Rev Up Your Reading With Audio Books
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Here are ten audio books we think you’ll enjoy:
1. As You Do: Adventures With Evel, Oliver and The Vice President of Botswanna
The wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic Explorer and general drawer of the Short Straw.
2. Car Fever
From political correctness to cars, Top Gear‘s James May is back with his hilarious and controversial opinions on…just about everything.
3. Guy Martin My Autobiography
Guy Martin: My Autobiography is the story of a legend whose legacy was created out of pure passion for mechanics and love of the racing game. Step into his electrifying life – white-knuckle speed, thrilling adrenaline and absolute addiction to the race. This is an honest and enlightening look at Martin as he’s never been seen before.
4. How To Build A Car
The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir.
How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he’s been involved.
When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
5. The Last Overland
Are you ready to embark on this thrilling journey that will transport you to new worlds… In 1955, a young TV producer named David Attenborough was approached by six graduates determined to drive the entire length of Eurasia from London to Singapore. It was the “unclimbed Everest of motoring”—many had tried, none had succeeded. The 19,000-mile journey, captured in the BBC’s series Travellers’ Tales and in Tim Slessor’s book The First Overland, captivated a nation. But fifty years later, Attenborough said he didn’t think the journey could be made again today.
Inspired and desperate to prove Attenborough wrong, Alex Bescoby contacted Tim Slessor and together they planned to recreate the trip, this time from Singapore to London.
“This is a fabulous adventure–reckless, insanely ambitious and filled with sweat, tears and laughter…irresistible reading.”
6. Total Recall
In this autobiography, Schwarzenegger shares his incredible life journey, including his rise to fame as a bodybuilder, Hollywood actor and his passion for cars. Proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, Schwarzenegger spares nothing in sharing his amazing story.
7. My Word Is My Bond
The late Sir Roger Moore, best known for his role as James Bond, shares his experiences in the film industry and his love for cars, including his time as a racing driver. The first ever autobiography of this truly international legend, written with all the trademark style, candour, charm, and wit he has brought to stage and screen over his long and illustrious career.
8. Inside F1
From an early age, Lee McKenzie had access to a motorsport world that most are rarely allowed into. From spending time in the paddock as a teen to becoming a highly respected Formula One journalist and presenter, Lee has been at the heart of motorsport for almost twenty years.
On the frontline of one of the most watched sports on the planet and gaining the respect of F1 world champions with her tough but fair interview approach, Lee has shared experiences, hire cars, parties and friendships with a host of drivers from Michael Schumacher to Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel to Jenson Button.
It’s an absolutely superb book, full of those well observed details and interesting anecdotes that help us understand more about the F1 world and some of the best drivers.
9. Life To The Limit
Jenson Button is one of the finest racing drivers of his generation. His 17 years in Formula One have seen him experience everything the sport has to offer, from nursing duff cars round the track to winning world championships and everything in between. Here, Jenson tells his full story for the first time in his own honest, intelligent and eloquent style – from growing up as part of a motor-racing-mad family under the guidance of his father, John, to arriving at Williams as a fresh-faced 20-year-old to being written off as a playboy, distracted by the luxurious trappings of his lifestyle, and his fight back to the very pinnacle of his sport.
10. The Toyota Way
If you’re a fan of Toyota, this would be the perfect book to listen to as it explains what made them successful and how you can adapt some of their principals in your own life..
