Interiors and the Legacy of Postmodernism

by Terry Farrell

You live in houses, walk through cities, take trains, go to public buildings. If you knew what to look for you might recognize what they have in common. Read the book, and next time you’ll know.

Terry the Tramp: The Life and Dangerous Times of a One Percenter

by K. Randall Ball

Becoming an outlaw biker is not a choice you make, or is it? Maybe remaining one is. Terry still is a member, after 42 years, having been ousted as president of his club and gone to jail. Why?

American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company

by Bryce G. Hoffmann

Unlike GM and Chrysler, FoMoCo took no taxpayer bailout but looked deep into its corporate soul—and threw out the playbook and overhauled itself. Who, why, how are all covered here. Read and learn.

Le Mans Panoramic

by Gavin D. Ireland 

A close-up, all-access look at two recent years of the world’s oldest sports car endurance race in sweeping double-page panorama shots that almost put you right into the scene!

How 30 Great Ads Were Made: From Idea to Campaign

by Eliza Williams

Go behind the scenes and see what it is that made some of these ads stick in your memory or even part of your cultural DNA—and just possibly buy the product!

Architecture of Transportation

Planes, trains, automobiles—how does the task of keeping people moving affect buildings?

Fast Car Physics

by Chuck Edmondson

So you want to drive fast. Better you first strap on your slide rule before you strap yourself into that car.

French Curves: Delahaye, Delage, Talbot-Lago

by Adatto, Figoni, Hinds; photos by Furman 

Twenty-five cars from the Mullin Automotive Museum illustrate the finer points of French coachwork—and it’s not all swoops and chrome.

Eric Gill: Autobiography

Introduction by Fiona MacCarthy

You’ve seen a Land Rover? A Rolls-Royce? Ever wondered about the crisp lettering of the logos? Wonder no more—Eric Gill’s your man.

Citroën DS, Design Icon

by Malcolm Bobbitt

Even for a company known for building innovative cars, the DS was wildly radical—and sold nearly 1.5 million copies!

Speedway: Auto Racing’s Ghost Tracks

by SS Collins and Gavin D. Ireland

Unless you have a heart of stone, this book will stir the soul! The tooth of time gnawing away at once-famous race tracks. Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust.

Frank K. Hain and the Manhattan Railway Company

by Peter Murray Hain

The story of a competent leader of men and machines torn this way and that by feuding power blocs—who ended it all by throwing himself under one of his trains!

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