Desert Airliners by Graham Robson
Markus A. Dawson had owned the top real estate company in Billings, MT for over a decade. During the great recession, Dawson took to the stage as a standup comedian, winning the Montana Comedy Contest, which propelled him to opportunities to perform stand-up all over the country including invitations to open for the great Louie Anderson both on tour and in Las Vegas. Dawson's painfully-honest and cynically optimistic voice resonates on many levels. The scenes from Getting Real (Estate) brings to life two important concepts. First, there are constructive lessons, or as the author refers to them, Takeaways to be derived from all life events. Secondly, life is funny. Dawson's undeniable wit and his unique perspective take the reader through compelling, touching, and hilarious stranger-than-fiction stories of real-life events and glimpses at characters who everyone can relate to. Dawson's real estate company has served well over 10,000 clients - these observations of human behavior where homes and money are involved is a thousand miles north of fascinating. Getting Real (Estate) offers a great ride, with a view of true scenes from a life of everyday chaos.After a varied career in the automotive industry, Graham Robson has gained a worldwide reputation as a motoring historian, and has more than 160 books to his credit. Born in 1936, and educated at Ermysteds Grammar School in Yorkshire, Graham then went on to study Engineering at Oxford University. He joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, becoming involved in design work on the Mk II, E-Type and Mark X. Beginning as a hobby, he became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961, and took part in rallies up to International level (once with Roger Clark), but stopped rallying by 1968. During this time, he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry, in 1961, as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He then ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962 to 1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. Graham Robson's writing began with rally reports for magazines which evolved into a job with Autocar from 1965 to 1969. He was recruited back to industry at Rootes to run the Product Proving department, then after a brief period in 1972 as technical director of a safety belt company, became an independent motoring writer. Graham has lived 'by the pen' and 'by the voice', not only writing but commentating, presenting and organising events of all types.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780879389048 |
| ISBN 10 | 0879389044 |
| Title | Desert Airliners |
| Author | Graham Robson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Motorbooks Intl |
| Year published | 1994-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 111 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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