Killer Rays: Story of the Douglas F4D Skyray and F5D Skylancer

by Mark Frankel

From concept to first prototype, flight testing, carrier qualifications and operational history, this solid book presents the history of the U.S. Navy’s first operational delta-wing aircraft.

Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne: Art. Work. Life.

by Paul Kasmin

Have your own “Alice in Wonderland” moment with this intimate look at the artists’ home and studio that are brimming with nature-inspired sculptural pieces that look familiar but really aren’t.

Turtle: David Bushnell’s Revolutionary Vessel

by Roy R. Manstan, Frederic J. Frese

This exceptionally well-written book examines what barely amounted to a sideshow during the American Revolution—the first-ever attempt at submarine warfare during the age of sail.

Life Magazine

This weekly news magazine launched by Henry Luce (he also published Time and Fortune) in 1936 was the first all-photographic American news magazine and dominated the market for more than 40 years, selling as much as 13.5 million copies a week.

Benetti

by Decio Giulio Riccardo Carugati

If the closest you’ll get to a Benetti megayacht is a book, make it this one—it is as opulent and complex as the ships it celebrates.

Queen of Speed: The Racy Life of Mary Petre Bruce

by Nancy R. Wilson

First to fly from England to Japan, first to cross the Yellow Sea, first woman to circumnavigate the world alone; first, first, first, record, record, record, on sea/air/land. What this lady accomplished in her 95 years on this Earth defies absolutely anything.

50 Years of the U-2

by Chris Pocock

You cannot understand world events without understanding the U-2 spy plane that provided decision makers the raw data to deal with them! This thorough book leaves no questions unanswered.

Morgan Winner at Le Mans 1962, The Story of TOK258

by Ronnie Price and Richard Shepherd-Barron

The story of the little Morgan that could. This Anniversary Edition adds a chapter by the man who took this now-famous car—which still races today—across the finish line in 1962.

French Aeroplanes Before the Great War

by Leonard E. Opdycke

From the days of the balloonists, France played a leading role in the advancement of aeronautics. This comprehensive book looks at some 700 examples, from drawing-board flights of fancy to actual airworthy machinery.

A Lap of the Globe: Behind the Wheel of a Vintage Mercedes in the World’s Longest Auto Race


by Kevin Clemens 


A modern version of “Around the World in 80 Days,” written by someone who went—and made it back.

Wittelsbach State & Ceremonial Carriages

by Rudolf H. Wackemagel (ed.)

From the Louis XIV period to Bavarian Swan King Ludwig II and from state coaches to children’s sleighs, these books present a first-ever look at some remarkable confections of stunning craftsmanship in use by the royal house of Wittelsbach.

American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II: XP-54, XP-55, and XP-56

by Gerald H. Balzer

These creative aircraft proposals are an example of aerodynamic theory being way ahead of engine development. They are also examples of the US trying to regain ground to European aircraft development.

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