form, with experimental output reaching around 646 bhp under favorable test conditions. Capable of speeds beyond 300 km/h, it pushed pre-war racing engineering to an astonishing extreme.But building such a machine was only half the battle.Inside these pages, discover how Rudolf Caracciola, Hermann Lang, Manfred von Brauchitsch, and Richard Seaman confronted tremendous speed with narrow tires, limited protection, and none of the electronic assistance modern racing drivers take for granted. Follow Mercedes back into battle against Auto Union, witness the rivalry that shaped the 1937 season, and see how Caracciola transformed an engineering comeback into a European Championship.This is more than the story of a powerful racing car. It is about failure becoming evidence, engineering becoming an answer, and a company being forced to rethink its approach before it could win again.Perfect for Grand Prix and motorsport enthusiasts, Mercedes-Benz fans, automotive history readers, engineering lovers, and anyone fascinated by the machines and personalities that pushed racing toward its limits.Mercedes lost badly enough to question everything.What it built next became a legend.Discover the engineering, rivalry, danger, and remarkable comeback behind the Mercedes-Benz W125. Get your copy today and experience the story from the first failure to the final triumph.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it take to move 400 tons of material across a mine, control it on a steep grade, and bring more than a million pounds of machine and payload safely back to a stop THE MAKING OF THE KOMATSU 980E takes you inside one of the most imposing machines ever created for large-scale surface mining and reveals the engineering decisions hidden beneath its enormous yellow body.When mining demand began shifting beyond the 360-ton haul-truck class, Komatsu faced a difficult challenge. The company needed a true 400-short-ton mining truck capable of meeting demanding production requirements while remaining powerful, controllable, reliable, serviceable, and ready for an increasingly digital mining industry.Building something bigger was the easy answer. Making that size work was the real problem.Follow the development of the 980E from the demands that helped create it to the engineering that allows it to work. Discover why its frame must survive forces far beyond simply supporting a heavy load, how an 18-cylinder diesel produces 3,500 horsepower, and why that engine does not drive the wheels through a conventional mechanical transmission.See how diesel power becomes electricity before reaching the traction motors. Understand what a 400-ton payload really means to mine productivity, why overloading can work against the economics of hauling, and how payload data helps mines measure what happens during every cycle.Then confront one of the machine's most fascinating questions: How do you safely slow a loaded truck weighing roughly 1.38 million pounds on a descent The answer leads into a 6,000-horsepower dynamic retarding system, multiple layers of braking, traction control, operator protection, KomVision, digital monitoring, maintenance engineering, autonomous-haulage readiness, and the evolution toward the 4,400-horsepower 980E-5SE.Written for mining enthusiasts, heavy-equipment fans, engineers, students, mechanics, technology readers, and anyone fascinated by machines built at an almost unbelievable scale, this book goes beyond specifications to explain why the 980E was needed, what engineers had to overcome, how its major systems work, and what its evolution tells us about the future of ultra-class haulage.If you have ever stood beside a giant mining truck, watched one online, or simply wondered how humans make a machine this massive work day after day, this story is for you.Get your copy of THE MAKING OF THE KOMATSU 980E today and discover the engineering behind the 400-ton giant.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - America needed a new tank. What followed was a high-stakes engineering contest that would produce one of the most recognizable fighting machines in modern history.The M1 Abrams is famous for its speed, armor, devastating firepower, and battlefield reputation. But the machine the world knows today was never the work of one inventor, one company, or one brilliant idea.THE MAKING OF THE M1 ABRAMS takes you behind the armor to uncover how America's legendary battle tank actually came to life.The story begins before the first Abrams existed, when the United States was searching for a successor to the M60 and wrestling with expensive failures such as the MBT-70 and XM803. Then came a remarkable industrial contest. Chrysler Defense and General Motors were given the same challenge: build America's next main battle tank.Only one could win.Why did Chrysler gamble on a 1,500-horsepower gas turbine when its rival pursued a different approach How did engineers balance armor against weight, speed against fuel consumption, and greater firepower against the limited space available inside a tank What made Philip W. Lett so important to the project And what happened when years of engineering theory finally met enemy fire From Cold War proving grounds to the deserts of Operation Desert Storm, from the streets of Iraq to the age of drones and modern antitank weapons, this book follows the Abrams through the environments that repeatedly forced it to change.Inside, you'll discover the rivalry that shaped the XM1, the thinking behind its crew-survival features, the controversial turbine engine, the transition from the 105 mm gun to the powerful 120 mm smoothbore, the digital transformation of the M1A2, the lessons of real combat, and the growing weight and complexity that eventually forced the Army to rethink how far the original design could be pushed.This is not simply a collection of tank specifications.It is a story about people, engineering risks, competition, warfare, failure, adaptation, and the difficult decisions hidden inside an extraordinary machine.Perfect for military-history readers, veterans, engineering enthusiasts, tank lovers, technology readers, students of modern warfare, and anyone who has ever looked at an M1 Abrams and wondered, Who actually built this thing, and why was it built this way The Abrams entered service more than four decades ago. Yet its story is still being written.Discover the decisions that made the legend. Get your copy of THE MAKING OF THE M1 ABRAMS today. