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A Drive on the Wild Side: 20 Extreme Driving Adventures from Around the World

A Drive on the Wild Side: 20 Extreme Driving Adventures from Around the World

by Alistair Weaver (Author)

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    Hardcover 2007

    $6.59
Synopsis

"A Drive on the Wild Side" takes you on an exciting journey along some of the world's most fascinating roads. Discover what it's like to drive a Ferrari across the wilds of western China, take a Smart car to the Arctic, and dodge bullets on the mean streets of Soweto. This is a book that will appeal to anyone with a thirst for the open road. Written by the multi-award-winning journalist and television presenter, Alistair Weaver, "A Drive on the Wild Side" is a compendium of stories from a life spent behind the wheel. Thoroughly researched and beautifully written, they are illustrated by some of the world's leading automotive and travel photographers. Each chapter takes us on an intriguing journey into the unknown. Hop aboard a Range Rover Sport and explore the depths of the Laos Jungle before turning south to Thailand and the lurid charms of Bangkok. Open a scissor-door to the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren and catch up with Sir Stirling Moss on the route of the famous Mille Miglia. Explore the Faroe Islands in a Lamborghini Gallardo, then slide into a Mini and hurtle past Moscow's Red Square in a semi-legal street race. Tales of daring-do in some of the world's greatest cars are mixed with moments of thought-provoking sensitivity. In a drug-ridden Brazilian Favela, we meet Maria Jose Clemente, who runs an orphanage supported by the Ayrton Senna Foundation. In Tanzania, we lunch with a Masai tribe, and north of the Arctic Circle, we discover the ancient Sami people. Combining a passion for all things automotive with a keen interest in the human condition and a determination to go the extra mile, these journeys paint a fascinating picture of life beyond the reach of the guide book. This book tells the fascinating, hair raising and moving stories experienced during a career-spanning automotive adventure in style, with 400 stunning photos. They will delight both the casual tourist and the seasoned globetrotter.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 176
 Edition: illustrated edition
 Publisher: Veloce Publishing PLC
Published: 01 Sep 2007
ISBN 10: 184584100X
ISBN 13: 9781845841003

Media Reviews
Sports Car Market, April 2008US magazine Automotive journalism isn't a priestly calling. Oh, there are a few practitioners with the highest standards, a burning need to expose the excesses of corporate greed or consumer abuses, and many are passionate motorheads. A sub-genre is the hard-driving freelancer, grabbing the cool opportunity to pilot a Ferrari across China's Silk Road or drive a Mini on the best road you'll never drive (the Jabel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates). Weaver is that guy, and this book is a collection of his stories from 20 of those ultra-cool trips taken for a variety of motoring publications. The writing is crisp and professional, the photography high-quality, and the adventures mouth-watering. Weaver is living the career I dreamed of, the bastard. Provenance: *** Good reporting from exotic locales in often exotic automobiles. Fit and finish: **** Beautiful printing of some striking photographs
Author Bio
Alistair Weaver is a multi award-winning journalist and television presenter who contributes to a wide range of global publications. Having worked as a road tester for Autocar and What Car? magazines in the late 90s, Alistair turned freelance in 2000 and has since developed a reputation for delivering unusual and challenging features. He has a taste for the extreme, always determined to 'go the extra mile', and is a former holder of the world speed record for blindfold driving.