Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
Mercedes-Benz Supercars: From 1901 to Today
by Thomas Wirth
M-B has been at the supercar game a long time and has, in fact, an almost unbroken history of pushing the envelope with marvels of technology and performance.
Hungarian Fighter Colours 1930–1945
by Dénes Bernád and György Punka
Written specifically with the modeler in mind as sort of an authenticity guide in regards to paint and markings, these excellent books actually do quite a bit more by fleshing out one of the lesser-known chapters of WWII military aviation with extensively researched micro detail.
The Bahamas Speed Weeks, Including the Revival Meetings
by Terry O’Neil
Umbrella drinks and high-test, warm breezes and beautiful people. For 13 years this was the stylish way to end the racing season. Never mind that the points didn’t count towards anything. Fun was had!
Around the Circuit: Racing Car Transporters and Support Vehicles at Work
by David Cross
Just look at that cover. You can, and will, spend hours studying these photos as if they were fine art, wringing every little detail from them!
Railway Disasters
by Simon Fowler
This book looks at just some of the many hundreds of railway disasters, at their causes, at the price of progress, at human failings and, ultimately, at an improving safety record.
Fabulous Flying Boats
by Leslie Dawson
Nice overview of flying boats with lots of details on what an actual flight was really like.
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG
by Edwin Baaske et al
An extreme book about an extreme car! Big, bold, in your face—and oh so clever if you have eyes to see.
Breguet 27, Potez 39, Mureaux 115/117
by José Fernandez
These three French light aircraft of the 1930s borrowed construction techniques from the car industry. Many previously unpublished photos add layers of detail, especially about their service with foreign air forces.
The Pucará Story
by Ricardo Caballero, Phil Cater
Still in production after some 45 years, and still only airplane insiders know and appreciate this little multi-role machine. For the first time in English, a proper book gathers all you need to know.
Zeppelin: the Story of the Zeppelin Airships
by Hans Georg Knäusel
For almost forty years, Zeppelins glided through the skies. How they got there and how they suffered extinction at the very height of their technical perfection is the story here.
The Book of the Ferrari 288 GTO
by Joe Sackey
Unless you’re made of money you won’t be able to buy a 288. But if you buy this book you can read the actual owner’s manual, see how the custom luggage hugs the trunk just so, and count the fins on the valve cover. Oh, and learn its story.
Warhol and Cars, American Icons
by Gail Stavitsky
Andy Warhol put his mind, and his brush, to all sorts of consumer goods. Would the images in this museum show resonate if they were not by a famous, iconic, controversial artiste?