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it take to build a truck capable of carrying 450 tonnes in a single load In 2013, the BelAZ 75710 appeared with dimensions that seemed almost impossible. More than 20 metres long, nearly 10 metres wide, powered by two massive diesel engines and supported by eight giant tires, it was designed to haul a load heavier than many people could easily imagine.But its enormous size is only the beginning of the story.THE MAKING OF THE BELAZ 75710 takes you behind the numbers to uncover why engineers decided a 360-tonne mining truck was no longer enough, what stood in the way of going bigger, and how a series of difficult engineering decisions eventually produced a 450-tonne working machine.Why eight tires instead of the conventional arrangement Why use two 16-cylinder diesel engines Why generate electricity onboard instead of simply connecting those engines mechanically to the wheels And perhaps the most fascinating question of all: once hundreds of tonnes are moving down a mine road, how do you safely steer and stop them The answers reveal a machine far more sophisticated than an oversized dump truck.Follow the story from BELAZ's earlier heavy-haul machines to the ambitious project unveiled in 2013, then inside the engineering of its twin engines, diesel-electric traction system, hydraulic steering, pneumohydraulic suspension, high-strength structure, enormous dump body and powerful braking systems. Finally, travel with the 75710 into real mining conditions, where impressive calculations had to prove themselves through repeated loads, steep haul roads, maintenance demands and the unforgiving economics of moving rock.Along the way, discover why building bigger does not automatically mean building better, and why fuel consumption, reliability, infrastructure, servicing and cost per tonne mattered just as much as horsepower and payload.Written for engineering enthusiasts, mining and heavy-equipment followers, mechanics, students, machinery lovers, industrial-history readers, and anyone fascinated by how extreme machines are created, this book turns complicated technology into an engaging story that is easy to follow without stripping away the engineering that makes it fascinating.The BelAZ 75710 became famous for its size.The real story is how engineers made that size work.If you have ever looked at one of the world's largest machines and wondered, How on earth did they build that , this book was written for you.Get your copy today and discover the engineering story hiding beneath eight giant tires and a 450-tonne payload.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - A tank designed for a superpower was about to enter production. Then the superpower disappeared.In the final years of the Soviet Union, engineers at Nizhny Tagil were working on an ambitious effort to push the proven T-72 platform further. Better protection. Improved fire control. Greater battlefield capability. The project was known as Object 188.Then history intervened.The Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, leaving Russia with an enormous military inheritance, shrinking defense budgets, struggling factories, and a new tank whose future was suddenly uncertain.So how did Object 188 survive to become the T-90 And why would a decision made thousands of kilometers away in India become one of the most important turning points in its story THE MAKING OF THE T-90 takes readers beyond horsepower, armor thickness, and gun caliber to uncover the remarkable engineering, economic, political, and industrial story behind one of Russia's most recognizable main battle tanks.Follow the journey from the T-72B improvement program and Object 188 to the first T-90, India's T-90S Bhishma, the improved T-90A, the extensively redesigned T-90MS, and finally the T-90M Proryv.Discover why Soviet engineers favored a three-person crew and carousel autoloader, how the 125 mm gun became central to the design, why thermal imaging transformed night fighting, and how reactive armor, modern fire control, stronger engines, improved ammunition arrangements, and digital battlefield systems changed the vehicle over time.But engineering is only half the story.You'll see how collapsing Russian procurement threatened production, why India's massive commitment helped change the program's fortunes, and how export customers turned an uncertain post-Soviet project into an international armored platform.Then comes the ultimate test: combat.From anti-tank missiles and mines to top-attack weapons, electronic warfare, loitering munitions, and drones, modern battlefields have forced the T-90 family to confront threats its original designers could never have fully anticipated.Perfect for military-history readers, tank enthusiasts, engineering fans, defense professionals, students, and anyone fascinated by how machines survive political collapse and technological change.The T-90 survived because it could change.Read THE MAKING OF THE T-90 and discover how a Soviet project outlived the world that created it. