Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
John, George and the HWMs
by Simon Taylor
Underdogs. Two mechanical engineers, one of whom practically a household name as a quite good race driver, stood up a race team—because they could and because no one else was. They did well, but ask people today about “HWM” . . .
An English Car Designer Abroad
by Peter Birtwhistle
Recognize the cars on the cover? One man did those and many more, over the course of a 40-year career in which he saw everything—from how to shave clay to designing by committee—change.
The Coventry Motor Industry: Birth to Renaissance
by David Thoms & Tom Donnelly
Coventry is synonymous with both the creation and relative decline of the British motorcar industry. This text explores the relationship between the car industry in its local context, and the wider economic, social and political environment.
The History of Bentley Motors 1919–1931
by Clare Hay
A vastly expanded third edition of the book that had been the standard-bearer all along, written by the person who really is the last word in matters Vintage Bentley.
Alfa Romeo Montreal
by Patrick Dasse
If the Montreal is famous for anything it is the company it keeps in its designer’s portfolio. Gandini penned designs as different as the immortal Miura and Countach, and closer to this car the Marzal and Carabo concepts. This book presents period photos.
Conquest of the Skies
by William Wolf
You’ve heard it a hundred times: the Wright brothers’ first flight was shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747 built only 60 years later. How this was achieved is the question this book examines.
Dornier Do X: The Story of Claude Dornier’s Legendary Flying Boat
by Volker A. Behr
It was the biggest aircraft of its day but only three were built. It took twelve years to design—and less than half that time to withdraw them from service. What happened?
Ordeal by Ice: Ships of the Antarctic
by Rorke Bryan
“Getting there is half the fun”—not in this case. And when and if you do, fun takes a back seat to survival. And then you have to make it back out. Tragedies and triumphs. This book will make you shudder, and not just because it’s about the cold.
70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars
by Josef Arweck
Porsche began as a maker of sports cars, and it turned 70 the year this book came out. True that. But no matter what the title may imply, the book is not about sports cars.
The First World War: Unseen Glass Plate Photographs of the Western Front
by Carl De Keyzer and David Van Reybrouck
Whether you’re a student of history or photography this book has new things to say and show—none of them simple or simplistic but all wrenching and necessary.
Tupolev Tu-16, Versatile Cold War Bomber
by Gordon, Komissarov, Rigmant
There used to be a time when you couldn’t pick up a newspaper without reading about Badger spottings. Why the Soviets needed it and how they built and used it is the topic of this quite enormous book.
The Ford that Beat Ferrari: A Racing History of the GT40
by John S. Allen and Gordon J. Jones
Seen the movie? (Do!) Now read the book—or, rather, re-read this 34-year-old classic now in its 3rd and yet again improved edition.
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