Moto Gp Yesterday Today

Moto GP has never seen anything like this before, in what is a unique visual study of the world's leading motorcycle championship. Moto GP Yesterday and Today is a stunning illustrated book where vintage photographs are shown alongside related images from the modern era. The topics covered include the legendary champions, famous tracks, great races and life away from the track, which has resulted in a unique record that reveals Moto GP from a new and exciting perspective. Written by leading MotoGP journalist, Michael Scott, Moto GP Yesterday and Today illustrates how much the sport has changed over the years but also how several of the fundamentals of motorcycle racing has remained unaltered.

Casey Stoner, the two-time World MotoGP champion, tells his own explosive story. Showing anything is possible when determination meets talent, two-time World MotoGP champion Casey Stoner shares his incredible journey from being a Queensland toddler with an extraordinary ability on a motorbike to his decision to retire at 27 with nothing left to prove. For the first time, he tells of his early family life, the development of his riding skills and why his parents decided to sell everything and travel from Australia to Europe to chase the dream and support his aim to become World Champion when he was only 14 years old. As fearless with his opinions as he is on the racetrack, Casey includes all the highs and lows of his life so far: the real reason he left for Europe so young, his thoughts on racing as it stands today, the riders' hierarchy, the politics of racing, the importance of family, his battle with illness and why he decided to turn his back on a multimillion-dollar contract when he was still winning. And he also lets us in on some of the new goals he has set for himself.

In a collection of short stories composed of laments, commentaries, musings and rants, Life: Such As It Is looks with unbridled elucidation at a variety of topics. It cogitates society's newly found 'political correctness' which provided liars, cheaters, bad singers and untalented actors with excuses, apologies, and acceptances they would never merited had we all not lost our minds! In the words of the author: We make the life we have, and to sit around and gripe about the crappy stuff that happens to us because we've made bad or stupid choices is utter nonsense. We were so busy bringing "Sexy" back, that we forgot all about self-respect, an honest day's work, truth, decency, and responsibility for screwing up. We need to bring those back!

Toppu Uno never wanted to race motorcycles. He was perfectly content watching his sister ride–with his eagle eyes, he knew her lap times before the the stopwatch did. When he’s convinced to take a ride on a minibike for the first time, his hours of observation translate into instant skill on the track. But turning a quick lap and winning a race are two very different things, and Toppu’s got a long way to go before he’s ready for the big leagues–MotoGP, the highest level of two-wheeled road racing.

DRIVEN is John Aston’s hugely entertaining motoring autobiography. This ambitious and far-ranging book begins with his early days as a teenage car enthusiast and race marshal in the late Sixties before covering the wide range of subjects close to his heart. These include the best and worst of Formula One, the icon that is Ferrari, the writer’s NASCAR adventure, and the delights of long road trips in his beloved Caterham Seven. But that’s not all, as you can read about why the NSU Ro80 was a prophet without honour, as well as what the writer thinks about the changing face of motoring journalism. Yes, one J Clarkson is mentioned ... And there’s more still, as a major part of the book is a first-hand account of a year in British motorsport. The writer’s love of the lesser known categories of motorsport illuminates the text, as does his insight into the places, people and machinery making up the sport’s diversity. He describes the mood music of events ranging from a round of the British Touring Car Championship to historic race meetings for Cortinas and Minis, before venturing further from the mainstream with drag racing at Santa Pod, speed hillclimbs, autograss and rallying. Oh - he also doubled the average age at a Time Attack meeting. Don’t expect objective reporting, as he holds strong opinions, but they are leavened by a tongue firmly lodged in his cheek. Any reader, enthusiast or not, is guaranteed to enjoy reading about these adventures as much as the writer enjoyed having them.

Do you want to know how you can best meet your personal or organizational goals? Do you know how to identify and manage the uncertainty and the risks that can affect your life or your company? Risk management: how to achieve personal and business goals is a book with a completely didactic approach that allows you to understand how risk affects both your personal life and the business environment. Risk is the effect of uncertainty on the achievement of objectives; for this reason, it is essential to know how to identify and measure risks and establish controls over them to meet objectives. In general, our treatment of risk is rather intuitive and we all react differently. Using a systematic method will improve your chances of meeting your goals. After reading the book, you will be able to identify diverse situations in your daily life (health, professional career, personal finances, sports practices or risk practices) or business (credit, market, operational, legal, human resources) in which you deal with risk. Managing risk appropriately is the best way to meet your goals and objectives.