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James May's Magnificent Machines: How Men in Sheds Have Changed Our Lives (Paperback)

by Phil Dolling (Author), James May (Author)
4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperback; illustrated edition edition (29 May 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340950927
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340950920
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 101,567 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'Smart, sharply written' --Guardian

'James May is the best thing ever to come out of Top Gear' --Radio Times


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'James May is the best thing ever to come out of Top Gear'

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'Smart, sharply written'

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'The most loveable of the Top Gear presenting trio . . . there's a sharp and interesting mind under the corduroy. Fascinating.'

(Nottingham Evening Post )
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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating and Fun, 4 Oct 2007
By Lymaze (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: James May's 20th Century (Hardcover)
What a wonderful book. Full of interesting facts and glorious photographs. Anyone who watched the programmes will be surprised to learn the book is even better, for it is more in depth and covers subjects which weren't really touched upon in the programme. James May has a beautiful way with words and makes the science and invention of the 20th Century both exciting and fascinating.

A great Christmas book - put it on your lists now.
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20 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating read, 16 Sep 2007
This review is from: James May's 20th Century (Hardcover)
James May's 20th Century, published in hardback on the 6th September 2007, accompanies the fabulous TV series broadcasted on Channel 2.

The book of the TV series is ever more fascinating than the TV series itself, mainly because there's more 'pukka-arity' to it - simply meaning there's more information, and wacky facts about the 20th century.

And being James May, he doesn't describe it in any way humble, or without great lumps of humour stirred into the mixture of interest, funniness, and even some facts that you don't need, or want, to know (!)

So, in conclusion of my review for this fantastic novel (and novelist), this book is one that you can't really put down if you can help it. It comprises qualities, and quantities, which other books don't have -

More than deserves 5 Star +


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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Readable and insightful, needs more careful editing, 24 Aug 2009
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A generally good book version of the `James May's 20th Century' TV series, which chronicles the technological developments of the twentieth century with a thematic rather than chronological narrative. This is, on the whole, a decent and at times highly readable account of the technology behind (say) the Moon landings, the development of the radio and how technological development impacted on popular culture. Being a book, more detail is allowed than in the TV series. But it's not perfect by any means. Most jarring are several basic factual errors, the blame for which must lie jointly with May himself, co-author Phil Dolling and their editors - chief of which are persistently referring to the Moon as a planet, and naming Anthony Burgess - as opposed to either Guy Burgess or Anthony Blunt - as one of the Cambridge spies. Could do better.
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