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Providing fully updated advice to parents, guardians, and other adults who supervise teen drivers, this second edition of Not So Fast will help to guide and empower readers. Parents will learn priceless information in teaching teenagers how to evaluate the circumstances of every driving trip, how to say "no" when necessary, how to prepare a "flight plan" for each drive, and how to put safety before convenience. Parents will also benefit by understanding...
642) Cops and Robbers
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TV presenter and all-round car nut Ant Anstead takes the reader on a journey that mirrors the development of the motor car itself from a stuttering 20mph annoyance that scared everyone's horses to 150mph pursuits with aerial support and sophisticated electronic tracking. The British Police Force's relationship with the car started by chasing after pioneer speeding motorists on bicycles. As speed restrictions eased in the early twentieth century and...
643) Problems and Solutions on MRO Spare Parts and Storeroom 6th Discipline of World Class Maintenance Ma
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This is the 5th of a series of books about World Class Maintenance Management disciplines about MRO Spare Parts and Storeroom. It is written for industries with MRO problems and searching for solutions to their Spare Parts and Storeroom. MRO Spare Parts and Storeroom Management is one of the most neglected maintenance strategies in any industry, which should not be the case. Others say that this is the missing link to any reliability and maintenance...
644) La 628-E8
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Extrait "Voici donc le Journal de ce voyage en automobile à travers un peu de la France, de la Belgique, de la Hollande, de l'Allemagne, et, surtout, à travers un peu de moi-même. Est-ce bien un journal? Est-ce même un journal? N'est-ce pas plutt des rêves, des rêveries, des souvenirs, des impressions, des récits, qui, le plus souvent, n'ont aucun rapport, aucun lien visible avec les pays visités? "
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The Complete Book of Classic John Deere Tractors explores the range of iconic "green tractors" with which Illinois-based John Deere has become one of the world's most recognizable brands.
Part of Motorbooks' Complete Book series, this fact-packed volume takes you through dozens of John Deere farm models, beginning with the 1892 Waterloo Boy and ending with the game-changing New Generation and Generation II lines. With selected text from The Bigger...
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Founded in 1887, the Detroit Athletic Club left an indelible stamp on the city even as it was helping that city find its place in the country at large. Always a powerhouse for individual and team amateur athletics, the DAC helped give its members the strength to serve as soldiers and compete as Olympians. They fueled the manufacturing frenzy that created the Motor City and brought home the professional sports teams that were its due. In this chronicle...
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Abandoned cars on America's most iconic abandoned road. Sounds like a great idea for a road trip.
For a nation that loves the idea of the road, there is no more legendary ribbon of highway than the 2,451 miles comprising historic Route 66. Along the Mother Road lies the detritus of the automotive age: motels, roadside attractions, diners, service stations, drive-ins, and dives. Hidden in, around, and behind its buildings or abandoned along its roadside...
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Tom Cotter is the best-known barn-find collector-car expert working today. Tom Cotter's Best Barn-Find Collector Car Tales†‹ pulls together his best barn find stories from America and around the globe. Tom Cotter bought his first barn find some 50 years ago and has never looked back. Over the proceeding decades, he has continued to unearth automotive gems, some of which reside in his garage and others found just for the pleasure of the hunt....
649) Van Life Cookbook: Resourceful Recipes for Life on the Road: From Small Spaces to the Great Outdoors
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The Van Life Cookbook goes beyond a collection of recipes that can be made on a two-ring gas hob. It's about an approach to cooking and eating that saves time and money, is good for the soul and makes the most of your immediate environment. Chef Danny Jack and Hailee Kukura have travelled around the UK in their self-build campervan rediscovering the simple pleasures of a life spent in the great outdoors. In this book they have captured their passion...
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The Great War produced many innovations, in particular the spectacular development by the British and French armies of motor transport.
The age-old problem of moving soldiers and their supplies was no different in 1914 than it had been some 2,400 years ago, when the great Chinese military thinker Sun Tzu informed his readers that the further an army marched into enemy territory, the more the cost of transport increased, even to the point that more...
