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Airforce Blunders
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| NZ$ 39.95 each |
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| Author: Geoffrey Regan |
| Published by: Carlton Books |
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Aerial warfare has removed the walls and moats with which mankind once protected itself from armies and navies, and has thus become the most destructive of all 'killing fields', threatening civilians and armed forces alike. Aviation blunders are therefore mainly serious in their implications, but Geoffrey Regan reveals eccentricity and incompetence alike in fearless fashion in Airforce Blunders, from Puggy Shone, the British Second World War pilot who delighted in dropping oranges and bogus bombs on German soldiers relaxing on a beach in Belgium, to the officer in charge of the state-of-the-art radar at Pearl Harbour who missed the significance of the blips on the screen which were the approaching Japanese planes, and uttered the immortal words, "Well, don't worry about it". In a world where no one is out of reach of aerial bombardment, it is as well to remember that aviation blunders can and do still occur today.
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All-American Hot Rod
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| NZ$ 65.00 each |
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| Author: Michael Dregni |
| Published by: Voyageur Press (USA) |
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Hot rods have made legends, taking the spotlight in all aspects of the beach culture, in movies, and in music. They represent youth, rebellion, and a drive to do things a little differently. The hot rod was created by everyday folks who took an old Tin Lizzie, stripped off the fenders and hood and hotted up the engine, gave it a personalised, unique look, and had a machine that outperformed all the other cars on the street. While thumbing their noses at the status quo, these pioneers and their machines inspired awe in kids and instilled fear in their elders. The hot rod movement has always been a grassroots, groundswell movement, an underground art-form that defies a straightforward chronicle succinctly tied up with a bow. "The All-American Hot Rod" is a history by those who lived it, the numerous voices and images of people who know and love the hot rod like nothing else. It is truly an all-American tale with an exhaust note heard
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