10998 replies to this topic

[jtremlett]

Or £23.32 from Amazon's alter ego Book Depository.  Incidentally, I find www.123pricecheck.com to be very useful in finding the best price amongst the usual UK suspects for books (and DVDs).

 

Jonathan

 

Edit: This is in reply to Simon's post immediately above but for some reason the Quote option doesn't seem to be working for me

Edited by jtremlett, 21 October 2014 - 18:39.

[Tuboscocca]

Simon Davis, on 21 Oct 2014 - 09:42, said:

An interesting new title from Delius Klasing. A photographic book by Marianne Fürstin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. English text by Jurgen Lewandoski. Amazon price = £34.99.

 

http://www.amazon.co...yn-Wittgenstein

Simon yes and no!! Yes wonderful racephotos, but the 'blue-blooded' Lady has thrown in far too many family pics, at least for my taste...

 

Michael

[Jack-the-Lad]

Tuboscocca, on 21 Oct 2014 - 21:45, said:

Simon yes and no!! Yes wonderful racephotos, but the 'blue-blooded' Lady has thrown in far too many family pics, at least for my taste...

 

Michael

I've ordered this book, but now wonder if I should cancel while I can....

[Tuboscocca]

Jack-the-Lad, on 22 Oct 2014 - 13:40, said:

I've ordered this book, but now wonder if I should cancel while I can....

Oh Jack, I didn't want  to 'warn' buyers, but...normally you can return books if not satisfied..

As I said RACE-pics excellent and even rare, but please more of these ...

To put it mildly, I don't give a **** on social life of 'upper class' people, and would never buy photos of them...

 

 ''Working-class'' Michael

[Jack-the-Lad]

Tuboscocca, on 22 Oct 2014 - 14:20, said:

Oh Jack, I didn't want  to 'warn' buyers, but...normally you can return books if not satisfied..

As I said RACE-pics excellent and even rare, but please more of these ...

To put it mildly, I don't give a **** on social life of 'upper class' people, and would never buy photos of them...

 

 ''Working-class'' Michael

Thanks, Michael.  I don't mind the pictures of truly* upper class people,  if from an historic perspective, although as you imply, I would never purchase a book just on that subject!  So, I think I'll go through with the purchase.  I'm likely to learn something!

 

*as distinct from modern day "celebrities."

[Tuboscocca]

Jack-the-Lad, on 22 Oct 2014 - 20:48, said:

Thanks, Michael.  I don't mind the pictures of truly* upper class people,  if from an historic perspective, although as you imply, I would never purchase a book just on that subject!  So, I think I'll go through with the purchase.  I'm likely to learn something!

 

*as distinct from modern day "celebrities."

Jack ,the only consolation I can offer that the author is a member of 'real' nobility...if that helps. No artificial stars..

Be brave!!!

Here is a Review from 'zwischengas' ( blipping downchange!!).They like it, as ever!!(in German)

 

http://www.zwischeng...Buchbesprechung

 

Michael

Edited by Tuboscocca, 22 October 2014 - 21:24.

[Jack-the-Lad]

Tuboscocca, on 22 Oct 2014 - 21:20, said:

 'zwischengas'

 

I'll have to remember that one.

 

Thanks for the encouragement!

[Tuboscocca]

Jack-the-Lad, on 22 Oct 2014 - 21:42, said:

 

I'll have to remember that one.

 

Thanks for the encouragement!

Learning German in 3000 lessons with Michael !!

First lesson:Zwischengas!!

Next Lesson Holzvergaser!! Please send correct answers on a stamped postcard..

 

Michael

[Peter Darley]

elansprint72, on 14 Oct 2014 - 19:46, said:

I see that, unfortunately, the required amount was not raised:

https://www.kickstar...motor?ref=email

 

Peter, please do keep us updated on progress.

Work on the final photo scans commence next week, with a view to a release date early 2015. The format will be similar to JCLTL, as will the price.

[257gary]

Chaters the bookshop at Brands Hatch is to close on the 23 November 2014.