651) How To Weld
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Welding is a skill that any do-it-yourself enthusiast needs in his or her arsenal. How to Weld is the perfect introduction for newbies and an excellent refresher for veteran welders-a work so comprehensive that most readers won't need any further instruction.
In How to Weld, a bestselling installment in the Motorbooks Workshop series, AWS-certified welding instructor Todd Bridigum thoroughly describes process and art of fusing metals, including:
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Among more than two hundred auto companies that tried their luck in the Motor City, just three remain: Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler. But many of those lost to history have colorful stories worth telling. For instance, J.J. Cole forgot to put brakes in his new auto, so on the first test run, he had to drive it in circles until it ran out of gas. Brothers John and Horace Dodge often trashed saloons during wild evenings but used their great personal...
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A comprehensive history of roads and road-building in Ontario. In this beautifully illustrated book, virtually every facet of the road building industry in Ontario is discussed, from labour relations to safety, politics, and financing. Follow the history of road-building technology from the first crude trails hacked through dense forests by homesteaders to the corduroy roads, planks roads, stone roads, macadam pavements, hot mix asphalt pavements,...
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Have you ever dreamed of owning a Porsche Boxster? Now you can turn your dreams into reality. You are about to discover that not only is your dream Porsche within easy reach, but with the right strategy it can even be practically free motoring. In this book bestselling Porsche author Robert McGowan will remove the guesswork in acquiring the perfect Porsche Boxster and gently guide you through everything you need to know including:
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The only all-marque antique tractor restoration guide is back in print, packed with the kind of detail you need to complete a first-class restoration.
How to Restore Your Farm Tractor features hundreds of helpful full-color photographs, proven tips and techniques, and money-saving advice from restorers who know what works...and what doesn't. Tractor expert Tharran Gaines walks you step by step through the restoration techniques applicable to all...
656) Freight Broker with Care: Guide on How to Start and Grow Your Freight Brokerage Business Like a Pro
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Find financial freedom as a freight brokerThe growing freight brokerage field could be the ticket to your dreams if you want a lucrative work-from-home business offering:Minimum educational requirementsMinimum start-up requirementsThe chance to set your own hoursThe chance to make good money from the startWith a computer, internet service, cell phone, and fax service (you probably have most of that already!), plus your drive to succeed and the knowledge...
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32 Ford Coupe Comes Back to Life. 115 Color Pictures.
Discovered in the deep woods of Minnesota in 1985, Dick Stoebel brought a rusted-out '32 Ford coupe hulk back to life over eight years of innovation, help from friends, and "good old-fashioned Yankee ingenuity."
Using skills, he had acquired restoring other vehicles and airplanes, the Deuce Coupe was the one that would steal his soul forever.
This is the step-by-step story of Dick's eight-year...
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When you're "out in the field" scouting for John Deere tractors, don't forget to take along The Field Guide to John Deere: Classic Tractors 1892-1991-the first-ever, full-color pocket guidebook to these popular tractors!
This convenient, easy-to-use field guide puts a wealth of information right into your hands! You'll find brief histories, model runs, specification details, and eye-catching color photographs of more than 500 models of John Deere...
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Driverless cars are the future. That is what the tech giants, the auto industry and even the government want us to think. Almost daily, there are media stories about how we will soon all be able to rip up our driving licenses, sit in the back seat and let the car take us around. But, is this really going to happen? Christian Wolmar has dug behind the hype and found a very different story. We are nowhere near this driverless utopia. Indeed, it may...
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"THRILLING. ... Up-end[s] the Apollo narrative entirely." -The Times (London)
A "brilliantly observed" (Newsweek) and "endlessly fascinating" (WSJ) rediscovery of the final Apollo moon landings, revealing why these extraordinary yet overshadowed missions-distinguished by the use of the revolutionary lunar roving vehicle-deserve to be celebrated as the pinnacle of human adventure and exploration.
One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of...
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