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

From Ocean Liner to Cruise Ship: The Marine Art of Harley Crossley

by Harley Crossley

Forget paintbrushes! Ever painted with knives?? A practitioner for over 30 years, Crossley is the master—so why is this only his first book??

Lunches With Mr. Q: An Auto Industry Titan on Business, Life and Sports Car Dreams

by Kevin Nelson

Anyone who drives an import car in the US, especially in the postwar years when folks like importer Kjell Qvale blazed the trail, owes him a debt of gratitude. This book offers a look at a life well lived.

Lawrence of Arabia

by David Murphy

If all you know of Lawrence is the movie, prepare to be surprised. The man had more depth—and more problems—which is why he’s still being studied today. This book is an ideal introduction.

T.E. Lawrence in War and Peace: An Anthology of the Military Writings of Lawrence of Arabia

by Malcolm Brown

Peace probably came at a higher cost to Lawrence than the war in the Middle East that he so singularly shaped. Here you can weigh the toll in his own words and those of other principals and contemporaries.

AMARG: America’s Military Aircraft Boneyard

by Nicholas A. Veronico, Ron Strong

An excellent pictorial survey of the history of a one-of-a-kind storage facility and the procedures used in mothballing, recommissioning, or destruction.

Facel Véga, Le Grand Tourisme à la française 1939–1964

by Chambrette, Bel, Renou and Revoy

This book does not only cover the Vega, one of the 20th century’s glamour cars, but all the products and activities of the entire Facel company.

Alfa Romeo Tipo 33: The Development and Racing History

by Peter Collins and Ed McDonough

Tipo 33s won the World Sports Car Championship twice, making the dominant Ferraris and Porsches mighty nervous. This book is the first to record their development and competition history.

Grand Prix Automobile de Monaco Posters

by William W. Crouse

The GP of Monaco is distinguished by many features, not least its longevity. This excellent book tells both its story and, for the first time ever, that of the artists and race posters capturing it.

Automobili Lamborghini

by Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati

No matter what you think of them, Lamborghinis are distinctive in design and philosophy. If you have one or want one, this book offers immersion into the culture.

Flying the Colors: The Unseen Treasures of Nineteenth-Century American Marine Art

by Alan Granby & Janice Hyland

A lusciously rich look at an important era in American ships, illustrated with many artworks from private collections you’d never see on your own, and printed and bound in a book that has few equals.

Automobile Manufacturers Worldwide Registry

by Marián Suman-Hreblay

What, you didn’t know there was a Zzipper? With whom Crestmobile merged? If the German Bambi is connected to the Spanish? What S.B. stands for? All is answered here.

Figureheads of the Royal Navy

by David M. Pulvertaft

The open sea is a massive force and notoriously superstitious sailors sought to appease it by mounting an offering on the stems of their ships. Thus was born what would evolve into the nautical figurehead, here examined on 350 years of British warships.