Mbi Publishing: 121 books
Hollywood Myths: The Shocking Truths Behind Film's Most Incredible Secrets and Scandals
The Shocking Truths Behind Film's Most Incredible Secrets and Scandals
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Hollywood exists to create and sell myth. Often, however, the myths created on screen are secondary to the rumors, half-truths, and lies that circulate through studio back lots and the press. Discover the real stories behind Hollywood’s greatest myths, as veteran film critic and Hollywood...
SR-71
The Complete Illustrated History of the Blackbird, The World's Highest, Fastest Plane
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
At the height of the Cold War in 1964, President Johnson announced a new aircraft dedicated to strategic reconnaissance. The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird spy plane flew more than three-and-a-half times the speed of sound, so fast that no other aircraft could catch it. Above 80,000 feet, its pilots had...
by Henry Holden
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
To Be A U.S. Air Force Pilot details every step of training for those with the skill and daring to "cross into the blue" as an elite U.S. Air Force pilot. The book traces the growth of aspiring young recruits, starting with grueling physical and mental tests, early flight training on high-tech...
Airbus A380: Superjumbo of the 21st Century
Superjumbo of the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2005
Poised for takeoff on that hot morning in April 2005, the Airbus A380 had the purposeful, powerful presence of a giant predatory bird. With its enormous gulled wings, imperiously tall tail, and broad, domed forepeak, it looked ready to take on the world. And along the way, it has had plenty of supporters-and...
Speed Secrets 5: The Complete Driver
The Complete Driver
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2006
To succeed in any form of racing, a driver must be more than fast. In today's ultra-competitive motorsports scene, where there's competition for financial support as well as for checkered flags, a racer must have a full complement of on-and off-track skills. To become a champion, a driver must augment...
A First Course in Wine
From Grape to Glass
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Whether you enjoy the occasional glass of wine or you like to have one every night with dinner, Dan Amatuzzi’s A First Course in Wine will provide you with everything you need to know about how to smell, taste, and enjoy fine wines. With stunning imagery and helpful diagrams throughout, you’ll...
by Brock Yates
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2003
This first book of its kind tells the behind-the-scenes story of the incredibly illegal Cannonball rally. This best seller is now available in paperback!In the early 1970s, Brock Yates, senior editor of Car and Driver Magazine, created the now infamous Cannonball Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy...
Mickey Thompson: The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
The Fast Life and Tragic Death of a Racing Legend
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
When Mickey Thompson and his wife Trudy were assassinated in their driveway in the pre-dawn hours of March 16, 1988, the salacious details of the crime and the years of legal wrangling that followed made for hundreds of splashy headlines and sexy television soundbytes. After all, the story had it...
A Spy's Journey: A CIA Memoir
A CIA Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
In 1967 Floyd Paseman joined the Central Intelligence Agency following successful service as an army officer in Germany. He was first stationed in the Far East, where he became fluent in Chinese language and culture, and then in Germany, at what was largely considered the agency's toughest Cold War...
The Replacements: All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
All Over But the Shouting: An Oral History
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Formed in a Minneapolis basement in 1979, the Replacements were a notorious rock 'n' roll circus, renowned for self-sabotage, cartoon shtick, stubborn contrarianism, stage-fright, Dionysian benders, heart-on-sleeve songwriting, and-ultimately-critical and popular acclaim. While rock then and now is...
The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2007
Growing up in the shadows of the giant B-52 Stratofortresses that thundered away from the nearby Barksdale Air Force Base, Brandon Friedman dreamed of becoming a warrior and defending his country. But dreams of heroism and the realities of war can look very different, and when Brandon joined the army...
How to Ride Off-Road Motorcycles
Key Skills and Advanced Training for All Off-Road, Motocross, and Dual-Sport Riders
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2012
Off-road riding is one of motorcycling's most popular pursuits and also one of its best training grounds for improving street-riding skills. Off-road riding takes many forms, from motocross and enduro racing, to dual-sport day trips, to trail riding, to adventure tours. No matter the specific pursuit,...
A Hundred Feet Over Hell: Flying With the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969
Flying With the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company Over I Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2010
A Hundred Feet Over Hell is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of "Taps" played...
Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2008
In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly....