Motor

Fleeing the emotional tragedies of his hometown in Kansas, Tanner Ballengee set out for Southeast Asia. The plan was to meet up with a comrade and ride motorcycles across Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, a harsh bargethrough the infamous Killing Season. The only problem was that Ballengee knew nothing about the region, even less about motorcycles, and only had the money he'd been able to save by delivering pizzas. The result is a narrative that entirely shuns the tedious pretensions of travel writing. Full of illegal camping, horny monks, and plenty of booze, Tourorist strips lust for experience to the bone.

From development prototype to Geneva Motor Show star and 150mph road-test car, 9600 HP played a key role in the launch of the sensational Jaguar E-type.

The inside story of one of the world's most famous military helicopters. Written by an acknowledged aircraft expert and accompanied by original photography.

In this authoritative and readable book, Austin expert and historian James Stringer gives a unique insight into one of the most significant vintage Austins.

Explore the ground-breaking multi-role aircraft that became Europe's first line of defence and attack.

One of the foremost fighter aircraft of the Second World War. This highly readable and informed book is an essential briefing on a remarkable aircraft.

This trilogy of books comprises every single car that raced at Le Mans between 1949 and 2009 - over 3,000 cars. A remarkable collection of car models which is the property of the N Collection. Here, for the first time, one can see and compare all the various makes and models, from the famous to the obscure. Not only are there three views of every model, but the salient facts are given as to who drove each car, whom the entrant was and how each performed.

With a wealth of rare and previously unpublished images, this book offers a fascinating pictorial record of fairground lorries in the UK.

Built as a Ferrari 250 GT Short Wheelbase Competizione, chassis number 2819 GT has become famous as the instantly recognisable 'Breadvan' - a fan favourite around the world. This latest book from Porter Press tells its full story, from being delivered new to sports car ace Olivier Gendebien and its 1962 conversion into the Breadvan by Count Giovanni Volpi di Misurata, to its recent appearances at Goodwood and Le Mans.

This is the story of a great British coachbuilder, told with the aid of meticulous research and with great affection for the grandeur and style that its products still represent. Freestone & Webb was a great name in British coachbuilding for some 35 years.

An important record of ancient fishing traditions along Britain's coastal fringes, now rapidly dying out