coffee table books

Author	Title	Date	Abstract
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	Bicycle - The Noblest Invention	2003	An unusually shaped cornucopia of pictures and essays about every aspect of bicycling that contains enough to inspire the neophyte and provide interest for those steeped in cycle culture
Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Kreutz	My Comeback	2009	A photographic record of Armstrong's 2009 season, that provides a more compelling portrait of the Texan than any of his biographies
Philippe Brunel, trans Lois Lovett	An Intimate Portrait Of The Tour De France	1996	A richly illustrated look behind the scenes of the great race from the 1920s to the 1990s that is a joy to flick through, so long as you ignore the text
Philip Diprose	The Ride issue one	2008	An entertaining anthology of short pieces of writing and collections of photographs or other graphic images from all kinds of cyclists
Pryor Dodge	The Bicycle	1996	A lavishly illustrated history of bicycles
Christine Elliot and David Jabolinka	Custom Bicycles	2009	A sumptuously photographed catalogue of 39 contemporary custom builders who build every kind of bicycle, from workshops around the developed world
William Fotheringham	A Century Of Cycling	2003	A coffee-table-sized book containing a good history of the major races in professional road cycling
Jan Heine and Jean-Pierre Praderes	The Golden Age Of Handbuilt Bicycles	2009	A sumptuous photographic history of French touring bicycles manufactured between 1930 and 1950 that recounts a little-known period of cycling history and celebrates two-wheeled engineering at its most delightful
Chas Messenger	Ride And Be Damned	1998	A richly illustrated, but occasionally confused, account of the post second world war split in British racing cycling
Jay Pridmore	Classic American Bicycles	1999	A quick spin through the history of US cycle manufacture, lavishly illustrated in colour
Jack Rennert	100 Years Of Bicycle Posters	1973	A fabulous collection of colour reproductions of cycling posters, mainly from the early years of the twentieth century, with a perceptive introduction and notes on each plate