Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II
Written by Michael Walling
Format: eBook, 292 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $9.95
Hitler called Norway the “Zone of Destiny” for Nazi Germany because convoys from Churchill's Britain and Roosevelt's United States supplied Stalin’s Soviet Russia with critical equipment and foodstuffs during the darkest days of the German invasion.
The words "Murmansk Run" conjure visions of ice-laden ships and thoughts of freezing to death in...
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Ferrari
The Road from Maranello
Written by Dennis Adler
Foreword by Luigi Chinetti, Jr.
Format: Hardcover, 344 pages
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $45.00
In 1945, Enzo Ferrari, the onetime director of Scuderia Ferrari, Alfa Romeo’s fabled racing program, emerged from Alfa’s shadow to create his own legend. Out of the rubble of World War II, Ferrari established an auto works whose products would surpass anything before seen. Demand for handcrafted racing cars in postwar...
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Traffic
Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us)
Written by Tom Vanderbilt
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: August 11, 2009
Price: $16.95
A New York Times Notable BookOne of the Best Books of the YearThe Washington Post • The Cleveland Plain-Dealer • Rocky Mountain NewsIn this brilliant, lively, and eye-opening investigation, Tom Vanderbilt examines the perceptual limits and cognitive underpinnings that make us worse drivers than we think we are. He demonstrates why...
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China Airborne
Written by James Fallows
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: May 15, 2012
Price: $11.99
More than two-thirds of the new airports under construction today are being built in China. Chinese airlines expect to triple their fleet size over the next decade and will account for the fastest-growing market for Boeing and Airbus. But the Chinese are determined to be more than customers. In 2011, China...
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Forgotten Sacrifice: The Arctic Convoys of World War II
Written by Michael Walling
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: October 23, 2012
Price: $26.95
Hitler called Norway the “Zone of Destiny” for Nazi Germany because convoys from Churchill's Britain and Roosevelt's United States supplied Stalin’s Soviet Russia with critical equipment and foodstuffs during the darkest days of the German invasion.
The words "Murmansk Run" conjure visions of ice-laden ships and thoughts of freezing to death in...
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Thinking Small
The Long, Strange Trip of the Volkswagen Beetle
Written by Andrea Hiott
Format: Hardcover, 512 pages
On Sale: January 17, 2012
Price: $26.00
Sometimes achieving big things requires the ability to think small. This simple concept was the driving force that propelled the Volkswagen Beetle to become an avatar of American-style freedom, a household brand, and a global icon. The VW Bug inspired the ad men of Madison Avenue, beguiled Woodstock Nation, and has...
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