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Books about car culture and auto racing, from Formula 1 to the insights of weekend track day aficionados. Stories about racers and technical investigations into the techniques and mechanics of speed.
Updated December 14, 2022
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Art of racing in the rain
Stein, Garth.
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM FOX 2000 STARRING MILO VENTIMIGLIA, AMANDA SEYFRIED, AND KEVIN COSTNER MEET THE DOG WHO WILL SHOW THE WORLD HOW TO BE HUMAN The New York Times bestselling novel from Garth Stein--a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately...
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Harry Truman's excellent adventure : the true story of a great American road trip
Algeo, Matthew.
Paper Book
On June 19, 1953, Harry Truman got up early, packed the trunk of his Chrysler New Yorker, and did something no other former president has done before or since: he hit the road. No Secret Service protection. No traveling press. Just Harry and his childhood sweetheart Bess, off to visit old...
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Driving like crazy thirty years of vehicular hellbending celebrating America the way it's suppose
O'Rourke, P. J.
Paper Book
A collection spanning thirty years, chronicling famed humorist and gearhead P. J. O'Rourke's love affair with the automobile from mid-twentieth century to now--from heyday to sickbay.
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Go like hell Ford Ferrari and their battle for speed and glory at Le Mans
Baime, A. J.
Paper Book
By the early 1960s, the Ford Motor Company, built to bring automobile transportation to the masses, was falling behind. Young Henry Ford II, who had taken the reins of his grandfather's company with little business experience to speak of, knew he had to do something to shake things up....
Legendary story about cars.
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Faster how a Jewish driver an American heiress and a legendary car beat Hitler's best
Bascomb, Neal
Paper Book
Winner of the Motor Press Guild Best Book of the Year Award & Dean Batchelor Award for Excellence in Automotive Journalism For fans of The Boys in the Boat and In the Garden of Beasts, a pulse-pounding tale of triumph by an improbable team of...
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Taken for a ride how Daimler Benz drove off with Chrysler
Vlasic, Bill.
Paper Book
It was the deal heard round the world. In May 1998, a stunning $36 billion merger was announced by Chrysler, the all-American automaker, and Daimler-Benz, the German manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz luxury sedans. The Wall Street Journal christened the deal "the biggest industrial merger of all time...
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Going faster! mastering the art of race driving
Lopez, Carl, 1946-
Paper Book
This complete racer's reference is the perfect resource for all drivers from novice to expert. The fundamentals of fast driving are revealed in this definitive how-to book for racers. You will find the competition-proven methods of instructors and of professional drivers that will give you the know...
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Porsche 911 story
Frère, Paul.
Paper Book
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Ludicrous the unvarnished story of Tesla Motors
Niedermeyer, Edward
Paper Book
Tesla is the most exciting car company in a generation . . . but can it live up to the hype? Tesla Motors and CEO Elon Musk have become household names, shaking up the staid auto industry by creating a set of innovative electric vehicles that have wowed the marketplace and defied...
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All corvettes are red the rebirth of an American legend
Schefter, James L.
Paper Book
This work focuses on how the automobile giant GM reinvented the Corvette, a car which became legendary soon after its original release in 1953. It explains how dedicated designers, engineers and executives, eventually managed to produce the fifth-generation Corvette, which was originally meant to be...
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Car the rise and fall of the machine that made the modern world
Appleyard, Bryan
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More than any other technology, cars have transformed American popular culture. Cars have created vast wealth as well as novel dreams of freedom and mobility. They have transformed our sense of distance and made the world infinitely more available. They have inspired cinema, music, and literatures...
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Lost art of high performance driving how to get the most out of your modern performance car
Bentley, Ross, 1956-
Paper Book
Become a better performance driver with The Lost Art of High Performance Driving.
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Fast girl : don't brake until you see the face of God and other good advice from the racetrack
Steffensen, Ingrid.
Paper Book
Life in Ingrid Steffensen's New Jersey suburb was safe, comfortable, and predictable. A college professor, wife, and mother of a preadolescent daughter, her carefully cultivated world was comprised of the usual suspects: family, work, book clubs, yoga classes, and date nights. Then, one day-thinking...
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Racing with rich energy how a rogue sponsor took Formula One for a ride
Blackstock, Elizabeth, 1996-
Paper Book
Formula One has long maintained a glitzy aura that masks dark and strange goings-on in the background. But with the 2019 season came a force louder than Formula One could dream of muffling: William Storey, the founder of British energy drink startup Rich Energy. Storey became a...
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