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Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1825–2016

by Paul Malmassari

From a “battleship on rails” to nimble if sometimes slapdash scout trolley, armored—and armed—trains have seen action much more recently than you might think. They have their limits but obviously they fulfill a role only they can do. This book gives you almost 200 years of examples.

Pensive Racing Drivers

by Max Küng

The quiet moments, before a race when the mind settles in on the task at hand, or after, when the last hand has been played. Even the victor lugging his magnum of champagne looks oddly spent. These are the moments captured here.

From the Royal Flying Corps to the Race to Circumnavigate the Globe

The Adventures of Squadron Leader Archibald Stuart-MacLaren

by Vanessa Ascough

This biography is about a lot more than airmanship and record attempts and exotic places. Logistics challenges, rudimentary equipment, politics, health problems … will it end well for MacLaren?

The Porsche Art Book

by Edwin Baaske (Editor)

Even if Porsches leave you cold and you dismiss the whole “car as art” issue as contrived, you will want to meet these artists and see how they work and think.

All Rise

My Life and Trials with the Famous, the Infamous, and the Misunderstood

by James H. Voyles Jr. with Mark Bourcier

A legal memoir? Is there an automotive connection? Yes. Kind of. But not prima facie if you want to get all legal about it.

GHOSTS 2027 Calendars, The Great War & A Time Remembered

by Philip Makanna

Air-to-air photography is obviously about motion but without emotion it’s just so much craft, not art. See how it’s done right. It’s not just the rendition of the aircraft that is impressive but the painterly eye for the whole scene.

Aston Martin: The V8 Legacy

A Detailed History of the DBS, V8, Zagato and Lagonda Models, 1967–1990

by Matthew Vale

Those models did keep the company afloat and sort of solvent during trying times. This book is meant to be a tribute, an homage and fields many good reasons for appreciating the thinking behind them.

Against All the Others: Porsche’s Racing History, Volume 2 – 1969

by Randy Leffingwell

This book takes us into the era of the mighty 917. Nothing about that car was simple and given its teething problems, success was almost a surprise—leading to absolute domination, leading to more restrictive technical regs, leading to … the end. But other Porsches soldiered on.

Ferrari Milestones 

by Roland Löwisch

Milestone cars, that’s exactly what this book covers, 43 of them, from as early as 1948 to as recent as 2025.

The Maserati Book

by Roland Löwisch

Published in the centenary year of the first-ever race win of a Maserati-branded car this photo-heavy, text-light book showcases several decades worth of select road cars with at least some motorsports reference.

SR-71 Blackbird: Stories, Tales, and Legends

by Richard H. Graham

The Blackbird may be old but stories about this “hottest plane in the cold war” don’t get old. Here people who were involved in many different areas of its building and operation relate stand-out situations.

Neon Rides: Cars and Culture of the ’80s and ’90s

A museum show and now this book want to make a case that these two decades are ripe for rediscovery and deserving of appreciation, a process that is actually underway already. Are you on board? Is this just a matter of rosy-colored hindsight?

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