I love a good driving adventure book, and I’ve read plenty. But few are as enjoyable as this one to read, and have you cheering on the pair in the tale as they struggle toward their goal.
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The most eagerly anticipated book on the history of the Mini, Jon Pressnell’s tome achieves almost everything it sets out to.
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My first impression, on the usual casual flick through the pages, was of an exceptionally well-presented layout, with fabulous photographs - many of which were commissioned specifically for this book.
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It was inevitable that 2009 would see a plethora of books on the history of the Mini, not all of them particularly good.
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Thanks to Brooklands Books, the researcher’s lot is made quite a bit easier, with their series of Portfolio books.
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The Brooklands Portfolios, are compilations of contemporary newspaper and magazine reports, and as the new MINI has only been out for six years, this offering is all in full-colour.
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While there are interesting snippets from numerous interviews, the book is very biassed toward the new MINI, at the expense of the Classic.
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The first thing you need to realise about Jonathan Wood’s book, is that it is not just another book about the creation of the Mini.
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Here’s a book that like the Mini itself, crams a lot into a small package.
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If you enjoy Mini derivatives then you will just love this book.
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With the 50th anniversary year of the Mini in 2009, the market was almost flooded with books on the subject, so it is nice to find one that offers a fresh view, from a completely unexpected direction.
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If you enjoy reading about the history of BMC-Leyland in Australia then you would not be disappointed in this book.
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This is much more the story of the Cooper and Cooper S, and their place in history, rather than a nuts and bolts detail of what makes a Cooper or Cooper S or how to tell a fake.
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