Racing Books

Much more information than you'd expect in a children's book. Info you can't find anywhere else - and I've looked!

This is the touching story of a girl named Jingle. It is her goal to run in the town's Fun Run Race, but after training to within an inch of her life, her sneakers get a big hole in them! Will Jingle, a tomboy-ish girl with a heart of gold, be able to run the race? Or will she be forced to watch from the sidelines, her holey sneakers crumbling beneath her? This is a story about determination, will power, and most of all, friendship. Recommended for kids ages 5-10!

This is the very best history of horse racing in America written in modern times! It has wonderful illustrations and really makes you want to jump right into the Sport of Kings! I would advise any novice to buy this book--but also any expert!

This is a good book to read if you don't know about sled dogs or if you want more information. It's not the best book in the world but it is packed with tons of information on running sled dogs. I know the title sounds kind of joyful but this is the book for the serious minded beginning dog sledder.

I use this book with a client. He's 7 and has autism. He loves the book and provides a lot of things to talk about. Even just the pictures. But the story is great and my client loves it! Great book for children.

Lots of great photos of your favorite motorcyle mark. Has alot of excellent information on the history of Kawasaki motorcycles.

This beautiful leather-bound book celebrates the "sport of kings" at one of the sport's most inspirational settings. Keeneland, the track located near Lexington, Kentucky in the heart of the Bluegrass horse country, was built in 1936. Now a National Historic Landmark, the track complex represents a racing venue unparalleled for beauty and class. William Strode's photographs, Peter Williams's paintings, and Billy Reed's narrative text present the track in all of its splendor and pageantry. Readers wishing to understand Kentucky will cherish this treasure.

PERFECT PRIMER FOR DRAG RACING FANS OF ALL AGES, THIS IS REQUIRED READING FOR 1320 FANS EVERYWHERE..PRODUCT WAS AS ADVERTISED..

Meticulous, elegant and sensitive, Kings of the Mountains works both as a panegyric to the sporting heroes of a troubled land and as a more general meditation on motifs key to sport and to nationalism: politics, religion, pride, pain and glory.
The Times.

Thrilling reading... cleanly written, meticulously researched... This book unearths a fascinating national sporting history.
Times Literary Supplement.

Wonderfully evocative.
The Independent.

In turns funny, reflective and passionate, Kings of the Mountains is part cycling history, part travelogue and part social analysis... Essential reading.
Official Guide to the Tour de France.

A fascinating work of admirable scope and depth.
Cycle Sport.

Some story, worthy of the magical realism of Gabriel García Márques or Mario Vargas Llosa in its intricate layering of sport, social history and the vagaries of human nature.
Cycling Plus.

Matt Rendell was voted New Sports Writer 2003 by the National Sporting Club for "Kings of the Mountains."

The Lancia is a great Rally Car, as illustrated in this magnificent piece of literature from the author. Although the photos weren't really my bag, baby, I am a great fan of the Italian car.