Fabulous Fifties: American Championship Racing

by Dick Wallen et al

An important book about an important time in racing. That sort of racing has long since stopped but this 20-year-old book is still in print! Don’t miss it.

The Woman Owner-Driver: The Complete Guide for Lady Motorists

by The Hon. Mrs. Victor Bruce

It’s 1928—you’re a woman—you have a car. Very exotic. The manual won’t tell you about taxes and insurance, or how to talk your way out of a speeding ticket, or which type of hat won’t squeeze your head and give you a headache. But this book will.

Ducati Monster: 20th Anniversary

by Claudio Porrozzi & Otto Grizzi

This iconic bike is endlessly customizable and comes in beginner and superbike flavors. A 20-year model run and 250,000 copies sold—who’d have thunk that a parts-bin special would make such a dent in the universe!

Road Atlas

by Beate Kemfert, Christina Leber

It only sounds simple. Not that everything has to be complicated—but pretty much any human endeavor is, if you take the time to ruminate. If a photo is worth 1000 words, you’ll have to supply the words yourself here.

An Account of Partnership  – Industry, Government and the Aero Engine

by M.C. Neale, editor

Bulman played a crucial role in getting Britain’s embryonic WWII aircraft development off the ground. Intrigue and politicking, groundbreaking ideas, all the big names in the aero industry of the day make an appearance.

Riverside Raceway: Palace of Speed

by Dick Wallen; by Michael Jordan (editor)

For 32 years, pretty much anybody who was anybody raced pretty much anything on this relatively dangerous course. Located not too far from Hollywood means you may well have seen it on TV shows or in movies.

A Higher Call

by Adam Makos with Larry Alexander

German flak cripples an American bomber. Separated from the herd, it manages to stay aloft. It’s only a matter of time until a German fighter shows up. And then he does. You’ll be surprised what happens next.

Fritz Fleischer und seine Busse

by Christian Suhr

This small East German maker built very pretty passenger busses. If they hadn’t been on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, who knows what greatness they could have achieved. This is the only monograph to record the turbulent history.

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 Roycean: From Manchester to Crewe, via Derby, No. 5

by Tom Clarke, Will Morrison eds.

This fifth installment of the annual compendium of serious Rolls-Royce scholarship for serious Rolls-Royce historians now comes with the key to unlock the treasure trove: an index!

The A–Z of Three-Wheelers: A Definitive Reference Guide

by Elvis Payne

As inevitable a step the three-wheeler was for the evolution of the automobile, not a whole lot has been written about it until recently. The marketplace is certainly beginning to pay attention, so you might as get up to speed.