Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

Malta Spitfire Vs – 1942: Their Colours and Markings

by Brian Cauchi

The island of Malta is a small place that played a big role in a world war. The use of Spitfires there tipped the scales. You may not care how they were painted; but find out why you might.

Ferrari, From Inside and Outside

Photographs by Ercole Colombo and Rainer Schlegelmilch
by James Allen (editor)

The photos alone set this oversize book apart but the insightful text too makes unexpected connections.

Supercars

by Rudolf van der Ven

This book is more about the photographic style than any learned commentary—if such a thing were possible—about the supercar genre. Fun with cars is the theme here.

Porsche Decades: An Introduction to the Porsche Story

by Jay Gilotti

So you have twenty feet of Porsche histories already . . . give this one a whirl anyway. Very well thought out, hits all the essential talking points, current up to 2023.

Messerschmitt Me 262: Development and Politics

by Dan Sharp

Why did Germany’s first mass-produced jet go into production so late in the war when the project had actually started months before? There have been many answers, and many myths and rumors. If only there were original documents. Wait, there are, and many are shown and discussed here.

Ian Fleming, The Complete Man

by Nicholas Shakespeare

After 60 years, could there really still be anything new to say about the man behind James Bond? Lots! And for really compelling reasons. Not least, this biography paints a picture of both characters as archetypally British, and as as more guarded than anything they say or do.

Corvette Stingray: The Mid-Engine Revolution (2nd Ed.)

by Chevrolet and Richard Prince

In its few short years of existence the C8 has ticked all the right boxes, and this book is the second round of bringing the story up to date. It is totally written from GM’s perspective but that also means it’s an inside story, told by people who were/are right there in the trenches.

Tracks – 6:11:13 – Nürburgring Nordschleife

by Stefan Bogner & Thomas Jäger

You’ve probably heard of the northern loop of this fabled German racetrack but you probably don’t know every one of its 73 corners and everything between them. Here you’ll see it all, in 100-yard increments. Start your engine!

Car Posters

by Emmanuel Lopez

Whether your interests lie in illustrative art or in automobiles, this book will appeal. From the 1890s to the 1970s, cars—and things to do with them and things to put on and in them—have come a long way.

Railway Travel in World War Two

The really interesting books raise questions you didn’t even know you should be having. Like this one: civilian use of railroads during wartime when resources are limited. Discuss.

Alfa Romeo SZ Coda Tronca: The Art of Conservation

by Corrado Lopresto, Gautam Sen, Paolo Di Taranto

Important car, important collector, important decisions how/if to preserve or restore it.

Street Fight: The Chicago Taxi Wars of the 1920s

by Anne Morrissy

You’ll never look at a taxi cab the same. Next time you hail one, just be glad that no one is likely to shoot at you because of it. A hundred years ago . . . different story, at least in Chicago.

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