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE MAKING OF THE BRADLEY FIGHTING VEHICLEHow Engineering Ambition, Firepower, Armor, Controversy, and Decades of Combat Turned a Troubled Project Into a Battlefield SurvivorWhat happens when the military asks one machine to carry soldiers, keep pace with tanks, survive enemy fire, and bring enough firepower to fight back The answer became one of the most recognizable and controversial armored vehicles in American military history.The Bradley Fighting Vehicle did not begin as an obvious success. Born from Cold War fears and America's search for a replacement for the M113, its development became a difficult struggle between protection, mobility, troop capacity, weapons, weight, and cost. Every improvement seemed to demand another compromise.Then came the harder questions.Could its armor actually protect the soldiers inside Were the Army's vulnerability tests realistic enough Why did Congress and government investigators scrutinize the program And after years of criticism, modifications, and engineering problems, what would happen when the Bradley finally entered a real war The Making of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle takes readers beyond specifications and into the decisions, disputes, engineering challenges, and battlefield experiences that shaped this remarkable machine.Follow the story from early American attempts to create a modern infantry fighting vehicle to the arrival of the M2 and M3 Bradleys. Discover how the 25 mm Bushmaster cannon and TOW missiles transformed the vehicle's fighting power, why survivability testing became so controversial, and how engineers responded when weaknesses appeared.Then follow the Bradley into combat.From Desert Storm and Iraq to its unexpected appearance on the battlefields of Ukraine, see how a vehicle conceived for a Cold War confrontation survived changing enemies, new technologies, mines, ambushes, antitank weapons, drones, and decades of modernization.But every upgrade came at a price.More armor meant more weight. New electronics demanded power, cooling, and space. Eventually, the machine that had survived decades of change began approaching the physical limits of what its original design could carry.Now America is trying to replace it.For military history readers, armored vehicle enthusiasts, engineering minds, veterans, students of modern warfare, and anyone fascinated by how complicated machines survive changing battlefields, this is more than the story of a fighting vehicle.It is the story of what happens when engineering meets reality.Discover how a troubled Cold War project became a battlefield survivor. Get your copy today and step inside the remarkable story of the Bradley.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO REALLY BUILT ASTON MARTIN The Founders, Risk-Takers, Racing Battles, Setbacks, and Reinventions That Shaped a Legendary MarqueWhat if the real story behind Aston Martin is far more dramatic than the cars themselves Today, Aston Martin represents British elegance, breathtaking performance, James Bond, legendary DB cars, and more than a century of racing heritage. But behind that polished badge lies a surprising story of ambition, financial trouble, dangerous competition, changing owners, extraordinary engineering, and repeated fights for survival.Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford founded the business. But did they really build the Aston Martin the world remembers This book goes beyond the familiar origin story to uncover the people and decisions that kept the marque alive when its future was anything but certain.Follow Aston Martin from a small London operation in 1913 through the disruption of two world wars, early racing adventures, financial crises, Le Mans, and the arrival of David Brown, the industrialist whose initials would become attached to some of the most famous cars ever produced.Discover how the DB4 evolved into the iconic DB5, how James Bond transformed public awareness of the marque, why Aston Martin could produce extraordinary automobiles while repeatedly struggling financially, and how later investors kept reinventing a company that sometimes appeared dangerously close to disappearing.Inside, you'll discover: - How Lionel Martin and Robert Bamford started the original venture- Why racing became part of Aston Martin's identity almost immediately- How Count Louis Zborowski's money helped fuel its early ambitions- Why David Brown changed the company's future- The story behind the famous DB initials- How Aston Martin conquered Le Mans in 1959- Why the DB5 became a worldwide cultural icon- How financial crises repeatedly threatened the marque- Why the DBX, Valkyrie, and Formula One represent another major reinvention- And the surprising answer to the question: Who really built Aston Martin Written for car enthusiasts, motorsport fans, entrepreneurs, business-history readers, and anyone fascinated by companies that survive against the odds, this is more than a story about beautiful automobiles. It is a story about what happens when ambition collides with money, engineering meets risk, and failure refuses to have the final word.If you have ever admired the Aston Martin badge, the story behind it may change the way you see it forever.Scroll up and get your copy today to discover the people, machines, victories, setbacks, and bold decisions behind one of Britain's most recognizable automotive names.