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Bella Bathurst - The Bicycle Book - 9780007305896 - KAC0003195
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The Bicycle Book

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Description for The Bicycle Book Paperback. "You can keep the internet. You can keep the computer and the mobile phone. In the bicycle humanity has its most perfect invention of the last three hundred years and in Bella Bathurst the bike has found the best and brightest booster so far." BORIS JOHNSON Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258. Good clean copy with some shelf wear

“You can keep the internet. You can keep the computer and the mobile phone. In the bicycle humanity has its most perfect invention of the last three hundred years and in Bella Bathurst the bike has found the best and brightest booster so far.” BORIS JOHNSON

‘At last – a bicycle book for the rest of us…. A book for the sort of cyclist who likes cycling and reading and stories.’ Guardian

Two wheels. A frame. Two pedals. What could ... Read more

And yet the bike continues to inspire a passionate following. Since the millennium its use in Britain has doubled, and then doubled again. Thousands now cycle to work, with more and more taking it up every day.

Acclaimed author Bella Bathurst takes us on a journey through cycling’s best stories and strangest incarnations, from the bicycle as a weapon of warfare to the secret life of couriers and the alchemy of framebuilding. With a cast of characters including the woman who watercycled across the Channel, the man who raced India’s Deccan Queen train and several of today’s top cyclists, she offers us a brilliantly engaging portrait of cycling’s past, present and world-conquering future.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007305896
SKU
KAC0003195
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1

About Bella Bathurst
Bella Bathurst is a writer and photographer. Her first book, ‘The Lighthouse Stevensons: The Extraordinary Story of the Building of the Scottish Lighthouses by the Ancestors of Robert Louis Stevenson’, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and won the Somerset Maugham Prize. Her novel ‘Special’ was published in 2002 to wide acclaim, and her most recent book, ‘The ... Read more

Reviews for The Bicycle Book
‘At last – a bicycle book for the rest of us… a book for the sort of cyclist who likes cycling and reading and stories…’ Guardian “As this beautifully written and gently erudite work easily proves, cycling is ideal for many things, and will doubtless draw more converts ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Bicycle Book


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