Book by Dregni, Eric, Miller, Karl Hagstrom, Hagstrom Miller, Karl

Ads That Put America on Wheels

Dregni, Eric

Miller, Karl Hagstrom

Arts & Photography

Motorbooks Intl

Not since their heyday in the 1950s and 60s have motorscooters enjoyed the kind of following they do today. Featured are evocative colour photos and histories of scooters from the early 1900s through today. From popular makes like Vespa, Cushman, and Japan, to less-celebrated examples from around the globe, this unique salute to the motorscooter provides as fun a ride as its subject.

Scooter Mania

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

From The Honeymooners to The Big Lebowski, from The Flintstones to Ed, bowling has rolled right down the middle of American culture like no sportor even pastimein the nation’s postwar history. This entertaining, illustrated history illuminates the place that bowling holds in the heart of America, as well as its loftier antecedents and the high-kitsch status all things bowling have recently attained.

Let's Go Bowling!

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Scooters and scootering are the fastest growing segment of the American motorcycling market. Because of their low cost, ease of operation, and unintimidating nature, scooters are especially appealing to new riders. This book will provide the scooter owner with everything he or she needs to know. It will tell a person what kind of scooter to buy, how to buy it, and where to buy it. It will instruct the owner on maintaining and customizing his or her scooter. It will even help the scooterist find scooter-related events and activities. In sum, this is all the book any scooter owner will ever need.

Scooters (Everything You Need to Know S.)

Martin, Peter

Until 1949, resurfacing an ice rink required a tractor-pulled shaver followed by three or four workers scooping away the shavings and then spraying and squeegeeing water. The process-including the refreezing-took more than an hour. That all changed when a tireless inventor by the name of Frank J. Zamboni, who also happened to own a 20,000-square-foot rink in Southern California, put his mind to creating a quality sheet of ice in a shorter time. The story of the machines he produced-now as beloved as ice skates and hockey pucks among winter sports enthusiasts-is fully told for the first time in this book, a fun-filled history of machine-age ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that forever changed the nature of sports on ice. Beginning with a prehistory of the machines, this fully illustrated book goes on to explore the early genesis of Zamboni ice-resurfacing machines, how a Zamboni works, tips from drivers, various models that have evolved through the years, colorful anecdotes from and about Zamboni drivers, and more. Entertaining sidebars examine such topics as Zamboni wipeouts, non-ice-resurfacing machines from the company, the Zamboni factories, Zamboni toys, and television ""roles."" Officially licensed, the book features a wealth of material from the Zamboni archives.

Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice

Business & Money

MVP Books

Since hitting the road in 1946, eighteen million Vespa motor scooters have buzzed the Earth. Vespa's success lies in the uniqueness of its design -- in the unmistakable sheet metal skin that, over the span of decades, has defined the concept of "motor scooter." The Life Vespa celebrates all aspects of the scooters and the thriving culture that surrounds them. Since Vespa is affordable and in high-style, the life Vespa encompasses all walks of life, from street urchins to celebrities like Audrey Hepburn, John Wayne, and Brad Pitt. Part of Motorbooks’ “Life” series, The Life Vespa melds machine and culture to immerse you in la bella vita.