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO FOUNDED McLAREN The Racer, Engineering Risks, Fatal Crash, and Relentless Pursuit That Built a Motoring IconBefore McLaren became a symbol of speed, Formula One, and extraordinary road cars, McLaren was the surname of a young man from New Zealand.His name was Bruce McLaren, and his story is far more remarkable than the machines that eventually carried his name.How did a boy who spent part of his childhood struggling with a serious hip condition become a Grand Prix winner Why would an already successful racing driver risk his career, money, and reputation to build his own team And how did the company survive when its 32-year-old founder was suddenly killed while testing one of his own racing machines WHO FOUNDED McLAREN takes you behind the famous badge to uncover the human decisions, engineering risks, victories, failures, and devastating turning point that shaped McLaren.Follow Bruce from his early fascination with machinery and an Austin 7 in New Zealand to the unforgiving world of European motorsport. Witness his rise with Cooper, his daring decision to establish Bruce McLaren Motor Racing, the difficult first steps into Formula One, and the unforgettable moment he won a Grand Prix in a car carrying his own surname.Then the story takes a darker turn.On June 2, 1970, Bruce went to Goodwood to test the McLaren M8D. He never returned.He was only 32.What happened afterward could have ended McLaren forever. Instead, the people Bruce left behind made a decision that changed the company's history.Inside this book, you'll discover how McLaren survived its founder, conquered major stages of international motorsport, entered championship-winning eras, pursued Indianapolis glory, produced the extraordinary McLaren F1, won Le Mans, and eventually transformed a racer's surname into a modern automotive identity.This is not simply a book for McLaren owners or Formula One fans. It is for motorsport enthusiasts, automotive-history readers, engineering minds, entrepreneurs, business-history fans, and anyone fascinated by what happens when a founder's vision must survive without its founder.Bruce McLaren started the operation. Generations of drivers, engineers, mechanics, designers, managers, and risk-takers carried it forward.If you have ever seen the McLaren name and wondered about the man who came before the machines, start reading and discover the story behind the badge.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO FOUNDED ROLLS-ROYCE Inside the Clashing Personalities, Engineering Breakthroughs, Tragedies, and Bold Decisions Behind a Global IconTwo men. Two completely different worlds. One meeting that changed automotive history.Today, Rolls-Royce represents extraordinary wealth, quiet power, handcrafted luxury, and engineering excellence. Its name has become so powerful that people call exceptional products 'the Rolls-Royce' of their field.But how did two surnames become a worldwide symbol of perfection The answer begins with a remarkable contrast.Henry Royce grew up facing financial hardship, worked as a newspaper seller and telegram boy, and fought his way into engineering with limited formal education. Charles Rolls was born into wealth, educated at Eton and Cambridge, raced automobiles, sold expensive imported cars, and became fascinated with the dangerous new world of aviation.They should have had little reason to meet.Then Henry Edmunds brought them together in Manchester in 1904.What followed was bigger, stranger, and more dramatic than the familiar story of two men creating a luxury-car company.WHO FOUNDED ROLLS-ROYCE takes you behind the famous badge to uncover the people, machines, triumphs, tragedies, and risky decisions that built an international icon.Inside, you'll discover: - Why Henry Royce's frustration with an automobile helped change his future- How Charles Rolls turned speed, connections, and salesmanship into opportunity- The overlooked roles of Henry Edmunds and Claude Johnson- How the Silver Ghost built a reputation for extraordinary reliability- Why aviation transformed the company forever- How the Merlin became connected with legendary wartime aircraft- The engineering gamble that pushed the business into financial collapse in 1971- How Rolls-Royce survived nationalisation and corporate separation- The extraordinary Volkswagen and BMW battle over factories, trademarks, and one priceless name- How Goodwood rebuilt the marque for a new century- Why Spectre brings the story full circle into the electric ageThis is not simply a book for car enthusiasts.It is for entrepreneurs, engineers, history lovers, business readers, aviation enthusiasts, innovators, and anyone fascinated by how great companies are actually built, nearly destroyed, and rebuilt.If you've ever wondered who really created the legend behind the badge, why the name survived its founders, and how more than a century of reinvention turned it into a global symbol of excellence, this story is for you.Get your copy today and discover the remarkable history behind two surnames the world never forgot.