With 8 pp b&amp;w illustrations. On the tenth anniversary of the controversial Canada-US Free Trade Agreement, one of its architects released this engrossing and remarkably candid inside account of the tumultuous course of those negotiations and their aftermath. In 1986, Gordon Ritchie, the son of a former Canadian Ambassador to Washington and himself a career civil service mandarin, was recruited as Canada’s ambassador for trade negotiations and deputy chief negotiator at the free trade talks. For the next two and a half years, Ritchie was at the centre of the tortuous drama that produced the FTA, a treaty that remains the single most far-reaching economic initiative affecting the lives of Canadians. The story is enlivened by a remarkable cast of characters. Initiated by an ambitious Brian Mulroney, then Prime Minister of Canada, and a distracted Ronald Reagan, then President of the United States, the action soon shifted to the team captains: the pugnacious Simon Reisman for Canada, the slippery Peter Murphy for the US, both backed by supporting players and all with rival agendas of their own. Throughout Ritchie’s clear-eyed analysis runs an extraordinary tale of the interplay, across and around the table, between these international power brokers. At the same time, Ritchie makes the highly complex business of trade relations between the world’s most closely intertwined trading partners understandable, explaining the implications for Canadians today. Since the FTA, the irritants between Canada and the US have continued to make headlines and will do so in the months and years ahead; even Quebec’s fate and the question of national unity is closely tied to trade. A committed Canadian nationalist, Ritchie draws telling lessons from his dealings with the Americans, illuminating the role that trade plays in defining and defending our national interests. Certain to stimulate both praise and debate, Wrestling with the Elephant is that rare but irresistible blend of historically significant memoir, intelligible exploration of important issues, and a fast-paced, compelling read.

Wrestling with the Elephant: The Inside Story of the Canada-U.S. Trade Wars

Politics & Social Sciences

Ritchie, Gordon

Politics & Government

MacFarlane, Walter & Ross

Motocourse 2018-19covers both the MotoGP season and its 19 Grand Prix races in all three classes (MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3) in great detail with every race report backed by qualifying times, full race results and MotoGP lap charts. There are compelling features reflecting the key stories of the season, a team-by-team review which analyses the fortunes of the competing MotoGP squads highlighted by the superb bike illustrations by Adrian Dean. Often contentious, the editor chooses his top ten riders of the season and ranks them on the basis of their performances throughout the year. Not content with providing 240 pages of MotoGP coverage, Motocourse 2018-19 also gives extensive space to the World Superbike Championship which includes reports and photos of all 13 rounds, and a review of the riders and teams and bikes. Other categories featured in Motocourse 2018-19 include: <ul>
<li>Red Bull Rookies</li>
<li>Teenage riders aiming for the stars</li>
<li>The World Supersport Championship</li>
<li>The highly competitive British Superbike Series. </li>
</ul>At 328 large format pages, Motocourse 2018-19 provides the most comprehensive record of the year’s sporting action published anywhere in a single volume. It truly is the bible of motorcycle racing.

Motocourse 2018-19: The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual

Engineering & Transportation

SCOTT, MICHAEL

Spalding Sp, Neil

Automotive

Icon Publishing, Ltd

MOTOCOURSE 2023-24: The World's Leading Grand Prix & Superbike Annual

McLaren, Peter

Morrison, Neil

McLaren Emeritus Professor the University of California Los Angeles, Peter

Since its first release in 2008, the official book of the Superbike World Championship has been an indispensible resource for all fans of the championship reserved for production derived bikes, the championship for bikes you can buy from your local dealer. Like every year, this book opens with a chapter devoted to the winner of the World Championship title. Plenty of space has been devoted to reports on the 12 scheduled races of the 2016 season, and to the bikes and riders that constitute the fundamental pieces in the complex SBK jigsaw. The "strong suit" of the official book, one of the parts that will delight fans of the series, is without doubt the one dealing with the engineering of these authentic jewels, described in the most minute detail - thanks to the contributions of specialists working for the various teams - and illustrated with numerous photos revealing all the secrets of the championship's leading players. The chapters on the "other world championships", Supersport and Superstock 1000 and 600 complete a book that should be on the shelves of every true fan.

Superbike The Official Book 2016-2017

Porrozzi, Fabrizio

Porrozzi, Federico

Giorgio Nada Editore

The 2017 championship is analyzed by the authors of this classic official annual. First published to informing the public on one of the most compelling and fascinating world championships. Among the new elements for this season is the starting grid of race two, which has been revolutionized, with the winner of the Saturday race starting from ninth place. But the variation of the technical regulation is marginal, apart from the confirmation once more of the various other championships, which were tested over many seasons and reserved for the 1000 and 600 cc, the new entry of the small SuperSport 300 stands out. The work of Fabrizio Porrozzi, one of the best photographers of the SBK World Championship, is displayed, along with stories from the authors.

Superbike 2017/2018: The Official Book

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