Veloce Publishing is primarily an automotive

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based in Poundbury,

Dorset Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset. Covering an area of , ...

. Founded in 1991Veloce pass the 20-year milestone
/ref> by Rod Grainger and Jude Brooks, it has published close to 1000 titles under the Veloce

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,About Veloce
/ref> and over 80 titles under its Hubble & Hattie

, which deals with animal-related subjects.Lost and Fond - Hubble & Hattie
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The company name was derived from the Italian for ‘speed’, and was inspired by Alfa-Romeo, who used the term to denote its faster models. The name also references Velocette motorcycles, which formed the subject of one the company's earliest titles.
Veloce's

Mazda MX-5 Miata The Mazda MX-5 is a lightweight two-passenger roadster sports car manufactured and marketed by Mazda with a front mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout. The convertible is marketed as the or in Japan, and as the Mazda Miata () in the United S ...

workshop manual, was one of its first published titles, and was written by founder Rod Grainger and Pete Shoemark.
Veloce has published books by a range of notable authors, including TV presenter

Mike Brewer Mike Brewer (born 28 August 1964) is an English car trader turned presenter of motoring television programmes. He currently presents ''Wheeler Dealers'' on the Discovery Channel with Marc "Elvis" Priestley. Early life Brewer was born in 196 ...

,Dorset Echo - Poundbury's Veloce Publishing celebrates Mike Brewer boo

/ref>Veloce launches Mike Brewer's Wheeler Dealer Know How! as an e-book
/ref> former

Rallying Rally is a wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive motoring elements such as speed tests (often called ''rally racing),'' navigation tests, or the ability to reach waypoints or a destination at a prescribed time or average speed. ...

champion and Top Gear pundit Tony Mason, Supercar dealer Tom Hartley, and, under the Hubble and Hattie imprint, astronomer

Sir Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore was president of the Bri ...

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External links

Official site

Hubble & Hattie Official Site
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