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

Fast Ladies: Female Racing Drivers 1888 to 1970

by Jean François Bouzanquet

This is the English translation of a French book. The topic of female racing drivers has been a wildly neglected one in the literature and even this book scratches only the surface by focusing only on European drivers (with two American exceptions, McCluggage and Skelton) and on only 49 of them in detail.

Grand Prix Battlegrounds: A Comprehensive Guide to All Formula 1 Circuits Since 1950

by Christopher Hilton

This well-thought out book is another feather in Hilton’s already crowded cap. He isn’t just disgorging dates and facts and figures but paints a picture. In this book he is your tour guide, and like every good tour guide, he shows you things even the locals don’t know.

The Classic Citroëns, 1935–1975

by John Reynolds

First things first, this book really goes beyond 1975, devoting the penultimate chapter to the 1974–1989 GSX and a brief final chapter to the 1976–2000 cars built by the PSA Group in the post-Michelin era.

Alfa Romeo: From 1910 to 2010

by Maurizio Tabucchi

Alfa Romeo is in the enviable position of celebrating 100 years of operations, 1910–2010. All sorts of books will laud the centenary, and Italian publisher Giorgio Nada of Milan has produced two. One is a €500, 200 page limited edition of 1998 copies by various authors and then this much more affordable tome.

Mark Donahue: His Life in Photographs

by Michael Argetsinger

This book is a companion volume to Argetsinger’s excellent bio Mark Donohue: Technical Excellence at Speed. Publisher David Bull clearly has his fingers on the pulse of what readers want—and are able to afford.

Dictionary of World Coachbuilders and Car Stylists

by Marián Suman-Hreblay

This impressive reference work lists all of the well known—and numerous not-so-well known—car coachbuilders and stylists in the world: 3174 car coachbuilding companies and design centers, and 1161 car stylists and related personalities.

The Book of Air Shows

by Philip Handleman

Inspiring the young generation—not just in terms of technical matters but also in terms of history and the aircraft community with its camaraderie and lifestyle—is certainly a reason for long-time private pilot and photographer/filmmaker Handleman to write a book like this.

Hitler’s Motor Racing Battles: The Silver Arrows under the Swastika

by Eberhard Reuss

Ever since producing a 1999 documentary on this subject for German television the author perceived a vacuum in the literature about the famous Auto Union and Mercedes-Benz Silver Arrows of the pre-World War Two period.

Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, 50 Years of Flying

by Jarrod Cotter

Published on the occasion of the Flight’s golden anniversary, in 2007, this book is the first full account of the origins and activities of an organization (technically, it is a unit in the RAF) that is dear and near to the British, a veritable cultural touchstone.

Silver Arrows In Camera

A Photographic History of the Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Racing Teams 1934–39

by Anthony Pritchard

This book delivers more than its subtitle promises! If the word “photographic” were missing, no one would feel short-changed. Not only is it an excellent source of period photography, it also contains a thorough textual treatment in the form of contextual narrative.

Men of Power: The Lives of Rolls-Royce Chief Test Pilots Harvey and Jim Heyworth

by Robert Jackson

Test pilot brothers are a rarity. Both Heyworths worked for the same company, at the same time, and both became chief test pilot. Harvey, the elder of the two became the third test pilot at Hucknall, where Rolls-Royce had its flight test establishment.

Fast Food: Roadside Restaurants in the Automobile Age

by John A. Jakle & Keith A. Sculle

The whole concept of “the roadside” as an entity in and of itself, let alone as a topic deserving of serious thought, still seems to be outside of the field of view of the general motoring public. Books like this seek to give visibility to the complex and often hidden influences of the automobile on culture and everyday life.

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