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO REALLY FOUNDED NISSAN Before Nissan became a global automotive giant, there was no Nissan car at all. There was an engineer, a struggling Japanese automobile industry, a little-known company called Kwaishinsha, and a machine called DAT.So who really founded Nissan Was it Masujiro Hashimoto, the engineer who established an early Japanese automobile company in 1911 and helped create the automotive foundation that led to DAT and Datsun Or was it Yoshisuke Aikawa, the powerful industrialist whose organization acquired DAT Motors and became central to the creation of Nissan Motor Company The real answer opens the door to a much bigger story.WHO REALLY FOUNDED NISSAN follows the extraordinary transformation of an early Japanese automotive experiment into a manufacturer recognized around the world.Discover how a country racing to master Western technology produced its own early automobiles, why trucks became critical when Japan had barely developed a passenger-car market, and how the name Datsun emerged before Nissan became the company people know today.Then follow the business through war production, defeat, occupation, financial trouble, bitter labor conflict, British Austin technology, and an engineering comeback that helped produce celebrated vehicles such as the Datsun 510, 240Z, Skyline, Sunny, and GT-R.But success did not make Nissan untouchable.Go inside its worldwide manufacturing expansion, the crisis that made its relationship with Renault crucial, and the remarkable rise of Carlos Ghosn, whose Nissan Revival Plan helped turn a struggling manufacturer around before his celebrated reputation ended in arrest, controversy, and an astonishing escape from Japan.Finally, see how another period of financial pressure and restructuring pushed Nissan toward its next gamble: electric vehicles, solid-state batteries, and a new attempt at reinvention.This book is for car enthusiasts, business-history readers, entrepreneurs, engineering fans, students, and anyone fascinated by the hidden stories behind famous global companies.It is not simply the history of a car brand. It is a story about who built it, why it changed, when survival demanded reinvention, and how different people shaped the company at different moments.If you have ever seen the Nissan badge and wondered what had to happen before that name became known around the world, your journey starts here.Get your copy of WHO REALLY FOUNDED NISSAN today and discover the surprising story behind the name you thought you knew.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO FOUNDED KIA From Bicycles and Early Korean Cars to Crushing Debt and Bankruptcy, Hyundai's Unexpected Rescue, and the Reinvention of a Global Automotive BrandBefore Kia became a global automotive name, it was fighting to build bicycles in a country struggling to rebuild. Decades later, it would be fighting for something far more serious: its own survival.How did a poor farmer's son named Kim Cheol-ho go from working as a laborer in Japan to laying the foundation for one of South Korea's best-known automobile companies And how did the company he started rise through bicycles, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, and passenger cars, only to collapse under crushing financial pressure The answer is far more dramatic than the Kia badge on today's roads suggests.WHO FOUNDED KIA takes you behind the familiar brand to uncover a remarkable business story filled with ambition, calculated partnerships, dangerous expansion, financial collapse, unexpected rescue, and reinvention.Follow Kim Cheol-ho from his difficult childhood and early factory years to his decision to build a manufacturing business in Korea. Discover how partnerships with Honda, Mazda, Ford, Peugeot, Fiat, and Lotus helped Kia gain the experience needed to move deeper into automobile production.Then everything changes.In 1997, the Asian financial crisis exposes a dangerous weakness beneath Kia's rapid growth. Debt closes in. Bankruptcy follows. Ford does not come to the rescue.Instead, Kia's fiercest Korean competitor makes the move few would have expected.Hyundai steps in.But saving the company financially is only half the battle. Kia still has to overcome its reputation for inexpensive cars, rebuild consumer confidence, develop an identity of its own, and prove that it belongs on the global stage.From Peter Schreyer's design revolution and the famous tiger-nose grille to the Sportage, Soul, Optima, hybrids, electric vehicles, and the award-winning EV6, this is the story of how Kia repeatedly changed when standing still could have meant disappearing.Perfect for automotive enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, business-history readers, students, founders, and anyone fascinated by how global companies are actually built, nearly destroyed, and rebuilt.If you have ever looked at a Kia and wondered who started it, how it survived bankruptcy, why Hyundai became involved, or how a bicycle manufacturer transformed into a global automotive competitor, this book was written for you.Turn the first page and discover the extraordinary road from a modest Korean manufacturing dream to the Kia the world knows today.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO FOUNDED BENTLEY How One Engineer Built a Racing Legend, Won Le Mans Five Times, Created an Automotive Icon, and Still Lost the Company That Carried His NameHe built one of the most prestigious car names in the world. He conquered Le Mans. Then he lost the company bearing his own name.Today, Bentley represents extraordinary luxury, handcrafted refinement, immense power, and automotive prestige. But behind the famous winged badge lies a far more dramatic story, one filled with engineering obsession, daring risks, racing glory, financial trouble, and a takeover that changed everything.Walter Owen Bentley began as a mechanically curious boy who dismantled a secondhand bicycle simply to understand how it worked. He became a railway apprentice, raced motorcycles, entered the automobile business, experimented with lightweight aluminum pistons, and helped improve aircraft