Bøker av Richard Mccann

Exotics such as Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Ferrari and Maserati mix it with Fords, Austins, MGs and many more in a roller-coaster of blow-ups, crashes, fixes, bodges, bleeding knuckles and speeding tickets!This is a collection of often hilarious true stories from the 1920s to the present day, written by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.Funny, informative, thrilling, inspiring and heart-warming. You can almost smell the 5-star fuel and the hot Castrol R!During the past few decades the values of classic cars have skyrocketed. Many popular models are now priced well beyond the reach of most regular enthusiasts, unless they were fortunate enough to own - or have access to - classic cars when they were little more than cheap transport for youngsters and eccentrics!This book brings together tales, not of investors and playboys, but of ordinary 'car people'. Call them what you will: Petrolheads, car guys (and gals), Gearheads… we all know what we are and we can recognise a fellow 'sufferer' in seconds.There are stories here of help from mums and dads, of winds fixed with filler, and engines botched together just well enough to survive another week's motoring. There are stories of intrepid foreign adventures, of racing, sprinting, rallying, and just plain getting down and oily with the machines we love.So fold down that main screen, adjust the little 'Aeros', stick on your goggles and join us for a high-octane ride from the past to the present! Richard McCann has spent a lifetime collecting, restoring and racing many exciting vintage and classic sports cars and racing cars.In this book he brings together a collection of stories from the 1920s to the present day, involving the exploits of enthusiasts from all walks of life - but all 'car crazy' and each with a great tale to tell!

Lets face it, you will never be as good as you have the potential to be. It applies to each and every one of us. We have an unlimited amount of potential waiting to be unleashed. In this, his 3rd Book, Richard McCann shares not just his story but the way in which he transformed both his life and his business too. It's full of practical and easy to apply tips that can help you grow both as a person and your business. Its also full of inspirational individuals who Richard has encountered along his extremely inspirational journey. Richard McCann is a Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author and his first book sold almost 1/2 million copies and was translated into many languages around the world. He went from being written off to now being written about. A play inspired by his life has been seen in Leeds and London. He has now become one of the busiest inspirational speakers in the UK speaking around 200 times a year and in this book you will get to see just what the fuss is about.

Richard McCann's account of his childhood became a massive UK bestseller. The Boy Grows Up is an account of how Richard used the success of Just A Boy to try and save his sister, and of his attempts to make sense of his past whilst learning more about the effects of traumatic childhoods and loss.

One October night in 1975 Richard, aged five, was alone in the house with his three sisters. As the salacious headlines multiplied, Richard and his sisters were never able to recover from their mother's murder. Whilst Richard tried to handle the terror of his violent upbringing, his sister struggled to deal with memories of sexual abuse.