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Against Death and Time: One Fatal Season in Racing’s Glory Years

by Brock Yates

Racers, even the purely amateur sporting set, recognize there are certain dangers inherent in the practice of their chosen activity. Yates recounts all the tragic events of 1955 that had such a tremendous impact on motorsports for years to follow.

The Crooked Mile

by Kevin Clemens

Have you ever worried that one day the fossil-fuel spigot will run dry? Or that motor fuel will become so expensive that you will need to drastically change your lifestyle in order to provide life’s basic necessities for yourself and your family?

Buick, The Australian Story

by Eric North and John Gerdtz

The story of the auto industry in Australia, especially the Holden aspect, is interesting all on its own. As with many American makers, Holden too dates back to saddlery and carriage-building beginnings with the company bearing a man’s surname.

Bucyrus Heavy Equipment: Construction and Mining Machines 1880–2008

by Keith Haddock

Haddock, who 20 years ago co-founded the Historical Construction Equipment Association has written the definitive history of Bucyrus, an American company synonymous with moving earth.

Let ’Em All Go!

by Chris Economaki

A “must have” if you have any interest whatsoever in any aspect of motorsports. There are few who have seen as much, experienced as much, or spent as many years across all facets of the sport and business as Economaki.

A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar

by Jake Schultz

All too often writers of transportation articles and books do a fine job of telling the automotive/train/plane story, but fall short when trying to convey the human side. Not Schultz.

A Tale of Two (GM) Books

A Tale of Two Books — with apologies to Charles Dickens   It is simply human nature that you have likely clicked ahead to those “vital statistics” to see how much these books cost before even starting to read these words about them. It is just as likely that, generally speaking, you are already accustomed to […]

Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford’s Forgotten Jungle City

by Greg Grandin

There are books about the T, the A, ’32s, Ford in competition, Henry and Edsel, Ford vs Ferrari—it truly is a very long list of books that parse out and relate various aspects of Ford. And now there’s one about Ford City!

Racing in the Rain: My Years with Brilliant Drivers, Legendary Sports Cars, and a Dedicated Team

Two books about racing in the rain—they couldn’t be more alike in one respect, yet completely different in others.

Motion Performance: Tales of a Muscle Car Builder

by Martyn L. Schorr

Many of the already-in-print “muscle” books mention a Motion or Baldwin-Motion car, but this boo is the only one exclusively devoted to the subject. And I’ll venture it might be the only one devoted exclusively to Joel Rosen’s tuning prowess.

Enrico Nardi, A Fast Life

by Dino Brunori, Andrea Curami

Enrico Nardi would probably be amused at the attention he continues to receive some 43 years after his death in 1966. More at home in the shop than in social situations, money, fame, or gold watches did not impress him much.

The Art of the Engineer

by Ken Baynes and Francis Pugh

Nothing as powerful as a revolution happens without a plan. A “plan” in the most literal sense is what made the Industrial Revolution possible. In the context of this book it refers to the scientific illustrations that precede the actual building of things.

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