Books, Nonfiction, Automotive, General

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Tom Vanderbilt
Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 2008-07-29)

Editors of Car and Driver
Dream Cars Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Colour Page a Day Calendars)
by Workman Publishing Company (Calendar)

So many cars, so little time. From the knowledgeable and passionate editors at Car and Driver magazine, Dream Cars is the calendar that gives car guys a new ride to fantasize about, every day. Take a spin in an outrageously finned '59 Cadillac convertible. A smokin' custom Ferrari Enzo that cost a cool $4 million. A sweet 1948 Porsche 356 roadster. Plus Mazda's flowing Nagare concept, a hydrogen-powered luxury sedan from BMW, a 1928 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500S still in racing condition, weekend quizzes, lore, trivia, and more. Can you feel the speed?

Seth Leitman, Bob Brant
Build Your Own Electric Vehicle
by McGraw-Hill Professional (Paperback)

Go Green-Go Electric!. Faster, Cheaper, More Reliable . While Saving Energy and the Environment. . This new, updated edition of Build Your Own Electric Vehicle contains everything that made the first edition so popular while adding all the technological advances and new parts that are readily available on the market today. . . Build Your Own Electric Vehicle gets on the expressway to a green, ecologically sound, cost-effective way that even can look cool, too! . . This comprehensive how-to goes through the process of transforming an internal combustion engine vehicle to electric or even building an EV from scratch for as much or even cheaper than purchasing a traditional car. The book describes each component in detail---motor, battery, controller, charger, and chassis---and provides step-by-step instructions on how to put them all together. . . Build Your Own Electric Vehicle, Second Edition, covers:. EV vs. Combustible Engine Overview. Environmental and ...

Jamie Jensen
Road Trip USA: Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways
by Avalon Travel Publishing (Paperback)

Lennard Zinn
Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance (2nd Edition)
by VeloPress (Paperback)

Paperback; More than 300 illustrations

John Muir, Tosh Gregg
How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive : A Manual of Step-By-Step Procedures for the Complete Idiot
by John Muir Pubns (Paperback)

For novice and veteran mechanics alike, this book has provided humorous, step-by-step repair and maintenance instructions for all air-cooled VW's built through 1978 for over 25 years. This edition contains a new section on the electrical system, plus a revised resource list of VW clubs, magazines, books, and parts suppliers. 300 illustrations.

Michael Wallis
Route 66: The Mother Road
by St. Martin's Griffin (Paperback)

The definitive book on the most famous road in American history-- now published in paperback to celebrate the highway's 66th anniversary.It began in the early 1920s with a vision of a paved highway that would connect Chicago to Los Angeles and the West. By the time of its completion, the road would cover over 2,400 miles, three time zones, and eight states. It would link the windy shores of Lake Michigan with the waters of the Pacific Ocean-- a two-lane road rolling together through the great American Southwest, tying together the vestiges of America's pioneer passages into one meandering and magnificent highway.Route 66. It was the road of dreamers and ramblers, drifters and writers: the road of John Steinbeck, Woody Guthrie, and Jack Kerouac. A ribbon of American highway that transported the Okies, driven from their land as storms of dust swept across their farms, to the promise of California. It was also the highway of commerce-- of automated ice-cream stands and old "no-tell" ...

Randy Leffingwell
Porsche Sixty Years
by Motorbooks (Hardcover)

No other sports car has had a run like Porsche’s, on the street or on the world's racetracks. On the eve of Porsche’s 60th anniversary, this richly illustrated volume tells the story of that fabled marque. Renowned automotive writer and photographer (and Porsche aficionado) Randy Leffingwell focuses his lens on each important model. His pictures, in-depth analyses of each car and its context, and interviews with key personnel comprise a complete, compelling, and often revealing history of the world’s premier name in sports cars.

Erik Arneson
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
by Motorbooks (Hardcover)

When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling that followed made for hundreds of splashy headlines and sexy television soundbytes. After all, the story had it all . . . unknown hooded gunmen riding into a gated Southern California community on bicycles, ambushing their victims and brutally ending their lives while neighbors ate breakfast and read the morning paper. Leaving behind more than $70,000 in jewelry, the killing was an obvious “hit,” and those close to Mickey and Trudy immediately pointed to Mickey’s hot-headed former business partner Michael Goodwin as the mastermind behind the tragedy. Nearly 20 years later, Goodwin was found guilty by a Pasadena Superior Court jury in 2006 of two counts of first-degree murder. The actual gunmen were never identified or apprehended. John Walsh and America’s Most Wanted did multiple episodes ...

Ross Bentley
Speed Secrets: Professional Race Driving Techniques
by Motorbooks (Paperback)

Shave lap times or find a faster line through your favorite set of S-curves with professional race driver Ross Bentley as he shows you the quickest line from apex to apex! With tips and commentary from current race drivers, Bentley covers the vital techniques of speed, from visualizing lines to interpreting tire temps to put you in front of the pack. Includes discussion of practice techniques, chassis set-up, and working with your pit chief.

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