Archive for Items Categorized 'Biography/ Autobiography', only excerpts shown, click title for full entry.

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.

Conspiracy of Secrets

by Bobbie Neate

Ex-BRM boss Louis Stanley was a fixture on the GP circuit. This biographical detective story by his stepdaughter turns everything you know about him on its ear and has repercussions far beyond the world of motor racing.

In the Name Glory: 1976, The Greatest Ever Sporting Duel

by Tom Rubython

If you know your racing history you know 1976 as the year Ferrari driver Niki Lauda got so terribly burned which set into motion truly unusual events, great drama, and great controversy. This book scratches only the surface.

Grand Delusions, The Cosmic Career of John DeLorean

by Hillel Levin

Strange car, strange man, strange story—nothing is simple, and it takes an investigative reporter to tell the tale just so.

Queen of Speed: The Racy Life of Mary Petre Bruce

by Nancy R. Wilson

First to fly from England to Japan, first to cross the Yellow Sea, first woman to circumnavigate the world alone; first, first, first, record, record, record, on sea/air/land. What this lady accomplished in her 95 years on this Earth defies absolutely anything.

Cord 810/812, The Timeless Classic

by Josh B Malks

Malks’ attention to detail and style of writing certainly makes it easy to sing the praises of his book. He is a former president of the A-C-D club and the tech editor of their magazine.

Gentleman Jack: The Official Biography of Jack Sears

by Graham Gauld

You can hardly pick up a British race report from the 1950s and ‘60s without seeing Sears’ name as a competitor, and often enough winner, in saloon, sports, and vintage cars.

Secrets of the Spitfire

by Lance Cole

Adding a new chapter to the voluminous Spitfire literature, this book tells the story of a brilliant but quiet aerodynamicist whose seminal work is only in recent years being recognized.

Schneidige deutsche Mädel: Fliegerinnen zwischen 1918 und 1945

by Evelyn Zegenhagen

For women, even the sky has a “glass ceiling.” This book juxtaposes female German pilots’ desire to fly with the political and economic realities of the interwar years during which airmindedness and aviation blossomed.

Poetry in Motion: An Autobiography of a Supreme Grand Prix Driver

by Tony Brooks

The title alludes to Brooks’ combination of speed and smoothness. Publicity-shy, he never sought the limelight so it took 15 years of prodding to get this autobiography out of him. Find out what made him one of Britain’s premier racing drivers of the 1950s.

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