engines during the First World War.Then, in 1919, he put his own name on a car company.What followed was remarkable.Bentley's machines conquered the 24 Hours of Le Mans five times during its first great racing era. Wealthy adventurers known as the Bentley Boys turned the marque into a symbol of speed and daring. Walter pushed his engineering further with increasingly ambitious automobiles, culminating in the enormous, luxurious, 100-mph-capable 8 Litre.But there was a problem racing trophies could not solve.Bentley was running out of money.As the Great Depression crushed demand for expensive automobiles, Walter watched his dream unravel. In 1931, Bentley Motors fell into financial ruin and was acquired by Rolls-Royce. The engineer who had built the company lost control of his own surname and eventually found himself working under the rival that had taken it over.So how did Bentley survive Walter Bentley And how did a struggling British manufacturer eventually return to Le Mans, win again, and become one of the world's most recognizable luxury-performance brands Inside this book, you'll discover the people, engineering breakthroughs, races, financial decisions, setbacks, and extraordinary twists behind the Bentley name.Perfect for car enthusiasts, motorsport fans, engineering lovers, entrepreneurs, business-history readers, and anyone fascinated by the human stories behind famous companies, this is more than the history of a luxury automobile.It is a story about ambition, invention, victory, money, loss, and a legacy that outlived its creator.If you've ever wondered who really built Bentley and how he managed to lose it, open the book and discover the remarkable story behind the winged B.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - WHO FOUNDED FERRARI VICTORY CAME AT A PRICEEveryone knows the Prancing Horse. Far fewer know the man who paid the price to make it legendary.Today, Ferrari represents speed, wealth, Formula One glory, Italian engineering, and some of the most desirable automobiles ever built. But behind the polished red machines lies a far more complicated human story.Before Ferrari became an empire, Enzo Ferrari was a young man from Modena who lost his father and brother, survived war and serious illness, and entered the automobile industry with little more than ambition and a childhood fascination with racing.What followed was anything but a smooth road to success.Enzo raced for Alfa Romeo before building a team of his own. He watched friends and drivers die in a sport he could not bring himself to abandon. He created Scuderia Ferrari, survived wartime factory bombings, and eventually put his own surname on a V12 racing car.Then Ferrari began winning.But as the victories multiplied, so did the personal cost.Why did Enzo walk away from Alfa Romeo How did the Prancing Horse become his symbol Why did he sell expensive road cars when racing was his true obsession What happened when his beloved son Dino became seriously ill How did the deadly 1957 Mille Miglia disaster put Ferrari under intense legal and public scrutiny Why did senior employees revolt and walk out And how did a deal that could have put Ferrari in the hands of Ford Motor Company collapse and ignite one of the fiercest rivalries in automotive history WHO FOUNDED FERRARI VICTORY CAME AT A PRICE takes readers behind the famous badge to discover the losses, conflicts, engineering battles, family complications, financial pressures, racing triumphs, and relentless determination that shaped Enzo Ferrari and the company that survived him.This is not simply a book about cars.It is a story about ambition, grief, competition, control, resilience, family, business, and the uncomfortable price that can accompany extraordinary success.Perfect for Ferrari enthusiasts, Formula One fans, automotive-history readers, entrepreneurs, business-history lovers, and anyone fascinated by the complicated people behind famous global brands.The next time you see the Prancing Horse, you may never look at it the same way again.Discover the man behind the machine, the tragedies behind the triumphs, and the extraordinary story behind one of the most recognizable names in automotive history.Get your copy today and discover why, for Enzo Ferrari, victory came at a price.…

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - How do you build a machine designed to sink, send people inside it, and somehow guarantee that it can come back up Human beings cannot breathe underwater. We cannot survive the crushing pressure of the deep. We cannot see far through the darkness, and once a submarine disappears beneath the surface, even communication with the world above becomes difficult.Yet we learned how to send entire crews down there for months.THE MAKING OF THE SUBMARINE: THE MACHINE BUILT TO VANISH tells the remarkable story of how that seemingly impossible idea became one of the most sophisticated machines ever created.It begins with David Bushnell's tiny wooden Turtle during the American Revolution, where one man attempted to attack a British warship from beneath the water. From there came dangerous experiments, lost crews, the deadly story of H. L. Hunley, John Philip Holland's struggle to build a practical submarine, and the engineering breakthroughs that finally transformed underwater vessels from curiosities into serious naval machines.Then war changed everything.Discover how German U-boats threatened Britain's lifelines during two world wars, how American submarines devastated Japanese shipping in the Pacific, and how sonar, depth charges, convoys, radar, batteries, diesel engines, and the snorkel turned submarine