Red Eagles: America’s Secret MiGs

by Steve Davies

Ever heard of “Constant Peg”? A once-top secret USAF squadron in Nevada acquired Russian aircraft to prepare its pilots to both fly and defeat them.

World’s Fastest Four-Engine Piston-Powered Aircraft

by Mike Machat

This super sleek photo recon plane did fly faster, higher, and farther than anything else in the sky but the relentless march of progress sidelined it.

The Pointblank Directive

by L. Douglas Keeney

No matter how much you’ve read or seen, this book has something new to say and does it in an uncommonly dramatic way.

US Guided Missiles: The Definitive Reference Guide

by Bill Yenne

Ok. Your eyes are glazing over. No! This is a fine book, well written, important. Cheap even. What’s not to like??

Lichtenstein, A Retrospective

by James Rondeau and Sheena Wagstaff

Over 130 paintings and sculptures as well as over 30 rarely seen drawings and collages illustrate all periods of the artist’s career and offer a fresh look and new insights.

The Schlumpf Automobile Collection, National Auto Museum of France

by Drehsen, Haas, Schneider

Big-scale car collectors are often described by adjectives such as consummate, eclectic, or discerning. In the case of the Schlumpf brothers, manic is the word you’re looking for.

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot

by Starr Smith

Oscar-winning actor Stewart was a star and saw the stars: he was a competent pilot even before he entered the service, attained the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserve, and even went Mach 2 in the back seat of a B-58 Hustler jet bomber.

Lost Hot Rods II: More Remarkable Stories of How They Were Found

by Pat Ganahl

You have photos of your kids in your wallet, Ganahl has hot rods—and they’re not even his! He’s just looking for them, the ones that dropped off the radar, just so that he knows. And now we know, too.

Grumman F6F Hellcat

by Corwin “Corky” Meyer & Steve Ginter

With a kill-to-loss ratio of 19-to-1 and producing 307 aces the “Wildcat’s big brother,” specifically built to counter the Japanese Zero, was probably the most important Naval aircraft in WWII.

Flying Fox – Otto Fuchs: A German Aviator’s Story, 1917–1918

by Adam M. Wait (editor)

Not your basic autobiography! As much a novel as a historical investigation this first-ever English edition adds many layers of commentary by the translator.

The Racing Bicycle: Design, Function, Speed

by Richard Moore, Daniel Benson

A beautifully illustrated look at the development of the racing bicycle in the form of individual features of leading manufacturers and several landmark bikes.

War on the Waters: The Union & Confederate Navies, 1861–1865

by James M. McPherson

Almost a David-and-Goliath scenario! Civil War-era naval engagements were relatively small and few but had a disproportionately large impact. This excellent book too is relatively small—and makes a large impact.

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