Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
911 x 911
by Porsche Museum
Piles of books have been published to commemorate the 911’s 50th anniversary; this is the carmaker’s own Official Anniversary Book. It’s a colorful tour of the rich history of a totally remarkable car.
Early US Jet Fighters: Proposals, Projects and Prototypes
by Tony Buttler
Not every new idea can work. Even though these aircraft didn’t make the cut, the lessons learned here were necessary stepping stones.
The Classic Cars Book
by René Staud
Imagine you’re being invited to a car collection to see 31 models up close and personal. Pretty much on your own, with only those little placards by the cars to guide you. That’s this book!
Second Front, The Allied Invasion of France, 1942–1943
by Alexander M. Grace Sr.
In 1942 the Allies landed forces in North Africa to engage the Germans. What if they had anded in France instead, specifically the unguarded southern coastline of Vichy France? Effective as it was, D Day in 1944 was a horrible carnage. This is not a fluff book, full of idle mind games!
Kennedy in Berlin
Photographs by Ulrich Mack
From the Berlin Blockade in 1948/49 to the Cuban missile crisis in 1962, tensions between East and West made the whole world a powder keg. JFK called Berlin “the great testing place of Western courage and will.” And then he went there and said something even more momentous.
Hard Luck Lloyd
by John Lingle
You can deduce from the title that there will be toil and tribulation. It’s all relative—if you have your priorities straight. A very good portrait of a life worth knowing and, maybe, learning from.
The Birth of the Royal Air Force
by Ian Philpott
Which branch of the military operates stuff that flies? Not always and not everywhere is it the air force. This book fields micro and macro analysis to explain how the oldest independent air force in the world came into being. And what the other services had to say about that.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars: Strive For Perfection
by Andreas Braun (editor)
No, Rolls-Royces are not literally perfect—it is the constant striving that has kept the marque at the top of the ultra luxury market for over a hundred years, an absolutely singular achievement.
Legend: The G-Class from 1979 to Today
by Bolsinger, Lengert, Peters
This Spartan-looking machine really has done things that deserve to be called legendary and it certainly is in a class of its own. This book explains at least a little of its allure.
Lockheed A-12, The CIA’s Blackbird and Other Variants
by Paul F. Crickmore
You may not know and you may not care but without the A-12’s intelligence-gathering successes the world would have blown up long ago. No kidding. Read why and how here!
911 Love: 50 Years of Boxer Passion
by Edwin Baaske et al
Even fifty years after it was first unveiled you can recognize the shape of a Porsche 911—any 911 from any year—at a mere glance, in the dimmest of light, with your reading glasses on. That’s how iconic this car’s shape is. And this book explains why that is.
Return to Glory! The Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Racing Car
by Robert C. Ackerson
It took a 13-year hiatus before Mercedes returned to the podium—and to glory. This book discusses that one big year and the car and people that made it possible.
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