 

This bookshop has existed at the circuit for as long as I can remember (late 1970's) so I will be sad to see it go, I have purchased many books from there.

 

The shop keeper mentioned that there has been a drop in the number of books being purchased from this shop, hence the closure.

[D-Type]

I hope this is a simple cutback and that the Hook shop, the on line and mail order business will continue.

[Tuboscocca]

PORSCHE Carrera

 

 

Another Porsche Museumspublication due for November:

 

http://www.delius-kl...era.179769.html

 

The 11 pages of the preview look great.

 

German /English..840 pp 98 Euros..

 

Regards Michael

[fbarrett]

The Porsche 4-cam book is expected here in the US in early December, but it has already slipped back several times, so the schedule is not firm. We are looking forward to it!

 

Frank

[Tuboscocca]

fbarrett, on 02 Nov 2014 - 09:51, said:

The Porsche 4-cam book is expected here in the US in early December, but it has already slipped back several times, so the schedule is not firm. We are looking forward to it!

 

Frank

Frank it is published, at least in Germany available!!

 

Michael

[Tuboscocca]

Lotus 49 owners' manual

 

http://www.amazon.co...15226442&sr=8-1

 

The next for the DIY-enthusiast...

 

Michael

 

 

Edited by Tuboscocca, 05 November 2014 - 22:30.

[Graham Gauld]

If I may be permitted a plug. Reinhard Klein the well known Rally photographer and book publisher telephoned yesterday to say that the boxed coffee table book on Jim Clark will be delivered next week just in time for Christmas. The book is in German and English and features a large collection of photographs, many of which were completely new to me from all over the World of Clark in action. It has over 300 pages of photos. Check it out at www.mckleinstore.com. 

[Tuboscocca]

Alan HENRY

 

http://www.amazon.co...ry +last train

 

There is a sneak preview in this weeks Autosport...

 

I hope there will be a PRINTED version!! At the moment Kindle only....

 

Michael ,still a paper lover!!

 

[retriever]

Tuboscocca, on 06 Nov 2014 - 11:30, said:

 

Alan HENRY

 

http://www.amazon.co...ry +last train

 

There is a sneak preview in this weeks Autosport...

 

I hope there will be a PRINTED version!! At the moment Kindle only....

 

Michael ,still a paper lover!!

 

 

I should not think any book publisher worth his salt is going to accept a manuscript and invest a four or five figure sum to have it printed / published in book form and try to market it after it has already appeared in ebook form and is being sold on online by the likes of Amazon!

 

I too am a paper lover (also a specialist publisher) but sadly the writing is on the wall when it comes to the printed book. With less than a thousand independent bookshops in the UK and very few specialist retailers - either online or in bricks and mortar form - (not amazon, book depository and alike) it is all downhill from here. Already fewer printed books are being published and specialist publishers are either shutting shop or reducing their programmes drastically.

 

You cannot have it both ways - cheap books on Amazon or a flourishing book publishing sector. It was always going to end this way after the loss of the Net Book Agreement.  At least the French have kept their senses regarding book discounting  - it is limited to something like 5% in that country.

[PRD]

I've ordered a copy of the new Jim Clark book that Graham refers to in post 7852 from Racingwebshop. Last week the availability date moved from 12/11/14 to 28/11/14

[Vitesse2]

retriever, on 06 Nov 2014 - 16:37, said:

You cannot have it both ways - cheap books on Amazon or a flourishing book publishing sector. It was always going to end this way after the loss of the Net Book Agreement.

Indeed. When I look back on the ultimately futile campaign we fought to keep the NBA I'm reminded of what Lord Melbourne once said: “What all the wise men promised has not happened, and what all the damned fools said would happen has come to pass.” I count myself a proud damned fool!

 

Ironically, Amazon are now trying to dictate minimum prices to publishers, effectively reintroducing a form of Resale Price Maintenance, under which the NBA was specifically exempt..The only remaining exemption is now a specified list of non-prescription medicines, a measure designed to protect independent pharmacies. Just as the NBA was there to protect independent bookshops.

