Wild About Cars

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 9781404237889
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild About Muscle Cars written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the powerful midsize cars from the late 1950s through the 1970s known as muscle cars and discusses what they look like, their history, the three most popular models, muscle car events, and related topics.

Author : J. Sheridan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780091350406
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eric the wild car written by J. Sheridan and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1435844831
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild About Muscle Cars / Autos de poder written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful, exciting photos, a handy glossary and index, and lots of information in carefully translated and adapted bilingual text are sure to engage fans of these fast cars.

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 143584484X
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild About Lowriders written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young fans of fast cars will be wild about the colorful, exciting photos while they learn all about lowriders through engaging and informative text. A handy glossary and index are included.

Author : Paul S. Sutter
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295989904
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Driven Wild written by Paul S. Sutter and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2009-11-23 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its infancy, the movement to protect wilderness areas in the United States was motivated less by perceived threats from industrial and agricultural activities than by concern over the impacts of automobile owners seeking recreational opportunities in wild areas. Countless commercial and government purveyors vigorously promoted the mystique of travel to breathtakingly scenic places, and roads and highways were built to facilitate such travel. By the early 1930s, New Deal public works programs brought these trends to a startling crescendo. The dilemma faced by stewards of the nation's public lands was how to protect the wild qualities of those places while accommodating, and often encouraging, automobile-based tourism. By 1935, the founders of the Wilderness Society had become convinced of the impossibility of doing both. In Driven Wild, Paul Sutter traces the intellectual and cultural roots of the modern wilderness movement from about 1910 through the 1930s, with tightly drawn portraits of four Wilderness Society founders--Aldo Leopold, Robert Sterling Yard, Benton MacKaye, and Bob Marshall. Each man brought a different background and perspective to the advocacy for wilderness preservation, yet each was spurred by a fear of what growing numbers of automobiles, aggressive road building, and the meteoric increase in Americans turning to nature for their leisure would do to the country�s wild places. As Sutter discovered, the founders of the Wilderness Society were "driven wild"--pushed by a rapidly changing country to construct a new preservationist ideal. Sutter demonstrates that the birth of the movement to protect wilderness areas reflected a growing belief among an important group of conservationists that the modern forces of capitalism, industrialism, urbanism, and mass consumer culture were gradually eroding not just the ecology of North America, but crucial American values as well. For them, wilderness stood for something deeply sacred that was in danger of being lost, so that the movement to protect it was about saving not just wild nature, but ourselves as well.

Author : Roxanne Warren
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262325632
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rail and the City written by Roxanne Warren and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-09-12 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An architect makes the case for rail transit as the critical infrastructure for a fluidly functioning and environmentally sustainable urban society. The United States has evolved into a nation of twenty densely populated megaregions. Yet despite the environmental advantages of urban density, urban sprawl and reliance on the private car still set the pattern for most new development. Cars guzzle not only gas but also space, as massive acreage is dedicated to roadways and parking. Even more pressing, the replication of this pattern throughout the fast-developing world makes it doubtful that we will achieve the reductions in carbon emissions needed to avoid climate catastrophe. In Rail and the City, architect Roxanne Warren makes the case for compact urban development that is supported by rail transit. Calling the automobile a relic of the twentieth century, Warren envisions a release from the tyrannies of traffic congestion, petroleum dependence, and an oppressively paved environment. Technical features of rail are key to its high capacities, safety at high speeds, and compactness—uniquely qualifying it to serve as ideal infrastructure within and between cities. Ultimately, mobility could be achieved through extensive networks of public transit, particularly rail, supplemented by buses, cycling, walking, car-sharing, and small, flexible vehicles. High-speed rail, fed by local transit, could eliminate the need for petroleum-intensive plane trips of less than 500 miles. Warren considers issues of access to transit, citing examples from Europe, Japan, and North America, and pedestrian- and transit-oriented urban design. Rail transit, she argues, is the essential infrastructure for a fluidly functioning urban society.

Author : J. Poolos
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781404276390
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild About Muscle Cars / Autos de poder written by J. Poolos and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the powerful midsize cars from the late 1950s through the 1970s known as muscle cars and discusses what they look like, their history, the three most popular models, muscle car events, and related topics.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1490 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Author : J. Poolos
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1435844882
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wild About Monster Trucks written by J. Poolos and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young fans of fast cars will be wild about the colorful, exciting photos while they learn all about monster trucks through engaging and informative text. A handy glossary and index are included.

Author : Jeff Savage
Publisher : Capstone
ISBN 13 : 9780736815161
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Demolition Derby Cars written by Jeff Savage and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2003 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview and history of demolition derbies. Also includes information on the type of cars used in these competitions.