Starting with the early days of the electric car, Fialka documents the M.I.T./Caltech race between prototypes in the summer of 1968 and takes readers up to visionaries like Elon Musk and the upstart young Tesla Motors. Today, the electric has captured the imagination and pocketbooks of American cons[...]
On ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a ship; each ship is laden with boxes; each box is laden with goods. In postindustrial economies, we no longer produce but buy, and so we must ship. Without shipping there would be no clothes, food, paper, or fuel. Without all t[...]
In an alternate Cairo, humans live and work alongside otherworldly beings; the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities handles the issues that can arise between the magical and the mundane. Senior Agent Hamed Nasr shows his new partner Agent Onsi Youssef the ropes of investigatio[...]
We all know that car rides and road trips can be boring at times; however, there are literally hundreds of different fun games that you can play in the car. As a child, I ended up being in a car with my parents and sisters, often for hours at a time. With that being said, we invented tons of games t[...]
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Six months after its American introduction in 1985, the Yugo was a punch line; within a year, it was a staple of late-night comedy. By 2000, NPR's Car Talk declared it "the worst car of the millennium." And for most Americans that's where the story begins and ends. Hardly. The short, unhappy life of[...]
All around the world, people are always on the move. In this book children learn about the car, including how cars move, what cars carry, and where cars can take you. This book uses simple, repetitive text to teach children basic vocabulary and transportation facts by showing them stunning photograp[...]
From the first motor cars and classic cars to today's supercars and Formula 1, this is the ultimate book about the history of the car.Packed with stunning photography, and featuring more than 2,000 cars, The Car Book shows you how cars have evolved around the world over the the last 130 years, and t[...]
Top Gear's Richard Hammond is in the driving seat for this turbo-charged tour through the nuts and bolts of car technology - now in paperback! Underneath the bonnet of every car, there's a lot of fast, furious, and spectacular science going on. G-force, combustion, power, you name it, a car's got it[...]
Engage Literacy is the new reading scheme from Raintree that introduces engaging and contemporary content to motivate and support early readers while providing a reliable and instructional framework. All titles are precisely levelled, with new vocabulary being introduced and reinforced throughout th[...]
Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is Number 1. He's the Number 1 car spotter in his village. The Number 1 car spotter in the world. He is good at solving all sorts of problems for his village. When the family's cart breaks down and there's no way of bringing goods to market, it's Number 1 who devises the T[...]
Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is No. 1. He's the No. 1 car spotter in his village - probably the No. 1 car spotter in the world!This is the second book in this series about the irresistible No. 1, whose hobby is car spotting but who is also good at solving all sorts of problems for his village. What ha[...]
In this fourth book about an endearing young African boy, No. 1, and his best friend, Coca-Cola, No. 1 befriends a couple of American visitors and teaches them a thing or two about goats. And his dream of going to school comes true as well. But learning to read and write means that No. 1 has little [...]
The sixth and final title in this brilliant series about the No. 1 car spotter by a renowned Nigerian storyteller.Oluwalase Babatunde Benson is the No. 1 car spotter in the village - maybe even the world! And No. 1 is excited when he learns that a factory is being built in his Nigerian village. Ther[...]
Maisy is whizzing round the garden in this delightful car-shaped book! Have fun with Maisy in this car-shaped board book from the multi-award-winning Lucy Cousins. Today Maisy and her friends are going to have a race! Ready, steady, GO! Maisy zooms out in front and around the first bend. But wait! [...]
Fans of the TV series will love this exuberant picture book as it brings maths to life. It's the day of the Tallapegga Twenty, and Peg and her trusty sidekick, Cat, must build a car from various items they find in the junkyard. When they arrive at the racetrack, they see that the other cars are much[...]
A high-energy picture book that brings a maths word problem to life!Fans of the TV series - airing on Tiny Pop in the UK - will race to this exuberant picture book. It's the day of the Tallapegga Twenty, and Peg and her trusty sidekick, Cat, must build a car from various items they find in the junky[...]