Quote

 

Amazon is putting publishers under "heavy pressure" to introduce new terms. The Bookseller reports that these include the proviso that "should a book be out of stock from the publisher, Amazon would be entitled to supply its own copies to customers via its print-on-demand facilities", and that "books cannot be sold for a lower price than Amazon's anywhere, including on a publisher's own website".

 

Source: http://www.theguardi...ort-concessions

[Tuboscocca]

Grand Prix of Naples

 

Great book on the GPs of Naples, 272 pp 450 b/w photos, results etc.

 

http://www.asiservic...ategory&path=17

 

On this page by ASI (Italy) you will find also a book on Mario Casoni.

 

All to common?? Not strange enough??  How about a little book on the Grand Prix of Capri

 

http://www.paparoedi...capri_prix.html

 

Wonder when the first book of the Grand Prix of Gibraltar is published??

 

Regards Michael

 

 

 

 

[RA Historian]

Tuboscocca, on 07 Nov 2014 - 21:04, said:

 

Wonder when the first book of the Grand Prix of Gibraltar is published??

 

Regards Michael

 

 

 

 

Don't know about the book, but I have the CD!

 

[Tuboscocca]

RA Historian, on 07 Nov 2014 - 22:19, said:

 

Tuboscocca, on 07 Nov 2014 - 21:04, said:

 

Wonder when the first book of the Grand Prix of Gibraltar is published??

 

Regards Michael

 

 

 

 

Don't know about the book, but I have the CD!

 

 

I have the Ustinov-MC!!!

 

Michael

[karlcars]

Wildly off our core topics perhaps but if you're interested in racing you can't help being interested in Ferdinand Porsche and his remarkable creations for both Austro Daimler and Auto Union.

 

I've just published a book about Ferdinand that pulls the dust covers off his most secret activities, those on behalf of the military. This was Austria-Hungary in WW1 and of course Germany in WW2. He was also active between the wars, designing secret tanks for Daimler-Benz and preparing engine designs for the Luftwaffe. If any other engineer/builder/manager created more high-tech material in the two wars, I have yet to figure out who he may be.

 

My well-illustrated new book, Professor Porsche's Wars, is published in the UK by Pen & Sword and is a heck of a read if I do say so myself. It will be distributed in the USA by Casemate and is available through the usual sources.

 

Of clear interest to any and all interested in what we used to call technology I reckon.

[Tuboscocca]

karlcars, on 08 Nov 2014 - 13:17, said:

Wildly off our core topics perhaps but if you're interested in racing you can't help being interested in Ferdinand Porsche and his remarkable creations for both Austro Daimler and Auto Union.

 

I've just published a book about Ferdinand that pulls the dust covers off his most secret activities, those on behalf of the military. This was Austria-Hungary in WW1 and of course Germany in WW2. He was also active between the wars, designing secret tanks for Daimler-Benz and preparing engine designs for the Luftwaffe. If any other engineer/builder/manager created more high-tech material in the two wars, I have yet to figure out who he may be.

 

My well-illustrated new book, Professor Porsche's Wars, is published in the UK by Pen & Sword and is a heck of a read if I do say so myself. It will be distributed in the USA by Casemate and is available through the usual sources.

 

Of clear interest to any and all interested in what we used to call technology I reckon.

Dear Karl,

 

do you know of a German edition planned in near future?? Porsche themes go well in Germany , not sure this one???

 

Best regards Michael

[Tuboscocca]

84 Hours

 

from Michael Keyser, a new one.

 

http://www.autosport...s-of-endurance/

 

Best regards Michael

[fbarrett]

Karl:

 

Good hear about your new Porsche book. I plan to order 30 copies from Casemate. An old Porsche friend, Grady Clay, always wanted to know more about Dr. P's military involvement and was thrilled when I told him you were working on this book, but sadly he passed in June, so he won't get to see it. Does it cover the Weisel (? sp), circa-1976?

 

Frank

Edited by fbarrett, 09 November 2014 - 01:15.

[raceannouncer2003]

karlcars, on 08 Nov 2014 - 13:17, said:

Wildly off our core topics perhaps but if you're interested in racing you can't help being interested in Ferdinand Porsche and his remarkable creations for both Austro Daimler and Auto Union.

