Marking the half century after Nuvolari's death, this biography is an invaluable addition to motor racing history and essential reading for anyone interested in the sport - even if they are followers of more modern Formula One heroes.

'Le Mans '55', written by Christopher Hilton, examines the worst crash in motor racing history. Through a host of interviews, with drivers, team members, journalists and spectators, Hilton recreates every aspect of the race and the crash.

THE BERLIN WALL, one of the most powerful and enduring symbols of the Cold War, fell on 9 November1989. It would be another year before East and West Germany were officially reunified, but on this momentous day Germans from both sides flocked to the wall in celebration. Once the euphoria had died down, the unimaginable task of putting East and West back together began. For almost three decades the country and its capital had been divided between France, the UK and the USA in the west and the USSR in the east. How did one go about marrying a totalitarian, atheist, communist system with a...