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

Inside the Paddock: Racing Car Transporters at Work

by David Cross with Bjørn Kjer

Racecars don’t make good road cars. And if you think about it, except for when it actually races, a racecar is just a bunch of loose parts waiting to be put together. How does all this get from race to race? Wonder no more.

The Seaplane Years

by Tim Mason

Ever skipped a stone across water? Ever noticed the “suction” effect when lifting a flat-bottomed object out of water? Float and seaplanes have to overcome these and other problems, and this book explains how they were tested.

II PY

by Edward Evans 

A crime caper revolving around a vintage Rolls-Royce. More of a hair-puller than a nail-biter . . .

Mille Miglia: The World’s Greatest Road Race

by Anthony Pritchard

Anyone could race here, just for the fun of it, and many did. Amateur drivers next to pro racers, Isetta bubble cars next to fire-belching sports cars—all on public, everyday roads. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not.

Bugatti: Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean

by Amanda Dunsmore, John Payne

If all you can think of is “cars” when you hear Bugatti, you’re missing something. Furniture, sculpture, and, yes, cars—there’s a Bugatti for that. This book shows pieces that are held in public and private collections in Australia.

The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down 1939–1945

by Tim Mason 

Everything the Royal Navy, Army, and Air Force was supposed to put in the air needed to be tested first. Written by a test pilot of a later era, this book describes this once highly classified work.

Towering Mirrors, Mirroring Towers: Photographs of Urban Reflections

by David Weinberg

As a reader you know that you can read a word even if some of its letters are missing. Can you “read” a building too if some of its parts are missing?

Isambard Kingdom Brunel

by Robin Jones 

His career reads like fiction. A 2002 BBC poll voted him no. 2 of the “100 Greatest Britons”—143 years after his death! No “15 minutes of fame” for this fellow, but have you heard of him?

Fiat 500: The Autobiography

by Lorenzo Ardizio

A small book about a small car—both of which are packed with pleasant surprises and clever touches.

Bullfight: The Pas de Deux

by Ricardo B. Sanchez

This book is about art, photography, things unseen, thoughts unthought, managing fear, and, oh, bulls. You’ll be surprised . . .

The Custom Road Bike

by Guy Andrews

Whether you want to upgrade or start from scratch—or just want to know what the various bits do—this book explains the inner workings of seven key components.

Politicians, the Press, and Propaganda: Lord Northcliffe and the Great War, 1914–1919

by J. Lee Thompson

Think of this WW I-era press baron as a British version of Citizen Kane. He used both his personal interests and his political machinations—and his money—to champion early automobility and aviation.

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