The Knife and Fork Man, The Life and Work of Charles Benjamin Redrup


by Bill Fairney

It was said that engineer Redrup who worked in a simple home workshop made his engines with little more than a knife and a fork. He made engines for air, water, and land use but this book is the first to explore his work fully.

Messerschmitt Bf 109 F

by Robert Michulec

Probably the most famous of the German fighter planes, the Bf109 was the backbone of the Luftwaffe and the most produced fighter aircraft in history.

British Auto Legends, Classics of Style and Design

by Richard Heseltine
Photos by Michel Zumbrunn

Pretty cars, very pretty photos. You’ll be familiar with most of the cars and marques but here you’ll see them in ways that’ll make you want to throw your own camera away.

War and Remembrance

by Herman Wouk

You know you’ve seen the book or heard about it. Wouk himself wrote the screenplay for the TV mini series—but reading the book has an altogether different impact. Don’t miss it!

Thunder at Sunrise

by John M. Burns

This book puts the story of America’s first three races of international stature in the context of the developing auto industry and juxtaposes them with their European predecessors.

The Fountainhead

by Ayn Rand

You know the title. You may not have read the book. Probably for the wrong reasons. A dozen publishers rejected it. Still, it gave Rand enduring commercial and critical success. So give it a chance!

American Military Transport Aircraft Since 1925

by E.R. Johnson

Can’t tell one hulking plane from another? Don’t know the difference between tactical and strategic airlift? Don’t know that the Jumbo Jet you’ve been flying for the past 40 years has a military cousin? It’s all here.

Race Man Jim Travers and the Traco Dynasty

by Gordon Chance

Traco was never a household name, and its founders didn’t care if it was, but it was probably the largest producer of racing engines in the world. Written by an engine builder who also did his Traco stint, this book explains the who, why, what, when, where.

Lockheed P-38J–L Lightning

by Robert Pęczkowski

Rich with photos and drawings of the late-model J and L versions of the sexy Lightning, this book will make aircraft modelers—or illustrators—swoon.

The Fairmount Park Motor Races: 1908–1911

by Michael J. Seneca

You’d think that an event that drew half a million spectators in its first year stayed in people’s memory. It lasted only four years and, in telling why, this book closes a gap in the annals of motor racing history.

Cadillac

by Stephen Salmieri & Owen Edwards

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this book is the fact that it had been born—after conception and gestation—at all. Towards the end of Edwards’ long essay, he describes a fire that almost destroyed his negatives.

Mary Wells: The Tumultuous Life of Motown’s First Superstar

by Peter Benjaminson

Each in its own way, the rapid rise and the long fall are emblematic of the life of the superstar who flies too close to the sun. The “Queen of Motown” lived only 49 years but helped define a new sound.

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