Archive for Author 'Sabu Advani', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.
The Magic of a Name: The Rolls-Royce Story, Part 1: The First Forty Years
by Peter Pugh
If you associate the name “Harold Nockolds” with a book of this title you are making the right connections but this is not a re-edition of Nockolds’ 1938 classic that covered the first 34 years of Rolls-Royce history.
Lady’s Men: The Story of World War II’s Mystery Bomber and Her Crew
by Mario Martinez
Martinez is the first to accept that his book is at odds, sometimes sharply so, with other accounts on certain vital points. Even so, his conclusions about an American bomber that simply vanished one night in the Libyan Desert in 1943 after its first and only combat mission have never been seriously challenged by anyone.
New ETAI Books for Fall 2011
French publisher ETAI is releasing four new books: ARONDE, le printemps de Simca by Christian Cazé Encyclopédie de la carrosserie française by Serge Bellu YACCO, l’huile des records by Xavier Chauvin Soixante de Formule 1, l’histoire complète vue par le Daily Mail by Tim Hill
New Book About US Grand Prix
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the first US Grand Prix (Oct. 8, 1961) at Watkins Glen publisher David Bull announces the release of a new book by Michael Argetsinger, “Formula One at Watkins Glen: 20 Years of the United Staes Grand Prix, 1961–1981”.
New LANCIA book
French publisher ETAI announces the release of Lancia Delta, un fabuleux palmarès by Hervé Bouchot.
The Royal Air Force at Home: The History of RAF Air Displays from 1920
by Ian Smith Watson
In democracies the military is usually financed by the public in the form of taxation. Few people like to pay taxes, especially if the money goes towards something abstract or, in the case of military spending, something morally dubious.
A suitably rousing aerial display may change minds.
‘40 Ford: Evolution, Design, Racing, Hot Rodding
by Joseph P Cabadas
One can only wish that readers don’t pass this book by, thinking it’s about a model—iconic as it is—or a marque, or a period they’re not really interested in. There’s a whole lot more to this book, which is no surprise if you consider it in the context of the author’s previous work.
Sleeping Beauties USA: Abandoned Classic Cars & Trucks
by Bjoern Marek
Adding to the growing literature of photo documentaries about junked cars is this look at American (except for two) cars on—if not sometimes in—American soil. Written and partially photographed by a German journalist.
Combat in the Sky: The Art of Air Warfare
by Philip Handleman
It would be only too natural for any sensitive reader’s blood pressure to rise at seeing the words art and warfare in the same sentence. Fear not, Handleman himself is acutely aware of this tension and devotes a considerable amount of grey matter to addressing it.
Art of the Hot Rod
by Ken Gross, with photos by Peter Harholdt
Once strictly a workingman’s pastime, today’s DIYer is joined by “checkbook rodders” bankrolling custom builds from specialized shops that offer the whole panoply of skills and services. The work done by the second generation of craftsmen, builders, and artists is showcased in this book.
The Winners Book: A Comprehensive Listing of Motor Racing Events 1895–2009
by James O’Keefe
Few of the customary book review parameters apply to a book full of names and numbers. If you follow any sort of racing with any sort of regularity it’s only a matter of time until you can’t recall “who’s on first” in a particular year or event.
The Lamborghini Miura Bible
by Joe Sackey
“Bible” is such a big word, laden with promise and received with expectation, but US Miura expert Sackey’s opus is well and truly The Book (in the sense of being a definitive word) and not just because there hasn’t been another serious Miura-only book in 30 years.
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