 

I've just published a book about Ferdinand that pulls the dust covers off his most secret activities, those on behalf of the military. This was Austria-Hungary in WW1 and of course Germany in WW2. He was also active between the wars, designing secret tanks for Daimler-Benz and preparing engine designs for the Luftwaffe. If any other engineer/builder/manager created more high-tech material in the two wars, I have yet to figure out who he may be.

 

My well-illustrated new book, Professor Porsche's Wars, is published in the UK by Pen & Sword and is a heck of a read if I do say so myself. It will be distributed in the USA by Casemate and is available through the usual sources.

 

Of clear interest to any and all interested in what we used to call technology I reckon.

 

Will you you be at the Rennsport Reunion at Laguna Seca next October?

 

Vince H.

[Tim Murray]

I see that John Surtees: My Incredible Life on Two and Four Wheels has won the first-ever RAC Motoring Book of the Year award:

http://www.little-cl...f-the-Year.html

[B Squared]

Gordon Kirby's latest column is with retired Penske chief mechanic and engine builder Karl Kainhofer, who was Mr. Penske's first employee. He states he is working on Mr. Kainhofer's biography for Racemaker Press. I look forward to it.

Edited by B Squared, 13 November 2014 - 18:42.

[fbarrett]

Good to hear that. Sure wish someone would write Roger Penske's biography. Some have tried, but apparently RP won't sit still long enough.

[john aston]

Alan Henry book - only on Kindle and at the price is worth a read as it is an enjoyable ramble through AH's long involvement with GP racing. Some good insights into Rindt , Ecclestone and Chapman especially. I felt the book was more of a long and rambling letter to a friend - structurally it is loose and if it appears as a 'proper' book it needs a judicious edit to remove some of the typos and stylistic hiccups in places.

 

But as a rollicking read it's a good way to spend a wet Sunday evening I found

[D-Type]

I see that Mike Hawthorn -Golden Boy is being re-published in paperback.  Does anyone know whether this version includes all the photos from the original?  (unlike the paperback of the Piers Courage bio which had far fewer photos than the original)

Edited by D-Type, 20 November 2014 - 10:31.

[Colbul1]

An interesting book has been publish to complement the DVD 'Grand Prix: The Killer Years' http://www.big-pic.c...illeryears.html.  £19.99 or with the original DVD can be purchased for just £24.99.  Looks to contain more interviews and information that couldn't be included in the original film.

[Jack-the-Lad]

I notice that Veloce has pushed back the publication date of Pritchard's "Grand Prix Ferrari" yet again.

 

edit:  Amazon now has page samples on its site, so perhaps publication is near.

Edited by Jack-the-Lad, 22 November 2014 - 21:36.

[Tuboscocca]

Porsche 935

 

Another forthcoming title from Michel Bollée

 

http://www.editions-...e,fr,4,P192.cfm

 

End of January 2015

 

Regards Michael

 

[Bjorn Kjer]

I just got my 2nd edition of Michel Bollee's LA MASERATI DU COLONEL . Only in French but enlarged with nearly 50% pages AND Pictures...........if you are a MASERATI fan , freak or nerd it is simply a MUST!

 

Regards Bjørn

[Tuboscocca]

Bjorn Kjer, on 26 Nov 2014 - 13:45, said:

I just got my 2nd edition of Michel Bollee's LA MASERATI DU COLONEL . Only in French but enlarged with nearly 50% pages AND Pictures...........if you are a MASERATI fan , freak or nerd it is simply a MUST!

 

Regards Bjørn

Thanks Björn, mine it's on its way ..

 

Michael

[Tim Murray]

Veloce are offering 50% off any of their books for a limited period. The offer starts tomorrow and ends at midnight GMT on Sunday:

http://ymlp.com/zqxcaH

[red stick]

B Squared, on 13 Nov 2014 - 18:42, said:

Gordon Kirby's latest column is with retired Penske chief mechanic and engine builder Karl Kainhofer, who was Mr. Penske's first employee. He states he is working on Mr. Kainhofer's biography for Racemaker Press. I look forward to it.

