Il Cavallino Nel Cuore, Autobiography of a Designer
by Leonardo Fioravanti
From junior stylist to Managing Director at Pininfarina, high-level positions at Fiat and Ferrari, his own design-engineering-architecture firm—this fabulously illustrated book offers rich detail of a rich life.
Clydebank Battlecruisers: Forgotten Photographs From John Brown’s Shipyard
by Ian Johnston
This storied shipyard built five of the Royal Navy’s thirteen battlecruisers and not only had the foresight to document their work photographically but to hold on to the photos for decades—which is why a hundred years later this excellent book is possible.
Rocket and Jet Aircraft of the Third Reich
by Terry C. Treadwell
A popular subject these days—but this book won’t be! Too inaccurate.
Russian Warships in the Age of Sail 1696–1860
Design, Construction, Careers and Fates
by Tredrea & Sozaev
Britannia may have ruled the waves although at the time Scottish poet and playwright James Thomson wrote his poem Rule, Britannia! in 1740 it was meant as an exhortation, something to aspire to, not a statement of fact.
City of Speed: Los Angeles and the Rise of American Racing
by Joe Scalzo
Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but fact and the correct application thereof is not. The subject matter makes sense, the author is known. All should be well. This 2007 book was lauded by everyone; we beg to differ.
Flying Boats of the Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Ships of the Sky
by Richard Knott
To make the far-flung corners of their empire accessible, the British built a flying boat called—Empire. A fleet of over 40 plied the skies for a decade, until something new and better took its place.
How to be a Good Motorist
by Harold Pemberton
Written in the 1920s this little book seeks to brief new drivers on road etiquette and basic knowledge about owning and operating a motorcar.
Portrait in Oil, The Autobiography of Nubar Gulbenkian
by Nubar S. Gulbenkian
Eccentric and rich beyond measure, this Armenian business magnate and international playboy cut a large figure in life and even in death. An insightful and entertaining portrait of one of the key figures involved in the international oil trade beginning before the First World War.
“I Would Not Step Back . . .” Phil Lamason
by Hilary Pedersen and others
More than a just another war story, this book explains what made a quiet, humble man a leader even his enemies could not ignore.
Motors Finest, Rolls-Royce and Bentley from the Seeger Collection
by Peter Müller
Soon this private collection will be open to the public but unless your travels take you to Liechtenstein, this book is the only way to see the cars all in one place.
The Lancaster and the Tirpitz
by Tony Iveson & Brian Milton
The subtitle calls only the bomber “legendary” but not the battleship? A good and necessary book but a bit one-sided.
Donald Healey’s 8C Triumph Dolomite
by Jonathan Wood
With just three chassis and parts for six engines built, chances are you’ve not seen a 1934/35 Dolomite. They were the most expensive British open two-seaters of their day. None were sold—but they survived, and here is the full story.
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