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Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
1340L
Language
English
Description
"Flying cars are real! This book for young readers combines history, biography, technology, and humor in a breezy survey of hybrid vehicles and the dream of flight that kept inventors at work despite many failures and the dictates of common sense"--
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English
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"A searing memoir about one woman's road through heartbreak to hope following the death of her troubled brother, told through the series of cars that accompanied her. Growing up in a blue-collar family in the Midwest, Melissa Stephenson--a dreamer and budding writer born with an innate wanderlust--longed for escape, and she found in automobiles the promise of a future beyond Indiana state lines. From a lineage of secondhand family cars of the late...
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English
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For fans of Wild, a memoir of one woman’s road to hope following her troubled brother’s death, told through the series of cars that transported her.
Growing up in a blue-collar, Midwestern family, Melissa Stephenson longed for escape. Her wanderlust was an innate reaction to the powerful personalities around her, and came too from her desire to find a place in the world where her artistic ambitions wouldn’t
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"In 2022, Marcus Ericsson won the Indy 500, an incredible feat for a driver who has been racing since age 9 and also having raced in Formula 1 for several years! The Swedish driver has been making his name in IndyCar the past few years with no end in sight! Readers follow Ericsson from his earliest karting days all the way to the finish line of the Indy 500 through achievable text perfect for struggling or reluctant readers. Full-color photographs...
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English
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"In 1938, Mercedes-Benz began production of the largest, most luxurious limousine in the world. A machine of frightening power and sinister beauty, the Grosser 770K Model 150 Offener Tourenwagen was 20 feet long, seven feet wide, and tipped the scales at 5 tons. Its supercharged, 230-horsepower engine propelled the beast to speeds over 100 m.p.h. while its occupants reclined on glove-leather seats stuffed with goose down. Armor plated and equipped...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 3
Lexile measure
NC 1250L
Language
English
Description
Come along for a joy ride in this enthralling tribute to the daring women - Motor Girls, as they were called at the turn of the century - who got behind the wheel of the first cars and paved the way for change. The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s...
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Clessie Cummins: Hoosier Inventor" details the life of a Hoosier farm boy with a knack for innovation. The father of the American diesel truck engine, Cummins combined elbow grease, a keen mind, and rural pragmatism to co-found what became Cummins, Inc., a Fortune 500 international diesel and alternative fuel engines company headquartered in Columbus, Indiana. Through a series of hardships and achievements, Cummins never stopped asking "what if?"....
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The world's foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian's unrivalled 35-year career in Formula One through the prism of the cars he has designed, the drivers he has worked alongside and the races in which he's been involved. A true engineering genius, even in adolescence Adrian's thoughts naturally emerged...
16) Unofficial complete encyclopedia of Formula One : an illustrated guide to the world's fastest sport
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Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
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Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Long gone is the overriding image of good ol' boys running moonshine; NASCAR has become a glamorous, upscale, and thriving business throughout the country, a passion shared by millions of Americans who closely follow the Winston Cup series. With thirty-one races on the 1993 schedule at tracks from Watkins Glen, New York, to Sears Point, California, NASCAR reaffirms that there is nothing more at the root of the American mindset than cars. With capacity...
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2012.
Language
English
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This film delivers the remarkable and engaging profile of the 1959 Le Mans winner who became famous for the AC Cobra and his involvement with the Ford GT40 development program. It traces Carroll Shelby's career from driver to creator, featuring views from the influential men that worked and raced alongside him.
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A jaw-dropping account of a year inside Formula 1, from Haas team principal and breakout star of the wildly successful Netflix series Drive to Survive, Guenther Steiner. This is the first ever behind the scenes record of a full Formula 1 season from the perspective of an acting team principal.
20) Elwood Haynes, 1857-1925: inventor, scientist, metallurgist, industrialist, educator, philanthropist
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Pub. Date
[1965?]
Language
English
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