warfare into a relentless contest between hiding and being found.But one problem remained.The submarine still needed to come back toward the surface to breathe.That changed with nuclear power.Follow USS Nautilus beneath the Arctic ice, discover how Cold War submarines became nearly invisible nuclear deterrents, and step inside today's advanced underwater machines to understand how crews breathe, drink, eat, navigate, communicate, control depth, survive pressure, fight fires, manage emergencies, and live for extended periods without seeing daylight.This is not simply a book about weapons or naval battles. It is a story about human problem-solving.Why should you read it Because the submarine shows what happens when generations of engineers refuse to accept that something is impossible.Who is this book for Readers fascinated by engineering, military and naval history, technology, invention, ships, machines, the Cold War, and the hidden systems that make extraordinary things work.From a hand-powered wooden craft to nuclear vessels capable of disappearing beneath an ocean, this is the story of how humans learned to survive where they were never meant to live.If you have ever wondered what happens after a submarine closes its hatch and vanishes beneath the waves, get your copy today and discover the extraordinary story inside the machine.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What if one of the biggest breakthroughs in spaceflight was not learning how to go up, but figuring out how to come back For most of the space age, humanity accepted something that now seems almost unbelievable. Rockets packed with powerful engines, precision electronics, enormous fuel tanks, guidance systems, and millions of dollars in engineering were launched once, then much of that machinery was allowed to fall away, burn up, crash into the ocean, or disappear forever.Why THE MAKING OF REUSABLE ROCKETS: WHY WERE WE THROWING THEM AWAY tells the remarkable engineering and economic story behind the decades-long struggle to stop treating rockets as disposable machines.The idea sounds simple: launch it, land it, refuel it, and fly again.The reality was anything but simple.Every landing system added weight. Every kilogram of propellant saved for the return could not be used during ascent. Reentry brought extreme heat. Engines had to survive repeated use. Recovered hardware required inspection and maintenance. And even when engineers proved that a spacecraft could return safely, another uncomfortable question remained: Did reusing it actually save money This book follows that problem from the expendable rockets of the early space age through NASA's ambitious Space Shuttle, the unusual DC-X experiments, the troubled X-33 and X-34 programs, and the arrival of private companies willing to attack an old problem in new ways.Discover why reaching orbit is much harder than simply reaching space, why the Space Shuttle proved both the promise and limitations of reuse, how vertical rocket landings became possible, why Falcon 9's second flight mattered as much as its first landing, and why the next great challenge is not merely recovering rockets, but making recovery routine and economical.This is not just a story about SpaceX, NASA, Blue Origin, or one famous machine. It is the story of generations of engineers confronting physics, failure, politics, money, risk, and one stubborn question: Why build something so expensive only to use it once Perfect for readers fascinated by rockets, engineering, aviation, space exploration, technological breakthroughs, business, and the hidden decisions behind machines that changed history.If you have ever watched a rocket land and wondered how we reached this point, why it took so long, and what comes next, this book was written for you.Turn the first page and discover how bringing the rocket home became one of spaceflight's hardest victories.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What if the hardest part of flying was not going forward, but simply staying still in the sky Today, a helicopter can rise from a confined space, hover above a ship, reach an injured person in inaccessible terrain, or land where an airplane has no hope of finding a runway. We watch it happen and barely question the machine above us.But getting there took decades of failed experiments, dangerous tests, stubborn engineering problems, and machines that sometimes seemed determined not to cooperate.THE MAKING OF THE HELICOPTER: CONQUERING VERTICAL FLIGHT tells the remarkable engineering story behind humanity's struggle to build an aircraft that could rise straight into the sky and remain there.Long before the helicopter became a tool of rescue teams, militaries, hospitals, offshore crews, and emergency services, inventors faced a problem that refused to yield easily. Engines were too heavy. Structures were too weak. Rotors produced unexpected forces. Vibration threatened machines. Torque could send the aircraft itself spinning. And even when an experimental craft managed to leave the ground, keeping it stable and deciding where it went next presented another challenge entirely.This book follows that struggle from early rotating-wing experiments and Juan de la Cierva's influential autogyro to the European breakthroughs of the 1930s, Igor Sikorsky's constantly changing VS-300, the production R-4, and the wartime missions that finally revealed what the helicopter could do better than an airplane.Along the way, discover why hovering demands so much power, how engineers fought torque, why rotor blades behave differently in forward flight, how crashes exposed hidden weaknesses, and how better engines, materials, transmissions, and controls gradually transformed an unstable experiment into a practical aircraft.The story continues beyond invention, into rescue, medical evacuation, firefighting, offshore operations, heavy lifting, modern rotor technology, autonomous aircraft, and the new generation of vertical takeoff machines now challenging old assumptions once again.Written for aviation enthusiasts, engineering readers, history lovers, students, curious minds, and anyone who has ever looked at a helicopter and wondered how such a complicated machine manages to stay in the sky.Because the helicopter was never simply invented.It had to be fought for, tested, crashed, rebuilt, understood, and finally made practical.Open the book and discover the extraordinary struggle behind the machine that learned to fly without a runway.