THE PIRANHA CLUB - Power and Influence in Formula One.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,matt monochrome superimposed biographical portraits photographic illustrated dw/dj, with blue,orange and white lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.A very tiny,tiny snick to rear,lower corner of dw/dj - no loss.Top+fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight, clean - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp, stamped silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,1-328pp [paginated] includes 10 chapters,8pp contemporary b/w biographical photographs in 1 block,between pp160/1,an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,contents list/table,and acknowledgements. 'Welcome to the Piranha Club' Ron Dennis to Eddie Jordan. When Eddie Jordan attended his first meeting as a member of the elite organisation of Formula One team owners,he was greeted by the words 'Welcome to the Piranha Club' and a broad and ironic grin.If Jordan thought the message was a joke,he was soon to learn otherwise.In Grand Prix motor racing,life is lived in the fast lane in every sense.Only the fittest survive.It may be the most technologically advanced,most compelling,extravagant and glamorous sport on earth,but it also remains fairly Darwinian.This is the story of how this exclusive club - beset by arguments and intrigues,chicanery and controversy - continues to stay beyond the reach of the lawyers and command a television audience that leaves other sports green with envy. In 'The Piranha Club',Timothy Collings goes behind the scenes in the Formula One paddock and talks to the men at the heart of the business within the sport.He analyses the development of a unique television sports show which straddles news,gossip,industry and high finance,and profiles the characters who haunt its corridors of power.He strips away the glitz and greasepaint of the pit lane and paddock to introduce the reality of men like Bernie Ecclestone,Max Mosley,Frank Williams, Ron Dennis,Eddie Jordan and Flavio Briatore.It is a tale of danger and risk-taking,of plots and arguments and,above all,of a resounding level of ambition and energy that reveals how colourful and thrilling are the lives of Formula One's major movers and shakers.The dictionary tells us a piranha is a predatory South American fresh-water fish,noted for its voracity.'The Piranha Club' explains why Jordan was met with such an alarming greeting. Timothy Collings,sporadic author and prolific sports journalist,is motor racing correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and Formula One reporter for Reuters news agency. Since April 2013,again in March 2015,and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering its prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered its qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk ,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!