Adolph Sutro, King of the Comstock Lode and Mayor of San Francisco
by William R. Huber
He dreamed big, and achieved and built big. Though not a household name today, his legacy—one of beauty—is inspiring.
A Hobbyist’s History of Pierce-Arrow
by Robert D. Dluhy
A celebration of the author’s personal admiration and enjoyment of the cars of the Pierce-Arrow marque with special attention on the small details that distinguish one model year or series from another.
100 Years of Legends, The Official Celebration of the Le Mans 24 Hours
by Bernard, Davoine, Holtz & Holtz
This book includes the actual centenary race of 2023 which was totally worth waiting for. Brimming with photos and infographics, the amount of detail will make your head spin. In a good way.
Volkswagen Type 4: 411 and 412
by Marc Cranswick
This car was definitely an answer to a question people were asking, and it showed VW could punch way above the Beetle class—but it didn’t set the world on fire, not even in its home market. It’s a bigger story than this book can unravel, but it’s the first and only one in English.
Le Mans 100, A Century at the World’s Greatest Endurance Race
by Glen Smale
The 24 Hours of Le Mans is one of the three legs of the Triple Crown of Motorsports. What makes it so special? Smale has wrangled each and every race up to the 2023 running into the pages of one concise, nicely illustrated, and well-designed book.
Norbert Singer – My Racing Life with Porsche 1970–2004
by Norbert Singer & Wilfried Müller
He almost became a rocket scientist. He almost went to Opel instead of Porsche. His very first assignment helped win Le Mans at a crucial time. No looking back now—his entire career was spent at Porsche, which would go on to win 16 overall race victories with cars in which he played a key role.
24 HOURS, 100 Years of Le Mans
by Richard Williams
How far can you go, nowadays, pretty much nonstop, in 24 hours? Oh, about 3200 miles—an inconceivable number a hundred years ago when this epic endurance race was first held.
The Cartier Tank Watch
by Franco Cologni
Is it the Porsche 911 of wristwatches? Todays’ model looks recognizably like the very first one from over a hundred years ago yet each iteration pushes design and technology forward and so remains as relevant as ever.
Antonov’s Heavy Transports: From the An-22 to An-225
by Gordon and Komissarov
The war in Ukraine is in the news daily but people seem to have forgotten already that among its early casualties was the one existing example of the world’s heaviest aircraft, once called by the NY Times “Ukraine’s winged ambassador to the world.” Let this fine book show you what you missed if you never saw it.
Herbert Müller – “…alles zu langsam!”
by Födisch and Roßbach
If you followed racing in the hairy 1960–80 era you could not have failed to notice this Swiss driver. This biography is deep in the best sense. The reason it was written is to commemorate the saddest of occasions.
Porsche 75th Anniversary: Expect the Unexpected
by Randy B. Leffingwell
The title says it all: Porsche has achieved a significant anniversary. A perfect reason to write a retrospective and conclude it with a little educated future predicting.
Founders of American Industrial Design
by Carroll Gantz
Unlike craft-based design, industrial design has to take into account how/if materials and techniques work in the real world of mass production. The author was a practicing, award-winning designer himself but also an academic and so has a broad frame of reference.
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