Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Nieuport 1875–1911: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport
by Gérard Pommier & Bertrand Pommier
Edouard and his brother’s names are writ large in the history of early aviation but try finding a proper full-length biography about them. This isn’t one either but it does contain useful items.
Remarkable Motor Races
by Andrew Benson
Forty-eight events are presented, from the point of view of what it’s like to race there, what makes each unique, and some of the big moments that encapsulate the fact that, unlike any other sport, in racing it is the “playing surface” itself that plays an active role.
On The Prowl, The Definitive History of the Walkinshaw Jaguar Sports Car Team
by Neil Smith
TWR was associated with several marques, not to mention a great variety of privateer efforts, but the relationship with Jaguar was a particularly bright one and very much deserving of a book as exceptional as this.
The Heroes We Needed
The B-29ers Who Ended World War II and My Fight to Save the Forgotten Stories of the Greatest Generation
by Trevor McIntyre
This is not another color-within-the-lines aircraft history. If you have an imagination, it’ll hit you were it hurts. And, sure, you’ll learn plenty.
Mustang: 60 Years
by Donald Farr
Now in its seventh generation, the Mustang has been in continuous production since 1964. More importantly, it has remained the “type” of car it started as—although it did have its bloated periods—with only the Mach-E departing entirely from form.
Porsche Racing Cars: 2006 to 2023
by Brian Long
The latest installment in this trilogy picks up the story when Porsche resumed motorsports activities after a few low-profile years and considers both works and customer contenders.
When Wedge had the Edge
by Gautam Sen
Not every car design that is pointy on one end and thick on the other qualifies as a wedge. If this is news to you, or if you thought wedge styling had its moment half a century ago and was then relegated to the margins of history, read this book.
Art of the Automobile in Miniature
by Gerald Amery Wingrove
It’s not surprising to learn that this master model maker started out as a lathe operator. What is surprising are the heights he reached, and the prices his work commands.
Motorcycle Passion
by Michael Köckritz, editor
A big, juicy book. Lots of photos. Interesting layouts and typefaces. It’s easy to put this book down and think, Why? As in Why Bother? Not so fast.
I Worked on Spitfires
The Memoirs of a Member of RAF Groundcrew and his Part in the Victory in Europe
by Ronald L. Chapman
Even after all these decades since WWII ended there are still new voices to shed light on increasingly forgotten things, in this case the foreign pilots who fled countries that had fallen to the Germans offering their services to the RAF.
Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 1 – 1968
by Randy Leffingwell
Porsche has participated in tens of thousands of motorsports events over the years so you can’t be surprised that it will take multiple books to cover them. Here is Volume 1. Prepare to be impressed.
Porsche Outlaws: Stuttgart Hot Rods
by Michael Alan Ross
Porsches are surely not the first marque that comes to mind when the conversation turns to hot rods. But making a car faster, cooler, and better-handling appeals to any gearhead, and once one person starts, things might just grow into a veritable movement.