Agreed, but Kirby's books have a way of disappearing off the radar for awhile.  Does anybody know the status of his announced books on Newman-Haas Racing, working title, "Mario's Team," or the history of persons finishing second at the Indy 500?  The NHR book was close to production back in February with a scheduled summer 2014 release, but instead we got an entirely appreciated but not previously announced book on Jim McGee.  The mysteries of publishing . . .

 

 

Well I take that back.  He did discuss the McGee book on his site.

Edited by red stick, 30 November 2014 - 18:39.

[red stick]

While we're vaguely on the topic, any word on Dan Gurney's autobiography?  Too late for Christmas, but maybe available for my birthday.

[Tuboscocca]

red stick, on 30 Nov 2014 - 17:44, said:

While we're vaguely on the topic, any word on Dan Gurney's autobiography?  Too late for Christmas, but maybe available for my birthday.

.....is that on Dec 27th?

 

Michael

[red stick]

I have slightly more patience than that.  But you're not too far off.

[Jack-the-Lad]

I didn't know a Gurney autobiography was in the works.  That's something to look forward to.  Does he have a collaborator?

 

Speaking of Penske, which we were, sort of, does anyone know why the Captain wasn't interviewed for "Beast"?  If he was it wasn't apparent in the book.  I enjoyed the book, but it does seem to have that gaping omission.

Edited by Jack-the-Lad, 01 December 2014 - 16:17.

[Tuboscocca]

Just found this, maybe a companion to  Angela Charrett's books:

 

http://www.motors-ma...00-6c-2500.html

 

A register on Alfas 6C2300 and 6C2500, mostly owned by TNF members ??

 

Michael

 

NB the link to the Register in English/Italian..

 

http://www.6c2500.org/news/

 

Edited by Tuboscocca, 01 December 2014 - 21:29.

[Tuboscocca]

New book on Gilles Villeneuve, but don't know anything on the quality!!

 

http://motorposts.co...ille-to-zolder/

 

And where to order??

 

Michael

[seb333]

Thanks for this info! This seems to be an Hungarian project, and although I'm not fluent in the language, there's an email where we could get some more info at the end of this article:
http://kanadavilaga....gyar-szerzotol/

Tuboscocca, on 01 Dec 2014 - 21:35, said:

New book on Gilles Villeneuve, but don't know anything on the quality!!

http://motorposts.co...ille-to-zolder/

And where to order??

Michael

Edited by seb333, 01 December 2014 - 22:45.

[Jack-the-Lad]

Tuboscocca, on 22 Oct 2014 - 21:20, said:

Jack ,the only consolation I can offer that the author is a member of 'real' nobility...if that helps. No artificial stars..

Be brave!!!

Here is a Review from 'zwischengas' ( blipping downchange!!).They like it, as ever!!(in German)

 

 

Michael

Michael,

 

I bought the book and enjoyed it very much.  The photography is quite evocative.  Have you ever noticed that people react differently to the camera if they have no idea that the picture will be seen by the public?  And then, some 60 years later the picture is in a book!  Alas, those days are gone.  There's no guarantee that your mug won't show up on some dweeb's web site or Facebook wall.....

 

Jack

Edited by Jack-the-Lad, 02 December 2014 - 15:22.

[fbarrett]

Jack asked: "Speaking of Penske, which we were, sort of, does anyone know why the Captain wasn't interviewed for "Beast"?  If he was it wasn't apparent in the book.  I enjoyed the book, but it does seem to have that gaping omission."

 

Jack:

 

Evidently RP is not a big fan of sitting still for interviews. His ex-PR-guy Dan Luginbuhl agrees. That's why there has so far been no RP bio, another gaping omission.

 

Frank

[RA Historian]

red stick, on 30 Nov 2014 - 17:36, said:

  Does anybody know the status of his announced books on Newman-Haas Racing, working title, "Mario's Team,"

Don't hold your breath. I have been told by people close to the Haas family that it is not going to happen.