The Fred Opert Story
by Peter R. Hill
If your team’s alumni include, inter alios, Keke Rosberg, Didier Pironi, Tom Pryce, Patrick Tambay and Alan Jones, you really deserve a biography of your own. And now, thanks to Peter Hill, Fred Opert finally has one.
Tupolev TU-22/TU-22M
by Yefim Gordon & Sergey Komissarov
Similar names, different aircraft. One was the first Soviet supersonic nuclear-capable bomber but failed to live up to expectations, the other a completely reconfigured improvement. This book needs no improvement.
Ferrari 333 SP, A Pictorial History 1993–2003
by Terry O’Neil
The most successful Ferrari ever run in Prototype racing was only ever campaigned by privateers. And only 40 were built. Of which only 27 raced. Why are there no serious books about this?? Well, now there is.
Car Tales, Classic Stories About Dream Machines
Five short stories by names you’ll mostly recognize, with unrelated but interesting photographs.
Louis Coatalen
by Oliver Standerwick Heal
A portrait of charm and wit, and an “eye on the prize” sort of determination that could be quite ruthless. You may not know the name but you use stuff that has his fingerprints on it even if you don’t realize it. Someone spent twenty years writing this book—read it!
Neo Classics: From Factory to Legendary in 0 Seconds
by René Staud & Jürgen Lewandowski
If it doesn’t look as if there will be a Bugatti or McLaren or Pagani under the Christmas tree—ask for this book as a consolation price. Its cover is so glam it doesn’t even need wrapping paper!
BMW Motorcycles of the Century
by Claudio Somazzi & Massimo Bonsignori
Market values, maintenance, model specifics, what makes one bike more collectible than another—it’s all here. If you don’t already have a BMW you’ll probably want one after reading this book!
Taming the Skies: A Celebration of Canadian Flight
by Peter Pigott
Fifty of the most significant aircraft in the history of Canadian aviation are discussed in good detail and with lively writing.
Something New Under the Sun, The History of America’s First Car
by Carol Jean Lambert
Not, not Henry Ford but the author’s great-grandfather, in 1891. Didn’t know that? Well, this book is well intended, and colorful, but a bit light on the sort of data that engineering folk would crave.
Vought F-8 Crusader: Development of the Navy’s First Supersonic Jet Fighter
by William D. Spidle
The Navy’s first fully operational supersonic aircraft would become the most successful military aircraft ever built. This book covers its design and development as well as the early stages of its operational history.
Mr Radley Drives to Vienna
by John Kennedy
Look closely at that cover. Looks like a color print of a b/w photo, right? No! Everything is re-staged—a hundred years apart.
First Principles: The Official Biography of Keith Duckworth OBE
by Norman Burr
He was behind the most successful engines in racing history, and his company, Cosworth, became a major player. He had the complex personality that seems inseparable from such overachievement, and this book, at last, tells the story.
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