How much can you say about a car? Well, quite a lot if it is an icon of a generation--as in the case of Alec Issigonis's "brilliant design" (according to Sir Terence Conran in his enthusiastic introduction).

Essential Mini Cooper : The Cars and Their Story 1961-71 & 1990 to Date (Essential Series)
by Anders Ditlev Clausager

This book has pictures that demonstrate the appeal of the mini's. It provides a short chronological history of the 30+ years reign of the mini's. It's short enough to be a quick reference, yet long enough to give its reader a whole rounded experience of the mini's plight.

Mini: The Complete Story

Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries.

Mini Owner's Survival Manual 
by Jim Tyler

A manual for owners of the Mini, with advice on purchasing a Mini, basic maintenance and repairs.

Step-By-Step Service Guide to the Mini & Mini Cooper (Porter Manuals)
by Chilton

Mini Restoration Manual 
by Lindsay Porter (Hardcover - August 1998)

How to renovate bodywork and interiors; how to give new life to mechanical and electrical components; how to modify your car for improved performance and appearance. Covers all models of the Mini.

Mini and Mini Cooper Step-by-step Service Guide 
by Lindsay Porter, Jim Patten (Paperback - 23 September, 1994)

A workshop manual on the Mini and Mini Cooper, with service instructions and service record, as well as advice on constructing a personal record of a car's history and `inside information'.

MINI
by Patrick C. Paternie

Witness the revival of the immortal Mini Cooper! This miracle of compact packaging and innovative engineering design has been updated as a modern car with hip new styling and a legitimate pedigree. Explore the development of the Mini Cooper and learn how BMW paid homage to its ideal while creating a sophisticated, exciting, and practical new car.

Building, Preparing and Racing Your Mini
by Bill Sollis, David Pollard

• Hardcover: 192 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.62 x 10.96 x 8.42
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing; (July 1999)
  

New MINI 
by Graham Robson

The latest book about BMW's hot little car.

Sporting Minis: Mini-Cooper, Mini-Cooper S, 1275 GT 
by John Brigden (Hardcover - 31 December, 1989)