The Life Vespa

Motorbooks

Enjoy a (slow) spin around the old rink in the only history of the world-famous Zamboni ice resurfacer…now available in an updated edition to celebrate the 70th birthday of these iconic machines! Until 1949, resurfacing an ice rink required an ungainly tractor-pulled shaver followed by three or four workers scooping away the shavings and then spraying and squeegeeing water. The process—including the refreezing—took more than an hour, as skaters or hockey players waited patiently. That all changed when a tireless inventor by the name of Frank J. Zamboni—who also happened to own a skating rink in Southern California—put his mind to creating a quality sheet of ice in a shorter time. The story of the machines the Zamboni Company has produced—now as beloved among sports enthusiasts as ice skates and hockey pucks—is fully told in this fun-filled history of machine-age ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit that forever changed the nature of ice sports. Inside this official illustrated story, created with the cooperation of the Zamboni Company, you'll be greeted by a wealth of visual material from their archives. Explore:<ul>
<li>The early development of Zamboni ice-resurfacing machines</li>
<li>How they work and have evolved over the years</li>
<li>The story behind figure-skating legend Sonja Henie's personal Zamboni ice resurfacers</li>
<li>Anecdotes from drivers</li>
<li>Stories behind paint schemes</li>
<li>Colorful tales about Zamboni ice resurfacer drivers</li>
<li>And much more</li>
</ul>Witness the design and workings of the latest models, such as the world's first OEM lithium-ion-powered ice resurfacer, and read fun new Zamboni tales and milestones, like the 12,000th machine delivered and the 2018 formation of Zamboni Europe in Sweden. Entertaining sidebars explore the appeal of Zamboni machines, take you inside Zamboni facilities, examine the company’s other less-well-known machines, and highlight Zamboni machines' television and film "roles." The only book on the subject not geared for young kids, Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice offers sports enthusiasts a fun-filled and informative look at one of the most beloved machines on four wheels!

The Impossible Road Trip explores the roadside of all of America's 50 states, recalling the golden age of car travel with histories and color photos of iconic roadside attractions, as well as specially commissioned maps.

The Impossible Road Trip: An Unforgettable Journey to Past and Present Roadside Attractions in All 50 States

Photography & Video

The Scooter Bible is an entertaining, colorful, and authoritative history of the little motorbikes that could.\nBeginning with the first motor scooter in 1902, Eric Dregni is your guide to everything from the postwar American scooter boom to the golden age of Italian and European scooters, the rise of Mod scooter culture in England . . . right up to modern electric scooters.\nToday, nostalgia for vintage Vespas, Piaggios, Cushmans, Lambrettas, and other top brands drive a new thirst for retro-inspired scooters in showrooms around the world. This revised and updated edition of The Scooter Bible brings the story up to date with the drive for zero emissions via electric vehicles. Throughout, author Eric Dregni offers you a wealth of imagery: historic black-and-white photos, evocative period advertisements, manufacturer photos, and more—over 500 images! Along the way, he also shows you scooter evolution, changing technologies, and scooter appearances in popular culture.\nAnd as the most comprehensive scooter book ever, The Scooter Bible also includes the world’s most exhaustive encyclopedia of scooter brands, from Puddlejumper to Piaggio, Ducati to Doodlebug, and Zündapp Bella to Genuine Stella. The Scooter Bible is all you need before kick-starting your scooter engine to life and praying for ever more speed.\nIndeed, scooters are mechanical marvels on two wheels. Streamlined spuds. Mutant oddballs of Jet Age styling gone berserk. Innovative inventions shoehorned like sardines into miniaturized monocoque bodies. Engineering and styling enigmas (the stranger the better). They are the weird and the wonderful. And they are all here in The Scooter Bible.

The Scooter Bible: The Ultimate History and Encyclopedia

From super-smooth alley sharks to granny-style rollers, the sport of bowling excludes no one. It is the great equalizer, knocking down barriers with each strike rolled. Rabble-rousing proletariat and flush fat cats, anyone may partake in this great pastime that brings more people together than just about any participant sport. This is an entertaining illustrated history tracing the game from its ancient roots tot he 21st Century U.S.. This book is illustrated with period and modern archival photos and art.

Let's Go Bowling

History

Americas

Crestline Books

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Ads That Put America on Wheels

Scooter Mania

Let's Go Bowling!

Scooters (Everything You Need to Know S.)

Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice

The Life Vespa

Zamboni: The Coolest Machines on Ice

The Impossible Road Trip: An Unforgettable Journey to Past and Present Roadside Attractions in All 50 States

The Scooter Bible: The Ultimate History and Encyclopedia

Let's Go Bowling