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Battle of Britain 1917: The First Heavy Bomber Raids on England

The First Heavy Bomber Raids on England

by J Sutherland & D Canwell

While this is the 70th anniversary year of the Battle of Britain (the one in WW II) we should recall that there was another one, in WW I. This book looks at the performance and impact of German Zeppelins and Gotha and Giant fixed-wing bombers.

Formula 1 Technical Analysis 2009–2010

by Giorgio Piola

You may watch every race of the season and faithfully snip every technical article in specialist magazines, and you may even have contacts in the F1 community—and you still wouldn’t know all the technical intricacies this book series has been able to clarify since its launch in 1994.

Nissan GT-R Supercar: Born to Race

by Dennis Gorodji

Even if you only pay peripheral attention to current cars you are probably vaguely aware that the GT-R is often singled out for its sophisticated handling. If you follow motorsports you already know that that is quite the understatement and that the GT-R can well be said to have revolutionized sports car dynamics.

Villiers: Everybody’s Engine

by Rob Carrick and Mick Walker

Villiers may have started building “everybody’s” engine way back in 1912 but unless you’re from the two-stroke small-engine world, chances are you do not know them. In which case you would do well to start with a look at Appendix 5 “Industrial Power Unit Users”.

Porsche Racing Cars: 1953 to 1975

by Brian Long

This book looks at Porsche’s purpose-built competition cars of the modern era, cars the author considers motorsports and design icons “the likes of which, sadly, we will never see again.”

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