Advisor: Books for your next pit stop
Take a break! That's what Santa Claus and team recommends to you again this year. And to avoid boredom in your good room, he lost a pair of books during an all-too-fierce Quarter Mile Race that will provide you with interesting information as well as a pleasant way to pass the time. FULLY FUELED When the lights come on in the United Arab [...]
FULLY FUELED
When the lights come on in the United Arab Emirates, it's time for the sons of the desert to take out their treasures. Cars that mean freedom in a land that is rich but has its limits. The photographer Basile Mookherjee has photographed the people in this dance of status symbols as if through the windshield. As the publisher puts it: a world somewhere between desert dust and Gotham City, Islam, the power of money, tradition and modernity. Price 39 francs
www.editionpatrickfrey.com
PORSCHE DRIVE
Rarely read so much fun between the lines! Photographer Stefan Borer photographs the most beautiful serpentines of the Alps with verve, his own magazine Curves is the bible of touring drivers. With a troop of Porschians he implemented an ambitious plan: The 15 most important passes in four days in Austria, Italy and Switzerland er-fahren. Would you like an excerpt? Original statement of the author Jan Karl Baedeker: "In 17 narrowly cut hairpin bends, which conjure a smile on the face of every curve lover, the road finally leads under the steep rock walls of the Murfreittürme and Murfretspitzen down to the tranquil village of Corvara in the Gadertal". Jan Karl Baedeker. From 52 francs please buckle up. (Also available as e-book)
www.delius-klasing.de
ACROSTAR POWER EGGS AND BALL MOTORS
Arnold Wagner was a SWISSAIR airline pilot and calls himself an aviator, inventor, engineer and entrepreneur. He invented a cabin motorcycle, one of the first Ecomobiles, and continues to develop and refine his concepts. Wagner has meticulously written down the seemingly adventurous "journey" to acceptance, his never-tiring business acumen, and how his spherical developments stand today.
42.90 francs, www.motorbuch-verlag.de
MY PORSCHE BOOK
René Staud is a thoroughbred photographer. In collaboration with Ralf Dobro, the president of the Porsche 356 Club Deutschland e.V., Staud has photographed 356s. Morning, noon, evening, solo, with people, with airplanes, from the front, from behind, from above. Each car has its own story, and the photos are as varied as they are. An icon review for 89 francs that no Porsche fan should be without.
www.delius-klasing
THE TRUE STORY OF THE VW BEETLE
"How the Nazis stole the VW patents from Josef Ganz" is the subheading for Paul Schilperoord's book. For five years, the graduate mechanical engineer researched the life of Josef Ganz and compiled the results in this book. It is an exciting story in which Switzerland also plays a not inconsiderable role. The book is difficult to obtain in German, but it is available in English from the online mail order company Amazon. There it is called "The extraordinary life of Josef Ganz: The Jewish Engineer behind Hitler's Volkswagen." Prices vary.
www.amazon.com
USA FOR CAR FANS
Nothing and no one will stop us from wanting to drive the cult routes in the USA. Björn Marek, press officer at ABT-Sportsline has experienced these fascinations and put his findings into an information-rich driving log of eight iconic tours. Speedways, diners, bodyshops and much more that is worth looking at, he has meticulously researched, a book to follow and add to. Go for it for 35.90 francs
www.verlagshaus.de
Drawing: Buguslaw Paruch
