Grid to Glory: 75 Milestone Formula One Moments

by Alex Jacques

Reading this colorful book you can easily have the author’s high-energy broadcast voice in your ear. It must have been hard to distill 75 years into 75 “moments” but apparently there are some never-before-told stories in the mix.

Auto Racing in the Shadow of the Great War

by Robert Dick

Motorsports evolve constantly; that the era discussed here witnessed “significant” change is kind of inevitable considering that there was not much precedent for anything, be it circuits, roads, cars, regulations, organizations, even goals. And yet, this era is often neglected in the literature. This book fixes that.

The American Car Since 1775

The Most Complete Survey of the American Automobile ever Published

by The Editors of AQ

Fifty years after its first publication you can still find this book without much effort, at less than the original MSRP, and often in “as new” condition—meaning those owners never used the book as it was meant to. Don’t be that person!

GHOSTS 2026 Calendars, The Great War & A Time Remembered

by Philip Makanna

You’ve had over four decades to discover these splendid calendars; if you still haven’t, read this. And take a photography class.

Spitfire Manual
 1940

by Dilip Sarkar (Editor)

From the “Forget-Me-Nots for Fighters” to many other instructional booklets and manuals for pilots of the famous Supermarine Spitfire, this book gathers many oddities not normally seen by outsiders.

Eleanor in the Village

Eleanor Roosevelt’s Search for Freedom and Identity in New York’s Greenwich Village

by Jan Jarboe Russel

Even as First Lady she maintained ties to the Village, in fact made it her permanent residence for a while after FDR’s death. What personal and political currents drew her there?

Ferrari 275P 0816: The Only Ferrari to Have Won Le Mans Twice

by Keith Bluemel

That title tells you why this car is special. But did you know that your Le Mans record books say something different? A BIG story in a BIG book.

The First American Grand Prix: The Savannah Auto Races, 1908–1911

by Tanya A. Bailey

Savannah, Georgia may be a hotbed for many things, but racing?
International participants declared the course America’s greatest and the author is certainly its greatest fan.

American Naval History in 50 Ships: Unsung Vessels from the Colonial Era to the Cold War

by James M. Caiella

They may have been “unsung” but each of the ships—and their crews!—discussed here played a significant role in American history.

Secret Projects of the Luftwaffe in Profile

by Daniel Uhr and Dan Sharp

Building upon earlier, similar books this one introduces new or refined data and interpretations of German jet-propelled military aircraft designs into the record, especially regarding the historical context of their development.

A Technical & Operational
 History of the Liberty Engine: Tanks, Ships and Aircraft 1917–1960

by Robert J. Neal

One of history’s most famous engines, and very possibly the one with the longest active military service life, the Liberty represents an ambitious and visionary solution to what could have become an intractable problem: too much creativity resulting in too much incompatibility.

The Book Bus

by Melanie Moore, Brian Wray

Do you read to your car? Unexpected things might happen. The bookmobile at the center of this story really exists, operated by a former teacher who found her second calling and requisitioned her husband’s vintage VW.

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