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  • A Most Deliberate Swindle

    How Edwardian fraudsters pulled the plug on the electric bus and left our cities gasping for breath

    by Mick Hamer ...
    On a warm April morning in 1906 a crowd of expectant correspondents from London's leading newspapers gathered at the Hotel Cecil in the Strand to view the new wonder of the age - the electrobus.This clean, green machine was gearing up to take on the noisy, polluting petrol vehicle, which was just starting to replace the horse-drawn omnibus and surely had the potential to be a game changer in terms ... Read more

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  • The Cobra in the Barn: Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

    Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

    by Tom Cotter,Peter Egan ...
    Series series In the Barn
    Now in paperback for the first time, here is the classic version of a car lover's fairy tale: You look into an old abandoned barn or garage or warehouse--and there's the car you've searched for your whole life. Here are the true stories of people who found their dream cars in the most unlikely places: A man finds one of three King Cobras ever built in a junkyard in South Carolina; another ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Corvette in the Barn: More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

    More Great Stories of Automotive Archaeology

    by Tom Cotter,Keith Martin ...
    Series series In the Barn
    It's every car-guy's fantasy-to casually peer into a long-forgotten garage or barn or warehouse and find the car he has searched for his whole life. Corvette in the Barn is a collection of true, often amazing, stories and essays about car collectors and enthusiasts who have discovered unusual and desirable cars, forgotten in all manner of locations from barns, to old-school junkyards, to farmer's ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • 60 Years Behind the Wheel

    The Cars We Drove in Canada, 1900-1960

    by Bill Sherk ...
    From rumble seats and running boards to power tops and tailfins, 60 Years Behind the Wheel captures the thrill of motoring in Canada from the dawn of the twentieth century to 1960. There are intriguing stories of cars with no steering wheels, and fascinating photographs of historic vehicles from across the country. From the Studebaker to the Lincoln-Zephyr, from the showroom to the scrapyard, here ... Read more

    $7.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fifty Cars that Changed the World

    Design Museum Fifty

    by DESIGN MUSEUM ENTERPRISE LTD ...
    Series series Design Museum Fifty
    Everything around us is designed and the word 'design' has become part of our everyday experience. But how much do we know about it? Fifty Cars That Changed the World imparts that knowledge listing the top 50 cars that have made a substantial impact in the world of British design today. From the1908 Ford Model T to the 1998 smart car, each entry offers a short appraisal to explore what has made ... Read more

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  • McQueen's Machines: The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon

    The Cars and Bikes of a Hollywood Icon

    by Matt Stone,Chad McQueen ...
    No other Hollywood star has been so closely linked with cars and bikes, from the 1968 Ford Mustang GT Fastback he drove in Bullitt (in the greatest car chase of all time) to the Triumph motorcycle of The Great Escape. McQueen's Machines gives readers a close-up look at the cars and motorcycles McQueen drove in movies, those he owned, and others he raced. With a foreword by Steve's son, Chad ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Little Book of Camper Van

    by Charlotte Morgan ...
    Little Book of Camper Van, a 128-page hardback book that looks back at the development of one of the most quirky and unique vehicles to have been manufactured, has sold more than 50,000 copies since its launch in 2009. Anyone who has ever driven a Volkswagen Camper will appreciate the appeal of this unique vehicle with its styling and versatility. It has given birth to a raft of products and ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Devil's Mercedes

    The Bizarre and Disturbing Adventures of Hitler's Limousine in America

    by Robert Klara ...
    Critically acclaimed author Robert Klara's The Devil's Mercedes chases down one of the most improbable stories of the postwar era: the national drama that erupted when Hitler's armored limousine surfaced in the US.In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest, most luxurious limousine in the world. A machine of frightening power and sinister beauty, the Grosser 770K Model 150 Offener ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • I'll Never Forget My First Car

    Stories from Behind the Wheel

    by Bill Sherk ...
    In this hilarious collection of stories, Old Autos columnist Bill Sherk describes in vivid detail the trials and tribulations of those brave souls who, throwing caution to the wind and money down the drain, made the fateful decision that would forever change the course of their lives. They went out and bought their very first cars.And whether it came from the showroom or the scrapyard, your first ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Motor City Barn Finds

    Detroit's Lost Collector Cars

    by Tom Cotter, Michael Alan Ross ...
    Tom Cotter returns to troll through Detroit and discover long forgotten classics in Motor City Barn Finds. You won't believe some of the rides he finds.Detroit has been America's Motor City for decades. It's home to Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, as well as numerous auto industry companies and specialty and speed shops. At the same time, it's the poster child for urban blight and dysfunction. ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Mobility without Mayhem

    Safety, Cars, and Citizenship

    by Jeremy Packer ...
    While Americans prize the ability to get behind the wheel and hit the open road, they have not always agreed on what constitutes safe, decorous driving or who is capable of it. Mobility without Mayhem is a lively cultural history of America’s fear of and fascination with driving, from the mid-twentieth century to the present. Jeremy Packer analyzes how driving has been understood by experts, ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Cars for Comrades

    The Life of the Soviet Automobile

    by Lewis H. Siegelbaum ...
    The automobile and Soviet communism made an odd couple. The quintessential symbol of American economic might and consumerism never achieved iconic status as an engine of Communist progress, in part because it posed an awkward challenge to some basic assumptions of Soviet ideology and practice. In this rich and often witty book, Lewis H. Siegelbaum recounts the life of the Soviet automobile and in ... Read more

    $17.99 USD