Automotive category: 1940 books
San Diego Lowriders
A History of Cars and Cruising
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
San Diego's unique lowrider culture and community has a long history of "low and slow." Cruising the streets from 1950 to 1985, twenty-eight lowrider car clubs made their marks in the San Diego neighborhoods of Logan Heights, Sherman Heights, National City, Old Town, San Ysidro and the adjoining border...
The Perfect Corner
A Driver's Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Their Own Optimal Line Through the Physics of Racing
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
We will take you through an intuitive and fun lesson in the physics of racing and then we'll apply it as you learn to optimize your driving technique.
We will look at real-world racetracks and provide an exact procedure to find the ideal approach all from the driver's eye point of view.
Regardless...
by Bill Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2016
Learn the real stories behind legendary events in motorcycle outlaw history. Pretty much everything the world has ever heard about one-percenter motorcycle clubs has been pure, unadulterated bullshit. Take the so-called Hollister riot of 1947 that started it all. LIFE magazine convinced America that...
Hey, I'm Marty. I Drive the Bus
If You Have Ever Driven a Bus or Have Been a Passenger on a Bus, You Must Read This Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2008
How many times have you heard people say, " I should write a book about my job." Well, I was one of those people. My book gives you the perspective of the passengers actions and reactions through the eyes of the bus driver. This is a gathering of short stories that I'vepersonally witnessed. Some of the stories are funny, some are serious and all are mind boggling.
Monster Mega Trucks
. . . And Other Four-Wheeled Creatures
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
An expert on the most popular trucks in the world, monster trucks, Tim Kane revisits the current stars of this family-friendly sport and explores how these racing machines have evolved in the past few years. The bodies of these beasts may have slimmed down, but the tires, springs, and shock absorbers...
Please Remember My Name…At My Funeral
And Bring Some Chocolate Chip Cookies with You
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
How would you like to be remembered at your funeral or memorial service? Perhaps you don't care although that's hard to believe. Would you care if the officiating person even mentions your name or anything about a few personal accomplishments or family relationships? As an emloyee of a funeral home...
Conception automobile
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: September 19, 2016
L'entreprise automobile fonctionne par séquence de processus que l'on peut, en simplifiant, résumer aux étapes suivantes: innovation, conception, fabrication, vente et entretien. Chacune d'entre elles, coordonnée dans l'espace et le temps, peut elle-même être décomposée en processus linéaires ou ...
by Manuel Popovich
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The Best And Worst Of World War 1 and 2 Tanks, Armored Car, Military Vehicles, Tank Of Terrors, Tanks and Armored Fighting Vehicles
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Uncle John will get your motor running with this all-new edition dedicated to cars, trucks, trains, buses, motorcycles, mopeds, roller coasters...and of course, the Wienermobile.
Uncle John has the need…for speed! (But he always uses his turn signal.) Hop on in and let the Bathroom Readers’...
Driving the Future
Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
A distinguished expert offers a dazzling preview of the cars of the future, while exploring the science and politics behind climate change.
As the director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality, engineer Margo Oge was the chief architect behind the Obama administration’s...
The Porsche Quiz Book
100 Questions on the History of Porsche
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2011
Do you own a Porsche? Can you name the different models past and present? Are you familiar with the technology that goes into making these iconic cars? Or maybe you aspire to owning one? Whatever the reason for your interest, if Porsche is your car of choice you will love this quiz book. Which word,...
The Cultural Life of the Automobile
Roads to Modernity
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
From its invention in Europe at the end of the nineteenth century, the automobile crisscrossed the world, completely took over the cities, and became a feature of daily life. Considered basic to the American lifestyle, the car reflected individualism, pragmatism, comfort, and above all modernity....
Safer Skies
An Accident Investigator on Why Planes Crash and the State of Aviation Safety
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2015
The past and future of airline safety—a memoir of successes, crashes, and near misses—by a former FAA accident inspector.
Boarding an airplane strikes at least a small sense of fear into most people. Even though we all have heard the odds of being struck by lightning are greater than the...
Nobody's Perfect
Two Men, One Call, and a Game for Baseball History
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
The Detroit Tigers, an umpire, a pitcher, and a mistake—one of the “classic, human, baseball stories” (Ken Burns, creator of the PBS mini-series Baseball).
The perfect game is one of the rarest accomplishments in sports. In nearly four hundred thousand contests in over 130 years, it has...