Racing Bicycles: 100 Years of Steel
by David Rapley
Excellent photos of things you won’t have seen before—because they’re Down Under, Australia that is. Anyone with a mechanical bend will get weak knees.
The Franklin Automobile Company
by Sinclair Powell
Over 150,000 of this American luxury car with an air-cooled engine were made over its 30-year life span. Today it’s a novelty at best; here’s the full story.
India: In My Eyes
by Barbara Macklowe
Been there/done that? Even if you have, you probably haven’t seen what—or how—Barbara Macklowe sees.
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.
A Record of Grand Prix and Voiturette Racing
by Paul Sheldon, Richard Page, Duncan Rabagliati
You might not think so but you can read these books cover to cover. There is plenty of narrative but it is really the data—from practice times to chassis numbers—that make these now 15 volumes the go-to, must-have resource.
Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces
by Andrew Thomas
Different planes with different tasks—what brings them together in this one book is their stop-gap tour of duty as nightfighters.
The Stewardship of Historically Important Automobiles
by Fred Simeone et al
“It’s original only once.” For certain cars this dictum will become ever more important. It took long enough for the classic-car movement to appreciate this. Now it’s time to define terms, rules, expectations.
The British Motor Industry, 1945–94
by Timothy R. Whisler
Why are there are no major car manufacturers in Britain anymore? Politics? Unions? The fog? Could it be . . . path dependency?
Plane Spotter’s Guide
by Tony Holmes
Don’t leave home without it. This pocket-size reference guide can settle many arguments—how high? how fast? what motor?—in the field.
Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History
by Anne Mitchell Whisnant
It took over 50 years to build and while the road connecting Shenandoah National Park and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park may be one of scenic beauty, the story behind it is anything but.
From Supermarine Seafire XVII to Douglas DC-10, A Lifetime of Flight
by Ronald Williams
By looking over Williams’ shoulder as he pilots a great variety of aircraft in many different parts of the world you a sense for the practical and technical aspects of commercial flight from its early piston days to the jet age.
Graveyard of the Atlantic, Shipwrecks of the North Carolina Coast
by David Stick
The watery graves of some 600 ships aren’t just recorded as dry stats but told here with the pace of a fiction book. If you know water you know what a mighty force it is. If you don’t, just read the book.
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