24 Results for : motorcar
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Car Crazy: The Battle for Supremacy Between Ford and Olds and the Dawn of the Automobile Age , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 681min
In Car Crazy, G. Wayne Miller, author of Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies That Make Them and Men and Speed: A Wild Ride Through NASCAR's Breakout Season, takes listeners back to the wild and wooly years of the early automobile era - from 1893, when the first US-built auto was introduced, through 1908, when General Motors was founded and Ford's Model T went on the market. The motorcar was new, paved roads few, and devotees of this exciting and unregulated technology battled with citizens who thought the car a dangerous scourge of the wealthy that was shattering a more peaceful way of life. As the machine transformed American culture for better and worse, early corporate battles for survival and market share transformed the economic landscape. Among the pioneering competitors were: Ransom E. Olds, founder of Olds Motor Works, inventor of the assembly line (Henry Ford copied him), and creator of a new company called REO; Frederic L Smith, cutthroat businessman who became CEO of Olds Motor Works after Olds was ousted in a corporate power play; William C. "Billy" Durant of Buick Motor Company (who would soon create General Motors); and genius inventor Henry Ford. The fiercest fight pitted Henry Ford against Frederic Smith of Olds. Olds was the early winner in the race for dominance, but now the Olds empire was in trouble, its once-industry leading market share shrinking, its cash dwindling. Ford was just revving up. But this was Ford's third attempt at a successful auto company - and if this one failed, quite possibly his last. So Smith fought Ford with the weapons he knew best: lawyers, blackmail, intimidation, and a vicious advertising smear campaign that ultimately backfired. Increasingly desperate, in need of dazzling PR that would help lure customers to his showrooms, Smith staged the most outrageous stunt of the era. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Don Hagen. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/001775/bk_gdan_001775_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Coventry's Motorcar Heritage
Coventry's Motorcar Heritage: ab 14.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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A Ride in a Fine Motorcar
A Ride in a Fine Motorcar: ab 9.99 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Madeline
THE LIVING SEA Modern Day Detachment Records/Lunch Records Madeline EP 5-song CD Formed in 2004, this band has gone through several lineup changes (including the departure of lead singer Adam Rich), they seem to have completely reinvented themselves with the addition of vocalist Catie Rae Zappala whose siren song wails above waves of reverb drenched guitar. Fans of Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Regina Spektor, Arcade Fire, and Slowdive will absolutely love this fresh approach to a nostalgic classic shoegaze. This is a band for the ages. I can't wait to hear more. (Joel Simches) BIO Anchored by castaways Neil Simmons and Michael Crockett of There Were Wires and The Burning Paris respectively, The Living Sea has returned with madeline. First launched in 2004, TLS has endured lineup changes, and personal tradigies to finish their first studio album, with new vocalist Catie Rae Zappala and bassist Dave Carlson. Recorded at Camp St. Studio in Cambridge, The Madeline EP features 5 songs that have been a staple of The Living Sea's live set over the last year. ^#^in a day when techno music fills the clubs, madeline challenges listeners with melodies as agressive as it's angular guitars and introspective rythyms, combined with Zappala's optimistic, heartfelt lyrics. Modern Day Detachment Records moderndaydetachment@gmail.com PRESS From the Boston Phoenix: Two promising local indie-rock up-and-comers have up and come out with new CDs for your enjoyment. The LIVING SEA are preparing for the release of their new Madeline EP, a five-track spread of lush guitar textures, explosive rhythms, and vocals that soar through the din like a bottle rocket. They'll drop the good stuff this Saturday, August 2, at Great Scott, joined by LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SHORE LEAVE, and MR. NI$E ------------- From the Boston Metro: The Living Sea's Catie Zappala takes a vocal approach akin to Regina Spektor and Martha Wainwright, letting the words roll around in her mouth a bit before peppering them over the lush, angular sonics of their "Madeline" EP. The Mystery Tramps, Loud Clappers and Motorcar. ^#^round out the bill. -------------- From Boston Globe - Stuff@ Night by Liza Weisstuch | July 25, 2008 According to their MySpace page, Boston band the Living Sea counts New Order, Heart, Thin Lizzy, mermaids, and beer as a few of their many influences. We would add to that catalog Karen O. of the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Tortoise, and Chicago electronic-tinged art rockers the Sea and Cake (the "Sea" part is completely coincidental, we're sure). Their new CD is coming out on Lunch Records, and tonight the indie-electronic-pop outfit is celebrating by playing their own party at Great Scott (1222 Comm Ave, Allston, 617.566.9014). We're pretty sure there'll be beer, which of course means there will be inspiration. Dive in around 9 p.m. Tickets are $8 at the door. ------------- Joel Simches, The Noise-'This is my new favorite band.' ------------- The Pill- 'Traveling the quickest route from Point A to B requires a journey through the mind of The Living Sea, a Boston-based rock and roll railroad of an ensemble that blends scratch acid vocal harmonies and angular guitars driven by echoing soundscapes and impulsive breaks. Self-described as 'a thirteen year old gothic chick's favorite band, our name scrawled in Bic on her notebook,'Lunch Record darlings The Living Sea takes the best elements of Daryl Palumbo's epic compositions and dresses it up for the midnight ball.' -the Pill.- Shop: odax
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