Following on from "My Cool Motorcyle," a celebration of stylish scooters and the strong fraternity among scooter ridersMuch more than just a mode of transport, the humble scooter is fashionable, stylish, and trendy. As many of the stories featured here demonstrate, owners take their scooters on miraculous adventures form city streets to glorious country escapes. Taking examples from across different continents and cultures, thisbook explores the most iconic brands of scooter, fromVespa and Prima to Cushman and Goggo.Each section covers a selection of historical information, owners' stories,...

Coolexamples ofhow houseboats can offer an attractive, practical, and alternative place to live, as well as amazing and often idiosyncratic solutions to living successfully in a small space People fall in love with boats and own them for a variety of reasons: out of affordability and necessity; a love of the water; closeness to nature and the environment; or just because they yearn for a different and more relaxed style of living/working space. The houseboats covered hereinclude canal boats, riverboats, narrow and wide beam boats, barges, Dutch barges, static houseboats, and even seaworthy...

Using high-end interiors, landscape and lifestyle photography and styling in the specially commissioned images (shot in all seasons and weather conditions), this book showcases 35 treehouses with different budgets and styles, from the rustic that seem to disappear into the foliage to the futuristic made out of contemporary materials. The accompanying narrative for each of these genuine projects gives information about the location, the owners and their inspiration as well as style notes.

In many ways, the convertible car is the ultimate expression of automotive indulgence. Some of the finest and most stylish marques are included in this book that spans many decades: the Ford Thunderbird that helped boost the appeal of the soft-top car, the unforgettable Austin-Healey 300 and the classic Porsche 356 Speedster. The cars here range from early roadsters to midcentury statements of wealth and extreme styling, through to iconic and retro examples, such as the Saab 900, Mazda MX5, Cadillac Coupe DeVille, Ford Escort XR3i, Mercedes Pagoda, Peugeot 304, 1959 Nash Metropolitan, Daimler...

The bicycle is the most popular form of transport on the planet. Cycling is simply ideal for many things and we are now at the dawn of a new golden age of this versatile machine. This book will appeal to all who have taken up cycling for sport, fun, health and wealth, not just the cycling nuts but all who mean to dust off the flat-tyred two wheeler.