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McGann Publishing is a (really) small press specializing in books about cycling, but not to the exclusion of other subjects.
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Paris-Roubaix: The Inside Story, all the bumps of cycling's cobbled classic
ISBN: 978-0-9859636-1-3
Suggested Retail price: $16.95 US
6 x 9 trade paperback, 198 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing
Publication date: February 8, 2013
The Paris–Roubaix bicycle race, nicknamed "The Hell of the North", is famous for sending riders over brutal cobblestone roads. Only the strong, brave and lucky survive the hours of bone-shaking racing without suffering some mishap or catastrophe. It is so difficult no one wins it by accident, and winning Paris–Roubaix automatically puts a rider among the immortals of the sport.
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Sticky Buns Across America: Back roads biking from sea to shining sea.
ISBN: 978-0-9859636-0-6
Suggested Retail price: $16.95 US
6 x 9 trade paperback, 211 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing
Publication date: August 6, 2012
Sticky Buns Across America is the story of one of the four continents and one of the countries Woodland has crossed by bike, this time with patient wife Steph: a tale of riding across small-town America (and occasional bits of Canada, although to Americans that doesn't count)...
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The Olympics' 50 Craziest Stories, by Les Woodland
ISBN: 978-0-9843117-8-1
Suggested Retail price: $16.95 US
6 x 9 trade paperback, 160 pages
Publication date: December 16, 2011
Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) is the motto of the International Olympic Committee. After reading Les Woodland’s The Olympics’ 50 Craziest Stories the reader might wonder if the motto should be Sillier, Loonier, Crazier.
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A Housewife in the Jungle: A '50s Family Goes to Colombia, By Ruth Snyder, Edited by Carol McGann
Available as an Amazon Kindle ebook only
Amazon number: B005R6CM5S
Publisher: McGann Publishing
A Housewife in the Jungle is Ruth Snyder’s story of her family’s 1953 move to the village of La Dorada, in the jungles of Colombia. Husband Don Snyder had been offered a position supervising the construction of a section of railroad track through the area and his family, unaware of what they were getting into, traveled with him.
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Cycling Heroes: The Golden Years, by Les Woodland
ISBN: 978-0-9843117-7-4
Suggested Retail price: $16.95 US
6 x 9 trade paperback, 166 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing
Les Woodland climbed aboard his old Carlton bike to take a nostalgia trip across Belgium and Holland to visit some of cycling’s greatest riders. Cycling Heroes: The Golden Years tells the story of that journey he took in the early 1990s and the time he spent with some of the finest riders from the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s.
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The Story of the Giro d'Italia. A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy. Volume 1: 1909 - 1970
ISBN: 978-0984311767
Suggested print version retail price: $18.95
Kindle ebook: $5.95
6 x 9 paperback, 308 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing
The Giro d'Italia is one of the world's most important and popular bicycle races, yet there is almost no information in English about this magical Italian race's rich past. With The Story of the Giro d'Italia, the fabulous history of Italy's national tour is at last available. Volume One takes the story of the Giro from its origin as a desperate promotional gamble by a nearly broke newspaper to Eddy Merckx's convincing 1970 victory.
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The Story of the Giro d'Italia. A Year-by-Year History of the Tour of Italy. Volume 2: 1971 - 2011
ISBN: 978-0984311798
Suggested print version retail price: $18.95
Kindle ebook: $5.95. Not ready yet, but coming in mid-April
6 x 9 paperback, 314 pages
Publisher: McGann Publishing
Volume Two of The Story of the Giro d'Italia describes the growth of the Giro into a modern, vital international race that is followed by cycling fans all over the world. Along the way, the stories and races that have excited the public over the last forty years are told, including the Francesco Moser/Giuseppe Saronni rivalry, the tragic tale of Marco Pantani and the Alberto Contador affair that left the Spaniard stripped of his 2011 Giro championship.
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Published May, 2010.Tourmen: The Men Who Made the Tour de France by Les Woodland
ISBN: 978-0984311729
Suggested Retail price: $16.95
6 x 9 paperback, 222 pages
Around 1900, Newspapers all over Europe promoted bicycle races to help sell their papers. Once Parisian paper, L'Auto, was in trouble and desperate to find some way to sell increase circulation. An employee suggested a grand race around France that would take a week to complete, and thus the Tour de France was born. How this all came to be and how the Tour de France became the most important bike race in the world is the subject of cycle historian Les Woodland's latest book, Tourmen: the Men Who Made the Tour de France. It's a fascinating new look at the Tour de France and why winning it remains the dream of nearly all professional bike riders.
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Published January 2010:
Bicycle History by James Witherell
ISBN: 978-0-9843117-0-5
Suggested Retail price: $16.95 US
6 x 9 paperback, 228 pages
Since its invention in the 1860s, the bicycle has had a fascinating history. Author James Witherell has spent years collecting the essential, the trivial and sometimes just downright odd facts that make up the story of the bicycle. Instead of composing a narrative history, he's arranged them in chronological order, painting an informative, fun and irresistible picture of what might be mankind's greatest invention. Witherell has given special emphasis to the Tour de France.
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Published February, 2010
Cycling's 50 Craziest Stories by Les Woodland
ISBN:978-0-9843117-1-2
Suggested Retail price: $16.95
6 x 9 paperback, 160 pages
Les Woodland is one cycling's most beloved and respected writers. This collection of odd doings and funny happenings starting with some of the first professional bike races in the 19th century will be sure to raise a smile. You might even slap a knee or two as well.
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This isn't a McGann Publishing title, it's published by the fine people at Dog Ear Publishing. We have lots more info including sample chapters and ordering directions
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