9 Best biography books like Bruce McLaren: From The Cockpit by Bruce McLaren

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Bruce McLaren: From The Cockpit

By: Bruce McLaren

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Originally published in 1964, Bruce McLaren's autobiography From the Cockpit is a classic motor rac…

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1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

By: Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit … read more

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  • nonfiction
"….. Neptune, the outermost planet. No, it’s not Pluto. Get over it."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Bosons, by the way, are named for the Indian scientist Satyendra Nath Bose."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"Nonetheless, they remind us that ignorance is the natural state of mind for a research scientist."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

"I don't know about you, but the planet Saturn pops into my mind with every bite of a hamburger I take."

-Neil deGrasse Tyson, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

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2. Long Walk to Freedom

By: Nelson Mandela

3.78

Format: 479 pages, Paperback

The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. Nelson Mandela i… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
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3. Total Competition: Lessons in Strategy from Formula One

By: Adam Parr , Ross Brawn

3.84

Format: 135 pages, ebook

Total Competition is the most compelling, comprehensive and revealing insight into what it takes to… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) by Robert M. Pirsig

4. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

By: Robert M. Pirsig

3.78

Format: 540 pages, Mass Market Paperback

Robert M. Pirsig's Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is an examination of how we live, a medi… read more

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"This forest silence improves anyone."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"The more you read, the more you calm down."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses. "

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

"To all appearances he was just drifting. In actuality he was just drifting."

-Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)

5. Winning Is Not Enough

By: Jackie Stewart

4.48

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Sir Jackie Stewart is one of the most highly regarded names in global sport - winner of three F1 Wo… read more

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6. The Mechanic: The Secret World of the F1 Pitlane

By: Marc 'Elvis' Priestley

4.24

Format: 243 pages, Hardcover

In the high octane atmosphere of the Formula One pit lane, the spotlight is most often on the super… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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7. Surviving to Drive

By: Guenther Steiner

4.17

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

People talk about football managers being under pressure. Trust me, that's nothing. Pressure is wat… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
"Then again, could you imagine me walking on to the balcony in St Peter’s Square in Rome and delivering the Urbi et Orbi. ‘OK, I’m finished now. Get to foking work!’ Pope Guenther the first would be P…"

-Guenther Steiner, Surviving to Drive

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8. How To Build A Car

By: Adrian Newey

4.48

Format: 400 pages, Hardcover

'Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but ne… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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9. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir

By: Paul Newman

3.89

Format: 297 pages, Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more

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  • nonfiction
  • biography
Cover of The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport by Joshua Robinson

10. The Formula: How Rogues, Geniuses, and Speed Freaks Reengineered F1 into the World's Fastest-Growing Sport

By: Joshua Robinson

4.41

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

🎧Listening Length = 10 hours and 40 minutes NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Wall Street Journal rep… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of To Hell and Back: : An Autobiography by Niki Lauda

11. To Hell and Back: : An Autobiography

By: Niki Lauda

4.57

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

Niki Lauda drove a car for sport, but crossed the line between life and death and fought back to ev… read more

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12. Variable Valve Timings: Memoirs of a car tragic

By: Chris Harris

4.46

Format: 236 pages, Kindle Edition

'What defines the car-saddo condition is not being able to recall a time when the toy-car-era of yo… read more

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13. Corvette Miracle: How an Unknown Team from Kansas Shocked the Racing World at the 1970 24 Hours of Daytona

By: Stephen Cox

4.28

Format: 66 pages, Kindle Edition

"You've got to realize that I'm about half crazy". Gottlob's team had no tires, no trailer, no mone… read more

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  • sports
Cover of Formula One: The Champions: 70 years of legendary F1 drivers by Maurice Hamilton

14. Formula One: The Champions: 70 years of legendary F1 drivers

By: Maurice Hamilton

4.19

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Since the Grand Prix’s start in 1950 just 33 men have achieved the accolade of F1 World Champion. F… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
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15. Al Bartz ENGINE MAN (American Racing Icons)

By: Phil Henny

4.00

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

Biography of Al Bartz, renowned racing engines builder. Born in Milwaukee Wisconsin in 1938. At a v… read more

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16. The Mighty FORD MKIV: Undefeated Two races Two Victories (American Racing Icons)

By: Phil Henny MikeTeske Bill Riley

4.18

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

PHIL HENNYPhil was born in 1943, in the village of Montagny-près-d’Yverdon,situated in the French-s… read more

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17. Bruce McLaren: From The Cockpit

By: Bruce McLaren

4.25

Format: 280 pages, Hardcover

Originally published in 1964, Bruce McLaren's autobiography From the Cockpit is a classic motor rac… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • sports
  • biography
Cover of Just call me Carroll: Racing at Le Mans with Carroll Shelby (American Racing Icons) by Phil Henny

18. Just call me Carroll: Racing at Le Mans with Carroll Shelby (American Racing Icons)

By: Phil Henny

4.24

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

“Motorsports Literature At Its Best” By William I. Brown I bought this book purely on a whim having… read more

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19. Porsche Legend: The Can-Am L&M Penske Porsche That Made Racing History

By: Stephen Cox

4.16

Format: 71 pages, Kindle Edition

Roger Penske joined forces with Porsche for the sole purpose of dethroning the finest road racing t… read more

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20. Shelby American: The Renegades Who Built the Cars, Won the Races, and Lived the Legend

By: Preston Lerner

4.28

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

Shelby American didn’t last long, but it was a flame that burned incandescently before being exting… read more

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Neil deGrasse Tyson

4.08

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3.78

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Adam Parr , Ross Brawn

3.84

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4.24

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Henry Winkler

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