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What does it take to control nearly half a million kilograms of moving machinery while carrying almost 300 tonnes of rock The answer is far more fascinating than simply building a bigger truck.THE MAKING OF THE HITACHI EH5000AC-3 tells the remarkable engineering story behind one of Hitachi's largest mining haul trucks, a machine created for a world where ordinary ideas about size, power, braking, and transportation no longer work.With a nominal payload of about 296 tonnes, a gross operating weight approaching 500,000 kilograms, and approximately 2,850 horsepower available from its principal Cummins engine configuration, the EH5000AC-3 was built to perform a brutal job repeatedly. But producing enormous power was only the beginning.How do you get that power to the ground without losing traction How do you stop such tremendous mass on a downhill mine road And what does Japanese railway engineering have to do with any of it Follow Hitachi's journey from earlier AC-drive mining trucks in 2008 and 2010 to the unveiling of the EH5000AC-3 at MINExpo in 2012 and its commercial introduction in 2013. Discover how diesel power, an alternator, IGBT-based electrical control, AC wheel motors, advanced retardation, enormous tires, heavy-duty suspension, cameras, sensors, and structural engineering came together inside one extraordinary machine.Then watch the story take another turn as Hitachi introduces trolley technology, allowing the giant truck to draw electricity from overhead power lines while tackling demanding mine-road climbs.This is not simply a collection of specifications.It is the story of the engineering decisions, industrial pressures, technological connections, and people behind a machine expected to carry staggering loads through some of the harshest working environments on Earth.Perfect for readers fascinated by giant machinery, mining equipment, diesel-electric technology, industrial engineering, heavy vehicles, mechanical innovation, and the hidden stories behind how extraordinary machines are created.If you have ever looked at an enormous mining truck and wondered, 'How on earth did they build something like that ' this book was written for you.Open the first page and discover what it really takes to make half a million kilograms move, work, and stop on command.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - THE MAKING OF THE CATERPILLAR 797FInside the Engineering, Power, and Relentless Pursuit That Created One of Mining's Most Formidable Haul TrucksHow do you build a machine capable of carrying 400 tons, send more than a million pounds down a mine road, and still bring it safely to a stop The answer is far more fascinating than simply building a bigger truck.The Making of the Caterpillar 797F takes readers inside the engineering story of one of mining's most formidable haul trucks. Powered by the massive Cat C175-20, a 20-cylinder, 106-liter diesel engine producing 4,000 gross horsepower, the 797F was created for a world where moving enormous quantities of rock quickly, reliably, and economically can determine the productivity of an entire mine.But raw power was only the beginning.How do engineers build a frame that can survive years of punishing loads How does a seven-speed mechanical drivetrain deliver tremendous power without tearing itself apart What does it take to control more than 1.3 million pounds of loaded machine on a downhill grade And why can tires, cooling, maintenance, road conditions, and even a few minutes of downtime matter almost as much as horsepower This book follows the story from the mining pressures that drove Caterpillar toward the original 797 in the late 1990s to the development of the 400-ton 797F and the increasingly digital, autonomous mines of today.Inside, you'll discover how engineers confronted the challenges of power, braking, traction, structural strength, enormous tires, payload management, manufacturing, operator safety, maintenance, and cost per ton. You'll also step inside the cab, follow a real haul cycle, explore what happens when these giants require rebuilding, and see how data and autonomous haulage are beginning to change their future.Written for engineering enthusiasts, mining professionals, heavy-equipment fans, students, mechanics, machine lovers, and curious readers who want to know how extraordinary machines actually work, this is more than a collection of specifications.It is the story of what happens when 'big' is no longer big enough.If you have ever looked at a Caterpillar 797F and wondered who could build something this enormous, why mining needed it, and how it survives the work it was created to do, your journey starts here.Get your copy today and discover how engineers learned to move a mountain, 400 tons at a time.…