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My Van, My Castle by Jackie D. Norman
$34.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
Jackie Norman met her soul mate, sold her suburban home and swapped it for life on the road travelling round NZ in a campervan, despite never having any experience of the lifestyle before. Her aim was to swap a stressful life servicing a crippling mortgage with a more carefree lifestyle, stripped back t ...Show more
Speed Kings: Australians' Quest to Win the World's Greatest Motor Race by John Smailes
$36.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
The fascinating, definitive story of Australia and New Zealand's quest to win the world's greatest motor race. Winning the Indianapolis 500, the greatest spectacle in motorsport, has been a quest for Australians and New Zealanders since the first race in 1911. Seventeen have tried and two have succeede ...Show more
Life with Cars: New Zealanders' Motoring Memories 1950s-1980s by Stephen Barnett
$49.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
Life with Cars is a like a national family photo album, albeit one with its focus on cars. It brims with evocative imagery of cars and automotive adventures from the 1950s to the 1980s, with the words of the contributors as told to the author. Their stories reflect New Zealanders' creation and uptake of ...Show more
The Passion for Utes - An Australian Obsession by Joel Wakely
$59.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
To complement his fully illustrated history of utes in Australia, Joel Wakely has gathered together dozens of fascinating stories about many of the models that various Australian manufacturers (and indeed some overseas ones too) have produced since the early 20th century. Joel tells the whole story of u ...Show more
Aston Martin - The Story of a British Icon by Ben Collins
$37.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport | Series: Planet Omar Ser.
An extraordinary story of spies, lies and hard-driving genius, by the man who was The Stig Aston Martin's story is one of Survival, Ingenuity and Style. Beloved of engineers, speed freaks and spooks - both real and imagined - the car with the double-o prefix has blazed a trail to become one of the worl ...Show more
Trains, Planes, Ships & Cars by James Hamilton-Paterson
$69.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
A lavishly illustrated celebration of the golden age of aircraft, cars, ships and locomotives from 1900 to 1941 by the author of the bestselling Empire of the Clouds. This dazzling book describes the flourishing of transport and travel, and the engineering that made it possible, in the years before the ...Show more
Historic New Zealand Racing Cars by Steve Holmes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
From the sleek futuristic McLaren M8A to the missile-shaped RA Vanguard, these are New Zealand's Historic Racing Cars in all their full-colour, tire-burning glory! Historic New Zealand Racing Cars reveals the fascinating histories of eighteen cars whose stories are intertwined with our motoring history. ...Show more
Brock at Bathurst by Bev Brock
$44.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
No driver is as connected to a single track as the legendary Peter Brock is to Bathurst. Half a century ago, a shy and bearded Brock first took on Mount Panorama, the track he was destined to dominate with a record nine wins, earning him the mantle ‘King of the Mountain’. That uncanny relationship bet ...Show more
Formula 1: The Official History by Maurice Hamilton; Formula 1® (Contribution by)
$55.00 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport
Formula 1: The Official History is a beautifully illustrated history of Formula 1 that traces the Drivers' World Championship, decade by decade, from its first race on 13 May 1950 through all 70 editions. Few sports have changed as dramatically as Formula 1 motor racing, but it essentially remains the s ...Show more
My Cool Convertible: An Inspirational Guide to Stylish Convertibles by Chris Haddon
$29.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport | Series: My Cool Ser.
This latest title in the highly successful 'my cool' vehicle series covers the world of open top motoring. Cruising in a convertible car with the top down started out as an American summer tradition and for many drivers around the world there is nothing better than driving down a country lane with the r ...Show more
My Cool Motorcycle - An Inspirational Guide to Motorcycles and Biking Culture by Chris Haddon
$24.99 NZD
Category: Automotive & Transport | Series: My Cool Ser.
Motorcycle riders today have an increasingly sophisticated and more specialised range of bikes to choose from but interest in classic bikes has also influenced the design of these new machines. Looking back across the 100 years or so of the motorcycle, my cool motorcycle features over 60 stylish bikes o ...Show more