Chronicles the aviation career of the World War II fighter and aerobatics genius, describing his endeavors with more than three hundred types of aircraft, his celebrated air shows, speed records,...
An inventive machinist in the San Francisco Fire Department repair shop, Daniel D. Hayes patented the first successful aerial ladder in America in 1868. At first these heavy ladders were...
The automotive industry's most fabulous failures, from the notoriously dangerous Chevrolet Corvair sedan to the less-than-airworthy "Flying Wombat," are described and pictured in all their fascinating folly in this entertaining...
A glorious and nostalgic celebration of a defining period in American car culture—the 1950s to the 1970s, the golden age of Detroit’s icons of the road—when automobile design was at...
The forty-forth edition of Automobile Year is, like all its predecessors, a fascinating reflection of a year in the world of the car. 1996 marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Automobile Year is a book designed to last, to form a permanent reminder and reference of the evolution and history of the automobile and automobile sport. But it is not...
Enthusiasm for the automobile is international, and this is the forty-second year in which Automobile year has chronicled the world of cars and motorsport in a truly international fashion. Published...
From the world-ranging spectacle of Formula 1 to the rough tracks of international rallies - via Le Mans, Formula 3000, endurance racing, touring cars, and racing in America - Automobile...
Grumman Allied Industries acquired Howe Fire Apparatus in 1976. The Grumman Emergency Products division built on the foundation laid by the legendary Howe and Oren names and soon became one...
Tattoo: From Idea To Ink, is an indispensable resourse for tattoo artists and collectors alike. The book traces the origin of a tattoo from its initial inception through the process...
A pictorial glimpse at Phillips service stations, in the period when the neighborhood pump moved from the business district to the turnpike. Exciting black & white photographs from the archives...
Spanish:La presente obra aparenta ser una novela histórica; sin embargo, el lector descubrirá de inmediato que se trata más bien una fantasía política salpicada de mucha nostalgia. A raíz de...
Founded in 1870, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad—also known as Rio Grande—operated narrow gauge, standard gauge, and diesel locomotives in the spectacular Colorado Rockies. Their slogan was ''Through the Rockies,...
In 1938, American LaFrance pioneered the first cab-forward fire apparatus, then revolutionized the concept in 1945 with the classic 700 Series. In the 1950s, legendary names such as Ahrens Fox,...
The dealership model is an American institution, and auction houses can trace their roots back to the days of dusty cattle sales. Both have remained unchanged. Since the early 2000s,...
With the mesmerizing power of an Old Testament book of prophecy and with images that compass the wonderfully absurd range of our life with the internal-combustion engine, Autogeddon shows how...
The first book in author/racer "BS" Levy's cult-classic The Last Open Road series, it's a classic coming-of-age story as well as an entertaining and oft-hilarious history of the early days...
For centuries, millions of tons of cargo have moved across the five Great Lakes. The lakes have always held on to the old-school ways of using single screw tugboats, steam...
Ships Of The Great Lakes: An Inside Look At The World'S Largest Inland Fleet Is working on ships, sailing or tugging through the sea-like waters of the Great Lakes something...
The American diner was traditionally a miniature restaurant, originally a mobile one, providing solid, inexpensive food for the working man at virtually all hours of the day and night. From...
In lively text and more than 250 photographs, most in color, Margolies brings to life the new style of lodging that sprang up to serve the automobile traveler, from auto...
No auto show is complete without innovative, zany, extravagant, and just plain way-out concept cars. They allow the car manufacturers an invaluable opportunity to test radical design initiatives, from aerodynamic...
