Taking the World by Storm
by Malcolm Cracknell
A rollercoaster ride of a book about what might have happened in an alternative history of the Le Mans 24 Hours in 1997.
Conquest of the Skies
by William Wolf
You’ve heard it a hundred times: the Wright brothers’ first flight was shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747 built only 60 years later. How this was achieved is the question this book examines.
Women Who Ride the Hoka Hey
by Abagail Van Vlerah
Picture it: the first Challenge went from Florida to Alaska, more than 8500 back road miles! Over 190 hours in the saddle. And you have to sleep outside! Things have changed since then—“Hóka-héy!” (Let’s Go! in the Lakota language) indeed.
Buckminster Fuller: Dymaxion Car
by Jonathan Glancey, Norman Foster
Fuller built three Dymaxions, not so much to build cars but to explore a concept he applied to pretty much everything in life. British architect Norman Foster built a fourth, for a 2010 exhibition in Spain, and this book tells the story of all four.
Dornier Do X: The Story of Claude Dornier’s Legendary Flying Boat
by Volker A. Behr
It was the biggest aircraft of its day but only three were built. It took twelve years to design—and less than half that time to withdraw them from service. What happened?
American Light Trucks & Utility Vehicles, 1967 to 1989
by J “Kelly” Flory Jr
In an age in which Ford’s F-Series has been the best-selling pickup truck in the US since 1977 it’s easy to lose sight of what else was/is out there. Whether it’s to settle a bet, check a fact, or just get lost in the cars and trucks of yesteryear, Flory’s books are unsurpassed for detail and accuracy.
Coachwork on Rolls-Royce and Bentley 1945–1965
by James Taylor
The period covered by this bookmarks the transition from custom to increasingly standardized bodies, and not even ultra luxury marques were spared. This book looks at both types, highlighting the output of 56 British and Continental firms.
Twice Around the Clock – The Yanks at Le Mans, 1923–1979
by Tim Considine
A quarter century of research and interviews has gone into these three books—and four more are to come. Lots of untold personal stories of people who were there, lots of new photos.
Ordeal by Ice: Ships of the Antarctic
by Rorke Bryan
“Getting there is half the fun”—not in this case. And when and if you do, fun takes a back seat to survival. And then you have to make it back out. Tragedies and triumphs. This book will make you shudder, and not just because it’s about the cold.
Karl Ludvigsen’s Fast Friends, Stars and Heroes in the World of Cars
by Karl E. Ludvigsen
If you’re around car books at all there’s really no way you’d not know this award-winning author’s name. He’s been around, he’s seen things, he’s forgotten more than you will ever know. Here are 23 examples of people that left an impression on him—not least his father.
70 Years of Porsche Sports Cars
by Josef Arweck
Porsche began as a maker of sports cars, and it turned 70 the year this book came out. True that. But no matter what the title may imply, the book is not about sports cars.
Studebaker Avanti Operation Airlift, May 1962
by John Hull
Studebaker planned to sell 20,000 of these luxury coupes in its launch year, 1962. It had radical styling, was the fastest production car of the time, and the world clearly wanted this type of car. A year later Studebaker threw in the towel. But no one would forget the flying circus that was this airlift.
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