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Female Tommies: The Frontline Women of the First World War

by Elisabeth Shipton

Why did men not want women in the military? Because it would have given them the right to vote! Perish the thought. But when nations were in danger of perishing, society changed its mind. For a while.

Afghanistan Revealed: Beyond the Headlines

by Caroline Richards & Jules Stewart

Before 9/11 there was 9/9, a day on which an Afghan resistance leader was assassinated. Everyone talks about the one but almost no one about the other, yet the two are inextricably linked.

Anton Romako: Admiral Tegetthoff in the Naval Battle of Lissa

Agnes Husslein-Arco (editor)

Take one look a the cover, consider the time—1880s—and you know there’s a story here. Why was it painted in this modern style, what is it even about, and why did Emperor Franz Josef buy it?

The Bombing of Rolls-Royce at Derby 
in Two World Wars

by Kirk, Felix & Bartnik

Industrial sites are a prime bombing target, so much so that the British set up “shadow” factories to fool the enemy. But the actual R-R works took their share of hits, and here’s their story.

Autowork

by Robert Asher and Ronald Edsforth (Editors) 

What’s life like on the “inside” for the men and women who make cars in the US? From the early days up to the 1980s, these essays paint a not so rosy picture of the conditions at work and, by extension, at home.

The Automobile: A Century of Progress

by James K. Wagner (Coordinator)

Unlike a chronology, this book is written the way a car is engineered: as an overall “system” in which any one part relates to the other.

The 1924 Coolidge-Dawes Lincoln Tour

by Larry Krug

Eyewitness accounts from an epic US presidential campaign that covered thousands of miles by road, involved over 100,000 vehicles, and reached millions of people—in 1924, when passable roads where still a novelty.

Detroit, An American Autopsy

by Charlie LeDuff

Unless you live under a rock you know this storied US city is suffering. Will your city be next? Not if enough people read this book!

The Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 4

Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds.

An annual compendium of serious Rolls-Royce scholarship for serious Rolls-Royce historians written by the proverbial pillars of the community.

Forty Years of Stock Car Racing: Volume I, The Beginning 1949–1958

by Greg Fielden

A complete and accurate record with stories on each Grand National race from the beginning of what became the Winston Cup.


The Car in British Society: Class, Gender and Motoring, 1896–1939

by Sean O’Connell

Say it like you mean it: the car has changed every aspect of civilized life! This lovely book digs deep and gives the old noggin a workout.

Big Week: Six Days that Changed the Course of World War II

by Bill Yenne

A multi-faceted picture of the improbable turn-around of the Allied air campaign that paved the way for D-Day.

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